Predestined for Adoption to the Praise of His Glory

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John Piper, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Desiring God, 163859, Preaching, Christianity, Messages, Religion & Spirituality, Sermons

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🗓️ 20 June 2004

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We must understand and enjoy our own adoption before we can properly grasp what it means to adopt another.

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0:00.0	The following message is by pastor John Piper.
0:03.2	More information from Desiring God Ministries is available at
0:07.0	W. W.
0:09.2	Desiring God.org.
0:11.2	The sermon text this morning is found in Ephesians 1, 1 through 6.
0:17.0	We're using the Pugh Bible, that's on page 966.
0:21.0	Paul, an apostle of 6.
0:24.0	Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the Saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ
0:31.7	Jesus. Grace to you and peace from God, our Father and the Lord
0:37.5	Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual
0:46.4	blessing in the heavenly places.
0:49.6	Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world that we should be wholly and
0:54.3	blameless before him. In love he predestined us for the adoption through Christ Jesus
1:00.9	according to the purpose of his will and the praise of his glorious
1:05.8	grace with which he has blessed us in the beloved and I am blessed. Let's pray together.
1:15.0	Indeed, Rod Elleson is blessed, Lord, and has been a blessing and I thank you for Rod.
1:22.0	This Sunday probably would not be happening if it
1:26.0	not were not for your grace in his life 14 years ago and so I give public thanks for the grace of God poured out in the life of Rod Ellesen to conceive the
1:40.9	microphone and then Kyle Hastings to conceive the Lydia Fund and
1:47.4	dozens and dozens of families in this church to express as an overflow of their inheritance in Christ, the love of
1:59.8	adoption. And so now Lord, come please help me be faithful to this text in talking about
2:08.0	your adopting of us in Christ Jesus.
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