GOD WAS DRIVEN TO YOU BY HIS LOVE

October 12, 1997 am
MF Blume




Let us begin at the beginning of Ephesians
Humanity seems to be created with the need to seek after a missing piece. Well, God is like that, too. There is a NEED for all the world and it can only be found through the Bible. NARROW, SHORT-RANGED VISION

So few Christians are even aware of the overall NEED

BROADEN OUR SCOPE

To begin, let us try to broaden our scope and go way back before time began and look at things the way God, who lives for ever, sees it. When He plans something, He looks across thousands and maybe millions of years.

THE SITUATION

Eph. 1:1-6 - God chose us in Jesus Christ before the world began.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

A hint of the meaning of this is found in Jesus Christ:

SOMETHING DROVE GOD'S HEART
Now, God made man in His image.
THE CHURCH is going to be the fullness of God

1Cor 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.