God’s Plan

Matthew 16:15-18 ESV
“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Psalms 11:3 ESV
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Proverbs 22:28 ESV
Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.

Ephesians 3:8-11 ESV
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1. God’s Eternal Purpose
2. The Role of the Church
3. the Necessity of the Church

Gen 1:26 ESV
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”

Gen 2:18 ESV
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone.”

John 3:16-18 ESV
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

The Role of the Church—

1. In Relationship to God: Worship / (Eternal)

2. In Relationship to Each Other: (Eternal)

3. In Relationship to the World: (Temporary)

4. In Relationship to the Devil: (Temporary)

Ephesians 3:8-11 ESV
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Answer Key: Exaltation; Edification; Evangelism; Conquering