4. Eph. 1:4, 9; 3:10-11
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before
him in love:” “Having made known unto us the mystery of his
will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in
himself:” “To the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the
manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternal purpose
which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:”
7. That God purposed to make known
the mystery of His will before the
world was created
8. That God eternally purposed to make
known the mystery of His will before
the world was created
9. That God eternally purposed to make
known the mystery of His will before
the world was created through Jesus
Christ our Lord
10. That God eternally purposed to make
known the mystery of His will before
the world was created through Jesus
Christ our Lord by the church
11. Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Ephesians 5:25-27
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water
by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish.
12. 1 Peter 1:18-20
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as
silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your
fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the
world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Acts 20:28 (KJV)
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which
the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which
he hath purchased with his own blood.
14. Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it
shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel.
15. 1 Corinthians 12:27
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particular.
Ephesians 1:22-23
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to
be the head over all things to the church, Which is his
body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
16. Genesis 12:1-3
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house,
unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a
great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;
and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless
thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all
families of the earth be blessed.
17. Galatians 3:16, 19, 28-29
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not,
And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was
ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is
neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be
Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
promise.
18. The church was prophesied by the
prophets of the Old Testament
19. Isaiah 2:2-4
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the
LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall
be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many
people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the
LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways,
and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and
the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the
nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords
into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
20. Time – “last days”
Taught – “the law” and “the word”
Place – “Jerusalem”
People – “all nations”
Result! – “The Lord’s House established
22. John the Baptist
Matthew 3:1-2
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of
Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mark 1:2-3
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
23. Jesus Christ
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.
Mark 9:1
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them
that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the
kingdom of God come with power.
24. John 19:16-18
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And
they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross
went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called
in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him…
Acts 20:28
…the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own
blood.
25. Acts 1:4-8
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them
that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the
promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized
with the Holy Ghost not many days hence… But ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in
all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the
earth.
34. Acts 2:41
Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto
them about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:47
Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
And the Lord added to the church daily such as
should be saved.
