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We Believe In Jesus: The Redeemer

DAY 14 OF 21

God’s Love for His Son: Ephesians 1:4-6

Three times in this short passage Paul mentioned that God chose to redeem us “in him,” “through Jesus Christ,” and “in the One he loves.” And one of his points was that God’s love for us results from the Father’s love for the Son. Their inter-Trinitarian love is the ultimate motive for our redemption. We find similar teachings in Romans 8:39 and 1 Timothy 1:14.

The New Testament frequently calls attention to the fact that the Father’s love for the Son is critical to our redemption. The Father made it evident at Jesus’ baptism and transfiguration, as we see in Matthew 3:17, and 17:5; and 2 Peter 1:17. Jesus referred to it when he described his authority to redeem and to judge in John 3:35 and 5:20-23. And Paul described redemption itself as citizenship in the kingdom of the Son the Father loves, in Colossians 1:13 and 14.

And this love isn’t directionless. It includes a desire for the members of the Trinity to be honored and obeyed — for God’s glory to be magnified and exhibited, for his purposes to be fulfilled, for his kingship over all creation to be acknowledged and praised. And because humanity is central to God’s purposes for creation, our redemption is a natural result of the love within the Trinity. 

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We Believe In Jesus: The Redeemer

This reading plan investigates the doctrine of Christology, focusing on the person and work of Jesus Christ. Jesus is God in the flesh, the center of all history, and the only hope for the salvation of humanity and creation. This plan explores the role of God the Son throughout redemptive history.

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