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2. GOD CONTROLS ALL THINGS IN TERMS
OF REDEMPTION (JOHN 3:17; LUKE 19:10;
1 JOHN 4:14; 2 PETER 3:9 EPHESIANS 1:22;)
a. THE CRUCIFIXION BY WICKED MEN
WAS REDEMPTIVE (ACTS 2:23-24)
b. THOSE WHO TRIED TO MOCK HIM
ACTUALLY PRAISED HIM (MATTHEW
27:29,37,42,43; MATTHEW 27:25; Romans
11:30; ROMANS 11:36)
B. ALL THINGS ARE REDEMPTIVE AND BRING
GOD GLORY WHEN WE SUBMIT TO HIS LIFE
WITHIN US (JOHN 15:4-5; JOHN 15:8; MATTHEW
5:16; GALATIANS 1:15-16; GALATIANS 1:24; 1
CORINTHIANS 6:19-20; 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31)

II THREE ILLUSTRATIONS OF REDEMPTIVE
LIVING FOR THOSE ABIDING IN CHRIST
A. THE CHILD ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE
INDISPENSIBLE CONDITION OF REDEMPTIVE
LIVING
1. CHILDLIKENESS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR
DISCIPLESHIP (MARK 9:35-37 MARK 9:42;
MARK 10:13-16)
2. PRIDE AND LUST FOR GREATNESS IS
THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PRINCIPLE
(MARK 9:33-34 ;LUKE 9:47; MARK 9:34)
3. CHILDLIKENESS IS NOT A DISPOSITION;
IT IS THE CONDITION OF HELPLESS
DEPENDENCE (EPHESIANS 4:14-15; 1
CORINTHIANS 3:1; 1 CORINTHIANS 14:20;
MATTHEW 11:16-17; LUKE 18:15)
B. THE GARDEN ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE
INDISPENSIBLE DISPOSITION OF REDEMPTIVE
LIVING (SONG OF SOLOMON 4:12-15)
1. THE BRIDE’S DISCOVERY: SHE IS HIS
GARDEN (SONG 4:12; SONG 4:9)