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REDEMPTIVE LIVING
               A.  ALL THINGS ARE REDEMPTIVE AND BRING
                   GOD GLORY BECAUSE GOD IS SOVEREIGN
                   (EPHESIANS 1:11; JOB 42:2; PSALM 135:6;
                   PSALM 103:19)
                       1.  APPROACH TO THE SUBJECT
                              a.   DESCRIBE “REDEMPTIVE
                                 LIVING”
                              b.   APPLY “REDEMPTIVE LIVING”
                                 AS IT RELATES TO A
                                 CHRISTIAN ABIDING IN
                                 CHRIST
                       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


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