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Lordship are absolute.  He is in perfect control of the world and
             everything in it.  Ephesians 1:11, “…also we have obtained an
             inheritance having been predestined according to His purpose
             who works all things after the counsel of His will…”  Job. 42:2,
             “I know that Thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of
             Thine can be thwarted.”  Psalm 135:6, “Whatever the LORD
             pleases, He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all
             deeps.”  Psalm 103:19, “The LORD has established His throne
             in the heavens and His sovereignty rules over all.”


             That’s the purpose; God gets what He wants but we’re calling
             it “redemptive purpose”.  What is meant by the “redemptive”
             part?  John 3:17, “For God did not send the Son into the world
             to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through
             Him.”  God has redemption on His heart and He wants to save
             people.  Luke 19:10, “For the Son of Man has come to seek and
             to save that which was lost.”  It’s His heart to seek and to save
             that which is lost.  1 John 4:14, “And we have beheld and bear
             witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the
             world.”

             The Lord is in control of everything, so that He can redeem the
             world.  Whatever happens, in some way is redemptive.  2 Peter
             3:9, “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count
             slowness,  but  is  patient  toward  you,  not  wishing  for  any  to
             perish but for all to come to repentance.”   That’s what I mean
             my  redemptive  purpose.    God  controls  everything  to  bring
             redemption into the world.  Ephesians 1:22, “And He put all
             things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over
             all things to the church.”  He works all things for the church.
             It’s all redemptive.

             Even the wicked who are against God fulfill His purpose.  A
             great illustration is Acts 2:23&24, “…this Man, delivered up by
             the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed
             to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.”
             God  planned  the  cross  and  wicked  men  put  Jesus  to  death.
             Even the wickedness is redemptive.
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