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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.