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REDEMPTIVE LIVING

WHAT I LONG TO COMMUNICATE IN
MY MESSAGE ON REDEMPTIVE LIVING

I want to show that God receives glory because He is sovereign
over all things. He rules the good and overrules the evil. Even
when men are unwilling to cooperate with the Lord, He
orchestrates it in some way to further His redemptive purposes
on earth. However, there is a special glory that He receives
when a Christian submits unconditionally to Him. I will attempt
to define childlikeness, surrender and a heart set on His glory.
Through such an instrument He lives redemptively. 100%
everything that God sends or allows in a dedicated Believer’s
life is designed to help someone discover the Redeemer. This
glorifies God!

The Indispensable Principle

As we come to look in the Bible, there is a principle that we call
the indispensable principle and that is total reliance on God’s
Holy Spirit. We cannot understand the Bible unless He shows
us Jesus and only God can show the Lord. No human being and
no teacher can present the Lord apart from the Holy Spirit. I
would like to begin with a Bible verse that ties into redemptive
living. Psalm 67:7, “God blesses us, that all the ends of the
earth may fear Him.” The Psalm begins the same way it ends.
God blesses us so that the world might be blessed. He doesn’t
bless us to bless us. It’s redemptive. He blesses us so that the