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Ephesians, Romans 8
Westminster Confession of Faith, John Piper (Ephesians 1:4 sermon)
We ungodly people cannot
Boast in what we've done:
Our sin required the costly death
Of God's precious perfect Son
Not by works or fruit of faith
That wrath passes over us
By faith alone we're justified
And gain His righteousness
Everything I am and all I hope to be
Is rooted in God's having freely chosen me
Our faith, our hope, our works are not
The reason for His choice
But He foreknew us and foreloved us
And in this we rejoice
Predestined for adoption
According to His will
Blessed in the Beloved
With His fullness we are filled
Everything I am and all I hope to be
Is rooted in God's having freely chosen me
End:
Freely chose to life
Numbers of mankind
Gave them to the Son
Before the world had begun
From the 1647 Westminster Confession of Faith:
The sum of the covenant of redemption is this: God having freely chosen to life a certain number of lost mankind, for the glory of his rich grace, did give them, before the world began, to God the Son, appointed Redeemer, that, upon condition he would humble himself so far as to assume the human nature, of a soul and a body, to personal union with his divine nature, and submit himself to the law, as surety for them, and satisfy justice for them, by giving obedience in their name, even to the suffering of the cursed death of the cross, he should ransom and redeem them all from sin and death, and purchase to them righteousness and eternal life, with all saving graces leading there to, to be effectually, by means of his own appointment, applied in due time to every one of them
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