Title: Praise of God (Ephesians 1:3~23)
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① Praise to God is when you know the grace you have received from God and respond to God with a spiritual song when your heart is full of thanks. ② In the text, what is the grace you receive in return with praise and what kind of grace is given to those who praise you? It is the word that revealed the Lord God.
“Praise for the Grace of God’s Election and Predestination”
① “Blessed be the creation of the world to give you all spiritual blessings in heaven” (1 Peter 1:3~4), which God the Father gives us through Jesus Christ as an incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading inheritance, just as he said, It was previously chosen and foreordained as the object of receiving this blessing in Christ. (Ephesians 1:3~5) ② The perfect God chose with perfect wisdom, knowledge, plan, and sovereignty and bestowed upon him the grace of predestination ③ This grace is It is the perfect grace that is holy and without blemish, eternal and unchanging. ④ When you immediately know this God's unconditional grace, absolute sovereignty, and grace given through independent work, you will transcend all realities and respond with eternal thanksgiving and spiritual songs.
“Praise for the grace of creation and re-creation”
① God gave the grace of creation and re-creation in order to fulfill the election according to his choice ② “Creation” refers to the first creation that will be shaken in Genesis 1, and “re-creation” is the redemption of Jesus Christ to the electors, who are the subjects of all creation. It is the grace of “regeneration,” “sanctification,” and “glory salvation,” which was given to us through the grace of God and the Holy Spirit, so that we and all things that belong to us were made perfect. He completed his one life of world life, death on the cross, resurrection and ascension. ④ In order to use us, who received the grace of grace at the time of the first creation, as the first object of salvation and to bestow the grace of re-creation, He created the second and third objects, the ungodly and all things, ⑤ We are the “core” of all things It is the grace of becoming a prince and heir.
“Praise for the Grace of Preservation and Providence”
① The grace of preservation and providence is the grace of salvation that God has completed as the Father and the Son as God the Holy Spirit and is with us to the end of the world, and grants us the grace of regeneration, sanctification, and glory and salvation so that we can be perfected as people of God and do all good works. (John 14:-20, 16:5-16, 2 Timothy 3:15-17) ② He predestined all things, the second and third objects, created in order to re-create us as perfect people. We thank and praise the grace of God, who created the reality of various trials as he had done, through his sovereignty, rule, and providence, and made us pass the reality of those trials, removing the corruption we inherited from the first Adam, and putting on the various attributes of God perfected. (1 Peter 1:3-11)
“Praise that God is pleased with”
① The praise that God delights in is to praise, sing, and praise God with a grateful heart that arises from knowing and realizing the grace of “Yetek”, “Creation and Re-creation” and “Preservation and Providence” right away. ② Receiving praise is the highest glory and happiness that a person with character receives and enjoys. ③ Let us sing praises to God so that we can know just how much the praise God receives is a blessing and a glory to God ④ You too can become like Christ through the grace of God’s favor, re-creation, preservation, and providence, to all creation. He wants them to be the ones who receive the glory and praise of God from all things by giving them the grace to be eternally glorified and happy on behalf of God.