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7) The First Expression of God’s Purpose
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L E S S O N 7
The First Expression of God’s Purpose
We just learned that God has a purpose, that God's purpose is “All
Things in Christ”, and that God is working all things together according to
this purpose. There are three expressions of God's purpose, three ways in
which we can see God working to bring His purpose about, and you can find this in
yet another little snippet of scripture: in Romans chapter eleven and verse thirty
six. And if you turn in your bible there, Romans 11:36 says this: “For of Him and
through Him and to Him are all things; to Whom be glory forever! Amen.”
Now in this little fragment “...of Him, through Him, and to Him...” we have the
three expressions of God's purpose; and the first expression of God's purpose is
“Of Him”.
“Of Him... are all things”, and this is speaking of the past. When I say that
everything God has done, everything God is doing, and everything God will do is
connected to this purpose, I mean it is connected to increasing Jesus and
decreasing everything else. That's partially based on this portion of Scripture: of
Him, through Him and to Him are all things. “Of Him” is the past, “Through Him”
is the present, “To Him” is the future.

So let's look at the first expression: “Of Him”. That means everything that God
has done, everything God is doing, everything God will do flows from Christ! Of
Him are all things.
Several scriptures bear this out:
John1:3 says “..all things were made by Him and without Him was not anything
made that was made.”
Ephesians 3:9 says “...to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of the world has been hidden in God, Who created all
things by Jesus Christ.”


Colossians 1:16 says “... by Him were all things created that are in heaven, and
that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him.”
Hebrews 2:10 says “... for Whom are all things and by Whom are all things.”
1 Corinthians 8:6 says “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all
things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom are all things, and we
by Him.”
Finally, Revelation 4:11 says “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor
and power, for You have created all things, and for Your pleasure they are and
were created.”
So the first expression of God's purpose is: "Of Him - of Christ - are all things”. In
our next lesson we will discuss The Second Expression of God's Purpose.


QUIZ
Lesson 7 – The First Expression of God’s Purpose
1. Romans 11:36 contains three ways in which we see God working to bring His Purpose about.
They are best described as
a) of me, through you, and to God
b) of Him, through Him, and to Him
c) from Him, through me, and to others
2. The First Expression of God’s Purpose is
a) “of Him”
b) “through Him”
c) “to Him”
3. “Of Him... are all things” means that everything
a) begins with Christ
b) moves through Christ
c) ends with Christ
4. If all things are “of Christ”, this means that
a) everything was created by Him for a specific purpose
b) He is the Alpha and the Beginning
c) nothing was created apart from Him
d) all the above
5. Since all things are “of Him”, this proves that
a) we cannot be certain about Creation
b) man is now in control of everything
c) nothing exists by chance, accident, or fate
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It is good to be IN HIM!
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To be found in Him, to be faithful in Him, and to honor Him is my desire, past, present and future.
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That is my desire also!
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