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8) The Second Expression of God’s Purpose
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L E S S O N 8
The Second Expression of God’s Purpose

We have already learned that God has a will. God's will is “All Things
in Christ” – and God is working all things together according to that
purpose. In Romans 11:36, if you will turn there again, we see three
expressions of God's purpose. How does God go about working all things together
according to His will? Romans 11:36 says that of Him, and through Him, and to
Him are all things.
The first expression of God's purpose is “of Christ”. In other words, everything
past flows out of Christ – everything created out of Christ!
In the present tense all things are “through Him” and we can take other scriptures
and demonstrate that and categorize them: 1) All things are in His Hands, 2) All
things are under His feet, and 3)All things are working because of Him. Let's go
through some of these.
First, all things are in His hands:
In Matthew 11:27, Jesus said “All things are delivered unto me of my Father.”

John 3:35 says “the Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.”
John 13:3 says “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His
hands, and that He was come from God and went to God.”
John 16:15 says “All things that the Father hath are mine.”
Hebrews 1:2 says “God has, in these last days, spoken unto us by His Son, whom
He has appointed heir of all things.”
Then, all things are under His feet:
Ephesians 1:22 says “He has put all things beneath His feet and gave Him to be
the head over all things to the church.”
Colossians 1:18 says “Jesus is the head of the body, the church, who is the
beginning, the first born from the dead, that in all things He might have the preeminence.”
Hebrews 2:8 says “You have put all things in subjection under His feet, for in that
He put all in subjection under Him, he left nothing that is not put under Him.”
And then, all things are working because of Him:


Colossians 1:17 says “He is before all things and by Him all things find their
being.”
Hebrews 1:3 says “Jesus is the brightness of God's Glory, the express image of His
Person and He upholds all things by the word of His power.”
Romans 8:28 (which we have already referenced) says “God works all things
together for good, to them that love God, to them that are called, according to His
purpose.”
Hebrews 4:13 says “No creature is hidden from His sight, but all things are naked
and open unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”
So, “All things are of Him” and “All things are through Him”. And in our next
lesson we will discuss The Third Expression of God's Purpose.

QUIZ
Lesson 8 – The Second Expression of God’s Purpose
1. The Second Expression of God’s Purpose is
a) “of Him”
b) “through Him”
c) “to Him”
2. Whereas the First Expression of God’s Purpose (“of Him”) represents things PAST, the
Second Expression of God’s Purpose (“through Him”) represents
a) things past
b) things present
c) things future
3. “Through Him... are all things” means that everything
a) begins with Christ
b) moves through Christ
c) ends with Christ
4. If all things are “through Christ”, this means that
a) nothing happens without His permission
b) in Him we live and move and have our being
c) all our steps are ordered by the Lord
d) all the above
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Hallelujah! It's all under His control.
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All things under His feet should give us great courage in stepping out in faith declaring Christ to be the exact expression of God.
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