Amazing Grace
Richard Bradley
Ephesians 1:3-8
AMAZING GRACE!
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth -- in Him.
The dictionary defines the word amazing as ''filling with great surprise or sudden wonder; to astonish.'' We often sing about God's amazing grace and yet many of us have little understanding of what His grace has actually done for us. In this passage we are reminded of why God's grace is so amazing and why it ought to fill us with complete awe and wonder.
WE SAW YOUR SMOKE SIGNAL
A ship was wrecked, and the only survivor washed up on a small uninhabited island. He was exhausted. He cried out to God to save him. Every day he scanned the horizon, searching for help. Finally, he managed to build a rough hut and put his few articles in that hut.
One day, coming home from hunting for food, he was stung with grief to see his little hut in flames and a cloud of smoke. The worst thing he could imagine had happened. But early the next day, a ship drew in and rescued him.
He asked the crew, ''How did you know I was here?''
They replied, ''We saw your smoke signal. ...
Richard Bradley
Ephesians 1:3-8
AMAZING GRACE!
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth -- in Him.
The dictionary defines the word amazing as ''filling with great surprise or sudden wonder; to astonish.'' We often sing about God's amazing grace and yet many of us have little understanding of what His grace has actually done for us. In this passage we are reminded of why God's grace is so amazing and why it ought to fill us with complete awe and wonder.
WE SAW YOUR SMOKE SIGNAL
A ship was wrecked, and the only survivor washed up on a small uninhabited island. He was exhausted. He cried out to God to save him. Every day he scanned the horizon, searching for help. Finally, he managed to build a rough hut and put his few articles in that hut.
One day, coming home from hunting for food, he was stung with grief to see his little hut in flames and a cloud of smoke. The worst thing he could imagine had happened. But early the next day, a ship drew in and rescued him.
He asked the crew, ''How did you know I was here?''
They replied, ''We saw your smoke signal. ...
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