Worship #4

A little behind today getting my devotion up, better late then never I guess!



In worship there is a war going. That was is satan battling God for worship. We know in the end God will win but right now, satan is wanting us to worship him instead of God and I am sad to say he is winning. We can't say we were not warned of this as Jesus told us the gate was narrow and few will enter it. I pray that you are one of the few!



So let's look at these verse today:



Ephesians 1:3-14



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 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. 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.



In these verses we can see what God has done for those who have trusted Christ through the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.



First let's look at the Father: V4-6



a. declares us Holy

b. without blame before Him

c. adopted as sons



Second let's look at the Son: v7-12



a. redemption through the shed blood

b. forgiveness

c. inheritance



Third lets' look at the Holy Spirit: v13-14



a. sealed...nothing can unseal what God has sealed!

b. guarantees our inheritance



Now what does Satan give us:



a. lies

b. death

c. tricks

d. pain

e. suffering



Now who deserves worship? God of course!



Why did Father do these things for us?



a. v6- to the praise of the glory of His grace...for our worship



Why did the Son do these things for us?



a. v12- to the praise of His glory...for our worship



Why did the Holy Spirit do these things for us?



a. v14- to the praise of His glory...for our worship



I don't know about you but I know who deserves my worship and is gonna get it....God!!!!



Tom