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… soul and your whole life. You need to be saved. Notice the last verse on your outline, 2 Timothy 1, verse 8 and 9. And I love the message translation says this, we can only keep on going. We can only keep on going after all by the power of God, the power of God who first saved us. Now, before you can have the power of God in your daily life, you gotta let God save you. He first saves you, and then he gives you the power for daily living. Now, if you're not sure whether you've been saved or not, it would be my honor right now to lead you in a prayer of salvation, if you're not sure. Let's just settle this issue for once and for all, your eternal destiny, all right? So let's all bow our heads together, and I'm gonna pray a simple prayer. And I'd like to ask you to just follow me in it. And if you're sincere and you mean it in your heart, God's gonna hear you and he will save you. …
… but what about this one? 2 Timothy 1.9, God saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of works, but because of his own purpose and grace which he gave us in Christ before the ages began. I just, I am breathless when I read that. According to Ephesians 1, the goal of election and the goal of predestination is the praise of the glory of the grace of God. So his purpose, his will in choosing and predestining is the praise of the glory of grace. And nothing evil had happened yet. grace is God's giving bad people better than they deserve and nobody's bad because they don't exist yet He gave us grace in Christ before the ages began, which means it should just boggle us. You know you ought to be boggled by God. If you think you got God figured out. you should be mind boggled that God before he created anything was planning everything beginning to end evil included you don't need grace where there's no evil and he gave us grace. …
… home in Hawaii? Maybe. But remember, God's will, God's calling for you is more about a who than a who? Look at his word. 2 Timothy 1.9. For God saved us and called us, what? To live a holy life. It's more about, it's a who, it's what we do today. He called us to live a holy life. God did this not because we deserved it. This is amazing. This is the gospel. But because that was his plan. This was his plan for you before the beginning of time to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. And that's why when it comes to seeking God's will, you might want to change the question that you're asking. Here's what most people are asking. Most people are saying, what does God want me to? What do you want me to do? What do I do now? What do I do later? what do I do next? God, what do you want me to do? Instead of asking God, what do you want me to do? …
… Jesus dying on a cross. This thread runs through the entire scripture and all of eternity. Second Timothy, he has saved us and called us to a holy life. Not because of anything we have done. Why? Because grace is God at work. So of course it's not anything we have done, but because of his own purpose and, say it with me, and what? And what? And grace. It was operational. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. Creation, second thing I want us to see, is a gift of grace. If you ever want to see God at work, look at the first line in the Bible. Most people know the first line in the Bible. Can you read it with me? In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Who created? Who was at work? Did you create? Nope. Did I create? Nope. Were you at work? Nope. Was I at work? Nope. In the beginning, God was at work. Grace was in motion. God was doing what only God could do. He was doing the heavy lifting. Out of nothing, he was making everything that exists. And I want you just to see who was in God doing all this was Jesus. …