Jesus - The Joy Of All HumankindThe good news is that "the grace of God - His unmerited favor and blessing has come forward (appeared) for the deliverance from sin and the eternal salvation of all mankind," (Titus 2:11 Amplified). Even though "the wages of sin is death... the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord," (Romans 6:23). Therefore through Jesus "the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life," (Romans 5:18). "For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth," (1 Timothy 2:4). "God has concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all," (Romans 11:32). "He did this that he might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurably (limitless, surpassing) riches of his free grace," (Ephesians 2:7 Amplified). "According to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself " (Ephesians 1:9) [He planned] for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and head them up and consumate them in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth," ( Ephesians 1:10 Amplified). "For it pleased the father that in him (Christ) should all fulness dwell." ... "And God purposed that through - by the service, the intervention of - Him ( the Son ) all things should be completely reconciled back to himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him ( the Father ) made peace by means of the blood of the cross," (Colossians 1:19,... 20 Amplified). "So that God may be all in all"..."supreme, the indwelling and controlling factor of life" God has planned that he will be everything in everyone. "For of him, and through him, and to him are all things. To whom be glory forever. Amen," (1 Corinthians 15:28 Amplified, Romans 11:36). |