THROUGH YOU

 APRIL 29, 2022

I'm forgiven
Because You were forsaken
I'm accepted
You were condemned
I'm alive and well
Your Spirit is within me
Because You died
And rose again

Amazing love
How can it be
That You my King
Would die for me
Amazing love
I know it's true
It's my joy to honor You
In all I do I honor You


PSALM 44

4 You are my King and my God,
who decrees victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back our enemies;
through your name we trample our foes.
6 I put no trust in my bow,
my sword does not bring me victory;
7 but you give us victory over our enemies,
you put our adversaries to shame.
8 In God we make our boast all day long,
and we will praise your name forever.


Colossians 1:15-18

15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

Ephesians 1:3-10

3 Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One, who grants us every spiritual blessing in these heavenly realms where we live in the Anointed—not because of anything we have done, but because of what He has done for us. 4 God chose us to be in a relationship with Him even before He laid out plans for this world; He wanted us to live holy lives characterized by love, free from sin, and blameless before Him. 5 He destined us to be adopted as His children through the covenant Jesus the Anointed inaugurated in His sacrificial life. This was His pleasure and His will for us. 6 Ultimately God is the one worthy of praise for showing us His grace; He is merciful and marvelous, freely giving us these gifts in His Beloved. 7 Visualize this: His blood freely flowing down the cross, setting us free! We are forgiven for our sinful ways by the richness of His grace, 8 which He has poured all over us. With all wisdom and insight, 9 He has enlightened us to the great mystery at the center of His will. With immense pleasure, He laid out His intentions through Jesus, 10 a plan that will climax when the time is right as He returns to create order and unity—both in heaven and on earth—when all things are brought together under the Anointed’s royal rule.





We often think of grace as solely a New Testament concept. The apostle Paul said “I can do all things through Christ”, and he was also the one who said “anything I do, I only do it because Christ does it in me.” Likely most of us are aware that Paul's writings and theology comprise a great deal of the New Testament. Let us remember, however, that Paul was a Jew who had studied the Books of Moses (Torah) and had been raised in the history and teachings of the law and the prophets. What we discover in the scriptures is that God did not suddenly try a new approach, grace was always reflected in God’s ways. God's people never were able to achieve anything on their own strength, any experiences of achievements were only because God was present with them and for them.

Psalm 44 acknowledges such truth. “Through you” it keeps repeating. In you, God, we trust.

If we have victory it's because of you!

If we have life, it is because of you!

If we have forgiveness, it is because of you!

Isaiah 26:12 says “Lord you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us."

God's worshippers stand back and say “Amazing! Amazing! You are amazing God!!” only through you do we have anything at all. No wonder “we will praise your name forever.”


TAKE AWAY

What has Christ graciously an amazingly done for you?

What do you have in your life but you would not have without him?



Take a few minutes and make a list of your response’s to these questions.