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THE CHRISTIAN’S ONLY TRUE COMFORT

THE CHRISTIAN’S ONLY TRUE COMFORT

January 12, 2020

Isaiah 43:1-5

Israel’s Only Savior

1 But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. 
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. 
3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. 
4 Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. 
5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. 
Ephesians 1:3-14

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 
4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 
5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 
6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 
8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 
9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 
10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 
12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,to the praise of his glory.