Aim: To thrill at the glorious graces the Church possesses—all in Jesus.
Doctrine: The Church possesses full atonement in Jesus. This means we have an unimpeded relationship with God, and we have a lot of everything of highest value (from God).
Exegesis: Three great benefits the Church enjoys because of Jesus: we have been delivered from everything that would enslave us (v. 7a); we have been released from our sins—which had condemned us (v. 7b); we have been inundated with amazing and plentiful grace (v. 8).
Further application: How the Church is to respond to her remarkably good God: first, with heartfelt and full praise; then, by standing in life-changing wonder at our status in Christ.
Key verse: v. 7 ''In [Christ] we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace...''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.