Ephesians 3:6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.

1. The Gospel of Jesus is both ____________ and ____________.

2. ____________ - Jesus has come to save ____________.

3. ____________ - Jesus ____________ is our ____________ and ____________.

Scripture Readings
Isaiah 60:1-6
Ephesians 3:1-12
Matthew 2:1-12

Take It With You!

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A Christian should only think about the article of God's eternal election to the extent that it is revealed in God's Word. The Word holds Christ before our eyes as the "Book of Life," which he opens and reveals for us through the preaching of the holy gospel, as it is written, "Those whom he has chosen, he also called" [Rom. 8:30]. In Christ we are to seek the Father's eternal election. He has decreed in his eternal, divine counsel that he will save no one apart from those who acknowledge his Son Christ and truly believe in him. We should set aside other thoughts, for they do not come from God but rather the imagination of the evil foe. Through such thoughts he approaches to weaken this glorious comfort for us or to take it away completely. We have a glorious comfort in this salutary teaching that we know how we have been chosen for eternal life in Christ out of sheer grace, without any merit of our own, and that no one can tear us out of his hand [John lO:28-29]. For he has assured us that he has graciously chosen us not only with mere words. He has corroborated this with an oath and sealed it with the holy sacraments. In the midst of our greatest trials we can remind ourselves of them, comfort ourselves with them, and thereby quench the fiery darts of the devil.

The Formula of Concord: Article XI Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Election of God.