Powerful scriptures about God's love for us and His plan to include the Church, the body of Jesus in restoring all things. From a talk given by Pastor Brent Lokker at Blazing Fire Church blazingfire.org on May 26, 2018. The scriptures used are from The Passion Translation (TPT).

1. Grace-Gifts Given to
Restore All Things
Brent Lokker
May 26, 2018

2. Ephesians 1:4 (TPT)
And our Father chose us to be
his very own, joining us to
himself even before he laid the
foundation of the universe!
Because of his great love, he
chose us to be seen as holy in his
eyes with an unstained
innocence.

3. Ephesians 1:9 (TPT)
And through the revelation of the
Anointed One, Jesus, our Father
unveiled his secret desires to us
—the hidden mystery of his long-
range plan, which he was
delighted to implement from the
very beginning of time.

4. Colossians 2:26-27
There is a divine mystery—a secret surprise that has
been concealed from the world for generations, but
now it’s being revealed, unfolded and manifested for
every holy believer to experience. Living within
you is the Christ who floods you with the
expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ,
embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure
chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his
people, and God wants everyone to know it!

5. CHRIST
in YOU
the HOPE of
GLORY

6. Ephesians 1:10 (TPT)
And because of God’s unfailing
purpose, this detailed plan will
reign supreme through every
period of time until the
fulfillment of all the ages finally
reaches its climax—when God
makes all things new in all of
heaven and earth through Jesus
Christ.

7. Ephesians 4:7-16 (TPT)
7 And Jesus has generously given
each one of us supernatural grace,
according to the size of the gift of
Christ. 8 This is why he says:
“He ascends into the heavenly
heights taking his many captured
ones with him, and gifts were
given to men.”

8. Psalm 68:18
He ascends into the heavenly heights,
taking his many captured ones with him,
leading them in triumphal procession.
And gifts were given to men,
even the once rebellious,
so that they may dwell with Yah.

9. 9 He “ascended” means that he
returned to heaven, after he had
first descended from the heights
of heaven, even descending as far
as the lowest parts of the earth.
10 The same one who descended
is also the one who ascended
above the heights of heaven, in
order to begin the restoration and
fulfillment of all things.

10. 11 And he has appointed some
with grace to be apostles, and
some with grace to be prophets,
and some with grace to be
evangelists, and some with grace
to be pastors, and some with
grace to be teachers.

11. 12 And their calling is to
nurture and prepare all the
holy believers to do their own
works of ministry, and as they
do this they will enlarge and
build up the body of Christ.

12. 13 These grace ministries will function
until we all attain oneness in the
faith, until we all experience the
fullness of what it means to
know the Son of God, and finally
we become one perfect man with
the full dimensions of spiritual
maturity and fully developed in
the abundance of Christ.

13. 14 And then our immaturity will end!
And we will not be easily shaken by
trouble, nor led astray by novel
teachings or by the false doctrines of
deceivers who teach clever lies.
15 But instead we will remain strong
and always sincere in our love as we
express the truth. All our direction and
ministries will flow from Christ and
lead us deeper into him, the anointed
Head of his body, the church.

14. 16 For his “body” has been formed in
his image and is closely joined
together and constantly
connected as one. And every
member has been given divine gifts to
contribute to the growth of all;
and as these gifts operate
effectively throughout the whole
body, we are built up and made
perfect in love.

15. Ephesians 2:20 (TPT)
20 You are rising like the perfectly
fitted stones of the temple; and
your lives are being built up
together upon the ideal
foundation laid by the apostles
and prophets, and best of all,
you are connected to the Head
Cornerstone of the building,
the Anointed One, Jesus Christ
himself!

17. Vs.

18. 1 Peter 2:1-3 (TPT)
1 So abandon every form of evil, deceit,
hypocrisy, feelings of jealousy and
slander. 2 In the same way that nursing
infants cry for milk, you must intensely
crave the pure spiritual milk of God’s
Word. For this “milk” will cause you to
grow into maturity, fully nourished and
strong for life— 3 especially now that
you have had a taste of the goodness of
the Lord Jehovah and have
experienced his kindness.

19. 1 Peter 2:4-5 (TPT)
4 So keep coming to him who is the
Living Stone~though he was rejected
and discarded by men but chosen by
God and is priceless in God’s sight.
5 Come and be his living stones who
are continually being assembled into
a sanctuary for God. For now you
serve as holy priests, offering up
spiritual sacrifices that he readily
accepts through Jesus Christ