1. Six Things It Pleased God to Do
I. “Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him...” (Isaiah 53:7-10).
It was necessary for Christ to die that man might be saved. (Luke 24:45-47).
God made Christ to be sin for us. (II Corinthians 5:21).

2. Six Things It Pleased God to Do
II. “For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell” (Colossians 1:15-19).
Jesus is God in the flesh. (John 1:1; 1:14).
God the Father has given God the Son all authority. (Matthew 28:18).

3. Six Things It Pleased God to Do
III. “...It pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.” (I Corinthians 1:20-25).
God’s word accomplishes just what God intends. (Isaiah 55:11).
It discerns the thoughts of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12,13).

4. Six Things It Pleased God to Do
IV. “...It pleased God,...to reveal His Son in me...” (Galatians 1:13-17).
The church has been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. (Ephesians 2:19-22).
That which has been revealed to the apostles serves to instruct us. (Philippians 4:8,9).

5. Six Things It Pleased God to Do
V. “But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.” (I Corinthians 12:14-18).
God gives different abilities to different people. (Romans 12:6-8).
We must do all to the glory of God. (I Peter 4:10,11).

6. Six Things It Pleased God to Do
VI. “But God gives it a body as He pleases...” (I Corinthians 15:35-40).
Christians can take comfort in the hope of the resurrection. I Thessalonians 4:13-18
The inner man is renewed daily. (II Corinthians 4:16-18).