1. Six Things it Pleased God to Do I.“Yet it Pleased the L ORD to bruise Him” (Isa. 53:7-10). A.It was necessary for Christ to die that man might be saved (Luke 24:45-47). B.God made Christ to be sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21).

2. Six Things it Pleased God to Do II.“For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell” (Col. 1:15-19). A.Jesus was God in the flesh (John 1:1; 1:14). B.God the Father gave God the Son all authority (Matt. 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” (1 Cor. 1:20-25). A.God’s word accomplishes just what God intends (Isa. 55:11). B.It discerns the thoughts of the heart (Heb. 4:12-13).

4. Six Things it Pleased God to Do IV.“…It pleased God …to reveal His Son in me…” (Gal. 1:13-17). A.The church was built on the apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:19-22). B.The apostles’ doctrine instructs us (Phil. 4:8-9).

5. Six Things it Pleased God to Do V.“But now God has set the members, each one of the, in the body just as He pleased” (1 Cor. 12:14-18). A.God gives different abilities to different people (Rom. 12:6-8). B.We must do all to the glory of God (1 Pet. 4:10-11).

6. Six Things it Pleased God to Do VI.“But God gives it a body as He pleases” (1 Cor. 15:35-40). A.Christians can take comfort in the hope of the resurrection (1 Thess. 4:13-18). B.The inner man is daily renewed (2 Cor. 4:16-18).