Come let us worship our Most Holy God together in song:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
Who sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb,
     Praise and glory, wisdom and strength,
     Honor, and power, and might.
     Be to our God, forever and ever.
     Be to our God, forever and ever.
     Be to our God, forever and ever.  Amen
And we the redeemed shall be strong,
In purpose and unity, declaring out loud,
    Praise and glory, wisdom and strength,
    Honor, and power, and might.
    Be to our God, forever and ever.
    Be to our God, forever and ever.
    Be to our God, forever and ever.  Amen
 
In the counsel of eternity past God the Father put forth the plan of salvation.  The Son carried out the plan.  The Holy Spirit came to dwell within each of the redeemed to work out this salvation on earth.
 
In John 17 Jesus Christ prays to the Father.  (The prayer is known as Jesus Christ’s high priestly prayer.)  
“I have glorified You on the earth.  I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.”  Vs. 4
 
All God’s plan is centered in Christ Jesus.  As we see in Scripture.
By God’s grace:
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him (Christ) before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him (the Father) in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.”  Ephesians 1:3-6
 
By God’s love:
“But God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.”  Romans 5:8-9
And, Vs. 11 says,
“And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.”
 
By God’s mercy:
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior.”  Titus 3:5-6 
 
By Christ alone:
Peter is speaking to the Sanhedrin after Pentecost, Acts 4:5-12,  
Vs. 12 tells them,
“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
 
Of the Cross Paul tells us,
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, BUT to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”  1 Corinthians 1:18 (My emphasis.)
 
In John 17:5 Christ Jesus prays,
“Now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.” 
 
Remember Paul in Philippians 2:5-8 tells us that Christ Jesus set aside His Godness (the glory He shared with His Father before the world was) and became a humble servant,
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Who being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant, and coming in the likeness of men.
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.”
 
Jesus Christ is fully God and fully Man!  He is now seated at the right hand of God.  Our Advocate making intercession for those He came to save.  How can we not worship and give all glory to Holy God Most Mighty?
 
So we sing,
Ev’ry good and perfect gift,
Ev’ry promise that is true,
Ev’ry blessing that we have
Has come from You.
You’re the giver of it all
And for that we stand in awe.
And we lift our praises up
With grateful hearts.
 
With grateful hearts we say Thank You
For all things great and small,
With grateful hearts we say, Thank You
Thank You for it all.
Amen