Part of the Plan from Eternity!

Father, thank You for good productivity and conversations today. There is always more to do, but I ask for Your guidance and discernment in what needs to be done and when. Amen.

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (<<click here to read the passage)

My Life Application Study Bible helped get my mind rolling today. As I have mentioned many times over, my key verse is found in Ephesians 1:4. Though I first became “aware of it” almost nine years ago, it still amazes me! I write about it; it comes out in church prayers, and I find great comfort in its words of power. It reads,

Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. NLT

The study Bible states that the central theme of the gospel is given in these verses, a key text for the defense of Christianity.

The first point that it addresses is the Apostle Paul’s statement in the middle part of verse 3,

Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.

We all have heard this innumerable times, but honestly, where would we, as His children, be were it not for the truth of this statement? If Christ’s death was worthless, we would still be in our sins and without hope.

We could not do anything about our helpless condition in and of ourselves. Our absolute only hope was that God would take action – and He did before any life on this earth had yet to appear! The only plan that would work was for Christ… the sinless Son of God, to take the punishment of sin so that those who believe can have their sins removed.

When Paul refers to “the Scriptures,” Old Testament prophecies such as Psalm 16:8-11 and Isaiah 53:5-6 come to mind. Of course, these are just a couple of the many Old Testament passages that foretold Christ’s coming. (Take time to read them. They are both linked.)

And this statement is the one that got my mind rolling. Christ’s death on the cross was no accident or afterthought. It had been part of God’s plan from eternity in order to bring about the salvation of all who believe.

It was part of God’s plan from eternity! It blows my mind, knowing what we would do with His perfect world – what we would do with our perfect relationship with Him! – that He would still create us! He set everything into place, knowing we would break His heart. But He had a plan! All praise to God, our Heavenly Father! We got ourselves lost, and He planned for us to be found!!

Feb 15^th, 2024, Thurs, 1:08 pm