No Plan B
I often shake my head when I hear the Gospel presented as if God changed His mind (as if He could) as some point in history about how to save us. Some present it is if God gave the Old Testament law, then, seeing that we could not meet His righteous requirements, He decided to fulfill it Himself in Jesus Christ. Like the entire New Testament is the result of some Holy audible God called because He was surprised by how sinful and corrupted we are.
But this is a grave misunderstanding of God and His grace.
God didn't have a Plan B. Jesus Christ is Plan A, and the only plan God ever had. Giving us the law was meant to lead us to repentance and to an understanding of our desperate need for a Savior. Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and ascension were planned from the foundation of the world.
But Plan A is not complete. It won't be until Christ returns to fulfill all things. So what is supposed to happen until He does? Well... Plan A. You and me. Us. The church.
Do we realize that we are here for a reason? Do we realize that our churches, that our ministries, and that our witness is Plan A? That we are God's plan for bringing the Gospel to the world, from our own families all the way to the deepest jungles of Africa? That we are God's plan for His glory to be revealed until Christ's return? That we are the ambassadors of His grace in the here-and-now? That we are His hands and feet on earth? That we are His light in a dark world?
Do you realize that God has no Plan B?????
God...
Has...
No...
Plan...
B...
God's plan is what it always has been: you.
Brothers and sisters, how are we doing as His ambassadors? Are our feet swift to do His will? Our mouths bold to proclaim His truth? Are our lives gloriously illuminated with His grace?
Or do we live as if God will just do it some other way?
My friends, we have a job to do. The plan has been made, and, right now, we are it. My prayer is that we would all remember Jesus' words when He prayed to the Father: "As You sent me into the world, so I send them into the world."
The Father sent Him, and He came.
He sends us.
Let's go.
But this is a grave misunderstanding of God and His grace.
God didn't have a Plan B. Jesus Christ is Plan A, and the only plan God ever had. Giving us the law was meant to lead us to repentance and to an understanding of our desperate need for a Savior. Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and ascension were planned from the foundation of the world.
But Plan A is not complete. It won't be until Christ returns to fulfill all things. So what is supposed to happen until He does? Well... Plan A. You and me. Us. The church.
Do we realize that we are here for a reason? Do we realize that our churches, that our ministries, and that our witness is Plan A? That we are God's plan for bringing the Gospel to the world, from our own families all the way to the deepest jungles of Africa? That we are God's plan for His glory to be revealed until Christ's return? That we are the ambassadors of His grace in the here-and-now? That we are His hands and feet on earth? That we are His light in a dark world?
Do you realize that God has no Plan B?????
God...
Has...
No...
Plan...
B...
God's plan is what it always has been: you.
Brothers and sisters, how are we doing as His ambassadors? Are our feet swift to do His will? Our mouths bold to proclaim His truth? Are our lives gloriously illuminated with His grace?
Or do we live as if God will just do it some other way?
My friends, we have a job to do. The plan has been made, and, right now, we are it. My prayer is that we would all remember Jesus' words when He prayed to the Father: "As You sent me into the world, so I send them into the world."
The Father sent Him, and He came.
He sends us.
Let's go.
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