"...this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God," Acts 2:23
Beloved, we can scarcely wrap our minds around infinite wisdom, knowledge and love. Before time existed, before the universe was created, before He blew his breath into a mound of dirt and man became a living soul, God knew that we would need a deliverer. He saw across time that the pinnacle of His creation would almost immediately fall into the deepest abyss of sin.
Having this infinite foreknowledge, He developed a plan. The plan was to purchase the redemption of mankind with the blood of His absolutely unique Son through His infinite love. He knew that this precious life would be taken through the agency of those whom the death was meant to save. In truth, it was never man who took Jesus' life, but God who gave it. Through infinite wisdom He gave the life of the Son of Man for us (rather than through a method or being with whom we could not identify), even while we were and are yet in our sins.
His life, death and resurrection to life should be celebrated with joy. Such a costly gift made freely available is to be accepted with awe and thanksgiving and the resultant life from death, lived to His glory. God's plan is for us to become, through faith in Jesus, who we were made to be.
[Memory verse of the week: Psalm 34:1-3]
In Revival,
Lee
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