Hope in the Lord

“Scripture quotations taken from the NASB, unless stated otherwise. Copyright by The Lockman Foundation“

28/05/2020

Day 4
Psalm 146 v 5 - 6 | Ephesians 2 v 12 - 13 | Jeremiah 29 v 10 - 14

“For I know the plans I have for you…”

The Lord has given us a hopeful future (in Christ) from an eternity past view, knowing the plan of salvation even before the creation came into being. This is something we “grapple” with, because we only see in part and cannot comprehend the Almighty, omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing) and omnipresent (all-present) God of the Bible.

He knew the outcome, because He is God. Period. This does not take away the fact that we have free will, simply because we do not know the future, nor do we know the exact outcome of our decisions and actions, although one thing is certain. In the event of breaking any form of law, there will be consequences. The same applies to God’s moral law.

For this reason, God put a plan in motion and prepared mankind over a period of thousands of years. He would become the suffering servant in the form of His Son, Jesus, who would be the perfect sacrifice. For God so loved the [whole] world, that He didn’t want to pour out His wrath on those He created in His image. Instead, Jesus became the substitute who bore our sins.

We were made alive in Christ, being saved by grace, through our faith in what He did on the cross. Although we were dead in our sins, excluded from the covenant and therefore separated from God, without hope, we were “grafted in” by the blood of Christ that was shed.