GOD'S MASTER PLAN: SALVATION

 

GOD’S MASTER PLAN: SALVATION

Prov. 19:21 You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail. NLT

Planning is what most of us do. We plan out our meals, our vacations, our daily activities, our goals in life, our social lives, etc. Making plans helps us to have a sense of achievement as we go through our lives. We make many plans, but when it’s all said and done, God’s plan will prevail. We will see His good plans for us come to pass if we let Him have His way with us.

God’s master plan is that we would be saved. In order for that to happen, we must understand who God is. God is absolute holiness and is incapable of being in the presence of that which is unholy. If we don’t see ourselves in the light of who God is, we will not be saved.

We must understand that God is a personality who is capable of having a relationship with us. Gen. 1:26-27 God is love and has taken the initiative to having a with us. John 3:16; II Pet. 3:8-9 Everything God does is with the desire to see us saved.

We must understand what sin is before we can understand our need for God. Sin is whatever we say, think, or do that is not holy. James 4:17 Sin is what keeps us away from God. Sin is why Jesus had to die on the cross. Heb. 9:27-28

We must understand our need before we can a relationship with God. We must see ourselves as God sees us; we are all sinners in need of a Savior. Rom. 3:23; I John 1:8-10; Jeremiah 17:9-10 We normally paint a far too pretty picture of ourselves. We see ourselves as in much better shape before God than He does. We live in denial thinking that our good lives or deeds will be enough to take care of our sin problems. We tend to gloss over why Calvary had to happen. We don’t take sin nearly as seriously as we should and as God does.

We must accept our need for God’s help to deal with our sins. Acts 4:12 Jesus is God’s only solution for our sins. He is the only one who is qualified and has the authority to forgive us. But, in order for Jesus to forgive us, we must believe that He is the only one who is qualified and authority to do it, we must confess our sins, ask Him to forgive us, trust in His forgiveness, and then live like we are forgiven.