God, Master of the universe, does indeed have a plan!! He is Creator and King and the only true living God. Jesus is the plan and God the Master planner! John 17:2-3 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
When Jesus Christ died on the cross , Satan was defeated! So, you see, Satan is on borrowed time. He is not in control, God is! God reigns period!!!
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
1 Chr.16:14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
1 Chr.16:23-26 Sing to the LORD, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be held in awe above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
1Chr.16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!"
Christ was tempted by Satan but He used the Word, our shield of protection, to defeat his fiery darts.
Matt.4:1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, "'He will command his angels concerning you,'and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me." Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'" Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.
Deut.8:3 NAS He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.
Deut.6:16 NAS You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.
Deut.6:13 ESV It is the LORD your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
You must come to the realization that you are in need of a savior. You must know you are lost and going to spend eternity in hell. You must know that you can not go before a holy God because you are unclean from sin. You must know you will always be under sin until you are covered by the blood of a spotless Lamb who takes away the sin of the world. Not very many deny God, for they know that there is a Supreme Creator. There is one true God, the great I AM. A lot of people deny Christ, some call Him a prophet, while others think He has not yet come, still others think He is a myth. Will you except Christ? Or will you die in your sin, to be forever separated from our holy God?
Lord God, Father of all, I ask for You to open hearts to receive the truth. I know that there are ones waiting to hear of the hope that is found in You. Help me to teach your Word and Your truth. Amen
The other day, I was watching the news. A lady, whose neighborhood was destroyed by the tornadoes, made a statement that I am still repeating in my mind. She said "God sent these storms because we are too separated"! I think she may well have part of the answer because I have never seen people come together and become so caring toward one another. I believe there is coming a great revival of people being drawn to Christ and of Christians sharing the gospel of Christ to the ends of the earth. Time is running out for us all. You will die and you will spend eternity in heaven or hell!
What we strive for:
Matt.5:12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Luke 10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
In God's old covenant, He required continual blood atonement for sin. In the old testament, the priest had to make atonement for our sin by animal sacrifice. God's new covenant, through the blood of Christ, was paid once only, for all time. You must repent from sin and turn to Jesus. He is Lord over all!
Heb.9:12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Heb.9:14-15 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Heb.10:12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God
Romans 10:12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
1 Tim.2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
All men have sinned! They all have failed obeying the law! All must be justified through faith in Christ!
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