1 Peter 1:19-21
"19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
21 Who by Him do believe in God, that raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God."
DO YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR???
This is The Question we all must answer. Jesus asked this on Martha before her brother was raised from the dead. It's restated by the Apostle Paul in the letters to the Romans; "...confess with thy mouth... believe in thine heart ...THOU shalt be SAVED." As we read in Isaiah and in 1 Peter; "...and with His stripes WE are healed." This is how God planned everything!!!
In today's verses we read "was FOREORDAINED BEFORE the foundation of the world," and expertly explained in; Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible; "That is, from eternity. It was before man was formed; before the earth was made; before any of the material universe was brought into being; before the angels were created."
"(1) that the atonement was not an afterthought on the part of God. It entered into His plan when He made the world, and was revolved in His purposes from eternity."
"(2) it was not a device to supply a defect in the system; that is, it was not adopted because the system did not work well, or because God had been disappointed. It was arranged before man was created, and when none but God could know whether he would stand or fall."
"(3) the creation of the earth must have had some reference to this plan of redemption, and that plan must have been regarded as in itself so glorious, and so desirable, that it was deemed best to bring the world into existence..."
How is that for a paradigm shift; all creation is here for the GLORY and PRAISE of Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross. (Period.)
We might want to change the way we live. 🤔✝️🙏
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