God’s Plan of Salvation

God’s plan of Salvation:

The One who created all things, created all humans in the past, present and future. However, not all humans are intimately known by God. He has set apart a chosen people for eternal life who will reign with Him in glory (Gen. 18:19, Jer. 1:5, John 10:14, 2Tim. 2:19). The Hebrew verb “to know” explains it better, it stands for a personal relationship of care and affection. To “foreknow” someone is to have prior knowledge of the person (Jer. 1:5). Those He “foreknew,” He “predestined.” (Romans 8:29). Before you can determine (predestine) where a person goes, you must first of all know them (foreknow).

 

Foreknowledge is knowing about an event before it happens. Foreknowledge, Predestination, Calling, Justification and Glorification are the five links in the unbreakable chain in God’s plan of Salvation. All those whom God foreknows, He predestines, and all He predestines, He calls and all He calls, He justifies, and all He justifies, He glorifies. By divine election He has chosen a people to be saved by Grace. A people with a glorious end (everlasting life and glory), predetermined by God. To be elected: means you have been chosen by someone and to have a destination, means the end of a journey has already determined.

 

Conformed to the Image of His Son:

The image of man was perverted by sin, but restored in Christ. The ultimate reason for predestination is the honour and glory of Christ. His eternal purpose for His elect is that they should become more like Jesus, conform to His image and give Him pre-eminence. The process of sanctification is progressive. Though the transformation process of sanctification begins here and now, it will be perfected in glory. It is a work of the Holy Spirit (2 Thess. 2:13).

 

Christ the firstborn of among many brothers

The term “firstborn” reflects on the priority and the supremacy of Christ. It is greater than the glorification of God’s people. Without Christ there is no glorification! He is the glory and eminence of God’s children (Col.1:15, 18, Heb 1:6; Rev.1:5). The glory is given to Christ to be “the firstborn among many brothers.” He considers the elect part of Him. “Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.” (Heb.2:11).

Salvation is not the work of any man. Our songs, poems and words of thanksgiving reflect and confirm this as we acknowledge His saving grace. The Lord knows those who are His, so we must continue to pray for others, that God work in them, everything necessary, to draw them to Himself.

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THE CENTRE

The centrality of Christ In the realm of the spirit, the Church stands as one. Christ is at its centre and it cannot be pulled apart. In the natural realm, it may appear weak and divided, but in th…

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The centrality of Christ

In the realm of the spirit, the Church stands as one. Christ is at its centre and it cannot be pulled apart. In the natural realm, it may appear weak and divided, but in the Spirit, it stands strong and united.

It can not be pulled down because it is built upon the Solid Rock. A house built upon on the Rock will stand firm through turbulent and stormy weather (Matthew 7:24). Christ said, “upon this rock I will build my Church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it” (Matthew 16:18).

Jesus Christ is the central theme of Revelation and He is the central theme of His Church.

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Ever blazing Lamp Stands

Light that shines in darkness

John is caught up in the Spirit when He turns around to see the “voice that spoke” with Him. Revelation 1:10 describes the voice as sounding like a trumpet. He hears what the Spirit of the Lord says loud and clear, the voice is like the blast of a trumpet.

What John beholds is as bright as day. He sees seven golden lamp-stands (some versions say candle-sticks). However, I have chosen the “lamp-stand” version because candle-sticks were not in existence during the time John wrote down this Revelation.

The imagery of a lamp-stand is taken from the Old Testament. Moses designed a lamp-stand with seven lamps stands connected to one main stand. Its specifications were based on the vision given to him by God. However, the lamp-stands in John’s vision are different in that they are individual lamp-stands.

Anchored in Christ

Though churches run separately and independently, they have one anchor: Jesus Christ. The lamp-stand Moses established was connected to one main lamp – stand. In John’s vision he saw individual lamp-stands and it is Christ who upholds them. These lamp-stands in John’s vision represent individual churches connected to one major source: the light of the world. Every Church Christ has established is connected to an Eternal Lamp – Stand.

A blazing light

The Church is a blazing light that cannot be put out. They enemy will try, as it has done through the ages, but it will not succeed. Though the forces of darkness assemble against the Church, it shall overcome… It does not operate in its own strength and power. The engine of the Church runs on oil supplied by the Holy Ghost. This oil never runs dry. Though the Church may appear weak, weary and forsaken it stands.. The Church holds a flame that can never be extinguished, though heavy winds of adversity and challenges blow from the four corners of the earth, attempting to put it out. The flame that comes from God can never be put out! It shines ever brightly, eternally.

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Over and over again

The Spirit of God will repeat things over and over again: He knows our frailties and weaknesses.

Scripture is full of repeated words and phrases. When God has a message He wants to get across, He repeats it. Though out scripture, we see inspired writers, repeating words, as repeated to them by the Spirit of God. In this modern age, we embolden, italicize and underline words, sentences and paragraphs to highlight whatever it is we are trying to say. This is the same way messages imparted by God, by repetition, are used in the Bible, to highlight and impress certain messages. For example in Genesis 41:32 Pharaoh was given two different dreams:

“The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.”

The Spirit of God will often use different scenarios in dreams which mean exactly the same thing. This to point out the dream is real and that He means what He says, and the He says what He means. It is for us to specifically observe the message and take it seriously.

In Matthew 16:5-12, Jesus used repetition, to make His point clear; hit the nail on the head, in the minds of the disciples. Within the same passage of scripture, He repeats words to give a very strong message. He is warning them against the influence of the Sadducees and Pharicees, as He warns us today, through His Word.

Looking at Jesus style of teaching, it’s quite clear He wants us to think very carefully about what ever He says. In other words, He wants us to use our brains. We are to think and meditate about it to gain understanding.

Where the Holy Spirit repeats messages and we do not understand what He is trying to say, we are not to abandon it. We are to pray and press in for divine understanding and revelation. Until we get the point, that underlying message the Spirit is trying to covey, we must keep on praying. Amen

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The Trumpet: be alert and listen

In the Spirit John was in the Spirit when he heard a great voice behind him like the sound of a trumpet. He saw with spiritual eyes and heard with spiritual ears. The things of the Spirit cannot be…

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In the Spirit

John was in the Spirit when he heard a great voice behind him like the sound of a trumpet. He saw with spiritual eyes and heard with spiritual ears. The things of the Spirit cannot be discerned through the flesh (1Corinthians 2:14). In the natural, John was in prison, shackled in chains, but the Lord liberated his mind from his immediate circumstances, to receive from the Spirit.

Alone with God

John honoured the Lord’s day in prison. His external circumstances did not interfere with Him as he found himself alone with God. The adverse situations in life can be great opportunities to lean into the Spirit. There are many times the believer will find themselves alone in their situation, these are great times to enter into God’s presence, to be still, and hear from God (Psalm 46:10). We can learn to be expectant, to receive from God, when we are alone in His presence.

He heard a trumpet and a loud voice

Whilst in the Spirit, John heard an alarm, it was the sound of a trumpet. This trumpet sound announced the voice of the Lord. The sound of a trumpet is of great significance in the spiritual realm. A trumpet is blown to announce the beginning of something or entrance of someone. In the OT is was used to gather the people. Moses was asked to blow a trumpet to summon the people and direct the movement of camps (Numbers 10:1-7). Trumpets were used for feasts and to sound warnings. Trumpets are used severally in Revelation to mark the start of apocalyptic events which are to take place on earth. The Lord is warning us in these last days that He is coming soon and we are to lean into the Spirit to hear the sound of the trumpets and the voice of the Lord.

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To see God’s glory

Do you want to see God’s glory? Look at Christ. He is the “brightness of God’s glory and express image of His person.”(Heb.1:3 NKJV). In the Old Testament, the Shekinah glory was the visible evidence of God’s presence in the Tabernacle. It is still here today, in the person of Christ. John 1:14 says, “we beheld His glory.” John says that he beheld such glory that could only be attributed to “the only begotten Son of God.”

Just like the sun rays pierce through the clouds, to ignite and light up the earth with brilliance and brightness, Jesus is the “brightness of God’s glory.” He reveals Almighty God in His fullness, we just have to look at Him. Christ is the light that shines in our darkened hearts (2 Cor.4:6). It is through Him we have the true knowledge of God and His glory (1John 5:20). Light was produced first during creation, and the light of Christ is the first thing that beams in its brightness in the new creation.

We need the eyes of the Spirit to behold the things of the Spirit. It is through God’s gift of faith we see the fullness of God’s glory. To see the true beauty in anything, you have to discern it. The true beauty of Christ can not bee seen with the natural eyes. To behold the glory of God you must have spiritual eye sight. It is through Christ we see God in His fullness, there is no other way.

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THE A TO Z

ALPHA OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END The One who completes all things will bring all things to an end. Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet, just as Aleph and Tau …

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ALPHA OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END

The One who completes all things will bring all things to an end. Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet, just as Aleph and Tau are in the Hebrew alphabet. He existed before time began and shall continue to exist for eternity.

ALPHA

He is the beginning of the Alphabet, the beginning of all things and everything that has come into existence. He is the source.

OMEGA

Everything that has come from Him is created for Him. He is the ultimate purpose for existence and creation. All things that have come and are yet to come, have come through Him. Everything is sustained by Him and everything finds its ultimate purpose in Him.

Romans 11:36 says,

 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

The words Christ uses to describe Himself in Rev.1:8 are the same words used in Rev.22:13, Isaiah 41:4, and Isaiah 43:13. Christ describes Himself as being the complete, perfect and eternal revelation of God. He is fully equal to the Father. He is honoured, just as the Father is honoured. He is Omnipotent, Eternal and Immutable. Whatever God has promised is fulfilled in Him.

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