God spoke His Word when Creation took place. He spoke and the world came into existence. Even though sin entered the world and the earth became cursed the evidence of His Hand is in every tree, flower, animal, person, mountain, ocean, and insect. We only have to look to see His mark and know that this is my Father’s world.
As I have traveled around the world, I have observed that there are many different kinds of animals. I noticed that even though the black cows with a white stripe like the one above are different from all the cows I saw in South Africa, they are consistently the same. The 250,000 impalas that roam in the game preserve of Umfolozi, Natal all look just about identical. They have black markings, tan markings, and beige markings, etc. which are all the same on everyone of them. An impala is an impala. A water buck is a water buck. God made them the way that they are and they are not in the process of evolving to be something else.
God spoke His Word when His Son took on human flesh and became like we. The marvel of the eternal taking on the temporal and the infinite assuming the finite is beyond the thinking of man. Jesus, the literal Word of God, became a man so He could live a sinless life and, in contrast to the first Adam, bring life to mankind. He was the Word that was in the beginning. He was the declared Word who laid down His life to pay the price of sin. He is the eternal Word who resides at the right hand of the Father forever declaring that the price He paid makes every believer’s account marked, PAID IN FULL.”
If that is not enough God has given us His written Word which is a record of the eternal scope and plan of God Himself. It gives us the record from Creation into the unending days of eternity. We learn how it is that we became flesh. We are taught how sin entered the world. We discover what it is that blocks man from entering heaven and we learn the price that has been paid to remove the blockade and open the gates of heaven wide for every believer. We learn how to live down here and prepare to live up there. We discover how victory over death will be won because of the Cross of Calvary.
God’s eternal plan is the plan of redemption that brings life where only there was death. It brings hope where there was nothing but despair. It brings joy where there was only sorrow. It takes us from frustration to accomplishment. We go from defeat to victory and from emptiness to fulfillment.
All of this is because of His Word that was spoken at creation, demonstrated in the Savior, and is at our fingertips in His book. His Word is full of wonderful words of redemption. There are all kinds of words that God has given to us, but this book is a book of the words of redemption. They are words in which we can learn, grow, and revel.
God’s book is not just a convenient way to learn about Who God is and what He has done. It is a revealing book that teaches us about the character and attributes of Almighty God, but it is also shows us the weakness and attributes of man. God gave us this book so that we could know Him, understand ourselves, and be victorious in life and death.
Redemption is the theme of the Creator, the sustainer, and the Savior. Lift up your heads and live. Man stands in desperation, unable to do anything to solve his problems, change his destiny, and renew his relationship with his creator God. God stands able and willing to do it all. The great gulf remains as long as man fails to meet the one requirement of the creator God. Man must lift up his head and cry out to God in belief. In that moment he discovers that God has already accomplished it all on man’s behalf and the chasm has been crossed. Man than stands on the brink of eternity with his sins forgiven, his life renewed, and his fellowship restored. The great theme of redemption has been entered and accomplished.
God spoke His Word when His Son took on human flesh and became like we. The marvel of the eternal taking on the temporal and the infinite assuming the finite is beyond the thinking of man. Jesus, the literal Word of God, became a man so He could live a sinless life and, in contrast to the first Adam, bring life to mankind. He was the Word that was in the beginning. He was the declared Word who laid down His life to pay the price of sin. He is the eternal Word who resides at the right hand of the Father forever declaring that the price He paid makes every believer’s account marked, PAID IN FULL.”
If that is not enough God has given us His written Word which is a record of the eternal scope and plan of God Himself. It gives us the record from Creation into the unending days of eternity. We learn how it is that we became flesh. We are taught how sin entered the world. We discover what it is that blocks man from entering heaven and we learn the price that has been paid to remove the blockade and open the gates of heaven wide for every believer. We learn how to live down here and prepare to live up there. We discover how victory over death will be won because of the Cross of Calvary.
God’s eternal plan is the plan of redemption that brings life where only there was death. It brings hope where there was nothing but despair. It brings joy where there was only sorrow. It takes us from frustration to accomplishment. We go from defeat to victory and from emptiness to fulfillment.
All of this is because of His Word that was spoken at creation, demonstrated in the Savior, and is at our fingertips in His book. His Word is full of wonderful words of redemption. There are all kinds of words that God has given to us, but this book is a book of the words of redemption. They are words in which we can learn, grow, and revel.
God’s book is not just a convenient way to learn about Who God is and what He has done. It is a revealing book that teaches us about the character and attributes of Almighty God, but it is also shows us the weakness and attributes of man. God gave us this book so that we could know Him, understand ourselves, and be victorious in life and death.
Redemption is the theme of the Creator, the sustainer, and the Savior. Lift up your heads and live. Man stands in desperation, unable to do anything to solve his problems, change his destiny, and renew his relationship with his creator God. God stands able and willing to do it all. The great gulf remains as long as man fails to meet the one requirement of the creator God. Man must lift up his head and cry out to God in belief. In that moment he discovers that God has already accomplished it all on man’s behalf and the chasm has been crossed. Man than stands on the brink of eternity with his sins forgiven, his life renewed, and his fellowship restored. The great theme of redemption has been entered and accomplished.
When we come to know Him, then we can sing the great songs of redemption.
Redeemed how I love to proclaim it. Redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Redeemed through His infinite mercy. His child and forever am I.
Redeemed how I love to proclaim it. Redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Redeemed through His infinite mercy. His child and forever am I.
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