Salvation - Plans A and B

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth…male and female create he them…. then to Adam He said, because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, you shall not eat from it; cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you will eat of it all the days of your life, both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; and you will eat the plants of the field; by the sweat of your face you will eat bread, till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return." (Genesis 1-3:19)

Sin brings death - so is there any plan to remedy this situation?

Yes:  Salvation  - Plans A and B

SALVATION - PLAN A: 

 “…love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you that you may be children of your Father in heaven…Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."(Matthew 5:43-45)

I cannot think of even one Christian who loves his enemies, blesses those who cuss them, does good to those who hate them and is perfect - can you?

So why did God tell Adam, Eve, Israel and all other folks to do the above, knowing they hadn’t, wouldn’t, and couldn’t?

To point us to Plan B.

SALVATION OF ALL - PLAN B: 

  “…Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures…he was buried…he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” - “The wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Romans 6:23)

I tell people in this blog about Plan B. It can be summarized like this.

GOD LOVES SINNERS

GOD SENT JESUS TO SAVE SINNERS

HE SUCCEEDED

SALVATION IS A FREE GIFT TO ALL

BELIEVING THIS PLEASES GOD

BELIEVING THIS GIVES SINNERS JOY AND PEACE 

JESUS IS COMING FOR US ALL

“He who testifies to these things says, Yes, I am coming swiftly. Amen! Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be WITH ALL. Amen.” (Revelation 22:20-21)


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