Job 42:1 Then Job answered the LORD:
Job 42:2 "I know you can do everything. You make plans, and nothing can change or stop them.
The LORD makes plans and how can we know them? The Bible is an accurate guide to what was, what is, and what will be. Hundreds of prophecies have been fulfilled and will be fulfilled about the plans of God. The question that we might ask is, what are your plans for me, LORD? He has given us commands. If you are a disciple of Jesus Christ he has given to us the great commission.
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Mat 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mat 28:20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Shutting down the churches during the pandemic may have been the plan of God. But keeping the church closed is not the plan of God. We are to go into all the nations with the good news that Jesus has paid the price for our sins by his death, and that he is risen returning to the Father in heaven and He is coming back again. We can get this message out through the media, but we also need personal contact, baptizing the new believers to show the world and the spiritual world that we identify with Jesus. This is a symbol of being buried with Christ and being resurrected to new life.
When I was saved by Jesus in 1959, my entire family, father, mother, and two brothers all were baptized to show our belief in Jesus Christ as our savior. Baptism is an act of obedience following your profession of faith. Life goes on and we make personal goals and plans.
James warned us about making plans in our arrogance.
Jas 4:13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—
Jas 4:14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
Jas 4:15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Jas 4:16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
With the China virus being world wide. Everyone's plans are unsure. One thing is for sure God is in control and his purpose he will do.
1 comment:
Blue Letter BIble has had 23% or More increase in visits this year...
Largest percentages in Italy & Spain that were HIT SO HARD at first!!
Another online site had about a 200% increase, it's claimed :)
NOW To FILL the Churches!!
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