"Christ’s sacrifice for our sins was not an afterthought, not something God decided to do when the world got out of control. This plan was set in motion by the all-knowing, eternal God long before the world was created. What a comfort it must have been to Jewish believers to know that Christ’s coming and his work of salvation were planned by God long before the world began. This assured them that the Law was not being scrapped because it didn’t work, but that both the Law and the coming of Christ were part of God’s eternal plan." - Life Application Bible, p. 2197.

Plan For Each Individual

"You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you."John 15:16.

"Jesus made the first choice - to love and to die for us, to offer us eternal life. We make the next choice - to accept or reject his offer. Without his choice, we would have no choice." - Life Application Bible, p. 1840-1841.

The “fruit” mentioned in the above verse is the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22, 23: “...love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.” God desires to imprint His character within and upon us.

"That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus." Eph. 2:7.

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