In John 6:38-39 (Amplified) Jesus says, "For I have come down from Heaven not to do My Own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me. And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me, but that I should give new Life and raise them all up at the last days."
The will, the Word, the purpose of God and the plan of God, are all one and the same thing. From the very beginning, God had planned for a family of His Own and that plan has not and will never change. Ephesians 1:4-7 (Amplified) says, "Even as in His Love He chose us (actually picked us out for Himself as His Own in Christ before the foundation of the world), that we should be holy, consecrated and set apart for Him, and blameless in His sight, eve above reproach before Him in Love. For He fore-ordained us, destined us, planned in Love for us to be adopted, revealed as His Own children through Christ Jesus, in accordance with the purpose of His will, because it pleased Him and was His kind intent." Verses 6-7 continue, "So that we might be to the praise and commendation of His Glorious Grace, favor and mercy, which He so freely bestowed us in the Beloved. In Him we have Redemption, deliverance, and salvation through His Blood, the remission, forgiveness of our offenses, short comings and trespasses in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His Gracious favor."
We haven't reached back into the will, plan and Word of our Father, in order to see what His will for us really is. We've misunderstood the plan, purpose and will of God's Own heart for mankind, because of natural men's ideas and teachings. Some believe that God's plan was for Adam to fall in the Garden, so He could sent Jesus to save us. If this was God's plan for mankind, then God has been responsible for every person who has been lost, tormented, abused, murdered, starved or grieved by the horrible plagues that have befell them.
"God is Love," according to 1John 4:16 (Amplified) which says, "And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of by observation and experience, and believe, adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the Love God cherishes for us, GOD IS LOVE, and he who dwells and continues in Love dwells and continues in God and God dwells and continues in Him." In order to learn the will, purpose, and plan God has for us today, we must first learn to understand His Love.
In Genesis 1:1-25, we see and learn, that before making man in His Own Image and Likeness, God created a beautiful place for him to live in and have dominion over. God created everything His family would need to live in comfort and beauty. God's children were predestined before the foundations of the world and we were the reason for the entire creation.
Before the foundation of the world, God's will, plan and purpose was to have a family of His Own. We were predestined to be His Own family, according to Ephesians 1:5 (Amplified) which tells us, "For He fore-ordained us, destined us, planned in Love for us, to be adopted, revealed as His Own children through Christ Jesus, in accordance with the purpose of His will, because it pleased Him and was His kind intent."
No Loving parent has ever planned for his or her family to be tortured, starved, murdered, abused or tormented, because they love them. If God is Love (and we know that He is), then do you honestly believe God's will is for His children to be these things? God's will for His family has never changed. From the time satan deceived Adam in the Garden, God's will, plan, purpose and intent was to bring His children back to Him. But, as a Just and Righteous God, this had to be done according to His Own laws, that govern Heaven. God is Just and True, so He couldn't (or wouldn't) ignore how Adam's transgression left man in the spiritual state of death. God devised a way, to legally bring man back to His Own righteousness. Adam made his own decision that led to transgression for mankind, so man must make his own decision to receive his salvation through Christ Jesus.
The Father knew that man could never return on his own merits and He provided the way back, by His Own Blood. This act of God's Love, has been misunderstood for centuries, causing some t believe God deliberately caused Adam to fall, so He could be the One to redeem him. If man had never failed, then we would never have needed a Redeemer. We sometimes forget that we have the "right of choice" and that even if we make the incorrect choice, God will always direct us back to Him, if we listen. In His Word, God states His will for mankind. If we will read God's Word by the Holy Spirit and not our own carnal understanding, then we can know His will.
2Peter 3:9 (Amplified) says, "The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He Promises, according to some people's conception of slowness, but He is long suffering, extraordinarily patient toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance." God's will is that, "All should repent and not perish," but we see how many will not receive or walk in God's will for themselves. This doesn't change God's will or plan for man. He has a plan, will and purpose for mankind, that He will not or cannot change. There is no more sacrifice or other way to be reconciled back to Himself. It's God's desire that everyone should be saved and come to the knowledge of Christ, Who was God's Perfect Sacrifice for mankind, but we continue to see those who are outside of God's will.
God does not change, so it's up to us to change and let His will be done, instead of our own. God planned for His family, before creating the Heavens and the earth. We came into existence by God's will and He hasn't changed or deviated from that original plan. We sometimes miss out on His original plan for man and man's place with and in God. When thinking about God's will and His plan, we must always return to the original intent, because God's will, purpose, plan, Word and Love have never changed. Everything Jesus did and stood for, was God's heart cry and Love's purpose to deliver man back to Himself.
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