06/01/2022 - PARTS OF A BIGGER PLAN

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For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.  Hebrews 2.16

The Bible states that God’s thoughts are higher than ours; therefore, they are quite different: For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts (Isaiah 55.9). When we obey the Most High, we are at the best stage of our submission; then, without a doubt, He thinks only good things for us (Jeremiah 29.11)!

The only way out for man is to let the Lord direct his thoughts, following the divine directions, aware that He knows what He does and with love. We are the dream of the perfect Being. But Adam’s irresponsible attitude in allowing Eve to induce him to eat the forbidden fruit separated us from God’s presence and altered His plans for us (Genesis 3.1-19). However, God loved us and created the plan of salvation (John 3.16)!

The fact that Christ did not take on the nature of angels is of great importance, for if He had done so, He could not fulfill the redemption plan as it was envisioned. The Son of God had to pass through the door – the maternal birth – in order to become one of us and thus redeem us with His blood (John 10.1). The Father searched, but found no one capable of saving us: There is none righteous, no, not one (Romans 3.10b).

The devil tried to confuse Jesus in the synagogue in Capernaum, when he protested that He was God on Earth, but in fact the Master had stripped Himself of the prerogatives of the Son of God and come as one of us. Therefore, He could accomplish our salvation (Galatians 4.4,5; Philippians 2.5-8). In all the works of Heaven, there isn´t and there won´t be one vice; therefore, never accept any “proof” from men against the Scriptures, because its Author is perfect. The Master commanded the devil to be quiet and come out of man (Mark 1.23-27).

The process until our redemption has been prophesied in almost every generation since Adam and executed so perfectly that no one can point to any lack of holiness and purity in this work. After performing so many miracles to bring us out of captivity, wouldn’t God give us with Jesus all things (Romans 8.32)? This is exactly what was done on our behalf, but we have not even believed that there is more waiting for us (1 Corinthians 2.9).

The Savior came from Abraham´s seed, and His blood is the payment of our ransom, as part of God’s plan. The apostle Paul, upon understanding the saving work of Jesus, exclaimed: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  (Romans 8.35). We can have full confidence in God, because He never acts outside of His holiness, which is absolute. To Him be the glory!

What precious love! The Lord did not take on the angelic nature, but was born of the seed of Abraham, whom He called His friend (James 2.23). What special thing did Abraham do to get such treatment? He heard God’s voice and obeyed it. This is what the Father expects from me and from the one to whom He reveals Himself. In eternity, we will see how much we have pleased Him. The Lord is our Friend (John 15:15).

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares