SALVATION: GOD'S PURPOSE FOR THE WORLD.

TUESDAY, 15TH AUGUST, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

TOPIC:  SALVATION: GOD'S PURPOSE FOR THE WORLD.

MEMORIZE: “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise...but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (II Peter 3:9)

SCRIPTURE READING: Ephesians 1:9-10.

“Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (His plan, of His purpose). And it is this: In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him, He planned for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and had them up and consummate them in Christ, both things in Heaven and things on earth. 

EXPOSITION:

From the beginning of time God had a divine purpose on which He based His relation with and His promises and prophecies to mankind. God has revealed His purpose to believers: Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (His plan, of His purpose). And it is this: In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him, He planned for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and had them up and consummate them in Christ, both things in Heaven and things on earth. (Ephesians 1:9-10, The Amplified Bible)

God's divine purpose from the beginning of time has been to unify all of heaven and earth in Jesus Christ. His vision is global in nature and... The Lord is not slack concerning His promise...but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (II Peter 3:9)

God's purpose is salvation for the world. Because it is His purpose, it must become our purpose. We must make His global cause a priority. There are many needs in the world including hunger, poverty, sickness, and social injustice. Traditional missions have been involved in all of these areas, and rightly so, for the Bible teaches such concern. But the vision of the harvest fields, of reaping men and women for the Kingdom of God, must remain a priority. The other needs are met once communities of responsible believers are established. Missions involves all levels of human need but spiritual harvesting, the winning of lost men and women to Jesus Christ, must be to us as it is to God: The priority purpose.

PRAYER POINT:  Lord, help us to be fruitful in soul winning to your kingdom in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Jeremiah 27 – 30.

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