St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

God's Plan

Apr 02, 2003

In most athletic contest, a coach prepares a game plan ahead of time. God designed a plan for our lives before the world began. God is holy and perfect. He created us to love Him, glorify Him, and enjoy Him forever.

What is God's Standard?
"Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." - (Matthew 5:48).
("Be perfect" - Be the whole person God created you to be.)

What is God's Plan?
"Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind'" - (Matthew 22:37).

Man is sinful and is separated from God.
"But your iniquities [sins] have separated you from you God ..." - (Isaiah 59:2a).

God's Substitute - Jesus.
"... God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." - (Romans 5:8).
"... I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - (John 14:6).

Man's Response.
"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regreat ..." - (2 Corinthians 7:10a).
"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God ..." - (John 1:12).

From www.fca.org