Monday, May 22, 2023

The Fullness of Time

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Galatians 4:4-7 “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out,  “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”

 

Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. The Lord is outside of time, but sees and controls all of time, which He created. We live in a finite physical world and do not easily grasp that our infinite Almighty working out his over-arching plan on earth and bringing forth His will when He determined the fullness of time. 

 

With original sin in the Garden of Eden causing the fall of man (which He saw coming), our heavenly Father immediately implemented His plan of Salvation for the forgiveness and restoration of man through the atoning sacrificial death of Jesus Christ, sent by God as a free gift to redeem those under condemnation by His blood, giving eternal life and adoption into the family of God. The gift of God is the Savior of the world (God with us), given by God’s grace and received by saving faith. Born-again Believers are then given the Holy Spirit (God in us), as our Helper, our Comforter, our Counselor and our teacher to dwell inside our heart through life.  

 

As reconciled children of God, we rejoice with the Spirit gratefully proclaiming “Abba (Daddy), Father”! And Christ, Our Savior and Lord is our brother as we all inherit the kingdom of Heaven in the fullness of time. All praise, and honor and glory be to God, our Father, and to His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord in life. 

 

In Christ, Brian

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