Grace Baptist Church

Grace Baptist Church and Winchester would like to welcome you to our Radio Broadcast.

Let's join the service already in progress.

I walked across the pages of time. He who made every living dream.

He who heard humanity's cry left his throne to wake as a child.

He became like the least of love. Behold me, Jesus, son of God, Messiah, the Lamb of Holy Mother.

I'll be still, and behold him.

You died with sinners and saints, You could blind them whilst in the lane, even though he is in our hands.

Behold him.

You chose a criminal's hand, made with more to settle again, very dead as he was to lie.

Behold him.

Jesus, son of God, my son, the family of the Holy Lion.

Behold him.

You chose a criminal's hand, made with more to settle again, very dead as he was to lie.

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, worthy, worthy, worthy to receive her praise.

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, worthy, worthy to receive her praise.

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, worthy, worthy, worthy to receive her praise.

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, worthy, worthy, worthy to receive her praise.

Jesus, son of God, my son, the family of the Holy Lion.

You chose a criminal's hand, made with more to settle again, very dead as he was to lie.

Jesus, son of God, my son, the family of the Holy Lion.

Jesus, son of God, my son, the family of the Holy Lion.

Jesus, son of God.

Lord, my son, the family of the Holy Lion.

Jesus, son of God, my son, the family of the Holy Lion.

Jesus, no one is like you, Jesus.

No one is like you, a busy and convinced, no greater than insist, forever more my hope is in you, another king.

No other king was in the body, neither to slaughter and refuse to sleep.

Take up a cross and choose to die with these, take up a cross and give his life for him.

Jesus, no one is like you, Jesus.

No one beside you, a busy and convinced, no greater than insist, forever more my hope is in you, another king.

All the praise, all the praise, all the glory to your name, all the praise, all the praise.

No one is like you, a busy and convinced, no greater than insist, forever more my hope is in you.

No other king was in the body, neither to slaughter and refuse to sleep.

Jesus, no one is like you, Jesus.

No one beside you, a busy and convinced, no greater than insist, forever more my hope is in you, Jesus.

No one beside you, a busy and convinced, no greater than insist, forever more my hope is in you, another king.

No other king, no other king, no other king.

No other king, no other king, no other king.

I can't wait for eternity, join the song they're already singing, holy, holy are you.

Just a bow down before your phone, see your face out crying because you're home, holy, holy are you.

Jesus, he dies.

I can't wait for eternity, join the song they're already singing, holy, holy are you.

Just a bow down before your phone, see your face out crying because you're home, holy are you.

Jesus, he dies.

Jesus, he dies.

Jesus, he dies.

Jesus, he dies.

No other king, no other king, no other king.

No other king, no other king, no other king.

Jesus, he dies.

Jesus, he dies.

Jesus, he dies.

Jesus, he dies.

Worthy, worthy, worthy lie, another glimpse of glory.

Worthy, worthy, worthy lie, another glimpse of glory.

Worthy, worthy, worthy lie, another glimpse of glory.

Worthy, worthy lie, another glimpse of glory.

Worthy, worthy lie, another glimpse of glory.

Jesus, he dies.

Jesus, he dies.

Jesus, he dies.

Jesus, he dies.

Worthy, worthy, worthy lie, another glimpse of glory.

Worthy, worthy, worthy lie, another.

Worthy, worthy, worthy lie, another glimpse of glory.

Lamb of God, anointed one, who was and is and is to come, seated on the throne above.

Holy, holy.

Lamb of God, anointed one, who was and is and is to come, seated on the throne above.

Holy, holy. Righteous one, who shed his blood, to prove to us the Father's love.

Jesus Christ, we think it out.

Who else is worthy, who else is worthy.

There is not only you Jesus, who else is worthy.

There is not only you Jesus, there is not only you Jesus.

There is not only you Jesus, there is not only you Jesus.

There is not only you Jesus, there is not only you Jesus.

There is not only you Jesus, there is not only you Jesus.

Dan mentioned that earlier but on the way out we have some of these invite

cards. I think we've got at least three of them ganged together but you can

take some of these. We'll also have it where you can send these out electronically

but invite some folks to Easter. Especially those that you know that could

use Jesus in their lives. So one encourage you to invite some folks and then

next Sunday there is a business meeting. I'd like to encourage you to be here

next Sunday night at five o'clock and there is a deacon trustee meeting today

afterwards at some adjacent property so if you can meet us there we'd appreciate

that. Have you ever been in charge of or had the privilege or the responsibility of

doing a big event whether it be a wedding a graduation or something like that?

It's not easy is it? It's easy when you just show up but there's usually

lots of moving parts lots of people and time and money and effort and energy

creativity that goes into all these things and Murphy's Law will still remains

doesn't it? In other words if it can go wrong the may a good chance that it will

go wrong something you won't be able to locate something's been ordered and

it's not delivered on anybody ever running this or they send the wrong color

or something like that and you what do you do you just roll with it you do the

best that you can and at the end of the day it is what it is and and usually

everything turns out all right but that's how we operate isn't it? That's how

we operate as frail finite human beings with limited resources time knowledge

and ability but that's not how God operates so what do you mean? When God has a

plan he carries it out to perfection and even when that plan happens where we

live you say what do you mean when he he executes it perfectly even in a

broken world where Murphy's Law is still intact and even when as we'll see

today demonic forces come against him his plan is executed perfectly and

beautifully we get to Luke chapter 22 something that we will discover is that

the Bible finally says the writers of the gospel Luke says that his hour had

finally come his hour just happened if you will during to be during the

Jewish feast of unleavened bread we'll read about this in just a moment that is

also known as Passover and Passover was a Jewish holy day when the Jewish people

would gather at Jerusalem and they would commemorate and celebrate God's

deliverance of Israel from Egypt you are probably familiar somewhat with that

how that when the children of Israel had been down in Egypt for 430 years God

sent Moses to them and he goes before Pharaoh and Pharaoh is about a stubborn as

they come and we know those ten plagues that are poured out upon the people of

Egypt so that Pharaoh would let the children of Israel go from the the water be

turning into blood to to frogs everywhere lies flies boils hail you name it it

was all happening but it finally took in order to really get Pharaoh to break it

took what the death of the first born every person living down in Egypt their

first born was going to die unless there was blood on the doorpost God

instructed the children of Israel and I believe this that if the Egyptians had

caught wind of this and they would have done it there was a death angel that was

going to pass through the land that night and if there was not blood on the door

post from a lamb that had been slain the first born would die but when the

death angel passed over if there was blood he would pass over and the first

born would not die and the Bible tells us that this very event happened and

there was great wailing throughout Egypt when this took place you'll find this

in Exodus chapter 11 and Exodus chapter 12 and it says in verse 14 after this

it all taking place God says I want you to remember this day this day special

this day shall be to you as a memorial Exodus 12 and you will keep it as a feast

to the Lord throughout your generations you will keep it as an ever lasting

ordinance that's Exodus chapter 12 about 1445 BC I think fast forward 1500

years and we come to Luke chapter 2 it is the feast of unleavened bread and

they're going together in the upper room to do Passover and it was not only to

commemorate and to celebrate the Passover event but but within the context of

Passover and every Jewish person would have understood what that was it's just

like us and Christmas we know what it's about and they would have understood

what it was all about but but Jesus is going to do something different during

this Passover feast he is going to bring new meaning to the Passover and he

is going to to not only share with them the new meaning but he's going to show

them that through the Passover meal God's perfect plan was about to unfold

right before their eyes just as the lamb was slain so that that thing you could

pass over what was less than 24 hours away the Lamb of God would be slain to

take away the sin of the world and as you know what's about to unfold and we'll

share some of that with you initially as you look at what's taking place in

these in this last few days of the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ

it really does as you look at it it looks like a plan that has gone horribly wrong

but if you listen closely what what is said and what is taking place in the

upper room is a reminder that God's plan is unfolding perfectly

Luke chapter 22 half a dozen verses to get us into our thoughts this morning

Dr. Luke says that the feasts of unleavened bread drew near which is called

Passover and the chief priests and the scribes the religious folks they sought to

kill Jesus for they feared the people they would have just gone and done it but

they feared the people because they were taken a liking to Jesus then Satan

entered one of the disciples Judas who was surnamed as scary it who was

numbered among the 12 and so Judas went his way and conferred with chief priests

so they began to to confer and and with the chief priests and the captains how

they might betray Jesus and they were glad they were more than happy to

accommodate him and they agreed to give him money so he promised and sought

opportunity to but Judas promised and sought opportunity to betray Jesus to

them in the absence of the multitude so here's the backdrop of what's taking

place in the upper room and and it's recorded for us very plainly in the Bible

there is among the religious elite there's a desire to get rid of Jesus and it's

to murder him the Bible tells us that the chief priests and the scribes sought

how they might kill him but there was a problem they feared the people

Jesus has this had his triumphal entry and there were many that were waving

those palm branches and so there was there he was really attracting quite the

following and they were afraid if they just went and arrested him and did

this right in front of the people they feared the people what might take place

but they hated Jesus and he and you say why did they hate him so much because

he was a constant threat to their power of their establishment and so they do

all that they can to to get rid of him it's interesting and I'm sure that many

of you are familiar with this but if you used to go to John's gospel and John

chapter 11 all the religious elite that they were trying to figure out how

they could get rid of Jesus and it tells us in John's gospel chapter 11 that

Caiaphas who happen to be the high priest that year listen this listen the

words that come out of his mouth so they're trying to figure out what they're

going to do with this Jesus problem and Caiaphas says to them at this

particular time during the feast of 11 weeks and the Passover right there

upon them he says you know nothing at all nor do you consider here's what

Caiaphas is saying that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the

people and not that the whole nation should perish he goes on to say this he

did not say on his own authority but being high priest that year unbeknownst to

even Caiaphas the words that was coming out of his mouth he prophesied that

Jesus would die for the nation so we see the plan of God begins to to kind of

unfold here and what what I want you to notice with me this morning is Jesus was

not just merely aware of their plan and knew how he knew how devious it was and

and everything that takes place here nothing catches Jesus by surprise this is

not a a a a divine response or a reaction I want you to understand everything

that took place was right on target this was the plan of God from the very

beginning and we can go all the way back and we know that we can go back to

Genesis chapter three where God basically promised that in the fullness of

time God would send forth his son who would be born of a woman and he would come

to do what to redeem us from the curse of sin and to rescue us from the

condemnation of sin but we can even go further back than Genesis you say well

what we what comes before Genesis well if we we look in first Peter chapter

one the Bible tells us that we're going to be redeemed not with corruptible

things like money silver and gold but you will be redeemed with the precious

blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and with the outspot and this was

for ordained before the foundation of the world another words what we're

learning from the Bible is everything that's going it is not a knee jerk

reaction that we're reading about that takes place during the Feast of

11 weeks but this was something that God the Father God the Son and God the

Holy Spirit had come together before the first star was flung into space yes

the hatred was real but based upon the divine four knowledge of God Jesus knew

what they were about to do he knew the wickedness of the human heart and every

single bit of this is going to play right into the the hand of the eternal

plan of God Bible tells us kind of how all this starts to happen that one of

the disciples by the name of Judas who was surnamed is scary it was numbered

among the twelve and it tells us that that that Satan entered him and he went his

way conferred with chief priests and captains how they might betray him and

this is interesting that Satan entered one of the disciples but let me

remind you of something because there's according to the teaching of the Bible a

Christian can never be possessed by demon we can be oppressed by satanic

activity but you can never be possessed by satanic activity but nonetheless we

see that Judas here he was the Bible says that that Satan entered Judas you

say well how could that happen because Judas was not a believer matter of fact

in John's gospel in chapter six Jesus said I chose you the twelve and one of

you is a devil and John says he spoke of Judas a scary it for it was he who

would betray him Judas was not a believer Satan entered him and once again this

was all part of the plan of God God knew the four knowledge of God that this

was going to happen now let me make a point here before we kind of move on Judas

was not a believer but but he still spent three and a half years with Jesus and

the disciples he was an eyewitness of the miracles actually he went out and

proclaimed often the same message as the other disciples all of this is

intriguing to me because he was not saved and you know this is a reminder a

sobering reminder of just how close a person can come to to God's kingdom and

still be lost once heard a sermon and the title was it that Judas kissed the

door to heaven and is in hell today Jesus said in Matthew chapter seven you're

familiar with that where there there will be many not a few there will be many

that stand before God one day and Jesus said they'll say this Lord did we not

do this and did we not do that and did we not join the church where we not

bat all of these things but he will say to them I'm sorry I never knew you

Judas was a part of the of the crowd but he was not a part of the family of God

and the only way that happens is by you understanding who Jesus Christ is

repenting of your sin believing in the Son of God and on the Son of God and

receiving Him as your Lord and Savior. Judas also had another issue that we

know that we find from the Bible is he was greedy it says that he went and he

conferred and they promised to give him money and we know how much money that

was it was what 30 pieces of silver and they were glad and they agreed to give

him him money. Judas was was a very greedy individual this verse gets

misquoted a lot the Bible does not say that money is the root of all evil but it

reminds us that the love of money is the root of all evil. Jesus warns as a

Matthew chapter 13 beware of the deceitfulness of riches there's a lot of

people that's gonna end up in a crisis eternity because of greed and because of

money and for living for the accumulation of things that stupid bumper

sticker that he who dies with the most toys wins no he does not he still

loses I would rather live my life as a pauper and walk streets of gold for

eternity than to live a brief earthly life living in the lap of luxury. So it's

within all this context of all this evil and of this devious plot that the

last supper is about to take place and the grand eternal plan of God is about

to unfold. So they gather and the Bible tells us that they get together for the

last supper it's the last supper not forever but Jesus told his disciples this

is the last supper that we will have together until we eat it together in the

kingdom of God and that will take place. But notice back to our texts in Luke

chapter 22 notice a few more things that says then they then came the day of

unleavened bread when the Passover must be killed and look how Jesus and his

disciples are going to to observe and to celebrate Passover. He sends two of

his disciples he sent Peter and Johnny said go and prepare the Passover for us

that we may eat. So they say to him where do you want us to go to prepare and

here's the instruction he gives them he says to them behold when you've entered

the city a man is going to meet you carrying a pitcher of water follow him into

the house which he enters then you shall say to the master of the house the

teacher says where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my

disciples then he will show you a large furnished upper room this is Jesus

given instruction the Peter and John go find this man carrying water to him the

teacher needs the room then he's going to no question that he's going to take

you to a large furnished upper room there make ready so they went and found it

just as he had said to them and they prepared the Passover. So instructions

were interesting you're going to go and you'll find a a man carrying a water

pitcher I think I pointed this out before that would have been unusual in that

day you say why because that was a woman's job he said no really really the

women were the ones that would usually go I know the women in the room thinking

nothing has changed in 2000 years we're still doing all the back breaking work

but he said you're going to see a man carrying a water pitcher and I want you to

follow him and I want you to know that the teacher needs the room and that's

exactly what they do and the Bible says so they went and they found it just as

he said to them and they prepared the Passover. Now you say so this just kind of

unfolded I mean it was just kind of a complete stranger and he didn't know

anything that was going on and this was just kind of something that God was

leading him to do and that quite possibly and that's what I lean towards there are

those that think that maybe because Jesus knew of the of the betrayal that was

at hand that he went and secretly secretly prearranged these things it really

doesn't matter but here's what I do know things just as he said to them and just

as was planned from eternity past are unfolding here. Kent Hughes said this of

the events as they're unfolding he said quote Jesus was not caught like a rag

doll on the relentless gears of history he has not he has not done he has

not been done in by a satanic plot Jesus would accomplish everything that he

set out to do and on and on his schedule in to quote what's the significance I'm

going somewhere with all this that God's plan this is not a knee jerk

reaction this is not a divine response to what he is finding happening

before him but he was the God man on mission the Bible says that he had came to

seek and to save that which was lost everything that is taking place that we

read about in Luke chapter 22 and 23 and 24 it was planned before the

foundation of the world and we can find that it was even somewhat promised in

Genesis chapter three Luke tells us in verse 14 when the hour had come he

sat down and the 12 apostles with him and we have the last supper and this is

the the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci of the last supper and while you

may be familiar with that as such it probably didn't look anything like that but

we recognize it as the last supper and it was the last supper until they'll

eat it together in his as kingdom here but they set down to have the last

supper and notice that Jesus says this this is the covenant and this is Jeremiah

chapter 31 I'm back up just a little bit the disciples were very familiar with

the feasts of 11 bread and they were very familiar with the Passover and they

knew that they were celebrating how God had delivered them from Egypt but

there's an interesting prophecy this is not the only place but there's an

interesting prophecy in Jeremiah chapter 31 when God said that he was going

to change some things you know we have an Old Testament or an Old Covenant and

then we have a New Testament or New Covenant and in Jeremiah chapter 31

listen to what the prophet Jeremiah says to the children of Israel he said this

is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days says

the Lord look what he says it's going to be different it's not going to be of

the Torah and a bunch of 613 rules that they had come up with but I'm going to

put my law in their minds and I'm going to write it on their hearts I will be

their God and they shall be my people no more show every man teaches neighbor and

every man his brothers saying no the Lord for they all shall know me from the

least of them to the greatest of them says the Lord for I will forgive their

iniquity and their sin I will remember no more so the the Passover was

celebrating something that God had done in the past but Jeremiah said there's

coming a day when that basically that Passover was going to have new

significance and this is when Jesus introduces to what you and I may call

communion or the Lord suffer so he this is the first time that this has ever

happened and I'm certain that the disciples at this point they'll get it

eventually but they're scratching their nogins wondering what is he talking

about this isn't how you do Passover but he takes the cup he gives thanks and he

said take this and divide it among yourselves for I say to you I'll not drink of

the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes and then he took the bread

and instead of saying anything about what took place 1500 years ago they were

coming as the as the Bible says as far as the disciples were concerned to

commemorate and to celebrate God's deliverance from Egypt but he does something

different with the Passover he grabs a piece of bread and Jesus gave thanks

broke it and he says this to them this is my body which is given for you do this

and remembrance of me and the Bible says likewise and like manner he takes the

cup after supper and he says something different than what they would have

been used to from the Passover but he introduces this new idea something that

probably Jeremiah was talking about in chapter 31 likewise he took the cup

after supper saying this cup is the new covenant today we're not celebrating

old Passover we're celebrating a new Passover this cup is the new covenant in my

blood which is shed for you and you and I both know exactly what he was talking

about he was talking about what was about to take place in less than 24 hours when

his body would be broken and his blood would be shed so that our sins might be

forgiven and that we could become a part of God's forever plan you know the

verse 1 Corinthians for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you

proclaim what the Lord's death until he comes you say why in the world would

anybody celebrate somebody's death because of what that death means for you and

for me and that death was a perfect part of God's perfect plan that we might

be delivered from the curse of sin and the condemnation of sin and I realize as

I say that that we live in a society and a culture that is embraced every kind

of sin that you can think of but I remind you that God is holy and righteous and

just and because of image bears that have been tainted by sin it just takes one

sin to taint you before holy God but we all have way more than one sin that's

enough to keep us removed from God for all the eternity that's why Satan thought

he had won in the garden of Eden when he caused God's most prized creation to

sin he smiled and walked away thinking that he had won but God made a promise

there's coming a day when from this woman that you got to my most prized

creation through it's through her seed that I'm going to defeat you and I'm

going to crush your head and in the fullness of time Jesus shows up all part of

God's plan and what Jesus is introducing here is there is a new covenant that

needs to be celebrated that God can set us free from the curse and the condemnation

of sin how did he do that he who knew no sin Jesus became sin for us how on the

cross I don't know how God did it entirely but the Bible clearly makes it

plain in Isaiah chapter 53 when he was dying on that cross he wasn't dying for

his sin he knew no sin he was the perfect spotless sinless Lamb of God and

somehow someway God took Pat Finley sin and nailed it on the cross with Jesus he

took your sin the Bible says he laid upon him theiquity of us all and then

to prove that he was more than qualified to be the Lamb of God to take away

the sin of the world they laid his dead body in a tomb and three days later to

validate and to prove that he was more than qualified and that he was who he

claimed he was he resurrected victorious over death hell in the grave thank the

Lord for that see the old covenant every year they would do Passover and

what they would do they would be reminded just of how they came out but they

would bring those sacrifices they would bring a lamb of that lamb would be

slain and it was a reminder of of the death angel passing through and him

passing over but the writer of Hebrew tells us in those sacrifices there is a

reminder of sins every year and here's what the Bible says for it is not

possible that the blood of bulls or goats could take away any of our sins it was a

atonement a temporary covering but the writer of Hebrews goes on to say those of us

that understand who Jesus is and what he's done for us listen this we have been

sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all for

by one offering he is perfected forever those who are being saved Jesus and it's

not it's very plain to you and I on this side of the cross the disciples didn't

get it all they will soon enough after they see the resurrected Savior but

Jesus and the disciples are in Jerusalem and they they think they're

commemorating Passover meal from from the past but they're celebrating what

Jesus Christ has come to do and what is about to do that God's plan is going to

be fulfilled and less than 24 hours from this meal Jesus is going to be

arrested all part of the plan of God when they come to get him as we'll see

next Sunday in the Garden of Gisemite just as just as he's calling all the

shots here he's calling every bit of the shots in the Garden of Gisemite he's

going to be falsely accused within 24 hours of this meal he's going to be

scourged and beaten he's going to be nailed to an old rugged cross he is going

to suffer the wrath of God for the sins of humanity and while he's hanging on

that cross he prays an unbelievable prayer father forgive them for they know

not what they do all part of God's plan two simple truths that emerge from

this that that I want to remind you of is that that God's plan God has a

wonderful plan even in the midst of an evil wicked world that crucified his

lovely son in this passage in Luke chapter 22 verse 22 Jesus said

truly the Son of man goes as it has been determined yes there's pure evil and

wickedness and hatred in this world there are those that call evil good and

good evil evil though remind you cannot beat him sin and wickedness and

addiction cannot over outmaneuver him and Satan and all the demons of hell cannot

overcome him when we get to the book of Revelation after Easter chapter 1 verse

17 and 18 Jesus says do not be afraid I am the first and the last I am he who

lives was and was dead and behold I'm alive forever more and I had the keys of

hell and death see why does he have the keys because the person with the keys

is in charge I don't know about you but this is comforting to know that even in

this crazy world confusing world complicated world God had a marvelous plan and

that plan was fulfilled to perfection and what we're reading about in Luke

chapter 22 all the way to the Garden of Gisemite all the way to an old rugged

cross none of that was a knee jerk reaction it was all predetermined before the

foundations of the world and here's what I want you to understand that plan

includes you to what do you mean he goes through every bit of that for you and

for me the Bible said he's not willing that any should perish but that all

should reap it should come to repentance the old song that when he was on the

cross you were on his mind all of that was that he might rescue hellbound

sinners and the Bible says that without Christ will all be separated from him

but because of his perfect plan his redemption plan that was that was played

out perfectly you can know him as your personal savior and you can be a part of

his forever family I think there's something else that I I find comfort in

here is not just the plan of redemption and that's that's the predominant plan

the broken the bread is his broken body the fruit of the vine was his shed blood

and obviously that was that was what was front and center but but I just think

of how God took something that the enemy thought that he was prevailing he took

something that the enemy meant for evil and used it for everybody's good and I

just want to remind you again and I feel like I do this pretty routinely that

God's specialty is taking that which looks like utter defeat and bringing victory

I can't think of anything that looked like utter defeat other than an old bloody

rugged cross but aren't you thankful for that cross aren't you thankful for the

plan of God what looked like defeat from that cross would be great victory

praise team if you come on make you way the platform you know sometimes the

plan of God's not easily seen the hindsight's 2020 is it and we can see the

plan of God in this it's been many years ago but I remember we had a a service

here and we we brought in a painter and they had a big I don't know look like a

sheet of plywood or something that he was painting on and as he was there was

music being played and stuff and as he's doing this it really just looked like a

mess but when it was all said and done a beautiful picture emerged and it was a

picture of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I'm just reminded of that especially

I think of where the disciples were coming from what all was about to unfold and

how that he would be arrested in the garden and the Bible says that the

disciples would flee and they would go in hiding for three days and Jesus who

they thought the Messiah was executed on a Roman cross he was crucified and they

laid him in a tomb they didn't know what it looked like a mess and it looked like

nothing had gone as planned and it looked like failure but nothing could be

further from the truth it was all part of God's perfect plan and a beautiful

picture begins to emerge and I want you to know something that plan was for you

and for me I want to ask you a question has there ever been a time when you

understood that that cross was not just not just a story and and that death and

that shed blood was not just something that we talk about around Easter time

and good Friday but that he did that for you and for me and has ever been a

place in time when you understood this was God's plan to save my soul

Judas kissed the door to heaven and according to the scriptures he's in hell

today wouldn't it be just as awful to come to a church that preaches the

cross and preaches Jesus God's plan for sinners and everything that he did

that we might be rescued from sin and that we might be brought into into God's

forever family wouldn't it be awful to sit in a church like that to preach the

gospel and end up in a crisis eternity that was God's redemption plan for you

and for me and the Bible says very plainly that in order for that work that he

did on your behalf in order for that to become yours that you've got to

receive it the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ or Lord the

Bible calls it his gift to you I like to say it this way it is God's love gift

because God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son and the way

that you open up that gift and make it yours the Bible says is with faith that if

you'll confess with your mouth that's prayer and believe in your heart you will

be saved for with the heart man believes and with the mouth confession is made

into salvation that is and was and will forever be the plan of God to save a

sinner like you and me if you've never put your faith in trust in him all of

this went down it was pre ordained before the foundation of the world that God

may save his image bears have you received Christ as your savior soon enough

the disciples are going to get it maybe this morning you got it if so why not

today receive Jesus as your savior let me just remind you of something in a

world where there's utter chaos sometimes and confusion God's got a plan I

don't understand it all the time and I'm I'm certain there's many times that

you don't understand it but God's got a plan and you can trust each step of the

way by the way that plan does include his soon return are you ready stand with

me father thank you for this day thank you for your word thank you for the

perfect plan of God that you began to reveal to your disciples in an upper

room nearly 2,000 years ago and then very soon you would go to an old rugged

cross thank you for God's redemption plan and thank you God that you are the

God then can take something that the enemies meant for evil use it for our

good and for your glory thank you for listening Grace Baptist Church is

located in Winchester at 5990 Lexington Road if you'd like to contact the

church phone 859 744 30 91 that's 859 744 30 91 we have Sunday school on

Sundays starting at 930 a.m. and at 11 a.m. we also have two morning services at 930

a.m. and 11 a.m. we have an additional evening service at 6 p.m. and then

activities and prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 a.m. connect with us by going to

gbcky.org that's gbcky.org

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