Tuesday // 13th February 2024
God’s eternal purpose !
This is in accordance with the terms of the eternal and timeless purpose which He has realized and carried into effect in the person of Christ Jesus our Lord,
Ephesians 3:11
God made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ. God’s intent according to his ‘eternal purpose’ was that, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms.
How could Christ accomplish God’s “eternal purpose”? To do this, Jesus came as a Representative of the legal authority of the earth—man. He came as a human being, as the Second Adam, as the beginning of a new family of mankind who would be devoted to God—“the firstborn among many brothers” (Romans 8:29). Scripture says, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14). If He had not come as a man, He would not have had the right to reclaim humanity and the earth for God, according to the way God has ordered His purposes for the world.
Also, to restore man’s broken relationship with God, Jesus had to be without sin, and He had to choose to do the will of God. Only a perfectly righteous man who desired to do God’s will could redeem humanity.
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin