Today's "Faith Food" by Kenneth E. Hagin is too good and important not to share!
A Great Plan!
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" (Gen. 3:15).
Man fell.
But God had a plan - a great plan - redemption! God assumed the liabilities of man's transgressions and redeemed him from Satan's dominion. God had a plan to give life back to man. God's plan allowed man's nature to be changed back into harmony with God's nature.
God cannot ignore man's transgressions. Justice demanded that the penalty for man's crime be paid - but man himself was unable to pay it. Therefore, because man couldn't save himself, God had to provide a Redeemer.
No sooner had man fallen under the dominion of his enemy, Satan, than God began to speak forth His plan concerning the Coming One. This One, the seed of woman (for it was prophesied that a woman would give birth to a child independent of natural generation) would break Satan's dominion over man!
This One would set men free! This One would bruise the head of the serpent!
In Oriental languages, "bruising the head" means breaking the lordship of a ruler. When God spoke those words to Satan in Genesis 3:15, Satan had just come into the dominion meant to belong to man. But God spoke forth that his Wonderful Seed of woman would come to break Satan's lordship.
Confession: Thank You, Father, for Your great plan of redemption, which You planned and sent the Lord Jesus Christ to consummate.
AMEN! So many times unbelievers look at God as a big cosmic bully who just waits for people to make mistakes so that he can rain terror down on them! This could not be further from the TRUTH! OUR God loved and loves His creation so very much that He, knowing that the man He created WOULD at some point sin and lose his dominion and authority, already had His great plan for SALVATION in place! When we see this in Genesis 3 (above) was NOT when God came up with the plan! I am thoroughly convinced that God created us with this plan already in place. He so desired a people to fellowship with who would come to Him of their own free will. This wonderful and glorious plan for our Salvation gives us the choice to come to Him and count on Him, or not! What have YOU chosen? I hope that you have chosen the LIFE that is available ONLY through Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour (John 14:6)! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Worship with "Let There Be Light":Man fell.
But God had a plan - a great plan - redemption! God assumed the liabilities of man's transgressions and redeemed him from Satan's dominion. God had a plan to give life back to man. God's plan allowed man's nature to be changed back into harmony with God's nature.
God cannot ignore man's transgressions. Justice demanded that the penalty for man's crime be paid - but man himself was unable to pay it. Therefore, because man couldn't save himself, God had to provide a Redeemer.
No sooner had man fallen under the dominion of his enemy, Satan, than God began to speak forth His plan concerning the Coming One. This One, the seed of woman (for it was prophesied that a woman would give birth to a child independent of natural generation) would break Satan's dominion over man!
This One would set men free! This One would bruise the head of the serpent!
In Oriental languages, "bruising the head" means breaking the lordship of a ruler. When God spoke those words to Satan in Genesis 3:15, Satan had just come into the dominion meant to belong to man. But God spoke forth that his Wonderful Seed of woman would come to break Satan's lordship.
Confession: Thank You, Father, for Your great plan of redemption, which You planned and sent the Lord Jesus Christ to consummate.
Shalom in Him!
