Biblical Concept: The Bible
Plan
The
Bible Plan is utterly inventive.
The
Triune God of the Bible decided to create volitional beings--angels. Some rebelled and God created other
volitional beings--humans to deal with the rebellion. After various but fairly limited contacts
with the humans, a Bible Plan has emerged.
God requires humans to believe the squiggly shapes written on flat
surfaces for eternal life and resolution of the angelic rebellion. Only God
could have conceived such a plan.
John 1:45 Philip *found Nathanael and
*said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also
the Prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." (Jesus
Christ, the Messiah, the King, the Savior is the center of the Bible Plan.)
Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and
with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in
all the Scriptures. (Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the King, the Savior is the
center of the Bible Plan.)
John 20:31 but these have been written
that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that
believing you may have life in His name. (Human: please believe the words
written about Jesus Christ.)
1 Peter 1:23 for you have been born
again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through
the living and abiding word of God. (The Bible Plan has words of power.)
Mark 4:15 "And these are the
ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear,
immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them. (Satan
counters the Bible plan.) (Satan has been attacking God’s words from the
beginning: Genesis 3:5 "For God
knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be
like God, knowing good and evil.")
Romans 15:4 For whatever was written in
earlier times was written for our instruction, that through perseverance and
the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (The Bible Plan has
words of power.)
Psalm 138:2 2 I will bow down toward Thy holy
temple, And give thanks to Thy name for Thy
lovingkindness and Thy truth; For Thou hast magnified Thy word according to all
Thy name. (God honors His words.)
2 Samuel 23:1-2 1 Now
these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, And the man
who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the
God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel, 2 "The Spirit
of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue. (God has inspired the
writings in the Bible Plan.)
2 Timothy 3:16-17 16 All Scripture is
inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for
training in righteousness; 17 that the man of God may be adequate,
equipped for every good work. (God has
inspired the writings in the Bible Plan.)
2 Peter 1:20-21 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, 21
for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the
Holy Spirit spoke from God. (God has inspired the writings in the
Bible Plan.)
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and
active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the
division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the
thoughts and intentions of the heart. (The Bible Plan has words of power.)
2 Peter 1:2-5 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to
you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3 seeing that His
divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness,
through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and
excellence. 4 For by these He
has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them
you might become partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. (The Bible Plan has words of power.)
1 Peter 2:2 like newborn babes, long for the
pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, (The Bible Plan has words of
power.)
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 18 For
the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who
are being saved it is the power of God. 19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the
cleverness of the clever I will set aside." 20 Where is the wise man? Where is
the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the
wisdom of the world? 21 For
since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased
through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For indeed Jews ask for signs,
and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to
Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, 24 but to those
who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the
wisdom of God. 25 Because the
foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than
men. (The Bible
Plan has words of power.) (The Bible Plan is foolish, but smarter than you.)
Revelation 22:18-19 18 I
testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone
adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this
book; 19 and if anyone takes
away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part
from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
(God is serious about the Bible Plan.)