{"id":2601,"date":"2023-10-01T10:49:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T15:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2023-10-13T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T16:27:48","slug":"i-am-gods-plan-gods-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=2601","title":{"rendered":"I AM GOD&#8217;S PLAN: GOD&#8217;S PLAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-1-23.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">God&#8217;s Plan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Galatians 2:11-21 (NLT)<br>1 John 3:4 (NLT) and (ESV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was a blessed illustration of substitution &#8211; the innocent dying in the stead of the guilty&#8221; &#8211; Arthur Pink<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isaiah 53:5-7 (NIV)<br>Hebrews 10:1-4, 11-12, 18 (NLT)<br>John 1:29 (NLT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s always been about this substitutionary sacrifice that mankind has needed from the beginning because we were never able to obey the law&#8221; &#8211; Francis Chan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galatians 2:16 (NLT)<br>Romans 3:20 (NLT)<br>Galatians 2:17-21 (NLT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I am certain that Jesus is the source of eternal life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I love it when a plan comes together&#8221; &#8211; John &#8220;Hannibal&#8221; Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Follow Up Questions to Week 3 Message<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God\u2019s plan of salvation: God sent His only son, Jesus, who lived a perfect life, then gave it for us by dying on a cross. His death made a way for sinful, fallen people to be right again with a perfect, holy God. When we put our faith in Him, we are made righteous, and have eternal life with God through Jesus.&nbsp;<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galatians 2:16 says&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/galatians\/2-16.htm\"><strong>\u201c\u2026<\/strong><\/a>yet we know that a person is not justified&nbsp;by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you think of people, places and times when you heard someone share God\u2019s Plan (the gospel) with you?&nbsp;&nbsp;(IE \u2013 in your family, in church, having coffee with a friend, etc) Describe some of those moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you were asked to share the basics of God\u2019s plan with someone else, what are the things you would mention? How comfortable would you be sharing it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I am certain that Jesus is the source of eternal life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is this true for you? 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