WHAT WAS BEFORE CREATION ?
GOD WAS-
Psa 90:2 Before the mountains were born, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
JESUS WAS-
Joh 17:5 And now Father, glorify Me with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the existence of the world.
Col 1:16 For all things were created in Him, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, the visible and the invisible; whether thrones, or lordships, or rulers, or authorities, all things have been created through Him and for Him
JESUS DEATH PLANNED BEFORE FOUNDATION
1 Pet 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 Pet 1:20 Who verily was FOREORDAINED before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Act 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Act 2:23 Him, being delivered by the DETERMINATE COUNSEL AND FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Act 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
APOSTLE MINISTRY -BEFORE CREATION
Rom 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to THE REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY, which was kept secret since the world began,
Rom 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Eph 3:3 How that by REVELATION he made known unto me THE MYSTERY; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Eph 3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the MYSTERY OF CHRIST)
Deu 29:29 The SECRET THINGS belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
1 Cor 2:7 But we speak THE WISDOM OF GOD IN A MYSTERY, even the hidden wisdom, which God ORDAINED BEFORE THE WORLD unto our glory:
Acceptance of becoming HIS children
Eph 1:4 According as he hath CHOSEN US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5 HAVING PREDESTINATED US unto the ADOPTION OF CHILDREN by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Gal 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Gal 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the ADOPTION OF SONS.
Gal 4:6 And because ye are SONS, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, ABBA, FATHER.
Gal 4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are THE SONS of God.
HIS CHILDREN –HIS HEIRS ,EVEN UNTO HIS INHERITANCE
James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and HEIRS OF THE KINGDOM which he hath promised to them that love him?
Eph 2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
Eph 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
1 Pet 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU,
1 Pet 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Heb 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the PROMISE OF ETERNAL INHERITANCE.
1 Cor 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were CALLED UNTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
2 Thes 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the OBTAINING OF THE GLORY of our Lord Jesus Christ.
WE ARE CALLED FOR FELLOWSHIP
1. Fellowship –in death to sin :Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2. Fellowship in burial-:Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
3. Fellowship in resurrection :Rom 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
CALLED TO RECEIVE HIS GLORY AND HIS INHERITANCE
2 Tim 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus WITH ETERNAL GLORY.
2 Tim 2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
Rom 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Col 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Eph 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us SIT TOGETHER IN HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ Jesus:
Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
GOD’S PREDETERMINED PLAN
Eph 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Eph 3:9 And to make ALL MEN SEE what is the FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
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GOD’S DESIRE IN HIS PLAN
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
CREATION STOPPED BUT ……………..NOT HIS PREDESTINED PLAN
JOSHUA WAS ABLE TO STOP SUN
Josh 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
ELIJAH WAS ABLE TO BRING DOWN FIRE FROM HEAVEN
2 Kings 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
JESUS WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE CUP, BECAUSE IT WAS GOD’S PREDESTINED PLAN AND NO ONE CAN ALTER IT.
Luke 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
Heb 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Act 2:23 Him, being delivered by the DETERMINATE COUNSEL AND FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Act 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Psa 90:2 Before the mountains were born, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
JESUS WAS-
Joh 17:5 And now Father, glorify Me with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the existence of the world.
Col 1:16 For all things were created in Him, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, the visible and the invisible; whether thrones, or lordships, or rulers, or authorities, all things have been created through Him and for Him
JESUS DEATH PLANNED BEFORE FOUNDATION
1 Pet 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 Pet 1:20 Who verily was FOREORDAINED before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Act 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Act 2:23 Him, being delivered by the DETERMINATE COUNSEL AND FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Act 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
APOSTLE MINISTRY -BEFORE CREATION
Rom 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to THE REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY, which was kept secret since the world began,
Rom 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Eph 3:3 How that by REVELATION he made known unto me THE MYSTERY; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Eph 3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the MYSTERY OF CHRIST)
Deu 29:29 The SECRET THINGS belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
1 Cor 2:7 But we speak THE WISDOM OF GOD IN A MYSTERY, even the hidden wisdom, which God ORDAINED BEFORE THE WORLD unto our glory:
Acceptance of becoming HIS children
Eph 1:4 According as he hath CHOSEN US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5 HAVING PREDESTINATED US unto the ADOPTION OF CHILDREN by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Gal 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Gal 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the ADOPTION OF SONS.
Gal 4:6 And because ye are SONS, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, ABBA, FATHER.
Gal 4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are THE SONS of God.
HIS CHILDREN –HIS HEIRS ,EVEN UNTO HIS INHERITANCE
James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and HEIRS OF THE KINGDOM which he hath promised to them that love him?
Eph 2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
Eph 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
1 Pet 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU,
1 Pet 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Heb 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the PROMISE OF ETERNAL INHERITANCE.
1 Cor 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were CALLED UNTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
2 Thes 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the OBTAINING OF THE GLORY of our Lord Jesus Christ.
WE ARE CALLED FOR FELLOWSHIP
1. Fellowship –in death to sin :Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2. Fellowship in burial-:Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
3. Fellowship in resurrection :Rom 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
CALLED TO RECEIVE HIS GLORY AND HIS INHERITANCE
2 Tim 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus WITH ETERNAL GLORY.
2 Tim 2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
Rom 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Col 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Eph 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us SIT TOGETHER IN HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ Jesus:
Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
GOD’S PREDETERMINED PLAN
Eph 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Eph 3:9 And to make ALL MEN SEE what is the FELLOWSHIP OF THE MYSTERY, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
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GOD’S DESIRE IN HIS PLAN
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
CREATION STOPPED BUT ……………..NOT HIS PREDESTINED PLAN
JOSHUA WAS ABLE TO STOP SUN
Josh 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
ELIJAH WAS ABLE TO BRING DOWN FIRE FROM HEAVEN
2 Kings 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
JESUS WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE CUP, BECAUSE IT WAS GOD’S PREDESTINED PLAN AND NO ONE CAN ALTER IT.
Luke 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
Heb 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Act 2:23 Him, being delivered by the DETERMINATE COUNSEL AND FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Act 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.