God is!.....and God DID! Let's expand this second thought a bit and look at what God did throughout the Bible. God made a great plan!

What if we were asked to give an answer to this question: "What is the Bible about?" A good answer is: "The Bible is a record of God's plan for taking care of His people". From the very beginning (Creation) it was God's plan to take care of His people and eventually bring Jesus to save His people. Actually, the plan began even before creation. A friend of mine pointed out to me just the other day the passage in 1 Peter 1:20 which says: "He (Jesus) was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you."

So many times people read the Bible in snatches, a story here, a passage there. But the Bible flows with great continuity and has overall meaning. Sometimes we hear someone say, "well, thats your interpretation." There is a time and place for interpretation, but note this: the Bible is understandable without us having to put our own slant on it. It makes sense, it is practical, it will change our lives, it will save.

Note the development of God's plan: God created the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1), He created man and woman (Gen. 2:7,18), He saved Noah and his family from the flood (Gen. 8:1), and God made a special covenant with Abraham. In Genesis 12 He promised Abraham that "in you all the families of the earth will be blessed". This blessing comes to us as shown in the New Testament in Galatians 3:14 "...that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."

And so goes the development of God's plan through the Old Testament. After Abraham God deals with Isaac, then Jacob and his sons, especially Joseph. Then God directs Moses to be a type of Savior to lead His people out of slavery in Egypt. Then there are Judges, and Kings, all bringing us to the time when God's promise to Abraham would be fulfilled in the person of Jesus!

What a great plan God made for us! Come back next week and we will see that the Bible is clear that the only salvation is through Jesus....only through Jesus......no other way.