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Introduction:
I sure we all know being late.
Being late doesn’t seem to bother some people, but some people it does.
I suppose it has to do with how a person is brought up.
There are cultures, though, in which being late is the rule of the day.
I’ve heard and experienced certain groups of people incorporate lateness as part of their theology.
It has been said that there are groups of people who believe in justification, regeneration and procrastination.
I have certainly met some who are that way.
Haven't you?
Someone said that the reason the Lord hasn’t revealed the time of His Second Coming is that certain people would be late.
Most of us know about working under the constraint of deadlines, especially when some import event is involved.
We all have timetables.
But did you consider that God also has a timetable?
Sometimes our timetables are the same as His, but often they are not.
We want God to act right now; when, in His wisdom, He oftenchooses to delay for our good.
But Saints and friends, it is absolutely true that God is never early and He’s never late.
He’s always right on time.
It may not be “in our time,” but it is always “in His time,” which is the right time.
The Bible reminds us that Jesus came to this Earth at just the right time.
In our text today we see that.
Also in Gal.
4:4-5, we are told that “..when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son..” (v. 4).
Have you ever considered that there was a right time when Jesus should come?
Does this mean that there was one time in all of history when all things were perfectly aligned for the coming of Jesus?
I believe that is precisely what our text for today teaches.
Jesus came at just the right time.
God has a timetable where He achieves His Will.
We know there was a beginning and we know there is an end to time.
It only makes sense that if God is in control of the beginning and the end, that He is also in control of the middle.
Now, this should be important to us because just as Christ came at the perfect time, today God continues to work in our lives at the right time.
In fact, perhaps today is the time in your life for God to move in a special way.
Perhaps God wants to solve some problem in your life today.
Perhaps Christ wants to give you today the answer you have been seeking.
Perhaps God is telling you that today is the time for you to commit your life to Him and obey His commands.
If so, let me encourage you to respond to Him today, and He will meet you..just in time!
Thesis:
We can achieve what God has intended if we align with Him in preparation; purpose and plan.
We have upon us an event I would like for you to consider is happening in the fullness of time.
Brookfield we have been prepared
we have a purpose
and we have a plan
all three of these are in line with what God would have us do.
[Let’s first consider…]
I. Preparation
We see God’s preparation in the mention of His wisdom and insight.
The Lord has always prepared, planned and moved in His purpose.
We are the ones who have not been moving with Him.
God is Prepared
This test shows us the preparation as men have been divided, one group to the left and one group to the right.
It brings a whole new sense of wanting to be at the right hand of God.
Does it not?
Can you see the derogatory nature of the left hand in scripture here?
There is a place prepared for those on the left...
[We also can see that Hell is prepared…]
Hell is Prepared
If you want to avoid hell you are going to have to prepare.
Prepare to meet God and not Satan
Prepare to meet Saints and not Demons
Prepare to walk with God and not with the World.
Prepare to do good and not evil
Prepare the inner man and not the flesh
Prepare for a mansion robe and crown and not for weeping and gnashing of teeth
Prepare by being faithful and obedient, not being slothful and disobedient
Prepare by assembling with the Saints and not by manner and custom that men avoid God’s gatherings
Prepare Studying to show yourself approved and not by never reading God ‘s truth and never turning off the media of this world
Oh we are getting prepared!
The question is what are we getting prepare for?
We Must be Prepared
[We can achieve God’s Will if we would only prepare to do so.
Additionally we must also align ourselves with His Purpose…]
II.
Purpose
God has a purpose and we find His purpose in Jesus the Christ.
It has always been His purpose
He brought it to pass
He continues to bring His purpose about through Jesus.
If you want to be with God, please God, walk with God, you had better be in His purpose.
It’s not what you do, it’s about what He’s doing
and what He’s doing has always been done in Jesus...
[God has prepared and purposed from the beginning of time and He also has a plan…]
III.
Plan
We are on earth and want to go to heaven
we will not get to heaven without a plan
and not just any old plan will do
it must be God’s Plan
because narrow is that way that leads to eternal life
but wide is the road that leads to destruction and eternal absence of God
a place for those who have not prepared
have not purposed
and have not planned
God’s plan is ancient
it’s faithful and sure
it’s evident and proclaimed by the faithful
we will declare it at the Eternity Workshops
we will proclaim it at every assembly
we will proclaim it until time is no more
You say, you have a plan, one that does not look like God’s plan but
You think your plan is good and just
You think your plan ought to make heaven your home
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