OCT 30

Galatians 3:8

Memorise Job 19:25

“For I know my Redeemer liveth…”

HAS THE GOSPEL CHANGED THROUGH THE AGES?

The Gospel was first given by God Himself in Genesis 3:15 after Adam had sinned. God revealed to Adam and Eve that the seed of a woman (Jesus Christ born of the virgin Mary) would bruise the head of the serpent (defeat Satan). Through time, God gradually revealled more about his divine plan of redemption to His people through a process known as progressive revelation. At each period of time, God revealed enough to His children, such that they could all, by faith, look forward to the coming of Christ and believe in Him.

Considering the consistency and unity of the Old Testament with the New, we know that God has only ever had one plan of salvation for mankind. Indeed, Galatians 3:8 is the Biblical proof that the good news of salvation in Christ that we know of today is the very same Gospel given to Abraham and the saints of old in the O.T.It is by faith, that Abraham looked forward to the promises concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, and it was through faith that he was justified.

Our God is not a fickle-minded God but an all-powerful, wise and decisive God who is absolutely capable of meeting man’s greatest need. The very reassurance we have of our salvation lies in the fact that the Gospel is immutable (unchanging) through the ages, and also that there is only one salvation plan. Imagine if God had decided that there should be a “Plan B” or “Plan C”. We would naturally wonder why there is more than one plan, and which one we can trust. Since there is only one Saviour God and only one salvation plan in Christ we can be sure about our own salvation by putting our trust in the Lord Jesus, the only plan that God has for man’s salvation.

Although the Gospel is simple, the events which subsequently unfold from Genesis 3:15 to the birth of Christ takes many twists and turns with Satan trying every opportunity he gets to disrupt the lineage from which Christ would emerge, including a direct attempt at destroying Christ through king Herod who issued a decree to have every baby boy killed (Matthew 2:16).

Thought: The O.T saints looked forward while N.T. saints look back to the cross to be saved.
Prayer: Thank You Lord for loving us enough to send us Jesus the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.