God's Master PlanGod's Master Plan

Session 1 Session 1 What is God’s Master Plan?What is God’s Master Plan?How will God’s Master Plan How will God’s Master Plan

be realised?be realised?

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OverviewOverview

• Introduction• Section 1 - What is God’s Master Plan?

Does God Have a Master Plan?What is God’s Master Plan?What does the plan mean?What have we got to do with it?How is it progressing?

God’s Master PlanGod’s Master Plan

IntroductionIntroduction

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• Objective Introduce you to the good news of God’s

Master Plan as revealed in the Bible

• God sent Jesus to save the world John 3v16-17

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• Salvation comes through belief and obedience.

““Because of the service by which you haveBecause of the service by which you haveproved yourselves, men will praise proved yourselves, men will praise

God for the God for the obedienceobedience that that accompanies your accompanies your

confession of the gospelconfession of the gospel of Christ…” of Christ…” (2 Corinthians 9v13)(2 Corinthians 9v13)

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• Two parts to the seminarBelief in the GospelObedience to the Gospel

• What is the Gospel?

• How do we show obedience?

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• What is “the Gospel?”““But when they believed Philip as he But when they believed Philip as he preached the preached the good newsgood news of the of the kingdom of Godkingdom of God and the and the name of Jesus name of Jesus ChristChrist, they were baptised both men , they were baptised both men and women.” (Acts 8v12)and women.” (Acts 8v12)

• ConsiderKingdom of God - God’s Plan for the earth Jesus Christ - who he is and his role

““Gospel”Gospel”

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• How do we show obedience?Having believed we must now serve

• Look at how we can participate• How citizens of the Master Plan should live

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(C) OBEDIENCE(C) OBEDIENCE7) How can we participate in the

Master Plan?8) How should citizens of the Master Plan live?

(A) KINGDOM OF GOD(A) KINGDOM OF GOD1) What is God's Master Plan2) How will God's Master Plan be

realised?3) Why do we need God's Master

Plan?4) What stops us from participating

in God's Master Plan?

(B) NAME OF JESUS CHRIST5) Who is the key to the Master

Plan?6) Who is the Master Planner?

SalvationSalvationThe faith God requires for eternal life in his Kingdom (John 3:16-17)

Belief in the GospelBelief in the GospelActs 8v12

Life of ObedienceLife of ObedienceActs 2v42

Section 1Section 1

What is God’s Master What is God’s Master Plan?Plan?

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ObjectiveObjective

• Answer fundamental questions of lifeWhy was the earth created?What is the purpose of life?

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Does God Have a Master Plan?Does God Have a Master Plan?

• Will the earth be destroyed?

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Does God Have a Master Plan?Does God Have a Master Plan?

• The Bible’s Answer

"For this is what the LORD says - "For this is what the LORD says - He who created the heavens, He He who created the heavens, He is God, He who fashioned and is God, He who fashioned and made the earth; he founded it; He made the earth; he founded it; He did not create it to be empty, but did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited." formed it to be inhabited."

Isaiah 45v18Isaiah 45v18

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What is God’s Plan?What is God’s Plan?

• Some Bible Passages…..• "But as truly as I live all the earth • shall be filled with the • glory of the LORD"• (Numbers 14v21)

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What is God’s Plan?What is God’s Plan?

• Some Bible Passages…..

“For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”

Habakkuk 2v14

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What is God’s Plan?What is God’s Plan?

• The Message…

Earth

Completely filled

Glory of God

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What is God’s Plan?What is God’s Plan?

• What is God’s Glory?

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What does this mean?What does this mean?

• What is God’s Glory?

• "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.“Exodus 34v6

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What does this mean?What does this mean?

• What is God’s Glory

God’s Glory is his God’s Glory is his character -character -

The essence of The essence of what He is!what He is!

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How do we fit in?How do we fit in?

• Humans are the only creatures who can manifest God’s glory completely

• Free will

• Purpose of life - to manifest God

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Progress so FarProgress so Far

• God has a Master Plan for the Earth• Plan is to fill the earth with His glory• God’s glory is revealed in His character• Humans are the vehicle through which

God will fill the earth with His glory• The purpose of life is to develop the

character of God• Man has failed to achieve this purpose

and jeopardised the Master Plan

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Question and AnswerQuestion and Answer

• What is God’s Master Plan?

God’s Master Plan is to God’s Master Plan is to fill the earthfill the earth

with His Glory throughwith His Glory throughmen and womenmen and women

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Section 2Section 2

How will God’s Master How will God’s Master Plan be Realised?Plan be Realised?

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ObjectiveObjective

• Explain how the Master Plan will happen

• Look at special promises made by God to ensure his plan

• Look at God’s promised kingdom

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Overview - Section 2Overview - Section 2

• A Plan to guarantee the Master Plan• What are the Promises?• What do the Promises mean?• Jesus, the Kingdom and the Master Plan• What will the Kingdom be like?• Where will the Kingdom be?• When will the Kingdom come?

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Does God have a Solution?Does God have a Solution?

• God is in Control

• “… Most High rules in the kingdoms of men” Daniel 2:28

• Solution bound up in promises

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What are the Promises?What are the Promises?

• Agreements between man and God concerning the future

• Two main sets of PromisesAbrahamDavid

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Promises to AbrahamPromises to Abraham

• Genesis 12v 1-3 : Promise of becoming a great nation with many descendants

• Genesis 13v 14-17 : Promise of inheritance of a land forever, and a special seed

• Genesis 17v 1-9 :Promise of the everlasting possession of a land and father of many nations

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Promises to AbrahamPromises to Abraham

• Everlasting Possession of a landCanaan (Israel)

• Great People

• Special Seed

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Promises to DavidPromises to David

• 2 Samuel 7v12-17 : Promise of a seed who would rule on David's throne as king forever.

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Promises to DavidPromises to David

• Seed - Descendant of David

• Rule forever

• David’s Throne Jerusalem

1 Kings 2v11

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What do the Promises Mean?What do the Promises Mean?

• Putting the jigsaw pieces together……

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What do the Promises Mean?What do the Promises Mean?

• The promise of a seed (descendant) of Abraham and David who is to be King forever on earth and through whom blessing will come.

• The promise of possession of a special land forever.

• The promise of many people inheriting this land forever.

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What do the Promises Mean?What do the Promises Mean?

• Promise of an everlasting Kingdom

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Christ, the Kingdom and the Master Christ, the Kingdom and the Master PlanPlan

• Only one to reveal God’s glory

• “We beheld ... the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth” John 1v14

• He is coming back to set up the kingdom

• “This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Acts 1v11

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Christ, the Kingdom and the Master Christ, the Kingdom and the Master PlanPlan

• The Promises will only be fulfilled when Jesus Christ Returns

““These were all commended for their These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.”had been promised.”

Heb 11v39Heb 11v39

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Christ, the Kingdom and the Master Christ, the Kingdom and the Master PlanPlan

• Kingdom will grow until it fills the whole earth

“… “… and the stone which and the stone which smote the image became a smote the image became a great mountain and filled great mountain and filled the whole earth”the whole earth”

Daniel 2v35Daniel 2v35

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Christ, the Kingdom and the Master Christ, the Kingdom and the Master PlanPlan

““And when all things shall be And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the subdued unto him, then shall the son also himself be subject unto son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all”that God may be all in all”

1 Corinthians 15v281 Corinthians 15v28

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The Master Plan - a RealityThe Master Plan - a Reality

• Through Jesus Christ and the KingdomAll men will worship GodAll will reveal his gloryThe earth will be filled with God’s Glory

““For all the earth will be filled with For all the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the the knowledge of the glory of the

LORD as the waters cover the sea.” LORD as the waters cover the sea.” (Habakkuk 2v14)(Habakkuk 2v14)

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What will the Kingdom be Like?What will the Kingdom be Like?

• Moral improvement

• New Creation2 Peter 3v13

• Vision of Kingdom Isaiah 35

• Center of discipleshipMatthew 6v33

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Where will the Kingdom be?Where will the Kingdom be?

• On EarthNumbers 14v21 Matthew 6v10

• Center will be JerusalemMicah 4v1

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When will the Kingdom come?When will the Kingdom come?

• No one knowsMatthew 24v36

• Signs of its comingWarsFamineEarthquakesReturn of JewsMatthew 24, Luke 21, Mark 13

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ConclusionConclusion

• The promises represent God’s solution to man’s failure

• The promises concern Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God

• Jesus Christ is the only man to perfectly reveal God’s glory - he is the key to the solution

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ConclusionConclusion

• The Kingdom will be on earth and ruled over by Jesus Christ in Jerusalem

• The Kingdom is the means by which the Master Plan will be realised

• The coming Kingdom of God will completely revitalise the conditions in our earth.

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ConclusionConclusion

• This week we looked at…. What God’s Master Plan isWhat we have got to do with the planGod’s promisesConditions in God’s kingdomSigns of the kingdom

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Question and AnswerQuestion and Answer

• How will God’s Master Plan be realised?

God’s Master Plan will God’s Master Plan will be realisedbe realised

through the kingdom of through the kingdom of God on earth.God on earth.

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ConclusionConclusion

• Next week we look at…. Next week we look at…. Why do we need God’s Master Plan?Why do we need God’s Master Plan?

Origin of sin and it’s effect on usOrigin of sin and it’s effect on us

Our destiny without the planOur destiny without the plan

How we can escape this destinyHow we can escape this destiny

What stops us from participating?What stops us from participating?

What is sin?What is sin?

What causes us to sin?What causes us to sin?

The devil and satanThe devil and satan