God Prepared for Them

April 7-10, 2014 - God Prepared for Them - Card Verse/Manna by Dorothy Callies
 
1 Corinthians 2:9, KJV "But as it is written, Eye have not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” 1 Cor. 2:12b “… that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”  
 

Reading Paul’s letter: 1 Cor. 2:1-10, NCV “Dear brothers and sisters, when I came to you, I did not come preaching God’s secret with fancy words or a show of human wisdom. 2) I decided that while I was with you I would forget about everything except Jesus Christ and His death on the cross. 3) So when I came to you, I was weak and fearful and trembling. 4) My teaching and preaching were not with words of human wisdom that persuade people but with the proof of the power that the Spirit gives. 5) This was so that your faith would be in God’s power and not in human wisdom.

6) However, I speak a wisdom to those who are mature. But this wisdom is not from this world or from the rulers of this world, who are losing their power. 7) I speak God’s secret wisdom, which He has kept hidden. Before the world began, God planned this wisdom for our glory. 8) None of the rulers of this world understood it. If they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

9) But as it is written in the Scriptures; (Is.64:4) “No one has ever seen this, and no one has ever heard about it. No one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” 10) But God has shown us these things through the Spirit. The Spirit searches out all things, even the deep secrets of God.”

God has shown us these things through the Spirit. God has a wonderful plan for His people who love Him. It is all about Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. God has freely given to us salvation in Christ and to have a future home with Jesus Christ. We will reign with Christ during 1,000 years of peace. We will have a new earth and a new heaven. All those things were planned even before the world began. Isn’t He wonderful? Let us sing.

      Song: Isn’t He Wonderful

What a wonderful, wonderful love,

Brought our Savior to earth below.

And our sins, which were scarlet are cleans’d,

For His blood washes whiter than snow.

   Chorus:

   Isn’t He wonderful, wonderful, wonderful,

   Isn’t He wonderful, wonderful.

   Eyes not seen, ears not heard,

   What’s recorded in God’s Word,

   Isn’t He wonderful, wonderful.

   ( Herbert Buffum, Jr., Melodies of Praise)