Grace Found Us
Romans 5
KJV
8+ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Grace influenced the planning and execution of our salvation well in advance. This is what you’ve just read, our salvation was not an afterthought as some would have us believe. It was planned even before the foundations of the world were laid.
This tells us what kind of Father God is to us! Good fathers are proactive, they envisage and visualise and make provisions before reality dawns
Perhaps you may not understand what God did as per the verse you’ve read. Read this human experience and example.
I know men who at the very word “ pregnant “ from their wives begin to plan. They cut down on leisure, to save! They begin to buy basic items that will be needed by the yet-to-be-born.
Any child born into such a family will say “Grace found me “. My father made provisions before I was born! In like manner, God made provisions even before we ever sinned.
Some have said, God did not know that Adam would sin hence putting in jeopardy His eternal plan for mankind! No. The God we worship /serve etc is all-knowing. He knows the end from the beginning. He is the Alpha and the Omega!
The plan of salvation was not an afterthought, it was part of His eternal scheme, Adam’s sin did not come as a surprise to Him!
Read again what the verse said ;
Romans 5
KJV
8+ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
While we were **yet**!
It was this verse that inspired the song O! The Love That Drew Salvation’s Plan! Read the words of the song ;
Years I spent in vanity and pride,
Caring not my Lord was crucified,
Knowing not it was for me He died
On Calvary.
Mercy there was great, and grace was free;
Pardon there was multiplied to me;
There my burdened soul found liberty,
At Calvary.
2
By God’s Word at last my sin I learned;
Then I trembled at the law I’d spurned,
Till my guilty soul imploring turned
To Calvary.
3
Now I’ve giv’n to Jesus everything,
Now I gladly own Him as my King,
Now my raptured soul can only sing
Of Calvary.
4
Oh, the love that drew salvation’s plan!
Oh, the grace that brought it down to man!
Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span
At Calvary!
This is who God is , He designed and planned our salvation long before we were born! He knew our needs just like a wise, kind and loving father does for an expected child!
With regards to our salvation; Love designed it, Grace brought it down to Man, and Mercy implemented it! God tampered justice with mercy. This is all that salvation is about. This act is called Grace!
Hallelujah