DIVINE AGENDA

1. DIVINE AGENDA is God at WORK to perform His GOOD PLEASURE, “Declaring the END FROM THE BEGINNING, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE” [Isaiah 46:10] DIVINE AGENDA is as a coin, on one side BEGINNING and on the other side, END. And God, who graciously allowed us to be co-LABOURERS in His WORK also desire that we be properly tutored in the template of DIVINE AGENDA as befits JOINT-HEIRS of His GLORY [Romans 8:17] Understanding DIVINE AGENDA brings us into the company of SONS and uncommon FLLOWSHIP with the Godhead, grounded in the revelation of God’s WILL, “That which we have SEEN and HEARD declare we unto you, that ye also may have FELLOWSHIP with us: and TRULY OUR FELLOWSHIP IS WITH THE FATHER, AND WITH HIS SON Jesus Christ” [1 John 1:3] DIVINE AGENDA is the deep end of MYSTERIES of the Kingdom of God; how do we WALK or WORK with God if we are ignorant of DIVINE AGENDA, “But Jesus answered them, MY FATHER WORKETH worketh hitherto, and I WORK. … The Son can do nothing of himself, but what HE SEETH THE FATHER DO: for what things soever he doeth, these also DOETH THE SON LIKEWISE” [John 5:17 & 19]
2. DIVINE AGENDA is rooted in God’s WILL to REVEAL Himself and He did, wrapped in the WORD, “In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD WAS GOD” [John 1:1] God revealed Himself in the WORD and from the WORD came forth CREATION, SEEN and UNSEEN. The WORD, FIRSTBEGOTTEN of the ONE, TRUE and INVISIBLE God is Jesus Christ; the fulness of the Godhead, “For IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:9] CREATION is God pouring out Himself in Jesus Christ; whatever was made both visible and invisible are reflections of God in Christ, “Who is the IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, the FIRSTBORN of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him” [Colossians 1:15-16] Whereas God purposed to make MAN in His own IMAGE and LIKENESS, He made us a little lower. He foreknew SIN would come and for purpose of SALVATION reserved His LIKENESS in us till due season, “… God said, Let us MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE after our LIKENESS … So God CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, …” [Genesis 1:26-27] WORK of CREATION was done in “SIX DAYS” and God “RESTED” from the WORK of CREATION to engage in the WORK of RECONCILIATION. God is at WORK and so are we, His SONS, “But Jesus answered them, MY FATHER WORKETH hitherto, and I WORK” [John 5:17]
3. DIVINE AGENDA is WORK IN PROGRESS to RECONCILE all things to Himself in Jesus Christ, “For it pleased the Father that IN HIM SHOULD ALL FULNESS DWELL; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to RECONCILE ALL THINGS unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven” [Colossians 1:19-20] To RECONCILE means to BALANCE the books, ensuring that everything that was made RETURN to God in conformity with the measure they went out of Him in the beginning, “For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did predestinate to be CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON, that he might be the FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN” [Romans 8:29] FOREKNOWING confirms we were once in Him and had His imprint, how SIN got into the world and marred His image in us needs no repetition here. What needs be emphasized is the relentless WORK of God to keep open the door of our RECONCILIATION through the ages [Hebrews 1:1-3] Such is the importance of our RECONCILIATION, God in due season took the frame of man; He became like us in Jesus Christ to pay ransom for our SIN that through His death on the Cross we might become like Him, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the WORD OF RECONCILIATION” [2 Corinthians 5:19]

4. DIVINE AGENDA answers the riddle of TIME; it is the space between CREATION and RECONCILIATION. TIME is our opportunity to prepare for the appointment of RECONCILIATION. However much we try, we are hampered in our preparation by SIN, “For ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God; Being JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” [Romans 3:23] We are sinners from the womb, it is who we are; what we do or do not are the symptoms of SIN working in us [Romans 7:16-17] God took the burden of SIN in offering Himself in Jesus Christ in full payment for our SALVATION, “And as it is appointed unto men ONCE TO DIE, but after this the JUDGMENT: So CHRIST WAS ONCE OFFERED to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he APPEAR THE SECOND TIME without sin unto SALVATION” [Hebrews 9:27-28] This is the GOSPEL we received and as co-WORKERS with God preach to you. It does not matter what you’ve done with your life, it may be you are alive today because God kept you to hear of His DIVINE AGENDA. Friend, the space between CREATION and RECONCILIATION is closing fast, Christ’s appearance the “SECOND TIME” is imminent; REPENT and accept God’s offer of RECONCILIATION to escape looming JUDGMENT, “And the TIMES OF THIS IGNORANCE WINKED AT; but now commandeth all men every where to REPENT: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will JUDGE THE WORLD in righteousness …” [Acts 17:30-31]