The Eternal Purpose of God - Part 5 — Stephen Kaung

God’s Purpose Worked Out Through Time

God never does anything by. He planned very carefully. He every step of the way. Until that purpose is realized. You know, it's time. Time is god's workshop. God created time to work out his plan. Time is important to god and he uses time to perform what he has.

The Administration of the Fullness of Time

So that's why the Bible said, for the administration of the fullness of god, divide the time into times into periods of time. And at each period of time, he is working something towards the fulfillment of his purpose.

God’s Household Administration and Eternal Purpose

Now, his purpose is so gigantic, so glorious, so immense. So, it takes all the time to work this thing. The word administration in some version, you will find management. Now, the word means management of household or household affairs.

God is managing his house. He is managing his household affairs. It is the administration of his own affairs. It is the dispensation. The periods of time that he work out into fullness, his purpose. That's the reason why you find even in the very beginning because god has that purpose in him for the foundation of the world.

Creation According to God’s Purpose

So, he began to plan for it and the first thing he did, he created. God created all things according to that purpose. In the beginning, god created and then god created man in his own image, according to his likeness.

The Patriarchs, Israel, and the Coming Messiah

The answer is according to that purpose and then throughout the whole of the Old Testament, you can read through the Old Testament and you'll find how god gradually work out his plan during the patriarch age, how he called man, Abraham, how he got a nation, Israel, how he worked with that nation and how he brought in the messiah, the redeemer in the fullness of time.

So, you'll find that god just gradually working out all his plan. He never missed a point. You know, Israel, they only know the acts of god when god brought them the Red Sea. They saw a miracle. The sea open and walk through on dry land.

Israel Knew God’s Acts, but Moses Knew His Ways

Oh, they praise god. They worship god. God is good and then soon, they forgot when they have no food to eat. They say, can god provide set a table in the wilderness? Is god able to do that? Immediately, you'll find they begin to doubt because all they know is the act of god.

Very shallow knowledge of god. But then god Moses knew god in a deeper way because he had a life with god. You know, sometimes I when Moses went to the mountain and received from the hand of god to two tables of law.

These stones were made by god himself. And god's finger printed the word on these two tables of stones. How precious this must be. And when Moses came down and he saw the children of Israel, how they worship the golden cup.

Moses’ Righteous Response to the Golden Calf

Moses smashed the two stones. Sometimes I wonder, did he do something wrong? How dare him destroy the very handwork of god. Now, probably he was he was angry. Maybe he has sinned. Why did he do that? Because he knew the ways of god.

He knew god was righteous. And because god was righteous. If people would follow sin against god violated his law, punishment would follow. And he made the children of Israel drink the water where the golden cup was became powders and water and ask them to drink it.

Drink your own sin. And that he stood at the gate of the camp and say, who is on the lord's side? And go from one gate to another gate.