Faith Well Grounded

I was dealing with a supposed Biblical contradiction recently. It turned out not to be so much a contradiction as a misunderstanding, but I think it's actually more an intro into the beauty of our Creator.

Genesis 1:31 says that God called His creation good. By Genesis 6:6, He was grieved by sinful man on Earth. Now, it's obvious that these are descriptions of God's feelings at different times. But if God is eternal, infinite and not bound by time, then how can this be explained.

God can experience and interact with time, but is not bound by it. He was well pleased by Hid creation, knew full well what would become of it, but created it anyway. That's what's so beautiful to me. That's the gospel message.

Matthew 13:35 says that His plan was from the foundation of the world. In other words, He knew it would happen and planned accordingly. John 1:3 (speaking of Jesus) specifically says "All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made".

Jesus knew what would be expected of Him if He created man. He knew that it would cost Him His life. He did it anyway. In a very real sense, when Jesus breathed that breath of life into Adam (and into each of us since) He did it knowing that it would be His dying breath.

And He did it anyway.

John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.

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