John “Hannibal” Smith, leader of the A-Team in the 1980s television series of the same name, always had a plan to accomplish his mission. When it worked (and it always worked on TV), he would sit back contentedly and say, “I love it when a plan comes together!”
The Bible tells us God makes plans: “‘I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope’” (Jer. 29:11). God’s redemptive plan for mankind came through Jesus Christ’s work on the cross. His plan was prophesied in the Old Testament and executed to perfection, as recorded in the New Testament’s Gospel accounts.
But God had another plan as well: to take that Good News from Jerusalem to the whole world. He didn’t need social media, telephones, computers, billboards, magazine ads, airplane banners, emails, TV broadcasts, or streaming capabilities.
Luke, the Scripture-writing doctor, recorded Jesus’ description of God’s plan to the apostles in Acts 1:8: “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” God infused His witnesses with the Holy Spirit’s power to take the Good News of Jesus around the world—and that is what the book of Acts is all about.
When God repopulated the earth after the universal flood, He used Noah’s three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Gen. 9:18–19). According to Genesis 10, Ham’s descendants populated Africa, Shem’s descendants populated Asia, and Japheth’s descendants populated Europe. […]
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