02/21/23 GODS UPFRONT AND BACKUP PLAN

02/21/23 GOD'S UPFRONT AND BACKUP PLAN

God's redemptive plan for the sinner is to save whosoever believes, confesses, repents, follows and continues (abides, remains) in Jesus.

God has an UPFRONT plan and a BACKUP plan for the believer.
UPFRONT: that we sin not.
BACKUP: that we be reconciled and restored through Jesus if we do sin. 

1John 2:1
"1 My little children, these things write I unto you,"

(UPFRONT PLAN)
"that ye sin not."

(BACKUP PLAN)
"And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:"

The true believer determines to live in the UPFRONT plan, but IF he sins he can be restored by the BACKUP plan. This restoration is based on the same faith in the atonement that initially saved the person from his sins. 

Sinning willfully (which is a deliberate, volitional choice to disobey the known will of God), after conversion cannot be rectified without returning to a contrite, trusting and obedient relationship with Christ. Those who leave their first love must return and must do the first works over again.