Two Plans for You

My brother, Dale, is a really nice guy who keeps to himself. He's happy being alone. Dale likes to hunt. It's in his nature. On the other hand Dale is a great animal lover. He would never harm any for sport. This good-natured man wouldn't harm an animal, but he shot himself! Yes, after his gun jammed, as he was checking it out, he actually did the proverbial: Dale shot himself in the foot!

Right now I'm worried! I know "the end of the story", but until then there will be much persecution. Biblical prophecy spells out in much detail what we have coming as earthlings. Without even reading the Bible people fulfill what it says they will do. That's no accident! There are two plans for mankind: God's will is that all will be saved from ourselves and the bizarre plan is that Satan wants us to destroy ourselves! Let's first look at God's plan:

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Is that not a good plan? God never ever had a plan A and a plan B. It was always that no one should perish; that we would live forever! There is one person who may stand in the way of God's mission to be accomplished: It's I! That "I" is whoever you are. The self seeks destruction and only by the grace of God ("he gave") can we  be saved from ourselves! Satan doesn't make us do anything. We always choose the will of God or to do and say things which undermine God. Satan's doesn't really want you in hell! He merely wants you to disobey God for his own satisfaction. You are just a tool for him to pretend to the throne of God!

Now, let's look at Satan's plan:

John 8:44 "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

That passage summarizes Satan's plan for you! First off, his plan is based on deceit. However, God's word tells you Satan's plan for Satan's is secret. It's pleasure (lusts) with which he gains your confidence. It's basically the old adage of "trading your soul to the devil for gain". Satan, according to God, who knows him well, "was a murderer from the beginning". You will do what your "father" wills you to do. Satan's plan is that you murder! Who does he want you to murder? YOU!!!!!

Satan wants your life. It's not your earthly life that he wants. It's your soul. His plan for you is that you murder yourself! Guess what? That's what most people are doing.

Matthew 7:13 "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:"

In effect you are your own idol; and ironically you are destroying your own idol, but don't even realize it! That's what the Liar wants you to do, and he's so clever that you are toppling your own idol while actually believe that you are appeasing it! Those "lusts" are appeasing your God all the while it's doomed because of the desire for pleasure. Silly us! It's as if we turn on our own gas as we enter the death chamber because it smells so sweet. Deception is Satan's M.O. for destroying you. He doesn't even pull the trigger. You shoot yourself figuratively speaking.

No look at God's plan. It offers a tangible reward: eternal life. Then compare it to Satan's plan: that you should self-destruct! Choose wisely, eternity is at stake! Don't be like Dale. Don't shoot yourself in the foot!