God's plan had always been to save us, but it is only in Christ that the details, the outworking, of that plan have been revealed. This is why Christ is the only way to salvation, all other religions are ultimately an exercise in futility. God is the creator of all the world, from the before the beginning of time He has had a plan of salvation, and God has revealed that plan in Christ. It is the creator of the world who decides how things work.
On the cross death was destroyed, and we are given the chance to become immortal. We were not created to die, it is only because of sin that death came into the world. It is through Christ that death is defeated.
Paul was appointed as a "herald, apostle and teacher" of the gospel. With here the key elements of the church's mission. We are to proclaim the good news. We are to go out and spread the good news to all the world, and we are to teach and explain the good news.
Paul was working and living for God, the church is meant to live and work for God, but this is no easy task. It was for this very reason that Paul was in prison. The church will be reviled by society, sometimes violently so. Paul, however, was not dismayed, because he knew whom he had believed in. Knowing Christ is, knowing God, is central to our life. Jesus said in John 17:3 that knowing the Father and the Son is eternal life. We need to focus on knowing God. And so Paul knew that his life was safe with Christ. We have entrusted our lives to Christ.
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