Charles Dickens, of course, wrote the novel with that title. It is a very interesting story. If you haven’t read it, or haven’t seen one of the TV series or movies adapted from that novel, you have missed out on a classic.
The “Great Expectations” of which I write and base on scripture concerns the great expectations God has for the human race – YOU included. And I do mean the human race – ALL of us, all born human. Satan has succeeded marvelously well in completely hiding from the minds and understanding of most believers, even most preachers, the great expectations God has for the human race – just WHY he created human life. And Satan isn’t winning in this “game” of life, believe it or not. God’s plan of the ages is only in the beginning stages at the moment. There is no real conflict between God and Satan. Satan does not have the upper hand, never has and never will.
True we are nearing the end of an age, but this age that is fast coming to a conclusion is only the beginning stage of God’s great work with mankind. When Jesus Christ returns He won’t say, “Folks, it’s over!” He’ll say to His redeemed sons and daughters of all eras of time, “Now, let’s get started. There’s work to be done.” God’s elect were chosen and predestined for a reason, to assist our Creator in the greatest work even Divine mind and intelligence could conceive..
Do you know why some pastors and preachers don’t see the deeper truths of God? There are several reasons actually, one of them being they formulated and published their “statement of beliefs” years ago and locked themselves into the same. And they aren’t changing. Also, many refuse to use the Hebrew scriptures for formulating their doctrines, stating emphatically, “We are a New Testament church. We do not get our doctrine out of the Old Testament.” Where do they think the apostles got THEIR doctrine. They were dead and buried many, many years before their various letters were collected together, published and called the New Testament! And, of course, the blinding POWER of Satan must be considered. Then, too, many pastors and preachers just parrot, or repeat, what they have heard all of their lives as being the truths of scripture. They don’t question or, investigate, nor do they PROVE their beliefs. God help us to understand.
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley