Can God's Plans Fail?

If Christ never redeemed us, if Christ failed in His mission somehow, then we would have no purpose as Christians. Our faith and religion would be utterly pointless. Now, we know this did not happen, but it begs the question, how do we know, and was it even possible for Christ to fail in the plan of redemption or not?

We know Christ was tempted by sin, but was it possible for Christ to actually fall into sin? Randy Alcorn writes, "God can choose to make Himself hungry, but He cannot choose to make Himself sin. If Jesus could sin, and Jesus is God, then God can sin. If Jesus could fail, and Jesus is God, then God can fail. If God could have failed during the incarnation of Christ, why not at other times?"

We know that God is perfect, and we know that sinning is missing the mark of perfection. God made Himself subject to the laws and needs of man. God transformed Himself into a human body, which needs food, water, oxygen, and so forth. But the human body does not need to sin. In the desert, the Devil tempted Christ to use His divinity, to show who He really was to the world, and to seek honor and glory from the world. These are things that god desires, and while God may desire them, they were not according to His plan at that time.

God's plans cannot fail because that would mean that He is imperfect. Our plan may fail, but we are human and not perfect. When our plans fail, we turn back to God. Sometimes He tells us why we messed up. But other times, He simple tells us what to do next.

Questions to consider: 1) How have I failed in my life?
2) What do I do next?

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