“Into the World”
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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When working on a project, an alternate plan is wise in case the original plan fails—but God never has a plan B! On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg considers the plan and purpose God established before the world existed. Where do you fit into the picture?
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:02.0 | . When you're working on an important project, it's wise to have a plan B ready to go just in case plan A fails. |
| 0:35.4 | But God has never had a plan B. |
| 0:39.4 | And today on Truth for Life, |
| 0:40.8 | Alasturbeg considers the plan and purpose God established |
| 0:43.5 | before the world began. |
| 0:45.7 | Where do you fit |
| 0:47.1 | in this eternal plan? |
| 0:49.1 | That's our focus as we continue |
| 0:50.8 | our study in John 17. |
| 0:55.0 | Thank you. as we continue our study in John 17. |
| 1:02.0 | Verse 18, Jesus is praying to the Father, and He says, Father, as you sent me into the world, |
| 1:07.0 | so I have sent them into the world. The mission of those whom Jesus sends out is Jesus' mission. |
| 1:17.2 | And that purpose that marks those whom he sends out characterizes who they are and what they do, |
| 1:24.9 | so that the disciples of Jesus, both then and now, are not supposed in any |
| 1:30.6 | way to be aimless, purposeless in any aspect at all, but rather focused in fulfilling |
| 1:39.7 | the commission that comes from Jesus. |
| 1:43.1 | Now we come to this because we're listening in on Jesus as he |
| 1:46.0 | prays to the Father. He is praying to the Father in the shadow of the cross. His earthly pilgrimage |
| 1:52.6 | is about to come to an end. He's coming, he says to the Father, I'm returning to you, and I'm |
| 1:59.0 | leaving them behind. |
| 2:07.4 | And in doing so, he has prayed, as we saw in verse 15, that they would be preserved or kept, |
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