The Counsel (part 1)

The Counsel 

... The Determined counsel and foreknowledge of God...  

The Counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations. 

(Acts 2:23; Psalm 33:11)

The Counsel of the Lord 

• Stands
• Isaiah 46:10-11 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
• Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
• Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
• Draws near
• Isaiah 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
• Secrets revealed 
• Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
• Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
• Proverbs 3:32  For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
• Psalm 25:14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
• Guides
• Psalm 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
• Isaiah28:29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working (guidance).
• Psalm 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
• Plans Established - Wages War
• Proverbs 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war
• Proverbs 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
• Inheritance - Predestined - Works all things
• Ephesians 1:11-12 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
• Immutable - Does not Lie - Hope Set Before Us - Anchor
• Hebrews 6:17-20 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
• Perceive - Hear - Mark - Call
• Jeremiah 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
• Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
• Now to Him 
• Romans 16:5-27  Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.