God's Plan for Man Includes Sin

Predestined to be Holy

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. [For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.] In love he[c] predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. Ephesians 1:3-6 NIV

For God's Glory

There's no mistake what these verses say - that before man was created, God has known that we would sin and suffer its dark consequences. In others words sin has a part in our lives. For what purpose would you ask?

The reason can be gleaned from our text [Ephesians 1:3-6]. The ultimate purpose is "to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves."

It's God will that at the Day of our Lord, we, who believe in Christ Jesus, be presented to God the Father as pure and blameless. It is to His pleasure that we be conformed to the image of His Son.

To be sure, the pain, sorrow and suffering that we feel during trials and troubles here on our temporary abode, which is Earth, can only mean that He is shaping and molding us for this ultimate purpose.