What did God plan before the world began according to Les?
God planned in pre-eternal existence to create mankind, that man would sin, and to bring about a plan of redemption, with Christ dying for our sins according to the Scriptures. It was all in God's foreknowledge and counsel, according to Peter in Acts chapter 2.
Les explains that the Gospel Paul preached includes that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and this was not an accident. Les teaches that God had already planned it back in the eons of pre-eternal existence: He would create mankind, man would sin, and He would bring about a plan of redemption. It was all in the foreknowledge and counsel of God, according to Peter in Acts chapter 2. Les also notes that John 3:16 by itself does not have this part of the Gospel and must be used in conjunction with it to make sense today.