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In All Manner of Workmanship
(Ex31:1-11; Rm12:3-13)

God is the Lord of grace (Ps86:15; He4:16).
Grace comes from Him and
To those who know His grace and want to do His work He adds on gifts (Ex36:1-2).

While grace means the gift of God that He gives equally to all (Eph2:8),
Gifts are different for individuals in intelligence, talents, wisdom, knowledge, duties etc (Rm12:6).

Faith is knowing His grace and yearning for gifts and
The life of this faith is according to the gifts received from God producing a masterpiece, that is,
building God’s house.

During the creation God blessed men with wisdom and brilliance (Ge1:28) and
Thus mankind has made incredible progress in developing culture and civilization over history.

After Adam’s sin, however, all men became slaves to the devil (2Pe2:19) and
The devil seized the talents that men received from God, degrading them to tools of wickedness,
Such as musical instruments used to lead to corruption and debauchery,
As well as all types of lethal weapons (Ge4:21-22).

After the flood, directly challenging God’s word to scatter over the earth (Ge9:1, 11:2-9)
Men developed bricks and tar for mortar and
Attempted to build a city with a tower to reach to the heavens.

Even though they saw God’s miraculous works and left Egypt
The Israelites became corrupted and made gold earrings into an idol cast in the shape of a calf,
Fashioning it with a tool (Ex32:15-20).

To remind them that He is the God who led them out of Egypt
God instructed them to build the visible sanctuary (Ex29:44-46).
He chose and called individuals by name to build it and filled them with the Spirit of God,
With wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge, in all manner of workmanship (Ex31:1-11).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” and
Angered the Jews who conspired to kill Him (Mt26:61-67) for
It was designed by God and famous skilled craftsmen were called to build it (1KI7:13-50) and
So it was the most beautiful and elaborate building.
However, through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Yeshua would build not in Jehovah name but the Father’s name (Jn5:43),
Not a part of this creation by humans hands but a greater and more perfect tabernacle (He9:10),
Not by wisdom through angels but by the fullness of deity (Col2:9)
For He is the Word that became flesh (Jn1:1, 14).

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) With His flesh in which all the fullness of the deity lives in bodily form completed the temple
that is incomparably the most beautiful and the firmest where He would serve the
Father forever (Col2:9; He9:11-14);
2) Condemned the devil who deceived men and stole their abilities (Jn10:8; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood gave the grace of His redemption (Eph1:7).

He resurrected and ascended to the throne of grace (He4:12), giving
Grace to those who believe Him to build a dwelling place in heaven (Jn14:2-3; 1Co3:10-11).

The Holy Spirit lets those called by grace (Gal1:15) know what they have received (1Co2:12):
1) The grace of the forgiveness of sin by His blood (Eph2:8);
2)The gifts they received
a. Innate gifts — intelligence, talents, physical fitness etc;
b. Acquired gifts — education, training, occupation, workplace, materials etc; and
3) The gifts of the Holy Spirit (1Co12:4-11).

He lets them fully mobilize these gifts and
Do the work of building the house of God on earth, the church (Rm12:1-8; 1Co15:10; 1Ti3:15).

The Christian is he who
Discovered the talents that lie within him and therefore
Whatever he lacks, he cries out in prayer and seeks to receive gifts (Mt25:29).
Whatever he does, he does it with responsibility and dedication
In all manner of workmanship and
Ultimately he produces a masterpiece.

O Lord,
What an honor it is that
You called such a clumsy, insufficient person like me
To do Your work…all this is grace!
Let us all discover what lie within us and
Whether it is worship, testimony or the church
In all manner of workmanship let us produce a masterpiece! Amen.

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Store Up Treasures In Heaven For Your Soul
(Ps24:1, 100:3; Mt6:19-21, 24)

God is the Owner.
By His word He created all things and He is their Owner (Ps24:1) and
With His blood He purchased souls and He is their Owner (Ac20:28).
Those who joyfully give offerings to Him He rewards with eternal life in the age to come and
A hundredfold in this life (Mk10:29-30).

Faith is knowing that God is one’s Owner, that one has become His.
The life of this faith is loving my Owner and generously giving offerings to Him for my soul.

While religion is humans giving their contrived sacrifices to assumed deities for protection,
The Bible illustrates the offerings that God receives and testifies.
The sacrifices given by Cain and Abel (Ge4:1-7)
Demonstrate that God only receives a more excellent offering given by faith (He11:4).

The ancestors of faith are those who gave successful offerings to God:
Abraham received blessing and gave a tenth of the plunder (Ge14:18-20) and
Gave his only son as a sacrifice as instructed and his fear of God was acknowledged (Ge22:1-17);
For Isaac did not hold his father back from sacrificing him he also gave his own body; and
Seeking his father’s blessing, Jacob prepared some tasty food for him (Ge27:31) and
Vowed to give a tenth of everything upon returning home (Ge28:22).

When his offspring Israel was leaving their slavery of 430 years in Egypt
They plundered the Egyptians (Ex12:36) and took possession of Canaan (Nu21:3).
When they built the sanctuary in the wilderness, they obeyed and gave joyfully (Ex25:2, 35:21, 36:6).

The regulations regarding offerings were (Lev7:38, 20:22):
1) To be given in the sanctuary where the name Jehovah was (Dt12:5-6; Ps96:8);
2) An offering of livestock (Lev1:2);
3) Not giving the Passover offering = not keeping the Passover = sin (Nu9:13); and
4) The entire Israel including the priests were to give (He8:3).

The types of offerings were:
1) Tithe: a tenth of what their fields produced, of their herds and livestocks, belongs to God (Lev27:32; Dt14:22);
2) Offerings: (1) the first fruit of the what their fields produced, of their herds and livestocks, the firstborn of humans (Ex13:12, 34:26; Nu8:16-17);
(2) sin offerings (Lev4:14; Nu15:25); (3) thanksgiving offering (Mt8:3-4);
(4) ransom for life (Ex30:12-15; Lk21:1); (5) vowed offerings (Dt23:23) etc.

Curse fell on Israel for the priests who were appointed to give offerings and sacrifices (He8:3)
Considered it a burden and even cheated God of tithes and offerings (Mal1:6-13, 3:7-9).

Yeshua came and said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Give the perfect offering that is not of earth but of heaven, that is, His own body,
The incarnate Word, God who came as man, the body of the Son of Man (Jn1:1, 14; He10:5).

He commanded tithe but with
Justice (law), mercy (love), faithfulness (faith, becoming the owner of nine-tenths) (Mt23:23), and
The offering that Moses commanded to the healed as a testimony (Lk5:14), saying that
For yourself store up treasures in heaven for where your treasure is there will be your soul,
That you cannot serve both God and Money (Mt6:19-21, 24), and that
Offering is not about the amount but ratio (Mk12:42).

As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) With justice, mercy and faithfulness gave to the Father the most excellent offering, His own body (Jn10:17-18; He8:3, 11:4);
2) Judged the thief the devil (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44); and
3) With His blood redeemed all men and offered them to the Father (1Pe1:18-19; Rev5:9).

He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as the Lamb.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent lets believers
Love my Lord who paid the price of His precious blood and purchased my soul and made me His.

The Christian is he who generously gives his most precious thing to the Lord (2Co7:6-7, 16:2)
For he loves the Lord as his many sins have been forgiven (Lk7:37-50) and
Yearns to have his offering be a testimony of his faith, hope and love.

O Lord,
How can I say thanks for the things You have done for me…
Things so undeserved…
Your precious blood, redemption, forgiveness, the promise of eternal life…
O Lord, I truly love You!
For our souls, let us store up our treasures in heaven and
When we leave the world let us all be pulled up to heaven and be welcomed there! Amen.

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Be For the Praise of His Glory
(Ps27:6; Eph1:3-12)

God is worthy to be praised (2Sa22:4).
For His name alone is exalted, His splendor is above the earth and the heavens (Ps148:1 3), and
For He works wonders, He is worthy to be praised (Ex15:11).
He lets those who praise the glory of His grace
Come before His throne and praise Him face to face forever (Rev22:3-4).

Faith is having the steadfast heart to praise Him (Ps57:7).
The life of this faith is throughout one’s life praising to give glory to God and becoming the praise of His glory (Eph1:12),
and overcoming sorrow, worries, anxiety and fear (Is61:3).

To praise means to lift up or exalt God for:
1) The name of God — the glorious, beautiful, holy name (1Ch29:13; Ps135:3);
2) His attributes — He is great, good, faithful, just (1Ch16:25; Ps101:1); and
3) His works — He created all, His wonders, He saves (1Ch16:35; Ps72:18; Rm9:5).

The Bible is about praising God for He made all things for His praise.
Angels, sun and moon, stars, lightening and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds, mountains,
Fruit tree, wild animals, flying birds, the heaven of the heavens (Ps148),
Everything that has breath (Ps150:6), those know themselves as souls (Ps146:1) all praise Him.
In the sanctuary and everywhere (Ps22:3, 150:1),
With voices, lips, instruments and dancing (Ps98:5, 150:3-4) they praise Him.

God formed the people of Israel for Himself to proclaim His praise (Is43:21).
Through the exodus, the Red Sea, the wilderness, the Jordan, Jericho, battles etc
God worked wonders and became their salvation (Ex15:1-2; Ps98:1).
The sanctuary reminded them that
“Jehovah = worthy to be praised = the praise of Israel” (Dt10:21; Ps148:14) and
David, “the hero of Israel’s songs” (2Sa23:1), in his tabernacle (1Ch6:31-32)
For 40 years until the Temple of Jerusalem was built
Appointed Levites to stand before the ark and praise all day (1Ch23:30; Ps100:4, 134:1).
Yet there was the prophecy regarding praise awaiting in Zion (Ps65:1), that is,
The sacrifice of praise to be given in His tabernacle by One surrounded by enemies (Ps27:6).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Not the Levites in the name Jehovah but the Son of God in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43) will
Praise the Father with His own glory (Ps30:12) and
He Himself would be praised (Mt21:15; Lk19:37-38), for which He was hated by the Jews.

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The very nature God who is equal to God lowered Himself to the point of death
and praised the Father, His name (Ps27:6; Php2:6-8);
2) He condemned the devil who left his proper place (1Jn3:8; Jude1:6); and
3) In place of all men He became a sinner and in place of all men He died (Mt20:28).

He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and became the Father’s eternal praise, and
He Himself receives praises from angels.

The Holy Spirit lets the church give the sacrifice of praise (He2:12, 13:15) for
It is the house filled with praises in the name Yeshua (Ps84:4; He2:12; Col3:16; Eph5:19).
He lets the souls redeemed by the blood of Yeshua by grace (Eph1:7)
Become the praise of the glory of His grace,
Uniting all things in heaven and on earth in Christ (Eph1:3-12).

The Christian is one who gives the sacrifice of praise day and night (1Ch23:30), and
Succeeds in praise, the core of worship, and his prayer is received as incense (Rev8:3-5).
When hard pressed mentally, physically or in surrounding (2Ch20:21-23; Ac16:25-26)
He always has hope and praises more and more (Ps71:14) and so
Receives healing and chains are broken (Jer17:14).
He longs to praise with his last breath and go before the throne in heaven
Praise Yeshua seeing His face forever.

O Lord,
Yeshua, in my place You became a sinner, in my place You died!
For I can never forget Your grace, I raise my voice and praise You.
Let every moment of my life be for the praise of Your glory.
Let our Church of Jesus become the church that gives You the best praise on earth!
Let us become the praise of the glory of the name Yeshua! Amen.

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A Debtor to Grace
(Lk7:41-42; Rm1:14-17)

God is the Lord of grace.
He gives the best by grace, and
Lets those who receive grace as debt and pay back
Come before the throne of grace in the kingdom of heaven and serve Him (Rev22:3).

Faith is knowing that one has received God’s grace and
The life of this faith is paying back the debt as the priority of life (Rm8:12) for one knows that
Even between humans ungrateful people are not to be associated with
While those with bad credit are not to do credit transactions with.

The Bible is a history of grace—redemption—debt—servants—accounting.
Grace: priceless gift;
Redemption: pay a price and buys back;
Debt: the lender and the borrower;
Servant: the debtor is servant to the lender;
Accounting: in the last day accounts will be settled.

Deceived by the devil, Adam sinned and was sold as a slave to the devil (Is50:1) and
All men became held in slavery by their fear of death all their lives (He2:15).
Israel was redeemed from their slavery of 400 years by grace (Ex15:13) and
Became the people of Jehovah (Ex19:6; 1Ch17:21).

The sanctuary where the atonement cover above the ark (the mercyseat) was (Ex25:7) or
The ransom that redeemed the Levites in place of all the firstborns of Israel (Nu3:45-49) or
The year of the release where at the end of every seven years
Every creditor had to cancel any loan they made to their fellow Israelite (Dt15:1-3) were
All reminders of the grace of Jehovah for generations (Ps111:4).

According to the prophecy those in debt (sinners) gathered around Yeshua (1Sa22:2; Zec8:22) and
When He said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
He angered the Jews who longed for the year of the LORD’s favor (Is61:2)
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would redeem not with animal or silver (shekels) (Nu3:47)
But by the precious blood of the One and Only Son the souls of all nations (1Pe1:18-19)
For the redemption of souls is costly, no payment is ever enough (Ps49:7-8).

The Word in the beginning, the God of grace came in the flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14)
To give His life as a ransom for many (Mt20:28; Jn1:29).
While His disciples healed the sick, it was freely giving what they freely received (Mt10:8).

He prophesied of His death, resurrection and return, that is,
The day when He would settle accounts with His servants (Mt18:23-24) and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Gave thanks for the Father’s favor of raising Him back to life after His death (Jnh2:8-9; Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil the ungrateful one (Ge3:4-6); and
3) Through His death redeemed all men and gave His blood as a ransom (Gal3:13; 1Ti2:6).

He resurrected and
Sat on the heavenly throne of grace (He4:16; Rev22:1).

The Holy Spirit lets the believers know His grace (1Co2:12): 1) By the precious blood they have been redeemed, that is, forgiven of sins (Eph1:7; 1Pe1:18);
2) They are freely justified (Rm3:24); and
3) They received sonship to become heirs of God (Gal4:5-7).

The Christian is he who received grace, a debtor.
1) As a debtor who can never pay back, he becomes an eternal servant to the Lender;
2) According to the gifts received by grace he serves the church (Rm12:4-6);
3) He pays back the debt of the gospel by forgiving the transgressions of his brothers (Mt18:23-24)
and preaching to all nations the gospel of grace (Lk24:47; Ac20:24; Rm1:5, 14);
4) He considers the chance to serve the Lord as grace for he is an unworthy servant (Lk17:7-10)
and thus prioritizes the work that he ought to do and does it gratefully,

For when the Lord returns,
He yearns for the redemption of his body, that is, the resurrection to life (Rm8:21-23).

O Lord,
For the redemption of the soul is so costly that You did not do it with anything else
But sent the One and Only Son…
For a dead dog like me (2Sa9:8)!
I have received grace! I am a debtor!
Let me for the rest of my life make it my priority to
Daily pay back this debt of love. Amen.

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Live, My Soul!
(Rm8:5-14)

God is the God of eternal life (Ge21:33).
In Him is life (Jn1:4) and
He lets those who desire and strive to live eternally live and
Guides the children of God with the Spirit of God and inherits the spiritual heaven (Rm8:14).

Faith is knowing “I am a soul,” a soul that must live, and longing to live.
The life of this faith is putting effort for the soul to live even at the cost of losing breath, that is,
living according to the spirit, putting to death the deeds of the flesh (Rm8:3, 13).

While the most important thing in this world is life
The life of man is really a breath (Job7:7), and
The life that is dependent on breath is pitiful.

The Bible differentiates three spiritual beings:
1) God (transcendent); 2) angels (intermediate); 3) man (limited).

The composition of man, that is, Adam, the living being, is
The flesh that lives by the food that comes from dust and
The spirit that lives by the word that comes from the mouth of God (Ge2:7. 17; Dt8:3).
After the outwardly man (flesh) dies it returns to dust (2Co4:16)
While the inwardly man (soul) eternally exists (Rm7:22).

On the night of the Passover, the Israelites who obeyed the command and
Put blood of lamb around their doors lived (Ex12:13) for
There is life in the blood and the blood redeems (Lev17:11).

The commandment that God gave them was for them to choose life to live (Dt30:19) and
It showed that those who wanted to live were spared of their life:
Cain who killed (Ge4:14-15),
Those who ran into the cities of refuge after accidentally killing (Nu35:15-28),
Even the traitor who held onto the horns of the altar (1Ki1:50-53).

The Law taught them about sin and the price of sin, death:
1) The original sin — Adam’s sin — all mankind inherited this sin and the price of sin death (Ps51:5; Rm5:12-13);
2) The sins of desire (Ge4:7);
3) Self-committed sins — breaking the law (Rm7:9-13).

The temple was where the atoning sacrifice was given for the redemption of their sins,
A sign for the grace for sinners (He8:5).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of HIs body (Jn2:19-21),
He would set free from the price of sin (Jn8:32)
Not only the people of Israel but the souls of all nations
Through a ransom not by animals but by the Son of God (Mt20:28; Jn1:29) for
The Word in the beginning who is God became flesh, that is, the Spirit became flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14).
He came as the last Adam, the life-giving spirit, who gives life to
The living spirit, the first Adam (1Co15:45-47).

As He died He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life and obeyed the Father’s command in order to receive it back (Jn10:17-18, 12:50);
2) By belonging to flesh and blood annihilated the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) Set free from the slavery under the devil the souls sprinkled by His redeeming blood (Rm8:1-2; He2:15).

He resurrected and ascended to the throne in heaven and
He is the author of life (Ac3:15), the Lamb who has eternal marks of death (Rev7:17).

The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of life (Rm8:32), the Spirit of God (Rm8:9) comes to
Those who believed in the name Yeshua and received the Spirit of Christ (Jn20:31) and
Teaches man of the flesh to become man of the spirit (Rm8:5-8)
To move by the commands of not the flesh but the Spirit of God.

The man of the spirit never forgets even for a minute that, “I am a soul! This is my flesh!”
Therefore, he makes eternal life the goal of his life so
Not worrying about food for the flesh (Mt6:25-33) he obeys the word of Christ (Jn6:63, 68, 12:50).
The top priority of his life is to proclaim the kingdom of God (Lk9:59-62) and
He lives according to the spirit putting to death the misdeeds of the flesh (Rm8:12-13),
Distancing himself from the wicked, those without hope (Ps1:1-3).
For he longs to be judged as the living when the Lord returns (2Ti4:i1)
He abides with men of the spirit, the church. His path is blessed.

O Lord,
“I am a soul!” — let us never forget this not even for a moment.
For me, the soul, for eternal life
Let us all live according to the determined top priority of life and
Put to death the desires of the flesh.
Let us be in the company of men of the spirit and become men of the spirit.
Awake, my soul! Amen.

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For the Glory of His Kingdom
(Ps145:11-13; Lk22:28-30)

God is the Head of authorities (Rm13:1).
Kingdoms, authorities, glory come from Him (Da5:18) and
He inherits His kingdom to those who suffer for His kingdom (Lk22:28-30).

Faith is to welcome being the people of the kingdom where Yeshua is Christ.
The life of this faith is suffering to be counted worthy of His kingdom (2Th1:5).

As the world becomes more globalized the more weakened people-consciousness becomes.
Nevertheless, for nation and I have the same fate
To which nation one belongs is still a life-altering matter.
Even if the people of powerful nations express a sense of pride, superiority and satisfaction,
It is a historical principle that there is no permanent hegemony on earth.

The Bible is a book that teaches about what God did,
The glory of His kingdom, that is, His everlasting kingdom (Ps145:11-13).
God’s prophecy that from Abraham many nations and kings will come (Ge15:13-14)
Began to be fulfilled after four generations, 430 years (Ge17:4-6; Ex12:41)
When God sent the 80-year-old Moses and crumbled Egypt, a superpower nation and
Brought the people out.

The sanctuary reminded that Israel was the people of God and
Jehovah, the Creator God, was their King and they were the people of Jehovah (Ex19:5-6).
In Canaan, however, they rejected God as their king (1Sa8:5-22) and
Asked for a man king and so Saul became their king.
But because he broke the LORD’s command, his kingdom was destroyed (1Sa11:15, 13:8-14).
While David reigned over all Israel and Judah and prospered greatly (2Sa2:4, 5:5),
His son, Solomon, however, did evil before the LORD in his late years (1Ki11:3-9), because of which
During the reign of his son Rehoboam, the kingdom divided (1Ki12:16-19).
The Northern Kingdom Israel was destroyed by Assyria in 722 BC and
The Southern Kingdom Judah by Babylon in 586 BC because
They exchanged the glory of being the people of the Creator Jehovah for idols (Jer2:11).
Yet the dream of the people of Israel who had lost sovereignty was
The appearance of the Messiah coming as a descendant of David (Mt22:42; Jn4:25).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would build not in the name Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43)
Not a kingdom of this world that repeatedly rises and falls (Jn18:36)
But an everlasting kingdom that will rule over the heavens and the earth.
For that, He did not come as a descendant of Abraham and David in flesh and blood
But God came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14).

By the Jews who opposed Him becoming king (Jn18:39-40, 19:12) and
Pilate a ruler of a superpower nation on earth who had the power to kill,
Yeshua was passed over to death (Jn19:10-11).
But as He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
With His blood purchased souls and offered them to the Father (Rev5:9);
With His authority to die judged the devil the ruler of death (Jn10:17-18; He2:14-15); and
With His blood purchased souls and made them His kingdom, His people (Rev1:6).

He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne,
Becoming the King of kings, the Ruler of the heavens and the earth (Mt28:18).

The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes to the church, which is
The Kingdom where Yeshua rules as the Christ, the glorious kingdom on earth:
Established by the truth; 2) ruled by the truth; and 3) where the truth is the common sense.

The Christian endures suffering.
To defend His kingdom he is faithful to death (Rev1:9),
For the expansion of His kingdom he strives to death (Ac17:7).
He is happy that Yeshua is his King and
He is happy to be living by the name Yeshua, praying, driving out demons, healing etc (Mk16:17-18).
When His kingdom comes, he longs to be absorbed into heaven (2Th4:16-17).

O Lord,
What is kingdom to me?
How happy I am that Yeshua is my King!
The kingdom where living by the name Yeshua is the common sense!
How happy I am a member of the Church of Jesus!
Let us all go out and shout for the expansion of this glorious kingdom and
Even if we have to drink poison, let us never surrender! Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass Faithfulness
(Ps101:6; He3:1-6)

God is faithful.
He does not change like shifting shadows (Jas1:17) and
He seeks those who are faithful in their character
To let them come before Him to minister to Him (Ps101:6).

Faith is longing to become a servant of Jesus Christ and
The life of this faith is as a witness and worker of Christ being faithful to death,
never giving up faith to the end (Rev2:13).

Faithful (pistos) refers to being steadfast in affection or allegiance, trustworthy and
As such, there is no nation or society that would not consider it the greatest virtue.

The Bible contains the story of God seeking those whose character is faithful and
Fear God more than others (Neh7:2):
He found Abraham's heart faithful to the LORD and
Thus God faithfully kept His covenant with him and his descendants,
By delivering the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt and
Giving them the inheritance of the land of Canaan (Neh9:7-8);
For God considered Moses who served the LORD in all His house
The same for 40 years as a faithful servant,
He turned Miriam’s skin leprous for she had criticized her brother’s actions (Nu12:1-10).

The fall of Israel came since after settling in Canaan
Their hearts were not loyal to God and
Their spirits were not faithful to Him, not faithful to His covenant (Ps78:7-8, 37).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would build not an earthly temple made by human hands (He9:1) but
A house not made with human hands, not a part of this creation (He9:11).

He stressed the fact that He came “to do the will of Him who sent Me” (Jn6:38-40) for
The Word in the beginning came as the Son of Man (Jn1:1-2, 14) to
Refresh the soul of the Father who sent Him (Pr25:13; Mt20:28).
As such, He evaded those who wanted to make Him their king (Jn6:15).

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) According to the Father’s command said Amen (Jn10:18; Rev3:14) and was faithful to death to the One who appointed Him (He3:2);
2) Judged the devil who changed (Is14:12-15; Ge3:4-6); and
3) Let those who receive the faithful “DNA,” that is, the sprinkling of His redeeming blood, to
become living stones being built into a spiritual house (1Pe2:4-6).

He resurrected and appeared to the disciples to make them His faithful witnesses.
He ascended to heaven and He is the Lamb on the throne (Rev5:9),
The faithful high priest who serves the Father forever (He2:17),
The temple where He dwells with the Father forever (Rev1:5, 21:22).

Moses — a servant — faithful — the temple made by hands (He3:2);
Yeshua — the Son — faithful — building His own house = “we” (He3:6);
“We” — the believers — faithful to the end — become the house where He dwells (He3:6).

The Holy Spirit lets believers bear the fruit of faithfulness (Gal5:22)
Their faithful outcome.

The Christian knows that he has the faithful “DNA” of Christ in his soul, therefore: He builds the church, the house of God, the spiritual house (Mt16:18; 1Ti3:15) — gathers with the Lord (Mt12:30, 18:20; He10:23-25);
For each member has different measures of faith, grace, and gifts, he does not think more highly than he ought,
being diligent and not lazy he serves with zeal (Rm12:3-11);
He becomes a faithful witness who refreshes the soul of his master who sent him (Pr25:13);
To death he never gives up faith (Rev2:10, 13),

For he longs to share in the happiness of the Master and
Serve Him face to face in heaven (Mt25:21).

O Lord,
“A faithful person who can find?” (Pr20:6)…
Let us not try to become those with many talents but
With given talents faithfully carry out our duties.
Let us refresh the soul of our Master and
Be found as the faithful that You seek in the land! Amen!

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God Will Not Surpass the Church 3: The Body of Christ
(Rm12:1-5; Eph1:22-23, 5:29-32)

God is one (Dt6:4; Jas2:19).
He alone is the being that He is, He alone has the attributes that He has.
He gives enteral life to those who know the One whom the only God sent as the Son (Jn17:3).

Faith is believing that the Holy Father, the Holy Son and the Holy Spirit are one God and
The life of this faith is through the Holy Spirit becoming members of the body whose Head is Christ and carrying out one’s duty.

While the head, the body and its members have different forms and functions,
They are one having one common body of life and fate.
The treatment for the members of the body, whether alive or dead, depends on whose body it is.

Deceived by the devil, that is, Satan who in heaven wanted to be like God (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17),
Adam, the only one made as a living being (Ge2:7; Mal2:15) sinned and
All men became slaves of the devil bound for hell (Ge3:4-6; Mt25:41) as
He challenged the uniqueness of God.

Chosen as the only people of Jehovah
Israel was shown through many signs and wonders that the LORD is God (Dt4:34-39).
The countless commandments they received all followed the universal commandment,
“You shall have no other gods before me” (Ex20:3).
The sanctuary where the name Jehovah was engrained in them that
Jehovah alone is the first and the last (Is44:6), and
He alone created the heavens and fashioned the earth (Is45:18).

In spite of that, however, destruction came to Israel for
They had forgotten the former things and worshipped other gods (Is46:9; Jer1:16) and
They did not seek help from the LORD but from other nation (Is31:1-3).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” and
Angered the Jews who were steeped in monotheism but
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21)
He would reveal, not in the name Jehovah delivered through the angel,
But in the name of the Father Yeshua brought by the Son (Jn5:43) His own uniqueness.
He is the Word in the beginning, the only God who came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14) and
Thus said, He and the Father the Creator are one (Jn10:29-30) and
No one can come to the Father except through Him (Jn14:6).

In the parable of the vine and the branches (Jn15:5-7) He illustrated that
Souls must remain attached to Yeshua, which means to obey His word
In order to not perish in hell but have eternal life (Jn17:3).

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) According to the Father’s command (Jn10:18), fell and died like a kernel of wheat to bear
much fruit, that is, to become the Head of many members (Jn12:24);
2) Judged the devil who left his proper position (Jude1:6); and
3) With His blood redeemed the first Adam and became the only Mediator between God and mankind (1Ti2:5),
a way for the souls who receive His blood to become His members.

He resurrected and ascended to heaven.
Sitting on the throne He became the Lord (Head) of life (Ac3:15).

Coming by the agreement of the Father and the Son (Jn14:16), the Holy Spirit lets believers know:
The Head of the Church = Yeshua (Eph1:22),
The Church = the body of Christ (Eph1:23), and
Saints = members of the Church whose Head is Yeshua (Eph5:30).

For the time of the wedding of the Lamb is near (Rev19:7-9, 21:2)
The Holy Spirit protects, nurtures and prepares the radiant church (Eph5:27) and
Made overseers for the church, pastors (Ac20:28-31).
He leads the members who received different gifts, duties from the Spirit
To have no division in the body but have equal concern for each other (1Co12:4-27).

The Christian is he who is strong in member consciousness:
I soul shall live! For only when I live, the body lives and members live!
Full of the desire to live, he obeys the Lord’s command;
He carries out his function well and cooperates with other members’ duties —
the mouth, the eye, the hand, the stomach etc; and
Like a member of Christ he carries himself holy and noble (1Co6:15).

O Lord,
All cells, tissues, organs…how they earnestly serve their functions and cooperate with each other!
Let there be none like cancerous cells that are mutated and kill others.
Rather as members of the body of Christ
Let us raise up our own souls, the church and other members!
The only Mediator between God and mankind is the Yeshua Christ.
The only Mediator between Christ and the souls born again in His blood is the Church.
Let us understand this profound mystery! Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass the Church 2: The Pillar and Foundation of the Truth
(1Ti3:15; Rev3:7-12)

God is the God of truth.
The truth comes from Him (Jn1:14) and
He dwells forever with those who become pillars of the truth.

Faith is knowing the truth (Jn8:31) and
The life of this faith is having a steadfast mind (Is26:3), keeping His command to endure patiently
and becoming a pillar of the church built on the foundation of the truth (Rev3:7-12).

For pillars and foundation are essential elements in construction,
Efforts are made to erect on a good foundation firm and unshakable pillars (1Co15:58).
Even so, however, every building in the world has longevity.
But the pillars and the foundation of truth, the church of Yeshua, is forever because
The word of God, Yeshua and the word of Yeshua are the immutable truth (Jn14:6, 24, 17:17).

For God created all things for the purpose of building the house of the living God,
The Bible records the history of God interrupting and destroying human constructions:
Wiping out the world with water during the time of Noah (Ge6:7, 17-19),
Confusing language and disrupting the construction of the tower of Babel (Ge11:2-8),
Raining down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah (Ge19:23-28),
Forbidding Israel from rebuilding the city of Jericho (Jos6:26), and
Commanding them to demolish the high places in Canaan after they conquered it (Nu33:52).

Yet the buildings which God designed were
The ark of salvation instructed to Noah and
The sanctuary, the house for the name of the LORD Jehovah to dwell,
To Moses and Solomon (Ex25:8; 2Ch6:5, 7:16).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days”
Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would tear down the copy made by hands (Mt24:2; He9:1) and
Build a temple not made by hands, that is, His body, the church (Eph1:23; He9:11),
According to what was brought to pass since the beginning, planned from days of old (Is37:26).
The Word in the beginning became flesh to fulfill it (Jn1:1-2, 14).

He announced His plan to build His church in the world (Mt16:16-18):
Yeshua=the God who came as man=the truth — on this unshakable rock,
The gathering of those who believe Him — build the unbreakable rock.

As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) By dying according to the Father’s command (Jn10:18) purchased with His blood the solid
foundation of heaven for the temple in the New Jerusalem, and pegged a pillar of iron (Ps112:6-7; Jer1:18; 2Ti2:19; He9:18 23);
2) Judged the devil who left his proper position (1Jn3:8; Jude1:6); and
3) With His blood redeemed all men for them to become pillars of the temple (Rev3:12).

He resurrected and sat on the secure throne forever (Ps48:8; Is22:23).
The Spirit of truth (Jn16:13) whom He sent
Comes to the believers and the church and
Lets them build the house of the living God on a solid rock (Mt7:21-27; 1Co3:10-11).
A true church baptizes in the name of Yeshua who is Christ (Ac2:38) and
Insists on the sole innocence of Yeshua (Mt27:4; Jn1:1, 14).

The Christian is he who knows the truth by experience (Jn8:31) and
He is determined to keep, defend and teach the truth.
By keeping the Lord’s command to endure patiently,
He longs to be kept from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world (Rev3:10) and
Become a steadfast pillar in the temple in heaven (Rev3:12) and
A wall of the city of New Jerusalem (Rev21:10, 14) to live eternally seeing the face of the Lord.

The foundations=precious stones=pillars=the church=the truth (Rev21:14, 19; 1Ti3:15)
Therefore, even if it is hard and burdensome his faith does not fall.
He does not leave on his own the church or his position of duty.
Finally, he becomes a pillar of the truth, a pillar of the church.

O Lord,
Is the Church of Jesus a church that God acknowledges?
If it is a false church, let it be destroyed.
But if it is a true church, let the Holy Spirit support it and
Let the number of those who gather increase by the day (Ac9:31)!
Let there be not even one of us who does not know this mystery about the church!
Let no one leave on his own the church, his position of duty and
Let us all hold up the church even to death. Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass the Church 1
(Mt16:16-18; Ac20:28)

God is the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
Life comes from Him (Jn1:4) and
He oversees and protects the souls that He redeemed with His blood (Ac20:28).
Faith is believing in Him and giving thanks to Him.
The life of this faith is putting every effort to live attached to Him.

Those who know themselves as humans live by
Belonging to family, school, clubs, workplace, political parties, nations etc,
Groups formed out of necessity, rights or hobbies.
Those who know themselves as souls, however, absolutely belong to the church for
The church and the soul have an inseparable relationship.

While Adam had to live by the word of God for he is a living being (Ge2:7, 16-17),
He was deceived by the devil and sinned.
Subsequently, he was banished from the Garden (Ge3:24) because
Those fallen to death are irrelevant to the tree of life.

Nevertheless, God’s will to rescue mankind was continued:
By the blood of the Passover lamb, He redeemed the Israelites from Egypt (Ex6:6, 15:13).
Following the pillar of fire and the pillar of clouds they were led in the desert (Ex13:21-22).
To extend their breath, they could not leave the rank.

The sanctuary where the ark of the testimony with a jar of manna was
Reminded them for generations that God fed them in the desert for 40 years (Ex16:33-35; Jos5:12).
The rise and fall of Israel in history was for them to know
God’s providence of intervening them with a rod and a staff (Ps23).

Yeshua said, “Destroy the temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-22),
He would give not only to Israel the manna that the flesh ate yet died but
All souls the true bread, the bread of life that came from heaven for them to live forever (Jn6:31-35) for
He is the Word in the beginning who became flesh and blood, that is,
Life became flesh and blood (Jn1:1, 4, 14).
He declared His plan to build His church which the gates of Hades will not prevail (Mt16:16-18), and
Through which the sheep will be saved and fed (Jn10:7-11).

As His flesh tore and He died, He said, “It is finished” (Mt27:51; Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) With His blood purchased souls and offered them to the Father, the Lord of life who alone could lead the Son out of the darkest valley of Hades (Ps23; 1Pe1:8-19; Rev5:9);
2) Condemned the devil who stole the living being (Jn10:8; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood redeemed souls, cleansed them and gave them life (Lev17:11; He9:22).

He rose and ascended to heaven and became the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Calls and gathers souls in the name Yeshua and
Chooses them as His church, His body (Eph2:22).
He oversees the life He bought with His blood,
The life more precious than the heavens and the earth
So it would not be taken by the savage wolves, that is, the devil.

Yeshua = the Head of the church; the church = the body of Yeshua;
I soul = a member of His body (Eph1:22-23, 5:30).

The life-dependent relationship between the church and the soul is like that between:
1) The shepherd and the sheep (Jn10:7-15);
2) The vine and the branches (Jn15:1-8); and
3) The body and its members (Eph1:23; Rm12:4; Col1:24; 1Co12:12-31).

For the Christian, therefore,
Belonging to the church is not a matter of choice but an absolute necessity for
The church is his life, his existence itself.
As the true church treats souls as souls and watches over them,
The true Christian, even if struck by a rod
Puts every effort to remain attached to the church (Jn15:4-6) for
He longs to be found belonging to His body when the Lord returns (1Co15:23).

O Lord,
What is the church to me?
It is my life! It is my being!
For God will never surpass the church
Let us all strive to remain attached until our final breath! Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass Worship
(Ps29:2; Jn4:21-26)

God alone is exalted (Ps148:13).
He is higher than all gods (Ps135:5), the heavens (Job11:8), all the nations (Ps113:4),
All the peoples (Ps99:2) and
He lets those who worship Him in spirit and in truth see His face.

Faith is longing to seek His face (Ps17:15, 27:8) and
The life of this faith is to see His face in that day and live with Him forever (Rev22:1-5) giving
successful worship as one’s last (1Ch16:29).

Under monarchy people cannot ignore the order of precedence to see the face of the king.
The kingdom of heaven is a place where the One seated on the throne is worshipped
According to the eternal order of precedence (1Co15:41):
The thrones, living creatures, the saved souls, the Old Testament people, the angels (Rev4:2, 4, 10).

Worship (proskuneo) means “to see the face of God.”
For humans are creatures made to worship God
By their free will they can choose the object of their worship
But they cannot escape the consequence of making the wrong choice, that is, eternal hellfire.
This because their ancestor Adam who was deceived by the devil sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
God hid His face from him (Ge4:14; Ps10:11).

The Bible records the history of worship:
The first worship: the sacrifice of Abel who gave a better worship than Cain (He11:4);
The instructed worship: the sacrifice, the place, the time etc were all instructed, according to
which Abraham gave his only son and succeeded worship (Ge22:2-13);
The worship following regulations: the Israelites, a people seeking the face of Jehovah (Ge32:30; Ps24:6, 105:4)
gave sacrifice according to the specific regulations regarding the time, the place, the sacrifice etc,
though they were all external regulations, only a copy or a shadow of the true in heaven (He9:1-10).

However, Israel rushed down the path to their destruction
As the people worshipped the sun, the moon and the stars (Jer8:2)
While the priests considered giving sacrifice to God burdensome (Is1:13) and
Even cheated God of the offerings (Mal1:6-13).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would show the face of not Jehovah but the Father (Jn14:9)
For not only Israel but all nations and peoples to worship Him (Is66:23; Rev15:4).
As such, not being tempted by the devil He declared to worship the Father alone (Mt4:9-10).

The most admirable person in the Bible would be
The Samaritan woman who longed and longed to worship to God for
She saw the face of Christ directly (Jn4:6-26),
He who commanded worship in the beginning,
The One who seeks those who worship in spirit and in truth.
In spirit — the Northern Kingdom — Israel — the 10 tribes — centered in Bethel;
In truth — the Southern Kingdom — Judah — the tribe of Judah — centered in Jerusalem.
As He died, the temple veil tore for the shroud of God was uncovered (Is25:7), and
Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) By giving the body of the one and only Son, the greatest sacrifice (He10:5-10), testified that the Father is above all gods (Ps135:5);
2) Judged the devil who attempted to exalt himself (Is14:12-15; Mt4:9); and
3) Let the souls who received the sprinkling of His blood worship Him (Eph1:7).

He resurrected and ascended to heaven.
He is seated on the throne, the One who lives for ever and ever (Rev1:18) and
Twenty-four elders, living creatures, angels bow down and worship Him forever (Rev4:10, 7:11).

The Holy Spirit lets believers offer their bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God
Through spiritual worship (Rm12:1):
On the Lord’s Day — the first day after the sabbath (Ac20:7; Rev1:10, 11:19);
In the church gathered in the name Yeshua as the Head (Mt18:20; 1Co11:18; Eph1:22-23);
With praise (Ps22:3, 100:2, 4), offerings (Dt16:16; Ps96:8), serving (Col3:24); and
Seek the face of the King of kings — with the heart, the body, the posture, the attitude etc fit for the King.

By giving such worship they are able to overcome persecution, troubles or oppression,
As they long to see His face and worship Him forever (Rev22:3-4).

O Lord,
Like the sinful woman who ran into the place where You were and fell at Your feet,
Washing them with her perfume oil and her tears…
We, the Church of Jesus, all members, want to give You the greatest worship on earth!
We want to give worship that is moving, filled with tears and joy.
We want to give our best and final worship, every time. Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass Righteousness
(Rm3:24-28)

God is righteous (Ps11:7).
He works righteousness (Ps103:6) and
His judgement is righteous (1Ki8:32; Ps119:7) and
He lets those who love and do righteousness dwell with Him (Pr15:9; 2Pe3:13).

Faith is believing Him and loving God’s righteous word (Ps119:123) and
The life of this faith is in order to see His face in righteousness after death (Ps17:15) walking the
way of righteousness (Pr8:20).

Righteousness, while in human standards refers to the quality of being morally true, is
According to the Bible the standard of being right in the eyes of God, the ultimate lawgiver (Is33:22).

God separates the righteous and the wicked by His word for
He decided the Word in the beginning to be the righteousness and judge by the Word (Jn1:1, 12:48).
In the end, the righteous will rise to live and the wicked will rise to be condemned (Jn5:29; Ac24:15).

Deceived by the devil, Adam the ancestor of all men
Disobeyed the command about the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Ge2:17. 3:4-6).
Consequently all men became slaves of the devil and became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).

While the whole world and all mankind filled with wickedness perished in the deluge (Ge6:5-7)
Noah and his family were saved for Noah was righteous and was blameless in that time (Ge6:9).
This was the sign that “the righteous will live by faith” (Rm1:17).

The Law that Israel received from Jehovah was the righteous judgment:
It justified the righteous and condemned the wicked (Dt25:1); and
Even the righteous, if he did not keep doing righteous things, he was be killed as the wicked (Eze18:4, 33:13).

Despite the fact that Israel welcomed being a kingdom of priests (Ex19:6) and
Vowed to keep the LORD’s laws (Ex19:8; Ps119:62, 106, 164), however,
Because they did things that were not right they could not escape their destruction (2Ki17:9).

The Old Testament is about the Law and the Prophets (Ac28:23; Rm3:21).
No one living is righteous before God (Ps143:2; Rm3:10), and
Thus all men are sinners who must pay the price of their sins.

The book of Job demonstrates this:
Upon realizing that considering himself as righteous and defending his deeds (Job13:15-18)
Discredited God’s judgment (Job40:8), Job repented and thus his suffering finally ended (Job42:8).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), 

He would judge not by the Law given through Moses to Israel in the name of Jehovah (Jn1:16)
But by His own words in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43, 12:47-48) for
He is the Word in the beginning, the righteousness, who came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14).
He was eventually passed over to death Hab1:13; Mk3:2-6)
By the Pharisees, the self-righteous whom Yeshua condemned (Lk18:11-14).

Treated as one of the wicked, Yeshua was crucified but as He died,
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Testified the righteousness of the Father who did according to His word even though it was
harmful to Himself (Ge2:17; Is53:10-12; Rm3:25-26), and was confirmed as
the righteousness by dying according to the command (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the wicked one the devil (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Through His one righteous act for the redemption of all men,
became the offering in righteousness (Ps51:19; Mal3:3; Rm5:18).

His resurrection is the confirmation that He is the righteousness.
He sat on the heavenly throne and became the righteous Judge (2Ti4:8; Rev15:4).
The Holy Spirit declares about the righteousness (Jn16:9):
By believing the blood of Yeshua those condemned under the Law are justified (Rm5:1, 9), and
There is no difference in this righteousness of God and the Law and Yeshua Christ (Rm3:20-22).

He who is justified freely by His grace through faith (Rm3:24),
In order to be saved on the day of God’s wrath (Rm2:5, 5:9)
Puts to death the evil desires of the flesh to escape sin (Rm6:11-13; He12:4; 2Pe2:20-22) and
Does the righteousness given through faith and sustains it (Ge15:5-6; Jas2:21-24; Rm10:10).
To receive the crown of righteousness when the righteous Judge appears
He is watchful, endures hardship, does the work of an evangelist (2Ti4:5-8).

O Lord,
The righteousness of God = the Law = Yeshua Christ = this faith that believes in Christ!
It is only by grace, by the act of God the righteous Judge alone that
This sinner can be pronounced to be righteous, having cleared all charges due me!
Let us always remember that God never surpasses righteousness.
Let us put every effort to dwell in righteousness! Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass Honor
(Mal3:16-18; Jn12:26)

God is the God of honor.
He honors Himself, makes a name for Himself (Da9:15) and
He honors those who honor His name (1Sa2:30; Mal3:16).

Faith is knowing His honor, the name of God, and honoring it (Jdg13:17) and
The life of this faith is doing all things honorably and restoring the honor of His name.

Different from animals, humans desire and value honor.
While some commit honor killing for the sake of their name
Others want to leave behind their names in halls of fame as
One’s name is one’s honor.

The Bible demonstrates that after God makes name for Himself (Da9:15)
He lets His name be known and revered.
When God led Israel out of Egypt
Through the pharaoh, the army, signs and wonders (Ex14:17-18; Neh9:10)
He made the fame of His name Jehovah be known (Is42:8).
He gave them the commandments to
Not blaspheme the name of the LORD their God (Ex20:7), lest they be put to death (Ex24:15).
The temple built for the name Jehovah, God’s honor (1Ki8:16; Ps26:8) was
Also the honor of Israel, God’s people called by His name (2Ch7:14).

In spite of this, Israel became corrupted and eventually fell for
They dishonored and showed contempt for His name (Mal1:6, 2:1-3).
Yet God’s plan to make His name great among the nations and
Honor those who honor His name continued (Mal1:11, 3:16-18).

When Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” and
The Jews wanted to charge and punish Him for blasphemy (Mt26:61).
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would deliver not Israel from their enemies but all men from the prince of the world (Jn12:31),
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43).
Though He was received unkindly and treated with contempt He endured (Mt12:24; Jn8:49)
For the Word in the beginning came in the likeness of a servant, the Son of Man,
For the Father’s honor, not His own (Jer20:8; Mt20:28, 26:39; Php2:7).

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) By suffering insult and reproach restored the honor of the Father’s name (Ps69:7; Jer15:15; Php2:11);
2) Condemned Satan who insulted God’s honor and challenged the throne (Is14:12-15); and
3) With His redeeming blood delivered all men who had been slaves to the devil (Eph1:7).

The Father raised Him back to life and seated Him on the throne.
Crowned with glory and honor, Yeshua reigns forever (Zep3:19-20; He2:9).

The Holy Spirit whom He sent is the Advocate who testifies the name Yeshua (Jn15:26) and
Lets believers defend His innocence who died a wrongful death,
Beginning with baptism (Mt28:19), the first command of Christ, which is
The act that restores the honor of the name Yeshua.

The honor of the Christian is the fact that
In his place the Son of God died (Rm5:6-8; 1Co5:21),
The blood of God is in his soul (Ac20:28; 1Pe1:18-19),
He is baptized in His name (Mt28:19; Ac2:38),
He possesses the truth, the surpassing worth of knowing Christ (Php3:8),
He belongs to the church whose head is the name Yeshua (Mt18:20; Eph5:23) and
He is an ambassador for the work of God (1Co5:20).
Therefore, he does not sin for the honor of His name and
Does everything — worship, pray, praise, serve, testify and even suffering —
Honorably (Rm14:8; 1Co10:31; Php1:20-21).
He does not beg or steal but works with his own hands to eat (1Th4:11; 2Th3:11-12; Php4:11),
Does not worry about food or tomorrow (Mt6:26-32; 1Ti5:8) and
Does not give up no matter what for
On the day the Lord returns
He longs to be where the Lord is and be honored by Him (Mal3:16; Jn12:26).

O Lord,
It is my honor to serve You, Yeshua!
Even if we are poor or persecuted, it is our honor.
Even if we have to give up our breath, it is our honor.
Let us testify and restore the honor of the name Yeshua! Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass Power
(Ge17:1; 1Co4:20)

God is almighty (Rev1:8).
He surpasses the limits of time, space, and power.
He takes great power and reigns (Rev11:17).

Faith is believing that God has power to do what He promises (Rm4:17-21), and The life of this faith is trusting the power of God and the majesty of His name (Mi5:4)
and telling His mighty acts (Ps145:4).

The older people get, the more experience they have in life, the more they feel their limitations
Thus they become more skeptical and pessimistic.
Yet there are those brave ones who challenge the limitations of the human body.

The Bible demonstrates the omnipotence of God.
From Genesis to Revelation it records supernatural phenomenas and mysteries, and
They are wonders, miracles and signs (2Co12:12):
While wonders and miracles refer to extraordinary events, powerful deeds,
Signs are such given to confirm, emphasizing the end-purpose which exalts the one giving them.
Christianity is not a religion but rather the faith that experiences the living God through them.
In spite of it, however, some Christians denounce them, accusing them to be dangerous.

Abraham believed in God who calls into beings that were not and created and
Against all hope, in hope he believed the promise (Ge18:10-15) and
Received a son though his body was as good as dead at the age of 100 (Ge21:2; Rm4:18-20).

Bringing the pharaoh of Egypt, the superpower nation at the time, to his knees
God delivered Israel from their slavery of 400 years and it was
By the wonders and the signs performed by Moses at the age of 80 with his staff (Ex3:20, 4:17).

After passing through the parted Red Sea and arriving in the wilderness
The Israelites saw God’s miracles daily for 40 years.
In spite of it, however, they grumbled against God
So without seeing the promised land they fell in the wilderness and died (Nu14:22-23).
Moreover, even after seeing the dwelling place of Jehovah, the temple of the Almighty, where
The ark of the His might that reminded them of “Jehovah = the almighty God” (Ps132:5, 8) was,
The kingdom of Israel was destroyed by the Almighty for they served other gods (Is13:6).

Yet since there was the prophecy of
The birth of a child, a son to be given the name Wonderful, Counselor, Almighty God (Is9:6),
They longed for the appearance of the Mighty Warrior who saves (Zeph3:17).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43), the name of salvation (Mt1:21),
Not as Mary’s son but as the offspring of the woman who came according to the prophecy (Ge3:15),
He would do mighty works through His body and save (Jn14:11).

During the three years of His ministry He daily drove out demons,
Healed the sick from various diseases, and performed countless miracles and wonders for
God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and power (Ac10:38), and
Power came out of His body (Lk6:19, 8:43-48).
Even the disciples who followed Him did the same power (Mt10:1; Jn14:12; Lk10:1).

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
Through His death He broke through the critical point of the Son of Man, that is, death:
1) Confessing that the Father alone is the Almighty who is able to save Him from death (He5:7);
2) With His authority to die judging the devil who had the authority to kill (Jn10:18; He2:14); and
3) The Word in the beginning became flesh, the almighty God came as limited man, and
through the limitations of the flesh, He paid the price of sin, death, for all men, while with His eternal blood He poured out He allowed men to break through their limits (Rm8:1; He13:20).

By the power of His resurrection, it was confirmed that He is the Son of God (Rm1:4) and
He ascended to heaven where He reigns with power forever (Rev1:8).

The Holy Spirit lets the believers challenge the impossible in the name Yeshua (Php4:13).
Therefore, the church and the apostles do not shrink back in any danger (Ac4:27-31; 1Co2:4),
Rather boldly testify the gospel and heal the sick.

Signs and wonders are important because:
1) They testify that Yeshua Christ lives;
2) They confirm the truth (Mk16:20; 2Co12:12);
3) They prevent faith from becoming an idea; and
4) Through testimonies they give glory to God.

O Lord,
Even if the world calls us crazy,
In the name Yeshua and let us create signs and wonders and miracles!
Let us never surpass the power of the name Yeshua and
In the name Yeshua surpass all things!
In the One who gives power I can do all things! Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass the Command
(Jn12:44-50)

God is the Lord of all (1Ti6:15).
He commanded all things and created them and rules over them (Ps148:5), and
To those who receive His word as command and obey He gives eternal life (Jn12:50).

Faith is knowing “God=Lord=Head=Commander” and
The life of this faith is keep submitting to and obeying the command of Christ.

While to obey means to know and move, to submit means to move even when not knowing fully.
Yet no human likes to be commanded,
Especially today with the influence of humanism and liberalism in the family and the schools.

Nevertheless, the Bible reveals the Word who was in the beginning as command (Jn1:1, 12:49)
As it was planned for the one who commands and the one who is commanded to have
A relationship as Lord and His servant.

While evolution insists that the universe was born as a very hot dense, single point in space,
Growing to what it is today over a long period of time,
Creation says that in the beginning God commanded all the starry hosts (Is45:12) and
At once all things came to be (Ge1:3) and
To this day they are in their places for all things are servants of the Lord (Ps119:91).

For angels, if they keep their proper positions they live
But if they sin, judgement and punishment awaits (He2:16; 2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
The living being, on the other hand, if he obeys he lives but if he sins he dies (Ge2:7, 17).
However, if he obeys again he can live again (Mt26:27) for this is how he was made:
The spiritual being that has flesh.

The history of the Old Testament is dotted with stories of those who obeyed Jehovah (the LORD):
Noah (Ge6:22), Abraham (Ge22:17-18), Israel during the exodus (Ex12:28),
Moses building the Tabernacle (Ex40:16) etc all did according to what the LORD commanded.
When the Israelites obeyed salvation, growth, blessing and victory were given
But when they did not obey what they were commanded, destruction came (Jer42:21-22).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Not Jehovah’s command but in the Father’s name (Jn5:43) He Himself would command for
He is the Word of the command in the beginning who became flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14) and
As such, He showed signs during His public life:
Turned water to wine (Jn2:3-5), calmed the storm (Mk4:39), fed thousands (Mk6:37, 41),
Drove out demons (Mk1:24-27), healed the paralytic (Mt9:6-7), filled up an empty boat (Lk5:4-8),
Healed the centurion’s servant (Mt8:6-23), walked on water (Mt14:28-29),
Raised the dead (Jn11:43-44) etc.

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life according to the Father’s command (Jn10:18, 12:48);
2) Judged the devil who left his proper position (Is14:12-15; Jude1:6); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on all men (Eph1:7),

He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne becoming the greatest commander forever.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes
To believers who drank Christ’s blood following His command (Mt26:27) and are
Now under Christ’s law (1Co9:21).
The Holy Spirit commands the command of Christ (Jn14:26) to:
Be baptized (Mt28:19), repent (Mt5:17), gather (Mt18:20; He10:25), keep the Lord’s Day (Rev1:8),
Pray (Jn14:13-14), serve (Php3:3) etc.

The Christian knows that
He is a servant of Yeshua His Lord, His Ruler and
Receiving His command and submitting to it is the way for a servant to live.
Therefore, putting effort to deny himself daily (Lk9:23),
He is always where he is supposed to be, doing what he is supposed to be doing.
He follows the counseling of the pastor
For the pastor is an overseer appointed by the Spirit (Ac20:28), the Lord’s servant.
When the Lord Yeshua Christ returns and commands, “Rise up!” (1Th4:16-17),
He longs to be ready to say, “Amen” and obey for the last time.

O Lord,
Though in the past I was a rebel
Never listening to my parents or teachers, doing whatever I wanted to do…
Now You are my Lord, my Ruler and
Whatever You command me I will do!
Lord, crush any sense of rebellion, disobedience, stubbornness or pride in me!
Lord, command me! This servant will listen. Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass Grace
(Eph2:1-10)

God is the God of grace (Ps86:15; 1Pe5:10)
He longs to be gracious (Is30:18) and
Shows grace to whom He shows grace (Ex33:19).
He lets those who know grace to become His heirs and live before the throne of grace.

Faith is truly understanding the grace of God (Col1:6). and
The life of this faith is living by grace longing for the grace Christ will bring when He reappears (1Pe1:13).

Grace means gift and depending on who gave to whom what,
The value of the gift is determined.
Different from man's gift is the gift of God
For when grace is not received there is destruction (Ge6:8).

The Bible lets God’s grace be known:
1) The former / the general grace — all things — to all living things;
2) The latter / the special grace — the one and only Son — to believers.

God made two types of spiritual beings:
1) Angels — in heaven — spirits who minister, servants — can never become children, heirs
(He1:5-13) — sin once there is no mercy, only judgment (Is14:12-15; He2:16; 2Pe2:4);
2) The living being — on earth — the spirit that has flesh — heir of God — if sin there is
mercy for his flesh is dust (Ps103:14) — created to receive grace.

The people of faith in the Bible were those who found favor in God’s eyes:
Noah considered the warning about the flood as grace and
Prepared an ark saving his family (Ge6:8; He11:7);
Abram considered God’s appearance as grace and welcomed Him so
At his age of 100 received a son (Ge18:3, 10);
Lot considered the warning about the destruction of Sodom as grace and
Escaped the destruction (Ge19:19);
Jacob received God’s promise as grace and was saved from his brother’s revenge (Ge32:17);
His descendants, Israel, were a people who found God’s favor
So when leaving their slavery of 430 years they plundered the treasures of Egypt (Ex12:36).

While the Law promised those who keep the commandments be shown
Grace for a thousand generations (Ex20:6; Dt5:10),
If they broke even one, they were considered breaking all thus put to death (Jas2:10-11).

When they had gone astray and sinned,
The temple where the name Jehovah (1Ki8:16) was where
They returned to with atoning sacrifices to be forgiven (2Ch30:9; Zec8:21).

However, Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would not in the name Jehovah but the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
By not the law and the commandments but the truth (Jn1:14-17),
Give grace to not only Israel by flesh and blood but also the souls of all nations for
He is the Word in the beginning who became flesh, the Son of Man (Jn1:1, 14)
To give His life as a ransom (Mt20:28).
So He came to call not the righteous but sinners to repent (Mt9:13; Lk5:32, 7:36-50).

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the commandment and entreated the Father who can give back His life (Jn10:18; He1:2),
and testified that the Father is the God of grace (Neh5:19; Jer33:26);
2) Judged the devil the ungrateful one (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Through death paid the price of sin for all men and shed His blood to be received
by those who believe for the forgiveness of sins (Eph1:7).

He resurrected and ascended the throne of grace as the Prince and Savior (Ac5:31; He4:16).
The Holy Spirit came and the Era of Grace arrived (2Co6:2):
Repentance for the forgiveness of sins is preached in the name Yeshua (Lk24:27; Ac2:38; Tit2:11).

The Christian knows that
By grace he has been justified without a price (Rm3:24; Eph1:7) so
He praises the glory of His grace (Eph1:6), boasting grace alone (Eph2:9, 2Co11:30).
He understands God’s patience (2Pe3:9), calling (Gal1:6, 15), the chance to repent etc as grace and
Even accepts poverty, suffering and illness as grace (Php1:29).
Therefore he forgives those who sin against him (Mt6:12, 18:21-22) and
As a steward of God’s grace, according to given gifts
Does the work of building up the body of Christ the church (Eph4:7, 11-12; 1Pe4:10) and
Testifies the gospel of His grace (Ac20:24) and
Boldly approaches the throne of grace to receive grace to help (He4:16).

O Lord,
How can it be that this sinner, the worst of all, can receive
The greatest gift of the forgiveness of sins?
Not because we deserved…
Not because we pleaded…
But because You long to be gracious for You are the gracious God!
Let us praise Your amazing grace and testify it! Amen.

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God Does Not Surpass the Prophecy
(Is42:9; 2Pe3:1-7)

God is faithful and true (Dt7:9; Jer10:10).
His nature, His word are faithful and true (Rev3:14, 19:11, 21:5) and
He takes those who believe in His word, that is, the prophecy, and live for the day it is fulfilled
To a new heaven and a new earth (2Pe3:11-13).

Faith is believing the events recorded in the Bible as historical (Lk1:1) and
Believing that the prophecies written in the Bible would be fulfilled in the future.
The life of this faith is until that day keeping watch, enduring hardship, evangelizing and
Discharging all the duties (2Ti4:1-5).

History is important is because there is
No present without the past and without the present there is no future.
The Bible contains the word of God consisting of covenants and prophecies:
The covenants are God’s promises, His providence
While the prophecies are His unilateral decisions, His dispensation.
They are written down as warnings for the saints in the last days (1Co10:11).

Since there was no witness account for the events recorded in
Genesis chapters one to eleven, including the deluge, many treat them as a myth.
But God put witnesses for “His prophecies are surely fulfilled”:
According to His prophecy, Abraham received a son at the age of 100 (Ge18:10, 21:2), and
His offspring Israel were delivered from their slavery in Egypt after 400 years (Ge15:13-14; Ex12:41).

Israel was a kingdom of prophets for the prophets, both great and small,
Led the people through the prophecies and their fulfillments.
However, they became ensnared by false prophets and thus were cursed (Eze13:1-6; Is41:22-23).

Yet God reminded them that He is the true God who alone can tell them
What the former things were and the things to come (Is42:9) and
For them to believe in a greater prophecy a sign would be given:
The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son (Is7:14) and
The government will be on His shoulders etc (Is9:6).

Finally, a son was born of a virgin’s body and He was Yeshua (Mt1:21-23; Lk1:34-35).
He said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of HIs body (Jn2:19-21),
He would in the name not Jehovah but Yeshua, the Father’s name (Jn5:43),
Fulfill with His zeal (Is9:7; Jn2:17) all the prophecies of the prophets (Mal4:5; Mt11:11-12) for
He is the Word of the prophecy
Foreknown before the creation who became flesh (Jn1:14; 1Pe1:20).

He testified that the flood in Noah’s days was a historical event which was
The fulfillment according to God’s prophecy (Mt24:37-39) for
It was an event He Himself saw (Jn3:31-32).

He prophesied His death, resurrection, return and the end times (Mt16:21, 24:37-39) and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) To receive His life back laid down His life (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil a false god (Ge3:4-6; Is14:12-15, 41:21-22); and
3) According to the prophecy sprinkled His redeeming blood on all men (Ps34:22; 1Pe1:18-20).

He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
He is the Lamb on the throne for His scars testify that
He is the true God who according to the prophecy died and resurrected.

In the last days scoffers will come and
Deny the deluge, the prophetic word, the Bible itself
Thus idealizing the greatest prophecy, the return of Christ (2Pe3:3).
However, the Holy Spirit warns of what must soon take place (Rev1:1).
Therefore, to not have their hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and
The anxieties of life and that day closing on suddenly like a trap (Lk21:34)
The Christian endures, evangelizes, carries out his duty and keeps watch (2Ti4:1-5) so that
On the day the Lord returns he would escape the universe and
Arrive in a new heaven and a new earth (2Pe3:7).

O Lord,
The scoffer who appears in the last days — evolution!
Let none of us be stained by it and become numbed to creation, the Bible and the prophecies.
Rather, let us be awakeedn by the prophetic word of the Word in the beginning.
Amen. Come, Lord Yeshua!

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God Will Not Surpass the Holy Spirit
(Jn3:1-15; Ac2:38)

God is He who lives (Rev10:6).
He lives from the beginning to now and forever and ever.
He reveals His living existence and person (Ps18:25).

Faith is believing that He lives and
The life of this faith is being born of the Spirit (Jn3:7-8) and revealing that He lives, for if not the world would not know.

While a ghost is the person of the dead and the world fears its appearance,
The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of Jesus, the Spirit of God, the person of God (Ac16:7; Rm8:9), whose
Dwelling Christians long for.

God does not surpass the Holy Spirit:
The Scriptures and the prophets were inspired by the Holy Spirit (2Pe1:21);
Yeshua was conceived of the Holy Spirit (Mt1:20); and
God speaks through the Holy Spirit (Jn14:26, 16:13; 1Co2:10).
As the person of God, the Holy Spirit has intelligence (Ac5:3; 2Co2:10),
Emotions (Lk10:21; Rm8:26) and free will (Rm8:27).

The Bible contains the story of God revealing
His mercy, justice, purity (Ps18:25), uprightness (Ps92:15) etc
Many times and in various ways (He1:1), that is,
Through the angels (Ge18:2), Moses (Ex3:2, 3:16-17, 4:1), and the prophets (Jer1:5-9; Am7:15).

Though the sanctuary revealed the majesty of Jehovah, the living God (Ps68:34),
Even through Aaron’s budded staff (Nu17:8),
The people of Israel became corrupted and thus faced destruction (Dt4:26).
Nevertheless, the prophets spoke of the appearance of the One who would
Revive the Lord’s work and reveal His heart (Hab3:2; Mal4:5-6).

Yesua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal the existence and the person of God who is from the beginning (Jn1:1, 14; He1:1).
After receiving the Holy Spirit (Mt3:16), He showed the Father’s heart and
Had compassion on the crowds of men and taught them many things (Mk6:34),
Healed the sick (Mt14:14), fed the hungry (Mt15:32) and wept with those grieving (Jn11:32-35).
Yet He rebuked the hidden unclean spirits and the Pharisees.

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Revealed His person who submits to the Father who lives forever (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) Had compassion on all men and shed His redeeming blood for them (Lk23:34; Eph1:7).

He resurrected and commanded the disciples to receive the Holy Spirit (Jn20:22).
Then He was lifted up and sat on the heavenly throne.

The Holy Spirit came to bless those who have not seen yet believed (Jn20:29; 1Pe1:8).
Invisible like the wind (Jn3:8),
He reveals the existence and the person of Yeshua who lives
Through those born of water and the Spirit (Jn3:3, 5; Eze36:25-27) and
Their changed lives (Ac2:3-4, 32-33; Php3:5-14).

Through the Holy Spirit
Those born of the Spirit confess that Yeshua is Lord and obey Him (1Co12:3),
Know that He is their spiritual Father (Rm8:15-17),
Worship and serve (Php3:3; He9:14) and pray (Jude1:20).

The man of the Spirit is he who
In the past was full of jealousy, envy, violence, perversity, extravagance, pleasure-seeking,
Wicked habits, excessiveness — a selfish man,
But now has tossed everything like rubbish.
He strives to live a life of mercy, compassion, meekness, simplicity, dedication for
Through his changed person and life he wants to reveal and testify that Yeshua lives.
He only thinks of the kingdom of Christ as the Spirit came from there and wants to take him there,
When the Lord appears a second time (Jn14:1-3; He9:28).

O Lord,
Let my family and my relatives
See my changed life and believe that Yeshua lives.
Father, whatever the world may say
It is undeniable that I have the Spirit of Yeshua! Thank You!
Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass the Blood
(He10:19-25)

God is the Father (He12:9).
He gives birth to children through the word of the truth (Jas1:18) and
Gives His beloved eternal encouragement and hope (2Th2:16).

The most lasting relationship is that of parent and child for
It is a relationship by blood.
Because of blood they love each other all their lives, make sacrifice and give the best.

Faith is loving the blood of God, the blood of Yeshua (Ac20:28) and
The life of this faith living by the blood of Yeshua (He10:19).

Although God gave to Adam the paradise on earth which He made by His word
Because of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the commandment, the serpent etc which
God placed in the Garden Adam sinned and was driven out (Ge3:24).
But all this was because there was God’s will to give the best (Mt7:11).

By the blood of the Passover lamb the Israelites who had been servants left Egypt overnight and
It was their new beginning (Ex12:2-7) as a holy people (Ex19:6; Dt10:15)
To enter a holy dwelling (Ex15:13).

The blood of animal was always flowing at the altar for
The blood was to make atonement for one’s life (Lev16:15-16, 17:11).
The stone tablets inside the ark of the sanctuary
Reminded them that if they loved the LORD and kept His commandments (Dt10:12)
They would be blessed and live long on earth (Dt7:13, 30:6).
But if they loved to wander and wicked ways then they would not escape the punishment (Jer14:10).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal the Father’s love (1Jn4:9-10) for
The Word in the beginning became flesh (Jn1:1, 14)
To be pierced and suffer to death (Is53:4-7) for
Souls of men to drink His blood that He would shed (Mt26:27-28; Jn6:54-56).
The world, however, treated His blood as worthless (Mt27:3-8, 28:22-25).

As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Through His blood confirmed the Father’s love (Mt27:46; Rm5:8);
2) Condemned the devil the separator (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Tore His flesh and in His blood gave birth to not angels (He1:5) but souls of men, the children of God (Jas1:18; 1Pe1:23).

His eternal blood brought Him back from the dead (He13:20) and
He was seated on the heavenly throne.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Testifies the blood of Yeshua inside the believers (Rm8:14-16).

There is in those who believe in the blood of Yeshua
Redemption, the forgiveness of sin (Eph1:7; He9:12), cleansing (He9:22),
Justification (Rm5:9), life (Lev17:11; Jn6:54), the right to become children of God (Rm8:16),
The confidence to go before God (He10:19) and serve (He9:21),
Belonging to God (Rev5:9), triumph (Rev12:15) and confidence (He10:29; 1Jn4:17).

The child of God is only interested in
The success of the Father’s name, the expansion of the Father’s kingdom
The fulfillment of the Father’s will for in him is the blood of Yeshua (Rm8:17).

Only by His blood he praises, worships, serves, offers, and prays (He9:21, 10:19).
He hates and resists sin to the point of shedding blood (He12:24; Jude1:23),
Makes petition to the Father to forgive whomever (Lk23:34) and
Preaches the gospel of the blood when scattered like blood drops.

O Father!
How from the beginning You desired and decided to become the Father of our souls!
Your blood alone is our eternal encouragement and good hope —
There is nothing else in this world.
Let us all cling to the blood and overcome all things by the blood.
I have the blood of Yeshua!
I love the blood of Yeshua!
Amen.

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God Will Not Surpass the Covenant
(Dt7:9-10; He9:15)

God is the God of covenant.
By the word of the covenant He makes relationship and
His covenant never changes for a thousand generations (Nu23:19; Ps105:8).

Faith is believing the covenant of God, the promise through the faith in Yeshua (Gal3:22) and
The life of this faith is keeping His commandment and holding onto His promise (Dt7:9).

All aspects of the human society such as nations, schools, workplaces, marriage, adoptions etc are
Made by contracts and sustained by them.
So when one breaks the contract that relationship is broken and the promise becomes nullified.

While the religious attempt to approach the divine following their own ways,
Unbelievers have no covenant with God (Eph2:11-13), thus no promise from God (1Jn2:25).
But the Christian faith is covenant faith that has God’s promise of eternal life.

The Bible is the Book of the Covenant (Ex24:7) which consists of
The Old Testament and the New Testament, the first covenant and the new covenant.
“In the beginning was the Word” (Jn1:1) is “In the beginning was the Word of the covenant.”
In the beginning, God decided to make covenant relationship with man.
While for the angels who left their proper position and dwelling
Judgement and punishment await (2Pe2:4; He1:5; Jude1:6),
For Adam (all mankind) who broke the covenant (Hos6:7), however,
A covenant would be made again to be reunited with God (Ge2:17, 3:4-6, 24).

Noah followed God’s covenant and built an ark,
Saving his entire family from the judgment by a deluge (Ge6:22), and
The rainbow was the sign of the covenant: there will never be another deluge destruction (Ge9:9-17).
Abraham received the promise of the increase of his seed (a father of many nations, many kings),
God would be the God of his descendants and they will inherit the land of Canaan (Ge17:1-8).
Circumcision was the sign of that covenant for generations (Ge17:10-14).

The exodus of Israel who had been servants (Ex2:24) was
The fulfilled covenant made with Abraham, after four generations, 400 years (Ge15:13; Ex12:41).
Inside the ark of the covenant of the sanctuary were
The words of the covenant or the stone tablets of the covenant (Ex34:28; He9:4) which became
The everlasting covenant of Israel (Ps105:10).
They welcomed the commandments established by the blood of the covenant (Ex19:8, 24:6) and
Observing the Sabbath became a lasting covenant (Ex31:16-17).

But God abandoned the sons of the covenant and destroyed them (Ac3:25) for
They made covenant with gentiles even though God forbid them (Ex23:32).
Yet, there was a prophecy of a new covenant (Jer31:31-34),
Made not on the flesh but in the heart by the blood of the covenant (Zec9:11), that
God will forgive their sins and remember their sins no more.

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of HIs body (Jn2:19-21),
He would set aside the covenant made with Israel in the name Jehovah
Through the blood of animal (He8:7-10), and
Establish a new covenant with all nations in the name Yeshua through the blood of the Son (He9:15).

As He shed His blood and died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
He fulfilled the first covenant and declared a new covenant:
1) To receive back His life He laid down His life according to the command (Jn10:18);
2) He judged the devil the origin of sin (Ge2:17, 3:4-6); and
3) Through His redeeming blood He gave the promised eternal inheritance (He9:15).

He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as the Lamb, the ark of God’s covenant (Rev11:19).
The Holy Spirit whom the Father promised (Ac1:4) comes to
Those born again through Christ’s blood of the covenant, the Spirit of adoption (Mt26:28; Rm8:15).
He lets them know the covenant of Christ:
Only by the blood of Yeshua they are forgiven (Mt26:28; Ac13:38);
Only by faith they are justified (Ac13:39);
In the name Yeshua they become children of promise (Jn1:12; Gal3:29. 4:28);
Their household and they are saved (Ac16:31); and
They will be taken to the Father’s house when Christ returns (Jn14:1-3).

The Christian, therefore, strives to not break His covenant (He4:1), and
As a worker of the covenant preaches the gospel and edifies the church (2Ti4:2; Eph4:12).
He perseveres whatever the test or the temptation, and waits to the end (He6:12, 10:36-37).

O Lord,
The Word of the covenant in the beginning…
This lowly life made for the covenant relationship with You…
What an honor! What a privilege!
So let us not be startled or despaired whatever may come our way.
Even if we are to lose everything, let us never let go of this covenant with You! Amen.