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My Soul and the Spiritual Life
(Jn6:63, 68; Gal5:16-26)
God is Spirit (Jn4:24).
Though He is invisible He exists eternally and
When the time comes He will appear to those who have done according to His word of revelation.
Faith is believing Him and knowing that I am a living being (Ge2:7), and
The life of this faith is living like a living being for
Humans must live like humans, while a living being must live like a living being
As there are those who have a reputation of being alive but they are dead (Rev3:1).
The spiritual life must remain the same regardless of generation or culture for
The name of Yeshua, the word, the Bible, souls all remain the same (He13:8; 1Pe1:23).
God gave the living being Adam (Ge2:7)
The commandment regarding the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Ge2:17) for
He must live according to the word of God to live his spiritual life.
But deceived by the devil he sinned wanting to be like God (Ge3:4-6) and
As a result, all mankind received pseudo-gods, that is, religious spirits, and so
They found and adhere to various religions to this day.
The first faith by revelation is:
Jehovah—Moses—Israel—the statutes and laws—the commandments and the covenant;
• The commandments—fleshly ordinances—if disobeyed, punished the flesh (He9:10)—even if obeyed, could not give life to the dead spirit (1Co15:22);
• The covenant—fleshly blessings—to multiply, land, fruits, peace, defeat enemies (Lev26:3-8).
While the sanctuary was the place where they honored Jehovah (Lev26:2),
The priests and the people showed contempt for the name of Jehovah, lighting up useless fire etc.
Thus, their faith of revelation turned into a religious deed and
Israel went down the path of destruction (Mal1:6-10).
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),
The era where Israel was compelled to keep the law and offer sacrifices would end and
The Son will willingly keep the truth and give His own body as an offering (Mt20:28).
Christianity is not a religion but the faith by revelation for
The Word in the beginning, God who is Spirit appeared in flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14).
He equated Himself with the Father who sent Him:
Whoever believes Him believes the One who sent Him;
Whoever looks at Him sees the One who sent Him;
His word is the word of the Father who sent Him;
Those who receive His word as command and obey are promised eternal life (Jn12:44-50).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) His body that is spirit died following the commandment and He completed His spiritual life (Jn10:18, 12:50);
2) Through His death obeyed the Father’s word of revelation and judged the devil, the spirit who is now at work in disobedient sons (Eph2:2); and
3) The death of the last Adam—redeemed the price of the sin of the first Adam—set free (1Co15:45; Eph2:1);
His blood—the life-giving spirit—>to believers—>to become living spirits.
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and He is the Lamb on the throne, and
From the holes in His wounded body flows out the river of the water of life (Rev22:1), His blood.
The Holy Spirit lets living souls live by the Spirit and walk with the Spirit (Gal5:16-26) and
Lets living beings live as living beings.
The Christian is he who lives the spiritual life:
1) United with Christ through baptism—lives a new life (Rm6:4; 2Co5:15);
2) Church life—a. Worships in spirit and truth (Jn4:24; Rm12:1); b. Gathers (Mt18:20; He10:25); c. Member’s life—serves according to one’s gift (Rm12:4-11); d. Loves brothers—honoring above oneself (Rm12:10);
3) Prayer life—without ceasing—with mind and with spirit (Mk11:17; Ac2:31, 3:1; 1Co14:14-15);
4) Responsible for his own life—toils with his hands and eats (1Th4:11-12; 2Th3:6-11);
5) A self-controlled life—the fruits of the Spirit—the passions and desires of the flesh are crucified (Gal5:22-24); and
6) The life of Yeshua’s witness—the evidence of the Holy Spirit (Ac1:8).
O Lord,
Though this faith is hard to find in the world swamped by religious spirits,
We thank You that we do not have a religion but the faith by revelation!
Let us always obey the words of eternal life and never become religious (Jn6:68),
So we can all go before You when You appear in the air.
For the flesh is weak…Holy Spirit, help us! Amen.
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Yeshua the Boast of My Soul
(Ps34:2; 1Co1:18-31)
God is worthy to be praised (Ps145:4).
There is no one who has His attributes and character and
There is no one who does what He does.
He brings those who boast Him into the New Jerusalem which is filled with praises (Rev21:23-26).
Faith is knowing what my boast is and
The life of this faith is considering all things I boast as rubbish and only boasting Yeshua (Php3:3-8).
Though the tongue is a very small part of the body,
It affects the whole course of one’s life (Jas3:5-6).
By boasting in arrogance one’s knowledge, experience, talent, environment, possessions, family etc
He brings despair to others as it is evil (Jas4:16).
Boasting the name of God in one’s soul, however,
Gives strength to the afflicted (Ps34:2).
All mankind was seized of all sources for boasting, left with nothing but shame for
Their ancestor Adam sinned and became a slave to the devil (Ge3:4-6; 2Pe2:19) — that is,
Satan, the archangel who boasted his beauty and talents and
Tried to steal the praises due God in the spiritual heaven and was
Cast down to Hades, eternally made a spectacle (Eze28:12-17) and
Contained until the great day of judgement (Jude1:6).
God called the Israelites while they were drowning in shame from slavery for 430 years, and
Made them His holy people (Ex3:10) and instilled in them
An exceptional sense of pride for:
The name of God; the Law; their deeds, circumcision (the symbol of the covenant),
Their ancestors (flesh and blood), the temple etc (Ps44:8; Rm2:17, 23; Gal6:13; Php3:5; Mk13:1).
For all their boasting was in the flesh,
John the Baptist cried out for them to correct their arrogant boasting (Mt3:9), and
Yeshua condemned their charitable deeds, prayer, fasting etc which were
All done to show others (Mt6:1-18; Lk18:10-14).
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 become the boast of not the flesh but the soul:
The temple—the name of Jehovah—the Law—the pride of Israel—flesh and blood—external;
His body—the name of Yeshua—the Truth—the pride of souls—of all nations—spiritual.
Yet He had nothing boastful about His flesh (Is53:2-3) and
He only boasted the Father (Lk18:19).
According to His prophecy, He was lifted up (Jn8:28, 12:32-34; Gal3:13), and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Humbled Himself through the most shameful death and lifted up the Father (Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the devil who tried to lift himself up (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) His death—redeemed—all mankind—paid the price of sin, shame and death;
His blood—sprinkled—for all souls—to become their eternal boast (1Co1:30-31).
His resurrection is His crown, His pride.
He ascended the throne in heaven and receives all praises forever (Rev5:13).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent testifies the name of Yeshua.
Those who receive the name of Yeshua (Jn1:12) are
Those who, because of their unrighteousness, sin, failure, lowliness, shame etc,
Have nothing to boast about their flesh.
Rather, they make Yeshua the boast of their souls, that is,
His redemption, righteousness, holiness, wisdom, beauty, power etc (1Co1:26-31).
The Christian is he who, even if throws away his own as garbage,
Makes his soul with the blood of Yeshua as his pride.
He seeks the afflicted souls and endlessly boasts about:
The name of God, Yeshua, which he possesses; the fact that he was baptized;
The great surpassing knowledge, the truth, that he knows;
The church of truth; and his pastor who feeds him the truth (Php3:3, 7-11; Col2:11; 1Ti3:15; Jer3:15),
For he longs to one day enter the New Jerusalem which is filled with praises (Rev21:23-24).
O Lord,
Whomever I meet in the world,
No matter the circumstances of my life,
How confident, bold and proud I am!
I am a soul made an heir to the King of kings by His blood! How truly proud I am!
Let me go to the ends of the earth and continue to boast Yeshua! Amen.
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My Soul and the Name of Yeshua
(Jn1:12; He1:4-5)
God has a holy name.
He reveals the holiness of His great name (Eze36:23) and
Leads those who hallow His name in the paths of righteousness (Ps23:3).
Faith is knowing the name of God and receiving it into my soul (Jn1:12).
The life of this faith is putting effort for His name to be hallowed (Mt6:9).
Everything has a name, and even the names of gods were bestowed by human beings.
Although name is not the entity itself, it carries the same honor and rights as that entity or person.
Thus all promises and relationships are made and carried out by the name.
Despite the fact that God made man a living being (Ge2:7)
For His eternal name to be in him (Ex3:14; 2Ch6:5),
Because deceived by the devil, Adam sinned and his spirit became unclean by sin,
The holy name of God could not be in him and
All mankind became destined to follow the devil to hellfire, the spiritual incinerator (Mt5:22, 25:41).
The name of God revealed to Moses was Jehovah, the Self-Existent (Ex3:14-15), and
God sent him to Egypt to let Israel, Abraham’s descendants, go to the land of Canaan
For they received the promise of the inheritance of land (Ge17:8).
The pharaoh mocked, “Who is Jehovah that I should obey him and let Israel go?” (Ex5:1-2), and
Consequently had to pay a price — the total collapse of Egypt.
The commandment Israel received warned that anyone taking the name of Jehovah in vain (Ex20:7),
Anyone profaning or not revering His name would be cursed (Lev18:21; Dt28:58-60).
David struck down with one shot Goliath who defiled the name of the LORD (1Sa17:45, 49).
Since Solomon built the house where the name of the LORD (2Sa7:13),
In spite of his sin of defiling the Temple, he escaped curse during his lifetime.
Nevertheless, because of the rebellion of Israel, the temple was destroyed (Neh1:8; La2:8) and
Wherever they went among the nations they profaned His holy name (Eze36:20).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” for
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
Israel were called the people of Jehovah—the promised inheritance of land (Ge17:5; Dt28:10);
Souls bearing the name of Yeshua—the promised inheritance of the name of God (Jn1:12; He1:4).
His public life was to reveal the Father’s name (Jn17:6), and
Be one with those who believe His name (Jn17:11).
To the disciples who rejoiced after driving out demons in the name of Yeshua,
He said, “Rejoice that your names are written in heaven" (Lk10:17-20).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command, and while men defiled the name of God, the Son hallowed and showed the holiness of His great name (Eze36:23; Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the unclean devil, the origin of sin (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) His death—redeemed—set all men free,
His blood—inside souls—a new name, Yeshua, the name of God—never to be defiled (Is62:2).
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne, eternally giving glory to the Father.
The Holy Spirit lets believers know:
The name of the Father=the name of the Son=the name of the Holy Spirit=Yeshua (Mt28:19; Ac19:6);
The name of my soul=Yeshua (Jn1:12; Ac3:6);
To hallow the name of Yeshua=the purpose of the spiritual life and prayer (Mt6:9).
He who was baptized in the name of Yeshua and became a Christian
In the past lived for the name of his flesh
But now lives for the name of his soul, Yeshua; therefore he:
1) Praises flowing from not the soul but the spirit;
2) Prays to reveal the glory of His name (Jn14:13-14);
3) Displays the signs in His name (Mk16:17-18; Jas5:16);
4) Serves knowing all the ministry of the Spirit as glorious (2Co3:8);
5) Whether in word or deed does all in His name (Col3:17); and
6) Preaches the gospel to souls and teaches them to bow their knees before the name of Yeshua (Php2:10-11).
O Lord,
Yeshua! The inheritance of my soul! The surname of my soul!
Every moment I breathe, let me give glory to the name of Yeshua and
Even in my last breath, may I bring glory to the name of Yeshua. Amen.
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My Soul and the Spiritual Warfare
(Eph6:10-18)
God is the God of glory.
All glory comes from Him and returns to Him.
He calls into His eternal glory those who fight and overcome for His glory (1Pe5:10).
Faith is knowing the glory of God and
The life of this faith is a life dedicated to fighting and winning, come what may, in order
To return in glory.
While a war begins by a preplan with its objectives, principal enemies, battlefields, and weaponry,
It is an endeavor in which neither side can avoid mass casualties and destruction.
The Bible is the Book of Wars (Nu21:14).
It records the spiritual warfare of spiritual beings:
The archangel Satan rebelled in the spiritual heaven wanting to be like God (Is14:12-15), and
He and his angels were contained in Hades until the judgement of the great day (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6),
As Hades is the battlefield where the spiritual warfare takes place, that is, the universe (Rev12:7-9).
That war began to break out in the Garden of Eden: In a verbal duel with the devil (Ge3:4-6),
Adam was defeated and all mankind became the devil’s slave and hell-bound (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:19).
Israel was led by Moses and by the 10 plagues, Egypt was laid to waste and Israel delivered.
Although Joshua led them and Jericho fell and they conquered Canaan,
Nations were left behind as opponents of their battle
For God to test to see whether Israel would obey the Law (Jdg3:1-4).
By the Spirit of God and for the glory of the name of the LORD (1Sa16:13),
David fought and defeated the Philistine giant Goliath, and became the King of Judah (1Sa17:36-49).
Although Solomon enjoyed the blessing of being a king of peace, free from war (Neh13:26),
By taking foreign women as wives and committing the sin of following their gods (1Ki11:1-13),
The kingdom divided into North and South in subsequent generation and
Waged war until both ultimately met their ruin:
The Northern Kingdom—722BC—by the Assyrians;
The Southern Kingdom—586BC—by the Babylonians.
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:
Israel—by the law—in the name of Jehovah—victory against gentiles;
The Son of God—by the truth—in the name of Yeshua—victory against the prince of the world (Jn12:31, 16:11).
He was tempted by the devil but defeated him by the written word (Mt4:3-11) and
During His public life He drove out demons with the word of authority.
Since demons are spiritual beings, unclean spirits,
They recognized Yeshua as the Son of God (Mk1:23-27).
In response to governor Pilate’s inquiry, He declared that He is indeed a king and that
His kingdom does not belong to this world (Jn18:36–37).
Without responding to their mockery, "Are you the Christ?”
He died but said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), because
By the truth He overcame, that is, the resurrection and the life (Jn11:25, 14:6):
1) He died according to the Father’s command and used the authority to lay down His life to take it up again (Jn10:17-18);
2) By His authority to die He annihilated the ruler of death (He2:14-15); and
3) His death—redeemed—all mankind—set them free (He2:14),
His blood—for souls—the blood of the Lamb—to overcome in the spiritual warfare (Rev12:11).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb seated on the throne,
The King of kings who was dead but is now alive for ever and ever (Rev1:18).
The Holy Spirit sends out the souls who became alive by the blood of Yeshua
Into the spiritual battlefield.
A Christian is neither a religious person nor a cultured man, but a soldier of Christ (2Ti2:3).
He is determined to win, at all cost, in the fiercest and most vile war of the last days by:
1) Demolishing all theories, ideologies, political regimes, ecclesiastical powers, spiritual ignorance, and evil spirits in heavenly places (2Co10:3-5);
2) Exposing the identity of demons—unclean spirits like frogs (Rev16:13–14) who confuse me-vs-foe—and expelling them in the name of Yeshua;
3) Bringing into submission to Christ his family members—enemies by fate—through love, prayer, and patience (Mt10:34-36); and
4) Himself—the earthly, unspiritual, carnal and demonic “Me”=the enemy of my soul (Jas3:15).
O Lord,
For the greater the fight, the greater the glory,
I will surely triumph in this spiritual warfare and
Wearing the crown of glory enter into Christ’s glory (Rev21:23-26)!
Let Church of Jesus become a victorious army, returning home safe and sound—every single one. Amen.
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My Soul Has Received Grace
(Jn1:1-2, 14-17)
God is the God of grace (Ps111:4).
He is gracious in all His works (Ps145:7) and
He is gracious to whom He is gracious (Ex33:19) and
He lets those who know grace and prepay it serve before His throne (Rev22:3).
Faith is receiving God’s grace and considering all things as grace (Ps141:5) and
The life of this faith is repaying Him for all His goodness (Ps116:12) for
Grace refers to freely given gift and
Ingratitude is the mark of the lowest trait of human being.
The Bible is the dispensation of God’s grace:
The former grace—general grace—nature—>flesh;
The latter grace—special grace—the only begotten Son—>soul.
Forgetting grace, Adam the ancestor sinned and was driven out of the Garden (Ge3:24), and
All mankind became unable to escape the fate of heading to hell with the devil (Mt25:41).
When warned about the deluge, Noah in holy fear built an ark and his family was saved (He11:7) for
It was the good things that God stored up for those who fear Him (Ps31:19).
For Abraham recognized God’s coming to him as His favor and welcomed Him,
He received a son at the age of 100 (Ge18:3-10).
Lot welcomed the angels who came to his house and was shown great kindness, that is,
He was saved from the destruction of Sodom (Ge19:1-19).
After 20 years of servitude, Jacob acknowledged all kindness shown by God and
He was spared from death at the hands of his brother and
Received the promise of numerous descendants (Ge32:10-12).
For God showed His favor to Israel, they were delivered from their slavery of 400 years (Ps85:1) and
They left Egypt with all its treasures (Ex12:36).
While the wilderness was where Jehovah in His mercy led the people whom He redeemed (Ex15:13),
All those who grumbled in spite of finding grace there for 40 years died in the wilderness (Jer31:2).
The atonement cover above the ark of the testimony inside the Most Holy Place was the mercy seat.
Although it reminded them the promise that
If they kept the commandments, He would show mercy to 1000 generations (Ex20:6) and
Even if they sinned, if they returned, they would be shown compassion (2Ch30:9),
Since they were stiff-necked, rebellious people serving other gods
They could not escape the cruse of being thrown out of Jerusalem (Jer16:13).
Consequently, the prophets cried out for them to rend their hearts and return to God (Joel2:13).
According to the prophecy,
He who would proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor appeared (Is61:1-2) — Yeshua.
And 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):
The Law—given through Moses—grace—>flesh;
Grace and truth—came through the only begotten Son—grace—>soul.
Eventually, the prophecy of many peoples and powerful nations coming to Jerusalem
To seek the LORD Almighty to entreat Him led Yeshua to His death (Zec8:22).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for He fulfilled the Law and the Prophets (Mt11:13):
1) He offered His life to give thanks for the grace of the Father (Jnh2:8-9);
2) He judged the ungrateful devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) His death—redeemed all mankind—set free them from the price of sin,
He sprinkled His blood—souls—eternal grace (Is53:4-6).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
He is the Lamb seated on the mercy seat (He4:16; Rev22:3).
From there, even now, the river of the water of life, the river of grace, flows out (Rev22:1).
The Spirit of grace makes the gospel of grace be known and lets believers testify it (Ac20:24):
The Law—the law that reveals sin—no flesh is justified by works (Rm3:19-20);
The Gospel—by grace—through the blood of Yeshua redeemed and forgiven (Eph1:7)
—the blood of Yeshua purifies us from all sins (1Jn1:7)
—justified by the blood of Yeshua (Rm5:9)
—receive the name (blood) of Yeshua and become children of God (Jn1:12).
A Christian is he who knows that
He is a soul who has received the greatest gift God prepared before the creation of the world, thus:
1) His profound sense of grace and gratitude never fades—for the Lord, who suffered in place of someone like me, longed to be gracious (Is30:18), exchanging His precious blood for my soul (1Pe1:18-19) etc;
2) He becomes the praise of His glory (Ps22:3; Eph1:12);
3) To find grace to help him in his time of need, with confidence he approaches God’s throne of grace in prayer (He4:16);
4) He serves faithfully according to the grace given (Rm12:6);
5) He considers suffering with Christ as grace (Ps141:5); and
6) As a debtor to His grace, he gives his life to testify the gospel of His grace (Ac20:22-24; Rm1:14).
O Lord,
All I have to say is…
It is all by the grace of the Lord! Amen.
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My Soul With the Lord Always
(Mt28:19-20)
God is omnipresent.
There is no place in heaven and earth where He is not present (Jer23:24), and
He takes those who walk faithfully with Him to be with Him forever (Ge5:21-24).
Faith is, even after family, friends, and even my own body have departed,
My soul yearning to be with the Lord always.
The life of this faith is being conscious of God’s constant presence and solely pleasing Him (He11:5).
Since humans were made to live together
Loneliness is a pain more unbearable than financial hardship.
Consequently, even if they have lovers, friends, and family,
There are those who turn to the extreme choice of suicide
If they do not feel connected to others in thoughts, hearts, and wills.
As the Bible says it is better to live in a desert
Than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife (Pr21:19),
After taking the fruit that God forbid and was questioned about it after (Ge3:11),
Adam, who had boasted about the unity of husband and wife (Ge2:23),
Resented "the woman you put here with me” (Ge3:12), treating her as the Other.
The great deluge wiped away all humans who were only flesh,
With whom the Spirit of God will not contend forever (Ge6:3-8).
But Noah, who was blameless among the people of his time, that is,
An descendant of Adam, a man with spirit, walked faithful with God and
So God saved him from the deluge (Ge6:9).
The Bible is a record of those whom God was with:
• Joseph—although sold to Egypt as a slave, he ultimately became its ruler (Ac7:9-10);
• Moses—with his staff he delivered the Israelites from their slavery (Ex4:12-15);
• Israel—after the exodus they were led by the pillar of fire, the ark of the covenant, the tabernacle etc (Ex33:16);
• Joshua—for the LORD was with him, he conquered Canaan (Nu14:9; Jos6:27);
• Samuel—all his prophecies were fulfilled and he became a great prophet (1Sa3:19);
• David—rejoicing when the ark of God was brought, he offered sacrifices of praise in the tent which he prepared (1Ch15:1, 29, 16:4).
The ark of God inside the temple reminded Israel that:
• The ark of the covenant—the vase with manna—Jehovah who was with them for 40 years in the wilderness—they lacked nothing (Dt2:7);
• The ark of the testimony—the tablets of the testimony—the commandments given by Jehovah who was with Moses for 40 days (Ex34:28-29).
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 that the Creator God, who was with Israel conceptually,
Came as the only begotten Son, to be with the souls of all nations concretely,
For the Word who was with God in the beginning, that is, God (Jn1:1-3)
Became flesh and dwelled with men (Mt1:21-23; Jn1:14):
The Word with God—> Immanuel/ Yeshua—> God with us.
Disregarding the Pharisees who criticized Him for being with sinners (Mt9:10-12),
He taught the disciples who were with Him (Mk3:14) that
He who is greater than the temple and the law, that is, God, was with them (Mt12:1-6; Jn8:16).
As He died alone, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command in order to be with the Father forever (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil, the separator (Ge3:4-6); and
3) Through death redeemed all mankind and sprinkled His blood to be with the souls who receive.
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and
He is seated on the throne with the Father forever (Rev3:21).
The Holy Spirit whom He promised came and He is another advocate (Jn14:16-17).
Unlike the Son of Man, the Holy Spirit is with the souls who have the blood of Yeshua forever.
The Christian is he who believes that my soul is always with the Lord.
Therefore, he does not worry about present or future matters (Mt6:34; Rm8:38-39),
He is not lonely even if he is locked up in a prison alone, and
Not fearing tribulation, persecution or death, he shouts to preach the gospel (Ac18:9-10).
O Lord,
Like Enoch whose life was cut short but had walked with God,
Let me prove that I had pleased You before You take me home…
Immanuel who is with my soul to the very end!
Let us all hold fast to the name of Yeshua and live by it
Until we are home to live with You forever! Amen.
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The Disciple of My Soul
(Mt28:18-20)
God is the Leader, the Master.
For He is the God above all gods, there is no one who can instruct Him (Is40:12-14).
For the sake of His name, He summons the earth (Ps50:1) and leads and guides (Ps31:3).
Faith is welcoming Yeshua Christ as my Leader, my Teacher and
Faith life is living according to the teaching of Christ the Teacher of my soul, as
A seed = same substance
A follower = same actions.
While humans are taught since birth and their characters are formed as a result,
The Bible says that they are taught either by God or by the prince of this world for
Adam was deceived by the devil and ate the forbidden fruit (Ge3:4-6) and
All men since follow the father of lies, the false teacher (Jn8:44).
God called Adam who was hiding in the bushes and at the end of His questioning,
God forewarned of the appearance of the offspring of the woman and
The destruction of the devil (Ge3:8-15).
Abraham was called by God when he was childless and received the blessing of prosperity (Is51:2).
So he was able to give his only son as a burnt offering for he believed that
God calls into beings things that were not (Rm4:17).
Moses was called by God in the wildness (Ex3:4-10) and
The Israelites followed him and were delivered from their slavery in Egypt for 430 years.
They followed the pillars of fire and clouds,
Walked through the Red Sea like dry ground and arrived in the wilderness.
But eventually most of them died there because they did not have faith (1Co10:5).
Samuel heard the voice of God calling him in the sanctuary and
Became the first prophet of Israel (1Sa3:10-11), and
Elisha was called by the prophet Elijah and became his follower (1Ki19:19-21).
Despite the fact that God called Israel to reveal the glory of Jehovah (Is49:3) and
Directed them the way they should go by giving them the statutes and ordinances (Is48:17),
They did not pay attention to His commands and thus they were destroyed (Is48:18).
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):
End the calling in the name of Jehovah — a specific lineage — as servants of Jehovah;
Begin the calling in the name of Yeshua — souls of all nations — as disciples of Christ (Mt28:19).
He called His disciples to be with Him, to send them out to preach, and give authority (Mk3:13-15).
He warned them to not be like the Scribes, the Pharisees who liked to be called, “Rabbi,” because
There is only one Teacher, one Instructor, Christ (Mt23:8-10).
He promised those who follow Him to be seated on the thrones in the world to come (Mt19:28).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Obeyed to death the Father’s command (Jn10:8; Php2:6-11) and testified that the Father is His Instructor;
2) Judged the father of lies, the prince of the world, the devil (Ge3:4-6; Jn16:11); and
3) His death — redeemed all men — delivered them from the price of sin
His blood — for the souls of believers — to become His disciples (Jn14:12).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb seated on the throne (Rev5:9) for
His body has the eternal scars of being subjected to the Father (1Co15:28) and
Now from the throne He commands all things as their Master.
The Holy Spirit teaches the Church and the believers that
The only One who guides in the truth and teaches is Yeshua Christ (Ps25:5).
He warns of the teachings of false teachers (2Pe2:1, 15; 2Co11:4; Col2:8; Rev2:14) — different salvation, different Jesus, different gospel — "the teaching of Balaam” etc.
The Christian is a disciple of Yeshua Christ:
1) The goal of his life is set — to receive the reward of being called up to the air, the rapture when the Lord comes (Php3:14, 21);
2) Self-determination — eliminating the possibility of returning to the world — laying down his possessions, passions etc;
3) Self-submission — acknowledging that he is a disciple of Christ by his action (1Co9:27; Php2:12; Tit1:16; He13:7, 17); and
4) Making disciples — by clearly expressing his sense of belonging (Jn15:1-18) — holding on to the weak souls, with the member-consciousness (Eph1:22-23; Rm12:4-5).
O Lord,
The branches that bear no fruit will be burned up!
Those who bear much fruit will become disciples of Christ!
Before this sobering fact, let us wake up.
Lord, I want to bear fruit this year, so help me! Amen.
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My Soul, A Fruit of Yeshua Christ
(Lk6:39-45)
God is the same forever (He13:8).
His being, His attributes are the same and
His Word is the same (2Pe3:7).
Faith is believing that Yeshua is my Teacher and longing to be His disciple.
The life of this faith is, in order to be reaped as firstrfruits when Christ returns,
Keeping the purity of faith and following Him (Rev14:4) for
Fruit has the same attribute as the tree, thus, a masterpiece of the tree.
The Bible shows how God’s creation is extremely conservative as
The DNAs of all living things remain the same even after thousands of years.
As such, God breathed into one man the breath of life making him into a living being (Ge2:7) for
He was seeking a godly offspring (Mal2:15) and
Similarly, the Law that Israel received commanded them to preserve the seed (Lev19:19),
As a seed implies the principle of life and future increase.
The important figures in the history of the Old Testament produced seeds:
Moses — Joshua who led Israel and conquered Canaan leading them to the promised land (Ex24:15-18; Dt1:38);
David — his warriors who built and expanded the kingdom (2Sa17:8-10);
Elijah — Elisha, a great prophet who followed his teacher until he was taken up and received a double portion of his spirit, doing the same work (2Ki2:1-15)
In spite of the fact that Israel was called to be pure and true servants (Jer2:21),
They eventually became a corrupt vine, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption (Is1:4).
Furthermore, because of the rebellious priests,
Their seed became corrupted and they were destroyed (Mal2:2-9).
Therefore, the prophecy regarding the appearance of another seed had them wait:
God will take one of the seedlings from the land (Eze17:5) and
A shoot from the very top of a cedar would be taken and planted to become a splendid cedar so
Birds of every kind will nest in it (Eze17:22-23).
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 first covenant made in the name of Jehovah with the corrupted Levites (Mal2:8), and
Raise a new covenant with the souls of all nations in the name of Yeshua (He8:13).
The warning of the last prophet John the Baptist was:
For those who called themselves as Abraham’s children to produce fruit in keeping with repentance;
Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire (Mt3:8-10); and
The One coming after him will clear His threshing floor and
Gather the wheat into His barn and burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire (Lk3:16-17).
The warning of Yeshua was:
By their fruit you will recognize them (Mt7:15-20);
False prophets — weeds the enemy sowed — will be there until the end of the world — the weeds will be burned, the wheat brought into the barn (Mt13:24-30).
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Following the Father’s command died as a kernel of wheat, a small mustard seed planted in His field, and committed His spirit into the Father’s hands (Mt13:31-32; Jn10:18, 12:24);
2) Judged the devil who sowed the weeds (Ge3:4-6; Mt13:28); and
3) Sprinkled His blood for souls to receive it to become the same fruit.
The resurrection of Yeshua Christ is the firstfruits of resurrection (1Co15:22-23);
Then, at His return, those who belong to Him, that is, those beheaded
For the testimony of Yeshua and His word will resurrect — the first resurrection (Rev20:4-8).
The Holy Spirit lets the souls who have been made by the blood of Yeshua
Know that they are fruits of Yeshua Christ.
The Christian who has the same faith as precious as that of the apostles (2Pe1:1)
Belongs to Christ and has crucified his flesh with its passion and desires, and
Thus, strives to bear the fruit of the Spirit, becoming a disciple of Yeshua (Gal5:22-24).
O Lord,
My soul made by the blood of Yeshua, a fruit of Yeshua!
Let me preserve this precious fruit and bear my own fruit.
I want to be a disciple of Yeshua — a learner who binds himself to a teacher in order to embrace the teacher’s worldview and way to life.
Let us all become mature wheat and enter the heavenly barn in that day! Amen.
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My Soul and the Living Word
(He4:12-13)
God is He who sees (Ps33:13).
He searches every heart and mind (Pr16:2; 1Ch28:9), and
Lets those who are upright live in His presence (Ps140:13).
Faith is, unlike the wicked, knowing that God sees all (Ps10:4, 139:1-16) and
The life of this faith is my soul, having been cleansed by the blood of Yeshua, having
A clear conscience and mind and living honorably (He13:18),
As nothing is pure with the spirits, the minds, the consciences of those who do not believe (Tit1:15).
History shows how humans are becoming more wicked and more impure
Since Adam listened to the serpent’s word and sinned, after which
He heard the voice of God and hid from Him (Ge3:8).
When Cain had the desire to kill his brother whose offering was accepted by God,
God said to him, sin desires to have you but you must master it.
In spite of it, Cain killed and afterwards his conscience was so corrupted that
He pretended to not know anything (Ge4:5-11).
While philosophers and psychologists have endlessly debated about
The origin of conscience (“joint-knowing” or “knowledge that is shared with oneself”),
Whether it is innate or inherent etc,
For the most part, they refer to moral conscience that is general and relative to one’s context.
Nevertheless, the Bible shows that the Law is the absolute conscience of God, that is,
Once it came, it standardized the different types of consciences in the world (Rm3:19).
While those who sin under the Law would be judged by the Law,
Those who do by nature things required by the Law would be judged righteous by it (Rm2:12-15).
God gave the commandments to Israel so the next generations would
Not be like their ancestors whose hearts were not loyal to God (Ps78:5-8).
Though a king, when rebuked by the prophet, David was sincerely contrite (2Sa12:13) and
Asked God for a pure heart and a steadfast spirit (Ps51:1-17).
He gave all things willingly and with an honest intent (1Ch29:17).
For in the Temple were the eyes of the LORD that examine everyone (Ps11:4),
When they turned from their evil ways,
God did not bring on them the destruction He had threatened (Jnh3:10).
As such, when Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
He angered the Jews but what He meant was that
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
The Law—the conscience of God—condemned—punished the flesh;
The gospel—the truth—redeems—set souls free from conscience.
The woman who was caught by the Law in the act of adultery was
Set free by the truth, by their guilty conscience (Jn8:3-11).
But Yeshua harshly criticized the hypocrites who
Appeared righteous on the outside but were full of lawlessness on the inside (Mt6:1-16, 23:5-28).
As a result, He was hated by the hypocritical Pharisees and was handed over to death by them.
But as He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Trusted the Father who saves the upright in the heart, and died according to the command (Ps7:10; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the father of lies, the devil (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Died—redeemed—liberated all mankind,
Blood—for souls—to cleanse the spirit, the soul, the heart, the conscience.
He resurrected and ascended to heaven.
He is the Lamb on the throne who was dead but now is alive for ever and ever (Rev1:18).
The Holy Spirit testifies the word of Yeshua Christ, the living word (He4:12-13).
Christians are the souls who were dead before but now made alive by the blood of Yeshua (Eph2:1).
Therefore, they:
1) Hear the word that is sharper than any double-edged sword, and are cut to the heart and contrite, and thus they confess and obey (1Jn1:8-9; Ac2:37-38; Rev2:7);
2) With a clear conscience serve God (He9:9-18);
3) Do not distort the word of God— rather, keep, defend and teach the truth (2Co4:2); and
4) With integrity and godly sincerity, save souls and make disciples (Mt28:19-20; 2Co1:13; 2Ti1:3),
Lest their consciences be seared and deny God by their actions (Rm1:28-32; 1Ti4:1-2, Tit1:16).
O Lord,
Let us all tremble before God, before the living word, and
May none of us have a seared conscience.
For even the dead heard Your word and came to life,
Let my soul hear Your word and obey!
By the word that is alive and active,
Let me shout and command demons to leave, and
Command souls to follow me and make disciples! Amen.
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Weep For Your Soul
(Lk23:26-31)
God is the God of comfort (Ps86:17).
He saves those who are crushed in spirit (Ps34:18) and
Eternally comforts the truly repentant and mourning souls (Mt5:4).
Faith is my soul being comforted by God and by the word of God (Ps119:50), and
The life of this faith is rejecting worldly comfort (Is22:4), and
Only mourning and weeping before God for
There will be a day when God will wipe away every tear from my eyes (Rev7:17).
The Bible is a mirror that looks into my soul and makes me cry (Jas1:23)
For comfort is necessary for those who are sad, in pain, and in suffering.
While Adam was driven out of the Garden after he sinned
God clothed him in garment of skin (Ge3:21), a sign of God’s comfort in the future.
The Bible is a story of those who wept bitterly before God and were comforted:
Hannah who was childless — received a son (1Sa1:10);
King Hezekiah who was about to die — 15 years were added to his life (2Ki20:1-6);
King David who was full of scars — his sacrifice, his broken spirit, was received (Ps6:6-9, 51:17).
Despite the fact that the Law led Israel to wail (Eze30:2), as
Even breaking one point of it led to death (Jas2:10),
Israel misunderstood and responded in one voice that they will do everything accordingly (Ex24:3).
As such, even in his trial, Job comforted himself by his self-righteousness for keeping it (Job6:10).
Although the Temple of Jerusalem reminded that Jehovah alone is the comfort for Israel (Ps51:12),
The people clung to deceit and refused to return (Jer8:5).
Inevitably as a result, ruin and destruction, famine and sword came upon them (Is51:19).
Nevertheless there were hopeful prophecies of God’s comfort:
God will redeem Jerusalem (Is52:9, 66:13);
Israel will mourn for Him the One they pierced (Zec12:10); and
He will turn their mourning into gladness (Jer31:13).
Accordingly, the Word in the beginning, the God of comfort, became flesh to fulfill (Jn1:1-2, 14).
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, He would comfort (Jn2:19-21):
The Law/ a mirror—looking at the flesh—Israel mourned (Is22:12-14);
The Truth/ a mirror—looking at my soul—souls mourn (Mt5:4).
While He comforted those who were in desperate situations (Lk7:12-15, 37-38, 8:52-55),
He warned curse on those who did not weep when it was time to weep (Lk6:25, 7:31-34),
For they will be thrown outside, into the darkness and weep forever (Mt8:11, 22:12-13, 24:48-51).
On His last night, Yeshua wept in tears all night and prayed (La1:2; Mt26:37; He5:7) and
As He died on the cross, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command, and confessed that the only comforter for the Son is the Father (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil who led Adam to sin by false comfort (Ge3:4-6); and
3) His death—a sin offering—suffering and sorrow in place of all mankind (Is53:10)
His blood—for souls—comforted mankind who suffered for the will of God (Is40:1).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb on the throne (Rev7:9) where
He is comforted by the Father forever.
The Holy Spirit came to the souls who received the blood of Yeshua, God’s comfort, and
Makes them weep for their souls:
1) For the wretched, unchanged man I am—in my mind I am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin (Rm7:22-25);
2) For my soul that does not grow—a child who only thinks of himself (1Co13:11)—not reaching the measure of the maturity of Christ (Eph4:13)—mature faith, mature character that is,
a. Forgive brothers—70 times seven (Mt6:9, 18:21-35; Lk6:37, 11:4)
b. Looking after one another toward love and good deeds (Lk6:30; He10:24)
c. Mourn with those who mourn (Rm12:15);
3) For empty ways of life—sexual immorality, slander etc (1Ti5:14; He12:16; 1Pe1:18-19);
4) For having no fruit—like childless Hannah.
O Lord,
Yeshua who comforted Peter who denounced the Lord three times and wept bitterly (Lk22:31-32)!
Let us all have the blessing of mourning! The blessing of mournful tears!
Let us weep and weep in this life so in that day
The Lord comforts us at the river of the water of life in heaven. Amen.
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My Soul and the Evil One
(Ps145:20; Mt6:13)
For God is righteous,
He does no evil and rather destroys evil (Job34:12), and
For God is good,
He delivers all who love Him from the hands of the evil one and protects them (Ps145:20).
Faith is believing God and believing that my soul has been justified (Rm5:1), and
The life of this faith is, to be ready to appear before the judgment seat of Christ (2Co5:10),
Cutting free from the cords of the wicked and not giving into the wicked (Ps129:4; Pr1:10).
While people lament that the world is becoming more and more evil,
Theology debates whether humans are naturally good or inherently evil.
The Bible records that God made all things as good (Ge1),
But then where did evil come from?
It states that as God made all for Himself, even the wicked for the day of disaster (Pr16:4),
The origin of sin, the devil who attempted to ascend the throne in heaven (Is14:12-15)
Disguised himself as a serpent in the Garden of Eden and deceived Adam.
So he took the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17 3:4-6) and
All mankind became under the control of the evil one (1Jn5;19).
Nevertheless, this was according to the plan of the One who made them so (Job9:24).
The Bible illustrates that:
• The evil one = Satan, the devil, evil spirits, demons, deceiving spirits, wicked people;
• The wicked = deny the existence of and the judgement of God (Ps14:1);
• Wickedness = foolishness = madness (Ecc7:25).
As such, for Cain belonged to the evil one, he murdered his brother (1Jn3:12);
For every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart in Noah’s time was only evil all the time,
All men were destroyed by the deluge (Ge6:5);
The destruction of Sodom was a showcase of the distinction
Between the righteous and the wicked (Ge18:25-33, 19:13-25), and
Lot, who was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw, and his family were
Saved (2Pe2:8);
The Law acquitted the innocent and condemned the guilty (Dt25:1); and
All the but two of the Israelites who left Egypt died in the wilderness (Nu14:27, 35) for
With wicked words they complained and disobeyed the LORD (Nu11:1).
The prophet cried out that, if they cleansed their hearts of evil and turn from evil deeds,
They would be saved (Jer4:14, 25:5).
They were to not envy the wicked for the prosperity of the wicked (Job21:13) is
Placing them on slippery ground to be cast down to Hades to destruction (Ps73:2-18).
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):
Jehovah—the Law—judge the righteous—>Canaan/ longevity—end the first covenant;
Yeshua—the Truth—judge righteous souls—>the Father’s house/ eternal life—begin a new covenant.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command and was judged righteous (Jn10:18; Rm5:18);
2) Judged the evil one, the devil (Ge3:15; Ps34:21; Jer30:23; 1Jn3:12); and
3) His death—redeemed—delivered all mankind
His blood—for souls who believe—to triumph the evil one—be saved (1Jn5:18).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and sat on the throne, the throne of judgment (Ps122:5).
The Holy Spirit helps believers so they are delivered from the hands of the evil one and
Lets them discern what is good and evil, who is the righteous and the wicked,
For there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked (Ac24:15).
The Christian is he who knows that his soul that has been justified
By the blood of Yeshua, the spirit of adoption, the blood of the covenant (Rm5:9, 8:15; Mt26:28),
Will be judged according to the things done while in the body, whether good or bad (2Co5:10), thus:
1) Distances from the wicked—that is, unbelieving family, worldly friends, those with a sinful and unbelieving heart (He3:12-19), who have no hope in resurrection (1Co15:32-33), and church members who have abandoned their good conscience (Ps53:1; Eph2:12; 1Ti1:19-20);
2) Does not walk in step with the wicked, does not keep company with or associate with the wicked (Job34:8; Ps1:1; Pr1:10);
3) Immediately shakes off evil thoughts—so they do not become deceiving spirits (1Ti4:1-2);
Cuts off wicked habits and deeds—because the result for the wicked is hell (Col3:5)
4) Guides the wicked to turn from their wickedness—and preserves his soul (Eze3:19-21); and
5) Prays to be delivered from evil (Mt6:14; Jn17:15).
O Lord,
Let me know that he who deceives me with worldly words is the wicked!
Let me stay far from the wicked and only be in the company of the righteous.
Let us all escape from this den of evil! Let us all escape from this burning universe! Amen.
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My Soul and Tests
(Ps26:2; Mk14:38)
God is the God of glory.
From Him and to Him is glory (Rm11:36).
He tests the righteous and rewards according to their conduct and deeds (Jer17:10, 20:12), and
He lets those in crowns of glory enter the holy city (Rev21:24).
Faith is believing that my soul is justified by faith (Rm3:28) and
The life of this faith is, in order to enter the holy city after death, watching and praying to overcome temptations (Mk14:38).
While no one likes tests we must pass because this universe, Hades, is a testing ground as
The devil tests man, God tests man, and man tests God (Ex17:7).
Since even in the beautiful Garden of Eden
There were the devil, the serpent, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
Adam was tempted by the devil and sinned by eating the forbidden fruit (Ge3:4-6).
Consequently, all mankind became slaves of the devil and hell-bound (Mt25:41).
God tested Abraham to bless him by instructing him to give his only son as a burnt offering.
Since he feared God and did accordingly, he received great blessings of
The increase of his seed and taking possession of the cities of their enemies (Ge22:1-17; He11:17).
The Israelites were delivered from Egypt by grace and became the people of Jehovah.
The wilderness where they arrived was a vast testing ground, and
The fact that they were fed manna from heaven for 40 years there was
To humble and test them so that the LORD might bless them (Ex16:4; Dt8:16).
The Law was given also to test them so that the fear of the LORD would be with them
To keep them from sinning (Ex20:20).
Furthermore, the sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was reminded them of this (Dt8:2).
However, the stiff-necked people tested Jehovah 10 times and
All but two died in the wilderness for they did not obey His word and
Thus did not enter the land that He had sworn to their ancestors (Nu14:22-23).
Even the generations who entered Canaan and had not had previous battle experience were
Put to the test by fighting against the tribes left there (Jdg2:22, 3:2-4)
For no life is completely free from tests.
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),
Jehovah—tested His people Israel—>the land of Canaan;
Yeshua—test the souls who believe and became righteous—>the Holy City—>the heirs of God.
As such, even though He is the Son of God, He was tempted by the devil (Mt4:1-7)
For He entered Hades as man.
Furthermore, although the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees tried to test and accuse Him
By using the law as an opportunity
Yeshua responded with the word of truth (Jn8:4-7; Mk10:2-9, 12:13-17).
He instructed the disciples who stood by Him in His trials (Lk22:28)
To pray to not fall into temptation until His kingdom comes (Lk22:40, 46).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the commandment and completed all tests, and committed His soul to the Father (Lk23:46; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the temper the devil (Ge3:4-6; Mt4:3); and
3) Died—all mankind—redeemed—delivered
His blood—justify believers—the children of God—tested—>the heirs of God (Rm8:17).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is a tested stone (Is28:16),
The Lamb on the throne with the marks of honor He earned by passing the test (Rev5:9).
The Holy Spirit is able to help those being tempted (He2:18), that is, those who became
Righteous by the blood of Yeshua (Rm5:9), the souls who have become God’s children.
The Christian is he who is ready to persevere any test by the blood of Yeshua (Jas1:12), thus he:
1) Eliminates any condition that allows the devil to tempt, such as lack of self-control, greed etc (1Co7:5; Jas1:14; 1Ti6:9; 1Jn2:15-16);
2) Even in fiery trials, does not blame the Lord (Nu21:5-6; 1Co3:13, 10:9; 1Pe1:7); and
3) Watches and prays—like a watchman, stays awake and alert—so not to be deceived by the devil’s schemes (Mt4:3-10)—such as financial worries, misplaced trust, pride and leaving one's proper position—immediately shaking off wicked thoughts, feelings, words, and actions.
O Lord,
My soul!
Let me never forget that I am in this fiery testing ground.
By always staying awake and praying, let us overcome temptations and tests
So on the day You return, we may all leave this burning universe and
In crowns of pure gold enter the Holy City! Amen.
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Prayer Is Breathing For My Soul
(Ps105:4; Col4:2)
God is the Ancient of Days (Da7:9).
In every moment, every time He is always and
He lets those who wait on Him always live before Him eternally (Hos12:6).
Faith is believing in God, the word of God are eternal and
The life of this faith is, in order to stand before the Son of Man when He returns, always looking to
the Lord and being watchful and praying (Col4:2).
All living organisms retain homeostasis, which is the property of maintaining
Constant internal conditions despite changes in external conditions, a state of balance.
Examples include blood pressure, body temperature, fluid balance, blood clotting etc
As we cannot survive without homeostasis, and every disease involves a disruption of it.
The Bible speaks of God the Ancient of Days:
God—spirit—transcendent—always;
Man—flesh—limited—impossible to be always.
Since Adam, the spirit with flesh, disobeyed the commandment regarding the forbidden fruit (Ge3:6),
All men became destined for hell (Mt25:41).
While the Israelites bursted into praising God after being delivered from their slavery (Ex15:1), and
Although the LORD made the sun-scorched land like a well-watered garden and
Guided them always, all who grumbled perished in the wilderness (Is58:11).
The covenant—the eyes of Jehovah—continually—on the land of Canaan (Dt11:12);
The temple—the Name and the eyes of Jehovah—always be there (2Ch7:16)
The sacrifices—the lamps—keep burning—if out—death (Ex27:20-21, 30:7; Neh10:33);
The law—as written—if not do accordingly—curse (Gal3:10).
The word most frequently used by David, who wrote most of the Psalms, was "always" as in:
"My sin is always before me” (Ps51:3), “His love endures forever” (Ps118:1),
“My eyes are ever on the LORD” (Ps25:15), “Seek His face always” (1Ch16:11; Ps105:4) etc.
Daniel, knowing that praying was forbidden with the penalty of being thrown into the lions’ den,
Prayed as was his custom since early days and was consequently thrown into the lions’ den.
However, His God whom he served continually rescued him (Da6:10-22).
According to the prophecy, the Ancient of Days came, that is, Yeshua (Da7:22), and
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):
Jehovah—animals/ offering—continually—sacrifice—not eternally effective;
Yeshua—in the beginning—the Word—the God who is always/ the Ancient of Days—flesh/ the Son—the Son of Man (Jn1:1-2, 14; He10:1-5)—His body—to give as an eternal sacrifice once for all.
During His public life, He rejoiced always because
He was constantly with Him who sent Him (Pr8:30; Jn8:29).
To the disciples who stood by Him in His trials
He promised that they would sit on thrones with Him when His kingdom comes (Lk22:28-30), and
To stand before the Son of Man then
He commanded them to be always on the watch and pray (Lk21:33-36).
After going out as usual to the Mount of Olives to pray (Lk22:39),
Yeshua died on a cross, but as He died He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Gave His body as an eternal offering to the Father (He10:1-5);
2) Judged the devil the separator (Ge2:17, 3:4-6); and
3) His death—paid the price of sin for all mankind,
His blood—souls made holy—made perfect forever—the living spirit (He10:14).
After He resurrected and ascended to heaven,
He always intercedes for saints (He7:25; 1Jn1:9, 2:1).
The Holy Spirit, another advocate,
Comes inside the souls of believers to be with them forever (Mt28:20; Jn14:16).
Christians are those who always rejoice, give thanks and praise (Eph5:20; Php4:4).
Following Christ’s command to continue earnestly in prayer (Mt26:41; 1Co9:21; Col4:2),
Just as the living live by breathing every moment,
I cling to prayer to keep my soul alive.
O Lord,
Like breathing unconsciously,
Let us follow a habit of praying every moment, every minute, every second…
With our minds and with our spirit (1Co14:15)! Amen.
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The Salvation of My Soul, the End Result of My Faith
(1Pe1:3-9)
God is the God of salvation (Ps68:20).
Salvation belongs to Him (Ps3:8; Rev7:10) and
He saves those who consider salvation as the greatest thing (He2:3).
Faith is believing Yeshua Christ as my Savior (Mi7:7) and
The life of this faith is knowing that salvation of my soul from hell as the greatest thing and
Running to arrive at salvation (Ge19:17; Php2:12; He2:1-3).
Salvation is the most important thing in a desperate situation.
Liberal Christian theologies focus on material salvation from poverty, ignorance, tyranny etc,
Causing Christians to stop midway.
But the Bible warns that the end result of faith is the salvation of the soul (1Pe1:9)
From the price of sin, from hell (Mk9:44; Rm6:23; 2Pe3:7).
The three heavens (2Ch2:6) are: 1) the first heaven/ the atmosphere; 2) the second heaven/ the universe; 3) the third heaven/ the spiritual heaven (2Co12:2).
• Hades/ Sheol — the universe — "the first heaven and the first earth” (Ge1:1-2; Rev21:1) — the pit/ darkness (Is14:15; 2Pe2:4) — “the everlasting chains” (Jude1:6) — to be burned up (2Pe3:7-13);
• Hell — the unquenchable fire — the lake of fire (Rev20:14) — spiritual beings do not die (Mk9:43-49).
Adam the ancestor was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
All men became bound for hell with the devil (Mt25:41).
After the exodus, God saved Israel from disasters, distress, enemies etc (2Sa22:3; 2Ch20:9).
While the sanctuary reminded them that Jehovah is the God of salvation,
They forgot Him (1Sa10:19; Ps106:21; Is17:10) and
Rather asked the Egyptians to save them (Is31:1-3).
For such, they were repeatedly defeated and eventually lost their sovereignty.
The one ray of hope for Israel was the prophecy regarding
The appearance of the Messiah who will proclaim salvation coming to Zion (Is52:7, 62:11).
Accordingly, virgin Mary conceived a son and
He was given the name Yeshua for He will save His people from their sins (Mt1:21).
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
Fulfill the Law which revealed sin, the price of sin, the present state of man (Rm7:8-25) and
Give salvation through the forgiveness of sins (Lk1:77) for:
Jehovah—the God of the flesh of Israel—daily— saved from reality (Jer32:27; Ps68:9); but
Yeshua—the God of all spirits (He12:9)— forever—saves from hell (Jn3:17, 12:47).
The miracles and the wonders that He displayed during His public life (Mt8:25, 9:20-22) were
The signs that He is the Savior and
He revealed that He and the kingdom of heaven and salvation are the same (Mt19:23-24).
As He died on the cross, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
The Word in the beginning, the God of salvation, became flesh (Jn1:1, 14) and
Through His pierced body made a way out of the immense prison Hades (Jn14:6; He10:19-20):
1) He died obeying the command and commended His soul to the Father, for salvation belongs to the Father alone (Jnh2:6; Jn10:18; He5:7-9);
2) He judged the devil, the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) His death — redeemed — all mankind — delivered
His blood — those who believe/ justified — to be saved from God’s wrath (Rm5:9).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
He is the source of eternal salvation, the Savior (Ac5:31, Rev7:10).
The Holy Spirit preaches the good news that saves those who believe His name (Ac16:31) and
Proclaims that there is no other name by which we are saved (Ac4:12).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit:
1) Praises and worships the name of salvation Yeshua and evil spirits flee (2Ch20:22-23);
2) Cries out the name of Yeshua and he is saved also in his reality (Ps68:19; 3Jn1:2);
3) Sees all men not as flesh but as souls and saves them with the passion to save; and
4) Confesses the name of Yeshua to the end, and he is finally saved (Rm5:9, 10:9-10).
O Lord,
While I am in the flesh, let me live for the salvation of my soul.
Like Lot’s family who escaped the city of Sodom,
Let me and all You have given me not look back or hesitate but run until the end! Amen.
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The Food for My Soul - Dr. Jo Kim
(Jn6:55, 63, 12:50)
God is the God of life.
In Him is life (Jn1:4) and
He gives life to the fullest (Jn10:10).
As He gives food to the living, He gives the bread of life to living souls.
Faith is knowing that I am a soul that must live and that Yeshua Christ is my life (Col3:4).
The life of this faith is, to be judged as the living in the last day, eating the bread of life
For my soul to live (2Ti4:1).
While people strive to eat healthy food and live long,
Natural science that views the origin of life as organic matter like amoebas cannot revive dead, decaying cells.
• The Bible says the origin of life—God, the Word, Yeshua (Jn1:1-4; 1Jn5:11);
• The biblical definition of life—that does not perish, spoil or fade away (1Pe1:4);
• The principle of creation—man dies and returns to dust (Ge3:19).
God breathed the breath of life into a man and the man became a living being, Adam (Ge2:7), and
For the spirit to live, he was to eat the word, obey the commandment of God (Ge2:17).
However, deceived by the devil, he disobeyed the commandment regarding the fruit (Ge3:4-6) and
Sin and death entered the spirit of all mankind as a result (Rm5:12).
God sent Moses to bring out the Israelites from Egypt where
They had gone during the great famine to find food and became slaves there (Ac7:11), and
They escaped death by the power of the blood of the lamb (Ex12:7).
God sent manna from heaven for them to eat during the 40-year life in the wilderness
To teach them that man does not live on bread alone but
On every word that comes from the mouth of God (Dt8:3), and
God had them place a vase with manna inside the Most Holy Place
So they remember Jehovah the God of the life of all flesh (Nu27:16).
But anyone who broke the Law, the Sabbath was to be put to death (Ex31:14, 35:2).
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), because:
In the name of Jehovah—the flesh made alive by the blood of animals—by keeping the carnal regulations—> entered the land of Canaan/ complete the first covenant (He7:16);
In the name of Yeshua—the souls made alive by the blood of the Son—obey the commandment of the Son, the food for the soul—>enter the Father’s house/ the new covenant (He10:19; 1Co9:21).
When the devil tempted Yeshua after He fasted 40 days (Mt4:3),
He said, man does not live on bread alone but also on the word of God for
Daily bread= doing the will of God= finishing the work of God (Mt6:11; Jn4:34, 6:27):
The Son of Man= the bread of life from heaven—> if you eat, eternal life (Jn6:51);
God—the life in the Word—when given to creatures—in the form of command—if you obey it, it becomes life (Jn1:1-4, 6:63, 12:50).
Exemplifying this was Yeshua commanding the dead man, “Lazarus, come out” and
Lazarus coming to life (Jn11:43-44).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and ate the food that the Son must eat to live again (Jn10:17-18);
2) Through death, judged the devil the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) By death—paid the price of sin death—all mankind and
With His blood—raised to life the spirit dead in sin—to eat the bread of life (1Co15:45; Eph2:1; He4:12).
He resurrected and testified that He is life and immortality (2Ti1:10; Rev1:18) and
Sent the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of life (Rm8:2)
To the souls made alive by believing His name and receiving His blood (Jn20:31).
The Christian is he who, in order for his soul to live eternally in the land of the living (Ps27:13):
1) Does not worry about the food for the flesh but is rather content with his daily bread (Mt6:31-34), and thus works for the food that does not spoil (Jn6:27);
2) Knowing that the life of his soul now hidden with Christ will appear through the resurrection to life when Christ appears, sets his mind on things above, not on earthly things (Col3:1-5);
3) To death clings to the Church and carries out given duty (Jn6:68); and
4) Becomes a faithful servant sharing the bread of life with the souls given to him (Mt24:45).
O Lord,
Thank You for raising my soul to life once dead in sin and
Giving food to my soul!
Until we enter the kingdom of eternal life, the land of the living,
Let us souls eat the bread of life and obey the command of Christ.
May Your word to us be fulfilled in us (Lk1:38),
May Your will be done in us (Mt26:42)! Amen.
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My Soul Must Return
(Ge2:7; Lk23:46)
God is the Father of spirits (He12:9).
All things come from Him and return to Him (Rm11:36) and
All spirits come from Him and return to Him (Ps116:7).
Faith is knowing this and longing to return, and
The life of this faith is doing all things preparing to return at any time,
As the Israelites did on the night of Passover (Ex12:11).
Though in the new year people make wishes and resolutions, usually for health,
The body ages one more year since no one can avoid aging.
And after aging everyone dies, after which
They return to dust, which makes it all meaningless (Ecc2:16).
Man includes the outwardly man, the flesh that returns to dust (Ge3:19; 2Co4:16), and
The inwardly man, the living being that returns to the bosom of God (Ge2:7).
As such, he who discovers himself through the Bible as “the true me = soul”
Then orients himself in the new year to return to the Father’s bosom.
Deceived by the serpent,
Adam the ancestor of all mankind sinned, that is, missed the mark.
Consequently, he was cast out of the Garden and the way back was blocked (Ge3:24), and
All men became wanderers (Ge4:12),
But in fact, all spirits are locked up in the universe
Until the great day of judgment (Ge1:2; 2Pe2:4, 3:7; Jude1:6).
God prepared for men of faith to return to Him, such as
Abraham who called himself a pilgrim seeking his homeland,
A better country, a heavenly one (He11:8-16).
Israel was a nomadic people without a land and dwelled in tents (Eze44:28)
Because they had a place to return to.
In the first month of the year, during the Passover (Ex12:2, 27),
They remembered being delivered from their slavery in Egypt and entering Canaan.
The prophets cried out for Israel to return from having gone astray (Zec1:3; Mal3:7-9).
As such, wherever they lived, they laid their heads in the direction of Jerusalem for
The Temple of Jerusalem where the name of Jehovah was placed was
Their orientation, the target for their return.
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 will show the direction to turn to, the way to return to the Father (Mt4:17; Jn14:1-6) for
He is the Word who was with the Father in the beginning and came from Him (Jn1:1, 14, 18).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Returned His spirit to the Father of spirits (Lk23:46);
2) Condemned the devil who caused all men to go astray (1Jn3:8);
3) Sprinkled His blood, the Spirit of adoption to sonship, and opened the way for the spirits of prodigal sons to return (Jn14:6; Rm8:15; 1Pe1:23, 2:25).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, returning to the Father’s house and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent preaches the name of Yeshua.
Christians are those who received His name (Jn1:12),
The prodigal sons who came to their senses and returned to the Father’s house (Lk15:17-20).
Therefore, they do not worry about what to eat (Mt6:25)
But instead keep the commandments of Christ, the food for their souls (Jn6:63; 1Co9:21), and
For their souls they lay their treasures in the Father’s house (Mt6:19-20).
Whether they worship, pray or tithe (Ge28:22; Mt22:21)
They do it all with longing for
They now know the road, the mark back to the Father.
O Lord,
Father!
As we give You this first service of 2026,
Let us all know that we are souls who must return to the Father’s house and
Throughout this entire year, every minute, every second, let us turn back! Amen.
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The Firstfruits of the Spirit
(Rm8:18-25)
God is the Redeemer (Ps78:35; Is63:16).
With His blood He redeems souls (1Pe1:18) and
He directs those whom He redeemed in the way they should go (Is48:17).
Faith is knowing that my soul has been redeemed by the blood of Yeshua and
The life of this faith is until the redemption of our bodies,
Enduring patiently to become the firstfruits of the Spirit (Rm8:17-25).
To redeem means “to buy back,” “to rescue,”
As God redeemed Israel from Egypt by His great strength and His mighty hand (Neh1:10),
There will be a day when God will redeem from Hades
The souls who are His heirs, the firstfruits of the Spirit.
Israel is the firstfruits of God's harvest (Jer2:23; Hos9:10), that is, the firstborn (Ex4:22; Ps89:27).
From the firstborn sons of Pharaoh of Egypt, who refused to let them go,
To the firstborn of their livestock, all were punished with death (Ex4:22-23, 11:5).
As the Law showed that all firstborns belonged to the LORD (Ex13:12-13),
They were to redeemed every firstborn livestock and human with a lamb and
The sanctuary reminded them for generations that
Jehovah was the Redeemer and Israel was His redeemed people.
But 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 redeem from not Egypt but Hades that will become hell,
Not with animals but with His own life (Mt20:28),
Not a people but the souls who will become heirs of God, that is,
He will harvest a crop for eternal life (Jn4:36) and
Take them to the Father’s house when He returns (Jn14:1-3).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Submitted to death and pleased the Father who showed the way He should go (Is48:7; Jn10:17-18; He5:7);
2) Judged Satan who, in spite of being an angel, challenged the throne prepared for the Son (Is14:12-15; He1:5-6); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on souls (Eph1:7), becoming the Redeemer of souls of all men (Is63:16).
As the firstfruits of resurrection, the firstborn from the dead (Col1:18; Rev1:5),
He entered the heavenly storage (Ex23:16; 1Co15:20).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Lets the souls redeemed by the blood of Yeshua (1Pe1:18-19)
Live for the redemption of their bodies, that is, the first resurrection (Rev20:4-6),
To be liberated from its bondage to decay and
Be brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God (Rm8:18-21),
By rooting their actions and their lives in the Holy Spirit and the word of God (2Ti3:16, 4:2).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit is he who strives
To be sealed on his forehead with the name of Yeshua (Rev7:3, 9:4, 22:4),
So when the Lord returns
By his fruit to holiness (Rm6:22) and
The fruit of his lips that openly profess His name (He13:15),
He would be redeemed from the earth as firstfruits (Rev14:3-4) and
Be harvested (Mk4:29; 1Co15:23),
Lest he receives the mark of the antichrist who will appear immediately afterward (Rev13:13-18) and
Suffer torment with fire and sulfur forever and ever (Rev14:9-12).
O Lord,
The year 2025…yet another year has rushed by and
Today we held our year-end service.
Our lives, too, will pass by just as quickly...
Then, how many of us will truly be sealed with the name of Yeshua?
Lord, help us overcome our laziness and give us the wisdom to number our days!
If You give us another year, we will do better! We will bear fruit!
Amen!
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Rejoice In the Spirit
(Lk2:1-14, 10:21)
God is the source of joy.
From Him flows true joy and
He gives the greatest joy to
Those who rejoice with His joy (1Pe4:13; Rev19:7) and proclaim good news of great joy (Jn15:11).
The more man pursues physical pleasure,
The more he realizes its futility (Ecc2:1-11) but
Faith is rejoicing in God (Ps9:2; Job22:26), over the coming of the Lord Yeshua in the flesh.
The life of this faith is always rejoicing, even in hardship, trouble, isolation etc, and
Proclaiming the good news (Is52:7; Php1:17-18).
While deceived by the devil, the ancestor Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All mankind became destined to fall into hell (Ge3:16-19; Mt25:41),
Abraham rejoiced seeing God return to his flesh and blood, and
Received a son at his age of 100 and laughed (Ge18:1-4, 21:6; Jn8:56).
On account of their ancestors in whom God delighted,
Abraham’s descendants Israel became God’s chosen people (Dt10:15).
They were delivered from 430 years of slavery in Egypt, and
God turned the sea into dry land and they passed through the waters on foot
So they rejoiced in Him (Ps66:6).
Before long, however, they began to resent God because
Their joy came from their conditions and circumstances.
For the source of their joy be in the name of God (Ps89:16)
God commanded them to build the sanctuary.
But they rather rejoiced in idols (Is44:9) and so
God no longer delighted in them (Hos9:1) or in their sacrifices (Is1:11).
Nevertheless, according to the prophecy, the one in whom God delights appeared (Is42:1; Ze9:9), The good news of great joy came (Lk2:10), that is, the Son of God came in the flesh.
Yeshua was conceived in a virgin (Is7:14, 9:6; Lk1:31-38),
Born in Bethlehem, near Jerusalem, and laid in a manger (Mi5:2; Lk2:4-7).
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 give His joy to the souls in whom He delights so their joy may be complete (Jn15:11),
For when He was in the Father’s bosom, He was rejoicing always (Pr8:29-30) and
When He came as man, He pleased the Father (M12:18).
Though while in the flesh He had no condition to be joyful,
He was always full of joy through the Holy Spirit (Lk10:21; Jn8:29).
Yet before His death, He became sorrowful and troubled, a man of sorrow (Is53:3; Mt26:37-39).
But as He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and pleased the Father (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil, the narcissistic one (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17); and
3) Died bearing sorrows and affliction of all mankind (Is53:4-5), and shed His redeeming blood for all souls.
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
He became God’s eternal joy, and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Lets those who have been shown His favor (Lk2:14)
Rejoice solely over the fact that they have the blood of Yeshua (Jn16:20).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit
Goes to the ends of the earth (Ac1:8) and proclaims good news of great joy (Is52:7), and
He always rejoices
Even if he does not receive healing or answer to prayers, and
Even if he suffers disgrace (Ac5:20-42; 2Co6:10)
For he longs to go to heaven as the greatest joy is found there — Yeshua (1Pe4:13; Rev19:7).
O Lord,
Forgive me, if I had lost joy or gotten sad
Over petty things like Jonah’s leafy plant (Jnh4:6-10)…
Whether it is a leafy plant or not, it is fine with me!
Let the source of my joy not be my senses or deeds.
Rather, let it always be the blood of Yeshua in my soul!
Lord, I rejoice and rejoice over Your coming in the flesh! Amen.