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i Belong to the People of the Kingdom of Christ
(2Ti4:1-2; 2Pe1:11)
God is the King (Ps5:2).
With authority He establishes His kingdom and rules it and
Inherits a holy kingdom to the people who have become His possession (Jas2:5; 1Pe2:9).
Faith is being proud and blessed of becoming His people and
The life of this faith is producing fruit for His kingdom in order to be counted worthy of the kingdom (Mt21:43; 2Th1:5).
While a kingdom or nation must have a territory, a people and sovereignty,
Under a monarchy the greatest power lies with the king for he has the supreme command,
The right of ownership and the right to grant immunity etc.
As such, men have wanted to become kings and to continue the line to the throne.
The world history records most kings as greedy, cruel and brutal to the point of being insane, and
The people under such kings were just ill-fated.
The Bible, however, demonstrates that God alone is the eternal king.
In the spiritual heaven, the archangel Lucifer rebelled attempting to become a king (Is14:12-15)
But God cast him down to Hades, the universe, until the great day of judgment (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
When deceived by the devil Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6),
All men became his slaves and the devil became the prince of the world (2Pe2:19).
According to His promise to Abraham about a kingdom and many kings (Ge17:6),
God sent Moses after four generations, that is, 430 years, and
Delivered the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt (Ex12:41) and
Made them a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Ex19:6).
While the sanctuary where the Testimony with the name Jehovah and the stone tablets was placed
Reminded them that, their "King = Jehovah," "territory = Canaan," "law = the Law of Moses,"
The Kingdom of Israel that began with king Saul whom they had asked for (1Ki8:6-22, 9:1-2)
Continuing through king David and king Solomon
Eventually divided into the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom,
Both of which collapsed (1Ki12:6-16):
Rehoboam "” the Kingdom of Judah "” the S. Kingdom "” Jerusalem "” 2 tribes "” 568BC;
Jeroboam "” the Kingdom of Israel "” the N. Kingdom "” Shechem, Bethel "” 10 tribes "” 722BC.
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 (Jn2:19-20),
He would make heaven His territory, not Canaan and
Build an eternal kingdom that cannot be shaken (He12:28),
Not a kingdom that repeats a cycle of rise and fall,
A people of the kingdom of Yeshua, not of Jehovah,
Not by carnage and violence but by giving His own life (Mt20:28).
Although He preached the gospel of the kingdom of heaven and healed the sick
He was framed as a challenger to the ruler at the time and was thus put to death (Jn18:33-37, 19:2).
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The Father who brought the Son to His surrender alone is the King (Jn10:18; 1Co15:28);
2) He judged the prince of the world the devil (Jn12:31); and
3) With His blood He purchased all men from the devil and made them His people (Rev5:9-10).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven.
His throne will last for ever and ever and his scepter is forever (He1:8).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent in the name Yeshua comes as the King (Mk9:1)
To the church and souls whom He purchased with His own blood.
The Christian is he who knows that though in the past
He was separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and
Foreigners to the covenant of the promise, without hope and without God in the world (Eph2:12),
Now he belongs to the people of His kingdom so
How happy he is, how dearly he loves his King Yeshua (1Pe2:9)!
Therefore he boasts with all his strength (2Ti4:1-2) and
Strongholds fall tumbling down and those held in the bondage of the devil surrender and
The kingdom where Yeshua is Christ expands.
O Lord,
Like those three mighty warriors who loved their king David (2Sa23:11-17)
We will risk our lives and go to bring back good news and
Refresh the heart of our King Yeshua!
Let us win souls for You! Amen.
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I Am A Citizen of Heaven
(Php3:17-21)
God is the Father in heaven (Mt5:48).
He made the heavens and all things (Neh9:6) and
He inherits to His children the kingdom of heaven.
Faith is believing Him and being proud and
The life of this faith is setting one's mind on things above, not on earthly things (Col3:1-2).
While people immigrate to a country better than their own for a better life,
Being granted citizenship is not easy and success is never guaranteed.
Heaven, according to the Bible, is not a place where one goes reluctantly after death.
Rather, it is a place where there is no mourning, crying, pains or death,
But only infinite joy, gladness, peace, rest, and glory for which
One wants to go to as soon as possible (Rev21:1-4).
It is the "third heaven," which is different from the first heaven and the second heaven (2Co12:2),
The highest heaven of heavens, in other words, the spiritual heaven (1Ki8:27).
The angels who sinned in that heaven (Is14:12-14; 2Pe2:4) were
Contained in the expanse bound by everlasting chains until judgement (Ge1:8; 2Pe2:4; Jude1:6):
The universe that will be burned up to become hell (2Pe3:7).
Deceived by the devil, Adam the ancestor of all men sinned and was
Banished from the Garden (Ge3:4-6), and
All men became restless wanderers on earth as the result of sin (Ge4:12).
God revealed through Abraham that faith is dwelling in the promised land (Ge12:1, 5)
Living in tents like a stranger in a foreign country
Looking forward to the heavenly country (He11:9-10, 16).
After their slavery of 400 years in Egypt and after 40 years in the desert
A minority of faith of the Israelites, his descendants, finally set their foot on Canaan.
Although their life of captivity continued due to their repeated defeats,
By all means they returned to the land of Canaan where the Temple of Jerusalem was.
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 (Jn2:19-20),
He would return the children of God (Jn1:12) in the Father's name Yeshua (Jn5:43)
To the Father's house in heaven (Jn14:2),
Not the servants in the name of Jehovah to Canaan.
Though He is the Son of Man born on earth of a woman
He is of heaven and thus prophesied that He would be lifted up to heaven (Jn3:13-14).
As His flesh tore like the veil and opened the gates of heaven (Mt27:51; Jn10:7),
He died and said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Established a turning point in returning to the Father's house (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil who on his own left his proper position (Is14:12-15; Jude1:6); and
3) Gave His flesh and blood to all men (Jn6:54).
He resurrected and rode across the highest heavens (Ps68:33), and
Ascended to the throne where He receives praise forever.
The Holy Spirit who came from heaven testifies that
Jesus Christ is living and is seated on the heavenly throne (Ac3:21).
The Christian, in order to become fit to be a citizen of heaven,
Puts to death whatever belongs to his earthly nature,
Sexual immortally, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed (Col3:1-5).
In his mind, interest, language, action and all aspects of his life,
He is like a foreigner and stranger living on earth ready to leave any time (He11:9-13) for
When the Lord Yeshua returns he longs to have
His earthly body be transformed into the spiritual one and
Follow the Lord to be lifted up to heaven (Php3:20-21; 1Th4:16).
O Lord,
My spirit that came from heaven!
While I live on earth let me live like a foreigner and
When You appear in the air let me soar with You to heaven!
Let me only see heaven even with my eyes closed and
Let me not think of earthly things. Amen.
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I Am A Letter from Christ
(2Co3:1-18)
God is the God of glory (Ps29:3).
Glory comes from Him and returns to Him (Rm15:6) and
He lets those who have seen His glory arrive in glory (2Co3:18).
Faith is knowing that I am a letter from Christ and
The life of this faith is as a faithful messenger refreshing the soul of one's Master who sent him (Pr25:13).
As a method to deliver the sender's will and emotions
A letter can bring either joy or sorrow to its receiver
Depending on who sent it and what was written in it.
The Bible (papyrus, biblion) is God's letter to all mankind whose
Ancestor Adam was deceived and sinned (Ge3:4-6),
Becoming destined to go to hell with the devil (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:19).
Moses who was sent by God (Ex3:10-14)
Delivered out of Egypt the Israelites who had been slaves of the pharaoh and
Brought the stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God (Ex31:18).
When he came down from the mountain, because he had spoken with God (Ex34:29)
The skin of his face shone and the people were afraid so he put a veil over his face (Ex34:28-33).
The sanctuary where the stone tablets were placed
Became an object of fear for the people for man could not see the Lord and live (Ex33:18).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19-20), because
Through the death and the resurrection of His body
He would do the will of the Father who sent Him (Jn6:38) and
Reveal the glory of not Jehovah but the Only Son (Jn1:14),
Not the glory of the ministry of condemnation that will end but
The far exceeding glory of the ministry of righteousness (2Co3:9),
Not the ministry of death carved in letters on stone (2Co3:7)
But the ministry of the Spirit written on hearts that gives life to the spirit (2Co3:7-11).
As such, on the mount of transfiguration His face shone like the sun (Mt17:2) and
When His flesh tore the veil was taken away (2Co3:16)
Revealing the glory of the Only Son and the sun lost its light (Mt27:51).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and gave glory to the Father who sent Him (Pr25:13; Jn10:17-18; Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the devil who left his proper domain (Jude1:6); and
3) Through His death carried the sins of all men (1Pe2:24).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne
From glory to glory He entered.
The Spirit of the Lord was sent from there
To those who received the name Yeshua and
Unveils them to see the glory of the Lord (2Co3:18).
The Christian is he who has become a letter from Christ
Having his heart written with the blood of Yeshua and
Therefore, volunteers to deliver the good news,
Does not add or take away any from the truth (Mt5:18) and
Runs swiftly to deliver (Ps147:15)
So that he can deliver the Father's heart to
The souls whom He loved to the point of shedding His blood and die can
Look to the Son and believe and not go to hell but have eternal life (Jn6:38-40).
O Lord,
If I do not open up my mouth to preach
Who will deliver this good news of joy?
If the soul dies before I get there
How could that soul be saved?
If I do not keep, defend and teach the truth
How could it be kept until the next generation?
Let everyone who sees me read and see Yeshua! Amen.
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I Have Been Called
(Gal1:6-17)
God is the God of grace (Ex33:19).
By His grace He calls (Ga1:15) and
Into grace He calls (Gal1:6).
For the fate of the called depends on
Who called, why he called and to where he called,
Faith is knowing God's calling itself as grace and
The life of this faith is living by grace until going before the throne of grace (He4:16).
The Bible contains stories of God's calling and those who responded to His calling.
Because Adam, who had sinned, answered when God called him (Ge3:9),
God clothed him in a garment of skin before banishing him from the Garden (Ge3:2-24),
A sign of His calling again in the future.
When Cain pleaded to God fearing the punishment of his sin,
He received a mark of salvation from God (Ge4:9-15).
By contrast, God did not spare the angels when they sinned once
But held them until judgment and punishment (2Pe2:4).
After being called from the burning bush on Horeb (Ex3:4),
Moses was sent to bring the Israelites out of their slavery in Egypt.
God commanded him to build the sanctuary.
The ark of the Lord, the mercyseat was placed inside of the Most Holy Place (1Sa3:3-14),
God's holy dwelling where His calling was (Jer25:30).
Samuel was the first prophet who was called from there.
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days," for which
He was hated by those who had longed for the day
When the Lord will call back their people scattered among the gentiles (Is54:5-7; Eze11:16-17).
However, through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-20).
Yeshua would call not by the name Jehovah but Yeshua the Father's name (Jn5:43)
Not just Israel but the souls of all men.
While He called not the righteous but sinners (Mt9:13) and
Those He wanted and made them disciples (Mk3:13),
He denied those who volunteer to follow Him without being called (Lk9:57-58) and
Warned about those who are not fit to be called (Mt22:1-14).
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Went before the throne of grace that the Father prepared for Him, dressed in a robe dipped in blood (He1:1; Rev19:13);
2) Judged the devil who approached the throne on his own (Is14:12-15; Jude6); and
3) By grace redeemed all men (Eph1:7) and let them prepare their sprinkled robes (Rev22:14).
He resurrected, ascended to heaven and sat on the throne there (He4:16), "¨
The holy dwelling from where He calls those He wants.
The Holy Spirit and the bride the church call whomever and
Let those who received His blood know that His calling is grace (Ac2:38-39; Rev22:17).
The Christian who knows the calling for a wretch like him is by His grace
Also knows that he was called to the banquet of the Lamb before the cross on Calvary and
Has eaten the flesh and drank the blood of Yeshua.
Until he is called a second time into His grace
Dressed in fine linen for the wedding of the Lamb prepared as His bride (Rev19:7-8),
He takes up his cross lightly (Mt11:28-30)
By the strength of the grace that He received.
O Lord,
When You called Peter the fisherman,
It was a calling to the cross!
Let us know that Your calling is death, resurrection, wedding banquet and grace itself.
Lord, did You call me?
The blood of Yeshua that is alive in me 365 days!
By the strength of Your grace,
Let me carry my cross lightly
Until I am called a second time. Amen.
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I Am An Extra (An Unworthy Servant)
(Lk17:7-10)
God exists on His own for Himself.
For Himself He made all things (Is43:21) and
For His name's sake He fulfills (Ps23:3; Is43:21).
Faith is knowing that I am an extra and
The life of this faith is not living for myself but for Him who gave Himself for me (Gal2:20).
Especially in these last days, people have become extremely self-centered as
They wish that the earth, the sun, heaven, nations, laws, constitutions, family, school, society etc
Exist all for themselves.
What is more, they also want God, the church and the preaching to be for themselves for
This is the fantasy of the creature,
The characteristic of Satan who attempted to overthrow heaven and
Replace it with a self-centered world (Is14:12-15).
However, God created all things, things visible and invisible (Col1:16),
Heaven, earth, the throne, powers, death, life, depth, height (Rm8:38-39), angels and men and
They were all for God Himself, for the Son (He1:2),
Including the Garden of Eden, the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
The commandment and even sin (Ge2:17, 3:6).
With the great flood God wiped away all but Noah and his family for His purpose and
It was to clearly demonstrate this.
The exodus of Israel (Ex7:5), the commandment (Dt4:10) that they received, and
The sanctuary where the name Jehovah (Ex25:8; 1Ki8:16) was
Let them know that they were a people for God (Ps135:4; Is43:21).
Even the blood of the sacrifice that blot out their sins was
For God's own sake to remember their sins no more (Ps106:8; Is43:23-25).
Accordingly, if anyone made idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for himself (Lev26:1)
He was punished (1Sa15:12; 2Sa18:18).
When it was time, the prophecy about God fulfilling for His own sake (Is48:11) came true and
Yeshua appeared and said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19),
Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would lay down His life in order to receive it back (Jn10:17-18)
For He came in the name not Jehovah but Yeshua the Father's name (Jn5:43)
As the Son of God (Jn1:1, 14)
To fulfill the commandment which was made for Him (Mk2:27-28).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life according to the command and gave glory to the Father (Jn10:18; Php2:6-11);
2) Through death, which was there for Him, judged the devil the ruler of death (Rm8:39; He2:14); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood (Is43:25; Eph1:7) for all men who prepared sin for His death (Ge2:17, 3:4-6).
Yeshua resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes to
Those who welcomed Yeshua as Lord (1Co12:3) and
Lets them confess that they are only unworthy servants (Lk17:10) and
Know that God did not spare the natural branches, Israel (Rm11:21) and
Even servants such as Moses and Elijah were used as expendables (Mt17:1-5).
Therefore, the God-centered Christian is he who
Strongly denounces secularism and humanism that seep into the churches today and
Rejects the preaching that suits the desires of men (2Ti4:3-4).
Instead, whether it is prayer, fasting or preaching
He does not for himself
But only for the Lord who gave Himself up for him (Gal2:20).
O Lord,
Though we are just disposables that You can use or toss,
You have spared us for Yourself (Rm11:4) and what grace it is!
Let none of us be thrown into the fire in the end
But rather, let us all be taken up to Your house in the last day.
Let me never forget: I am only an extra! Amen.
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I Am A Christian
(Ac11:25-26; 1Pe4:12-16)
God is the God of honor (Is42:8).
He spares those who honor His name and makes them His treasured possession (Mal3:16-17) and
Lets those called by His name to come before Him (Is43:7).
When people are designated a name or a title such as, "Korean," "American," "New Yorker" etc
Then they live for the honor of such.
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Faith is being honored to be called a Christian and
The life of this faith is enduring suffering, persecution and hardship as a Christian and giving glory to God (1Pe4:12-16).
The Bible contains the stories of those who had to pay a price for being given a name by God:
Abram was called Abraham ("a father of many nations") (Ge17:5, 15) and
By faith he had a son at the age of 100 (Rm4:20);
Jacob received the name Israel ("struggled with God and overcame") (Ge32:27-28) and
His descendants conquered and possessed the promised land (Dt2:31).
The temple where the house that bears the name Jehovah (Jer7:10) reminded them that
If the Israelites obeyed His commands they would be a holy people and
All the peoples on earth would fear them (Dt28:9-10).
In spite of the fact that they bore the name Jehovah (Jer14:9), however,
They grew weary of Him (Is43:22-28) and
Eventually both of the Kingdoms of Israel and of Judah were destroyed (1Ki12:1-24; Jer5:1).
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 (Jn2:19-20),
He would, in the name not Jehovah but Yeshua the Father's name (Jn5:43),
Let not flesh and blood but the spirit, not outwardly but inwardly (Rm2:28-29)
Be called Christian.
Though He did not call Himself Christ (Mt27:11; Jn18:33-34),
He was accused of calling Himself Christ and was put to death for it (Mt27:22).
Yet a witness of his death confessed that He was surely Christ (Mt27:54).
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Gave glory to the Father's name and went before Him (Is43:7; Jn10:18; Php2:9-11);
2) With His authority to die destroyed the ruler of death (He2:14) and judged Satan who
attempted to call himself God (Is14:12-15); and
3) With His redeeming blood purchased all men and made them His kingdom (Rev5:9-10).
He resurrected, sat on the heavenly throne and
He will reign for ever and ever over the kingdom of Christ (Rev11:15).
The Holy Spirit who comes from there
Testifies that "Yeshua = Christ" (Ac2:36, 18:28) and
Lets him who is a Christian not outwardly but inwardly (Rm2:28-29)
Live for Christ who died for him (2Co5:15).
The Christian is he who then
Becomes sanctified in order to become a member of the body of Christ (Rm13:14; 1Co6:15; 1Pe4:4).
In Christ there is only obedience (2Co1:20),
When he is weak then he is strong (2Co12:10),
With the meekness of Christ he infinitely yields (Mt5:38-44; 2Co10:1).
As an ambassador for Christ he testifies that Yeshua is Christ for
He does not want to call himself a Christian but
In the eyes of God and of men he would be worthy to be called a Christian (Is43:7) for
On the day the Lord returns he longs to go before Him.
O Lord,
While I think of myself as a Christian,
In the eyes of the Lord and of others, am I?
Let none of us call ourselves Christians but rather
By re-living the life of Christ when You appear in the air in that day
Let us become worthy of being called, "Come!".
I am a Christian! Let me live according to that name. Amen.
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I Am Blessed
(Ps84:1-12; Rm4:5-8)
God is the source of blessedness.
In Him is blessedness and
He gives His blessing to those who make Him as their God (Ps144:15).
Faith is being content with the blessedness with God and thus knowing that one is blessed, and
The life of this faith is blessing others with the fullness of one's blessedness.
"Happiness" is based on feelings, luck and physical circumstances "” thus subjective and relative.
Though everyone searches for it, even making relationships with those who seem to be happy,
They end up being disappointed and unhappy.
"Blessedness," on the other hand, is rooted in God for
It is the state of being in God's favor, thus being totally satisfied, not being in want (Ps23:1).
The Bible says that God alone is blessed, totally satisfied, on His own (Is44:24).
God blessed Abram and he became
A blessing though whom all peoples on earth would be blessed (Ge12:2-3).
His descendants, Isaac and Jacob were blessed and "¨
Even others recognized (Ge26:29, 30:27, 32:26-30).
The most blessed man in the Old Testament was king David (2Sa6:11-23; 1Ch17:27):
For 40 years the ark of covenant which had the name Jehovah
Remained in his city and he was able to give sacrifices of praise.
In spite of the fact that Israel was a kingdom serving Jehovah as their God (Ps144:15) and
A blessed people (Nu22:12; Dt33:29),
They served foreign gods, because of which they were destroyed (Jos24:20; Neh9:35).
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 (Jn2:19-20),
He would give eternal blessedness to not the flesh or the person (feelings) but the spirit
To those who make the name not Jehovah but Yeshua as their God, their King (Mt16:16).
To those who surrender to be content on their own (Mt5:3)
To be blessed with Yeshua alone
He promised that they would not stumble on account of
The circumstances and conditions of the Son of Man (Mt11:6; Lk6:22).
Rejecting those who pleaded Him to become their king (Jn6:15)
Yeshua died alone but said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Knowing that dwelling in the Father's house is the greatest blessedness, thus went through
the valley of the shadow of death (Ps23:4, 84:4-10; Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil who attempted to separate from the blessedness of God (Is14:12-15);
3) By sprinkling His blood covered the sins of all men to forgive them (Ps32:1).
He resurrected and ascended to the throne in heaven.
He reigns over all nations with blessing (Ps72:17).
The Holy Spirit comes inside the souls of those who believe and
Lets them shout out that they are those who have made
Yeshua as their God, their King, their Savior, and their Righteousness (Rm4:5-8) because of which
They are blessed.
The Christian is he who finds
Worship in the gathering in the name Yeshua as
The happiest, the most blessed time on earth.
Therefore, for he longs and longs for worship (Ps84)
He comes with his heart emptied and fills up with blessing
To go back out to the world to seek the lost and invites them into the blessedness of God.
O Lord,
No matter what others say
I am the most blessed person in the world!
I searched and searched for happiness but was only left disappointed and hurt"¦
But now, Yeshua, You are my happiness, my blessedness!
Let all those You have given me also
Be blessed by making Yeshua as their God, their King, their Savior and their Righteousness
So they can bless others with this blessedness! Amen.
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I Am In the Covenant With God
(Gal3:15-29)
God is the God of covenant.
He remembers His covenant forever (Ps105:8) and
He keeps His covenant with those who keep His commandments (Neh1:5).
While religion is the human attempt to approach the divine,
Unbelievers are those without covenant with God (Eph2:11-13),
Thus having no promise from Him, no eternal life (1Jn2:25).
Faith is knowing that I am in the covenant with God (2Co7:1; He6:12) and
The life of this faith is keeping His covenant to enter the promised heaven and earth (2Pe3:13).
Human society is based on contracts:
Citizenship, marriage, matriculation, employment, business transactions, banking, insurance etc.
The involved parties mutually agree on the conditions of a contract
But if there is a default the contract breaks.
The Bible is the book of God's holy covenant (Lk1:72):
The content of the promises He showed to men and
The record of His fulfillment of them.
By disobeying the command regarding the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17)
Adam broke the covenant with God and was driven out of the Garden (Hos6:7).
Noah, on the other hand, believed in God's covenant and built an ark (Ge6:18) and
Thus was saved from the flood and received the sign of rainbow (Ge9:13-15).
For Abraham believed in God's covenant of
The land of Canaan, many descendants (Ge15:18, 17:2, 4) and God being their God (Ge17:7),
As a mark of that covenant he was circumcised (Ge17:14) and
He carried out the command of sacrificing his only son (He11:17).
The Israelites were delivered from their slavery of 400 years for
It was according to the covenant God made with their ancestor (Ge15:13).
As the number of their people increased
The oppression against them also increased (Ex2:24; Ac7:17) as
This was for God to be their God (Ex6:5).
Putting before them the ark of covenant which contained
The "words of the covenant = the Ten Commandments = the tablets of the covenant" (Ex34:28)
They crossed the Jordan and collapsed the city of Jericho (Jos3:17, 6:4-20),
Entering the Promised Land.
Nevertheless, the fall of Israel came (Lev26:15-17; 1Ki11:1-13) for
The people and their kings broke the covenant of God.
Thus they longed for the prophecy of the messenger of the covenant coming to the temple (Mal3:1).
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 (Jn2:19-20),
He would write His covenant on not the flesh but their minds and hearts (Jer31:33; He8:9-10)
Made with not the blood of animals but His own blood (Ex24:8; Mt26:28)
For the forgiveness of sins and He would become the Father of all nations (Jn1:12).
He promised a kingdom, a new haven and a new earth (Jas2:5; 2Pe3:13).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and kept the Father's covenant (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil who left his proper position on his own (Is14:12-15; Jude1:6); and
3) With His blood became the Mediator of a superior covenant with all men (He8:6).
According to His promise, He resurrected and ascended to heaven (Mt16:21), and
Sent the Holy Spirit whom He promised (Ac1:4).
The Holy Spirit comes to those who have
Received the name Yeshua and have made a covenant with Him and
He reminds them of the promise of Yeshua (Jn14:2-3).
The Christian is he who,
Perseveres through whatever the test or temptation that comes to the end and waits (He10:36) and
Remains in the promise made in the name of Yeshua (Mt18:20, 28:19; Jn14:14) for
He knows that He who promised is faithful (Rm8:26; He10:23).
When the promise-maker returns (Jn14:3)
He longs to receive the crown of life and finally enter the promised land (Jas1:12).
O Lord,
What is man that You treat him as the counterpart to the covenant with You?
Let us not be swayed by our emotions, moods or senses.
Rather let us remain only in the covenant of God.
Let us become superior intellectuals, the faithful of Your covenant! Amen.
The Lord of Life
(Nu27:16; Jn11:25-27)
God is the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
In Him is life and from Him comes life (Jn1:1-4; Ps36:9), and
He gives life to those who want to live.
Faith is believing Him and having a living hope (1Pe1:3) and
The life of this faith is putting every effort to receive eternal life through the resurrection to life when the
Life, Christ Yeshua appears, even risking one's life (Jn5:29, 12:25).
Life refers to "the strength that allows living organisms to live, breath and move."
While the advancement of science has extended the longevity of men,
Many emotional and social problems have emerged as a result.
According to the Bible, life is:
1. That never perishes, spoils or fades away (1Pe1:4);
2. In God, the Word, the Son, Yeshua (Jn1:1-4, 5:26, 14:6); and
3. Sustained by eating the Word of God (Mt4:4).
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Adam the living being who ate plants and fruits for the flesh but
As the spirit had to eat the word of God, was
Deceived by the devil and ate the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6).
As a result all men died in their spirit (1Co15:22).
During the time of Noah, by a great flood
God destroyed all creatures that had the breath of life (Ge6:17) and
Showed that breath and life were the same (Job7:7).
The sanctuary where the name Jehovah, the God who gives breath to all living things (Nu16:22)
Demonstrated that the life of this flesh is in the blood (Lev17:11) and that
The life of the flesh and the blood were the same (Lev17:14).
As such, anyone who ate blood was put to death (Lev17:14).
The Law is the statute of life, the covenant of life (Mal2:5; Ac7:38):
On the one hand, it promised them a long life when they obeyed and death when they disobeyed (Ex20:12, 31:14)
But on the other hand, it allowed those who killed unintentionally to live by fleeing
To the cities of refuge (Nu35:11-28; Dt4:42).
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 law that Israel kept in the name Jehovah for a long life, and
The Son of Man would keep the Father's command and give eternal life to all nations.
He is the Word in the beginning, the God of life who came in the flesh,
He is the life, the bread of life for the souls of all men (Jn6:48, 14:7).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1. Died according to the Father's command and confessed that the Father is the Lord of life who
would give His life back (Ps21:4; Jn10:18);
2. Through His death judged the ruler of death the devil (He2:14); and
3. For the incarnation of the Word was not a method to correct the sins of mankind but the
Word in the beginning came as the Son of Man, that is,
In the flesh that dies by shedding blood, through which
He paid the price of all men's sins and shed His blood to give life (1Pe1:23)."¨
He resurrected and became the Lord of life (Ac3:15) and
This was the purpose God created death, life, angels...height and all things (Rm8:38-39).
He ascended to heaven and He is the Lamb who sits on the throne.
He died but now He is alive forevermore and is the Lord of life (Rev1:18).
To freely give the water of life without price
The Holy Spirit calls souls to the church (Rev22:17).
The Christian is he who has the blood of Yeshua in his soul (1Jn5:12), that is,
His name is written in the book of life (Rev20:12-15). Therefore he:
1. Sets his mind on things above, things of the Spirit and finds life and peace (Rm8:6; Col3:1-2);
2. Loves souls and thus knows that he himself as been passed from death to life (1Jn3:14);
3. Keeps his tongue from evil and only speaks the words of life (Ac5:20; 1Pe3:10);
4. To go to the tree of life lays down what is unclean and detestable (Rev21:27, 22:14-15); and
5. To manifest that life of Yeshua daily takes up his own cross (2Co4:10-12) so that
In the last day he would not be thrown into the second death, the lake of fire (Re20:12-15)
But rather be resurrected to life to receive a spiritual body (1Co15:42-44).
O Lord,
Let none of us speak of the hope of resurrection
Without remembering the cross.
Let us know this principle of the seed that contains both death and life (Jn12:24).
Until the blood of Yeshua in me arrives in the resurrection to life
Let me die daily. Â Amen.
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I Am God's Beloved
(Mt27:45-54; Rm5:5-8)
God is love (1Jn4:8).
He shows His love and confirms it (Rm5:8), and
He loves to the end His own whom He loves (Jn13:1).
Faith is knowing His love and receiving it (1Jn4:16) and knowing that one is God's beloved.
The life of this faith is loving everything about Yeshua and loving Him to death.
Love is an exclusively unique quality of humans.
While there are love stories that move people to tears
There are also stories of those who are even less than animals that shock the world.
The Bible contains the story of God's love for men.
While God created angels in heaven to minister (He1:14)
He created men on earth in the weakness of the flesh (Rm5:6)
As the object of God's love.
Although deceived by the devil Adam sinned and thus was banished from the Garden
God clothed him in the garment of skin (Ge3:21-24),
Vividly revealing the love of God.
As the Israelites were a people loved by God for He swore to their ancestors,
They were redeemed from the land of slavery in Egypt (Dt7:8; Hos11:1) and
Led into the land promised with blessings and prosperity (Dt7:13).
The sanctuary where the name Jehovah was (1Ki8:16) for
Those who love His name (Ps69:35-36)
To also love His commands, His law, His Word and Jerusalem (Ps119:47, 97, 140, 122:6).
However, because they loved gentile gods and evil schemes they were cursed (Jer2:25).
Though His beloved engaged in wickedness, He still loved them (Jer11:15; Hos3:1).
God prophesied that He will betroth them to Him forever
In righteousness and justice, in love and compassion, and in faithfulness (Hos2:19-20).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father's name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would love not flesh and blood through their ancestors
But souls through the Son His Beloved (Mt3:17, 17:5) as His children, not servants.
Just as He remained in the Father's love
He appealed that the disciples remain in His love (Jn15:9).
As He died in the midst of men's sneering and hurling of insults (Mk15:29-32)
Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Revealed the Father's love that gave His One and Only Son (Mk15:33-34; 1Jn4:9-10);
2) Judged the devil the separator (Ge3:6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Laid down His life for sinners and demonstrated His love (Jn15:13; Rm5:8).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
He reigns in love in the kingdom where there is only love forever (Col1:13).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent to those whom He loves
Pours out into their hearts God's love (Rm5:5) and
They become free slaves to the love of Yeshua (Ex21:6; Jn19:26).
The Christian loves
Yeshua, His Word, His kingdom, His church and
The souls whom He loved to the point of shedding His blood.
He puts on the breastplate of love and overcomes any test (Rm8:28; 1Th5:8),
Selflessly loves his brothers and
To snatch souls from the fire (Jude1:23)
He does not feel burdened to take up a cross (Ge29:20; Mt11:30)
For love is not knowledge but an emotion,
Not a theory but a practice.
O Lord,
You love this undeserving sinner that much"¦.
You truly are love, God!
Let even the coldest stone crumble before Your love.
Let even the most impregnable wall melt before Your love! Amen.
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I Am A Freedman
(Jn8:32; 1Co7:20-24)
God is the God of truth (Ps31:5).
Though the Word of truth He gives birth to children (Jas1:18) and
He brings His children into the freedom of glory (Rm8:21).
Faith is knowing that I am a freedman and
The life of this faith is being released from what once bound (Rm7:6), and enjoying and
proclaiming the freedom (Jn8:32; Lev25:10).
Freedom is sought and loved by everyone.
After Adam the ancestor of all men was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6),
All men became slaves of the devil held in slavery by their fear of death (He2:15),
Following the ways of this world and the ruler of the kingdom of the air (Eph2:2).
God delivered Israel through Moses and
From being servants of the pharaoh they became the servants of Jehovah (Ps113:1).
Those who wanted to return to being servants of Egypt, however, were
All struck dead in the desert (Nu14:4, 14:37).
The sanctuary reminded them of the name Jehovah (1Ki8:16) who
Broke the bar of their yoke and delivered them from their slavery (Lev26:13),
While the Law instructed them to set free their servants (Ex21:2-5; Lev25:10).
However, because they ignored it (Jer34:1, 17) they had to pay the price:
Their kingdoms fell; their kings were bound with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron; and
They were taken as captives (Ps149:8; Na3:10).
Thus, they longed for the appearance of the Messiah who would
Break their yoke from their neck and tear their shackles away (Na1:13; Is61:1).
Yeshua came and said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would break the shackles of not the flesh but the spirit
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father's name Yeshua (Jn5:43) and set all men free for
He is the Son of God who came as the Truth (Jn1:1, 14, 8:32-34, 14:6).
As such, He set free those held by demons (Mk5:2-13) and
Raised back to life those bound by death (Jn11:43).
Yet He was sold at the price of thirty pieces of silver (Mt26:15) and died.
As He died, however, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Kept the commandments and willingly became the Father's servant (Jn10:17; Php2:7);
2) Judged the devil who forgot that he was a creature, a servant (Ps119:91; Jude1:6); and
3) In place of men, was bound into a yoke of sin and tore His flesh and set them free (La1:14; Na1:13).
The Father raised Him up and He sat on the heavenly throne as
The eternally freed (Ac2:24).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Proclaims freedom to the whole world and
Lets those redeemed by the blood of Yeshua know the true freedom (2Co3:17).
The Christian is he who has been called to be free (Gal5:13) and
Thus has willingly become a free slave of Christ (Ex21:2-5).
He speaks and does according to the perfect law that gives freedom (Jas1:25, 2:12), and
Serves in the new way of the Spirit (Rm7:6) for
The Truth sets him from all that bind:
The past "” sins, the consciousness of sins, mistakes and hurts;
The present "” the ways in the world, its customs and competitions; and
The future "” poverty, sickness, worries and anxieties etc.
The Word of the truth breaks the chains of the past and the future and
Lets there be only "this day" (Mt6:11).
O Lord,
Let us know the Truth You gave
Tearing apart Your flesh
To break our chains to
Money, pride, competition, fleshly desires, anxieties and the ways of the world.
Let us enjoy this freedom and proclaim it to the whole world! Amen.
I am a freedman!
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I Am A Servant
(Rm6:15-23; Jas1:1)
God is the Lord.
By His Word He made all things and became their Owner (Ps119:91), and
To those who have become His servants, He gives eternal life through the Word (Rm6:22).
Faith is knowing that God alone is the Lord and I am His servant, and
The life of this faith is submitting to His Word.
While "lord" refers to a commander who
Exercises absolute ownership rights,
"Servant" or "slave" refers to someone who belongs to another without any ownership rights.
God supplies life to those who have become His servants
By the Word in the form of command (Jn6:63, 68, 12:50).
Accordingly, those who receive His command must have dual free will.
While a servant has the freedom to choose, once he chooses he has no right to disobey.
The reason why the heavens and the earth still exist to this day (He1:3) is because
All things and all men are the Lord's servants (Ps119:91; Jer25:9).
Since being deceived by the serpent Adam broke the command regarding the fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6),
All men became slaves of the devil destined to follow him to hell (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:19).
Joseph was sold as a slave to Egypt (Ps105:17) which became
The impetus for Israel's slavery in Egypt.
Following God's instructions Moses executed the exodus and
The Israelites went from being servants of the pharaoh to those of the Lord.
The sanctuary where the name Jehovah, and the statues and the laws were (1Ki8:16, 58)
Reminded them for generations (Dt16:12): "Jehovah = Lord" and "Israel = His servants."
In other words, they were to remember that Jehovah made them (Is44:21) and that
He delivered them while they were slaves in Egypt (Ex20:2).
In spite of this, however, they went astray and thus the prophet spoke of
The servant in whom God delights (Is42:1),
The righteous servant who will bear their iniquities (Is53:11).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19-20), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would make a way for all men to
Willingly becoming servants of God, Yeshua (Jas1:1),
Not being deceived like Adam or doing by force like Israel,
In the Father's name Yeshua (Jn5:43) not the name Jehovah,
Keeping the Word of Yeshua, not the Law of Moses.
He is the very nature God who took the form of a servant (Php2:6-8),
The Creator, the Owner, the Lord God who came as the Son of Man (Mt16:16; Jn1:1-3, 14).
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Acknowledged that the Father alone is Lord who brought Him to submission (Jn10:18, 12:50; Php2:6-11);
2) Judged the devil who left his position of servant on his own (Is14:12-15; Jude1:6); and
3) Gave Himself as a ransom for those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death (1Ti2:6; He2:15).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven.
He sat on the throne becoming the Lord of lords (Rev19:16).
The Holy Spirit comes to the souls of those who
In the past were slaves to sin (Jn8:34; Rm6:20) but
Now have been ransomed by Yeshua (1Ti2:6) and lets them know:
"Yeshua = my Lord" and "I am His servant."
The Christian is he who decided to
Willingly become a servant of righteousness (Rm6:19) and
Puts effort to become an obedient slave to be led to righteousness
Knowing that he is a slave of the obedient slave (Rm6:16).
Therefore, he surrenders his personal plans, life, possessions and
Becomes a good and faithful servant so that
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
He may refresh the soul of his Master who gave Himself as a ransom for him (Pr25:13) and
Finally enter into the joy of his Master "” eternal life (Mt25:23).
O Lord,
Let none of us become those who only give lip service saying, "Lord, Lord" (Mt7:21-23).
Let us repent for being wicked and lazy servants.
Let us live worthy of the price You paid for us, worth more than millions"¦
I am a servant of Yeshua! Amen.
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I Am A Child of God
(Jn1:12)
God is the Father (Mt6:9).
He gives birth to children through the word of truth (Jas1:18) and
He nurtures them through the Sprit of truth (Jn14:17-18).
Faith is knowing that I am a child of God.
The life of this faith is living according to the Father's will until returning to His house (Jn14:2).
The relationship between a father and a child is so enduring that
Even if the child distrusts, resents and even hates his father
His father continues to love him and infinitely sacrifices, forgives and waits for him.
Nevertheless, the Bible teaches men that their fathers in the world are not their true father
But rather the One who is in heaven is their true Father (Mt23:9).
As such, God made man a living being (Ge2:7) to give birth to him in His blood and
Establish an eternal relationship between father and son.
Angels, on the other hand, were made as ministering spiritual beings (He1:5, 14).
Deceived by the devil, Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All mankind became children of the devil (Jn8:44), who as an archangel
Sinned in heaven and was cast down to Hades (Is14:12-15)
Contained until the great day of judgement after which he will go to hell (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
After the exodus, the Israelites who were slaves of the pharaoh
Became servants of Jehovah (Ps113:1).
The Law, the records of debt on the stone tablets that they received (Eph2:15; Col2:14) was
Also called the spirit to fear (Rm8:15) for
Breaking any of them would cut them off (Lev18:29; Nu15:31).
The sanctuary where the name of Jehovah and the stone tablets were
Became the object of fear and reverence for Israel.
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days" (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would through not the spirit of slave on the written code
But the spirit of adoption to sonship written on hearts (Rm2:29, 8:15),
Tear down the servant status made by the name Jehovah and
Give birth to children through the Father's name Yeshua and
Establish an eternal relationship that can never break.
For Yeshua called, "my Father" to the One in heaven (Mt10:32; Lk2:49)
He was hated by the Jews steeped in the consciousness of slavery (Jn5:18, 6:42).
Yet as He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and fulfilled the Father's will (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil the father of lies (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44); and
3) To rescue all men from the present evil age tore His flesh and cancelled the record of debt (Gal1:4; Col2:14).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
Arrived in the Father's house.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes to
Those born-again in the blood of Yeshua (1Pe1:23),
Not leaving them as orphans (Jn14:16, 18).
He is in pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in them (Gal4:19).
The child of God is he who
In order to live for the Father's name, kingdom and will
Does not work for the food that spoils (Mt6:31-34; Jn6:27).
While he has the chance in the flesh
He repents and is forgiven (Mt6:12-15; 1Jn3:9-10; Rev2:19) and
Does not fall by any test or temptation (Rm8:35; 1Co10:12).
He cries out to the heavenly Father
To be rescued from the evil one, from the world, from those without hope (1Co15:33-34)
For there is no safe haven in the world "” not in the home, school or even church.
O Lord,
This world is so evil and so are we.
Take pity on me and all those You have given me.
When we leave this world
Take us all up to the Father's house. Amen.
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I Have Received Grace
(1Co15:9-10)
God is the God of grace (1Pe5:10).
He gives grace to whom He wants to give grace (Ex33:19), and
He gives more grace to those who know His grace (Jas4:6).
Faith is boasting the fact that one has received His grace and
The life of this faith is beginning with grace and ending with grace, and thus from the time one
Understood His grace (Col1:6) until the Lord Yeshua brings grace (1Pe1:13).
Grace refers to the gift of God which is freely given
Not because it is worthless but because it is too costly to put a price on it.
The Christian knows grace and receives it (He12:15).
From the beginning of all the epistles of the New Testament to
The last verse of the book of Revelation (Rev22:21),
The Bible demonstrates God's grace.
According to God's plan from the beginning He showed His grace:
The general grace "” all things "” to all living things, humans;
The special grace "” the One and Only Son "” to the believers, one grace after another (Jn1:16).
Those who especially received grace were
Noah being warned of the flood (Ge6:8), Abram receiving a son at the age of 100 (Ge18:3),
Lot escaping Sodom (Ge19:19), Israel and the exodus etc (Ex18:9).
The commandment that Israel received promised if they obeyed
They would be shown God's grace for a thousand generations (Dt5:10)
With the fruit of their wombs, the crops of their land,
The calves of their herds and the lambs of their flocks (Dt7:13).
The foundation, the purpose and the heart of the sanctuary was
The mercy seat where the name Jehovah was (Ex25:17; 1Ki7:48-50).
It reminded them that they were a people who received grace (Ex33:17; Jos1:2-3).
However, when they forsook His grace they faced His wrath (1Ki8:23; 2Ch32:25).
According to the prophecies regarding the coming of the year of the Lord's favor (Is61:2) and
Many peoples and powerful nations coming to Jerusalem to seek His grace (Zec8:22),
Yeshua came and said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19-20),
Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father's name Yeshua (Jn5:43)
Give not the animal sacrifice but His own body which God Himself prepared (Ge22:8; He10:5):
The incarnate Word, the Son of Man came to give His flesh to all men
Showing His grace (Jn1:1, 14; 1Pe2:24).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Considered it grace the Father's command to lay down His life (Ps141:5; Jn10:18; He1:2);
2) Judged the devil the ungrateful one (Ge3:4-6; Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17); and
3) With His blood redeemed all mankind as a propitiation, the mercy seat (hilastḗrion),
Fulfilling the heart of the temple, God's grace (Rm3:25; Eph1:7; He9:5).
He resurrected and
Sat on the heavenly throne of grace (He4:16; Rev22:1-2).
The Holy Spirit who was sent comes to those who received the grace of the blood of Yeshua and
Lets them grow in the grace and the knowledge of Yeshua (2Pe3:18):
By grace the forgiveness of sin, justified freely (Eph1:7; Rm3:24),
Becoming heirs of God etc (Rm8:16).
He who has received grace considers all things as grace:
Being called, the Word of grace, various gifts (1Co15:10; Ac20:32; Rm15:15),
Even poverty, suffering, tribulation, and sickness (Ps141:5).
Thus, no one can take away the grace he received.
He considers his life worth nothing in testifying to the gospel of God's grace (Ac20:24) for
The faith he began by grace ends by grace when the Lord of grace returns (1Pe1:13).
O Lord,
How You called us who are not even man or human beings and
You let us hear the Word of the truth "”
This is all by Your grace!
Let us know who Yeshua is,
What the grace of Yeshua is.
Let us know the cross as grace and take up the cross and follow You.
I have received grace! Amen.
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(Rm1:17, 3:19-31)
God is the God of righteousness, justice (Ps50:6; Is45:21).
By becoming the righteousness, He judges with righteousness (Dt16:18) and
He does what is righteous and gives salvation (Is45:21).
Faith is knowing that I am justified (Gal3:11) and
The life of this faith is about living as the righteous.
While the definition of what is right and wrong varies by era, nation and people,
To be declared as the righteous or the just depends on legal terms not moral or ethical.
The Bible indicates how all men will be judged before the righteousness of God, and
The standard of that judgment is the commandment and the law of God (Ge2:17).
While the righteous is the innocent who keeps the law and serves God (Ps94:21; Eze18:9; Mal3:18),
Thus promised of prosperity, peace, land and eternal life,
The wicked is the sinner who forsakes the law and does not serve God (Ps51:5, 119:53; Mal3:18),
Thus facing a shortened life, suffering, being pursued, destruction and eternal punishment (Mt25:41).
The sanctuary where the stone tablets were kept inside the testimony
Reminded the descendants of Israel for generations the Lord God of righteousness.
The irony, however, was that there would be the righteous prophesied to
Perish in their righteousness (Ec7:15).
This is because the world is ruled by the prince of the world, the devil (Jn12:31), who
In the spiritual heaven was the lawless archangel (Is14:12-15), as a result,
Contained in Hades until the great day of judgment (Eze28:12-17; Jude1:6).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body, He would
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father's name Yeshua
Put an end to the era where those who obey the law are declared righteous (Rm2:13) and
Begin a new era, the era of faith where one becomes righteous by faith (Rm3:27).
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Himself did the righteousness (Is45:21; Jn10:18) and entrusted to the Father who judges justly (1Pe2:23);
2) Judged the wicked one, the devil (1Jn3:8, 12); and
3) In place of the unrighteous the righteous was judged (1Pe3:18), becoming a propitiation,
satisfying the Father's righteousness
He rose and showed the resurrection of the righteous (Lk14:14; Ac24:15) and
Ascended to heaven and became the King of righteousness (He7:2).
Heavens declare His righteousness, the law of faith (Ps50:6) for
The righteous will live by faith (Hab2:4; Rm1:17).
The Holy Spirit came and the law of faith, the new era of the gospel began.
In the gospel is revealed the righteousness of God (Rm3:21-22):
The works of the Law = Yeshua Himself = faith.
For there is no difference among them,
Those who are justified will not be condemned (Rm8:33-34) for
They were imputed righteousness ("God declared them righteous") and
The result was the change in their status,
All by His grace through the redemption of Christ Yeshua (Rm3:23-24).
The Bible shows the ancestors of faith who were called righteous by their works of faith:
Abel gave sacrifice, Noah built the ark (He11:4, 7),
Abraham gave his only son, and Rahab risked her life to welcome the spies (Jas2:21, 25).
As such, faith is active along with works and faith is completed by works (Jas2:22, 24):
Righteousness <-> faith <-> deeds
Therefore, the justified obeys the command, the word of Christ,
Through baptism, prayer, driving out demons and laying hands on the sick.
While in the world the Lord's ears are attentive to their prayers (1Pe3:12) and
When they leave the world they will inherit the land (Ps37:29; 2Pe3:13; Rev21:1) for
The righteous is a legitimate citizen of heaven (Php3:20).
O Lord,
At that time, Your flesh was put to death like a lawbreaker
But Your spirit escaped Hades as the Righteous.
Our Lord Yeshua Christ!
Let us all become righteous and arrive in the kingdom of heaven.
Let us put every effort to keep the law of Christ (Gal6:2). Amen.
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I Am A Sinner
(Ps51:1-19; 1Jn1:8-10)
God is righteous (Ps119:137).
He works righteousness (Ps103:6), and
He judges the world with righteousness (Ps9:8).
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Faith is confessing before God that I am a sinner.
The life of this faith is repenting and becoming holy.
If one were to confess before men "I am a sinner,"
He would be labeled and avoided by others.
When one confesses before God, "I am a sinner," however,
God forgives his sins and saves him from all unrighteousness (1Jn1:9).
The Bible says that God alone is righteous and that all have sinned (Rm3:23) for
Adam the ancestor of all mankind was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6).
The devil is the archangel who sinned in the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17) and
Thus was contained in Hades, the universe, until the great day of judgement (2Pe2:4) "”
The origin of sin (1Jn3:8).
There are three types of sins in men:
1) The original sin "” Adam's sin "” inherited in the spirit (Ps51:5; Rm5:12);
2) Sins of desires "” the desire to sin "” the sin of the character (Ge4:8); and
3) Self-committed sins "” transgressions, unrighteousness "” the sin of breaking commands (Lev5:17; Jas2:10-11),
And the price of sin is death (Ge2:17; Rm6:23; Rev21:8).
The sanctuary was a mechanism to remind the Israelites of:
The stone tablets and the testimony "” the righteousness of God "” condemnation;
The atonement cover and sacrifice "” the grace of God "” atonement (Lev4:27-31).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would give not the sacrifice of animals but the sacrifice of His own body (He10:1-10) and
Forgive those who realize their sins for
He is the God who came as the Son of Man (Jn1:1, 14), who
Knows no sin but would become sin so many may become righteous (2Co5:21).
He rebuked the self-righteous men (Mt5:28; Lk18:9-14) and
Became a friend to sinners (Mt9:10-13; Lk7:37-48, 19:7-10) for
He came to call sinners to repent (Lk11:19).
He was condemned as a sinner breaking the Law (Jn9:24) and
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Obeyed the Father's command and died, worked righteousness (Ps103:6; Jn10:17);
2) Judged the devil the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) Through one man's obedience many would be made righteous (Rm5:18-19).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as
The King of righteousness (He7:2).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Rebukes His people who are in the world
Regards to sin, righteousness and judgement (Jn16:8-11).
The man of the Spirit is he who is
Tolerant regarding others' sin but sensitive regarding his own sin,
Thus curses himself who was conceived in sin and sinful at birth (Ps51:3-4) for
Still not being able to rid himself of sins and transgressions.
He grieves over himself who is
Unable to live by faith and do what is good (Rm7:15-25; Jas4:17).
With all honesty he confesses all to the Lord (Jas4:8-9; 1Jn1:8-10)
For he knows that the Lord remembers no more of the confessed sins (He10:17-18) and that
He heals the broken spirit (Ps51:3-17).
O Lord,
All my dirty sins that others could never forgive
I confess every one of them to You, Lord Yeshua.
Please forgive me!
Let me throw all my sins and transgressions into the past"¦
Cleanse me with hyssop and
Renew a steadfast spirit in me. Amen.
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I Am A Living Spirit
(Ge2:7; 1Co15:45-47)
God is the living God.
He lives for ever and ever (Rev10:6) and
He lets those who want to live live.
Faith is knowing that "I am a living spirit" (Ge2:7), and
The life of this faith is putting every effort to live eternally by the life-giving spirit (1Co15:45).
While all living things that God created
Strive to live following His command to live,
Ironically, however, humans are the only creatures that commit suicide
Since they mistakenly think that they have the choice to live or die.
After men die, their flesh returns to dust (Ge3:19) and
Their spirit destined for the fire of hell (Mt25:41; Rm5:12; 1Co15:22).
While angels live by keeping their proper position (Jude1:6),
For men, their flesh lives by eating bread and
Their spirit lives by eating the word, that is, obeying the word for they are living being (Ge2:17).
Their ancestor Adam, however, was deceived by the devil and
Broke the command regarding the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Ge3:4-6).
The decrees and laws that God gave Israel (Dt5:1) was the command
For them to keep in order to live (Dt30:19-20).
Even for those who killed were told to run for their lives into the cities of refuge (Nu35:1-32), and
Even the treasonous one was spared of his life (1Ki1:50-53)
When he held on to the horns of the altar in the tabernacle where
The golden vase with manna which the Israelites ate and lived for 40 years was (Ex16:33-35).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
In not the name Jehovah but the Father's name Yeshua (Jn5:43)
He would raise not the flesh but the spirit to live eternally
For those who eat His blood and flesh, that is, Him (Jn6:32-57):
The first Adam = the living spirit = not spiritual = earthly (1Co15:45-48);
The last Adam = the life-giving spirit = spiritual = of heaven.
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Willingly laid down His life for the command to resurrect and live eternally (Jn10:17-18);
2) Through His death judged the devil the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) With His redeeming blood cleansed the spirit of all men (1Pe1:18; He9:24), and forgave their sins and gave life (Lev17:11).
After He resurrected and ascended to heaven,
He sat down on the heavenly throne as the Lamb who was dead but
Now He is alive for ever and ever (Rev1:18).
The Holy Spirit of life whom He sent (Rm8:2)
Raises to life the souls who became alive by the blood of Yeshua.
The Christian is he who
Puts every effort to gather into the church, the habitat for my soul (1Ti3:15; He10:25),
Hears the Word of not Moses but Yeshua, and carries it out to action for
The Word of Yeshua is spirit and life (Jn6:63).
He firmly cuts off the desires of the flesh (Mt18:9) and all regrets in the world (Mk10:29-30),
Totally denies himself (Mt16:24), and
Risks his life to testify Yeshua before other men
Raising to life his own soul and others' souls (Mk10:28-33),
All because of his desire to go before Yeshua and live eternally with Him when He returns.
O Lord,
Nothing is more pressing, nothing more important than
My spirit living.
Add on to me a double portion of spiritual inspiration so that
I may supply abundantly food to the souls whom You have entrusted me with.
I want to go to the place where You are and live with You forever!
I am a living spirit! Amen.
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I Was Made
(Ge1:1, 26-28; He1:3)
God is the Maker.
By His will He created all things (Rev4:11) and
For Himself He created all things (Pr16:4).
Faith is knowing that one is created and kneeling before Him (Ps95:6) and
The life of this faith is surrendering to live on one's own and living according to the will of Him who made him.
Concerning the beginning of life are:
The atheistic evolutionists argue that life appeared spontaneously on its own, and
From a common bacterial ancestor everything alive today evolved;
The theistic evolutionists argue that God created bacterial life and
Guided over it to evolve into all forms of life we have today;
The progressive creationists say that God created new forms of life gradually
Over a long period of time, which is a middle ground between literal creationism and evolution.
The creationists, however, believe according to what is written in the Bible:
God spoke His word and all things came to be accordingly (Ge1:5, 7, 9. 12; Rm1:19-20).
The purpose of God's creation of both the visible and the invisible worlds was
To make His Son the heir of all things (He1:2; Col1:16).
When the archangel attempted to be like God in the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17)
God contained him until the great day of judgement in Hades (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6), also called
"The first heaven and earth," that is, the universe (Ge1:1; Rev21:1).
This was to use the wicked on the day of disaster accordingly (Pr16:4; Is45:7).
After the exodus, God led the Israelites, His holy people, through the wilderness
To test them and show that they cannot live on their own (Dt8:15-16).
Likewise, the commandment regarding the sabbath was for them
To remember that God is the Maker (Ex20:8-11).
While the sanctuary where the name Jehovah and the stone tablets were (1Ki8:9, 16)
Reminded them that they were created,
For they were foolish and unwise, they often forgot and were thus cursed (Dt32:6; Ps28:5).
According to the prophecy that God would create new heavens and a new earth (Is65:17-18),
Create a new thing on earth, a woman encompassing a man (Jer31:22) and
That people will look to their Maker (Is17:7),
The Word who was with God, who did the work of creation (Jn1:1-3)
Came as man, the one and only Son, Yeshua (Jn1:14).
He said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would raise a new temple that is not made with hands (Mk14:58),
That is not part of this creation (He9:11).
In the hands of the Jews who were steeped in creationism
Yeshua was put to death but as He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) By dying according to the Father's command, fulfilled the principle of creation coming to
the created world like a creation (Jn10:18; Php2:6-8);
2) With His death judged the origin of sin, the devil, who had forgotten that he was made
(Ge3:4-6; Pr16:4; Eze28:12-17; He2:14; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With the redeeming blood that is not part of this creation made souls a new creation (Is65:1-18).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as the Lamb.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Lets the souls born again in the blood of Yeshua live as new creation (2Co5:17),
Looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth.
Therefore, the Christian surrenders to live on his own and
Willingly chooses to live according to the Word of Yeshua.
He lives attached to the church, the body whose head is the name Yeshua,
Gathering on the Lord's Day to worship Him,
Never to leave it on his own (Jn15:5; Jude1:6).
Furthermore, he daily kneels before the name Yeshua and prays (Ps95:6; Jn14:13)
As to not commit the satanic sin.
When the earthly tent is destroyed
He longs to be clothed with his heavenly dwelling, not built with human hands (2Co5:1-9).
When the Son of Man appears again in the created world,
He longs to be taken up to the new heaven and the new earth.
O Lord,
Still rooted in us is the satanic nature of
Wanting to live on our own, doing whatever we want.
Let us never forget even for a day"¦
I was made! Amen.
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I Am Dust
(Ge3:19; Ps90:1-12)
God is eternal.
From everlasting to everlasting He is (Ps90:2).
By His Word He created all things and by His word He puts end to them (2Pe3:7).
Faith is knowing that I was made from dust and will return to the dust (Job33:6; Ps104:29), and
The life of this faith is, before returning to the dust, raising my soul to life.
For all living things die and return to being nothing
Humans have advanced science and technology to
Retard or even "reverse" the process of aging to extend average lifespan.
In spite of such effort, however, the perfect solution could never be found
As no one can escape the reality of the meaninglessness of life as
Men are in endless quest to find meaning in life, who they are,
Only to end in death, as many philosophers have argued.
The Bible says, "for dust you are to dust you will return" (Ge3:19) for
God alone is from everlasting to everlasting (Ps90:2).
As such, during the time of Noah,
He wiped away with water the flesh of all men and their civilization along with the land (Ge6:13, 17).
The sanctuary where the eternal name of God, Jehovah, was
Reminded them that they were those who live in houses of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust, "¨
Who are crushed more readily than a moth (Job4:19), that
They are lowly, pitiful and weak lives who need to
Realize and return to their beginning, repenting in dust and ashes (Job42:6) for
Like a father has compassion on his children, so does God for
He knows how they are formed, that they are dust (Ps103:13-14).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would carry the burden of sin on to His body as the Son of Man (Mt20:28) for
He knows how men are formed and has compassion on them, and that
He would raise men to life "” not the earthly body but the spiritual body to live forever (1Co15:44).
He is the first of His works, the One in the beginning,
The Creator who made the foundation of dust (Pr8:22-30).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Following the Father's command became the dust of death and put an end to the earthly nature
(Ge3:19; Ps22:15; Jn10:18).
2) Judged the devil the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood like a seed for all mankind to live in the spiritual body (Jn12:24; He12:24).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes in the name Yeshua and
Lets those who know that "I am = earthly = dust,"
That their souls are attached to the dust of the earth, and
Thus their life is preserved (Ps119:25).
The Christian is he who
In order to live again in the imperishable, glorious spiritual body,
Diligently sows the perishable, dishonorable dusty body (1Co15:35-58)
For he knows the number of his days is not many (Ps90:12).
O Lord,
This one life has passed by in a moment.
For this lowly, meaningless and weak lump of dust has
Received the precious blood of Yeshua
Let my soul surely be raised!
Let me and all those You have given me
Not waste this New Year 2018.
Like the stardust cloud in the universe
Let us together shine the glory of the name Yeshua! Amen.
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Be Human
(Ge1:27; Rev21:1-4)
God is Immanuel (Mt1:23).
According to His plan before the creation He created man and
In the last days He takes those whom He wants
To live with Him eternally (Rev21:1-4).
Faith is knowing that I am a human and
The life of this faith is about putting effort to become human in order to live with God.
"Man" is differentiated from animals by his distinctive nature and requires to have morals,
While "human" is required to have human nature (humanity) to live with other humans.
Humans use language to communicate with their family and neighbors and
They can be educated, understand, concede, harmonize, cooperate and even make sacrifice.
As such, the greatest pain for human is segregation, isolation.
The worst punishment for humans is eternally having no neighbors "” that is, hell (Mt25:41).
Despite the fact that God created a suitable helper for Adam for
It is not good for him to be alone (Ge2:18),
Adam was deceived by his wife and sinned, for which he resented her (Ge3:11-14).
Cain who killed his own brother and insisted on having nothing to do with him
Developed social anxiety for the rest of his life (Ge4:8-14).
God led Moses who at the age of 40 decided to visit his brothers (Ac7:23-26)
To deliver the Israelites who had been slaves in Egypt for 430 years and gave them the Law.
The principle of the ten commandments
Inscribed on the stone tablets inside the sanctuary was
Comprised of the ethics regarding God and
The ethics regarding neighbors "” in other words, their relationships (Mt22:37-38).
They were to love God with all their heart, with all their soul and with all their mind, and
Love their neighbors as themselves.
Though they were commanded to set free their fellow Hebrew slaves after seven years, however,
They disobeyed and thus were cursed with
The sword, plagues, being scattered among many nations (Jer34:8-17).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would not harm neighbors but show mercy on them.
He would further love enemies by laying down His life for them (Mt5:38-48),
Showing the love of infinite forgiveness (Mt18:21-35).
He is the Word in the beginning who became the Son of Man (Jn1:1-2, 14),
The very nature God who became human (Php2:7).
As He died, He said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Fulfilled the Law (Mk12:29-33), loved the Father with all His life and His soul finally entered inside the Father (Lk23:46; Jn14:10);
2) Condemned the devil the separator (Ge3:4-6); and
3) Loved all mankind like Himself and died in their place (Jn15:12-13; 2Co5:14).
He rose and sat on the heavenly throne.
The Holy Spirit comes from there to
Those who received the name Yeshua and became His children (Jn1:12) and
Lets them become members of church whose head is Yeshua (Eph1:22-23).
The Christian is he who has a sense of unity, the consciousness of the community.
He has neighbors who bear the image of God,
The brothers born of the blood of the same Father for
There is one God, one Father, one Lord, one body, one faith, one hope and one baptism (Eph4:1-6).
Therefore, he puts effort to eat together and starve together,
Die together and live together with them for
When the Son of Man Yeshua returns to seek humans who are humanly
He longs to be taken up to the Father's house and
Live with Him forever (Rev21:1-4).
O Lord,
Let us not become "humanitarians" who have no Yeshua or church.
Let us not become Christians without neighbors and brothers.
Let us weep with those who are weeping.
Let us laugh with those who are laughing.
I love You, Yeshua, so much!
Oh, I want to live with You, Yeshua, forever! Amen.