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Saved By Grace Through Faith
(Eph2:8-9)
God is righteous (2Ch12:6).
His word and His law are righteous (Rm7:12), and
He justifies the righteous and condemns the wicked (Dt25:1).
Faith is knowing salvation through justification as grace.
The life of faith is sustaining faith and boasting only the gift of God until the end (1Co1:31).
The gift that God gave all men is
The Only Begotten Son, His death and His precious blood.
As such, those who confess that they would go to hell because of their sin would
Welcome the most a law where by believing one could be saved.
God's command regarding the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil defined
Eating it as sin and its punishment death (Ge2:17).
Deceived by the devil who was
Contained in Hades until the great day of judgment (Is14:12-15; Jude6),
Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All men became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
The law that God gave Israel through Moses made
The consciences and laws of all nations and people uniform and
Brought the world under it (Rm3:19-20).
The more one tried to keep the law, however,
The more he became conscious of sin as sin sprang to life (Rm3:19-20, 7:9-13).
God instructed them build the sanctuary and
Place the stone tablets inside the testimony,
Above which was the atonement cover (the mercyseat) (Ex25:21), because
From the law that brought death would come
The righteousness that will impart life as grace (Rm7:9-10; Gal3:21).
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 (Jn2:19-20),
He would reveal Himself as the visible righteousness (Jn16:8-11; Rm3:21-22),
The righteousness that surpasses that of the Pharisees (Mt5:17-20), for
He gives eternal life to whomever believes Him (Jn3:16).
As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn10:19), declaring that He:
1) Obeyed the Father's command and was confirmed as the righteousness (Jn10:18; Rm5:18-19);
2) Condemned the devil, the evil one (Ge3:4-6; Dt25:1; 1Jn3:8, 12); and
3) Transferred the sins of men on to His body and redeemed them, fulfilling the requirement of the Law (Is53:11; Rm8:3-4).
The Father raised Him up and His resurrection is the proof of His righteousness.
He ascended to heaven as the king of righteousness, the founder of faith (He7:2, 12:2).
The Holy Spirit came and the gospel began to be preached and
The Era of Grace where the law of faith governs began (Rm3:2, 21-26).
Now the believer is no longer under the supervision of the law (Gal3:24-25).
By faith he is called righteous, by faith he is saved (Rm1:16-17) for
There is no difference between the righteousness of Yeshua and
The righteousness by faith (Rm3:22, 9:30).
The Christian is he who knows that,
Born under the law of faith, he simply believed and was
Justified by the blood of Yeshua and saved from God's wrath (Rm5:9, 10:10; Gal2:16).
Thus, he considers faith to be the most precious treasure and so
Puts every effort to sustain his faith by remaining in the word (Jas2:17) and
Becomes a preacher of righteousness by boasting only Yeshua (Eph2:8-9; 2Pe2:5) for
He longs to enter a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness dwells (2Pe3:13).
O Lord,
Somehow I was born in the Era of Grace,
Somehow I heard the gospel of Yeshua, and
Somehow I believed and was saved from sin and death and hell - hallelujah!
It is grace that I came to believe Yeshua.
I will climb every mountain and cross every river to preach this good news!
Amen.
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All Those He Has Given Me
(Jn6:38-40)
God is the Owner (Ps100:3).
He creates all things and with His right to possess them
He pays the highest price to make them His eternal possession.
Faith is acknowledging Him and receiving the right to possess.
The life of this faith is fighting to death in order to make what God has given as one's possession.
To be "given and "given into your hands refer to the same idea:
While a millionaire father gave his possession to his son,
Without the son's own toil, effort and fight, it cannot be made his own.
As such, without any toil
The ancestor of mankind, Adam, was given the authority to govern the Garden (Ge2:15-16),
But once he was deceived by the devil and sinned, he lost the authority (Ge3:4-6, 24).
While Abraham received the promise of nations and kings, and a son (Ge15:3, 17:6, 18:10),
Only when he gave his only son as a burnt offering following God's instruction (Ge22:12, 17),
He received the acknowledgement of his seed.
Until his offspring, Israel, returned to the land given into their hands (Ge15:16; Ex12:41),
They lived as slaves having no possession for 430 years, and
It was because of the stubborn hearts of the Canaanites that
They had to fight to take possession (Dt2:30).
The war history of Israel thereafter was about
Jehovah giving into their hands their enemies to destroy and plunder them (Nu21:2-3; 2Sa5:19).
The temple where the ark of covenant was reminded them of
God's promise on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Ex12:12-14; Ps105:8-11).
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 tear down the promise of seed (flesh and blood) and the land of Canaan, and
Make a promise of the possession of a new heaven and a new earth to all souls of men.
As He died, He said. "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Gave His soul to the Father and acknowledged the Father's eternal possession (Lk23:46);
2) Condemned the devil who stole and forcefully took possession (Jn10:10; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood purchased the souls given into His hands and offered them to the Father (Jn17:6-7, 9; Rev5:9).
The Father raised Him up and Yeshua ascended to the heavenly throne with
All authorities in heaven and on earth given to Him (Mt28:18; Col1:16; He1:2).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Came to give the name Yeshua as possession to those born again in His blood (Jn1:12), and
Lets them fulfill the Father's will to give eternal life to those who believe in the Son, and
The Son's desire to raise up in the last day
All those given to Him and also those who believe in Him because of them (Jn6:40, 17:20).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit is he who
Fights to death to
Not easily let go of those given into his hands and give them life (Mt14:16-21; Jn3:1-11), and
Pray in His name to receive the answer that is already promised (Mt6:32-33; Jn1:12, 14:13), for
He longs to confidently enter through the opened gates of heaven
In the last day with all those the Lord has given him.
O Lord,
In that day!
Let not even one of all those You have given me become lost.
I strive for this in tears (Ac20:31).
Let me not lose even one! Amen.
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Deliver Us from the Evil One
(Mt6:13)
God is good (Ps107:1).
He judges the wicked with His righteousness and
He saves us "from the hands of the wicked (Jer15:21).
Faith is acknowledging Him and
The life according to this faith is about putting effort to be saved from the hands of the evil one.
While the world rewards those who do "good
According to the Bible, good deeds are those that do not tolerate but punish the wicked.
It also highlights "the evil one rather that "evil,
Since the latter tends to be more abstract.
As such, the devil, demons, the wicked, the sinful, unbelieving hearts etc all indicate
The object of God's wrath and punishment.
Adam, the living being, took the forbidden fruit and sinned (Ge3:24),
Denying God and attempting to be like Him (Ge3:4-6), because
He was deceived by the devil, that is, Satan, who wanted to be like God in heaven and was
Brought down to Sheol and bound in it until judgment on the great day (Is14:12-15; Jude1:6),
This was according to God's plan to allow self-destruction of the seed of evil, the devil (1Jn3:8),
Since God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone (Jas1:13).
Nevertheless, in the history of the Bible, there were those saved from judgment:
In spite of being deceived by evil and killing his brother,
Cain pleaded to God to be saved (Ge4:13-14);
While people were going about their lives,
Noah and his family built an ark according to God's word and were saved (Ge7:5; Mt24:37-38);
For Lot was distressed in his righteous heart because of the lawless deeds of the ungodly people,
He was rescued from the destruction (Ge18:23; 2Pe2:6);
Despite of hundreds of years of living as ungodly people,
When the Israelites became God's "holy people through Moses,
They were miraculously delivered (Ex3:13, 19:6).
However, all but two who left Egypt died in the desert for
God wanted them to "purge the evil among them (Dt22:21-24), as
They had sinful, unbelieving hearts and had turned away from the living God (He3:12-19).
Yet the sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was
Reminded them of how He delivered them from their slavery, from their enemies.
But 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 destroy the evil one and do good by rescuing souls for
The incarnate Word came (Jn1:1, 14)
To judge the prince of this world and save men in it (Jn12:31, 47).
As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life according to the Father's command and revealed that the Father alone is good
(Jn10:18; Rm 5:18-19);
2) Judged the origin of evil, the devil (1Jn 3:8); and
3) Tore His flesh and delivered the souls of men from the hands of the wicked, the evil one
(Jer15:21; He2:15) and with His blood redeemed them (Mt20:28, 21:38).
After He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne
Yeshua received the authority to judge good and evil (2Co5:10)
The Holy Spirit whom He sent came to
Those who believe in His name and became justified (Rm10:10), and
Helps them to be delivered from the hand of the wicked world and the evil one.
The man of the Spirit is he who
Turns away from atheists (Ps53:1), the sinful, unbelieving heart (He3:12),
Those who belong to their earthly nature (Col3:5), and
Those who do not have the hope of resurrection (1Co15:32-33).
Therefore, he puts every effort to be separated in the last day
With the good and the righteous,
Rather than with the wicked who will be thrown into the fiery furnace (Mt13:49).
O Lord,
Help us not envy the prosperity of the wicked (Ps73:12),
Not walk in the counsel of the wicked (Ps1:1), and
Not love the world (1Jn2:15-17).
Even if they are our beloved family,
If they are unbelieving, lacking the hope of resurrection,
Help us turn away from them.
Deliver all of us from this wicked world! Amen.
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The Father's Perfect Love
(Mt5:38-48)
God is perfect.
He loves perfectly without deceit and
He perfectly carries out that love.
Faith is knowing His love and receiving it, and
The life of this faith is about perfectly loving like Him.
While romance love may be the most passionate kind of love,
It is conditional thus when one is betrayed that love turns into hatred, and
This is because it is false love.
The parental love for her child, on the other hand, is an unconditional and unilateral, and thus
The parent infinitely forgives and waits patiently for the ungrateful child.
When the angel sinned once he was thrown into Hades to be judged (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
But God's weakness towards man was shown when
In spite of the fact that the created man, Adam, sinned and became fearful,
God clothed him in garments of skin before banishing him from the Garden (Ge3:21).
Furthermore, God put a mark to save Cain who had killed his brother (Ge4:15).
The Law given to the Israelites is referred to as the spirit to fear (Rm8:15) for
They did not have much of a choice but to receive it.
As such, those who caused personal injury on others would be avenged
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, life for life, burn for burn etc (Ex21:23-25).
The temple where the stone tablets were reminded them
How God brought them out of their slavery (Dt6:12) and that
Following the Law they had to love God and love their neighbors (Dt6:5; Lev19:17-18; Mt22:34-40).
In spite of it, however, they remained fearful for the divine punishment and their neighbors' revenge.
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,
God would give the life of the one and only Son as a ransom for many (Mt20:28; Jn3:16), and
Give not the spirit of servant but the spirit of adoption as sons (Rm8:15).
However, for neither the disciples nor the crowds understood
They all betrayed and left Him (Mt26:51-52).
But as He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died selflessly and revealed the perfect love of the Father (Php2:6-8; 1Jn4:8-11);
2) Condemned the devil the betrayer (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood redeemed the sin of Adam who had betrayed, and gave the Spirit of sonship
for all (Lk23:34; 1Pe1:23).
After He resurrected Yeshua ascended to heaven,
The kingdom of the beloved Son where there is no more betrayal (Col1:13).
The Holy Spirit who comes from there
Pours out His love into the spirits of believers (Rm5:5) and
Lets them know the depth, the breadth and the height of His love.
The true Christian is he who has been seized of
The right or the heart to curse or avenge those who reject or betray him (1Co13:5).
Thus he does not repay evil with evil but
Overcomes evil with good (Rm12:17-21),
Putting every effort to love perfectly as the Father in heaven (Mt5:38-39), for
He possesses the name that appears powerless but is powerful,
The name that appears weak but is strong,
The name that appears dead but is living, and
The name that appears defeated but is victorious ”
The name Yeshua!
O Lord,
Our loving Father in heaven!
Before I die let there be not even one I have not forgiven.
Before I die let me raise one more soul to life! Amen.
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For the Sake of His Body, the Church
(Col1:24-29)
God is the Lord (the Head) (Ps16:2).
From Him come all things and life (Jn1:3; Rm11:36), and
He inherits His possession to those who belong to Him.
Faith is knowing who one's head is and
The life of this faith is filling up in one's flesh what is still lacking in regards to His afflictions.
The head and the body cannot be separated for
The body follows the head's status and fate.
Thus the body must absolutely belong to the head and
It must also absolutely be governed by the head.
In spite of it, however, the devil denied the Head and thus fell from heaven as Satan
(Is14:12-15). Then, he deceived Adam to be like God and sin, who became his slave (Ge3:4-6; 2Pe2:19).
God delivered the Israelites from their slavery under the pharaoh and
Made them His people (Ex12:17, 19:6), because of which
He led them by the pillars of fire and clouds and the ark after their exodus (Ex13:21; Jos3:6).
When they remained in God's covenant they belonged to Him
But when they broke the law, they were cut off, that is, death (Jer31:31-34; He8:9).
God chose Jerusalem as the place to build the house for the name of Jehovah (2Ch6:5-6), and
God chose David as the ruler of His people Israel.
After the collapse of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel,
The Jews longed for the restoration of their kingdom (Ac1:8) and thus
Preserved the Temple which still stood in their midst and
Waited for the Messiah who would come according to the prophecy (Mt11:3).
But 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 tear down the temple with the name Jehovah, the Lord of all things, and
Raise a new temple with the name Yeshua, the Lord of life.
Thus, as He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Returned His life to the Father, the Lord of life (Lk23:46; Jn10:18);
2) Condemned the devil who deceived Adam and became his head (2Pe2:19; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood purchased souls and made them His possession (1Pe1:18-19).
The Father raised Him up and
Yeshua seated on the heavenly throne as the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
The Holy Spirit who came in the name Yeshua
Calls the souls raised to life and purchased with His blood,
Gathers them in the name Yeshua, chosen as His body, the church.
Yeshua is the Head of the church (Eph1:21),
The church is His body (Eph1:22), and
Saints are members of His body (Eph5:30).
The church bought with the blood of God is watched over by
Overseers appointed by the Holy Spirit (Ac20:28) and thus
The Christian knows that he must be watched, supervised, and intervened by the overseer.
For the sake of His body, the church
He fills up in his flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions (Col1:24) for
On the day the Lord returns
He longs to be found as belonging to Christ as His and
Participate in the first resurrection (1Co15:23),
Finally receiving eternal life.
O Lord,
To this day the evil plan of the devil is to
Influence the sheep to carelessly treat the church and
Look down at the overseers and do as they wish.
Yeshua, the Head of the church!
Let every member of our church know the pains of branches falling away and
Finally understand this view of the church!
For the sake of the body of Christ the church! Amen!!!!!
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My Peace I Give To You
(Jn14:25-31)
God is the God of peace (2Co13:11).
In Him is peace and
From Him comes peace.
Faith is longing for Him, and
The life of faith is about receiving His peace fully and giving it to others.
While peace is the greatest means for greetings, wish or blessing as everyone want is,
Curse is not having one's grey head go down to the grave in peace (1Ki2:6).
The time we live in is often referred to as perhaps the most anxious time in history
Due to the state of economy, politics, national security, terrorism etc.
Thus many people today are suffering from anxiety and depression.
In spite of the face that the plans that God has for man are
To prosper him and not to harm him, plans for peace (Jer29:11),
All men battle against anxiety and fear since Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6, 10) because of
The origin of sin, the devil (1Jn3:8), and
Judgement and punishment await all (2Pe2:4).
After Cain sinned, he suffered from the fear of death and of others (Ge4:14-15),
But because he pleaded to God, he received a mark of salvation.
Abraham was called the father of faith (Ge22:2-12) for
He peacefully carried out the providence of sacrificing his only son on the mount of Moriah as
He believed that God would provide - Jehovah Jireh (Ge22:8, 14).
God delivered his descendants, Israel, when they were at the peak of their toil (Ex2:23-24) as
He promised to give them the land of Canaan ” Moriah and Jerusalem (Dt12:10):
Jerusalem (jireh-shalom) refers to the "promised peace.
The Temple of Jerusalem where the ark that travelled
Finally came to rest peacefully (1Ch6:34; 2Ch6:4) was also where
Those who pray for Jerusalem were promised to receive peace (Ps122:6; Is66:12-14) for
That is where the name of God was and sacrifice was given to Him (2Ch6:5).
According to the prophecies and the covenants,
Yeshua came as the king of Salem, the Prince of Peace (Ps24:7-10; Is9:6; Mal2:5; He7:2), and
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 give eternal peace to all men by giving His life.
Yet He said He did not come to give peace but a sword (Mt10:34-39) for which
He brought on persecution and encouraged those who conspired to put Him to death.
Remaining unwavering, however, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), as He died declaring that:
1) The eternal peace is in the Father alone;
2) Destroyed the devil, the seed of anxiety, the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) Flowed out His blood like a river, a flooding stream (Is66:12), to wash away the sins of all
men and give life and peace to them (Jn19:34; Lev17:11; Mal2:5).
The Father raised Him up and
Yeshua ascended to the throne in heaven as the Prince of Peace.
The Holy Spirit who flows from that throne (Jn7:38-39, 15:26; Rev22:1)
Comes to the souls of those who received the name Yeshua and
Gives them His peace.
Therefore, the man of the Spirit does not waver
When faced with trouble, hardship, persecution, famine,
Nakedness, danger or even sword (Rm8:35; 2Co2:8-10).
Instead, he puts effort to gather in the name Yeshua
To worship, praise, receive the word, repent and pray (He10:25), and
Goes out to preache the gospel of peace to the ends of the earth (Ac1:8; Eph6:15).
O Lord,
In these anxious times we live
We need not promises from the world for comfort and security
But the peace of Yeshua!
Let me and all those You have given me
Always be filled with peace like a river
Through worship, praise, word, repentance and prayer
Like the early Christians who were not shaken in spite of the persecution they faced!
Let us spread this peace to the hearts of those we meet! Amen.
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Faith Moves Forward
(He10:32-39)
God is living.
His existence and person are living, and His promise is living.
He gives what He promises to those who persevere to the end (He10:36).
Faith is believing Him and putting hope in Him (He11:1), and
The life of this faith is hoping for and thus advancing towards the first resurrection (Php3:10-16).
While in the world people look for a leader who has,
In addition to character and good judgment, a driving force,
The Bible demands those with faith that moves forward, breaking through any obstacle for
The result of stagnation or regression is falling into destruction.
An impeding element to making advancement is
Falling into despair when facing an obstacle,
Though this depends on how one sees the situation ” with reason and sympathy.
The devil is a natural opponent of the faith that believes in the promise of God for
He attempted to be like God in heaven but was banished from there, falling into despair (Is14:12-15).
Deceived by him, Adam sinned and was banished from the Garden (Ge3:4-6), after which
The Garden became shielded by a flaming sword (Ge3:24), an invisible "wall, and
All men became destined to trip over the threshold of despair and fall because of sin (Ge4:7).
Nevertheless, the start signal for God's advancement went off when
He broke the chains of the slavery of Israel of 430 years and delivered them (Ex12:40-42):
The first obstacle ” the death of every firstborn ” broke through with the blood of lamb (the Passover) (Ex12:13);
The second obstacle ” death in the sea ” broke through with the staff of Moses (Ex13:17, 14:15-16).
Though there was only advancement in their course
Lead by the pillars of fire and clouds (Ex13:21-22; Nu33:1-49),
All but Joshua and Caleb who left Egypt fell in the desert and died (Nu13:30-33)
Without entering the Promised Land for
They thought rationally when they saw the obstacles.
The sanctuary was the forward operating base for Israel for
They remembered putting the ark before them and
Crossing the Jordan and destroying the city of Jericho (Jos3:14-16, 6:3-21).
Then, Jesus came and said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19),
He would move forward to and beyond death and reveal the living God.
As such, His life was a course of advancement only:
Baptism ”> the Holy Spirit ”> the desert (fasting for 40 days) ”> confronting the devil ”> 3
years of public life ”> death on the cross.
Resisted the temptation of sympathy, a stumbling block that dissuaded His death (He16:23),
Jesus said as He died, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Only looked forward to what lied ahead and broke through death head-on,
and gave glory to the living Father (Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the devil, the obstructor (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His flesh tore down the wall of sin to bring out all men from Hades (Eph2:14; He10:20).
Thus, God raised Him up to appear before Him (He9:24) as
The founder and the perfecter of faith, the frontline commander (He12:2).
The Holy Spirit came to ignite faith to believers (Ac2:1-4; 1Co2:10-12) and
Lets them preach the name Yeshua in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth.
The man of the Spirit resists
Reason, logic and humanist sympathy (Mk9:23, 10:29-30).
Even if faced with danger from rivers, prison, beatings, bandits, fellow people,
In the country, at sea or from false believers,
He does not become deterred but instead continues to move forward (2Co11:23-27) for
He fears shrinking back and being destroyed (He10:36-39).
O Lord,
For in just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay,
Let us who walk this desert-like life never say words such as retreating or stopping.
Rather, let us only move forward and make advancement in our faith!
Let none of us fall into the fire of hell! Amen.
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The Holy One
(Ac2:22-36)
God is holy (Ps22:3, 99:9).
His essence is holy and He dwells in the holy place.
The Word, the Son and the Holy Spirit who come from Him are all holy.
Faith is believing that one has been made holy by Him, and
The life of this faith is revealing the holiness of God through the transformed self according to the
command (Lev11:44; 1Pe1:15-16).
To be holy means to be "set apart or different from all others,
As in the difference between black and white.
God's creation of the world was the work of separation (Ge1)
Light from darkness, water from water, day from night, fish from water, things that crawl on earth etc.
Then on day six, in the image of God He set man apart and
On day seven, He set the day apart from other days and entered rest (Ge2:3).
Though among many, God breathed into one the breath of life making him a living being (Ge2:7),
He drove him out of the Garden once he sinned and shielded it with a flaming sword ” still
The work of separation (Ge3:24).
The exodus of Israel and their isolation in the desert was the work of
Separating them from the prince of the world
By the blood of the Passover lamb and the water of the Red Sea (Ex12:22-23, 14:13)
In order for them to becoming a holy nation (Ex19:6).
Because Moses did not honor God as holy in the sight of Israelites, however,
He could not enter the Promised Land (Nu20:12).
The Law and the sacrifice God commanded them was to reveal the holiness of God (Lev21:15):
1) The Sabbath ” to remember and keep it holy (Ex20:8; Dt5:12);
2) The sanctuary ” where every vessel had to be cleansed with blood (He9:21-22);
3) The high priest ” chosen from Abraham ”> Israel ”> Levi ”> Aaron's staff ”> priests.
Even so however, the high priest had to be cleansed with blood and oil for his garment and body
Because he also had sin (Ex28:2-43).
Jesus 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 reveal the holiness of the Father for
He is the essence of holiness, the holy one prophesied to come (Lk1:35; Jn1:1, 14).
For He is holy, blameless, pure, and set apart from sinners (He7:26),
The devil and demons recognized His holiness (Mt4:3; Mk1:24).
After He received the Holy Spirit,
His public life was about only doing the Father's will and speaking His words (Jn12:50).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Revealed the Father's holiness;
2) Condemned the devil, the origin of sin (Eze28:16; 1Jn3:8); and
3) By shedding His blood cleansed men's sin (Jn17:19; 1Pe1:18-19).
His resurrection revealed how He is completely set apart from others before Him:
1) He was not abandoned to Hades and did not see corruption (Ps16:8-11);
2) The resurrection of the spiritual body ” surpassing space and time (Lk24:39; Jn20:19);
3) He entered heaven (the true sanctuary) ” as the eternal high priest (He9:23-24); and
4) The eternal King ” to reign forever (Ac2:36, 5:31).
Those who are made holy by the Holy Spirit (2Th2:13; 1Pe1:2)
Longs to participate in the first resurrection and enter the Holy City to dwell there (Rev20:6).
Therefore, he puts every effort to change in
His thoughts, heart, words and actions as to be
Acknowledged by the Lord and the church as a saint (1Co1:2).
O Lord,
We want to be worthy of being called a "saint after we die.
Let us be recognized as being clearly transformed after meeting Jesus! Amen.
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The Death of Jesus
(Jn11:25-26; He2:14-15)
God is the Author of life (Nu16:22, 27:16; Ac3:15).
In Him is life (Jn1:4) and
He gives life to the full to those who long for it (Jn10:10).
Faith is knowing that one has received this life, and
The life of this faith is being filled with the desire to live and giving away the life even to the point of
losing one's life (Jn12:25).
Death is the most shocking word for everyone since it is relevant for all as
All will die in the end and fade away after.
While the cause of death can be natural, disease, accident, homicide,
Death in combat, execution, suicide etc,
The most brutal and the object of greatest criticism is "double suicide as
It is the result of mistakenly thinking another's life belongs to him.
The Owner of the life of all flesh and spirit is God.
While Adam, the living being (Ge2:7), was supposed to be filled with
The desire to live in the flesh and the spirit,
He was deceived by the devil and broke the word of the life of God, and sinned (Ge2:17. 3:4-6).
Consequently, all men became slaves under the ruler of death, the devil (He2:15),
Being ruled by him and led to think, "Should I die? or "should I kill?
Such was manifested in the incident of Cain killing his brother (Ge4:8).
When he feared for his life and pleaded to God, however, God saved him (Ge4:14-15) for
The sin of killing someone who wants to live is greater than the sin of murder itself.
After the great flood, men began to eat meat but
God forbid them from eating any with its lifeblood still in it (Ge9:2-6) for
There is life in blood (Lev17:11).
God's work of saving from death took place during the exodus:
On the night of the Passover though there was not a house without someone dead
Death passed over those who followed the word and
Killed a lamb and put its blood on their doorframe (Ex12:12-30).
The sanctuary was where the law and the regulations were executed (Ge26:5; Ex25:8, 21):
The law - the commandments - death if broken ”> the testimony (Lev16:2);
The regulations - the sacrifice - animal died and its blood was sprinkled on the atonement cover ”>
By returning the life of the sinner he lived ”> the ark of covenant (He9:6-7).
Jesus 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 reveal that He is the resurrection and the life (Jn11:25),
With His authority to die He would die but with His authority to live He would live again (Jn10:18).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and gave glory to the Father who would give Him life (Php2:6-11);
2) With His death condemned the ruler of death, the devil, and seized his weapon of death (He2:14-15); and
3) Died with Adam's sin and returned the life of the sinner, and with His blood purchased all men (1Pe1:18-19).
The Father raised Him back to life and Jesus became the Author of life (Ac3:15)
To Him belongs only the authority to live, to raise to life, and thus
Those who believe will live even though they died and
Those who live by believing Him will never die (Jn11:25-26).
The Holy Spirit came in the name Yeshua to those who received His blood and
Testifies that they are now irrelevant to sin and death and that
They can now exercise the right to live.
Therefore, the man of the Spirit is he who could
Never die no matter how difficult,
Never kill no matter how much hateful.
Rather, he is filled only with the desire to live and
With the only right to live
He runs into the swamp of death to save those who are dying.
O Lord,
Though there is only the right to live and the right to raise to life for mankind,
Those suicide terrorists, those born to die, gave that up.
Before falling into the bottomless pit of death forever
Let us all in haste press on with this desire to live for the spirit!
Let us give this life away and raise others to life! Amen
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Our Pride
(2Co5:11-21)
God is the God of honor.
He honors Himself and
He honors those who honor Him (1Sa2:30; Mal3:16-18).
Faith is knowing His honor, His pride and honoring Him, and
The life of this faith is having His pride and living on His behalf as His ambassador.
Different from animals,
Man takes pride from his family, bloodline, education, knowledge, experience, society, nation etc. and
Thus keeps himself from becoming corrupted, deceptive, beg or surrender.
If he is hurt in any way he could even take his own life, which
Makes him a unique creature.
The ancestor of man Adam ate the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
Became a slave of the devil (2Pe2:19) since
He was deceived to be like God by him who challenged the heavenly throne and fell (Is14:12-15).
The people of Israel has a great pride different from other peoples in the world for
God made covenant only with them as
His holy people, a kingdom of priests, the chosen people of God (Ex19:5-6), and
As a sign of His promise of becoming the God of the descendants of Abraham
Circumcision was given (Ge17:7. 9-11).
Moses was sent to Egypt as an ambassador sent by God (Ex3:11) and
Delivered the Israelites from their slavery through the death of the Passover lamb (Ex12:3-13, 41).
n the desert they were circumcised (Ex12:48) and
Built the sanctuary and placed the Testimony with the stone tablets inside (Ex25:8, 25:21).
As such, circumcision and the sanctuary became
The pride of Israel for generations:
Circumcision ” they are a people who made covenant with God;
The sanctuary ” they were a people who served the only true God who is above all gods.
Yet, the last prophet John the Baptist insulted them comparing them to stones (Mt3:9).
Yeshua who appeared 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
Tear down the covenant made in the name Jehovah only with the Jews with the blood of animals and
Establish an eternal covenant made in the name Yeshua with whoever believes with His own blood,
For He is the incarnate Word, the Son of God who was with the Father in beginning (Jn1:1, 14, 18)
As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) With pride died in the form of a servant of God as the only Son of God and surrendered before the Father honoring Him (Jn10:17-18; Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the devil who attempted to ascend the throne (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Tore the flesh of the Son of Man, tearing the written code of man's slavery under the devil,
and shed His blood the blood of a new covenant (Mt26:28; Rm7:6; Col2:14).
Thus, the Father raised Him up and exalted Him to the highest place and
Gave Him the name that is above every name, the name Yeshua (Php2:9-11).
The Holy Spirit came and testifies the name Yeshua and
Lets those who believe and are baptized know that
They have drowned the human pride coming from bloodline, circumcision or self-righteousness, and
They are now a new creation, a creation that can now die for the name Yeshua.
The pride of the Christian is the name Yeshua for:
1) In his place the Son of God, God Himself, died;
2) His blood is in him;
3) Being baptized in the name Yeshua;
4) Having the surpassing worth of knowing the truth ” thus not degrading it to the level of
worldly knowledge by debating with it;
5) The body of Christ who's Head is the name Yeshua;
6) Becoming an ambassador doing the work of God.
Therefore, even if he is accused of being out of mind or being a heretic,
The Christian does not yield
But rather with pride
Praises, preaches, prays, speaks in tongue and drives out demons (Mk16:17) for
He longs to be honored in the last day when the Lord comes in glory and honor (Mal3:16-18).
O Lord,
Our pride, the name Yeshua!
Even if we are poor or persecuted, we have this great pride.
Even if we have to give up our breath, we shall never lose this pride! Amen.
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Bought By the Blood of Jesus
(Ps34:22; 1Pe1:18-19)
God is the Redeemer, the Owner (Ps78:35).
He created all things and is their Owner (Ps100:3), and
He paid the price of His blood to purchase souls and is their Owner (1Pe1:19).
While there were times in the past when slaves were traded,
Human trafficking, albeit illegal, is still present today and
There are professionals who are paid astronomical amounts of money legally for their bodies.
Looking at the Bible for the set value of people (Lev27:3-7), however,
We can see how worthless our flesh is.
Faith is knowing the value of the Owner of my soul and of my soul, and
The life of this faith is living for the Owner who gave Himself for me (Tit2:14).
Because of Adam's sin, all men became slaves of the devil (Ge3:4-6; 2Pe2:19), which was
Materialized in Israel's slavery under the pharaoh.
God sent Moses and began His work of redeeming mankind (Ex15:13; Neh1:10):
Through the sprinkling of the blood of lamb,
God redeemed the Israelites from the hands of their enemies, from troubles (Ps25:22, 106:10) and
Made them His (Is43:1).
The prophets spoke of the One whose name was
Their Redeemer from of old (Is63:16) who would
Save them from the hands of the wicked (Jer15:21),
From the power of the grave (Hos13:14) and
He would come to Zion (Is59:20).
Thus the sanctuary where the name of the Lord was became
The obsession of Israel who had lost their sovereignty (Lk2:29).
Jesus 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 pay the price of His life, His blood and
Reclaim souls from the devil (Mt20:28).
As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Acknowledged that the Father alone is the Redeemer who paid the price of His own blood
and reclaimed the Son from Hades (Ps34:22; Ac2:27);
2) Condemned the devil who stole souls (Jn10:10); and
3) With His own blood repurchased all men, their souls from the devil (He2:14; Rev5:9).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
He is the Redeemer of all souls.
The Holy Spirit who comes in
The name of the Redeemer from of old, Yeshua (Is63:16; Jn17:11)
Summons by name the souls who belong to Him from
The power of the grave, the ruler of death, from sin (He2:14).
The true Christian is he who
Knows that at the price of the blood of Yeshua
He has been forgiven and justified (Rm3:24; Eph1:7) and thus
His soul, his body, his time, talent and treasures all belong to the Owner.
Therefore, he neither defiles himself by the word
Nor becomes a slave of human beings (1Co6:20, 7:23),
But rather willingly serves the Master with all he has (Mt13:44; Ex21:5-6) for
He longs to be redeemed from the earth in that day and
Follow the Lamb and be offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb (Rev14:1-5).
O Lord,
You paid the highest price of Your precious blood for me, for my soul,
Such a worthless being¦
Yet You delight in that and do not regret it!
Let me know my true worth, my true value and
Let me not be sold cheaply to become a slave to human beings.
Rather, let me use my body for my Owner who
Paid the highest price to purchase me! Amen.
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The True Way
(Jn14:6; Jas1:12-18)
God is the true Father.
He gives birth to children through the word of truth and
Nurtures them with the word of truth.
Faith is grasping His way and
The life of this faith is not being deceived, and doing and living the true way.
"True or "truth has no change or deceit (Jas1:17).
While a "true way is a principle that does not require any analyzing,
Philosophy and religion has made it complicated to understand.
Yet no man can deny the truth that everyone dies in the end.
The principles of the creation which God laid in six days
To this day have not changed and
From darkness the light comes and all living things end in death.
Deceived by the devil, who in heaven deceived himself (Is14:12-15),
Adam ate the forbidden fruit and sinned (Ge3:4-6), for which
He was banished from the Garden and it became shielded by a flaming sword (Ge3:24),
Indicating the veiled truth since then.
Though sin was in the world before the law came, men did not know.
Thus the commandment came to Israel (Rm7:9)
To let them know about sin and death ” hence, the law of sin and death (Rm8:2).
The sanctuary where the ark with the stone tablets was
Reminded them of this unchangeable law of God.
Jesus 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 tear down the law of death and raise the law of life (Rm8:1-2), for
Not a part of the creation He is the Word who
Has been saying from the beginning (Jn1:1-3, 14, 8:24-26).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life to receive it according to the true Father's word (Jn10:17-18);
2) By dying as Adam condemned the devil the father of lies (Ge3:3-4; Jn8:44; 1Co15:45); and
3) Sprinkled His blood and made heaven true (He9:23-25) and tore His flesh like the veil, making the way there (He10:19-20).
His resurrection revealed
The true way of dying to live (Jn11:25, 14:6).
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the truth who came
From the true tabernacle, the dwelling place which He prepared (He8:2), and
Lets those who believed the name Yeshua and became His children (Jn1:12) know that
No one can come to the Father's house except through Jesus (Jn14:6),
For the true heaven does not deceive or change.
The man of the Spirit is he who
Neither deceives nor is deceived (2Ti3:12-13), but rather
Speaks only the truth and does what it says (Jas1:22).
He denies himself, taking up his cross and follows Jesus (Lk9:23-24) for
He grasped the true way of
Light after darkness,
Joy after sorrow,
Reaping after laying down,
Glory after suffering,
Friendship after loneliness and
Eternal life after death.
O Lord,
Not knowing this simple principle
I was lost for such a long time.
The more I tried to grasp the more empty I felt.
Yeshua! The true way!
Let us all grasp this way and
No longer be deceived by false things.
Let us walk the path to die with Yeshua. Amen.
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A Witness of the Life
(1Jn1:1-4)
God is living.
He lives on His own, and
He Himself testifies that He is living.
Faith is receiving His testimony and believing Him, and
The life of this faith is about testifying Him as a witness of life.
A witness has the duty to deliver and record
The event or fact that he saw, heard and touched for
There is value in a story that is validated for its
Realism, presence at the scene, and the common good.
A reporter has pride of knowing the event before others and joy in letting others know.
The top story of any news is the death of someone, especially that of a large scale,
While the top story of the Bible is the resurrection of Jesus, the resurrection to the spiritual body.
The Bible records the most shocking news of all the events in history as
It calls a great cloud of witnesses to testify (He12:1).
Because the ancestor of mankind, Adam, the spirit that has the flesh of dust, was
Deceived by the serpent and sinned (Ge3:4-6)
All men became destined to have their flesh return to dust after death while
Their spirit to eternal death (Ge2:17, 3:19).
While everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died in the flood (Ge7:17-23),
Noah and his family survived it for they took God's warning and built an ark (He11:7).
The history of Israel is a special recording as they survived
The death of every firstborn, the sea, and the 40 years in the desert (Ex11:5-7, 14:21-22; Nu14:33).
The sanctuary was a special space which testified for generations that God is living:
The golden vase of manna inside the testimony ” the 40 years in the past (Ex16:31-34);
The budded staff of Aaron placed before the testimony ” God is living in the present (Nu17:7).
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), and
Gave the Jews the cause to put Him to death (Mt26:61) but
It was for Him to reveal the true form of life, not a testimony of a living thing (or an organism),
Through His resurrected body (Jn2:21-22) for
He is the incarnated Word and in Him was life (Jn1:1, 4, 14).
As such, the sick was healed when she touched the corner of His cloak (Lk8:43-44),
The blind received sight when He touched his eyes (Jn9:1-8), and
The dead rose hearing His voice for He is the life (Jn11:25, 43-44).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life and testified the living Father (Jn10:17-18);
2) Condemned the devil who caused man to forget the existence of God (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood gave life to all men (Jn6:53-54).
The resurrection of Jesus is the true form of life (Lk24:26-43),
The Holy Spirit is the first witness who raised Him from the dead (Rm8:11).
He testifies that Jesus is alive and is seated on the throne (Ac5:30-32), and that
His blood, that is, the life of the Son, is in men and thus I am alive (Rm8:16; 1Jn5:11).
The Christian is he who has the pouring of the Spirit and
A witness of the life (Ex28:41; Ac2:17; 1Jn1:1-4).
He knows the value of his existence for
He has learned of this shocking event.
Therefore, he risks his life and takes pride in
Recording and preaching it for
It is sharing the life.
O Lord,
This is historically the most shocking event in the entire universe!
The resurrection of Jesus, the resurrection of the body that transcends space!
The pride of knowing this event!
The confidence of preaching this fact and raising others to life!
Even if my life is threatened because of this I will not be afraid.
Even if I am persecuted because of this I will rejoice and rejoice.
Lord, I kneel before the name Yeshua.
Let a sprout of life come out from our hearts!
Amen.
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Just As Your Father Is Merciful
(Lk6:27-38)
God is merciful (Dt4:31).
He is merciful to whom He wants and
To those who know His mercy He is merciful all the more.
Faith is tasting His mercy, and
The life of this faith is showing mercy to others.
Mercy refers to showing compassion, having pity
As a father does for his children and as
Those in a similar situation feel for each other.
After he sinned, Adam was banished from the Garden
But God clothed him in garment of skin for
He had compassion on him.
Because of the groaning and the cry of Israel
God thought of them and delivered them from Egypt, after which
He gave the stone tablets to Moses on Mount Horeb and
Announced the name Jehovah and promised that
His mercy would be for a thousand generations and He would forgive them of their sins.
Those deserving punishment, however, would not be spared.
The temple where the mercy seat,
The atonement cover above the ark with the stone tablets were (Ex25:21)
Reminded them of God's mercy that
Brought them out of Egypt, the iron-smelting furnace (1Ki8:33-53) and:
1) For those who acknowledged the name Jehovah;
2) When they repent for their sins toward the temple He promised to forgive them;
3) He let the defeated and the captives return to the land.
The heart of the Law was for
Those who know God's mercy to show mercy to their neighbors ”
Especially the indebted, the orphans and the widows, and foreigners (Dt24:10-15).
Finally, by God's mercy, the Son of God came as man, that is, Jesus (1Ti2:5)
To rescue men from the hand of their enemy (Lk1:72), and
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 show God's eternal mercy for all (Jn3:16) for
He came in the weakness of the flesh and thus was able to sympathize with men (He4:15).
As such, He had compassion on the multitudes of those who followed Him, and
Healed the sick and fed the hungry (Mt14:14; Mk10:47-52).
As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) At the height of the Son's suffering the Father's mercy was poured out onto Him (Mt27:46);
2) Condemned the devil, the archangel who is irrelevant to God's mercy (He2:14-16); and
3) Spilled out all His blood and water, pouring out His mercy for all men (Jn19:34).
The Father raised Him back to life and
Jesus sat on the heavenly throne, the mercy seat.
The Holy Spirit comes to those who have received the name Yeshua and
Establishes the throne of grace inside their souls for:
1) Those who call on His name are forgiven of their sins (Lk24:47);
2) In His name they are delivered from all curses (Mk16:17); and
3) In His name He lets the defeated and the captives return (Mt18:19).
Those who have been forgiven of their debts know the shame of a sinner (Mt18:33),
Those who have been hungry know what it means to be hungry,
Those who have been sick know how it feels to be sick,
Those who have tasted His mercy know how to show mercy to one another (Eph4:32; 1Pe2:3), for
When the Son of Man comes in His glory (Mt25:31-46)
He will remember what they had done for the least of them and
Repay them by seating them on the thrones in heaven.
O Lord,
Knowing our place,
God came as man and suffered to show mercy on us ” Yeshua!
Let us now have all the more mercy on souls who are headed to hell and
Those who are the least of us. Amen.
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The Only Way
(Jn14:1-6)
God is the only true God (Jn17:3).
He alone has the attributes that He has and
There is only one way to come to Him.
Faith is finding the way to the heavenly Father's house, and
The life of this faith is, unlike the people in the world with many options, walking the path of
righteousness He opened until the end.
A way or a path refers to:
1) The critical condition to move from one place to another, whether on land, water or air;
2) Someone had risked danger and already gone ahead; and
3) The right path is beneficial but one would be destroyed by going on the wrong one.
Whether they knew it or not,
All men became lost since Adam and
After he sinned the Garden became shielded by the flaming sword for
The path to the tree of life became closed (Ge3:24).
Once the Israelites put the blood of the Passover lamb and survived the plague (Ex12:6-7)
They left Egypt and followed the pillars of clouds and fire (Ex13:21-22),
As a path opened through the sea (Ps77:19), and
A way in the wilderness opened for 40 years (Dt8:2).
The sanctuary was the model of their journey from the exodus to Canaan (He9:23) and
It was for them to remember for generations:
The altar of burnt offering (the blood of the Passover lamb) ”> the water basin (the Red Sea) ”>
The lampstand (the pillar of fire) ”> the veil (the Jordan) ”> the Most Holy Place (Canaan).
The prophets, on the other hand, warned of the way of death before them (Jer21:8) and
That they ought to choose the path of life (Is26:7).
Accordingly Yeshua appeared for
As long as the first tabernacle was still standing
The way to enter the true tabernacle was not yet open (He9:8).
And He said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again three days (Jn2:19). because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would open the way, not only to the earthly Most Holy Place or to the land of Canaan,
But to the true heaven, the Father's house (He9:11, 24).
As finished the His path and died, Yeshua said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) The way of life to follow was in the Father's hands (Jn10:17-18; Lk23:46);
2) Tore down the wall of sin, the gates of the angels, which had cut off the way to life (Ge1:2, 3:24; Ex26:31; Mt27:51);
3) Tore His flesh the veil and went ahead so that by His blood, by a new and living way open for all to follow Him (He10:19-20).
The Father raised Him up and
He ascended to the Father's house in heaven.
The Holy Spirit comes to the children of God (Jn1:12) and
Testifies that Yeshua alone knew where He was going and went on His way (Jn14:26; 1Ti2:4):
From His birth ” the cross ” the grave ” resurrection ” ascension” to the Father's house.
The Christian is he who has found
The only way to the Father's house (Jn14:6) and
Confesses that he was once lost in his way but now has found the way of life.
Thus, he does not turn back when facing a sea or a wall or
Stray from the way of the righteous.
Rather, he puts effort to finish the race,
Denying himself and carrying his cross to follow the Lord (Mk7:14, 16:24).
O Lord,
Now I see that
The way of the Israelites was from the Red Sea ” the desert ” the Jordan ” to Canaan,
The way of Yeshua was from the cradle ” the cross” resurrection ” the Father's house, and
The way of the Christian is from baptism ” suffering ” resurrection ” the Father's house.
Even if this path is narrow and difficult (Mt7:13-14)
Let us all stay on track and finish the race! Amen.
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Store Up For Yourselves Treasures in Heaven
(Mt6:19-34)
Summary
God is the Owner (Ps100:3).
By His word He made all things and is their Owner (Ps24:1, 100:3; He11:3).
With His blood He purchased souls and is their Owner (1Pe1:19).
For He oversees His possession as the Owner,
When He calls out, the light, demons and even souls come out (Ge1:3; Mk9:25; Ac5:5),
While when He commands to hold still,
The sun, the moon and even souls are still (Jos3:13, 10:13; Is38:5).
Faith is knowing Him and trusting Him, and
The life of this faith is entrusting Him with one's most precious treasure.
After he sinned, Adam had to worry and toil to live and
Finally he returned to dust (Ge3:17-19).
As such, the management of his life was only futile.
God chose Israel (Dt4:20-22; Is41:8) and
Revealed that the toil of man is not in vain:
Though they had no possession for 430 years as slaves in Egypt,
When they left there they left with the treasures of Egypt. with which
They built the Tabernacle and gave offerings to God there (Ex25:1-2).
The Law given through Moses had
Regulations for worship “ sacrifices and offerings (Lev1; He9:1).
However, their repeated sacrifices became demoted to just a ceremony and
Because they did it out of fear, they became hypocrites (Mal1:8-10, 3:7-12).
Jesus 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 the perfect sacrifice and offering to the Father,
With justice (confessing that God is the Owner), mercy (loving Him), and
Faithfulness (trusting His management), which
The hypocritical Pharisees and the Scribes had neglected even as they tithed (Mt23:23).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid up His life, the most precious treasure, in heaven and returned to the Father what belongs to Him (Lk23:46; Jn10:17-18);
2) Condemned the devil who tried to steal the throne in heaven (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His precious blood purchased all souls of men and offered them up to the Father, storing up in heaven what was gained from the world (He8:3, 9:12; 1Pe1:18-19; Rev5:9)
His life and suffering was not a failure, but rather a successful management.
Thus, the Father raised Him up and He sat on the throne in heaven (He8:1), and
Jesus became the Ruler of heavens and the earth (Mt28:18).
The Holy Spirit came to the souls purchased by His blood and
Teaches them how to manage their possession for
Wherever they store up their treasures their souls will also be (Mt6:21), and
Yeshua commanded to store them up in heaven for
He guarantees an yield of 100 fold in the present age and
Eternal life in the age to come (Mk10:29-30).
The man of the Spirit sees
The gates of heaven open and Yeshua seated on the throne (Ac7:56; Rev4:1-2).
Therefore, for the Lord to receive the most precious thing ” his soul ”
He entrusts Him with the precious treasures gained on earth.
O Lord,
What is my most precious treasure?
Into Your hands
I commit the management of my most precious treasure.
Into Your hand,
I commit my soul!
Amen.
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Faith Is Present
(He3:7-19)
God is the living God.
He is living yesterday, today and tomorrow (Rev1:8, 18), and
He is the God of the living (Mt22:32).
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is putting all effort to keep one's faith living in the present tense.
While people boast about yesterday and assert about tomorrow,
God stresses on the present tense of faith, the faith that is living now, this day.
Thus, He wants the faith that does not stay in the past as a concept but rather moves now for
Even as all things that He created will pass away in history,
God is He who was and is and is to come (Rev4:8).
God made man a living being, and
Gave Him the word to not eat the fruit to raise him to life (Ge2:7, 17; Dt8:3).
For his heart was hardened, however,
Adam disobeyed and was banished from the Garden (Ge3:6, 24).
But by faith, when Abraham was instructed by God to leave his home country
He obeyed and lived the rest of his life in tents (He11:8-9) and
By giving his only son as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah after traveling for three days,
He became the ancestor of faith (He11:17-19).
Moses was called by the I AM (Ex3:14) and
Delivered the Israelites from Egypt and led them to the desert.
While there were 603,550 adult males, excluding the Levites (Nu1:46), who left Egypt,
None but a few of faith, Joshua and Caleb, entered the promised land (Nu14:22-30).
They all fell in the desert and died during the 40 years because
Despite seeing miracles everyday
They grumbled against God and tested Him ten times for
Their hearts were hardened and unbelieving (He3:8-12).
The golden vase with manna inside the testimony of the sanctuary
Reminded them for generations how
God provided daily bread to those who were living (Ex16:31-36).
Then, Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), for
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would give the souls of men the bread that they would eat and never die (Jn6:31-36), for
He is the I AM who is before Abraham was born (Jn8:58).
As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life willingly for He believed in the Father who is living (Jn10:17-18);
2) Condemned the devil whose heart was hardened and opposed God (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood redeemed the sins of men and gave them life (Lev17:11; Mt20:28; Jn6:54).
He resurrected and
Revealed His living presence to the living (Jn20:26-29).
The Holy Spirit who comes out of the Father to this day (Jn15:26; Rev22:1-2)
Comes in the name Yeshua and
Seals the faith that is living in the present tense (Eph1:13).
The Christian neither boasts about yesterday
Nor worries about tomorrow (Mt6:30-34; Jas4:13-17).
Instead, he does the most urgent work given this day ”
To raise his faith to life and
Arrive in paradise after death (Lk23:39-43).
O Lord,
Like the Israelites who,
In spite of seeing countless miracles during the exodus and in the desert,
All perished during the 40 years of the desert life,
Despite the many gifts and signs we have received and experienced
We still worry about tomorrow's bread,
Neglecting the most pressing work of this day!
Let there be no yesterday or tomorrow for us
But only this day! Amen.
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Only Faith Is Certain
(He11:1-6)
God is Spirit (Jn4:24).
Though He is invisible He exists, and
His testimony is certain (Ps93:5).
Faith is believing in Him who is invisible as though He was visible (He11:27), and
The life of this faith is confidently investing in such faith.
Modern times are refer to as uncertain times for
Even if economy, science, and medicine in general continue to improve
The happiness of humans cannot be predicted.
Furthermore, because of the fall of the sense of values
The collapse of morals and ethics has created mistrust even among family members.
Self-confidence is believing in oneself and the faith of the natural people.
As it is based on statistics thus there is no guarantee.
The faith suggested by the Bible, however, is the faith in God and
Since it is based on the word of God thus there is the promise and guarantee.
Though the people in the world consider faith as the most unreliable behavior,
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, in other words, the actual thing itself and
Consequently it must be testified by what is seen (He11:3).
Rather than the word of the invisible God (Ge2:17),
Adam, the ancestor of all mankind, was attracted by
The forbidden fruit which was pleasing to the eye (Ge3:6) and sinned.
As a result he was banished from the Garden, which became hidden by the flaming shield ”
The beginning of uncertain times (Ge3:24).
Nevertheless, by faith, Noah, when warned of things yet unseen (He11:7),
His entire family invested decades of their life in building the ark and were saved.
By faith, Abraham, when instructed by God,
Left his home country even though he did not know where he was going (He11:8), and
Gave his only son as a sacrifice, but received him back from the dead (He11:17-19).
By faith, Moses did not regard for wealth and prosperity or even the king's anger,
But kept the Passover and thus passed through the Red Sea as though on dry land (He11:24-29).
The sanctuary where the testimony with the vase with manna inside was
The testimony of the Israelites who believed in Jehovah (Ex25:22; He9:4), and
Eventually became the center of their faith for generations.
Yeshua appeared and said, "Destroy this temple and upset the Jews (Jn2:19; Mt26:61), but
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would tear down the faith that believes in the visible temple where
The name of Jehovah, the God of Abraham's children was (2Ch6:5), and
Raise to a new faith that receives the name Yeshua by whoever and
Becomes a temple (Jn2:21; 1Co3:16).
He called Himself one with God (Jn10:30) and told them to believe also in Him (Jn14:1), for of which
He was accused Him of being demon-possessed and raving mad (Jn10:2-21).
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Believed in the Father who could save Him from death and laid down His life (Jn10:17-18; He5:7);
2) Condemned the devil who caused man to doubt the word of God (Ge3:5); and
3) Tore His flesh, the veil, and put an end to the uncertain times (He10:20).
His resurrection testified that the Father's testimony is certain, and
Yeshua sat down on the heavenly throne as the author and the perfecter of faith (He12:2).
The Holy Spirit came to
Those who believe and receive the name Yeshua and
Certainly seals their faith (Eph1:13).
The Christian does not fear or despair seeing the present state of things.
Therefore, he obeys to death, gives dedication without holding back and
Prays until fulfilled for
When the Lord of faith appears again in the present world (He12:2)
He longs to see His face.
O Lord,
Whether it is our nation, workplace, money, people, family or health,
There is nothing for us to believe in.
Only faith is certain!
Give my family and all those You have given me
The gift of the Spirit, faith! Amen.
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The Purpose of Life
(Dt30:19-20; Jn5:39-40)
God is everlasting.
With no beginning or end He is always living, and
He eternally enjoys the life that is joyful, happy and glorious.
Faith is making eternal life the purpose of one's life, and
The life of this faith is living for eternal life, even if it means death.
While we now live in a far more advanced world than that of the past,
The suicide rate continues to grow worldwide.
This is because, even though people live earnestly from the moment they were born,
They do not know the purpose of life -- an irony of the human life.
The Bible is a book that records the purpose of God.
Those who know Him can ultimately live the life that is led by its purpose.
During the creation, to the non-living things God said, "let there be" (Ge1:3),
While to the living things, He said, "be fruitful and multiply" (Ge1:20-22) and
To humans, He said, "be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it" (Ge1:28).
As such, all things are earnestly carrying out to this day according to His purpose.
However, a problem occurred with the command that
God gave to Adam, the living being (Ge2:17):
Deceived by the devil, Adam ate the forbidden fruit and was then
Banished from the Garden;
All men thereafter became lost, not knowing the purpose of their life (Ge3:4-6, 24).
The exodus of Israel, who had been slaves in Egypt for 400 years, was
According to the covenant that God made to their ancestor, Abraham (Ge15:13), and
According to the vow that Jacob made about returning to his father's house (Ge28:21).
The Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years during which
Almost all of them fell there and died since
They could not endure the difficult circumstances and
Thus lost their sense of direction and wanted to return to Egypt (Nu14:4-33).
The sanctuary reminded them, nevertheless, that
"Jehovah is the God of the life of the flesh" (Nu27:16),
While the Law commanded them to choose life for them to live (Dt30:19-20).
But because they did not listen
They became wanderers among the nations (Hos9:17).
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 be reveal not Jehovah the God of the life of all flesh
But Yeshua the God of the life of all souls for
He is the incarnate Word from the beginning (Jn1:1, 4, 14),
The incarnate life that was in God, the Son of God (Jn14:6).
The Scriptures indicate that
Those seeking eternal life must know Yeshua (Jn5:39, 17:3), and that
His word gives life to the spirit (Jn6:63).
But He was handed over to death by those who did not understand Him.
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Following the Father's command laid down His life in order to receive it back (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil, the ruler of death (He2:14; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood so that all men can drink it and live (Jn6:65; Eph1:7).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
Sat on the throne as the Lamb who died but is alive forevermore (Rev1:18).
The Holy Spirit comes to
Those who are alive, the souls that came to life by the blood of Yeshua (2Co4:11) and
Lets them live the life that is led by the purpose of
Going to the Father's house to live eternally (Jn14:2).
The Christian no longer lives
Neither like an animal nor a civilized man,
But rather like a living being.
Therefore he does not worry for either his breath or his flesh (Mt6:25-34).
Instead, he goes out carrying in his body the death of Yeshua (2Co4:10-11)
To the souls who have lost their way and
Teaches them the purpose of life.
O Lord,
If all men could know the true purpose of life
There would not be any violence, crime, terrorism or even suicide in the world.
Let us no longer do meaningless things.
Let us no longer waste our time.
Let eternal life be the purpose of our life! Amen.
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More Love To My Lord Jesus
(1Pe1:3-12)
God is love (1Jn4:8).
In Him is love (Jn15:10), and
He loves all the more those who love Him.
Faith is knowing His love and receiving it, and
The life of this faith is loving Him more as time passes until entering the kingdom of His love (Col1:13).
"Love is differentiated depending on the relationship:
Romantic (eros),universal(agape),andexclusivelyforonelord(phileo).
While people value romantic love and attempt to sustain it through marriage,
The reality is that it cannot last for
As time passes, the more experience one has of others,
The greater the dissatisfaction and disappointment.
This is due to Adam, the ancestor of mankind, who was
Deceived by the serpent and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4).
Consequently, for all his life he resented his beloved wife (Ge2:23, 3:6, 12, 24).
Nevertheless, as they were cast out of the Garden (Ge3:24),
God clothed them in garments of skin (Ge3:21),
Showing His forthcoming love.
The core of the Law given to the Israelites after their exodus was
To love the Lord God with all their heart, with all their soul and with all their strength (Dt6:5; Mt22:37).
However, because it was like a tutor leading children (Gal3:24)
When they loved Him they were blessed to a thousand generations but
When they hated Him they were immediately punished (Dt7:8-10).
Consequently, they loved God out of force and fear,
Giving a way for the emergence of hypocrites.
Referring to the temple where such commandments, the stone tablets, were
Jesus 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 tear down the law to love God out of fear and force and
Raise a new law that would let men know the love of God for them and love Him willingly (1Jn4:16).
He is the beloved only Son of God (Mt3:17; Jn15:9).
For the Father loved the world He gave His Son (Jn3:16, 17:23) and
Jesus loved the disciples to the end (Jn13:1).
As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Loved the Father to death and relieved the Father's love (Mt27:46; Jn10:17; 1Jn4:10);
2) Condemned the devil the separator (1Jn3:8); and
3) Died in place of man and revealed His love for men (2Co5:14).
The Father raised Him up and
Jesus entered the kingdom of His beloved Son (Col1:13).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Comes to those who received His blood and
Pours into their hearts God's love (Rm5:5-8).
He lets them know the breadth, the depth and the height of the love of Christ (Eph3:17-19).
Thus even if they are tested by fire they do not take it as curse (1Pe1:7-8)
But rather like pure gold they are refined and all the more love Him for
Suffering produces endurance, endurance character and character hope (Rm5:3-4).
The man of the Spirit is he who,
The more time passes, the more he knows about people,
The more he knows about himself and
The more he knows about the Lord,
Loves the Lord all the more for
There is absolutely no dissatisfaction about Him, and
Absolutely nothing to hold back from Him.
The only thing he seeks to do is to please the Lord.
O Lord,
It is already the first week of July and
We realize how half of this year has gone by without doing much, without producing much.
How ashamed we are before You!
But one thing is for sure ” we love You Lord Jesus more than ever!
Amen.