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Christ Who Came to a Manger
(Lk2:1-14)
God is the exalted, the Most High (Ps92:8, 97:9).
He is in the highest heaven, and
His existence and His name are to be exalted (Ps7:17, 9:2, 111:9).
He dwells with those who are lowly and revives them (Is57:15).
Faith is longing for Him and
The life of this faith is becoming all the more lowly in order to serve Him.
For the dignity of a man is determined usually by the environment where he dwells and
The status of those who are near him,
People prefer those of a superb family and excellent education.
Then, how much better conditions would those who want to serve and live with a king need?
In spite of the fact the first man Adam was
Endowed with the privilege to rule over the Garden of Eden (Ge2:15),
He was deceived by Satan who attempted in heaven to be like the Most High and was
Cast down to Hades (Is14:12-15), and
Committed the same sin and was banished from the Garden (Ge3:4-6, 24).
Though God promised Abraham that kings would come from his descendants, the Israelites (Ge17:6),
They lived as slaves in Egypt for 430 years and in the desert for 40 years (Ex12:41; Nu14:34), and
God even added the Law.
It was, however, to humble and test them so that in the end all will go well with them (Dt8:14-18).
God instructed them to build the sanctuary where
As a kingdom of priests they would serve the name Jehovah (Ex19:6; 2Ch2:1, 4)
However, 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 made with earthly things for the name Jehovah and
Raise a new temple made with His precious blood for the name Yeshua (1Pe1:18) for
He came lowly to a manger in a little town called Bethelem and served the Father (Mi5:2; Lk2:7).
While He cursed high regions of Chorazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum etc (Mt11:20),
He was delighted to visit alienated villages like Bethany (Jn11:18).
He declared the judgment against the prince of the world (Jn12:31)
Though He turned down the plea of becoming their king (Jn18:36), for which
The Jews became disappointed and betrayed Him.
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The very nature God came in the likeness of a sinner, a man, and humbled Himself to the
point of death on a cross and exalted the Father as the only Most High (Php2:6-8);
2) He condemned the devil who attempted to exalt himself (1Jn3:8); and
3) He became a ransom lower than a sinner (Mt20:28).
The Father raised Him from the grave and
Exalted Him to heaven (Mk16:19; Php2:9-11).
The Holy Spirit comes to those who receive the name Yeshua (Jn1:12; Rev3:20) and
Lets them know that the name Yeshua alone is the Most High, the exalted name.
The man of the Spirit is he who
Confesses that he is the sinner, the poor, the sick whose dreams had been shattered (Mt5:3).
Therefore, whatever the test or the temptation he faces
He resolves to become all the more humble and lowly for
He understands that in his brokenness and lowliness
The name Yeshua is exalted.
This is because while Jehovah is the name served by the high priest, the superior man
Yeshua is the name above all names served by the lowest man, the sinner.
O Lord,
Yeshua!
Your name alone is the Most High, to be exalted.
How can we become more broken and
Finally be near You and serve You?
Let us be crushed.
Let us be crumbled.
Let us be broken even more! Amen.
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All the Toil Under the Sun
(Ecc1:1-11; Rev14:13)
God is omniscient.
He watches over and
He remembers for generations to come (Ps33:13-15).
Faith is acknowledging Him and His omniscience, and
The life of this faith is toiling in order to receive God’s eternal comfort.
Everyone who wants to live must toil ”
Whether a student, a soldier, a farmer or a laborer.
Among them, the ones who toil the most would probably be
Those who through painful labor give birth to children and raise them,
Though the children do not remember such toil.
Thus, all the toil under the sun are meaningless and meaningless (Ecc1:1, 11).
This is the price of the sin committed by Adam, the ancestor of all men,
For dust he is and to dust he will return (Ge3:4-6, 19).
Nevertheless, for the wages of the righteous is life (Pr10:16),
Like his name, Noah was comforted by God for his painful foil (Ge5:29) as
He and his family were saved by the ark which he built for decades and
Became an heir of righteousness (He11:7).
At the end of his servitude for 20 years
Jacob did not return home with empty hands but rather became wealthy (Ge31:42).
After decades of living in prison and as a stranger in a foreign land
God made Joseph to be fruitful in the land (Ge41:52).
As the Israelites left Egypt after 430 years of slavery (Ex12:35-36, 41),
They plundered their silver and gold, with which
They later built the sanctuary where the name for the Lord Jehovah was and
It reminded them to remember for generations
The God who watches over their painful toil and comforts them.
However, 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 built by the toil of sinners with earthly things and
Raise a new temple not part of this creation by the toil of the righteous (He9:11-12).
With one word He filled up with fish
Two boats that had been empty in spite of toiling all night (Lk5:4-8),
Revealing the toil of the righteous is not in vain.
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Commended His soul to the Father at the height of His painful toils and sought only the
Father’s comfort (Lk23:46);
2) Condemned the devil who without any toil stole (1Jn3:8); and
3) Through painful labor of tearing His flesh gave birth to children of God (Rm8:9; 1Pe1:23).
His resurrection and ascension proved that
The wages of the righteous is life (Pr10:16).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes in the name Yeshua to believers and
Lets them know that the toil of the righteous is never in vain.
The man of the Spirit, therefore, is he who
Willingly works harder than anyone (1Co4:12, 15:10; Php2:16)
For His body the church, whatever the work (Col1:24; 2Co11:3-27)
Giving birth to children in the gospel through painful labor for
When his toil ends
He longs to rest in the Father’s house (Rev14:13).
O Lord,
This year has already reached its end.
It went by like a flash while I was busy with my day-to-day life.
How I meaninglessly spent the year 2016 which will never come back in my life¦
Lord, if You allow me another year
Let me no longer live in vain and
Let me instead toil for Your name, Your church and the gospel!
Amen.
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Christ Who Came In the Flesh
(Ps68:19; He4:14-16)
God is merciful (Dt4:31).
He is merciful to the weak, and
Shows greater mercy to those who are merciful (Mt5:7).
Faith is longing for His mercy, and
The life of this faith is entrusting Him with all burdens regarding the flesh and thinking of those
who also suffer like oneself.
While the flesh is important to man because without it he cannot live,
It is because of the flesh that he has the burden of the need of food, clothing and shelter,
The concerns of illness, hardship and aging etc.
The improvement of human culture and civilization compensates the weakness of the flesh,
Designed to add convenience.
Yet one can never escape death and once dead none of it will matter.
Adam is a spiritual being with flesh (Ge2:7).
For the flesh he was to live on fruits while
For the spirit he was to live on the word of God (Ge1:17).
However, deceived by the serpent, he disobeyed the word and was banished from the Garden,
After which all men became destined to live with the burden of sin and the toils of life (Ge3:4-6, 24).
In spite of the fact that God promised Abraham how He would be the God of his descendants
Reminded through the sign of circumcision done to the flesh (Ge17:10),
After his descendants were delivered from their slavery in Egypt of 430 years
By the blood of the Passover lamb and saved from the Red Sea (Ex12:41)
Almost all of them died complaining about their environment in the desert which was
Still inferior to that of their slavery.
Furthermore, they suffered even more from the burden of the Law,
The regulations for the body (He9:10).
Nevertheless, through the atoning sacrifice given in the sanctuary
They received God’s mercy, from the mercy seat (Ex25:21; Lev4:27-31), and thus
They praised God their Savior who daily bears their burdens (Ps68:19).
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 regulations for the body and
Reveal the truth of the resurrection of the spiritual body (Jn11:25, 14:6).
The suffering of the Son of God Yeshua because of the flesh began
From the time He was laid in a manger as a baby (Lk2:4-7):
A manger ” escape ” poverty ” the devil’s temptation ” mockery ” exhaustion ” arrest ”
Flogging, piercing, crushed ” death.
Yet He said to not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul (Mt10:28), and
To not worry about what to eat or what to wear for the flesh (Mt6:31-33).
As He died, He said, “It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Surpassed the limit of the suffering in the flesh by the Father’s mercy (Lk23:46; He5:7);
2) Condemned the devil who brought on suffering for all men (1Jn3:8); and
3) Bore the burden of all men who also suffer the same because of the flesh (Mt20:28; 1Pe1:24).
He rose and became the firstfruit of the resurrection of the spiritual body and
Sat on the heavenly mercy seat (Lk24:39; 1Co15:20, 23).
For He sympathizes with the weakness of men
He showed mercy by pouring out the Holy Spirit (He4:15-16; Ac2:17)
On to those who are waiting for Him to appear a second time (He9:28).
The man of the Spirit is he who
In order for a natural body to receive a spiritual body,
The lowly body to a glorious body (Rm8:23; 1Co15:44; Php3:11),
Carries in his body the death of Jesus, that is, the cross (2Co4:10),
By approaching the throne of His mercy daily (Mt26:41; He4:16)
He surpasses all things, not even knowing whether in the body or out of the body (1Co7:29-30), and
Thinks of those who are also suffering because of their bodies and shows mercy on them (He13:3).
O Lord,
If we did not have these bodies
We would not even need shelter, clothing, food, car, job or even family!
Yet, for such things we put a great effort while
We hesitate to live for the eternal body that we ought to be living for.
Lord, for our heart is willing but the flesh is weak so
Give us Your power to surpass! Amen.
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Precious Living Stones
(1Pe2:1-10)
God is the God of glory.
His nature is glorious and He is surrounded by glory, and
He lets those who bring their glory dwell in His glory forever (Rev21:22-24, 22:5).
Faith is knowing and longing for Him and His glory, and
The life of this faith is about putting effort to carve oneself out like a precious stone in order to be
built into His spiritual house.
Since stones last in their freshness,
Regardless of the times, they have always been used as natural material for buildings,
While in ancient times they were considered to be spiritual and thus were idolized.
If the value of a house is in the materials used and the people who live in it,
Imagine the precious materials God would use to build His house.
Even though Adam lived in the Garden of Eden that was abundant with precious stones (Ge2:11-12),
Once he was deceived by the devil to be like God and sinned,
He was banished from there (Ge3:5, 24).
The devil was a beautiful archangel adorned with precious stones in heaven who
Then dreamed of being glorious like God and sinned (Eze28:11-16),
Because of which he was cast down to darkness, the depths of the pit (Is14:12-15).
The plan of God embarked with Israel:
Jacob poured oil on top of the stone where he had placed his head and dreamed of seeing God
and Called it Bethel, the house of God, the gate of heaven (Ge28:16-19),
Making the place a landmark for returning to his father’s house.
After being delivered from their slavery, Israel returned to the place of their fathers (Ge15:16).
In the desert, God instructed them to build the sanctuary (Ex25:8) and
For the high priest’s ephod a breastplate with precious stones (Ex28:17-21) for him
To enter and serve in the Most Holy Place where
There was no lamp because the glory of the Lord filled it (2Ch7:2).
Looking at the temple that was made of many stones (1Ki5:13-18),
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days, which
Shocked the Jews who belonged to the kingdom of priests (Ex19:6).
However, He was referring to the temple of His body (Jn2:19-20) for
The stone the builders rejected would become
The cornerstone of the house on Zion (Ps118:22; Is28:16),
The stone that makes unbelievers stumble and fall (Is8:14).
As He died in daylight, darkness came over all land and
He said, “It is finished (Mt27:45; Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Submitted before the glory of the Father (Jn10:17; Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the devil who attempted to steal God’s glory (1Jn3:8); and
3) For all men spilled out His precious living blood, the light of life (Jn1:1, 4, 14; 1Pe1:18-19).
The Father raised Him up and
Yeshua became the cornerstone for the heavenly temple (1Pe2:4).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent came in the name Yeshua and
Builds the church on the cornerstone, that is
The faith that confesses that Yeshua is Christ, the Son of the living God (Mt16:16-18),
The gates of heaven to return to the Father’s house, the spiritual house.
The man of the Spirit is he who
Longs to enter the New Jerusalem where there is no need for
The light of a lamp or the light of the sun (Rev22:5),
The marvelous light of the glory of the Lamb.
Therefore, he puts effort to carve himself out like a precious stone,
Submitting to sacrifice and pains
In order to become a part of the church of Christ on earth.
O Lord,
I am not interested in the streets paved with gold,
The house with precious stones or the river of the water of life.
My only desire is to
Stand before the marvelous light of the Lamb Yeshua in that day! Amen.
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For My Soul To Live
(Jn6:63, 12:50)
God is the God of eternal life (Ge21:33).
In Him is life and
He lets those who want to live eternally live.
Faith is knowing that one is a soul that must live and thus longing to live, and
The life of this faith is putting every effort to live even at the cost of losing one’s breath.
While the most important thing in this world is life
The life of man is only a breath, which makes
This life that is dependent on breath pitiful.
The composition of man is the flesh that lives by the food that comes from dust, and
The soul that lives by the word that comes from the mouth of God (Dt8:3).
Man sinned when Adam was deceived by the devil (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
Ate the forbidden fruit and disobeyed the word of God ” which was giving up to live.
When God judged the world by a flood
Everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died (Ge7:22),
But Noah and his family obeyed God’s word and lived (Ge6:22;).
The spirit of death passed over those who
Followed the word and put the blood of the passover lamb (Ex12:13) for
There is life in the blood and it is the blood that atones sin (Lev17:11).
There was always blood flowing at the altar of the tabernacle which
God instructed Israel to build in the desert (Lev4:18) for
It was where sinners gave sacrifice in order to live.
The commandment that God gave the Israelites was
For them to choose life in order to live (Dt30:19) and it showed that
Those who wanted to live were spared of their life:
Cain who killed his brother, those ran into the cities of refuge after accidentally killing,
Even the traitor who held on to the horns of the altar (Ge4:14-15; Nu35:15-28; 1Ki1:50-53).
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 reveal that He is the life that would die but live again for
His word is spirit and life (Jn6:63), and that He came as
The last Adam, the life-giving spirit who gives life to the living spirit, the first Adam (1Co15:45).
As He died, He said, “It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command in order to live forever (Jn10:17-18, 12:50);
2) Destroyed the devil, the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood redeemed the sin of all men and spilled life for them (Mt20:28; 1Pe1:18-19).
The Father raised Him up and
Yeshua sat on the heavenly throne for He is the author of life (Ac3:15).
The Spirit of life whom He sent (Rm8:2)
Lets the souls who received the blood of Yeshua live by
Receiving His word as command (Jn12:50).
The true Christian is he who
For his own soul to live
Clings onto the church to death and
Carries out his duty to death (Jn15:4-6).
O Lord,
Let us never give up on our souls from living,
Even if it means starving to death! Amen.
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Wait for the Precious Fruit
(1Th5:16-18; Jas5:7-11)
God is the Gardener (Jn15:1).
He sows good seeds in His field (Mt13:24) and
Waits to bring in the fruit into the barn which He prepared in heaven (Mt13:30).
Faith is receiving His good seed and longing to become a precious fruit.
The life of this faith is being patient and standing firm, growing by the early and late rains until being taken up to heaven.
A gardener or a farmer has a purpose, a principle and a plan:
His purpose is to reap many folds of his crop (Mt13:23);
His principle is to sow good seeds in a good field at the right time and looking after it until harvest;
His plan is to wait for them to grow in the sun and the rain.
God created man in order to
Sow in him the seed that was before the creation and
Reap many folds of crops (1Pe1:20-24).
Deceived by the devil, Adam the living being, however, sinned and
Sin and death entered all (Ge2:17; Rm5:12; 1Co15:21).
God gave the law, the law of sin and death (Rm8:2) for
Men to become conscious of sin and confess (Rm3:19-20).
The sanctuary where the stone tablets were placed
Inside the testimony reminded them this.
When the time had fully come, the Son of God Yeshua came
Born of a woman, born under law (Gal4:4-5), 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 fall to His ground and be sown as the good seed to bear many fruit (Jn1:11, 12:24).
As He died, He said, “It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life and fulfilled the Gardener Father’s will of sowing a good seed in His own
field to reap a valuable crop (Ps126:4-6; Jn10:17; Jas5:7);
2) Condemned the devil, the bad seed (1Jn3:8); and
3) Paid the price of sin for all men and sprinkled His blood to sow life (Mt13:24, 31-32; 1Pe1:23).
The Father raised Him up and
Yeshua entered the heavenly barn as the firsffruit (1Co15:23).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes
To those who received the sprinkling of His blood in the field of their hearts (He12:24; 1Pe1:2), and
Lets them grow by the early and late rains (Jas5:7).
The “early rain refers to experiencing the Holy Spirit, receiving His gifts,
Having prayers answered, finding joy and easily growing in faith,
While the “late rain refers to patiently waiting through
Poverty, persecution, hardship, test, absence of answer to prayers etc.
In order to become a precious fruit,
The man of the Spirit resolves to
Be patient and stand firm
Knowing that he is tempted only what he can bear and
When he is tempted the Lord provides a way out for him (1Co10:13).
Therefore he puts every effort to rejoice always, pray continually and
Give thanks in all circumstances (1Th5:16-17) for
He longs in that day to enter the gates of the heavenly barn with thanksgiving (Ps100:4).
O Lord,
How patiently You waited to come to Your own field to be sown at the right time.
How patiently You waited for me to finally receive the good seed, Your blood.
Thank You, Yeshua!
Let us all remember the first love, the first grace and
Stand up over today’s suffering and overcome!
Amen.
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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.