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The Word of His Grace

(Ac20:28-35)

God is the true Father.

He gives birth to children through the word of truth (Jas1:18) and

He nurtures them through the word of truth.

Faith is believing that He is the Father and

The life of this faith is like newborn babies receiving the word, whatever it is, as grace (1Pe2:2).

If even in the world true fathers do not hold back

Bitter words and even sticks to discipline their children,

The word of His grace is not a word that is sweet to the ear but

The word that is beneficial to the soul, that is not polluted by the world (Jas1:27) and

Leads them to share in His holiness (He12:10).

While there may be ten thousand guides in Christ, however,

Not many of them are true fathers who

Give birth to children and discipline them through the gospel (1Co4:14-15).

Since the ancestor of all men, Adam,

Listened not the word of God (Ge2:17) but the lie of the devil (Ge3:4-6),

All men thereafter became children of the devil (Jn8:44).

Even though they heard the word that was true

The sons-in-law of Lot considered it as joke and so

They were destroyed in the brimstone fire (Ge19:14).

The exodus of Israel after their slavery in Egypt for 430 years

Proved that it is impossible for God to lie (He6:18).

Yet all but a few died in the desert without seeing the land that flowed with milk and honey for

They did not listen to the voice of the Lord but rather complained (Nu14:22-34).

The stone tablets inside the sanctuary reminded them for generations that

There is no other true god than the Lord God (Ex20:3; 1Ch17:20) who

Spoke the true words from the mercy seat (Ex25:22).

The stiff-necked people, however, were seduced (Pr7:21) by

The false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds

Spoken by the false prophets (Jer14:14) who

Said to those who would die that they would not

While to those who would not die that they would (Jer23:16-28).

Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days" (Jn2:19), and

Upset the brood of vipers (Mt12:34) but

The poor and the sick were amazed by the gracious words out of His lips (Lk4:18-22) for

According to the prophecy His lips were anointed with grace (Ps45:2),

Speaking what He would accomplish (Is55:11).

As such, through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would reveal that He is the true image, the true food and drink (Jn6:55; He10:1) and

That He speaks only the truth (Jn8:14).

As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished" (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Revealed the only true Father who let the Son drink the bitter cup as grace for Him (Mt26:39-42; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil the father of lies (Jn8:44; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood, the word of truth, gave birth to children (1Pe1:23).

He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and

He is the true Father.

The Holy Spirit comes as

The Father who nurtures His children born again in His blood (Jn14:11, 17-18)

Through the word of grace, the gospel, the word He spoke (Ac20:32).

For the devil to this day attempts to

Turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths (2Ti4:3-4).

Those made overseers by the Spirit of truth (Ac20:28)

Cherish souls not holding back reproach or discipline with the Father's heart (He12:4-8),

While the true sons, even if they hear words that are burdensome or rebuking

They do not leave church but rather considers it all His grace.

O Lord,

Hold me close so I remain attached to the church of the truth until the end! Amen.