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Yeshua is My Lord

(1Pe3:13-22)

God is the Lord of salvation (Ps27:1; He2:10).

Salvation comes from Him (Ps37:29; Jnh2:9), and

He leads to salvation.

Faith is acknowledging this and receiving Him as one's Lord of salvation, and

The life of this faith is about following Him to death until the end.

A servant's destiny is determined by what kind of master he has,

As a train's destination is determined by which engine it is connected to.

The Bible demonstrates that

Men have a choice today whom they will follow ” Yeshua or the devil ”

Because all men were deceived by the devil and sinned,

Consequently becoming his slave to follow him to hell (Mt25:41),

As a slave has no right to choose.

When God sent Moses to Egypt to

Deliver the Israelites from their slavery of 430 years (Ex12:40),

They left half-forced because of which

They constantly complained and resented as they followed the pillar of fire in the desert (Ex13:21) for

It was not by their choice but by circumstances that

They became the servants of Jehovah (Ex3:14).

To remind them of this for generations,

In the desert God commanded them to build the sanctuary where

The name Jehovah, the the Testimony (Ex25:21) was, inside of which were

The stone tablets of the Law, the spirit of servant (Rm8:15).

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 save men from the law of sin and death,

From the slavery under the devil (Jn12:31, 47; Rm8:2), for

He came with the name Yeshua (Mt1:21).

As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1.
Willingly laid down His life because salvation comes from the Father who alone could save Him (Jn10:17; He5:9);

2.
Condemned the devil who enslaved men with lies (Ge3:4; He2:14-15); and

3.
Tore His flesh tearing the written code and gave a choice to men (Col2:14; He10:20).

The Father raised Him and seated Him on the heavenly throne, and

Yeshua became the head, the Lord of salvation.

The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes in the name Yeshua

To those who chose Yeshua as their Lord and were baptized in Him name (Ac16:30-31; Rm6:3-8).

He lets them know that they have now become united with Him.

The Christian is he who

Willingly chose Yeshua as his Lord and

Has become His free slave (Ex21:2-6; 1Co7:22).

Therefore, he is no longer a slave to sin (Rm6:6-8, 14) and

Without complaint or resentment

Follows the Lord wherever He goes (1Pe3:21) for

He longs to be led to salvation, to the Father's house

When the Lord returns (Jn14:2-4; He9:28).

O Lord,

Lord, let me follow You all the way to the Father's house! Amen.