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The Holy Spirit Reminds Us of Yeshua
(Jn14:26)
God is love (1Jn4:8).
He gives Himself for those whom He loves (Gal2:20) and
He prepares an eternal dwelling place for them (Jn14:2).
Faith is being moved by His love and loving Him, and
The life of this faith is thinking of Yeshua every moment and living by remembering His word.
The ones people think of the most are their loved ones and
The words that they remember the longest are those of their loved ones
So their will would be remembered for a long time.
With time, however, they become faint and eventually fade away, which is a sad reality.
The Bible, comprised of the Old Testament and the New Testament, is
The testament of God given to those whom He loves.
Israel was called the holy people of God (Dt14:21) for
They were a people with a holy remembrance (Ps97:12).
Their year consisted of an array of feasts which
Reminded them of the fact that the LORD God was their Redeemer (Ps78:35) for
He redeemed them while they were slaves in Egypt (Dt15:15),
Rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side (Jdg8:34), and
Led them all the way in the wilderness for 40 years (Dt8:2) and
Gave them the ability to produce wealth (Dt8:18, 24:17-18, 32:7).
In spite of the fact that in their midst was
The sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was, a reminder for generations (Ex3:15; 2Ch6:5),
Israel was destroyed for they forgot the LORD and served other gods (Is46:8-9; Jer13:25) and
Even built monuments for themselves (1Sa15:12; 2Sa18:18).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the suffering, the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Mt16:21; Jn2:19),
He would let souls remember the Father’s eternal name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
The works He did in His name and the Father’s words, that is, His words (Jn14:24).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command and enforced His will (Jn10:18; He9:16-17);
2) Judged the devil who caused men to forget the word of God (Ge3:4-6); and
3) Gave His flesh and blood for the forgiveness of sin to all souls whom He loves (Mt26:26; Lk22:19-20).
While the stone, the seal and the soldiers before the grave were all
The efforts for the world to forget Him,
Yeshua broke through the grave and resurrected and ascended to heaven.
He eternally bears the marks on His body as the memory of His death.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent is
The Spirit who remembers the suffering of Yeshua.
He lets the souls saved by the blood of Yeshua
Remember the name of Yeshua, who in their place
Endured the suffering, pains, shame, contempt on the cross (Tit2:14).
Furthermore, He reminds them of the words of Yeshua (Jn14:26), His last outcry from the cross.
The man of the Spirit is he who is
Moved by the love of God (Mt27:46) that forgave the sins of all men (Lk23:34) and
Prepared paradise for anyone who seeks to enter (Lk23:43).
To be a soul received by God on that last day (Lk23:46)
He clings to the Bible which Yeshua confirmed (Jn19:28),
Loves his brothers and sisters made by the blood of Yeshua (Jn19:26-27) and
Goes to the ends of the earth to make disciples of all nations (Mt28:19-20) so that
They may know the love of God (Jn15:12-13; 1Jn4:10).
O Lord,
Every hour, every minute, every second…
Let me remember only Yeshua and only the words of Yeshua! Amen.
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The Holy Spirit Is the Spirit of Comfort
(Ac9:31; 2Co1:3-7)
God is the God of all comfort (2Co1:3).
He comforts with His eternal comfort (2Th2:16), and
He comforts His people (Is49:13), the lowly (2Co7:6) and the afflicted by His word (Ps119:50).
Faith is being comforted by God and His word (Is51:3; 2Co13:11) and
The life of this faith is comforting one another with His comfort (2Co1:4, 7:7; 1Th4:18).
While those who are suffering in sadness, loss, and toils may find comfort
Coming from individuals, society, and nation,
It is, however, only temporary, superficial, and not eternal.
The Bible tells the story of God’s eternal comfort.
Deceived by the devil, Adam the ancestor of mankind, sinned by taking the forbidden fruit (Ge3:4-6).
Thus all mankind became slaves of the devil, hell-bound with him (Mt25:41).
Yet, when God drove Adam out from the Garden,
He clothed him in garments of skin, signaling His comfort to come (Ge3:21-24),
For he had now become like one person of the Trinity, knowing good and evil, that is,
He would experience death and life like the Son, according to the plan of God (Ge3:21-24).
Jehovah was the God of comfort for Israel and
The commandment strictly forbid them making idols for themselves (Ex20:4) for
Idolatry was invoking comfort on themselves, rejecting God’s comfort (Dt29:19).
The story of Job who comforted himself with his righteous deeds (Job6:10), and
Refused to be comforted by anyone else (Job21:32-34),
But eventually confessed before God and received His comfort (Job42:1-11), was
The story of Israel whom God formed for Himself (Is43:21),
Chosen as His people so He would comfort them in their continuing afflictions (Is49:13, 51:12).
However, since they rejected God’s comfort, they were destroyed.
Thus, the prophecy regarding the coming of the One who would
Comfort the poor, the brokenhearted, the captives, and the prisoners (Is52:9, 61:1-2), and
A measuring line to be stretched out over Jerusalem, that is, the rebuilding of the temple
Gave them comfort (Is66:13; Zec1:16).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
• Jehovah—the God of comfort for Israel—the Law— comforted—the flesh/ prosperity, growth;
• Yeshua—the God of all peoples—the Truth—to comfort—souls/ by the redemption of the Son of Man (Mt20:28).
He healed the sick, became friends to sinners (Mk2:15-17), comforted those who mourn (Mt5:4).
After death, while Lazarus was comforted,
The rich man who rejected God’s comfort in life was in agony (Lk16:25).
Yeshua was rejected by the Jews who found the Temple to be their only comfort (Mt11:16-17).
He Himself refused to be comforted by the world, thus willingly choosing death (Jn10:17, 19:10-11).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The Father alone comforts His suffering, sorrow, and loss (Jn10:18; Php2:6-11; He1:2);
2) Judged the devil who gives comfort in vain (Zec10:2; Ge3:4-6); and
3) His death—redeemed all mankind—comforted all men in Adam used for God’s plan;
His blood —souls—eternal comfort—the forgiveness of sin, children of God (Mt20:28; Jn1:12; 1Co15:45; Eph1:7).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne, where He is eternally comforted (Rev5:19-12).
The Holy Spirit comforts the Church and the saints only with the comfort of God (2Co1:3-7).
Even in the worst suffering, the man of the Spirit finds comfort in
The fact that Yeshua Christ lives, the Holy Spirit is with me forever (Jn14:18; Mt28:20),
The Lord rewards for my toil (Mk10:29-30), and
The word, signs, answers to prayers, testimony, fruits etc (Ps119:50; Jn14:2-3; 1Th3:7, 4:18).
Therefore, he absolutely rejects the world’s false comfort (He11:24-26).
With the comfort of God, He can comfort those in distress (2Co1:4), the disheartened (1Th5:14),
Encourage to build each other up (1Th5:11) and to gather (He10:25), for
He wants to be comforted only by the comfort that comes from heaven.
O Lord,
I have been comforted by the King of kings!
Let me comfort those in any trouble with the comfort of God.
Let us build a church that seeks only the comfort from heaven. Amen.
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The Holy Spirit is the Zeal of God
(2Co11:1-6; Rev3:14-19)
God is zealous (Is37:32).
He has zeal for His name (Eze39:25) and
What He spoke in zeal (Eze5:13), His zeal accomplishes (Is9:7).
Faith is being moved by His zeal and
Faith life is being zealous with godly zeal (2Co11:2) for
God is irrelevant to the religious who with their own zeal are zealous for asceticism or sacrifice.
It is no exaggeration to say that
Human history is made by a small number of fanatic enthusiasts for
A zealous person accomplishes whatever he sets out to do and
His passion has a great influence on others.
The Bible is written of the zeal of God (Ps119:139).
All things that God made into their own kinds,
As well as the chosen people of Israel reveal this.
Hannah (1Sa1:10-20), young David (1Sa17:45-51), Elijah (1Ki18-19), the Pharisees etc
All showed how Israel is the most zealous people of all peoples.
They were zealous for God (Ac22:3), His holy name (Eze39:25), His temple (Ps69:9),
The Law (Ac21:20), and their flesh and blood (Rm9:1-4).
The zeal of Jehovah was fulfilled through them and
It was prophesied that a son who would be given will reign on David’s throne (Is9:6-7).
According to the prophecy,
The zeal of God came as man and became Immanuel, Yeshua (Is7:14; Mt1:21-23), and
He 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 (Jn2:17-22),
He would be consumed by the zeal of God (Ps119:139).
As such, until He was handed over to death
By the Pharisees who followed and opposed Him fiercely (Lk11:53) and the people (Mt27:25),
Without rest, He worked zealously.
He laid His hands on each one of all who had various kinds of sickness and healed them (Lk4:40).
He prayed earnestly as his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground (Lk22:44).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Surrendered to the Father’s zeal that gave the Son’s life (Jn10:18; Php2:6-8);
2) Put on the garments of vengeance against the devil, and wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak (Is59:17-18);
and
3) Became a ransom for many, and with His blood showed His zeal for His people (Is26:11; Mt20:28).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
He has the marks of having worked with the greatest zeal in the history of mankind (Rev5:9).
The Holy Spirit lets believers
Be zealous with the zeal of God
For the Son of God, the name of Yeshua, the Truth, the Church, and souls.
The man of the Spirit is
Always ashamed before the zeal of the Lord (Rev3:14-19) and
Even if he is mocked or opposed as a fanatic or heretic,
He struggles to keep the purity of faith for the souls entrusted to him (2Co11:1-3),
Denouncing other Jesus, other spirit, other gospel (2Co11:4) and
Risks his life to keep, defend and teach the truth for
He fears of becoming lukewarm and being spat out by the Lord’s mouth (Rev3:16).
O Lord,
We are shameful people who have done nothing right…
But from now on
When we pray or when we serve,
Let us do it with the zeal of God.
And above all, let us burn with the passion to save souls!
Let none of us be spat out on the last day! Amen.
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The Holy Spirit Convicts
(Jn16:7-14)
God is righteous (Ps11:7).
With His righteousness He judges (Is58:2) and
By His righteousness He punishes.
Faith is accepting this and
The life of this faith is, in order to stand blameless on the day of the Lord (1Co1:8; Col1:22), before His righteous
judgment seat (2Ti4:8), putting effort to live as the righteous.
The modern era is called the age of coddling culture or “gentle parenting”
As people only want to hear words of praise and comfort, and
They do not want to hear any criticism.
As the Bible is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
Training in righteousness the man of God (2Ti3:15-17),
God's rebuke is not punishment for wrongdoing (He12:5)
But a jockey’s crop to a horse so it can move faster.
All mankind became destined for eternal punishment with the devil (Mt25:41)
Since their ancestor Adam took the forbidden fruit and sinned (Ge3:4-6)
For it is more pleasant to hear the flattering words of the devil than the word of God (Pr26:28).
The Law was a righteous law (Ps119:160) and
It made known that correction and instruction are the way to life (Pr6:23).
However, while the true prophets rebuked Israel who disregarded God's teachings (Pr1:23-26, 3:26)
They rather listened more sweetly to the words of the false prophets (1Ki22:8-24; Eze12:20-24).
Moreover, for they misunderstood the Law,
They maintained their righteousness and would not let go of it, and thus
Their suffering continued (Job10:6, 27:6).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal that He is the righteousness (Jn16:10) and
That by His righteousness He would judge (Jn5:22).
As such, He rebuked the self-righteous Pharisees (Mt11:20-24).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Did not become a reproach to sinners (Eze3:26) but rather died according to the Father’s command, and
was sealed with righteousness (Jn10:18; Rm5:18-19);
2) Judged the devil the prince of the world (Jn12:31); and
3) Bore in His body sin in place of the unrighteous mankind (Rm5:6-8; 1Pe3:18), and He was inflicted in anger
and in wrath and with stinging rebuke (Eze5:15).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and became the righteous Judge (2Ti4:8).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent rebukes the world (Jn16:7),
1) Regarding sin: i.e., not believing Yeshua — not believing that He alone is innocent (Ac4:12), His innocent
blood (Mt27:4), redemption, resurrection and return, and everything that does not come from faith is sin
(Rm14:23);
2) Regarding righteousness: i.e., Yeshua Christ Himself — though in the Era of Grace after His ascension there
has not been judgement or punishment against the world, the day of Christ’s return will be the time of
punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written (Lk21:22), until then the Law is good to lead men to
repent (1Ti1:8-10);
3) Regarding judgement: i.e., the prince of this world has already been judged but there remains a day when
saints will face the judgment for their deeds at the judgment seat of Christ, thus, they must cut off all that is
earthly, unspiritual and demonic (Jas3:15); and
4) Rebukes the Churches: for losing their first love, first zeal (Rev2:4, 3:5-19) and for becoming secular and
spiritually corrupt (Rev2:14, 20).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit is willing to be struck by the hand of the Lord now
For it is better than to be thrown out into the darkness on that day.
O Lord,
We hope to stand as blameless before the judgement seat of Christ in that day.
So we wish to be convicted and corrected by the Holy Spirit today…
Please do not spare the crop!
Rebuke us and we will repent! Amen.
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The Advocate, the Holy Spirit
(Jn14:24-26)
God is the true God (Jer10:10).
For there is no deceit in Him, it is impossible for Him to lie (He6:18).
His words are true (2Sa7:28) and
He testifies that He is true.
Faith is believing that He is true and His words are true.
The life of this faith is, in order to enter the true heaven after death (He9:24), only listening to the
truth and only speaking the truth (Rm9:1; Eph4:25).
While many fall into humanism by interpreting “the Comforter” as a comforter for humans,
The comforter is a legal term for an advocate, that is,
The Holy Spirit who defends Yeshua (Jn15:26).
The courts of the world make verdicts on facts and words (claims), and
Perjury is considered contempt of court and it is a serious offense.
The history of mankind is regarding the judgment on truth and falsehood, and
The Bible shows that God alone is true and all men are liars (Ps116:11; Jer17:9; Rm3:4),
Since deceived by the devil’s lies, Adam, the ancestor of mankind, sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
All men became destined for hell with the devil (Mt25:41; Rev21:8).
Among the commandments given to Israel
False testimony was considered blasphemy against the name of God (Ex20:16; Lev19:11-12).
Thus any false witness was to be purged (Dt19:19).
While the sanctuary reminded that Jehovah was the only true God of Israel (Is37:20),
The fall of Israel came for they forsook the true God (Jer5:11; Zec10:2-3) by
Serving false gods that they had made (Is37:19) and
Delighting in the lies of the prophets who spoke by deceiving spirits (1Ki22:22; Is30:9-10; Jer6:10).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would show not a sanctuary made with hands, a shadow
But the true sanctuary, the true image (He8:2, 9:24, 10:1), and
Give not food the flesh eats and dies but the true food souls eat and live eternally (Jn6:54-58).
His testimony is true for the Father who testifies Him is true (Jn5:31-32) as
Even in the Law, the testimony of two witnesses is true (Jn8:17-18), and
Because He knew where He came from and where He was going (Jn8:14)
Yet He was put to death because
He was accused of giving a false testimony by saying that
He was able to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days (Mt26:61) and that
He and God were equal (Jn5:18, 10:30).
However, as He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Through death testified that the Father’s word is true (Ge2:17; Jn10:18; Rev3:14);
2) Condemned the father of lies, the liar the devil (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood for souls to drink the true drink and become His true sons (He12:8).
The resurrection of Yeshua Christ testified that
The Father’s testimony and the Son’s testimony are true (Mk8:31; Ac10:40),
A fact that was fulfilled (Lk1:1).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent from the true heaven (He9:23; Ac2:33)
Testifies that Yeshua and His word is true (Jn14:26, 15:26):
1) His essence is that He is the innocent Son of God (Jn1:1, 14; 2Co5:21);
2) The first Adam’s sin caused the last Adam to die unjustly (Mt20:28; 1Co15:45; 2Co5:21);
3) He resurrected into a body that cannot decay (Ac2:27); and
4) He is coming back to judge the living and the dead (Jn14:3; 2Ti4:1; Rev1:7).
The man of the Spirit was at one time foolish and deceived (Tit3:3)
But now no longer is deceived or deceives.
He does not listen to false teachers and heresies (2Th2:11-12; 1Ti4:1-2; 2Pe2:1).
Rather, he opens his mouth and speaks the truth (2Ti4:1-4) — that is,
Only the words of Yeshua!
O Lord,
Do not let anyone of us be dragged into hellfire by
Listening to the teachings of the spirits of delusion and the devil (Rev21:8).
Let us only listen to the truth and only speak the truth and
Finally enter the true heaven! Amen.
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The Holy Spirit Like Rivers of Living Water
(Psalms 42:1-2, John 7:37-39)
God is the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
The word, the Son, the Holy Spirit are life (Jn6:63, 11:25; Rm8:2), and
He supplies life to those who long for Him.
Faith is longing for the God of life (Ps42:1-2) and
The life of this faith is sharing the life that springs up within me.
Human civilization originates in the four major river valleys for
Water is an absolute necessity for human survival and reproduction.
In spite of it, however, the human body dies when there is too little or too much water.
The Bible is a book about a spring of water welling up to eternal life (Jn4:14).
God placed Adam the living being (Ge2:7) in the Garden of Eden with headwaters (Ge2:10)
Since his flesh must drink water to live while
His spirit must eat the word that comes from the mouth of God to live eternally (Ge2:17; Mt4:4).
While the world in Noah’s time was deluged and destroyed (2Pe3:6),
Until Abram’s descendants entered the land that God promised him (Ge17:3),
A land where milk and honey flowed (Ex13:5),
They were enslaved in Egypt for 400 years (Ge15:13) and
Wandered in the wilderness for 40 years (Nu32:13) for
It was the result of their ancestor Adam who sinned deceived by the devil (Ge3:4-6).
The sanctuary where Aaron’s budded staff was (Nu17:2-8)
Reminded them of Jehovah the God who gives breath to all living things (Nu16:22).
Furthermore, those who kept the commandments were promised to
Drink water from their own cisterns (Pr5:15; 2Ki18:31).
However, because they forsook God the spring of living water (Jer17:13) who
Turns the desert into pools of water (Ps107:35), and
Because they dug their own cisterns, they could not escape curse (Jer2:11-13).
Nevertheless, the prophets said that living water will flow out from Jerusalem (Zec14:8) and
Also He who has compassion on them will lead them beside springs of water (Is49:10).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would let not only Abraham’s children (flesh) but souls of all nations
Drink living water that He would give to never thirst again and
It will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life (Jn4:6-15, 6:53-55, 63).
As such, He raised Lazarus back to life who had been dead and decaying (Jn11:39-44).
As He poured out all His blood and water (Jn19:34) and died, He said,
“I am thirsty” and “It is finished” (Jn19:28, 30) for:
1) He obeyed the Father’s command, and entrusted His dried-up self to the Father the fount of life (Ps22:15, 42:1-2; Jn10:18);
2) He judged the origin of sin, the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) His body the spiritual rock was struck to let out the spiritual drink (Jn1:1-4; 1Co10:4), to let all men drink His
blood and water (Mt26:27-28).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as the Lord of life (Ac3:15) and
Sent the Spirit of life (Rm8:2) who goes out from the Father (Jn15:26),
From Yeshua’s pierced hands and speared side, the marks of opening the river, and
Continuously flow out, like the river of the living water (Eze47:1-12; Rev22:1-2).
He gathers the souls made alive by the blood of Yeshua
Into His body the Church, God’s temple (1Co3:16; Eph2:21) and
Lets them drink the living water, that is, the word of Yeshua (Jn19:34; 1Jn5:6),
The spring of water welling up to eternal life in them.
The man of the Spirit has
The river of living water flowing from within him so
Limitless to where or when, unstoppable to any hindrance, and tirelessly
He runs out to save whomever for
Where the river flows everything will live (Eze47:9).
O Lord,
Let the spring of living water burst out of us and
Revive all thirsty souls You have given me, the sick flesh and families! Amen.
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The Promised Holy Spirit
(Ac1:1-5)
God is faithful (Dt7:9).
He does not violate His covenant (Ps89:34) and
He confirms with an oath those who have His promise as inheritance (He6:17).
People with poor credit are not treated as human beings for
A society where covenant does not work is not a human society.
Faith is believing the faithful God and
The life of this faith is until inheriting the promised kingdom remaining in the covenant (Jas2:5).
The Bible is God’s credit score and
God provides reliable evidence to trust Him:
1) According to His promise, God saved Noah from the deluge and set rainbow as the sign of the covenant that there will never be another judgment by water (Ge9:9-13);
2) Circumcision was a sign of God’s covenant with Abram regarding the increase of the seed, the inheritance of the land and being their God (Ge17:2-10), and God gave a son to him at the age of 100 (Ge21:2);
3) Remembering His covenant with Abraham (Ex2:24), God led Israel out of Egypt 400 years later (Ge15:13; Ex12:41; Ac7:7); and
4) Israel conquered the promised land of Canaan; and
5) The history of Israel itself for it is the first nation to be reconstructed 2,500 years after falling, as promised to Abraham 4,000 years prior.
The words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments, written on the stone tablets (Ex34:28) and
The sanctuary where the ark of the covenant with the vase with manna was (Ex16:33-34)
All reminded this to Israel.
If they followed the terms of the covenant, they prospered (Dt29:9);
If they broke the covenant, they were cursed (Dt29:21).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would set aside the first covenant written on the stone tablets (He10:9) and
Establish a new covenant written on souls (He8:6-10, 10:15-17).
The promise of Yeshua is:
1) The forgiveness of sin by His blood (Mt26:28);
2) Becoming children of God (Jn1:12);
3) His resurrection three days after death (Mt16:21);
4) Sending the Holy Spirit (Jn14:16-17);
5) His return (Jn14:3);
6) To take His children to the Father’s house.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life and entrusted His soul in the faithful Father’s hands (Lk23:46; Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil the origin of sin (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood fulfilled the first covenant and became the Mediator of a new covenant (He9:15).
His resurrection is the evidence of the Father’s covenant.
After Yeshua ascended to heaven, He sent the promised Holy Spirit (Ac2:33) who
Seals those who have the promise as inheritance (Eph1:13) and
Lets them remember His promise (Jn14:26) and remain in His covenant.
The man of the Spirit therefore
Remains in the Lord, in His body the Church, and in His word (Jn15:5-8), and
Entrusts the Lord with all his precious things (Mk10:29-30).
The more He sees the signs of the end times (Mt24:3-8),
All the more he gathers and encourages souls (1Th5:11; He10:23-25).
He does not worry about what to eat, what to wear or about tomorrow (Mt6:25-32) for
He lives by the name of Yeshua as
He sees the signs of the covenant through answered prayers, speaking in tongues, healing etc.
O Lord,
To death, let us only remain in the covenant of Yeshua.
Your promise is my inheritance.
My trust is in Your name, Yeshua! Amen.
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The Holy Spirit Is the Spirit of the Lord
(Ps86:8-10; 1Co12:3)
God is the Lord (Ps86:2).
By His word, He created all things and He is the Owner (Rm11:36) and
With His own blood, He purchased souls and He is the Redeemer (1Pe1:18-19).
Faith is knowing that God is my Lord and that I am His servant, which is my happiness (Ps16:2), and
The life of this faith is willingly becoming His servant and following Him wherever He goes for
“Lord” means the head and
The head and the body have a common destiny and cannot be separated.
The Bible speaks of this master-servant relationship:
God created all things to be their Owner (Jn1:1-3)
By commanding them and they submitted and they are all His (Ps74:16, 89:11; Hag2:8).
Adam, the ancestor of mankind, however,
Listened to his wife who was deceived by the devil (Ge3:4-6) and
Took the fruit that God forbid (Ge2:17).
As a result, all men became slaves of the devil (2Pe2:19), hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
With a servant’s attitude, the father of faith Abraham welcomed Jehovah (Ge18:3-5),
While Jacob sent ahead all his possessions across the Jabbok
To return the ownership to the Lord God (Ge32:9-32).
By His great power God brought out Israel from Egypt the land of slavery of 400 years (Dt6:12, 9:29)
Distinguishing from all the other people on the face of the earth (Ex33:16)
To follow God who went before them (Nu14:14).
The commandment that they received let them know that there is no god like the LORD (Dt10:17).
The sanctuary reminded them that
Jehovah = the Lord of Israel, and Israel = Jehovah’s people whom He redeemed (Dt21:8).
Although God could not show His face (Ex33:18-20), He showed signs that Jehovah was their Lord:
Jehovah = the angel of God = the angel of Jehovah = the LORD = the Spirit of Jehovah = God (Jdg6:16-17, 20-23, 34-36).
According to the prophecy, suddenly the Lord they were seeking came to His temple (Mal3:1):
Yeshua appeared before it 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 (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal that He is not the angel of God but
God who came in the flesh (Jn1:1, 14) to be the Lord of the souls of all nations (Is63:16).
He commanded and calmed the storm (Mt8:26-27), commanded healing (Mt8:13, 15:28),
Commanded the disciple to walk on water (Mt14:28) and
Commanded demons to submit (Mk1:25-26) — they all did.
To the disciples who followed Him
He promised thrones and eternal life at the renewal of all things (Mt19:27-29) and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life following the Father’s command, declaring that the Father is the Lord and the Son is the
Father’s servant (Jn10:17-18, 12:50; Ac2:32, 4:37; 1Co3:23);
2) Condemned the devil who denied the head (Is14:12-15); and
3) Through His death paid the price of sin for all men, that is, death (Rm6:23), and with His blood purchased
all mankind and became the Redeemer (1Pe1:18-19).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and became the Lord of lords (Rev17:14).
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Lord who
Comes to the souls redeemed by the blood of Christ and
Lets them confess that He is Lord (1Co8:5-6, 12:3) and
Gathers them on the Lord’s Day to worship the Lord (Rev1:10).
The man of the Spirit knows the fact that Yeshua is his Lord is his happiness (Ps16:2, 23:1-6), and
For he loves the Lord, he becomes Christ’s free slave (Ex21:2-6; 1Co7:22).
He does not worry about life because he belongs to the Lord (Mt6:31-34) and
He willingly submits to the Lord’s command for there is only “Yes” in Christ (2Co1:19-20),
For where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom (2Co3:13-17).
As an unworthy servant (Lk17:10), he lives for the Lord (Rm14:8) and
Strives to be found as a good and faithful servant when the Lord returns (Mt25:14-30).
O my Lord Yeshua!
Apart from You, I have no good thing!
Let the veil of fear be removed from all of us and
Let us follow You willingly. Amen. Come Lord Yeshua (Rev22:20)!
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The Holy Spirit Is With Us Forever
(Jn14:16-20)
God is eternal.
From everlasting to everlasting He is (Ps90:2, 93:2) and
He will take the faithful in the land to dwell with Him forever (Ps101:6).
For eternity is not “long time” but rather “all times,”
Faith is longing for Him and for eternity (Ecc3:11) and
The life of this faith is being with the Holy Spirit every moment while living on earth.
The difference between being “with” and being “alone” is like night and day (Ecc4:11) for
All humans feel being alone as the most painful thing.
Yet at times, being alone may be better (Pr21:9) and
This is because, it was through the woman whom God made (Ge2:23)
Adam sinned (Ge3:12) and all men became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
God appeared to Abraham and promised him to be with his offspring (Ge12:7):
While Jacob was in the wilderness, God appeared in his dream and
Promised to always be with him (Ge26:28-29);
God was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did (Ge39:21-23);
He was with the mouth of Moses (Ex3:12, 4:15) who then
Led Israel out of Egypt and in the wildness for 40 years, and
The staff in his hand and his radiant face testified that God was with him (Ex32:28-29).
For God was with Joshua (Jos1:5), he conquered Canaan without fear (Dt31:6).
The sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was reminded them that, “the LORD is with us.”
When Israel obeyed God’s command, He was with them and they defeated their enemies;
But when they disobeyed, He was not with them and they were destroyed (Nu14:41-45).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would be with men forever (Jn14:16) for
He is the Word who was with God in the beginning (Jn1:1, 14, 18), who
Became Immanuel, “God with us” (Is7:14; Mt1:21-22),
For God was with men at times, while at other times He turned away from them (He8:9).
He performed signs for the Holy Spirit was with Him (Ac10:38).
Although many of His disciples turned back and no longer followed Him (Jn6:66),
Yeshua was never lonely or afraid for the Father never left Him alone (Jn8:16, 29, 16:32).
He willingly went to death in haste for
Only when the Son of Man goes to the Father, the Comforter would come (Jn16:7) and
Only when when the Comforter comes, He would be with believers forever (Jn14:16).
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Was faithful to death and entrusted His soul to the Father, and was found as the faithful on the land (Ps101:6; Jn10:18; Php2:6-8);
2) Judged the devil, the divider (Ge3:4-6); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on souls to cleanse them to become a dwelling place with God (He9:13-14).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven:
He is in the Father (Jn14:20; Rev22:3), His blood is in the souls of believers, and
The Holy Spirit is eternally with the souls who have the blood of Yeshua (Mt28:20).
The man of the Spirit is he who
Does not walk in step with the wicked (Ps1:1) and not yoked with unbelievers (2Co6:14-15).
Even if he is alone he is never lonely, and in whatever situation he never fears (Rm8:35) for
Every moment of his life he lives with the Spirit of the Lord.
With the joy of His Spirit (Jn16:22-24),
He boldly testifies the gospel as signs accompany the word (Mk16:20; Ac2:33), and
Always keeps His commands and does what pleases Him (Jn8:29; 1Jn3:22) for
He longs to be taken up to the air and be with the Lord forever when He returns (1Th4:16-17).
O Lord,
Though I do not feel “God with us” with my senses and emotions,
I have the blood of Yeshua, the name of Yeshua…and the Spirit of Yeshua!
Let me and all You have given me live with the Spirit of the Lord every moment and
When You return, let us go to where You are and live with You forever! Amen.
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Born of the Spirit
(Jn3:1-15)
God lives (Rev10:6).
He shows His living existence and person (Ps18:25) and
To those who show that He lives He will appear a second time to bring salvation (He9:28).
Faith is believing that He lives and
The life of this faith is being born of the Spirit (Jn3:7-8) and showing that He lives, because
If not, the world cannot know Him.
While a ghost is the person of a dead man and people fear its appearance,
The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of Jesus (Ac16:7), whose dwelling Christians long for.
The Bible contains the story of God showing
His mercy, justice, purity (Ps18:25), uprightness (Ps92:15) etc
At many times and in various ways (He1:1), that is,
Through the angels (Ge18:2), Moses (Ex3:2, 3:16-17, 4:1), and the prophets (Jer6:21; Am7:14-15).
Despite the fact the sanctuary revealed the majesty of Jehovah the living God (Ps68:34),
Israel became corrupted and thus fell to misery (Dt4:25).
Nevertheless the prophets spoke of the one coming to
Revive the Lord’s work (Hab3:2) of revealing the Father’s heart (Mal4:5-6).
Yesua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would show the existence and the person of God who is from the beginning (Jn1:1, 14),
Not through the angels or the prophets
But through the Son in the last day (Mt16:16; He1:1-2).
As such, with the heart of the Father, He had compassion on
The crowds of men and taught them many things (Mk6:34),
Healed the sick (Mt14:14), fed the hungry (Mt15:32) and
Wept with those who were grieving (Jn11:33-35).
But He rebuked the hidden unclean spirits and the Pharisees.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Showed His person who submits to the Father who lives (Lk22:42; Jn10:18; Php2:6-8);
2) Judged the devil, the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) Had compassion on all men and shed His redeeming blood on them (Lk23:34; Eph1:7).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent came
To bless those who have not seen yet believed (Jn20:29; 1Pe1:8).
As the Son submitted to the Father’s person
He lets believers submit to the person of the Holy Spirit
So they show that Yeshua Christ is living.
The Holy Spirit, invisible as the wind (Jn3:8),
Through the men born of the Spirit
Shows the existence and the person of the living Yeshua.
The man of the Spirit is he who
In the past was full of jealousy, envy, violence, malice, extravagance, pleasure-seeking,
Wicked habits, excessiveness — a selfish man,
But now has tossed everything like rubbish (Php3:7-8),
Striving to live a life of mercy, obedience, modesty, and dedication,
To show that Yeshua lives
Through his changed person and life,
For he longs to finally see the Lord face to face
When He will appear a second time to bring salvation (He9:28).
O Lord,
If unclean spirits possess the body and show their existence and person,
How much more if I am “possessed” by the Spirit of Yeshua?
Even if the world calls me crazy,
Let me show that Yeshua lives
Through my testimony and through my changed life.
Lord Yeshua, You live! You are alive! Amen!
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The Spirit of God Dwells in Holiness
(1Co3:16-17)
God is holy (Lev11:45).
He dwells in the holy place (Is57:15) and
Meets with those who are holy and speaks to them (Ex25:22; He12:14).
Faith is believing that one has been made holy by Him (He10:10) and
The life of this faith is being holy in all one does, just as the One who called him is holy (1Pe1:15-16).
Holiness refers to being set apart, different, and clean
Having no flaw, spot, stain, wrinkle or uncleanness.
The Bible indicates that the most unclean thing is sin and
The origin of sin is Satan (1Jn3:8).
Satan is the archangel who fell from the spiritual heaven (Is14:12-15) for
Desecrating the heavenly sanctuary (Eze28:16-18), and
Seeing him as unclean, God cast him down to Hades,
The universe which will become a place to burn trash after the great judgment (Mt5:22; Jude1:6).
Since the serpent in the Garden of Eden deceived Adam to sin (Ge3:4-6),
Even after being wiped from the face of the earth, mankind remained unclean (Ge6:5, 8:21).
Israel who became a holy people, a kingdom of priests (Ex19:6) were
To put limits around the mountain and be consecrated (Ex19:6-12)
In order to receive the Law which commanded them to be holy people (Ex22:31).
In the sanctuary made by hands
They were commanded to give flawless sacrifice
By the priests who were consecrated by washing with water and
Putting on the sacred garment, the blood and the anointing oil (Ex29).
In spite of this, however, if they sinned they were put to death without mercy (Lev10:1-2).
Since the land of Canaan where they entered was unclean (Ezr9:11),
They followed the gentiles in their wicked ways and
Desecrated the sanctuary and so were destroyed (Eze23:29).
According to the prophecy that when it was time
A fountain will be open to cleanse them from sin and impurity (Zec13:1),
Yeshua appeared 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 (Jn2:19-21),
He would tear down the sanctuary made by human hands (He9:1, 24) where
The priests of flesh and blood (He7:28) gave sacrifice of the blood of animals (He9:12, 10:9), and
Raise a sanctuary that is not part of this creation (He9:11) and
The sinless Son of God would become the High Priest (He7:26) and
Give the sacrifice of the blood of God (Ac20:28; He9:12).
While unclean spirits recognized His holiness (Lk4:33-34),
The Pharisees who were filled with uncleanness (Mt23:25-27) passed Him over to death.
As He poured out all water and blood and died,
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30, 34), declaring that He:
1) With His blood purified the heavenly sanctuary (Lev16:14-16; He9:23-24);
2) Judged the devil the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) Opened the fountain of blood that cleanses the souls of men (Zec13:1; He9:22).
He resurrected and entered the Holy City where there is nothing impure (Rev21:27).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent from there
Comes to the souls cleansed by the blood of Yeshua as God’s temple.
The men of the Spirit are those who received the holy commandment (2Pe2:21-22)
To keep their souls and flesh, God’s temple, holy (1Co3:16-17; Gal5:17)
From earthly, unspiritual and demonic ways (Jas3:15) for
The soul who has been washed by Yeshua (blood) (He10:19)
Washes with the word (water) his mind, heart, words and deeds (Eph5:26)
Through the anointing of the Spirit (oil) (1Pe1:2; 1Jn2:20) so
In holiness he meets the Lord and hears His word.
O Lord,
We rather admire the Amish people...
Deliver us from worldly, cultural and carnal impurity! Amen.
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The Spirit of Truth
(Jn16:13-15)
God is the God of truth (Ps31:5; Jer10:10).
The Word, the Son, and the Holy Spirit who come from Him are the truth (Jn14:6, 17:17; 1Jn5:6).
He reveals the truth and guides by the truth to finally bring into the heavenly tabernacle (Ps43:3).
The Bible, the book of all books, contains the truth.
Faith is knowing the truth and
The life of this faith is according to the teaching of the Spirit of the truth, speaking only the truth and
Guiding into all the truth (Pr22:21, 25:13; Jn16:13) for
Deceived by the cunning serpent, Adam sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6; 2Co11:3) and
All men became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
The exodus of Israel testified that Jehovah is the God of truth as
The covenant that God made with Abraham was
Fulfilled in 430 years (Ge15:13; Ex12:41).
For the Law and the commandments that they received are truth (Ps119:142, 151),
The one who sinned was the one who died, for no one else could die for the sinner (Eze18:20).
This was reminded by the sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was.
However, the fall of Israel came because
No one called for justice (Is59:4), and no one sought the truth (Jer5:1-2).
It was also because of the false prophets who
Followed their own spirit and uttered lies (Eze13:3-4),
Killed those who should live and spared those who should not live, and
Because of the people who set up idols their hearts and consulted with the prophets (Eze13:1-19).
Both the false prophets and the people who consulted them were guilty (Job12:16; Eze14:10).
Yet the prophecy said that God would send the truth from heaven (Ps57:3) and
True instruction would be in His mouth and He would turn many from sin (Mal2:6).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Not by the Law and the Prophets (Mt17:5)
But He Himself would speak the truth for He is the truth (Jn14:6) and would
Send the Spirit of truth (Jn16:13).
Both the last prophet John (Mt3:11, 11:13; Jn5:33) and the Father God said
To only listen to the words of Yeshua (Mt17:5) since
All men belonged to the father of lies, the devil, thus are all liars (Jn8:44-45), and
The only one who speaks the truth that He heard from the Father is Yeshua (Jn8:28, 12:49-50).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Waiting for the answer of the truth of salvation from the Father, committed His soul to the Father (Ps69:13;
Lk23:46);
2) Judged the devil, the father of lies (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) For mercy and truth met together, one man carried the sin of all mankind (Ps85:10; Eze18:20; Rm5:19).
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly holy hill (Ps43:3) and
Speaks the truth from the throne (Rev3:14, 21:5).
The Spirit of truth whom He sent
Speaks only what He hears and
Guides by the truth those born-again in the blood of Yeshua (Jn14:18, 16:13-15).
The man of the Spirit is he who
Hears the words of truth and is
Consumed with longing for the words of truth (Ps119:20),
Even if they are burdensome (Mk10:29-30; Lk9:23).
Therefore, he does not distort the word of God (2Co4:2)
But only speaks the truth (Jn6:55; He4:12-13) and
Carries out the truth even in the face of danger for
He absolutely pulls out the idol, the greed inside of him (1Ti4:1-2; 2Ti3:13; Jas1:14-15).
O Lord,
What is the idol that is hidden deep inside my heart?
Let me pull it out completely.
Spirit of truth, teach me the way of the truth, give me understanding!
O Lord, turn my eyes away from worthless things and
Turn my heart toward Your word of truth for
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path (Ps119:33-37, 105). Amen.
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The Holy Spirit Knows All
(1Co2:6-16)
God is the God of revelation.
He reveals secrets (Da2:34) and
He makes Himself known to whom He reveals (Mt11:25).
Faith is knowing Him through Him and
The life of this faith is by the Spirit of revelation having the heart of Christ and loving souls.
When only the ideology of Jesus Christ is emphasized
God is degraded to a conceptual being, Christianity a religion, and
The church an organization for social movement.
Christianity, however, is not a religion;
Rather, it is the faith by revelation, the faith by grace
Since it makes known what God has freely given us (1Co2:12).
There is no excuse for those who say
They cannot believe in God because they cannot see Him for
All the history of the Bible reveals God to be known (Rm1:19-20):
Through all things — through wonders and miracles — through the prophets (dreams, visions) etc
(Ge28:12, 41:25; Ex15:6; Ps78:43; Da2:47).
The sanctuary, where the name of Jehovah was,
The secret place of the Most High (Ps68:35, 91:1),
Reminded Israel that they were a nation of prophets, a people who received the divine revelation.
In spite of it, their downfall came from lack of the knowledge of God (Is6:9-10; Hos4:6, 6:6) and
The Dark Age came when revelation by dreams or prophets had ended.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would fully reveal God and the souls of all nations would know Him (Hos2:19-20).
He is the only begotten Son who was in the Father’s bosom now revealed (Jn1:1, 14, 18)
For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed and
Whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open (Mt10:26-27; Mk4:22).
Although during His public life He said nothing in secret
But spoke openly to the world (Jn18:20),
The Jews rejected Him for they had no ears to hear and
The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven was not given to them (Mt13:7-11).
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Tore His flesh like a veil and fully revealed the mystery hidden deep inside the tent (Ps27:5; Mt27:51);
2) Judged the devil who caused misunderstandings about God (1Jn3:8); and
3) Shed His redeeming blood and made known the mystery of His will (Eph1:7-9).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
Fully revealed the existence of God (Rev22:3-4).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Reveals to those whom He loves (1Co2:9-10) and
Makes known what God has freely given (1Co2:12), that is,
The Father gave the only begotten Son and
The Son gave His life, His blood and the name of Yeshua.
The man of the Spirit who knows the thoughts of God
Through the Spirit of God (1Co2:11) has
The Father’s heart of waiting for prodigal sons to return (Lk15:11-24), and
Christ’s heart of waiting for the born-again souls to return as His pure bride (1Co2:16).
Therefore, he preaches with the passion to save souls and
Strives to not lose any of the souls given to him for
By the Holy Spirit he surely received the Spirit of revelation (1Co2:10; Eph1:17) and
Longs to see the Lord face to face and finally know Him fully, when He returns (1Co13:12).
O Lord,
Though I have never had a spiritual dream even once…
I certainly know who Yeshua is and
I know that the Holy Spirit is in my soul.
Do not let the Holy Spirit abandon us but
Let Him continue to speak to us, rebuke us and correct us
So we move to obey (He4:12-13)!
Let us all receive the Spirit of revelation to the end. Amen.
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Save Us From Temptation and the Evil One
(Mt6:13)
God is righteous and upright (Dt32:4).
He saves the humble people from the wicked (Ps17:13, 18:27) and
Gives the crown of life to those who persevere under trial and are approved (Ps18:20; Jas1:12).
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is not falling into temptation or to the evil one, and overcoming (Mt6:13).
The Bible is the history that reveals the justice of God (Ps50:6).
God established the match between the spiritual beings in flesh and angels.
For angels were made not to be sons or heirs of God (He1:5, 13)
But to minister those who will inherit salvation (He1:14),
God does not forgive their sins, but rather judges and punishes them (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4).
Man, on the other hand, though sins because of the flesh (He2:6-7)
God predestined redemption and salvation for him (Ge3:4-6, 21) so that
Those who endure test will be made heirs of righteousness.
The devil took away the word from Adam and deceived him to sin (Ge2:17; Lk8:12)
To accompany him to hell (Ge3:4-6; Mt25:41) for
He is the separator (between God and man, between men, between the flesh and the spirit),
The tempter (Mt4:3), the evil one (1Jn3:12).
Because of the flesh, no man can avoid tests —
Whether financial, physical, of family, social or spiritual.
However, when they endure the test and are approved (Jas1:12),
Angels will be made subject to them in the world to come (He2:5).
Job’s life is an example of the process and the result of test (Job1-42).
Almost all of the two million of the Israelites who miraculously left Egypt could
Not step into the promised land for
They could not pass the test of the wilderness (Nu14:22-23; Dt8:16).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would save not the physically afflicted people but the souls of all men
Through the test persevered by the Son of Man, the incarnate Word (Jn1:1, 14).
Led by the Spirit, Yeshua fasted 40 days in the desert after which
In the worst physical condition He was tempted by the devil
But by the written word He defeated him (Mt4:1-11).
He warned the disciples to not fall into temptation or to the evil one (Mt6:13; Lk22:46).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
The cross is the worst test for the flesh to persevere, but declared that He:
1) Endured the test according to His righteousness, and committed His soul to the Father of salvation (Ps17:3, 18:24; Jn10:18; He5:7, 12:2);
2) Judged the devil, the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on all men (Eph1:7; He12:24).
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne, and He is the Lamb (Rev5:9) who
Bears the marks of enduring the test and being approved.
Forever angels are made subject to Him (He2:8).
The Holy Spirit lets those who are justified by faith (Rm5:1)
Persevere under trials and be approved (Jas1:12) for
The principle of test is that:
1) Test is permitted by God (Job1:12; 1Pe1:6-7); and
2) God does not give test that is beyond what one can bear (1Co10:13).
The Christian is he who knows this and thus is able to overcome whatever the test (Jn16:33).
He prays to not fall into temptation (Lk22:46) and
He is not deceived by the separator to leave the church and his duty on his own (Jn15:4; Jude1:6).
He turns away from the evil one, that is,
Those in whose thoughts there is no room for God (Ps10:4),
Those without hope of eternal life (Tit3:7),
Those who are earthly, unspiritual, worldly, fleshly and demonic (2Ti3:5; Jas3:15; 1Jn2:15-16), and
The wicked, bad company (Ps1:1; 1Co15:33; 2Co6:14-15; 1Jn5:18).
O Lord,
This fragile life!
Let us all overcome temptations and defeat the evil one and
Not give the devil a foothold (Eph4:27), and
Reveal the Father’s justice! Amen.
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Only A Few Will Be Saved
(Lk13:23-24; 1Co10:1-6)
God is the Lord of faith.
His nature never changes (He13:8) and
He acts what He speaks (Nu23:19).
Faith is having the faith that is revealed (Gal3:23) and
The life of this faith is to hold one’s original conviction firmly to the very end (He3:14) for
If not, one will be judged and not be saved (1Ti5:12; Jude1:5).
Humans give authority to and trust in large numbers, the majority, as
The basis of all studies is statistics and the basis of democracy is a majority decision.
So people unconditionally consider large churches and large denominations as normal or orthodox.
The Bible, however, warns against following many and doing evil (Ex23:2).
The dispensation of God demonstrates expansion—contraction—expansion—contraction etc.
Among the people who filled the earth (Ge1:28),
Only eight people, Noah and his family, were saved from the deluge (1Pe3:20);
From one man, as good as dead (He11:12) came
Countless descendants of Israel and Arabs;
When Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by burning sulfur,
Only three people, Lot and his daughters, escaped;
All but two among about two million people of Israel who left Egypt (Nu1:46)
Wondered the wilderness for 40 years and fell there to die (Nu14:29-33)
For they had a sinful, unbelieving heart (He3:12), that is,
God was not pleased with most of them (1Co10:5).
In spite of this, instigated by the devil, David ordered a census which displeased God.
As a result, 70,000 people died from a plague (1Ch21:1-7, 14).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not by countless sacrifices and offerings (He10:5-6)
But by sacrificing His own body once for all, serve the Father (He9:28, 10:10).
When many of those who followed Him seeing His signs and wonders left Him
He did not hold them back (Jn6:66).
While He urged Judas who was about to betray Him (Jn13:29),
For Peter who would soon denounce Him, however (Lk22:34)
He prayed for his faith (Lk22:31-33; Jn17:11-12) for
He saw his faith that wanted to follow because of His words of eternal life (Jn6:68).
As He died by the tyranny of many (Lk23:23-25),
Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life only to please the Father (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil who changed (Is14:12-15; Ge3:4-6); and
3) Sowed His redeeming blood, the good seed, on the soil of the souls of all men (Mt13:24-30).
He resurrected, ascended to heaven and sat on the throne.
He sent the Holy Spirit who came to
The 120 among the 500 who witnessed Yeshua (Ac1:15; 1Co15:6).
Through their testimony, 3000 people converted in one day and
The number of disciples increased (Ac2:41, 6:7) and
The gospel quickly spread to the ends of the earth (Ac1:8; He12:1).
Nevertheless, the number of those who are saved is small (Mt7:13-14; Lk13:23-24, 18:8).
Therefore, even as the churches have become degraded to populism (1Ti4:2),
The Christian is he who
Shares the faith of those who obey to the end (He3:18-19, 4:1-2; Php2:12),
Overcomes economic, faith, and social temptations (Mt4:3-10; Jas1:12-15), and
Perseveres under tests of faith (1Pe1:7, 4:12-17)
For God is pleased by a few of faith.
O Lord,
It is said that currently there are millions, or even billions, of Christians living on earth…
But how many of them know and believe the truth?
And how many churches preach to please God (Pr25:13; Gal1:10)?
How many of them will be saved in the end?
As You said, only a few will be saved…
O Lord, even if we are isolated, lonely…the only ones left (1Ki18:22),
Willingly choosing hardship, poverty, persecution, and even death
Let us become the few of faith who
Keep, defend and teach the Truth to the end! Amen.
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The Faith That Saves
(Mt9:20-22; Ac14:8-10)
God is omniscient.
He knows everyone’s heart (Lk16:15; Ac1:24, 15:8) and
He saves those who have the heart to believe (Mt9:21-22; 2Co4:13).
Faith is having the heart of faith, the faith to be saved and
The life of this faith is not doubting in the heart and continuing to obey (Mk11:23).
While the heart is not a being or a spirit, it is different for each person and
Its origin is still debated as whether genetics or the environment.
Nevertheless, the Bible says the thought enters and moves the heart (Jn13:2), and
The thought comes from the heart (Mk7:21).
The devil deceived mankind to accompany him to hell (Ge3:4-6; Mt25:41), which was
To keep them from believing to be saved
By taking away the word from their hearts (Lk8:12).
As such, he deceived Adam to disobey the commandment regarding the fruit (Ge2:17).
For every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time (Ge6:5-6),
All men but Noah and his family were destroyed by a deluge.
In spite of that, however, the wickedness of men continued even after (Ge8:21).
The great work of the exodus of Israel out of their slavery in Egypt was given to
Moses who was very humble, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth (Nu12:3) and
By faith he carried it out (He11:24-28).
But the people of Israel who were saved from Egypt were all destroyed
During the 40 years in the wildness (Jude1:5) because of
Their evil heart of unbelief — a hardened heart — disobedience (He3:12-19).
While the temple which reminded them that,
“Jehovah = the God who saves the upright in heart” (Ps7:10), was there,
For they did not believe in God and trust in His deliverance (Ps78:21-22)
They could not escape the curse on their people and their nation (Jer4:14).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not untrustworthy humans but the Son of God will save for
He is gentle and humble in His heart (Mt11:29).
He immediately saved the sick who had the believing heart (Mt9:20-22)
But rebuked those with hardened-hearts (Mt12:34, 13:15).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) To the Father who saves the meek (Ps76:9) committed His life by faith (Jn10:18; Php2:6-11);
2) Judged the devil who was proud in his heart (Is14:12-15; Eze28:17; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on all men to be received by faith (Eph1:7; He12:24).
He resurrected, ascended to the heavenly throne and He is the Lamb (Rev5:9),
For the meek inherits a new heaven and a new earth (Mt5:5; Rev21:1).
The Holy Spirit comes to believers (Rm10:9) and
Lets them have the heart of Yeshua — that is, gentle and humble/ like little children/ the pure hearted/ the believing
heart (Php2:5; Mt18:3-4; Ac2:46; 2Co4:13).
He lets them remain true to the Lord and to His church with all their hearts (Ac11:23), and
Open wide their hearts and gain souls (2Co6:13)
To have the faith that saves (Ac14:9),
For the evil heart of unbelief — the hardened-heart/ the doubtful/ the unrepentant/ the proud/ the double-minded —
will not be saved in the end (Jas1:6-8; Jude1:5).
O Lord,
Me? Once stubborn, hard-headed, impatient, vicious, heartless, narrow-minded, arrogant, greedy…
Only now with a believing heart I have come before You…
Cover me with the blood of Yeshua.
With the gentle and humble heart of the Lord
Let me embrace souls and
Let us all be saved in the end! Amen.