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God Is Love
God is love (1Jn4:8).
His nature, His supreme character is love and
Through His sacrifice He expresses His love (1Jn4:9) and
He watches over those who love Him until the end (Ps145:20).
Faith is receiving God’s love and knowing what kind of love it is (Eph3:18-19) and
The life of this faith is loving the Lord, His name, the church, His law, brothers, neighbors etc (Ps18:1, 69:36, 26:8, 119:97; Rm12:10, 13:9).
For love is human nature that makes humans human
Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, and literatures, arts, ideologies etc all come from it.
If there were no love, the world history would have been completely different.
The Bible contains the story of God loving mankind.
The history of the Bible is the process of God revealing His love
Like parents not sparing the rod until the young child matures to understand their heart.
Because of their ancestor Abraham
Israel became the people loved by God (Ge22:2-12) and so were
Redeemed from the land of slavery of 400 years (Dt7:8).
The Law that they received commanded them
To love their LORD God with all their heart, with all their soul and with all their strength (Dt6:5), and
Always keep His requirements, decrees, laws and commands (Dt11:1).
As such, under the spirit of slave to fear, a tutor (Rm8:15; Gal3:24),
They were disciplined and chastened with a rod of love (Pr3:11-12).
Not wanting this, however, they worshipped other gods and went further away
So the prophets continued to cry out for them to return and
It was God leading them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love (Hos11:1-4).
But because they refused to turn from their ways
Israel continued to suffer in ruins being tossed from one nation to another (Hos11:5).
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),
No longer a tutor (Gal3:24-25) but the Son of Man will receive the rod in place of mankind (Is53:5),
No longer for only a special people but in place of all men He will pay the price of sin (Mt20:28)
So that the love of God that sent the One and Only Son be known.
Those who believe Him will be saved and have eternal life so they may love God (Jn3:16-17).
This was the completion of the greatest commandment of the Law and the Prophets (Mt22:36-40).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), and
Forgave those who accused Him (Ps109:4), and declared that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command revealing that the Father loves Him and He loves the Father (Jn10:17, 14:31);
2) Judged the devil who separated God and mankind (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Gave His life as an atoning sacrifice for all men (1Jn4:10).
In the beginning — the Word — God/ love — became flesh:
- His death/ an atoning sacrifice — confirmed God’s love — judged the devil (Rm5:8)
- His blood/ for children of God — to dwell in the Father’s love
He resurrected and ascended to the kingdom of the Son He loves (Col1:13).
He who has God’s love poured out into his heart through the Holy Spirit (Rm5:5)
Knows what kind of love he received so
He willingly keeps Christ’s commands (Jn14:15, 15:12):
1) No trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword…or anything else in all creation can separate him from the love of God (Rm8:35-39);
2) He loves the name Yeshua;
3) He loves the house of Lord, the Church;
4) He loves the law of the Lord, the Truth;
5) He loves his brothers — carries the love out in action — the completion of the Law (Rm12:10, 13:9)
Infinitely forgives the mistakes of his brothers (Mt18:21-35);
Shares the suffering of his bothers (Rm12:15).
6) He has the Father’s heart
Seeks the prodigal younger brothers who left home (Lk15:11-32);
Waits patiently for the immature brothers to grow up (1Co13:1).
O Lord,
The cross of shame and suffering! The love of God that sent the One and Only Son!
How could this human fully express the depth, the breadth and the height of Your love?
All I can do is wail before Your love….
Amen.
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The God of All Authority
(Is40:26; Jude1:25)
God is the Head of all authority (Col2:10).< /br> All authorities are decided by Him and come from Him (Rm13:1) and< /br> To become the Head of all authorities forever He created all things (Rm8:38-39).< /br> With His authority He reigns forever (Da4:34).< /br> < /br> Faith is kneeling before the authority of God (2Ch20:6) and< /br> The life of this faith is using the authority of the children of God (Jn1:12) and living stately like a ruler (Pr30:29-31).< /br> < /br> While in monarchy kings have the power to give or take away, the power to command, < /br> The power to appoint, and the power to pardon,< /br> The president elected by the majority of the people in democracy also has such great power.< /br> < /br> The Bible demonstrates that God is the Head of all authority.< /br> By His word He brought out the starry host one by one, calling forth each of them by name (Is40:26),< /br> The rebellion of the archangel Lucifer in heaven (Eze28:12-17), < /br> Satan thrown into the darkness (2Pe2:4), becoming the ruler of Hades (Is14:12-15; Jude1:6) were< /br> All part of God’s dispensation of being the Head of all authority forevermore.< /br> < /br> Deceived by Satan, Adam the ancestor of all men sinned (Ge3:4-6) and< /br> No soul among them could be saved from the power of the grave (Ps89:48; Pr29:2; Ecc4:1).< /br> < /br> The slavery of Israel for 430 years visualized this.< /br> At the age of 80, Moses who was sent by God carried only a staff and< /br> He defeated the proud power of Egypt, the most powerful nation then, and delivered Israel (Eze30:6).< /br> < /br> For 40 years they survived in the wilderness for they ate the bread of angels (Ps78:25) and< /br> The vase containing manna and the name Jehovah were in < /br> The ark inside the sanctuary to remind Israel for generations that< /br> The power and might were in Jehovah’s hand and no one could withstand Him (2Ch20:6).< /br> In the meanwhile, the prophets spoke of the appearance of < /br> The One who would deliver the people from the power of the grave, that is,< /br> The living God, the One who possesses eternal power (Da6:26; Hos13:14).< /br> < /br> Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because< /br> Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),< /br> He would give in not the name Jehovah but the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43)< /br> Not the bread brought by angels for the flesh to eat< /br> But His flesh as the bread of the Ruler for souls to eat for God came as man (Jn6:51).< /br> < /br> He defeated the temptation of the devil, the prince of the world who< /br> With the authority of all the kingdoms of the world tempted Him (Lk4:5-8).< /br> He commanded unclean spirits and they obeyed (Mk1:27),< /br> The wind and the waves and they obeyed (Mk4:39-41), and Peter and he walked on water (Mt14:28).< /br> He also gave the disciples the authority to drive out demons (Mk3:15), and< /br> All of that was for them know that the Son of Man has < /br> The authority to forgive sins (Mt9:6) and the authority to throw souls into hell (Lk12:4-5).< /br> Before Pilot the ruler who could let Him live or die, He stately allowed crucifixion (Jn19:10).< /br> < /br> As Yeshua died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:< /br> 1) Willingly laid down His life for He had the authority to lay it down and to take it up again < /br>(Jn10:17-18) — the Father who gave the command to the Son and brought Him to submission became the 2) Head of all authorities (1Co15:24; Jude1:25);< /br> 3) Through His death as the Son of Man used the authority to judge the ruler of death, the devil (Jn5:27; He2:14); and< /br> Set all men free (He2:15).< /br> < /br> In the beginning — the Word — the God of all authority — became flesh (Jn1:1, 14):< /br> Used the authority to die and to live again — glory to the Father — judged the devil;< /br> His blood — to those who believe — the right to become children of God — Yeshua name (Jn1:12)< /br> < /br> He resurrected and secured all authority in heaven and on earth (Mt28:18),< /br> Sat at the right hand of God, becoming the Head of all authority forevermore (Col2:10).< /br> The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes with authority (Mk9:1) and< /br> Builds the Church which the gates of Hades cannot prevail (Mt16:18-19).< /br> < /br> The Christian is he who knows the right of the children of God:< /br> The right to claim/ pray (Jn14:14), the right to drive out demons and heal (Mk16:17), the right to pardon/ forgive (Jn20:23);< /br> Speaks the truth as his own for he has authority in his words (Mk1:22); and< /br> Lives stately like a ruler who eats at the table of the King of kings, the Ruler (Rev3:20).< /br> < /br> O Lord,< /br> Like the enemy’s son, a lame, lowly man Mephibosheth (2Sa9:1-11),< /br> You have made a dead dog like me, the greatest ruler!< /br> Even if poor, let me not be servile.< /br> Even before death, let me not beg for life.< /br> Rather, let me be bold and live stately and fade away stately! Amen.< /br>
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God Is To Be Praised
(Ex15:11; Rm9:5)
God is to be praised forever (2Co11:31).< /br>
He dwells in praises (Ps22:3) and< /br>
He is worthy to be praised for there is no one like Him in being, attributes, works etc and< /br>
Those who lift up His name He also lifts up (Ps91:14).< /br>
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Faith is setting one’s heart to praise God (Ps108:1) and< /br>
The life of this faith is to give the sacrifice of praise to God for all one’s life (Ps146:2; He13:15).< /br>
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Praise is the act of lifting God up, for which all things were made.< /br>
However, there was a rebellion in the spiritual heaven:< /br>
An archangel made to praise became proud (Eze28:12-18) and< /br>
Attempted to ascend the throne, the place to receive praise — he is Satan.< /br>
God did not spare him but contained him until the great day of judgment (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6),< /br>
In Hades, the lowest point, the darkness, the universe (Is14:11-15; Ob1:2-4).< /br>
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Adam, the ancestor of all men, fell into the deceit of the devil, Satan, to be like God and< /br>
Ate the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), and as a result< /br>
All men became slaves of the devil, bound to follow him to hell (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:19).< /br>
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Through God’s signs the Israelites who had been slaves in Egypt were delivered and< /br>
Walked through the sea on dry grounds and as soon as they set their feet on the land,< /br>
Praise burst out of their mouths (Ex15:1-11; Ps126:2).< /br>
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The Bible records through the history of Israel the praise of God:< /br>
1) Object: God, the name Jehovah, the King etc (Ps66:2, 47:6);< /br>
2) Content: a. His attributes — His greatness, righteousness, faithfulness, mercy, justice etc< /br>
b. His works — creation, saving Israel, wonders etc (Ex18:10; Ps89:5).< /br>
3) Method: voice, lips, claps, dancing, all instruments, psalms (2Ch30:21; Ps98:5, 150);< /br>
4) Time: all life, from morning until night, always;< /br>
5) Place: wherever, especially centered around the temple;< /br>
6) Who: all created things — angels, the sun, the moon, the stars, the seas, everything that has breath (Ps148:1-5);< /br>
7) Practical result: the bonds of wickedness are loosed, saved from the fall (1Ch20:17-22).< /br>
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David was the most successful one in giving praise for< /br>
Before Jehovah, he humbled and humiliated himself and< /br>
Praised Jehovah who appointed such a lowly man to be a ruler (2Sa6:14-22).< /br>
Thus he was blessed to minister before the ark, < /br>
Extol, thank and praise always for 40 years inside the tent (1Ch16:4).< /br>
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The Temple of Jerusalem was where < /br>
“Jehovah = the praise of Israel = the God of Israel” (Dt10:21) was.< /br>
So the Jewish leaders were astonished < /br>
When Yeshua said, “Destroy the temple and I will raise it again in three days,”< /br>
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),< /br>
He would let not only the people of Israel but also all peoples, their souls (Rm15:11)< /br>
Praise not the name Jehovah but the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43).< /br>
During His public life He healed the sick and let them praise God (Lk18:43)< /br>
But because He acknowledged that He is the Son of the One to be praised, < /br>
He was passed over to death (Mk14:61-64).< /br>
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:< /br>
1) Though the very nature God, equal to God, humbled himself obedient to death and exalted the Father, praised the Father (Php2:6-11);< /br>
2) Judged the devil who attempted to lift himself up (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-18; 2Pe2:4); and< /br>
3) In the beginning — the Word — the God to be praised — became flesh (Jn1:1, 14)< /br>
His death / lowered Himself — exalted the Father — redeemed all men< /br>
His blood / grace — the forgiveness of sins — to praise the glory of His grace (Eph1:3-12).< /br>
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He resurrected, ascended to heaven and sat on the throne.< /br>
Thousands of thousand angels in heaven and those who received grace on earth lift up praises< /br>
To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb for ever and ever (Rev5:13, 7:12).< /br>
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The Holy Spirit comes to the church where< /br>
Those who know grace praise the glory of His grace in the assembly (He2:12) and < /br>
Lets them offer a sacrifice of praise (He13:15; Rev2:12).< /br>
The Christian praises with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs (Eph5:19) for< /br>
His great works, that is, creation and the grace of His redemption, in tears, in loud voice, and< /br>
Chains come undone (Ac16:25-26) and he never falters in life for he always praises (Ps42:5) for < /br>
When Yeshua Christ returns he longs to be lifted up high and be taken up into heaven.< /br>
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O Lord,< /br>
He’s the name above all names, You are worthy of all praise,< /br>
My heart will sing how great is our God!< /br>
Lord, You become bigger and bigger< /br>
I become smaller and smaller, my problems become smaller and smaller…< /br>
O Lord, in that day, let not even one of us remain on earth! Amen.< /br>
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The God of Truth
(Jn1:1-18)
God is the God of truth (Ps31:5).
He gives birth through the word of truth (Jas1:18) and
He guides by the truth those who know the truth and
Brings them to His holy mountain, heaven (Ps43:3).
Faith is knowing the truth (Jn8:32; 1Ti2:4) and
The life of this faith is, until one is well spoken of by everyone, even by the truth itself (3Jn1:12),
obeying the truth (Ps86:11; 1Pe1:22).
While science explores unchanging laws, natural truths
Religion says all religions are true.
The Bible, however, says that
God, the word of God, Yeshua, the word of Yeshua, and the Holy Spirit are the truth.
Furthermore, it says that those who know the truth will be set free
From death the price of sin, from sickness, from the natural law.
The Law of Moses is the truth that came to Israel through Moses (Ps119:142, 151) and
It promised that if they kept it, they would be the people of Jehovah (Ex19:6).
But they eventually became cut off from God and disasters came to them (Da9:13) for
No one sought the truth and no one called for justice (Jer5:1; Is59:4).
According to the prophecy,
He whose mouth had true instruction, who would turn many from sin (Mal2:6) appeared: Yeshua.
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 (Jn2:19-21),
He would tear down the Law given in the name Jehovah and
Let the truth be known in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn1:17, 14:6) for
The Law is not the truth but rather a copy, an illustration or a shadow until the new order (He9:9-10).
On the mount where Yeshua transfigured,
God said to listen to not the word of Moses or Elijah but only the word of the Son (Mt17:1-5) for
His word is the truth that whoever has the ears to hear will hear (Mk4:9).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
The Law was fulfilled and the Law was reformed into the truth (Mt5:17) as He:
1) Laid down His life knowing that He would receive it back (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood to be received by souls.
In the beginning — the Word — the God of truth — became flesh:
• Died — set free from the law of sin and death — all men (Rm8:2);
• His blood — the truth — sets free from sin and death — those who know (Jn6:53, 14:6; Eph4:21; 2Co11:10).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, for truth sprang out of the earth (Ps85:11).
The Spirit of truth whom He sent came to believers and the church, and
Lets them build the church which has its foundation on a rock (1Co3:10-11),
The pillar and the foundation of the truth (1Ti3:15), that is,
Upon the immutable truth, “Yeshua = the God who came as man” (Mt16:16-18),
With those who know the truth as pillars, the house of the living God is built.
A true church insists on the sole innocence of Yeshua (Mt27:4; Jn1:1, 14; 1Ti2:5), and:
1) Circumcision —> the circumcision done by Christ (Col2:11), baptism in the name of Yeshua
by immersion (Mt3:16, 28:19; Ac2:38, 8:38, 19:5);
2) Sabbath —> the Lord’s Day (Rev1:8); and
3) No restriction on food (1Ti4:3; 1Co10:23-31).
He who knows the truth (Jn8:33) willingly keeps the law of freedom, Christ’s law (1Co9:21; Jas2:13):
1) Does not distort the truth — rather keeps, defends and teaches the truth (Ac20:3; 2Co4:2, 13:8; 2Ti2:15);
2) Delivers the word of the truth (Rm2:20; 2Ti2:25); and
3) Endures to the end and becomes a pillar of the church of the truth (1Ti3:15; Rev3:10-12),
For on the day the Groom Yeshua returns,
He longs to be taken up to the banquet in the air
As a member of the beautiful bride of Christ (Rev21:2).
O Lord,
As the Church of Jesus celebrates her 37th Anniversary today,
Let us all know this mystery about the Church (Eph5:32) and
Let us all become pillars of the truth! Amen.
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God Is the King
(Ps47:7, 1Ti1:17)
God is the King.
He brings unity to all nations and becomes the King of kings (Eph1:10; Rev17:14), and
He is the King eternal who is immortal and rules over all nations (1Ti1:17).
Faith is enthusiastically welcoming God as my King (Ps74:1-2; cf. Lk19:17) and
The life of this faith is, in order to reign with Christ forever (Rev20:4-6, 21:24), giving one’s life for the
kingdom where Yeshua reigns as Christ.
For a king is the greatest ruler, judge, he can do whatever he pleases (Ecc8:3).
The fate of a kingdom and its people depends on who becomes its king.
While all nations and peoples want peace
In history there has never been a time on earth without wars,
Because it is kings’ ambition to expand their territories and
Many people were killed in the name of “for the kingdom.”
The history of the Bible is the dispensation to reveal God as the King.
In the beginning God created all things (Jn1:1-3; Col1:16), that is,
Angels, powers, thrones, principalities, death, life, height, depth etc (Rm8:38-39).
Satan was an archangel who attempted to raise his throne above the angels and become king,
But he was cast down to Hades until the great day of judgment (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
Deceived by him, Adam sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), and as a result,
The devil became the prince of the world who rules over all mankind (Ps89:48; Jn14:30).
Crushing Egypt, the super-power nation at the time, Israel was delivered for
It was the kingdom of Jehovah:
Jehovah/ their king, the Law of Moses/ their land and the promised land/ their land (Is33:22).
Once they arrived in Canaan, however, they rejected Jehovah as their king (1Sa8:6-20) and
By the kings they chose, their suffering continued as recorded in Kings and Chronicles.
Finally, the kingdom divided into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah
Both of which eventually fell (720 and 586 BC).
Having lost their sovereignty,
They longed for the coming of the Messiah, the King of glory mighty in battle (Ps24:9-10, 136:17),
Coming as David’s descendent according to the prophecy (Is32:1; Jer23:5).
Thus, the Temple of Jerusalem was the focus of their interest (Zec9:9).
When Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
He was hated by the Jews but
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would be not an earthly king but the Ruler of the heavens and the earth (Ps47:7; Mt28:18; Jn18:36),
For He is the Word in the beginning who came as the Son of Man (Jn1:1-2, 14),
The kingdom of heaven, to judge and drive out the prince of this world (Mt4:17; Jn12:31).
So He urged repentance for men who were enslaved by the devil and
Promised the disciples who followed Him the thrones (Mt19:28).
By a ruler who misunderstood His kingdom as part of this world and the people (Jn19:12),
In a crown of thorns, He hung on a cross with a sign that said, “the King of the Jews,” for
He died as a king. And as He died, He said, “It finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The Father who brought Christ the Son into submission is the King of kings (Jn10:17-18);
2) With His authority to die He destroyed the ruler of death, the prince of the world (Jn10:18, 16:11; He12:14); and
3) With His blood redeemed all men who had been slaves of the devil, making them the people
of the kingdom of Christ and the spiritual heaven His territory (Rev5:9).
After He resurrected, He ascended to heaven and sat on the throne.
He is the eternal King who reigns forever (Rev11:15).
The Holy Spirit came in the name Yeshua to the church, the kingdom of Christ on earth (Ac5:42).
The Christian is he who loves the kingdom where Yeshua reigns as Christ,
For it is the kingdom which the King established through His own sacrifice,
The kingdom where He reigns with justice and peace (He7:2), and
The kingdom where forgiveness, tolerance, rest and prosperity are guaranteed forever.
For he longs for the day when he would reign with Christ (Rev21:24), he:
1) Sincerely believes the gospel of Christ and absolutely submits to Him (2Co9:13);
2) No longer lets sin reign over his mortal body (Rm6:12);
3) In suffering goes before the throne of mercy for the throne is the bottle of his tears (Ps56:8; Rm5:3; 2Th1:4; He4:16);
4) Is willingly watched over by the overseer made by the Holy Spirit (Ac20:28); and
5) Gives his life for the expansion of the kingdom of Christ for a multitude of people is the King’s glory (Pr14:28).
O Lord,
My God the King, I love my King and His kingdom very much!
When the kingdom where Yeshua is Christ comes,
Let our Church of Jesus be absorbed into it. Amen.
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God Our Father
(Mt6:9; Rm8:14-17)
God is the Father.
With His blood He gives birth to children and
To His children He gives His glorious inheritance (Eph1:18).
Faith is believing that God in heaven is my Father (Mt23:9) and
The life of this faith is enduring discipline knowing that it is from the Father (He12:5-9), and loving
those who have become brothers by one blood (Jn13:14).
For all ages and places, the relationship between father and son is
The most enduring, unchanging relationship as
Even an evil man desires to give his best to his children (Mt7:11).
As angels were made as ministering spirits (He1:14),
There was no plan for them to become sons of God, heirs of God (He1:5, 13-14).
As such, when the archangel, Satan, sinned in heaven, he was cast out of heaven (Is14:12-15),
Only to wait for judgement without mercy (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4).
But when the living being, Adam, sinned deceived by Satan, the devil, and was
Driven out from the Garden, God clothed him in garments of skin (Ge2:7, 3:21):
A sign that the way to return to God would be opened
By the blood poured out of the torn flesh (Ge3:24).
Because of sin, all men would suffer for their children all their life (Ge3:16).
Adam endured the worst suffering of having one son being killed by the other son (Ge4:1-10).
David’s heart was broken by his son, an immoral insurgent and yet
His son’s death plunged him into the pit of suffering (2Sa16:22, 18:32-33).
This is the reason why in the Ten Commandments there is the commandment to honor your parents,
While there is no commandment to love your children (Ex20:12).
When it was time, the Word from the beginning came in the flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14),
The seed of the Word, the imperishable seed (1Pe1:23),
Fell on the body of the virgin Mary (Lk1:35-38) and
According to the prophecy, the offspring of the woman, the Son of God (Ge3:15) came.
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 end the era when Israel called Abraham their father in Jehovah name (Lk16:24; Jn8:39),
With the inheritance of the land of Canaan (Ge17:8), and
Begin a new era when souls will call on Yeshua name the Father in heaven (Mt23:9; Jn1:12) and
Receive the spiritual heaven, the Father’s house as inheritance (Jn14:1-3).
His public life that He began as the Son of God was the beginning of His suffering (Mt3:16-17).
After fasting for 40 days, He faced the devil’s temptation (Mt4:1-10),
His neighbors rejected Him (Mk6:3), and
Even the disciples who saw His countless signs could not believe Him entirely (Mk4:41).
But whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they shouted “the Son of God” (Mk3:11; Mt8:29).
The charge that the Jews brought as the reason for His death was (Mt26:66) because of
Calling Himself not “Christ” but “the Son of God” (Lk22:70-71).
Before their mockery He died, but He said, “It is finished” (Mt27:40; Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) He was obedient to the Father to death (Jn10:17-18), thus received the name of all names as
the inheritance for the Son (Php2:8-9; He1:4);
2) Judged the angel who challenged the throne prepared for the Son (Is14:12-15); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood, the Spirit of the Son (Rm8:15; Gal4:5), which was for God to
receive many sons through mankind (Jn1:12, 12:24; Eph1:7; He1:6).
He resurrected and ascended to the throne in heaven, and He is called the Lamb for
He is the Father who has the marks of being torn and shedding blood (Rev5:12).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Nurtures believers to become His glorious children (Rm8:15-17) so
Through financial, social, health etc problems, though painful,
They receive them as their Father’s discipline to endure, knowing that
He is treating them as not illegitimate sons but true sons (He12:5-9).
God = our Father = the Father of the Church = the Father to those who have brothers
Those who have become members of one another, in one body in Christ (Rm12:5)
Received the command to love one another (Jn13:34) so they:
1) Have equal concern for each other, greet, comfort and encourage one another (1Co12:25; 1Th4:18; He10:24-25);
2) Bear one another in love, forgiving each other (Eph4:2, 32);
3) Share what they have with others (Ac4:32; He13:16);
4) Carry each other’s burdens (Gal6:2; 1Co12:26; Jas5:16); and
5) Honor one another above themselves (Jn13:14; Rm12:10; Gal5:13; 1Pe4:10).
O Lord,
Let us all become the children who delight our Father and make Him proud.
Let us all, not even without one member, go to the Father’s house after death! Amen.
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The God of Life
(Nu27:16; Jn11:25-27)
God is the God of life (Ps42:8; Ac3:15).
In Him is life and from Him comes life (Jn1:1-4; Ps36:9), and
He gives life to those who want to live (Jn10:10).
Faith is believing Him and having a living hope (1Pe1:3) and
The life of this faith is putting effort to receive eternal life through the resurrection to life when the life
Christ appears, even if one loses his life (Jn5:29, 12:25).
Life refers to the quality that allows living organisms to live, breath and move.
While the advancement of science has extended human longevity,
Life still flies away and ends with a moan (Ps90:9-10; Jas4:14) for
No flesh can escape the principle to die once (He9:27).
Life according to the Bible is:
1) That never perishes, spoils or fades away (1Pe1:4);
2) In God, the Word, the Son, Yeshua (Jn1:1-4, 5:26, 14:6); and
3) Sustained by eating the Word of God (Mt4:4).
Adam, the living being, was given plants and fruits as food for the flesh, and
The word of God as food for the spirit.
Deceived by the devil, however, he ate the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
As a result all men died in their spirit (Rm5:12; 1Co15:22),
Destined to be judged as the dead (Rev12:13), risen to be condemned (Jn5:29), and
Thrown into the eternal fire, the second death, the lake of fire (Mt25:41; Rev20:13-14).
During the time of Noah, by a deluge God destroyed
All creatures that had the breath of life (Ge6:17) and
Showed that breath was the life of the flesh (Job7:7).
The sanctuary where the name Jehovah, the God who gives breath to all living things (Nu16:22) was
Reminded that the life of the flesh is in the blood (Lev17:11) and so
Anyone who ate blood was put to death (Lev17:14).
The Law was the covenant of life, the living words (Mal2:5; Ac7:38):
It promised Israel a long life when they obeyed and death when they disobeyed (Ex20:12, 31:14);
It also allowed those who killed unintentionally to live by
Fleeing to the cities refuge (Nu35:11-28; Dt4:42).
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 tear down the Law that Israel kept in the name Jehovah for a long life, and
The Son of Man would keep the Father’s command and give eternal life to all nations for
He is the Word in the beginning, the God of life who came in the flesh (Jn1:1, 4, 14).
He is the life, the bread of life for souls of all men (Jn6:48, 14:6; 1Jn1:1-2).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) He died according to the Father’s command and confessed that the Father is the Lord of life
who would give His life back (Ps21:4; Jn10:18);
2) Through His death He judged the ruler of death the devil (He2:14); and
3) The incarnation of the Word, that is, the Son of Man coming in the flesh that dies
shedding blood, was to pay the price of all men’s sins and shed His blood to give life (1Pe1:23), and
Be resurrected becoming the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
This was the purpose of God creating death, life, angels...height and all things (Rm8:38-39).
Ascended to heaven, He is the Lamb who was dead but now He is alive forevermore (Rev1:18).
To freely give the water of life without a price
The Holy Spirit calls souls to the Church (Jn7:38-39; Rev22:17).
The Christian is he who has the blood of Yeshua in his soul (1Jn5:12), that is,
His name is written in the book of life (Rev20:12-15), so he:
1) Sets his mind on spiritual things above and finds life and peace (Rm8:6; Col3:1-2);
2) Gives off the fragrance of the blood of this life (2Co2:14-16);
3) Loves souls and thus knows that he has passed from death to life (1Jn3:14);
4) Keeps his tongue from evil and only speaks the words of life (Ac5:20; 1Pe3:10);
5) To go to the tree of life, rids what is unclean and detestable (Rev21:27, 22:14-15); and
6) To manifest the life of Yeshua, daily takes up his own cross (2Co4:10-12) so that
When the Lord returns, he would resurrect to life and receive a spiritual body (1Co15:42-44).
O Lord,
The purpose of my life is eternal life and
The goal of my life is the resurrection to life, the first resurrection (Rev20:4-6).
Until the blood of Yeshua in me grows to resurrect to life
Let me die daily and obey Your word.
Like medics who even treat their enemies, let us all do this most honorable work —
Preaching the words of life even to our enemies! Amen.
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The Will of God
(Job23:13-14; Jn6:38-40)
God has a will.
He created all things according to His will (Rev4:11) and
What He willed before the creation is fixed and He certainly does what He willed (Job23:13; Da4:35).
He lets those who do His will enter His kingdom (Mt7:21).
Faith is knowing the will of God and believing that His will never changes (Eph5:17; He6:17).
The life of this faith is doing the will of God and proclaiming it (Mk3:35; Ac20:27).
As every man has free will, those who keep the will they made in the beginning until the end succeed
While those who constantly change their will cannot achieve anything in the end.
The Bible lets the Word in the beginning, that is, the mystery of God’s will, be known, which
He purposed in Christ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment (Eph1:9-10):
• Dispensation: the schedule for the fulfillment of God’s will;
• Predestination: the establishment of parts for the dispensation of God (Eph1:11); and
• Providence: the selection for the parts to fulfill the will of God (Eph3:8-10).
The purpose of God:
1) The Son, the very nature God, submitted to the Father to the point of death, so every
knee bows before His name, to the glory of the Father (Php2:6-11);
2) The destruction of the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) The redemption of mankind — the will predestined in Christ since eternity (Eph1:7, 3:11-12).
Deceived by the devil, the ancestor Adam sinned driven out of the Garden (Ge3:4-6, 24) and
Consequently all men became looted, plundered and trampled by the devil (Is10:6), that is,
Satan, the archangel who rebelled in heaven and was cast down (Is14:12-15),
A punishing club, a rod to punish, which God predestined (Is30:32; Eze7:10).
This was materialized in the slavery of Israel in Egypt (Ge15:13; Ex2:23-25), when
God hardened the heart of the pharaoh and he became hardened (Rm9:18).
Even after the exodus, Israel was punished by the continuing invasions of gentile powers
So the rod and the staff of Jehovah would be their comfort (Ps23:1-6).
God commanded Israel to observe the Passover (Ex12:26-27) and
The decrees and laws received through Moses to be kept alive (Lev18:5; Dt4:40, 6:20-24)
For the Lord is life (Dt30:19-20), which was reminded through
The stone tablets of the Testimony and the atoning sacrifice was given in the sanctuary.
While there was the prophecy of the appearance of the one who would be crushed and suffer
To accomplish the will of God (Is53:10, 55:11),
The last prophet John the Baptist urged Israel to bear fruit in keeping with repentance (Mt3:8-12).
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 Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would do the will of the Father who sent Him (Jn6:38-40), that is,
To give life and raise to life in the last day
Not the children of Abraham by physical descent, but the children of the promise by faith (Rm9:6-8).
By God’s deliberate plan, Yeshua was put to death by wicked men (Ac2:23) but
As He died He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) The Word in the beginning came in the flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14) and gave His life as an offering
according to the command (Is53:10; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) Through His death paid the price for all men’s sin and with His blood gave life and birth to
the children of the promise (Mt20:28; Rm8:15-16, 9:8).
He resurrected revealing that He is life (2Ti1:10) and
He is the Lamb on the heavenly throne, the mark of the completion of God’s will.
The Holy Spirit lets the Father’s will fulfilled in the Son also be fulfilled in believers (Mt6:10; Jn16:13):
To give eternal life to those who look to the Son and believe.
Therefore, the Christian:
1) Carries out whatever the providence, risking life;
2) Puts effort to lose not even one soul given to him (Mt18:14; Jn6:39);
3) Gathers into the Church that is predestined to face trouble as the Day approaches (Ac4:27-30; He10:25); and
4) Sows not for the flesh to reap destruction but for the spirit to reap eternal life (Gal6:8),
For those who partake in His will are promised to inherit His kingdom (Rm8:17; 1Co3:9).
O Lord,
There is only one way to accomplish the will of God — the cross!
Let us not waste our life on this day (Eph5:15-16; Jas4:13-15).
Let Your will be done, Father! Amen.
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Have Faith In God
(Is43:10; Mk11:22-24)
God is the Lord of faith (He12:2).
Though He is invisible He exists.
He gives credible proof to believe in Him (Ac17:31) and rewards such faith (He11:6).
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is keeping the faith until the end, even in trials due to faith (2Ti4:7) for
The result of faith is the salvation of one’s soul, that is, to receive eternal life (Jn3:16; 1Pe1:9),
While the world also has faith, which is in social contracts like marriage, investments, insurance etc.
Self-confidence — self-assurance — subjective — based on one’s own knowledge and experience —
probability for success (%);
Faith — the assurance of God — objective — based on the Word of God — guarantee for 100% success
The Bible says to have faith in God, to possess the faith in God (Mk11:22), since God is invisible.
*What do we believe?
a. God is living and His works/the creation (He11:3)
b. God rewards faith — justification, salvation, see the glory of God etc
*What is faith?
The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (He11:1-2)
*The credible evidence: the resurrection of Yeshua Christ and the Bible (Jn20:31; Ac17:31)
The history of the Bible is the march of faith:
Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, by faith built an ark and saved his family (He11:7);
Abraham believed that God gives life to the dead and calls into beings that were not (Rm4:17-20),
So he offered as a sacrifice his only son whom he received at 100 for
He reasoned that God could even raise the dead (He11:17-19).
For Israel to believe that Moses was sent by the LORD, God let him perform many signs (Ex4).
During the exodus, they saw the mighty hand of the LORD against the Egyptians and the Red Sea
So they believed the LORD and Moses (Ex14:31; Ps106:9-12).
Even after seeing numerous signs, however, during the 40 years in the wilderness,
All but two Israelites died without entering the land of Canaan, including Moses (Nu14:11-45, 20:12).
Albeit they were chosen as witnesses of Jehovah, Israel ultimately collapsed (Is43:10) for
They did not believe in God (2Ki7:13-18; Ps78:32-33).
Yet the gentile city of Nineveh was delivered right before their pending destruction for
When hearing Jonah’s warning, all the people in the kingdom with the king repented (Jnh3:4-9).
The prophet John the Baptist led men to believe through him Yeshua (Jn1:7; Ac19:4).
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 end the faith that believes in the Creator God as a concept in Jehovah's name and
Give them the faith to believe in God by experience in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43).
Yeshua stressed that they believe in Him that:
1) He is one with the Father who sent Him as the Son (Jn6:44, 10:30, 11:42, 16:30);
2) His word is the truth, testifying by His signs (Mt9:29; Jn10:25; 14:11);
3) There is resurrection — the resurrection to life or to condemnation (Jn5:29, 11:25-26).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
The author of faith made faith perfect (He12:2), declaring that He:
1) Believed in the promised resurrection and laid down His life according to the command (Ps27:13; Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil who sowed the seed of doubt (Ge3:4-6; Lk13:39); and
3) The Word in the beginning, God the Creator of faith, who came in the flesh,
• Died — resurrected — on the throne (the substance) — the redemption of mankind
• Blood — seed — in the believers — the salvation of their souls — eternal life (substance)
His resurrection is the proof to believe in Him (Ac17:31).
The Lamb who was slain still has in His body scars, the substance and the evidence of faith.
The Holy Spirit came to believers in the name Yeshua and
The Christian is he who believes that:
1) Yeshua Christ lives and that He is coming back;
2) By His word Christ will judge the living and the dead (Jn12:48; 2Ti4:1);
3) In the name Yeshua uses the right of the children of God (Jn1:12) by:
• The signs accompanying believers, driving out demons and healing (Mk16:17-20)
• Always praying and not giving up (Lk18:1-8);
4) Following the ancients of faith enduring hardships due to faith (He11:36-40),
Until arriving in the Father’s house prepared for the believers.
O Lord,
Let me surrender my self-confidence, the faith in money, job, family, myself…and
Trade it with the faith from the beginning, the faith of the Creator of faith!
Give me and my family the gift of faith (1Co12:9)!
Let us all begin with simple obedience and arrive in greater faith…
Until the substance of what we hope for — eternal life in the Father’s house! Amen.
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God Is To Be Feared
(1Ch16:25; Php2:12)
God is to be feared.
For He is great and mighty and glorious, He is to be feared above all gods (1Ch16:25).
While those who fear Him He delivers from death,
Instructs the way to choose and rewards (Ps25:12, 33:19; Rev11:18),
Those who do not fear Him He afflicts (Ps55:19; Pr1:28-29).
Faith is to delight in revering the name of God (Neh1:11) and
The life of this faith is always obeying and working out salvation in fear and trembling (Php2:12).
The Bible makes God’s first impression as to be feared always (Jos4:24; Ecc8:12):
The general revelation — through all things His eternal power and divine nature (Rm1:18-20);
The general conscience — the conscience regarding sin that is exclusive to humans (Rm2:12-15).
Sin is being fearless before God: Adam fearlessly ate the forbidden fruit and was
Banished from the Garden as he was deceived by the serpent (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), that is,
Satan who fearlessly challenged the throne in heaven and was cast down (Is14:12-15; Rev12:7-9).
The faith of the Old Testament was to fear God.
Noah, in holy fear, built an ark to save his family from the flood that wiped out all mankind (He11:7).
Abraham became the ancestor of faith for
He feared God and gave his only son as a burnt offering (Ge22:12).
His descendants, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph etc were all who feared God (Ge31:42, 42:18).
When the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the LORD displayed against the Egyptians
They became a people who feared the LORD (Ex14:31; Ps22:23).
The Law given to Israel commanded them
To fear the LORD God as long as they live by observing all His decrees and commands,
Teaching their children, the foreigners residing in their towns (Dt6:1-2, 31:12), and
Even those who lived in the land of Canaan (Dt4:10) to also keep them.
Showing respect to their parents and the elders (Lev19:3, 32) and
Looking after the disabled, the poor and their brothers (Lev19:14, 25:36) was to fear the LORD.
For David feared God, he became a ruler over a nation (2Sa23:3) and
The wife of a man from the company of the prophets who had revered the LORD was
Delivered by miracle from her extreme poverty (2Ki4:1-7).
While the Temple where the name Jehovah was to be most revered (Lev19:30) reminded them this,
Israel eventually fell: for they worshipped the LORD but also served their own gods (2Ki17:33).
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 make known not the name Jehovah that Israel feared,
The one who could kill the body but not the soul,
But the name Yeshua, the name of the Father (Jn5:43),
The One who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Mt10:28),
To be feared by all nations forever (Mal1:14).
As such, all His works caused them to fear Him (Mk4:41, 5:15; Lk5:8-9).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Feared the One who is able to save Him from death, in reverent submission humbled Himself
to death (Jn10:18; He5:7; Php2:6-8);
2) Judged the devil who fearlessly challenged the throne (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Freed those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear (He2:15):
• In the beginning — the Word — the God to be feared — in the flesh — died — revered
God — freed all men;
• His blood — for the souls who receive its sprinkling — to fear Christ who saved them from death.
After He resurrected and ascended to heaven filled with the praises of those who fear Him (Rev19:5).
The Holy Spirit fills the Church that He supports with those who fear the Lord (Ac9:31).
For God seeks not the outer appearance of men but those who fear Him,
He sent evangelists to the Ethiopian eunuch, Cornelius, Lydia etc to
Preach the gospel to them (Ac8:26-36, 10:2-36) and
Opened their ears to hear the word to finally arrive in salvation (Ac16:14-15).
The Christian is he who fears Christ and His word (Jn12:48; 2Ti4:1; 1Pe3:15).
With a new conscience by the Holy Spirit he purifies himself out of reverence (Ps51:10-12; 2Co7:1),
Always obeys to work out his salvation in fear and trembling (Php2:12).
He reveres the body of Christ the Church and the given duties (He12:28),
Reveres the appointed overseers, the pastor, and the leaders (Ac8:11; Eph5:21), and
Teaches his children to do the same.
O Lord,
As the years go by, this holy conscience in me causes me to fear all the more
The word of the Bible regarding Your return, the resurrection to condemnation,
The great while throne of judgement, the millstone, hell etc.
Let us all always obey Your word and work out our salvation in fear and trembling! Amen.
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The Omnipotent God
(Ge17:1; Ac10:38)
God is omnipotent (Is6:3; Rev1:8).
He surpasses the limits of time, space, and power.
He takes great power and reigns (Rev11:17).
Faith is believing that God has the power to do what He promises (Rm4:21), and
The life of this faith is trusting the power of God and the majesty of His name (Mi5:4), and telling His
mighty acts (Ps145:4).
While some people challenge the impossible, breaking through human limitations,
For most people, the older they get, the more experience they get in life,
The more they feel their limitations, thus the more skeptical and pessimistic they become.
The Bible is written of the omnipotence of God, the attribute of having infinite or unlimited power.
From Genesis to Revelation it is full of supernatural phenomena and mysteries for
God can do all that He has determined to do (Ps115:3; Da4:35), and
No one can force Him to do otherwise (Is14:24, 27).
God introduced Himself as the God Almighty (El-Shaddai) to Abraham (Ge17:1), and
To Isaac (Ge28:3) and to Jacob (Ge35:11).
Abraham believed in God who calls into beings that were not and created, and so
Against all hope, in hope he believed the promise (Ge18:10-15) and
Received a son through his body that was as good as dead at the age of 100 (Ge21:2; Rm4:18-20).
Bringing the pharaoh of Egypt to his knees, Israel was delivered from their slavery of 400 years, and
It was through the wonders and the miracles performed by Moses with his staff (Ex3:20, 4:17).
After parting the sea and walking through it like dry land, and arriving in the wilderness,
They saw God’s miracles daily for 40 years.
In spite of it, however, they grumbled against Him, so without seeing the promised land
All but two of them fell in the wilderness and died (Nu14:22-23).
Even after seeing the temple of Jehovah, the dwelling of the Mighty God where
The ark of the might of Jehovah was, which reminded them, “Jehovah = the Almighty” (Ps132:5, 8)
Israel served other gods for which they were destroyed by the Almighty (Job22:23; Is13:6).
Yet there was the prophecy of the birth of a child, a son to be born
With the name Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God who saves (Is9:6; Zeph3:17).
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 save not the flesh but the souls of men from their sins (Mt1:21),
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not as Mary’s son but as the offspring of the woman who came according to the prophecy (Ge3:15).
For He came to do mighty works Himself through His body (Jn14:11),
During the three years of His ministry He daily drove out demons, healed the sick and
Performed countless miracles and wonders for
God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and power (Ac10:38), and
Power came out of His body (Lk6:19, 8:43-48).
Even the disciples who followed Him did the same power (Mt10:1; Lk10:1; Jn14:12).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Mt16:21-23; Jn19:30), for
Through His death, the Son of Man broke through the limitations of the human flesh, death, so He:
1) Confessed and trusted that the Father alone is the mighty God who is able to save Him from death (He5:7);
2) With His authority to die judged the devil who had the authority to kill (Jn10:18; He2:14); and
3) The Word in the beginning became flesh, the Omnipotent, limitless God as limited man,
- Through the limitations of the flesh — paid the price of sin, death, for all men
- Through His eternal blood — let men break through their limits (Rm8:1; He13:20).
The Father raised Him from the dead, confirming that Yeshua is the Son of God (Rm1:4).
He ascended to the heavenly throne and reigns with power forever (Rev1:8, 11:17).
The Holy Spirit lets believers challenge the impossible in the mighty name Yeshua (Mk16:17-18).
To this day, signs are important because they testify that Yeshua Christ lives,
They confirm the truth (Mk16:20), they prevent faith from becoming an idea, and
Through testimonies they give glory to God.
While the world may become afraid, discouraged and hopeless at the smallest things,
The Christian does not fear or worry (Mt6:31-34; Rm8:31-39),
Does not shrink back even in danger (Ac4:27-31; 1Co2:4),
But rather boldly testifies the gospel and heals the sick for
He longs for the ultimate breakthrough when the Lord returns — the resurrection to life (Php3:20-21).
O Lord,
Let us never become religious people.
Rather, in the name Yeshua let us create miracles.
Through Him who gives us power, we can do all things (2Co3:4-5 Php4:13)! Amen.
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The Omniscient God
(Ps139:1-4; Jn2:23-25)
God knows all things.
He sees everything under the heavens (Job28:24) and
Knows all the past, the present and the future and
He knows all thoughts, the secrets of the heart, words, deeds and even dreams (Job34:25; Ps44:21).
The wicked says to himself that God never notices so does not know and will not judge (Ps10:4, 11)
But faith is acknowledging the omniscience of God (Jer23:24) and
The life of this faith is being conscious of God’s eyes in every moment and living under His supervision and protection.
After Adam was deceived by the serpent and ate the forbidden fruit and hid in the Garden,
God asked him, “Where are you?” not because He did not know but rather
It was for Adam to answer honestly, “Here I am,” and be saved (Ge3:9-11).
This was done all according to God’s plan for
The Son of God to come as the offspring of the woman (Ge3:15) and
Judge Satan the devil and save mankind (1Jn3:8).
The work of saving mankind began when God gave the Law to Israel.
The commandment came and sin sprang to life (Rm3:19, 7:9), and
The prophets, the seers warned those who feared the price of sin, death (Ps90:8)
To turn from their evil ways and observe the commands (2Ki17:13).
But they trusted in their wickedness saying that no one saw them (Is47:10) for
They had forgotten the eyes of God.
The Bible carefully illustrates God’s omniscience through one event:
The dream that Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had was
Revealed by God to Daniel in a vision (Da2:19-30), for
God not only knows all things but interprets them with perfect wisdom.
The forewarned destruction came to Israel suddenly (Is47:11) for
They ate detestable things in secret (Is65:4) and
Pleaded the prophets to not see what is right but prophesy illusions (Is30:10).
To Israel the Temple of Jerusalem was a great comfort for
It was where the eyes of God who knows the hearts of all men were night and day, and
He would hear and forgive whoever prayed there (1Ki8:29-38).
As such, when Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
He was hated by Israel but
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal that He is the Son of God who sees
Not only a limited place like the temple of Jerusalem where the name Jehovah was
But everywhere under the heavens those with faith and forgives them in the name Yeshua (Mt9:2-4).
For He is the Word in the beginning, the omniscient God who came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14),
During His public years He revealed that He is the God who sees and knows all things:
He saw Nathanael before he came to see Him (Jn1:48) and
The poor widow who gave all that she had to live on (Lk21:4);
He knew His power go out when the woman subject to bleeding touched Him (Lk8:46),
The scattering of the disciples (Mk14:27), the betrayal of Judas etc (Jn13:11, 21).
As He died on the cross, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
All that was going to happen to Him happened (Jn18:4) and that
He who came from God was now returning to God (Jn13:3), so declaring that He:
1) Knowing that He will receive His life back, laid it down according to the command (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the deceiver the devil (Ge3:4-6; Job11:11; Is14:12-15); and
3) Laid down His life for all men for the Father knows Him and He knows the Father (Jn10:15),
and shed His blood for souls to wash away their sins, their eyes to see clearly again (Jn9:7).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and He is the Lamb on the throne.
His seven eyes like blazing fire see everything under the heavens (Rev1:14, 5:6).
The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God who searches all things (1Co2:10-12), was sent as
The Overseer to the church which God brought with His own blood (Ac20:28).
The story of Ananias and Sapphira who were killed for lying to the church shocked the church and
Revealed that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are the one omniscient God, and
The dead will all stand before the great white throne, give account and be judged according to
What they had done as recorded in the books (Rm14:10-12; He4:13; 1Pe4:5; Rev20:11-12).
The Christian divulges all before the God who knows everything (Eph4:26-27; 1Jn1:8-10, 3:20),
Seeks mercy from God who knows how I am formed (Ps103:13-14); and
Being guided by God who knows my way (Job23:10; Ps139:3).
O Lord,
This ugly, lowly me…always making a decision but always failing!
But You know that I love You, Lord (Jn21:15-19).
Let us all never forget that we are always before Your eyes! Amen.
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The Eternal God
(Deu 33:27; He 13:8)
God is eternal.
He alone is immortal (1Ti 6:16) and
To those who believe Him He promises eternal life (1Jn 2:25).
Faith is believing God and having the promise of eternal life (Tit 1:2; 1Jn 2:25), and
The life of this faith is in order to be welcomed into an everlasting home (Lk 16:9), making the most of
Every opportunity now (Eph 5:16) for the success and failure of man’s life depends on how he uses his time.
What is time?
From ancient philosophy to modern physics, people have searched and theorized about it.
While every man feels time passing, not one has yet been able to define it conclusively.
The Bible illustrates that in the beginning
God created all things, that is, space and time (Ge 1:1-5; Ecc 3:1-8).
The spiritual heaven was also made like the creation which has past, present and future for
It is where the archangel who was blameless since the day he was created was,
Until wickedness was found in him (Eze 28:12-17), for which
He was contained in Hades, in darkness bound with everlasting chains (Is 14:12-15; Jude 1:6).
God set eternity in the human heart (Ecc 3:11) for
Adam is a living being, whose flesh has finite time (Ecc 3:2) while the spirit is an infinite being.
Before the eyes of God who is from everlasting to everlasting (Ps 90:2-10)
How pathetic the human life is…so man should learn to count his days
From the ant that spends its brief life working diligently (Ps 90:12; Pr 6:6).
The Bible indicates how God’s promises are fulfilled when the time comes:
Even after Abraham had died, according to the promise made to him (Ge 15:16)
God brought his descendants out of Egypt after 4 generations, 430 years (Ex 12:40-41).
The sanctuary where the name Jehovah was reminded them that
God is from all eternity (Ps 93:2), the everlasting God (Is 40:28).
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 (Jn 2:19-21),
In an instant, His tents will be destroyed, His shelter in a moment (Jer 4:20) and
Reveal not only to Israel but to all nations the eternal God for
The Word who is from eternity became flesh like a creature (Jn 1:1, 14).
To testify about Him, before He came all things were created (Jn 1:3; Col 1:15-17)
The present, the future, height, depth…that is, time and space (Rom 8:38-39).
So He showed during His public life that He is who surpasses time and space (Jn 1:48, 8:56-58).
While to those who follow Him He promised eternal life to never perish (Jn 10:27-28),
To those who do not believe Him punishment in the eternal fire (Mt 25:41; Jude 1:7).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), for the death of the Son of Man is
“The end of time” and there is only “a remaining time” in the universe. He declared that:
1) Through His death testified that the Father alone is eternal (Jn 10:17-18, 12:50);
2) Judged the devil who forgot that he was a creature (Eze 28:15; 1Jn 3:8); and
3) On all men sprinkled His redeeming blood, the eternal imperishable blood (He 9:12, 13:20).
He resurrected and testified that He is the same yesterday today and forever (He 13:8).
The heaven that He ascended to has no time (yesterday, today and tomorrow), because
It is an eternal space (Rev 22:5) for He sprinkled it with His eternal blood (He 9:23-24).
The Holy Spirit makes known
The mystery of God’s dispensation of the fullness of the times (Eph 1:10, 3:9-11).
The Christian born again in the blood of Yeshua, His eternal blood:
1) Has a changed view of life (the view of time) so spends time doing not the fleeting work for
flesh and blood, the worldly work, but the Lord’s work, the work for his soul (1Co 7:24-31); 2) For laziness will be judged, manages diligently his given talents, time (Mt 25:24-31); and
3) For the eternal home, rest, comfort and glory await (2Co 5:1; 2Th 2:16; 1Pe 5:10), endures the
brief trials of the flesh and persecution (2Th 1:4, 7).
O Lord,
For what is seen is temporary and what is unseen is eternal (2Co 4:16-18),
While living this brief life, let us invest our time in eternity!
Let us not worry and waste our time for tomorrow that is without promise (Mt 6:31-34).
Rather, let us only live this day successfully.
So when our souls leave the flesh
Let us be welcomed in the eternal dwelling! Amen.
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The True God
(Jer 10:10; Jn 17:3)
God is the only true God (Jn 17:3).
For He is true His will does not change (He 6:17) and
For there is no deceit in Him it is impossible for God to lie (Ps 89:34; He 6:18).
Faith is believing Him and believing that His word alone is true (2Sa 7:28) and
The life of faith is, in order to enter the true heaven after death (He 9:24), only listening to and
speaking the truth while alive (Rom 9:1) and trusting His promises until the end.
While everyone is taught to tell the truth from childhood and perjury is considered a serious offense,
The world is deceived and deceiving for
The Bible says that God alone is true (Jer 10:10; Jn 17:3; 1Th 1:9; Tit 1:2; Rev 6:10) and that
All men are liars (Ps 116:11; Jer 17:9; Rom 3:4).
This is because their ancestor Adam sinned,
Deceived by the devil, the father of lies (Ge 2:17, 3:4-6; Jn 8:44), that is,
Satan who in the spiritual heaven deceived himself to be like God (Is 14:12-15) and was
Cast down to and contained in Hades (Jude 1:6).
Thus, men made a covenant with death, an agreement with Sheol, and
They made lies their refuge, falsehood their shelter (Is 28:15).
Folly = pride = deceiving = deceived = wicked = madness (Ecc 7:25; Pr 14:8, 16).
The Bible is the credit score of God who cannot lie (He 6:18).
As God prophesied to Noah, He wiped out the entire world by a deluge (Ge 7:4-10),
As He promised to Abram, God gave him at the age of 100 a son (Ge 18:10, 21:1-2).
As God warned Lot, the city of Sodom was destroyed by burning sulfur (Ge 19:24-25) and
His sons-in-law who treated it as a joke were destroyed with the city (Ge 19:14).
Furthermore, according to the covenant He made with Abraham 400 years before (Ge 15:13),
His descendants, the Israelites, were delivered from their slavery in Egypt (Ex 12:41) as
The spirit of death passed over the homes with the blood of lamb following the promise (Ex 12:13).
Even in the wilderness they did not become extinct for
According to His promise, God daily gave them food for 40 years (Ex 16:13, 35).
The sanctuary where the vase with manna and the ark of the covenant law (Ex 16:34-35, 25:22) were
Reminded them that Jehovah is the true God and
The Law commanded them to not be deceived (Ex 20:16; Lev 19:11).
However, the fall of Israel led them to ruins because of
The rebellious people, the cheating priests and the false prophets (Is 9:15, 30:9-10; Jer 6:10; Mal 1:14).
Yeshua came and said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn 2:19-21),
He would tear down the temple that was only a copy and build the true temple (He 9:24), and
Give not the daily food that the flesh eats and dies but
The true food that the soul eats to live eternally, His flesh and blood (Jn 6:32-55).
After fasting 40 days, He was tempted by the devil but by the word He defeated him (Ps 119:69).
Testified by the true prophet John the Baptist (Mt 3:11; Mk 11:32), He stressed that:
The words of Yeshua = the truth = the words of the Father (Jn 8:26, 14:24) = the words that give life to the spirit (Jn 6:63)
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died as the last Adam and fulfilled the word given to the first Adam, “If you eat of it you will
surely die,” testifying that the Father is the true God (Ge 2:17; 1Co 15:45);
2) Judged the devil the father of lies (Ge 3:4-6; Jn 8:44), as the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil was the trap to catch both the deceiver and the deceived (Job 12:16); and
3) Sprinkled the redeeming blood and let souls become His true sons (He 12:8).
Through His resurrection, the Father testified that the words of the Son are true (Mt 16:21; Ac 3:15).
The Spirit of truth (Jn 14:17, 15:26, 16:13), who came from the true heaven
Lets believers testify the things that were fulfilled according to the prophecies (Lk 1:1-2) and
The things that will be fulfilled (Rev 1:7).
He warns them to not be deceived by Satan (2Co 2:11).
The Christian was at one time foolish and deceived (Tit 3:3) but is no longer deceived or deceives.
He longs to gather into the Church, the only society on earth where only the truth is accepted.
He only listens to the truth, only speaks the truth and does not lie (Rom 9:1; 1Ti 2:7).
Not only does he speak the truth but also does it, as to not deceive himself (Jas 1:22) for
He believes that liars will be thrown into the lake of fire, the second death (Rev 21:8).
O Lord,
Cover our ears and our mouths. Let us not listen to lies. Let us only speak the truth.
For in due time, the truth will be revealed, let us endure and wait (He 6:18-19).
When You come back, take us all to the true heaven where we will be with You forever. Amen.
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The God of Peace
(Isaiah 9:6, Philippians 4:7)
God is the God of peace (Heb 13:20).
In Him is peace and peace comes from Him (1Kin 2:33) and
He keeps in perfect peace those who are steadfast in their hearts (Isa 26:3).
Faith is longing for the peace of God and
The life of this faith is guarding one’s heart and preaching the good news of peace in order to receive the peace that
never shakes regardless of the situation (Ps 16:8-9; Pr 4:23; Ac 10:36).
Nowadays stress is accepted as the origin of all sicknesses,
While anxieties and depression are understood leading cause for suicide.
Medicine prescribes therapy, medications and even meditations to calm the mind and the heart.
Though every individual, family, tribe and nation want peace,
Perfect peace is impossible to be found on earth.
The Bible has a lot of say about the heart:
From the heart comes out thoughts, words and deeds (Mt 15:18; Mk 7:21) and
The thoughts of the heart determine the character of a man (Pr 23:7).
Furthermore, the Bible says that the one who controls the heart is God (Rev 17:17),
As He can either harden or soften the heart (Ex 4:21; Ps 127:2).
Satan is the archangel contained in Hades until the great day of judgement (Is 14:13-14; Jude 1:6),
For he conceived trouble in heaven and gave birth to evil on earth (Job 15:35),
The devil deceived Adam the ancestor of all mankind to sin (Ge 3:4-6; 1Jn 3:8).
As a result, no man can escape anxiety, stress and fear in life (Ge 4:12-14),
Only to follow the devil to hell after (Mt 25:41).
During the time of Noah, God destroyed the entire mankind by a deluge for
Every inclination of the human heart was evil all the time, from childhood (Ge 6:5, 8:21).
After the exodus, Israel received the Law which
Were written on the tablets of their hearts and God promised peace (Ps 29:11; Pr 7:2-3).
The sanctuary was where the name Jehovah, God of peace (Jdg 6:24) was, reminding them of
The covenant of peace through the priests and the fellowship offerings (Lev 3:6-11; Nu 25:12).
God had not David who fought many wars and never knew peace in his time (1Ch 22:7-8)
But Solomon, the man of peace who only knew peace and quiet during his reign (1Ch 22:9-19),
To build the Temple in the city of peace Jerusalem.
However, wars, destruction and calamities did not cease for
Their hearts were not loyal to Him (Ps 78:37), the fruit of their schemes (Jer 6:19).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days,” and
He was hated by the Jews who longed for peace but
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn 2:19-21),
He would give peace to not only the chosen people Israel but to the souls of all nations (Jn 14:27), for
He is the Word in the beginning (Jn 1:14), the King of peace (Is 9:6, He 7:2), who
Became flesh to give the perfect peace (Hag 2:9).
His prayer on Gethsemane was with fervent cries of anguish and sorrow (Mt 26:37-38; He 5:7), and
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), for He nailed to the cross The price of all men’s sin, that is, punishment and death, laid on His body (Is 53:4-6).
- He died according to the command and committed His soul to the Father, the God of peace (Jn 10:17-18;Lk 23:46);
- He judged the devil, who became the origin of sin because of the evil he had in his heart (Job 15:35; Is 14:13); and
- With His blood made peace between God and men (Col 1:20), and let souls drink His blood, that is, life to the spirit and peace to the heart (Rm 8:6).
After His resurrection, His first words were, “Peace be with you” (Jn 20:19).
The Holy Spirit lets believers refresh their hearts in Christ (Phi 1:20) and
Lets them know Yeshua is their peace (Eph 2:14).
They are gathered into the church, one body called to peace (Col 3:15) so
The early Christians gathered even in persecutions and risked their life to worship (Ac 4:25-31).
The Christian:
- His heart is steadfast knowing, “What is my one hope? (Eternal life)” (Ps 57:7);
- Praises even in anxiety and fear (Ac 16:25);
- His heart is steadfast to pray (Ps 112:7; Is 26:3);
- Writes the word on the tablet of his heart (Pr 3:3; Gal 6:16);
- Does the work of making peace with brothers (Mt 5:9; Rom 12:18, 14:19); and
- Preaches the good news of peace (Is 52:7; Mt 10:12-13; Ac 10:36).
O Lord,
If You ask me, “What is your one wish?”
I will ask for peace!
More than health, money or family…
The peace that can prevail
In times of trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger or sword.
Give such peace to me and all our members.
Let us all, when our souls leave the flesh, be moved to the kingdom of peace! Amen.
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Seeing the Face of God
(Nu 6:25-26; Jn 4:20-26)
God is the God of revelation.
He reveals Himself in His time and in His ways.
He shows His face to those who are waiting for Him (He 9:28).
Faith is considering the meeting with God as the greatest honor and longing for it (Ps 42:2) and
The life of this faith is, in order to go to heaven after death and live with God seeing His face
(Ps 17:15; Rev 22:4), offering one’s body as a living sacrifice to God while alive (Rom 12:1).
The history of the Bible is the dispensation decided in eternity for the meeting with God.
All things were created for Him (Jn 1:3):
The objects, the circumstances and the place for meeting with Him.
As such, one cannot meet with God through religions that originate from humans.
Worship:
OT — to bow down (shachac) — to serve (abad)
NT — to see the face of God (proskuneuo) — to serve (latreuo)
After Adam sinned, he was banished from the Garden, which became shielded by a flaming sword
For the consequence of sin is being hidden from God’s face (Ge 4:14; Job 34:29; Ps 10:11).
Nevertheless, in stages God began to reveal Himself.
To Abraham and Jacob He revealed Himself as an angel (Ge 18:1-22, 19:1; Hos 12:3-4).
Though Moses saw not the face of Jehovah but only His back,
His face became radiant and people were afraid to look at his face (Ex 33:23, 34:35).
While in the Most Holy Place was the atonement cover where Jehovah promised to meet (Ex 25:22)
It only had images of angels (Ex 25:20).
Still, should even the high priest enter there without the blood of the atoning sacrifice (Lev 16:2) or
Enter whenever he chooses, he was to die (Ex 34:20).
Israel fell under curse for they abandoned God,
Turning their faces away from His dwelling place and turning their backs on Him (2Ch 29:6)
So even when they cried out in their misery, God hid His face (Jer 33:5).
Yet it was prophesied that God would wait in His place (Hos 5:15)
Until they turn from their ways and seek His face so they be saved (2Ch 7:14; 2Ch 30:9; Ps 80:3).
Appearing before this temple,
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 (Jn 2:19-21),
Not in Jehovah name but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn 5:43),
Not to the chosen people of Israel but to all those who long to worship in truth
God would show His face (Jn 4:20-26, 14:9).
As He died, the temple veil tore (Lk 23:45), for the shroud of God’s face was torn (Is 25:7-8), and
He said, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
Died according to the command and the Father saw the lovely face of the Son (Jn 10:18;
SS 2:14), and let the Son see His face with joy (Job 33:26);
Judged the separator the devil (Ge 2:17, 3:4-6); and
Sprinkled the redeeming blood and made His face shine on the faces of faith (Nu 6:25-26).
After He rose, Yeshua was taken up to heaven before the eyes of the disciples (Mt 28:19; Ac1:9).
On the day of Pentecost, the promised Holy Spirit came
To their gathering which was the birth of the church (Ac 2:1-4).
For worship is seeing the face of the living Yeshua Christ, the face of God
No one can take away their joy (Jn 16:19-22).
The spiritual worship that God is pleased to receive is (Rom 12:1):
1) In spirit — by spiritual qualification — no difference in flesh (tribes, status, gender, age etc);
2) In truth — the regulations — according to the instructions (Ge 22:2; Mt 28:16):
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- Place — the church where the name Yeshua and the works He did in His name are praised (Mt 18:20; He 2:12);
- Time — the Lord’s Day, the first day after the Sabbath (Ac 20:7; Rev 1:10); and
- Sacrifice — my body — my time, talent, treasures (Rom 12:1).
On the Lord’s Day, the Christian, as a member of the body of Christ the Church
Puts effort to do his part (Rom 12:4-8),
Looks after other members, his brothers, in peace (Rom 12:9-20; Eph 4:12; 1Pe 4:10), and
Does good work (3Jn 1:11) for
He longs to go to heaven and eternally serve the Lord seeing His face (Rev 22:3).
O Lord,
This lowly life…
This audacious hope of seeing the face of God!
Like Abraham who gave his only son and succeeded in worship,
Let me give my body as a total living sacrifice and succeed in worship.
Lord, let Your face shine on us…and that will be enough for us! Amen.
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The Righteous God
(Ps7:8-9; 1Jn2:1-2)
God is righteous (Ps129:4).
His word, commands, laws, judgment are all righteous (Ps119:7, 62, 123, 172).
He delivers in His righteousness those who take refuge in Him (Ps31:1).
Faith is making Him my righteousness and
The life of this faith is walking in the way of righteousness (Pr8:20; 2Pe2:21), to awake after death to
see the Lord’s face in righteousness (Ps11:7, 17:15).
“Righteousness” (tssadik in Hebrew, dikaios in Greek) may not mean much in normal times
But at a critical moment it is the most important thing for
All men will have to stand before God’s throne of judgment after death (Ps122:5; Rev20:12) where
The righteous will be judged to eternal life, but the wicked to eternal punishment (Mt25:46).
The ancestor of mankind Adam, the living being, was deceived by the devil and
Disobeyed the commandment regarding the fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6).
Consequently, all men became destined to follow the devil to hell (Mt25:41).
The Bible defines “the righteous” as those who obey the word of God:
Abel, Noah, Abraham, Daniel, Job etc (Ge6:22, 7:1, 15:5-6; Eze14:14; Mt23:35; Jas2:21).
The Law that was given to Israel so their obedience would be their righteousness (Dt6:25):
While it justified the righteous and condemned the wicked (Dt25:1),
If a righteous person did not continue doing righteousness, he was killed (Eze18:4, 33:13).
As such, the righteous Judge Jehovah displayed His wrath everyday (Ps7:11) for
No one living is righteous before God (Ps142:2; Rm3:10).
In the Temple was the name, “Jehovah = the Righteousness of Israel” (Yaweh-Tsidkenu) and
The atoning sacrifice was given there, not because they were righteous (Dan9:18) but
Because of God’s mercy in the sacrifice carrying the wickedness of those who gave (Lev16:21-22).
The prophets spoke of a ruler coming from David’s line to judge with justice (Is32:1; Jer33:15), and
Become an offering in righteousness (Mal3:3).
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 (Jn2:19-20),
He would tear down the righteousness where by
Obeying the Law in the name Jehovah saved themselves (Eze14:14; He10:4), and
He would keep the Father’s command in the name Yeshua (Jn5:43) and
Save Himself and the souls of men (Jn10:18; He12:24), for which
The Word in the beginning became flesh, the Righteousness of God came as man (Jn1:1-2, 14),
To become the Defender for sinners (Jn8:2-11).
For His death was the culmination of the Law (Rm10:4),
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
Laid down His life as an offering in righteousness (Ps51:19; Mal3:3) and obeyed the
command, trusting the Father for His righteous judgment (Jn10:18; Rm3:25-26);
Judged the devil, the wicked one (1Jn3:8); and
Became sin on behalf of all men so they may become righteousness in Him (Rm5:18; 2Co5:21).
His resurrection was the confirmation that He is the righteousness.
He ascended to the heavenly throne becoming
The King of righteousness, the righteous Judge (2Ti4:8; He7:2) who
Judges by the words He spoke (Jn12:48) but also
Defends those who seek refuge in Him (1Jn2:2).
The Holy Spirit comes to those who made Yeshua their righteousness (1Co1:30),
Justified through faith, by His blood (Rm4:13, 5:1, 9).
The Christian, who knows the way of righteousness, struggles to not sin again (1Pe2:21-22),
Putting to death the evil desires of the flesh (Rm6:11-18).
But if he does sin, he turns from his ways and trusts in the blood of Yeshua (1Jn1:9, 2:2).
He continues doing righteousness by obeying Christ’s law (1Co9:21; Jas2:20-26) and
Defends the innocence of Yeshua as a witness of His blood (1Jn2:1) for
When he dies and his soul awakes after
He longs to see the face of his righteousness, Yeshua.
O Lord,
Yeshua who became a sinner in my place…
Where can this sinner take refuge but in You?
Yeshua my Defender! The blood of Yeshua alone is my righteousness!
After I die and my soul awakes
Let me be found before the face of my Defender Yeshua. Amen.
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The Faithful God
(Dt7:9-10; He13:20-21)
God is faithful.
All His commands are trustworthy (Ps119:86) and
To those who keep them, He keeps His covenant for a thousand generations (Ps89:34, 105:8).
Faith is believing Him, that He has the power to do what He promised (Nu23:19; Rm4:21) and
The life according to this faith is clinging to the covenant of God and telling the world about His
faithfulness (Is38:19), as all nations, families and societies are built on and sustained by covenants.
The Bible is the record of God’s covenants and His fulfillments.
Noah believed in God’s covenant and did everything just as He commanded, by which
He and his family were saved from the deluge that destroyed all men (Ge6:17-22);
The covenant that the childless Abram made with God (Ge15:18) was about His seed/proliferation,
Offspring/many kings, land/inheritance, and that God would be their God (Ge17:2-11).
Following the covenant, Abraham’s descendants Israel left Egypt after 430 years of slavery (Ex12:41)
Coming out with great possessions (Ge15:14; Ex12:36).
The Law received by Israel was the Book of the Covenant
Guaranteed by the blood of bulls (Ex24:7-8), which promised that
They were the treasured possession of Jehovah, a kingdom of priests and a holy people (Ex19:5-6).
As such, they marched with the ark of the covenant going ahead of them,
Drying up the Jordan and crushing the city of Jericho and
Finally conquering the promised land of Canaan.
However, the peace of the “city of promised peace” of Jerusalem could not be found.
Rather, it became an object of mockery for the tragedy of endless wars and destruction (Jer22:8)
Because they did not keep God’s covenant (Ps78:10).
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),
Not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would make a new covenant with not only Abraham’s flesh and blood
But also the souls of all nations (Eph3:6)
Guaranteed by not the blood of animals but His own blood (Mt26:28; He12:24).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Believed the Father’s promise of giving His life back so kept the Father’s command to death (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil who sowed the seed of doubt in Adam (Ge3:4-6; Mt13:38); and
3) The Word in the beginning, the God of covenant, came in the flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14), and
through His death paid the price of sin for all men to forgive those who receive the sprinkling of the blood of the covenant, the mediator of a new covenant (Mt26:28).
The Father through the blood of the eternal covenant brought Him back from the dead (He13:20),
For while in the flesh He offered up prayers and petitions in fervent cries and tears
To the One who could save Him from death (He5:7).
He sat down on the heavenly throne and He is called the Ark of God’s covenant (Rev11:19).
The promised Holy Spirit came
To those who received the blood of His eternal covenant (Ac2:33, He13:20),
Born again in the Spirit of adoption, the children of promise (Rm8:15; Gal4:28).
In order to be taken up to the Father’s house on the day the Lord returns (Jn14:3),
The Christian clings to prayer according to Christ’s law (1Co9:21) for
He believes in His covenant that whatever is asked in Yeshua name, Yeshua will do (Jn14:13-14).
Prayer:
1) Confess — repenting one’s weaknesses and receiving forgiveness (Ac8:22);
2) Ask — using the authority of children, the right to claim.
The Lord’s Prayer — the format — “this is how you should pray” (Mt6:9):
• The receiver of prayer — the Father in heaven;
• The purpose of prayer — for the glory of the Father;
• The content of prayer — for the Father’s kingdom, for His will to be done in me etc.
1) To live a day not ashamed of the bread He gave (Mt6:31-33; Jn4:34);
2) For wisdom (Jas1:5); 3) For gifts to fulfill given duties (1Co14:12);
3) For a door for evangelism to open (Col4:3); and 4) For the needs of the brothers (Eph6:18).
O Lord,
Give us the Spirit of repentance. Give us the Spirit of prayer.
The most excellent faith that relies on not luck but only prayer (Mk9:29)!
Let us absolutely cling to Your covenant and
When You return, let us all be taken up to the promised land, the Father’s house! Amen.