God is the Owner.
With His blood He purchases souls and becomes their Master (1Pe1:18-19) and
He ministers with the best and He is served by the best.
He lets those who serve Him faithfully on earth minister to Him where He dwells (Ps101:6).
Faith is knowing that the One who purchased my soul with His precious blood is my Master and
The life of this faith is loving that Master and so pouring out all my heart, all my strength and all my
breath and serving the Lord Christ (Dt11:13; Col3:24).
While people love to be served, they do not like to serve.
Yet God is to be served, not by angels or men, but by the Son of God the King of kings for
The position of the one served is determined by the status of the one serving, and
The position of the one serving is determined by the status of the one served.
Satan was initially made and given the position to serve God (Eze28:12-17), but
He became proud and left his proper position wanting to be served by angels (Is14:12-15).
So God contained him in the universe until the great day of judgment (Jude1:6), where
He deceived Adam to want to be like God and sin (Ge3:4-6), and
As a result, all men became slaves of the devil to follow him to hell (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:19).
The exodus of Israel fulfilled according to God’s prophecy (Ge15:13-14; Ac7:7):
He punished the nation Abraham’s descendants served and delivered them
To make them His kingdom of priests (Ex19:6; Is61:6).
The Law is the ordinance of divine service (He9:1): The priests were from Abraham — Jacob — Levi — Aaron’s sons (Ex28:1; He7:11),
Consecrated through washing — blood — oil — garments (Ex28:1-42), and
Always standing ministered to God (Dt17:12); The sanctuary — the first curtain — before Jehovah (He9:1-6); The sacrifice — flawless animals such as calves, sheep, goats etc (Lev4:3-35). The people — brought tithes, the first crop and all kinds of offerings into the sanctuary.
The priest and his sons ate the food offerings (Lev10:1, 13-15) and
The man of God, the prophet also ate (1Ki17:9-16).
The curse on Israel was the result of the priests considering
The service to be a burden and cheating God of offerings (Mal1:6-14).
Because Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
He was hated especially by the chief priests (Mt26:65).
However, through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would serve the Father, not in the name of Jehovah but in the Father’s name of Yeshua (Jn5:43),
Not in the sanctuary made with human hands but through His body,
Not with animal sacrifice but His own blood (He9:11-14),
Not as a priest who sins and dies but as the perfect eternal high priest (He7:26-28).
For such, God came as man, as one who serves (Mt20:28; Lk22:27; Jn1:1, 14) and
According to the prophecy, the time has come when
It will be the same for priest and people, and the master and his servant (Is24:2).
He promised that those who serve Him on earth will
Serve Him gloriously where He is (Jn12:26), seated on the thrones (Mt19:28).
By the chief priests who believed that killing Him was serving God (Jn16:2),
Yeshua was passed over to death and like a drink offering (Nu28:7)
He poured out all His blood and water and died, but said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30, 34) for He:
1) Made His body the sanctuary, His blood the sacrifice and as the high priest served the Father;
2) Judged the devil who gave up serving God (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17); and
3) With His blood delivered all men and made them His kingdom and priests (Rev1:5-6).
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne as the eternal Master.
The Holy Spirit lets those who believe serve sacrificially (1Co12:3; Php3:3)
The Lord Christ (Col3:24; He9:14), the Church (Eph4:12; He9:14),
The saints (1Co16:15; 2Co8:4, 9:12), and one another (Gal5:13; Eph6:7; 1Ti6:1-2).
Christians serve with whatever gift they received (Mt25:14; 1Pe4:10) and
Not using the right of the gospel, become volunteer workers (1Co9:12-15; 2Co9:9-15).
Like a drink offering, they pour themselves out while on earth (Php2:17) and
God gives life and breath and everything else to them (Ac17:25; 2Co9:10-13).
On the day the Lord comes, they long to see the face of their beloved Master Yeshua Christ and
Serve Him eternally (Rev22:1-5).
O Lord,
Before we leave this world
Let us pour out all our tears, sweat, blood…and leave nothing behind.
Let the worship of the Church of Jesus and our lives all become a drink offering for You! Amen.
God is perfect.
His being, attribute, character, will, power and deeds are perfect (Ps18:30).
He receives perfect sacrifice (He10:8) and
Lets those whose walk is blameless to minister to Him (Ps101:6).
Perfect refers to having reached its end, complete, mature, without flaws or fault.
Faith is believing that God alone is perfect and that one has been made perfect by Him (Lk6:40), and
The life of this faith is going onto perfection until obedience is completed (2Co10:6; He6:1).
The Bible illustrates how God alone is perfect.
Noah, who was considered blameless in his time (Ge6:9),
After the deluge became drunk and laid uncovered, and then
Cursed his son who saw and told others (Ge9:21-27).
Moses took a gentile woman as wife which was forbidden (Nu12:1, 25:6-8).
David took his loyal servant’s wife as his own and had him killed in battle (2Sa11:3-17).
While no creature is perfect as such, however,
The perfection of the created is required (Eze28:12-15), that is,
To use its free will, that is, to fear the name of God (Mi6:9).
The commandment given to Israel was to be blameless before Jehovah (Dt18:13).
The blameless who keeps the perfect law of the LORD (Ps19:7) were
Promised the blessing to dwell in the promised land (Ps119:1; Pr2:21).
In spite of that, however, the stiff-necked people of Israel denied and fell consequently.
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),
The Son of God would carry out in the temple with a perfect heart (Ps101:2)
Not the law of Jehovah but the command of the Father.
The devil tested Him who is without sin (Mt4:1-3; He4:15) for
He has the same condition as men, the weakness of the flesh (He4:15).
Though in the eyes of the Pharisees who kept the law and prided themselves on perfection,
Yeshua was just a sinner who broke the Sabbath (Jn9:16),
He came in the flesh to fulfill the Law and the Prophets (Mt5:17) and that
On the third day after His death He would be perfected (Lk13:32).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Kept the Father’s command by His blameless life (Ps26:1), declaring that the Father alone is the perfect One who has no weakness, no death (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil who ignored the perfection of creation (Eze28:12-15; Mi6:9); and
3) Sprinkled His flawless, spotless blood on all mankind and became the perfect Redeemer (1Pe1:19).
Yeshua Christ is the perfect Priest (He7:11-28), the perfect tabernacle (He9:9-11), and the prefect sacrifice (He10:14).
In the beginning — the perfect God — became flesh/ weakness
Death — the Father alone is perfect
Blood — the perfect sacrifice — those who believe — to go onto perfection (He6:1)
Three days after He resurrected and as the perfect one (Lk13:32)
He ascended to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
The Holy Spirit comes to the souls who
Received the blood of Yeshua and have been made perfect (1Co2:6).
To present them as fully mature in Christ (Col1:28), chosen as the perfect bride of Christ
He admonishes and teaches them, equipping them for
The works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up (Eph4:12).
The Christian who received the perfect law that gives freedom, that is, the gospel, has
Received the command to be perfect and thus carries it out into action (2Co13:11; Jas1:25):
1) He fixes his eyes on the Lord, the perfecter of faith, Yeshua (He12:2) and by perseverance produces crop (Lk8:14-15);
2) Like the Father God is perfect he shares with his neighbors, not sparing his possession (Mt5:48, 19:21; Col3:14); and
3) He eats only to fulfill the perfect will of the Father, raising to life the souls given to him (Jn4:34, 6:38; Rm12:2) and
4) To be perfect he seeks God (2Co12:9; Jas1:5).
O Lord,
The only thing perfect in this world is
The blood of Yeshua inside my soul!
The flesh is still ugly, lacking and makes many mistakes
So Yeshua, as we fix our eyes on You to go onto perfection,
Help us all! Amen.
God is the God of honor.
His being, His works are all honorable (Ps111:3; Rev4:11), and
He comforts those downcast (2Co7:6).
Those who honor Him, He will honor (1Sa2:30) and
Crown them with honor to let them enter the Holy City (Job22:8; Rev21:24).
Faith is honoring the name of God and believing that one has become honored (Mal3:16), and
The life to this faith is living as an honorable and doing all things honorably (Rm2:7).
Honor refers to a position or status of respect and high regard.
In monarchy it is inherited through lineage.
While human rights situations have improved and
There have been struggles to eradicate class systems, they continue to exist to this day.
The Bible records of the ranks that God determined:
Above angels are men, above Esau is Jacob (He1:4-5; Ge25:23).
But because Adam was deceived by the corrupted archangel and sinned (Ge3:4-6; Rev12:9),
He was demoted to becoming a servant of the lowly, that is, a servant of the devil (Job30:8).
God sent Moses and delivered Israel who had been slaves in Egypt and
He set the order of honor for the people of God (Ex19:6):
The high priest — the priests — the Levites — the people, below whom were gentiles (Ex24:1-2, 11).
Israel was promised that if they obeyed the commands
They would alway be at the top, never at the bottom (Dt28:13).
Since David risked his life and exalted the name of Jehovah,
From tending the flock to ruler over Israel he became (2Sa7:8-9; 1Ch29:28).
However, the stiff-necked people ignored the teaching of Jehovah (Is42:22) and
They were eventually demoted to becoming lowly people without sovereignty (Na3:10).
The prophet spoke of the appearance of the servant of God coming from a womb and
By being despised and abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers (Is49:5-7) will
Save the whole world, and be raised, lifted up and highly exalted (Is52:13-14).
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 name of Yeshua, He would set a new order of honor.
Though their Lord and Teacher, like a servant He washed the feet of His disciples (Jn13:14).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), and as His flesh tore the temple veil tore (Lk23:45),
For the order of honor by lineage under the Law and the status of all men
Under the prince of the world as his slaves since Adam’s sin were all destroyed, for He:
1) Was obedient to death to the Father’s command and brought all things to their knees before the name above all names, revealing the honor of the Father (Jn10:18; Php2:6-11);
2) Judged the prince of the world (Jn12:31), and
3) Died in place of all men to redeem them.
In the beginning — the Word — the God of honor — became man
Obedient to death — the name above all names/ all things bow — glory to the Father
His blood — children of God — honorables
He resurrected and crowned with glory and honor and sat on the heavenly throne (He2:9).
The Holy Spirit lets the church honor those who
Overcome the tests of faith and those faithful to death (Rm16:7; Eph5:21; Php2:25-30).
The Christian born again in the name of honor and the blood of honor
For his noblesse oblige does not speak lies or filthy language (Pr17:7; Col3:8)
Does not commit adultery, steal or do dishonorable work (Rm2:21-22),
Does not beg or steal but works with his own hands to eat (1Th4:11; 2Th3:11-12).
He does everything honorably — in worship, prayer, praise, testifying, service, dedication — and
On account of Christ, he willingly becomes lowly and suffers
In order that whether by life or death Christ be exalted (Rm14:8; Php1:20).
O Lord,
The lowliest of the lowly is me!
Bearing the sins of the untouchable outcastes, the Lord of honor died…
Now the most honorable, the noblest blood flows in my soul!
Let a classless society be established in our church and
Let us all live as the honorables. Amen.
God is living.
For He lives for ever and ever, He is to come (Rev1:8, 10:6).
His word, His prophecies and covenants are all living (1Pe1:23).
Faith is believing Him (Jn19:35) and
The life of this faith is, while one is alive proclaiming what the Lord has done (Ps118:17), and waiting
patiently until He returns, like a farmer patiently waiting until harvest (Jas5:7-10).
There is a stark difference between life and death.
If one is alive, then, legal rights, duties, promises, and the price of sin are all alive;
If one is dead, then, all that disappears.
In the Old Testament times, God punished the sinner instantly (Nu5:12-31), but
In the New Testament times, there seems to be no punishment from God as if He were dead.
While “Death of God theology” scoffs at the idea of the existence of a god or his ability to punish,
The Bible warns that God will judge His people and that
It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (He10:30-31).
After receiving God’s promise of blessing, Abraham waited 45 years and
Finally received what was promised (Ge12:1-4, 22:17; He6:14-15).
After the exodus, Moses stressed that God’s covenant was not with their ancestors but
With those who were “alive here today” (Dt5:1-3).
In spite of such, however, they made idols that are fraud and have no breath in them and
Served them (Jer10:14; Hab2:18-19).
The prophet Elijah raised the dead (1Ki17:20-24) and
The prophet Ezekiel gave breath to dry bones and made them into a vast living army (Eze37:1-10) for
Prophets were men of God to whom the Spirit of God 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 give life to not the flesh of a select people of Israel but
The souls of all nations for He is not a prophet coming in the name of Jehovah but
The Son of the living God coming in the name of Yeshua.
Though the people called Him prophet (Mt16:13-14),
God said He is the Son of the living God (Mt16:16-17) as
Prophets die and cannot come back from the dead
But the Son of God will die and be raised back to life.
As such, those who heard His voice were raised to life (Lk8:54-55; Jn5:25, 11:43-44).
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command to live again (Jn10:18);
2) Through death judged the ruler of death the devil (He2:14); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on all mankind (He12:24).
In the beginning — the Word — the living God — became flesh
His death — resurrection — the living God (Jn20:28)
His blood — always living — to believers — the living (Jn6:56-57; 2Co4:11)
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, sat down on the throne as the Lamb,
He who was dead but now is alive forever and ever (Rev1:18).
The Holy Spirit lets believers and the church know that
The Lord is coming back to judge the living and the dead (2Ti4:1), and
Lets them cling to His living word and live according to them.
The Christian builds the house of the living God, the Church, and serves Him (1Ti3:!5; He9:14), and
Lives for Him who died for him and was raised again (2Co5:15).
While alive he proclaims what God has done (Ps118:17; 2Co3:3).
Prays until answered,
Labors and strives for he has put his hope in the living God (1Ti4:10), and
Hopes for what he does not yet have, waiting for it patiently (Rm8:25).
O Lord,
What am I living for, everyday?
On the day the Lord comes, to be found as the living and
See the living Yeshua and
Live with Him for ever and ever!
This is truly my dream. Amen.>/i>
God is good.
His essence is good, and His will, His word and His deeds that come from Him are all good.
Through His own sacrifice, He gives good gifts (Mt7:11) and
To those who do good, He gives the resurrection to life (Jn5:29).
Faith is believing that God alone is good (Lk18:19) and
The life of this faith is imitating Him who is good, and speaking and doing good
The general definition of good and evil in the world is in moral terms:
Good — factors that are good to others;
Evil — factors that are harmful to others.
The Bible, however, speaks of the goodness of God.
Creation was the means to reveal it:
Darkness reveals light, death reveals life, evil reveals good (Is45:7; Rm8:38-39).
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil which causes many doubts is actually
The key to unlock the mystery of the Bible.
Deceived by the devil, Adam ate it, and sin and death entered (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) but
By that, men can now have the same experience as the Son, one of the Trinity
In knowing good and evil, that is, experience death and life (Ge3:22) for
It was done according to the good will of God (Job9:24).
For Adam was created to have the cravings of the flesh (Eph2:3),
He was deceived by the origin of sin, the devil, and sinned (1Jn3:8, 12).
Thus, all men became servants of the devil and the wicked who do evil (Mi7:2-4).
The Law was good doctrine that Israel received (Pr4:2).
If they kept it they were righteous, but the guilty were condemned (Dt25:1).
They lived around the Temple that reminded them this but
They eventually fell because they worshiped idols (2Ki7:11), deceived their neighbors,
Mistreated the widows and the fatherless and did all kinds of evils (Job22:9; Jer9:5)
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),
He would tear down the good words of Jehovah spoken through the angel (Zec1:3) and
He would do according to the Father’s good words spoken through the Son for
He is the good One who was in the bosom of the Father in the beginning (Jn1:18, 46).
His public life that was with the Holy Spirit and power was about doing good, that is,
Healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with Him (Ac10:38).
Anyone who wants eternal life must, not by his own doing a bit of good works (Mt6:2-4; Lk18:18-23),
But by first realizing that he is a sinner through the Law (Rm7:12-18) and
Believe Yeshua, become righteous and follow the good shepherd (Jn10:10-11).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The Father alone does good to the point of giving the one and only Son;
2) He judged the devil, the thief, the evil one (Jn10:8-9; 1Jn3:8); and
3) For all men He laid down His life to lead them to the good path (Jn10:11).
In the beginning — the Word — the good God — became flesh:
— Laid down His life — the good work only God can do;
— His blood — for all men — gave the best, life (Mt7:11).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb who sat on the throne for
Those who are thirsty can come and take the free gift of the river of the water of life (Rev22:17),
Which is still flowing out of the scars on His body (Rev22:1).
The believer is he who was created to do good works (Eph2:10) and
The Holy Spirit lets him who has the blood of Yeshua, the good genes inside him
Have a good conscience, a good heart (He13:18).
The Christian is he who no longer does what is evil (Rm6:12; Eph4:28-29; 1Pe1:14, 4:2) and
Feels uncomfortable about having two shirts, abundant possession (Lk3:11) and
Does good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers (Lk12:33; Gal6:10).
By preaching out of goodwill, he does the best work, the work of saving souls (Php1:15), that is,
The work of leading the souls outside the sheep pen to the good shepherd (Jn10:16).
O Lord,
Selfishness, covetousness, indifference, heartlessness, stinginess…
In the past, I was the worst of all wicked, caring only about myself.
Now, I am concerned for doing good works.
Teach me how could I do good works that please God more.
When leaving this world, let us all be led by the good shepherd and
Go to the river of the water of life! Amen.
God is the Lord of rest.
Rest comes from Him (Is14:3) and
He lets those who obey Him enter His rest (He3:18, 4:2).
Faith is believing Him and longing for Him, and
The life of this faith is making every effort to obey His word to enter His eternal rest (He4:11).
While everyone seeks rest through vacations, possessing a big house, sleep etc
There is no true rest in the universe for
It is the place that will become the eternal lake of fire, hell (2Pe3:7-12; Rev19:20) where
The smoke of torment rises for ever (Rev14:10).
After God finished His work of creation in six days (Ge2:2-3),
He blessed the seventh day, made it holy and entered rest – this is the model of rest.
Deceived by the serpent, Adam the ancestor of mankind sinned (Ge2:7, 3:4-6) and
All men became destined to toil (Ge3:16-18) and finally follow the devil to hell (Mt25:41).
The slavery of Israel in Egypt materialized this
But God sent Moses to lead them into the wilderness where even greater toil awaited them:
The commandments, especially those regarding the Sabbath (Ex20:8-10):
1) Remember the Sabbath — Jehovah is the Creator who made all things in six days and rested on the
seventh day; and
2) Keep the Sabbath holy — set it apart from other six days — do no work (Ex20:10), do not speak idle words,
do not do as you please (Is58:13-14).
Anyone breaking it was to be put to death (Ex31:15).
The sanctuary was an extraterritorial space where
The priests served Jehovah day and night (Lev26:9; 1Ch9:32; 2Ch2:4).
It reminded them that He is their God and they were His people, and that
They were to keep the Sabbath as a sign of the covenant for rest (Jer31:2) for
They were promised the land in which they would find rest (Dt12:10).
While they were to observe the Sabbath and have reverence for the sanctuary (Lev19:30), however,
They broke the Sabbath and desecrated the temple (Eze20:21), for which they faced repeated curse.
As they had become slaves of the Sabbath, especially due to the Pharisaic law,
Yeshua angered them when He said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days.”
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would end the rest Jehovah commended Israel and
He Himself would give rest to the souls of all nations (Mt11:28-30).
Furthermore, by keeping not the Sabbath day but “another day” (He4:8),
He would give not physical rest in the land of Canaan but eternal rest in the Father’s house (Jn14:2).
He was accused by the Pharisees and passed over to death for
Healing and doing forbidden things on the Sabbath
(Mt12:1; Mk2:23-24, 3:1-6; Lk13:14-15; Jn5:5-17, 9:14-16)
But Yeshua is greater than the temple, the Lord of the Sabbath (Mt12:1-6; Mk2:28).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Obeyed the Father’s command (Jn10:18) and finished the toils of His flesh, committing His spirit into the
hands of the Father, the Lord of rest (Ps49:15; Lk23:46);
2) Condemned the devil who disrupted the rest in heaven (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Redeemed the sins of all men and delivered them (He2:14-15).
The Word in the beginning — the Lord of rest — became flesh (Jn1:1, 14)
- His death — carried men’s burden, sin (Ps68:19; Is53:4-5) — released from the bondage
- His blood — sprinkled on souls — to give rest to those who believe
Yeshua resurrected on the first day after the Sabbath, the eight day, another day
The Lord’s Day (Ac20:7, 1Co16:2; He4:8; Rev1:10), and entered eternal rest.
- The seventh day — the Creator finished His work — entered His rest;
- The eight day/ another day — the Redeemer finished His work — entered His rest.
The Holy Spirit comes to those who received the promise of entering God’s eternal rest (He4:1-2).
On the Lord’s Day, He gathers them in the name of Yeshua into the church and lets them worship.
The Christian finds rest for his soul in worship and
Obeys the word he heard (He3:14-19, 4:1-11) by praying (Col4:2), gathering (He10:25),
Preaching the word (2Ti4:2), serving (1Th4:10), and doing the Lord’s work (2Co11:23-28).
He lays his burden on the Lord through repentance and prayer (Mt11:28-30) and
Carries other’s burdens (2Co4:10; Gal5:2), making every effort lest he fails to enter that rest.
O Lord, Being yoked with Yeshua whom I love is not hard or burdensome…rather, it is easy and light! While we are on earth, let us never cease praying and let us obey to the end. So on the day we leave this place, let us all enter Your eternal rest! Oh I wanna go, oh I wanna go home~ Amen.
God is the eternal God (Ge21:33).
He is the fountain of life (Ps36:9) and
To those who believe His name He promises eternal life (Tit1:2; 1Jn2:25, 5:13).
Faith is loving His life (1Pe3:10) and
The life of this faith is to live by His name (Jn20:31).
While humans normally love many things like their family, money, honor etc
When in a desperate situation nothing is more important than one’s life.
As such, a long life without illness is considered the greatest thing.
Yet the Bible demonstrates the meaninglessness of life (Ecc1:1-2).
During the deluge in Noah’s time
Every creature that has the breath of life in it was destroyed (Ge6:17) for
God saw the life of human and the life of animals the same (Ge9:5; Ex21:29).
To those full of the instinct to live, God commanded to keep life:
To Noah to build an ark (Ge6:19),
To Lot to flee Sodom (Ge19:17), and
To those who unintentionally killed to flee to a city of refuge (Dt4:42).
The Law given to Israel, the decrees that give life, the living words (Eze33:15; Ac7:38), was
A law of fleshly commandment (He7:16).
If they obeyed, they were promised to have a long life (Ex20:12; Dt30:19-20).
The sanctuary where the name of the eternal God (Ge21:33; 1Ki8:16) was
Reminded them of the God of the life of all living things (Nu16:22) and that
Life is in the blood (Lev17:11).
Thus, the prophet warned them of being cut off because of their sins (Jer51:6).
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),
He would tear down the name of Jehovah, the God of the life of all living things (Nu16:22), and
Reveal that the name of Yeshua is the God of eternal life for souls of all men as
The Word who was with the Father in the beginning came as the Son of Man (Jn1:1-2, 4, 14)
To tear His flesh (Jn5:24-26, 6:53) and
Give eternal life that is in the Father (Jn5:24-26).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life according to the Father’s command and confessed that eternal life is only in the Father (Jn10:18, 12:50);
2) Judged the devil the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) Set free all men who were held in slavery by their fear of death (He2:15).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent testifies that
The resurrected body of Yeshua is life itself (Jn11:25, 14:6; 1Jn1:1-2).
He who received the name of Yeshua (Jn1:12; 1Jn5:13, 20)
Received the blood of Yeshua and received life (Lev17:11; Jn6:54).
Therefore, to receive the crown of life when Christ the life appears (Col3:4),
He sets his mind on things above, only the name of Yeshua, the life (Col3:1-3) and
Perseveres under trial and endures the test (Jas1:12) and is
Faithful even to death (Rev2:10).
O Lord,
We used to struggle to extend our breath,
The breath that is the same as animals…
What is the level of life in my soul right now?
Let me try to measure.
Throughout the day, for countless times
Let me only think of the name of Yeshua.
Yeshua! I love the Name of life! Amen.
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.
