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The Disciple of My Soul
(Mt28:18-20)
God is the Leader, the Master.
For He is the God above all gods, there is no one who can instruct Him (Is40:12-14).
For the sake of His name, He summons the earth (Ps50:1) and leads and guides (Ps31:3).
Faith is welcoming Yeshua Christ as my Leader, my Teacher and
Faith life is living according to the teaching of Christ the Teacher of my soul, as
A seed = same substance
A follower = same actions.
While humans are taught since birth and their characters are formed as a result,
The Bible says that they are taught either by God or by the prince of this world for
Adam was deceived by the devil and ate the forbidden fruit (Ge3:4-6) and
All men since follow the father of lies, the false teacher (Jn8:44).
God called Adam who was hiding in the bushes and at the end of His questioning,
God forewarned of the appearance of the offspring of the woman and
The destruction of the devil (Ge3:8-15).
Abraham was called by God when he was childless and received the blessing of prosperity (Is51:2).
So he was able to give his only son as a burnt offering for he believed that
God calls into beings things that were not (Rm4:17).
Moses was called by God in the wildness (Ex3:4-10) and
The Israelites followed him and were delivered from their slavery in Egypt for 430 years.
They followed the pillars of fire and clouds,
Walked through the Red Sea like dry ground and arrived in the wilderness.
But eventually most of them died there because they did not have faith (1Co10:5).
Samuel heard the voice of God calling him in the sanctuary and
Became the first prophet of Israel (1Sa3:10-11), and
Elisha was called by the prophet Elijah and became his follower (1Ki19:19-21).
Despite the fact that God called Israel to reveal the glory of Jehovah (Is49:3) and
Directed them the way they should go by giving them the statutes and ordinances (Is48:17),
They did not pay attention to His commands and thus they were destroyed (Is48:18).
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):
End the calling in the name of Jehovah — a specific lineage — as servants of Jehovah;
Begin the calling in the name of Yeshua — souls of all nations — as disciples of Christ (Mt28:19).
He called His disciples to be with Him, to send them out to preach, and give authority (Mk3:13-15).
He warned them to not be like the Scribes, the Pharisees who liked to be called, “Rabbi,” because
There is only one Teacher, one Instructor, Christ (Mt23:8-10).
He promised those who follow Him to be seated on the thrones in the world to come (Mt19:28).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Obeyed to death the Father’s command (Jn10:8; Php2:6-11) and testified that the Father is His Instructor;
2) Judged the father of lies, the prince of the world, the devil (Ge3:4-6; Jn16:11); and
3) His death — redeemed all men — delivered them from the price of sin
His blood — for the souls of believers — to become His disciples (Jn14:12).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb seated on the throne (Rev5:9) for
His body has the eternal scars of being subjected to the Father (1Co15:28) and
Now from the throne He commands all things as their Master.
The Holy Spirit teaches the Church and the believers that
The only One who guides in the truth and teaches is Yeshua Christ (Ps25:5).
He warns of the teachings of false teachers (2Pe2:1, 15; 2Co11:4; Col2:8; Rev2:14) — different salvation, different Jesus, different gospel — "the teaching of Balaam” etc.
The Christian is a disciple of Yeshua Christ:
1) The goal of his life is set — to receive the reward of being called up to the air, the rapture when the Lord comes (Php3:14, 21);
2) Self-determination — eliminating the possibility of returning to the world — laying down his possessions, passions etc;
3) Self-submission — acknowledging that he is a disciple of Christ by his action (1Co9:27; Php2:12; Tit1:16; He13:7, 17); and
4) Making disciples — by clearly expressing his sense of belonging (Jn15:1-18) — holding on to the weak souls, with the member-consciousness (Eph1:22-23; Rm12:4-5).
O Lord,
The branches that bear no fruit will be burned up!
Those who bear much fruit will become disciples of Christ!
Before this sobering fact, let us wake up.
Lord, I want to bear fruit this year, so help me! Amen.
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My Soul, A Fruit of Yeshua Christ
(Lk6:39-45)
God is the same forever (He13:8).
His being, His attributes are the same and
His Word is the same (2Pe3:7).
Faith is believing that Yeshua is my Teacher and longing to be His disciple.
The life of this faith is, in order to be reaped as firstrfruits when Christ returns,
Keeping the purity of faith and following Him (Rev14:4) for
Fruit has the same attribute as the tree, thus, a masterpiece of the tree.
The Bible shows how God’s creation is extremely conservative as
The DNAs of all living things remain the same even after thousands of years.
As such, God breathed into one man the breath of life making him into a living being (Ge2:7) for
He was seeking a godly offspring (Mal2:15) and
Similarly, the Law that Israel received commanded them to preserve the seed (Lev19:19),
As a seed implies the principle of life and future increase.
The important figures in the history of the Old Testament produced seeds:
Moses — Joshua who led Israel and conquered Canaan leading them to the promised land (Ex24:15-18; Dt1:38);
David — his warriors who built and expanded the kingdom (2Sa17:8-10);
Elijah — Elisha, a great prophet who followed his teacher until he was taken up and received a double portion of his spirit, doing the same work (2Ki2:1-15)
In spite of the fact that Israel was called to be pure and true servants (Jer2:21),
They eventually became a corrupt vine, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption (Is1:4).
Furthermore, because of the rebellious priests,
Their seed became corrupted and they were destroyed (Mal2:2-9).
Therefore, the prophecy regarding the appearance of another seed had them wait:
God will take one of the seedlings from the land (Eze17:5) and
A shoot from the very top of a cedar would be taken and planted to become a splendid cedar so
Birds of every kind will nest in it (Eze17:22-23).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), He would
Set aside the first covenant made in the name of Jehovah with the corrupted Levites (Mal2:8), and
Raise a new covenant with the souls of all nations in the name of Yeshua (He8:13).
The warning of the last prophet John the Baptist was:
For those who called themselves as Abraham’s children to produce fruit in keeping with repentance;
Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire (Mt3:8-10); and
The One coming after him will clear His threshing floor and
Gather the wheat into His barn and burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire (Lk3:16-17).
The warning of Yeshua was:
By their fruit you will recognize them (Mt7:15-20);
False prophets — weeds the enemy sowed — will be there until the end of the world — the weeds will be burned, the wheat brought into the barn (Mt13:24-30).
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Following the Father’s command died as a kernel of wheat, a small mustard seed planted in His field, and committed His spirit into the Father’s hands (Mt13:31-32; Jn10:18, 12:24);
2) Judged the devil who sowed the weeds (Ge3:4-6; Mt13:28); and
3) Sprinkled His blood for souls to receive it to become the same fruit.
The resurrection of Yeshua Christ is the firstfruits of resurrection (1Co15:22-23);
Then, at His return, those who belong to Him, that is, those beheaded
For the testimony of Yeshua and His word will resurrect — the first resurrection (Rev20:4-8).
The Holy Spirit lets the souls who have been made by the blood of Yeshua
Know that they are fruits of Yeshua Christ.
The Christian who has the same faith as precious as that of the apostles (2Pe1:1)
Belongs to Christ and has crucified his flesh with its passion and desires, and
Thus, strives to bear the fruit of the Spirit, becoming a disciple of Yeshua (Gal5:22-24).
O Lord,
My soul made by the blood of Yeshua, a fruit of Yeshua!
Let me preserve this precious fruit and bear my own fruit.
I want to be a disciple of Yeshua — a learner who binds himself to a teacher in order to embrace the teacher’s worldview and way to life.
Let us all become mature wheat and enter the heavenly barn in that day! Amen.
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My Soul and the Living Word
(He4:12-13)
God is He who sees (Ps33:13).
He searches every heart and mind (Pr16:2; 1Ch28:9), and
Lets those who are upright live in His presence (Ps140:13).
Faith is, unlike the wicked, knowing that God sees all (Ps10:4, 139:1-16) and
The life of this faith is my soul, having been cleansed by the blood of Yeshua, having
A clear conscience and mind and living honorably (He13:18),
As nothing is pure with the spirits, the minds, the consciences of those who do not believe (Tit1:15).
History shows how humans are becoming more wicked and more impure
Since Adam listened to the serpent’s word and sinned, after which
He heard the voice of God and hid from Him (Ge3:8).
When Cain had the desire to kill his brother whose offering was accepted by God,
God said to him, sin desires to have you but you must master it.
In spite of it, Cain killed and afterwards his conscience was so corrupted that
He pretended to not know anything (Ge4:5-11).
While philosophers and psychologists have endlessly debated about
The origin of conscience (“joint-knowing” or “knowledge that is shared with oneself”),
Whether it is innate or inherent etc,
For the most part, they refer to moral conscience that is general and relative to one’s context.
Nevertheless, the Bible shows that the Law is the absolute conscience of God, that is,
Once it came, it standardized the different types of consciences in the world (Rm3:19).
While those who sin under the Law would be judged by the Law,
Those who do by nature things required by the Law would be judged righteous by it (Rm2:12-15).
God gave the commandments to Israel so the next generations would
Not be like their ancestors whose hearts were not loyal to God (Ps78:5-8).
Though a king, when rebuked by the prophet, David was sincerely contrite (2Sa12:13) and
Asked God for a pure heart and a steadfast spirit (Ps51:1-17).
He gave all things willingly and with an honest intent (1Ch29:17).
For in the Temple were the eyes of the LORD that examine everyone (Ps11:4),
When they turned from their evil ways,
God did not bring on them the destruction He had threatened (Jnh3:10).
As such, when Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
He angered the Jews but what He meant was that
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
The Law—the conscience of God—condemned—punished the flesh;
The gospel—the truth—redeems—set souls free from conscience.
The woman who was caught by the Law in the act of adultery was
Set free by the truth, by their guilty conscience (Jn8:3-11).
But Yeshua harshly criticized the hypocrites who
Appeared righteous on the outside but were full of lawlessness on the inside (Mt6:1-16, 23:5-28).
As a result, He was hated by the hypocritical Pharisees and was handed over to death by them.
But as He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Trusted the Father who saves the upright in the heart, and died according to the command (Ps7:10; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the father of lies, the devil (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Died—redeemed—liberated all mankind,
Blood—for souls—to cleanse the spirit, the soul, the heart, the conscience.
He resurrected and ascended to heaven.
He is the Lamb on the throne who was dead but now is alive for ever and ever (Rev1:18).
The Holy Spirit testifies the word of Yeshua Christ, the living word (He4:12-13).
Christians are the souls who were dead before but now made alive by the blood of Yeshua (Eph2:1).
Therefore, they:
1) Hear the word that is sharper than any double-edged sword, and are cut to the heart and contrite, and thus they confess and obey (1Jn1:8-9; Ac2:37-38; Rev2:7);
2) With a clear conscience serve God (He9:9-18);
3) Do not distort the word of God— rather, keep, defend and teach the truth (2Co4:2); and
4) With integrity and godly sincerity, save souls and make disciples (Mt28:19-20; 2Co1:13; 2Ti1:3),
Lest their consciences be seared and deny God by their actions (Rm1:28-32; 1Ti4:1-2, Tit1:16).
O Lord,
Let us all tremble before God, before the living word, and
May none of us have a seared conscience.
For even the dead heard Your word and came to life,
Let my soul hear Your word and obey!
By the word that is alive and active,
Let me shout and command demons to leave, and
Command souls to follow me and make disciples! Amen.
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Weep For Your Soul
(Lk23:26-31)
God is the God of comfort (Ps86:17).
He saves those who are crushed in spirit (Ps34:18) and
Eternally comforts the truly repentant and mourning souls (Mt5:4).
Faith is my soul being comforted by God and by the word of God (Ps119:50), and
The life of this faith is rejecting worldly comfort (Is22:4), and
Only mourning and weeping before God for
There will be a day when God will wipe away every tear from my eyes (Rev7:17).
The Bible is a mirror that looks into my soul and makes me cry (Jas1:23)
For comfort is necessary for those who are sad, in pain, and in suffering.
While Adam was driven out of the Garden after he sinned
God clothed him in garment of skin (Ge3:21), a sign of God’s comfort in the future.
The Bible is a story of those who wept bitterly before God and were comforted:
Hannah who was childless — received a son (1Sa1:10);
King Hezekiah who was about to die — 15 years were added to his life (2Ki20:1-6);
King David who was full of scars — his sacrifice, his broken spirit, was received (Ps6:6-9, 51:17).
Despite the fact that the Law led Israel to wail (Eze30:2), as
Even breaking one point of it led to death (Jas2:10),
Israel misunderstood and responded in one voice that they will do everything accordingly (Ex24:3).
As such, even in his trial, Job comforted himself by his self-righteousness for keeping it (Job6:10).
Although the Temple of Jerusalem reminded that Jehovah alone is the comfort for Israel (Ps51:12),
The people clung to deceit and refused to return (Jer8:5).
Inevitably as a result, ruin and destruction, famine and sword came upon them (Is51:19).
Nevertheless there were hopeful prophecies of God’s comfort:
God will redeem Jerusalem (Is52:9, 66:13);
Israel will mourn for Him the One they pierced (Zec12:10); and
He will turn their mourning into gladness (Jer31:13).
Accordingly, the Word in the beginning, the God of comfort, became flesh to fulfill (Jn1:1-2, 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, He would comfort (Jn2:19-21):
The Law/ a mirror—looking at the flesh—Israel mourned (Is22:12-14);
The Truth/ a mirror—looking at my soul—souls mourn (Mt5:4).
While He comforted those who were in desperate situations (Lk7:12-15, 37-38, 8:52-55),
He warned curse on those who did not weep when it was time to weep (Lk6:25, 7:31-34),
For they will be thrown outside, into the darkness and weep forever (Mt8:11, 22:12-13, 24:48-51).
On His last night, Yeshua wept in tears all night and prayed (La1:2; Mt26:37; He5:7) and
As He died on the cross, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command, and confessed that the only comforter for the Son is the Father (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil who led Adam to sin by false comfort (Ge3:4-6); and
3) His death—a sin offering—suffering and sorrow in place of all mankind (Is53:10)
His blood—for souls—comforted mankind who suffered for the will of God (Is40:1).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb on the throne (Rev7:9) where
He is comforted by the Father forever.
The Holy Spirit came to the souls who received the blood of Yeshua, God’s comfort, and
Makes them weep for their souls:
1) For the wretched, unchanged man I am—in my mind I am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin (Rm7:22-25);
2) For my soul that does not grow—a child who only thinks of himself (1Co13:11)—not reaching the measure of the maturity of Christ (Eph4:13)—mature faith, mature character that is,
a. Forgive brothers—70 times seven (Mt6:9, 18:21-35; Lk6:37, 11:4)
b. Looking after one another toward love and good deeds (Lk6:30; He10:24)
c. Mourn with those who mourn (Rm12:15);
3) For empty ways of life—sexual immorality, slander etc (1Ti5:14; He12:16; 1Pe1:18-19);
4) For having no fruit—like childless Hannah.
O Lord,
Yeshua who comforted Peter who denounced the Lord three times and wept bitterly (Lk22:31-32)!
Let us all have the blessing of mourning! The blessing of mournful tears!
Let us weep and weep in this life so in that day
The Lord comforts us at the river of the water of life in heaven. Amen.
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My Soul and the Evil One
(Ps145:20; Mt6:13)
For God is righteous,
He does no evil and rather destroys evil (Job34:12), and
For God is good,
He delivers all who love Him from the hands of the evil one and protects them (Ps145:20).
Faith is believing God and believing that my soul has been justified (Rm5:1), and
The life of this faith is, to be ready to appear before the judgment seat of Christ (2Co5:10),
Cutting free from the cords of the wicked and not giving into the wicked (Ps129:4; Pr1:10).
While people lament that the world is becoming more and more evil,
Theology debates whether humans are naturally good or inherently evil.
The Bible records that God made all things as good (Ge1),
But then where did evil come from?
It states that as God made all for Himself, even the wicked for the day of disaster (Pr16:4),
The origin of sin, the devil who attempted to ascend the throne in heaven (Is14:12-15)
Disguised himself as a serpent in the Garden of Eden and deceived Adam.
So he took the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17 3:4-6) and
All mankind became under the control of the evil one (1Jn5;19).
Nevertheless, this was according to the plan of the One who made them so (Job9:24).
The Bible illustrates that:
• The evil one = Satan, the devil, evil spirits, demons, deceiving spirits, wicked people;
• The wicked = deny the existence of and the judgement of God (Ps14:1);
• Wickedness = foolishness = madness (Ecc7:25).
As such, for Cain belonged to the evil one, he murdered his brother (1Jn3:12);
For every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart in Noah’s time was only evil all the time,
All men were destroyed by the deluge (Ge6:5);
The destruction of Sodom was a showcase of the distinction
Between the righteous and the wicked (Ge18:25-33, 19:13-25), and
Lot, who was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw, and his family were
Saved (2Pe2:8);
The Law acquitted the innocent and condemned the guilty (Dt25:1); and
All the but two of the Israelites who left Egypt died in the wilderness (Nu14:27, 35) for
With wicked words they complained and disobeyed the LORD (Nu11:1).
The prophet cried out that, if they cleansed their hearts of evil and turn from evil deeds,
They would be saved (Jer4:14, 25:5).
They were to not envy the wicked for the prosperity of the wicked (Job21:13) is
Placing them on slippery ground to be cast down to Hades to destruction (Ps73:2-18).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
Jehovah—the Law—judge the righteous—>Canaan/ longevity—end the first covenant;
Yeshua—the Truth—judge righteous souls—>the Father’s house/ eternal life—begin a new covenant.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command and was judged righteous (Jn10:18; Rm5:18);
2) Judged the evil one, the devil (Ge3:15; Ps34:21; Jer30:23; 1Jn3:12); and
3) His death—redeemed—delivered all mankind
His blood—for souls who believe—to triumph the evil one—be saved (1Jn5:18).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and sat on the throne, the throne of judgment (Ps122:5).
The Holy Spirit helps believers so they are delivered from the hands of the evil one and
Lets them discern what is good and evil, who is the righteous and the wicked,
For there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked (Ac24:15).
The Christian is he who knows that his soul that has been justified
By the blood of Yeshua, the spirit of adoption, the blood of the covenant (Rm5:9, 8:15; Mt26:28),
Will be judged according to the things done while in the body, whether good or bad (2Co5:10), thus:
1) Distances from the wicked—that is, unbelieving family, worldly friends, those with a sinful and unbelieving heart (He3:12-19), who have no hope in resurrection (1Co15:32-33), and church members who have abandoned their good conscience (Ps53:1; Eph2:12; 1Ti1:19-20);
2) Does not walk in step with the wicked, does not keep company with or associate with the wicked (Job34:8; Ps1:1; Pr1:10);
3) Immediately shakes off evil thoughts—so they do not become deceiving spirits (1Ti4:1-2);
Cuts off wicked habits and deeds—because the result for the wicked is hell (Col3:5)
4) Guides the wicked to turn from their wickedness—and preserves his soul (Eze3:19-21); and
5) Prays to be delivered from evil (Mt6:14; Jn17:15).
O Lord,
Let me know that he who deceives me with worldly words is the wicked!
Let me stay far from the wicked and only be in the company of the righteous.
Let us all escape from this den of evil! Let us all escape from this burning universe! Amen.
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My Soul and Tests
(Ps26:2; Mk14:38)
God is the God of glory.
From Him and to Him is glory (Rm11:36).
He tests the righteous and rewards according to their conduct and deeds (Jer17:10, 20:12), and
He lets those in crowns of glory enter the holy city (Rev21:24).
Faith is believing that my soul is justified by faith (Rm3:28) and
The life of this faith is, in order to enter the holy city after death, watching and praying to overcome temptations (Mk14:38).
While no one likes tests we must pass because this universe, Hades, is a testing ground as
The devil tests man, God tests man, and man tests God (Ex17:7).
Since even in the beautiful Garden of Eden
There were the devil, the serpent, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
Adam was tempted by the devil and sinned by eating the forbidden fruit (Ge3:4-6).
Consequently, all mankind became slaves of the devil and hell-bound (Mt25:41).
God tested Abraham to bless him by instructing him to give his only son as a burnt offering.
Since he feared God and did accordingly, he received great blessings of
The increase of his seed and taking possession of the cities of their enemies (Ge22:1-17; He11:17).
The Israelites were delivered from Egypt by grace and became the people of Jehovah.
The wilderness where they arrived was a vast testing ground, and
The fact that they were fed manna from heaven for 40 years there was
To humble and test them so that the LORD might bless them (Ex16:4; Dt8:16).
The Law was given also to test them so that the fear of the LORD would be with them
To keep them from sinning (Ex20:20).
Furthermore, the sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was reminded them of this (Dt8:2).
However, the stiff-necked people tested Jehovah 10 times and
All but two died in the wilderness for they did not obey His word and
Thus did not enter the land that He had sworn to their ancestors (Nu14:22-23).
Even the generations who entered Canaan and had not had previous battle experience were
Put to the test by fighting against the tribes left there (Jdg2:22, 3:2-4)
For no life is completely free from tests.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Jehovah—tested His people Israel—>the land of Canaan;
Yeshua—test the souls who believe and became righteous—>the Holy City—>the heirs of God.
As such, even though He is the Son of God, He was tempted by the devil (Mt4:1-7)
For He entered Hades as man.
Furthermore, although the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees tried to test and accuse Him
By using the law as an opportunity
Yeshua responded with the word of truth (Jn8:4-7; Mk10:2-9, 12:13-17).
He instructed the disciples who stood by Him in His trials (Lk22:28)
To pray to not fall into temptation until His kingdom comes (Lk22:40, 46).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the commandment and completed all tests, and committed His soul to the Father (Lk23:46; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the temper the devil (Ge3:4-6; Mt4:3); and
3) Died—all mankind—redeemed—delivered
His blood—justify believers—the children of God—tested—>the heirs of God (Rm8:17).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is a tested stone (Is28:16),
The Lamb on the throne with the marks of honor He earned by passing the test (Rev5:9).
The Holy Spirit is able to help those being tempted (He2:18), that is, those who became
Righteous by the blood of Yeshua (Rm5:9), the souls who have become God’s children.
The Christian is he who is ready to persevere any test by the blood of Yeshua (Jas1:12), thus he:
1) Eliminates any condition that allows the devil to tempt, such as lack of self-control, greed etc (1Co7:5; Jas1:14; 1Ti6:9; 1Jn2:15-16);
2) Even in fiery trials, does not blame the Lord (Nu21:5-6; 1Co3:13, 10:9; 1Pe1:7); and
3) Watches and prays—like a watchman, stays awake and alert—so not to be deceived by the devil’s schemes (Mt4:3-10)—such as financial worries, misplaced trust, pride and leaving one's proper position—immediately shaking off wicked thoughts, feelings, words, and actions.
O Lord,
My soul!
Let me never forget that I am in this fiery testing ground.
By always staying awake and praying, let us overcome temptations and tests
So on the day You return, we may all leave this burning universe and
In crowns of pure gold enter the Holy City! Amen.
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Prayer Is Breathing For My Soul
(Ps105:4; Col4:2)
God is the Ancient of Days (Da7:9).
In every moment, every time He is always and
He lets those who wait on Him always live before Him eternally (Hos12:6).
Faith is believing in God, the word of God are eternal and
The life of this faith is, in order to stand before the Son of Man when He returns, always looking to
the Lord and being watchful and praying (Col4:2).
All living organisms retain homeostasis, which is the property of maintaining
Constant internal conditions despite changes in external conditions, a state of balance.
Examples include blood pressure, body temperature, fluid balance, blood clotting etc
As we cannot survive without homeostasis, and every disease involves a disruption of it.
The Bible speaks of God the Ancient of Days:
God—spirit—transcendent—always;
Man—flesh—limited—impossible to be always.
Since Adam, the spirit with flesh, disobeyed the commandment regarding the forbidden fruit (Ge3:6),
All men became destined for hell (Mt25:41).
While the Israelites bursted into praising God after being delivered from their slavery (Ex15:1), and
Although the LORD made the sun-scorched land like a well-watered garden and
Guided them always, all who grumbled perished in the wilderness (Is58:11).
The covenant—the eyes of Jehovah—continually—on the land of Canaan (Dt11:12);
The temple—the Name and the eyes of Jehovah—always be there (2Ch7:16)
The sacrifices—the lamps—keep burning—if out—death (Ex27:20-21, 30:7; Neh10:33);
The law—as written—if not do accordingly—curse (Gal3:10).
The word most frequently used by David, who wrote most of the Psalms, was "always" as in:
"My sin is always before me” (Ps51:3), “His love endures forever” (Ps118:1),
“My eyes are ever on the LORD” (Ps25:15), “Seek His face always” (1Ch16:11; Ps105:4) etc.
Daniel, knowing that praying was forbidden with the penalty of being thrown into the lions’ den,
Prayed as was his custom since early days and was consequently thrown into the lions’ den.
However, His God whom he served continually rescued him (Da6:10-22).
According to the prophecy, the Ancient of Days came, that is, Yeshua (Da7:22), and
He said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
Jehovah—animals/ offering—continually—sacrifice—not eternally effective;
Yeshua—in the beginning—the Word—the God who is always/ the Ancient of Days—flesh/ the Son—the Son of Man (Jn1:1-2, 14; He10:1-5)—His body—to give as an eternal sacrifice once for all.
During His public life, He rejoiced always because
He was constantly with Him who sent Him (Pr8:30; Jn8:29).
To the disciples who stood by Him in His trials
He promised that they would sit on thrones with Him when His kingdom comes (Lk22:28-30), and
To stand before the Son of Man then
He commanded them to be always on the watch and pray (Lk21:33-36).
After going out as usual to the Mount of Olives to pray (Lk22:39),
Yeshua died on a cross, but as He died He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Gave His body as an eternal offering to the Father (He10:1-5);
2) Judged the devil the separator (Ge2:17, 3:4-6); and
3) His death—paid the price of sin for all mankind,
His blood—souls made holy—made perfect forever—the living spirit (He10:14).
After He resurrected and ascended to heaven,
He always intercedes for saints (He7:25; 1Jn1:9, 2:1).
The Holy Spirit, another advocate,
Comes inside the souls of believers to be with them forever (Mt28:20; Jn14:16).
Christians are those who always rejoice, give thanks and praise (Eph5:20; Php4:4).
Following Christ’s command to continue earnestly in prayer (Mt26:41; 1Co9:21; Col4:2),
Just as the living live by breathing every moment,
I cling to prayer to keep my soul alive.
O Lord,
Like breathing unconsciously,
Let us follow a habit of praying every moment, every minute, every second…
With our minds and with our spirit (1Co14:15)! Amen.
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The Salvation of My Soul, the End Result of My Faith
(1Pe1:3-9)
God is the God of salvation (Ps68:20).
Salvation belongs to Him (Ps3:8; Rev7:10) and
He saves those who consider salvation as the greatest thing (He2:3).
Faith is believing Yeshua Christ as my Savior (Mi7:7) and
The life of this faith is knowing that salvation of my soul from hell as the greatest thing and
Running to arrive at salvation (Ge19:17; Php2:12; He2:1-3).
Salvation is the most important thing in a desperate situation.
Liberal Christian theologies focus on material salvation from poverty, ignorance, tyranny etc,
Causing Christians to stop midway.
But the Bible warns that the end result of faith is the salvation of the soul (1Pe1:9)
From the price of sin, from hell (Mk9:44; Rm6:23; 2Pe3:7).
The three heavens (2Ch2:6) are: 1) the first heaven/ the atmosphere; 2) the second heaven/ the universe; 3) the third heaven/ the spiritual heaven (2Co12:2).
• Hades/ Sheol — the universe — "the first heaven and the first earth” (Ge1:1-2; Rev21:1) — the pit/ darkness (Is14:15; 2Pe2:4) — “the everlasting chains” (Jude1:6) — to be burned up (2Pe3:7-13);
• Hell — the unquenchable fire — the lake of fire (Rev20:14) — spiritual beings do not die (Mk9:43-49).
Adam the ancestor was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
All men became bound for hell with the devil (Mt25:41).
After the exodus, God saved Israel from disasters, distress, enemies etc (2Sa22:3; 2Ch20:9).
While the sanctuary reminded them that Jehovah is the God of salvation,
They forgot Him (1Sa10:19; Ps106:21; Is17:10) and
Rather asked the Egyptians to save them (Is31:1-3).
For such, they were repeatedly defeated and eventually lost their sovereignty.
The one ray of hope for Israel was the prophecy regarding
The appearance of the Messiah who will proclaim salvation coming to Zion (Is52:7, 62:11).
Accordingly, virgin Mary conceived a son and
He was given the name Yeshua for He will save His people from their sins (Mt1:21).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), He would
Fulfill the Law which revealed sin, the price of sin, the present state of man (Rm7:8-25) and
Give salvation through the forgiveness of sins (Lk1:77) for:
Jehovah—the God of the flesh of Israel—daily— saved from reality (Jer32:27; Ps68:9); but
Yeshua—the God of all spirits (He12:9)— forever—saves from hell (Jn3:17, 12:47).
The miracles and the wonders that He displayed during His public life (Mt8:25, 9:20-22) were
The signs that He is the Savior and
He revealed that He and the kingdom of heaven and salvation are the same (Mt19:23-24).
As He died on the cross, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
The Word in the beginning, the God of salvation, became flesh (Jn1:1, 14) and
Through His pierced body made a way out of the immense prison Hades (Jn14:6; He10:19-20):
1) He died obeying the command and commended His soul to the Father, for salvation belongs to the Father alone (Jnh2:6; Jn10:18; He5:7-9);
2) He judged the devil, the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) His death — redeemed — all mankind — delivered
His blood — those who believe/ justified — to be saved from God’s wrath (Rm5:9).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
He is the source of eternal salvation, the Savior (Ac5:31, Rev7:10).
The Holy Spirit preaches the good news that saves those who believe His name (Ac16:31) and
Proclaims that there is no other name by which we are saved (Ac4:12).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit:
1) Praises and worships the name of salvation Yeshua and evil spirits flee (2Ch20:22-23);
2) Cries out the name of Yeshua and he is saved also in his reality (Ps68:19; 3Jn1:2);
3) Sees all men not as flesh but as souls and saves them with the passion to save; and
4) Confesses the name of Yeshua to the end, and he is finally saved (Rm5:9, 10:9-10).
O Lord,
While I am in the flesh, let me live for the salvation of my soul.
Like Lot’s family who escaped the city of Sodom,
Let me and all You have given me not look back or hesitate but run until the end! Amen.
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The Food for My Soul - Dr. Jo Kim
(Jn6:55, 63, 12:50)
God is the God of life.
In Him is life (Jn1:4) and
He gives life to the fullest (Jn10:10).
As He gives food to the living, He gives the bread of life to living souls.
Faith is knowing that I am a soul that must live and that Yeshua Christ is my life (Col3:4).
The life of this faith is, to be judged as the living in the last day, eating the bread of life
For my soul to live (2Ti4:1).
While people strive to eat healthy food and live long,
Natural science that views the origin of life as organic matter like amoebas cannot revive dead, decaying cells.
• The Bible says the origin of life—God, the Word, Yeshua (Jn1:1-4; 1Jn5:11);
• The biblical definition of life—that does not perish, spoil or fade away (1Pe1:4);
• The principle of creation—man dies and returns to dust (Ge3:19).
God breathed the breath of life into a man and the man became a living being, Adam (Ge2:7), and
For the spirit to live, he was to eat the word, obey the commandment of God (Ge2:17).
However, deceived by the devil, he disobeyed the commandment regarding the fruit (Ge3:4-6) and
Sin and death entered the spirit of all mankind as a result (Rm5:12).
God sent Moses to bring out the Israelites from Egypt where
They had gone during the great famine to find food and became slaves there (Ac7:11), and
They escaped death by the power of the blood of the lamb (Ex12:7).
God sent manna from heaven for them to eat during the 40-year life in the wilderness
To teach them that man does not live on bread alone but
On every word that comes from the mouth of God (Dt8:3), and
God had them place a vase with manna inside the Most Holy Place
So they remember Jehovah the God of the life of all flesh (Nu27:16).
But anyone who broke the Law, the Sabbath was to be put to death (Ex31:14, 35:2).
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), because:
In the name of Jehovah—the flesh made alive by the blood of animals—by keeping the carnal regulations—> entered the land of Canaan/ complete the first covenant (He7:16);
In the name of Yeshua—the souls made alive by the blood of the Son—obey the commandment of the Son, the food for the soul—>enter the Father’s house/ the new covenant (He10:19; 1Co9:21).
When the devil tempted Yeshua after He fasted 40 days (Mt4:3),
He said, man does not live on bread alone but also on the word of God for
Daily bread= doing the will of God= finishing the work of God (Mt6:11; Jn4:34, 6:27):
The Son of Man= the bread of life from heaven—> if you eat, eternal life (Jn6:51);
God—the life in the Word—when given to creatures—in the form of command—if you obey it, it becomes life (Jn1:1-4, 6:63, 12:50).
Exemplifying this was Yeshua commanding the dead man, “Lazarus, come out” and
Lazarus coming to life (Jn11:43-44).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and ate the food that the Son must eat to live again (Jn10:17-18);
2) Through death, judged the devil the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) By death—paid the price of sin death—all mankind and
With His blood—raised to life the spirit dead in sin—to eat the bread of life (1Co15:45; Eph2:1; He4:12).
He resurrected and testified that He is life and immortality (2Ti1:10; Rev1:18) and
Sent the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of life (Rm8:2)
To the souls made alive by believing His name and receiving His blood (Jn20:31).
The Christian is he who, in order for his soul to live eternally in the land of the living (Ps27:13):
1) Does not worry about the food for the flesh but is rather content with his daily bread (Mt6:31-34), and thus works for the food that does not spoil (Jn6:27);
2) Knowing that the life of his soul now hidden with Christ will appear through the resurrection to life when Christ appears, sets his mind on things above, not on earthly things (Col3:1-5);
3) To death clings to the Church and carries out given duty (Jn6:68); and
4) Becomes a faithful servant sharing the bread of life with the souls given to him (Mt24:45).
O Lord,
Thank You for raising my soul to life once dead in sin and
Giving food to my soul!
Until we enter the kingdom of eternal life, the land of the living,
Let us souls eat the bread of life and obey the command of Christ.
May Your word to us be fulfilled in us (Lk1:38),
May Your will be done in us (Mt26:42)! Amen.
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My Soul Must Return
(Ge2:7; Lk23:46)
God is the Father of spirits (He12:9).
All things come from Him and return to Him (Rm11:36) and
All spirits come from Him and return to Him (Ps116:7).
Faith is knowing this and longing to return, and
The life of this faith is doing all things preparing to return at any time,
As the Israelites did on the night of Passover (Ex12:11).
Though in the new year people make wishes and resolutions, usually for health,
The body ages one more year since no one can avoid aging.
And after aging everyone dies, after which
They return to dust, which makes it all meaningless (Ecc2:16).
Man includes the outwardly man, the flesh that returns to dust (Ge3:19; 2Co4:16), and
The inwardly man, the living being that returns to the bosom of God (Ge2:7).
As such, he who discovers himself through the Bible as “the true me = soul”
Then orients himself in the new year to return to the Father’s bosom.
Deceived by the serpent,
Adam the ancestor of all mankind sinned, that is, missed the mark.
Consequently, he was cast out of the Garden and the way back was blocked (Ge3:24), and
All men became wanderers (Ge4:12),
But in fact, all spirits are locked up in the universe
Until the great day of judgment (Ge1:2; 2Pe2:4, 3:7; Jude1:6).
God prepared for men of faith to return to Him, such as
Abraham who called himself a pilgrim seeking his homeland,
A better country, a heavenly one (He11:8-16).
Israel was a nomadic people without a land and dwelled in tents (Eze44:28)
Because they had a place to return to.
In the first month of the year, during the Passover (Ex12:2, 27),
They remembered being delivered from their slavery in Egypt and entering Canaan.
The prophets cried out for Israel to return from having gone astray (Zec1:3; Mal3:7-9).
As such, wherever they lived, they laid their heads in the direction of Jerusalem for
The Temple of Jerusalem where the name of Jehovah was placed was
Their orientation, the target for their return.
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 will show the direction to turn to, the way to return to the Father (Mt4:17; Jn14:1-6) for
He is the Word who was with the Father in the beginning and came from Him (Jn1:1, 14, 18).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Returned His spirit to the Father of spirits (Lk23:46);
2) Condemned the devil who caused all men to go astray (1Jn3:8);
3) Sprinkled His blood, the Spirit of adoption to sonship, and opened the way for the spirits of prodigal sons to return (Jn14:6; Rm8:15; 1Pe1:23, 2:25).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, returning to the Father’s house and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent preaches the name of Yeshua.
Christians are those who received His name (Jn1:12),
The prodigal sons who came to their senses and returned to the Father’s house (Lk15:17-20).
Therefore, they do not worry about what to eat (Mt6:25)
But instead keep the commandments of Christ, the food for their souls (Jn6:63; 1Co9:21), and
For their souls they lay their treasures in the Father’s house (Mt6:19-20).
Whether they worship, pray or tithe (Ge28:22; Mt22:21)
They do it all with longing for
They now know the road, the mark back to the Father.
O Lord,
Father!
As we give You this first service of 2026,
Let us all know that we are souls who must return to the Father’s house and
Throughout this entire year, every minute, every second, let us turn back! Amen.
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The Firstfruits of the Spirit
(Rm8:18-25)
God is the Redeemer (Ps78:35; Is63:16).
With His blood He redeems souls (1Pe1:18) and
He directs those whom He redeemed in the way they should go (Is48:17).
Faith is knowing that my soul has been redeemed by the blood of Yeshua and
The life of this faith is until the redemption of our bodies,
Enduring patiently to become the firstfruits of the Spirit (Rm8:17-25).
To redeem means “to buy back,” “to rescue,”
As God redeemed Israel from Egypt by His great strength and His mighty hand (Neh1:10),
There will be a day when God will redeem from Hades
The souls who are His heirs, the firstfruits of the Spirit.
Israel is the firstfruits of God's harvest (Jer2:23; Hos9:10), that is, the firstborn (Ex4:22; Ps89:27).
From the firstborn sons of Pharaoh of Egypt, who refused to let them go,
To the firstborn of their livestock, all were punished with death (Ex4:22-23, 11:5).
As the Law showed that all firstborns belonged to the LORD (Ex13:12-13),
They were to redeemed every firstborn livestock and human with a lamb and
The sanctuary reminded them for generations that
Jehovah was the Redeemer and Israel was His redeemed people.
But 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 redeem from not Egypt but Hades that will become hell,
Not with animals but with His own life (Mt20:28),
Not a people but the souls who will become heirs of God, that is,
He will harvest a crop for eternal life (Jn4:36) and
Take them to the Father’s house when He returns (Jn14:1-3).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Submitted to death and pleased the Father who showed the way He should go (Is48:7; Jn10:17-18; He5:7);
2) Judged Satan who, in spite of being an angel, challenged the throne prepared for the Son (Is14:12-15; He1:5-6); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on souls (Eph1:7), becoming the Redeemer of souls of all men (Is63:16).
As the firstfruits of resurrection, the firstborn from the dead (Col1:18; Rev1:5),
He entered the heavenly storage (Ex23:16; 1Co15:20).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Lets the souls redeemed by the blood of Yeshua (1Pe1:18-19)
Live for the redemption of their bodies, that is, the first resurrection (Rev20:4-6),
To be liberated from its bondage to decay and
Be brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God (Rm8:18-21),
By rooting their actions and their lives in the Holy Spirit and the word of God (2Ti3:16, 4:2).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit is he who strives
To be sealed on his forehead with the name of Yeshua (Rev7:3, 9:4, 22:4),
So when the Lord returns
By his fruit to holiness (Rm6:22) and
The fruit of his lips that openly profess His name (He13:15),
He would be redeemed from the earth as firstfruits (Rev14:3-4) and
Be harvested (Mk4:29; 1Co15:23),
Lest he receives the mark of the antichrist who will appear immediately afterward (Rev13:13-18) and
Suffer torment with fire and sulfur forever and ever (Rev14:9-12).
O Lord,
The year 2025…yet another year has rushed by and
Today we held our year-end service.
Our lives, too, will pass by just as quickly...
Then, how many of us will truly be sealed with the name of Yeshua?
Lord, help us overcome our laziness and give us the wisdom to number our days!
If You give us another year, we will do better! We will bear fruit!
Amen!
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Rejoice In the Spirit
(Lk2:1-14, 10:21)
God is the source of joy.
From Him flows true joy and
He gives the greatest joy to
Those who rejoice with His joy (1Pe4:13; Rev19:7) and proclaim good news of great joy (Jn15:11).
The more man pursues physical pleasure,
The more he realizes its futility (Ecc2:1-11) but
Faith is rejoicing in God (Ps9:2; Job22:26), over the coming of the Lord Yeshua in the flesh.
The life of this faith is always rejoicing, even in hardship, trouble, isolation etc, and
Proclaiming the good news (Is52:7; Php1:17-18).
While deceived by the devil, the ancestor Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All mankind became destined to fall into hell (Ge3:16-19; Mt25:41),
Abraham rejoiced seeing God return to his flesh and blood, and
Received a son at his age of 100 and laughed (Ge18:1-4, 21:6; Jn8:56).
On account of their ancestors in whom God delighted,
Abraham’s descendants Israel became God’s chosen people (Dt10:15).
They were delivered from 430 years of slavery in Egypt, and
God turned the sea into dry land and they passed through the waters on foot
So they rejoiced in Him (Ps66:6).
Before long, however, they began to resent God because
Their joy came from their conditions and circumstances.
For the source of their joy be in the name of God (Ps89:16)
God commanded them to build the sanctuary.
But they rather rejoiced in idols (Is44:9) and so
God no longer delighted in them (Hos9:1) or in their sacrifices (Is1:11).
Nevertheless, according to the prophecy, the one in whom God delights appeared (Is42:1; Ze9:9), The good news of great joy came (Lk2:10), that is, the Son of God came in the flesh.
Yeshua was conceived in a virgin (Is7:14, 9:6; Lk1:31-38),
Born in Bethlehem, near Jerusalem, and laid in a manger (Mi5:2; Lk2:4-7).
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 give His joy to the souls in whom He delights so their joy may be complete (Jn15:11),
For when He was in the Father’s bosom, He was rejoicing always (Pr8:29-30) and
When He came as man, He pleased the Father (M12:18).
Though while in the flesh He had no condition to be joyful,
He was always full of joy through the Holy Spirit (Lk10:21; Jn8:29).
Yet before His death, He became sorrowful and troubled, a man of sorrow (Is53:3; Mt26:37-39).
But as He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command and pleased the Father (Jn10:17-18);
2) Judged the devil, the narcissistic one (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17); and
3) Died bearing sorrows and affliction of all mankind (Is53:4-5), and shed His redeeming blood for all souls.
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
He became God’s eternal joy, and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Lets those who have been shown His favor (Lk2:14)
Rejoice solely over the fact that they have the blood of Yeshua (Jn16:20).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit
Goes to the ends of the earth (Ac1:8) and proclaims good news of great joy (Is52:7), and
He always rejoices
Even if he does not receive healing or answer to prayers, and
Even if he suffers disgrace (Ac5:20-42; 2Co6:10)
For he longs to go to heaven as the greatest joy is found there — Yeshua (1Pe4:13; Rev19:7).
O Lord,
Forgive me, if I had lost joy or gotten sad
Over petty things like Jonah’s leafy plant (Jnh4:6-10)…
Whether it is a leafy plant or not, it is fine with me!
Let the source of my joy not be my senses or deeds.
Rather, let it always be the blood of Yeshua in my soul!
Lord, I rejoice and rejoice over Your coming in the flesh! Amen.
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The Holy Spirit Tells What Is Yet to Come
(Jn16:13; Rev1:8)
God is the Almighty.
He is who was and is and is to come (Rev1:8) and
Knows the things which were, the things that are and the things which will take place later (Rev1:19).
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is preparing for the things to come (Mt24:42-51).
Since people instinctively desire to know the future,
Regardless of their knowledge or social standing,
Many seek out fortune tellers and foreseers and are
Even seduced by outrageous apocalyptic theories.
The Bible, written by those who were inspired by the Spirit of God (2Pe1:19-20),
Emphases that only the Almighty knows the future of mankind and the universe (Ecc3:11-15).
As such, Adam’s disobedience to the commandment regarding the fruit (Ge2:17, 3:6) was
Not a failure of God's plan but rather according to His purpose from the beginning
For the death of His Son (Ge3:15).
The deluge in Noah’s Time (Ge6:13; He11:7),
Abraham at the age of 100 receiving a son (Ge18:10; He11:11),
Joseph who predicted seven years of abundance and seven years of famine (Ge41:1-41),
Israel who left Egypt after 430 years (Ge15:13; Ex12:41) etc
All demonstrated that according to what God foretold long ago,
Suddenly He did them and they came to pass (Is48:3).
In spite of this, however, Israel committed the folly of asking about the future
To idols that cannot speak (Is41:21-23) and
Israel, having lost its sovereignty and collapsed, longed for the day
When a king would come and rule with righteousness (Is7:14, 9:16, 32:1).
Thus they only looked to the temple where the name of the Mighty God was.
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 make known the things to come to the souls of all mankind for
He is the Word who spoke from everlasting in the Father’s bosom (Jn1:1-3, 18, 8:58; He1:1),
Became flesh to fulfill them all (Jn1:14) and
Also fulfill what He spoke as the Son (He1:2), that is,
To appear again in the future (He9:28) and
Take those who believe Him to the Farther’s house (Jn14:2-3).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Fulfilled all prophecies (Ge3:15; Is53:5; Jn10:18);
2) Condemned the origin of sin, the devil (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17); and
3) Shed His everlasting blood for all mankind (1Pe1:19-20).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent makes known what is yet to come (Jn16:13):
1) The second coming of Yeshua—will see Him the same way He went (Ac1:11; 1Jn3:2; Rev1:7);
2) The resurrection of saints, the first resurrection (1Co15:23; Rev20:5)—transformed into glorious bodies like that of Yeshua (Php3:21; 1Jn3:2);
3) To the Father’s house—subjects the world to come (He2:5);
4) The great tribulation—the appearance of the antichrist (1Jn2:18)—the great tribulation of the universe (Mt24:21; Rev3:10, 5:6);
5) The resurrection of the living and the dead (Jn5:29; 2Ti4:1; Rev20:12-13); and
6) Hades—>the lake of fire (Rev20:14)—the end of the universe (2Pe3:7-13).
The man of the Spirit therefore
Preaches the word in season or out of season (2Ti4:1-8),
Keeps his head in all situations, and endures hardship willingly,
For he knows that here he does not have an enduring city
But he is looking for the city that is to come (He13:13-14).
O Lord,
He who was and is and is to come!
In that day, let not even one of us remain on earth.
May be all be among those who see Your face in the air!
Soon and very soon… Amen.
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By the Spirit of God
(Mt12:22-28)
God is Spirit (Jn4:24).
He is from everlasting to everlasting and (Neh9:5) and
He surpasses all principles (Ps150:2).
Faith is trusting Him and
The life of this faith is living and moving and having our being in Him (Ac17:28).
Through advancements in cutting-edge information and technology and AI
The world dreams of improving qualify of life, extending the human lifespan, and
Expanding territories as humans strive to challenge the impossible and reach the realm of the divine.
The Bible states that God is the only surpassing being:
Temporally – eternal – without beginning or end (He7:3);
Spatially – omnipresent – fills heaven and earth (Jer23:24);
Perceptually – omniscient – knows all things (Jer23:24);
Powerful – omnipotent – nothing is impossible for Him (Gen18:14).
At creation, He brought all things from nothing by His word (Rm4:17) and
At the end of ages, He will turn them into nothing by the same word (2Pe3:7-10).
Although the living being Adam could enjoy all things in the Garden (Ge2:7),
He was deceived by the devil to want to be like God (Ge3:4-6) and
He disobeyed the commandment regarding the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Ge2:17).
As a result, he was driven out of the Garden and could never return there,
Because it was guarded by a flaming sword (Ge3:24),
Demonstrating the limitations of the human domain.
The sanctuary reminded Israel that in the name of Jehovah, supernatural things were done (Is25:1).
Abraham who at the age of 100 received a son (Rm4:19);
Moses who with his staff delivered Israel from Egypt (Ex4:2, 16-17),
Samson whose strength came from his hair (Jdg14:6-19),
Elijah and Elisha who performed signs with their cloak (1Ki17:9-16; 2Ki2:9-10) etc
All did supernatural things by the Spirit of the LORD.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would show that He is the all-surpassing God (Jn14:9).
For that, the infinite God came in the finite flesh (Jn1:1-3, 14).
As such, He did countless supernatural things such as
His conception, healing the sick, driving out demons, calming the storm,
Multiplying two fish and five loaves of bread, walking on water etc.
As His body tore and He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Surpassed the limitations of the Son of Man who must be born and die, and entered the Father's eternity
(Lk23:46);
2) Judged the devil who forgot the limits of the created (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) By His death redeemed and set free those who fear death, and with His blood delivered all mankind so
whoever believes can also become surpassing (Eph1:7; He2:14-15).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne.
He is the Lamb who eternally keeps His scars of overcoming death (Rev5:9).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent is the surpassing God from heaven.
The man of the Spirit is he who by the Spirit of God
Challenges the infinite, that is, challenges eternal life,
Challenges the faith by which nothing is impossible.
Therefore, he testifies Yeshua with boldness (Ac4:31),
Drives out demons in the name of Yeshua (Mt12:28) and
Lays his hand on the sick in the name of Yeshua and heals (Mk16:17),
Until he can finally enter the infinite place called the Father’s house in heaven.
O Lord,
Though I am still limited in this flesh
Inside my spirit is the all-surpassing power of God (2Co4:7).
Though I am nothing but a piece of trash, lowly and weak
Because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Yeshua (Php3:8), I can challenge the infinite.
Please give me the power to pray so
By the power of the Spirit I can break through whatever obstacle before me! Amen.
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The Manifestation of the Spirit
(1Co12:1-11)
God is the God of revelation.
He reveals Himself of His own accord (1Pe1:20) and
He reveals Himself to those to whom He chooses to reveal (Lk10:22).
Faith is believing according to the way God reveals Himself and
The life of this faith is experiencing Him and testifying Him.
While religion is humans seeking the supernatural on their own,
Christianity is obeying God’s revelation, the faith by revelation and experience (Lk1:34-38).
In God’s revelation:
1) The general revelation—the natural revelation (Rm1:19-20)—the indirect revelation; and
2) The special revelation—the only begotten Son (Jn1:18)—the direct revelation.
Jehovah in the Old Testament is the God who appeared as an angel:
At times as man (Ge18:2, 16, 22, 19:1), as flames of fire (Ex3:2; Ac7:35, 53), as signs (Ps78:43),
As "His hands” (Ps19:1), as “the glory of the LORD” (Nu14:10), as signs and wonders (Dt4:34-35),
In dreams (1Ki4:5) etc.
By saying, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” Yeshua upset
The Jews who were attached to the temple where the glory of the LORD appeared (Nu14:10),
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would fully reveal God for
The Word who was hidden in eternity (Jn1:1, 14, 18)
Appeared in flesh (Rm16:25-26; 1Pe1:20).
When He said, “It is finished,” as He died (Jn19:30),
The temple veil tore (Mt27:51) and the veil was His body (He10:20), and He declared that:
1) The hidden veil opened (Ge3:24) so God is now fully revealed;
2) He judged the origin of sin, the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His redeeming blood He will raise the spirit of mankind to life (Eph1:7).
The resurrection of Yeshua is the complete revelation of God.
Through much evidence He revealed that He is alive (Jn21:1-14; Lk24:36-43) and
To those who believe Him
He promised the signs in the name of Yeshua (Mk16:17-20).
After He ascended to heaven and sat on the throne,
He sent the Holy Spirit who enters the souls who have the blood of Yeshua
To reveal the Son in them (Gal1:16).
The gifts of the Spirit, that is, the manifestations of the Spirit (1Co12:7-11), are
Intended to benefit the saints
So that they can be experienced in the body (Ac2:4, 10:44-46, 19:6).
The man of the Spirit is he who,
Even if called out of his mind (Ac2:1-13; 2Co5:13),
Even if opposed by theology or doctrine,
Cannot deny Yeshua whom he has experienced with his own body (1Co14:2, 18, 39-40).
Therefore, he risks his life to become a witness of Yeshua
As he longs to have the complete experience of seeing the Lord face to face
When He appears a second time (He9:29).
O Lord,
Because of their misunderstanding of the Bible (1Co13:1-13)
While they call themselves believers today
There are those who commit follies and those who demote many souls to religious men…
Please pour out the Spirit’s various gifts on us and
Let us fully reveal Yeshua to those souls who are still veiled.
Let us testify Yeshua is alive until the day we can know You fully, face to face! Amen.
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Do Not Quench the Spirit
(1Th5:19; Rev2:1-7)
God is holy.
He dwells in the holy place (Dt26:15) and does holy work and
He lets those who are holy enter the holy place and serve Him (He12:14; Rev21:3).
Faith is longing to be inspired by Him and
The life of this life is being filled with the Holy Spirit, that is, to not quench the Spirit, and doing holy work.
Quench means to extinguish or cool the fire and
If believers are not sustained by the fullness of the Holy Spirit, His works and gifts are quenched.
Since Adam, the ancestor of mankind, was deceived by the serpent in the Garden and sinned
All men became unclean and separated from the holy God (Ge3:4-6; Rm5:12)
Hellhound with the devil (Mt25:41).
God sent Moses to Egypt to deliver Israel out of their slavery,
To make them a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Ex19:6).
While they were commanded to be holy (Ex22:31)
Without the shedding of blood nothing was clean (He9:22).
The Holy Place of the sanctuary and all its vessels that God commanded Moses to make had
To be sprinkled with the blood of animals to be cleansed (He9:21, 10:1-4, 10)
But it was only a shadow until the true form comes, the perfect cleansing by eternal blood.
The lampstand and its cups on seven-branches were made of pure gold (Ex25:31-40) and
Clear oil of pressed olives was to be poured into them to give light before Jehovah (Lev24:1-4).
The priests were to keep the lamps burning from evening until morning,
Tending the oil and sparks with the wick trimmers and trays (Ex30:7-8)
For if the lamps went out, they would die (Lev10:1-2).
This lamp represents the gift Holy Spirit of the Old Testament,
The activities of angels who worked outside the human body for God’s work, such as with
Samson, David, John the Baptist, Elizabeth, Zechariah etc (Jdg15:14; Ps51:11; Lk1:15, 41, 67).
In spite of this, the fall of Israel came because of the corruption of the priests and the people
But the prophecy of God giving a new heart and a new spirit kept them in hope (Eze36:26).
Yeshua appeared and said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days” (Jn2:19),
Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would reveal that His body is the temple where the Holy Spirit dwells for
He is the holy One of God set apart and sent by the holy Father (Mk1:24; Jn10:36).
After receiving the Holy Spirit, He began His public life (Mt3:15; He9:8).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), and the veil in the Temple of Jerusalem tore (Mt27:51):
1) He offered up His life serving the Father on earthly sanctuary, and with His blood sanctified the heavenly
tabernacle, finishing His holy work (Jn10:17-18; He9:11-14, 24);
2) Destroyed the work of the unclean devil (Eze28:16; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Opened the way for the souls sanctified by His blood to serve God (He10:19-20).
His resurrection testified that He is holy (Ac2:27) and
He entered the true sanctuary, sat on the throne and eternally serves the Father (He8:1-2 9:24).
From there He sent the Counselor Holy Spirit (Ac2:1-4) who came
To the souls sanctified by His blood, God’s temple (1Co3:16).
The Counselor Holy Spirit is the person of God who does not leave and dwells inside (Jn14:16, 18).
Just as the wind cannot be seen but is controlled by it, so it is with being filled with the Spirit (Jn3:8):
1) One’s thoughts, heart, speech, and actions become holy (Gal5:22-24);
2) Doing the holy work of testifying Yeshua (Ac1:8, 4:29-31); and
3) The continuous pouring of various kinds of gifts and service (Ac2:4; 1Co12:4).
For the desire of the flesh contrary to the Spirit (Gal5:17),
When the work of the Spirit is quenched
By laziness, stinginess, drunkenness, disobedience, arrogance (Gal5:17-22; Eph5:18),
The lamp stand is removed, His inspiration and gifts cease and one’s zeal cools (Rev2:4-7), and
Ultimately, some even return to the world with their faith shipwrecked (1Ti19:-20).
But those who still have a spark of the Spirit, through prayer and mournful repentance (Ps51:7-11),
Discover their own problems and trim away the snuff,
Doing everything to keep their spirit and spiritual inspiration alive.
O Lord,
My soul! Make it as sensitive as a tender shoot so the anointing of the Spirit will never be quenched.
Please remove this heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh!
Help me trim away my laziness and carnal desires and
Let this small spark grow back to burning brightly once again. Amen.
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The Kingdom Where the Spirit of Truth Reigns
(Mk9:1; Jn18:33-38)
God reigns (Rev19:6).
He establishes His kingdom with truth, reigns with the Spirit of truth, and
Inherits the kingdom to those who live for it (Mt25:34).
Faith is having pride in being a people of that kingdom and
The life of this faith is edifying and expanding that kingdom, ready to suffer for it, in order to enter The eternal kingdom when Christ appears (2Th1:5; 2Ti4:1; 2Pe1:11).
A nation is a political entity with territory, sovereignty and a people, and
Its political system can be categorized anywhere between
Republic/ democracy) and autocracy, including monarchy.
While endless attempts to establish and sustain the ideal state have been made in history
The repeated rise and fall of nations show that man-made systems cannot be perfect.
Nevertheless, the Bible shows how while all kingdoms in the world fall (Rev11:15),
Only the kingdom of God cannot be shaken (He12:28) for
His throne and scepter will last for ever and ever (He1:8).
According to His covenant with Abraham (Ge17:6),
God sent Moses to Egypt to deliver Abraham’s descendants from their slavery and
Made them a kingdom of priesthood and a holy people (Ex19:6).
As such, the LORD was near them and they were ruled by the Law from God (Dt4:7-8)
As a kingdom where God went ahead, fought and won so no nation could defeat them (Dt9:1-3).
However, eventually Israel’s fall came as the result of their rejection of God as their king (1Sa8:5-7):
The kingdom divided into Israel the northern kingdom and Judah the southern kingdom,
Both of which collapsed by 722 BC and 587 BC.
The only hope for those who longed for the restoration of their kingdom was
The coming of the Messiah (Jn4:25).
Yeshua appeared and said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would establish a kingdom not of flesh and blood, ruled by the Law of Moses,
But of the souls of all nations, ruled by the Spirit of truth, the truth as
His kingdom is not of this world (Jn18:33-37).
Although He came as the kingdom of heaven (Mt3:2) and performed many signs,
The people did not recognize or believe Him for
No one can see or enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit (Jn3:5).
Furthermore, since He rejected their wish to make Him their king (Jn6:15) and was
Accused of being an opponent of Caesar (Jn19:12)
He was passed over to death by those who longed for the restoration of Israel (Lk19:11; Ac1:6),
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command and offered up the kingdom to Him (Jn10:18; Ac20:28; 1Co15:24);
2) Condemned the devil the prince of this world (Jn12:31; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His body paid the price of sin for all mankind, and with His blood gave life to souls and made them His own people (Rev5:9).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne, that is,
The eternal kingdom where Yeshua reigns as Christ (2Pe1:11).
The Spirit of truth whom He sent
Came to the souls and the Church bought by the blood of Yeshua (Ac20:28), that is,
The kingdom of God had come (Mt12:28; Mk9:1):
The Church is the kingdom where Yeshua reigns as Christ,
The kingdom founded on the truth and where
The truth rules as the law and accepted as command sense.
The man of the Spirit is he who loves the kingdom where the Spirit of truth reigns.
Thus, he does not worry about life or tomorrow (Mt6:25-33; 1Co9:7-10) but
Keeps the law of this kingdom, the truth, the words of the King Yeshua (Jn12:48, 14:26, 17:17),
Lives a sanctified life (Jn3:5; 1Co15:50, Eph5:5) and
Makes the work of this kingdom his top priority, even above his family (Lk9:59-62),
Not sparing his breath or youth and enduring suffering,
To be counted worthy of His kingdom and be seated on the thrones in that day (Lk22:29-30; 2Th1:5).
O Lord,
The kingdom where the word of Yeshua rules as the law!
The kingdom where using the name of Yeshua is common sense!
Let this be done in Church of Jesus.
To be welcomed into Your kingdom in that day
Let us live, fight and die for this kingdom! Amen.
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The Fruit of the Spirit
(Gal5:22-26)
God is a living person.
He reveals through His person that He lives (Is57:19), and
He rewards each person according to the fruit of his doings (Jer32:19).
Faith is longing and loving His person and
The life of this faith is revealing His person through me, that is, through the fruit of the Spirit.
Fruit is the farmer’s wish, the tree’s mission, the branch’s survival value (Jn15:1-8), and
The tree’s harvest, glory and character
As a tree is known by its fruit (Mt7:16-20).
Deceived by the devil’s lie, Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All mankind became hellhound with the devil (Mt25:41).
While God rejoiced over Israel, whom He had delivered from Egypt,
As the firstfruits of His harvest (Jer2:3),
Because they consecrated themselves to the shameful idol and became vile (Hos9:10),
Their priest and prophet were killed in the sanctuary (La2:20),
They were punished because they turned away from God in their hearts (Jer12:2) which was
According to the fruit of their doings (Jer32:19).
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 Himself would become the fruit that pleases the Father and
Bear fruit that pleases Him.
For he who sees Him sees the Father who sent Him (Jn12:45) and
He who sees the One who sent Him sees Him (Jn15:19), that is,
His fruit, His disciples (Jn15:8).
As He fell like a kernel of wheat and died (Jn12:24),
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Did the Father’s will looking ahead to the fruit of resurrection (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the liar the devil (Jn8:44; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood to reap much fruit of eternal life (Jn4:36-38).
As the firstfruit of resurrection, He ascended to heaven (1Co15:20), and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Enters the souls born again in the blood of Yeshua and
Lets them grow into the person of God, that is, into the divine nature (2Pe1:4)
For the kingdom of God is for a people who will produce its fruit (Mt21:43).
The man of the Spirit is he who is
Ashamed of his previous vain deeds (Rm6:15-23) and
No matter what, puts effort to bear good fruit (Lk6:43-44), the fruit of the Spirit (Gal5:22-23):
Love that spares no sacrifice (Jn13:34-35);
Joy that transcends any circumstance (Php4:4);
Peace that mediates between people (Mt5:9);
Patience like a father waiting for his child to become a man (2Pe3:9);
Kindness like a king who pities the ignorant (Lk23:34);
Goodness that shares the best (Gal6:10; 1Ti6:18; He13:16);
Faithfulness to one master, one king until death (Rev2:10, 17:14);
Gentleness that wins hearts by intentional compromise (Mt5:5); and
Self-control that governs passions, temper, tongue, and knowledge (Php3:7-9; 2Pe1:6).
This is because even now, the Lord delays time (Lk13:6-9),
Praying from the right hand of the throne (Rm8:34).
O Lord,
Instead of taking us away earlier
You have kept us alive to this day…
Therefore, help us become Your fruit, Your disciples whom You left behind on this earth.
Let those who see me see Yeshua.
Lord, I want to be like Yeshua! Amen.