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The Perfect God
(Mt5:48)
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.
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God Is To Be Honored
(1Ti6:15-16)
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.
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The Living God
(2Sa22:47; Mt16:13-17)
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>
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God Is Good
(Lk18:18-23)
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.
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The Lord of Rest
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.
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The God of Victory
(1Ch29:11; Col2:13-15)
God is the God of victory.
For victory He created all things (Rm8:38-39) and victory rests with him (Pr21:31).
He lets those who are victorious with Him enter the Holy City
Singing victory songs (Ps20:5; Rev3:21).
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is overcoming abundantly through Him (Rm8:37), not letting the enemy triumph over me (Ps41:11)
There has never been a time in history where there was no war.
The lessons of war made known that one must win for
The victor devours territory, goods, people, and glory,
But the loser loses everything and is humiliated.
The Bible is referred to as “the Book of the Wars of the LORD” (Nu21:14).
Starting with the war in heaven, that is, in the second heaven (the space) (Rev12:7),
To the wars taking place on earth to this day, it is written about wars (Rev12:9).
In the Garden of Eden Adam was deceived by the devil (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
As such the defeated (all men) became slaves of the victor (the devil) (2Pe2:19).
But by this, the offspring of the woman would crush the head of the offspring of the devil.
So the victory of God was already decided (Ge3:15).
The wars of the LORD began:
By signs and wonders God delivered the Israelites out of their slavery (Dt4:34);
While Moses had his hands up the Israelites defeated the Amalekites (Ex17:11-15);
God sent hornets and drove out the enemies and defeated the Amorites (Jos24:12);
By praising Jehovah Israel threw the three tribal alliance into utter confusion (2Ch20:1-24) etc.
The temple where the name of Jehovah was, a war memorial of Jehovah,
Reminded Israel for generations of Jehovah-Nissi, the LORD mighty in battle (Ex17:15; Ps24:8),
That victory rests with the LORD (Pr21:31).
In spite of it, however, destruction came to Israel for
They did not seek help from the LORD but instead went down to Egypt for help (Is31:1).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” and
Angered the Jews who had been longing for the restoration of their sovereignty.
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would put an end to the wars of Jehovah and declare the war of Yeshua Christ for
The Son of Man had come to fight the prince of the world (Mt4:17; Jn12:31).
Though the devil attacked His weak flesh, He overcame with the written word (Mt4:1-11).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for He triumphed by the cross (Col2:15):
1) Coming as the offspring of the woman He was crushed in His heel (Ge3:15) and gave glory of the predestined victory to the Father (Jn10:18);
2) Through death He judged the devil, the ruler of death, and brought him to his knees (He2:14); and
3) He cancelled the charge of the legal indebtedness of mankind which stood against them, nailing the Law to the cross (Col2:14).
In the beginning — the God of victory — became flesh/ the offspring of the woman
— Death/ the victory of the cross — resurrection/ the crown
— His blood — for those who believe — soldiers of Christ for victory (2Ti2:3)
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb who sat on the throne.
He has the medal of honor on His body for overcoming death.
The Holy Spirit who came with the name of Yeshua
Builds the church that the gates of Hades cannot overcome (Mt16:18) and
Lets the Christian overcome so he:
- Does not get separated by the separator the devil (ho diabolos)
- God vs. the soul — obeys the word;
- The church vs. saints — a branch must stay attached to the vine, a member to the body of Christ to live (Jn15:5-6);
- Saint vs. saint — does not see the speck in his brother’s eye (Mt7:3).
- Overcomes the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life (Jas4:4; 1Jn2:16, 5:5);
- Overcomes evil with good — leaves room for God’s wrath, blessing his enemies (Rm12:19-21); and
- His weapon — the blood of the Lamb and the word of his testimony (Rev12:11),
Believing in the reward that the victor gets (Rev2:7, 11, 17, 3:21).
O Lord,
We shall never be separated from You!
We shall never let the enemy the devil sing victory songs!
Without a single soul left behind
Let Church of Jesus be victorious and enter the kingdom of heaven as victors! Amen.
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Yeshua the Name of Life
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.
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God Is Love
God is love (1Jn4:8).
His nature, His supreme character is love and
Through His sacrifice He expresses His love (1Jn4:9) and
He watches over those who love Him until the end (Ps145:20).
Faith is receiving God’s love and knowing what kind of love it is (Eph3:18-19) and
The life of this faith is loving the Lord, His name, the church, His law, brothers, neighbors etc (Ps18:1, 69:36, 26:8, 119:97; Rm12:10, 13:9).
For love is human nature that makes humans human
Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, and literatures, arts, ideologies etc all come from it.
If there were no love, the world history would have been completely different.
The Bible contains the story of God loving mankind.
The history of the Bible is the process of God revealing His love
Like parents not sparing the rod until the young child matures to understand their heart.
Because of their ancestor Abraham
Israel became the people loved by God (Ge22:2-12) and so were
Redeemed from the land of slavery of 400 years (Dt7:8).
The Law that they received commanded them
To love their LORD God with all their heart, with all their soul and with all their strength (Dt6:5), and
Always keep His requirements, decrees, laws and commands (Dt11:1).
As such, under the spirit of slave to fear, a tutor (Rm8:15; Gal3:24),
They were disciplined and chastened with a rod of love (Pr3:11-12).
Not wanting this, however, they worshipped other gods and went further away
So the prophets continued to cry out for them to return and
It was God leading them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love (Hos11:1-4).
But because they refused to turn from their ways
Israel continued to suffer in ruins being tossed from one nation to another (Hos11:5).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
No longer a tutor (Gal3:24-25) but the Son of Man will receive the rod in place of mankind (Is53:5),
No longer for only a special people but in place of all men He will pay the price of sin (Mt20:28)
So that the love of God that sent the One and Only Son be known.
Those who believe Him will be saved and have eternal life so they may love God (Jn3:16-17).
This was the completion of the greatest commandment of the Law and the Prophets (Mt22:36-40).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), and
Forgave those who accused Him (Ps109:4), and declared that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command revealing that the Father loves Him and He loves the Father (Jn10:17, 14:31);
2) Judged the devil who separated God and mankind (Ge3:4-6; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Gave His life as an atoning sacrifice for all men (1Jn4:10).
In the beginning — the Word — God/ love — became flesh:
- His death/ an atoning sacrifice — confirmed God’s love — judged the devil (Rm5:8)
- His blood/ for children of God — to dwell in the Father’s love
He resurrected and ascended to the kingdom of the Son He loves (Col1:13).
He who has God’s love poured out into his heart through the Holy Spirit (Rm5:5)
Knows what kind of love he received so
He willingly keeps Christ’s commands (Jn14:15, 15:12):
1) No trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword…or anything else in all creation can separate him from the love of God (Rm8:35-39);
2) He loves the name Yeshua;
3) He loves the house of Lord, the Church;
4) He loves the law of the Lord, the Truth;
5) He loves his brothers — carries the love out in action — the completion of the Law (Rm12:10, 13:9)
Infinitely forgives the mistakes of his brothers (Mt18:21-35);
Shares the suffering of his bothers (Rm12:15).
6) He has the Father’s heart
Seeks the prodigal younger brothers who left home (Lk15:11-32);
Waits patiently for the immature brothers to grow up (1Co13:1).
O Lord,
The cross of shame and suffering! The love of God that sent the One and Only Son!
How could this human fully express the depth, the breadth and the height of Your love?
All I can do is wail before Your love….
Amen.
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The God of All Authority
(Is40:26; Jude1:25)
God is the Head of all authority (Col2:10).
All authorities are decided by Him and come from Him (Rm13:1) and
To become the Head of all authorities forever He created all things (Rm8:38-39).
With His authority He reigns forever (Da4:34).
Faith is kneeling before the authority of God (2Ch20:6) and
The life of this faith is using the authority of the children of God (Jn1:12) and living stately like a ruler (Pr30:29-31).
While in monarchy kings have the power to give or take away, the power to command,
The power to appoint, and the power to pardon,
The president elected by the majority of the people in democracy also has such great power.
The Bible demonstrates that God is the Head of all authority.
By His word He brought out the starry host one by one, calling forth each of them by name (Is40:26),
The rebellion of the archangel Lucifer in heaven (Eze28:12-17),
Satan thrown into the darkness (2Pe2:4), becoming the ruler of Hades (Is14:12-15; Jude1:6) were
All part of God’s dispensation of being the Head of all authority forevermore.
Deceived by Satan, Adam the ancestor of all men sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
No soul among them could be saved from the power of the grave (Ps89:48; Pr29:2; Ecc4:1).
The slavery of Israel for 430 years visualized this.
At the age of 80, Moses who was sent by God carried only a staff and
He defeated the proud power of Egypt, the most powerful nation then, and delivered Israel (Eze30:6).
For 40 years they survived in the wilderness for they ate the bread of angels (Ps78:25) and
The vase containing manna and the name Jehovah were in
The ark inside the sanctuary to remind Israel for generations that
The power and might were in Jehovah’s hand and no one could withstand Him (2Ch20:6).
In the meanwhile, the prophets spoke of the appearance of
The One who would deliver the people from the power of the grave, that is,
The living God, the One who possesses eternal power (Da6:26; Hos13:14).
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),
He would give in not the name Jehovah but the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43)
Not the bread brought by angels for the flesh to eat
But His flesh as the bread of the Ruler for souls to eat for God came as man (Jn6:51).
He defeated the temptation of the devil, the prince of the world who
With the authority of all the kingdoms of the world tempted Him (Lk4:5-8).
He commanded unclean spirits and they obeyed (Mk1:27),
The wind and the waves and they obeyed (Mk4:39-41), and Peter and he walked on water (Mt14:28).
He also gave the disciples the authority to drive out demons (Mk3:15), and
All of that was for them know that the Son of Man has
The authority to forgive sins (Mt9:6) and the authority to throw souls into hell (Lk12:4-5).
Before Pilot the ruler who could let Him live or die, He stately allowed crucifixion (Jn19:10).
As Yeshua died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Willingly laid down His life for He had the authority to lay it down and to take it up again
(Jn10:17-18) — the Father who gave the command to the Son and brought Him to submission became the 2) Head of all authorities (1Co15:24; Jude1:25);
3) Through His death as the Son of Man used the authority to judge the ruler of death, the devil (Jn5:27; He2:14); and
Set all men free (He2:15).
In the beginning — the Word — the God of all authority — became flesh (Jn1:1, 14):
Used the authority to die and to live again — glory to the Father — judged the devil;
His blood — to those who believe — the right to become children of God — Yeshua name (Jn1:12)
He resurrected and secured all authority in heaven and on earth (Mt28:18),
Sat at the right hand of God, becoming the Head of all authority forevermore (Col2:10).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes with authority (Mk9:1) and
Builds the Church which the gates of Hades cannot prevail (Mt16:18-19).
The Christian is he who knows the right of the children of God:
The right to claim/ pray (Jn14:14), the right to drive out demons and heal (Mk16:17), the right to pardon/ forgive (Jn20:23);
Speaks the truth as his own for he has authority in his words (Mk1:22); and
Lives stately like a ruler who eats at the table of the King of kings, the Ruler (Rev3:20).
O Lord,
Like the enemy’s son, a lame, lowly man Mephibosheth (2Sa9:1-11),
You have made a dead dog like me, the greatest ruler!
Even if poor, let me not be servile.
Even before death, let me not beg for life.
Rather, let me be bold and live stately and fade away stately! Amen.
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God Is To Be Praised
(Ex15:11; Rm9:5)
He dwells in praises (Ps22:3) and
He is worthy to be praised for there is no one like Him in being, attributes, works etc and
Those who lift up His name He also lifts up (Ps91:14).
Faith is setting one’s heart to praise God (Ps108:1) and
The life of this faith is to give the sacrifice of praise to God for all one’s life (Ps146:2; He13:15).
Praise is the act of lifting God up, for which all things were made.
However, there was a rebellion in the spiritual heaven:
An archangel made to praise became proud (Eze28:12-18) and
Attempted to ascend the throne, the place to receive praise — he is Satan.
God did not spare him but contained him until the great day of judgment (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6),
In Hades, the lowest point, the darkness, the universe (Is14:11-15; Ob1:2-4).
Adam, the ancestor of all men, fell into the deceit of the devil, Satan, to be like God and
Ate the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), and as a result
All men became slaves of the devil, bound to follow him to hell (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:19).
Through God’s signs the Israelites who had been slaves in Egypt were delivered and
Walked through the sea on dry grounds and as soon as they set their feet on the land,
Praise burst out of their mouths (Ex15:1-11; Ps126:2).
The Bible records through the history of Israel the praise of God:
1) Object: God, the name Jehovah, the King etc (Ps66:2, 47:6);
2) Content: a. His attributes — His greatness, righteousness, faithfulness, mercy, justice etc
b. His works — creation, saving Israel, wonders etc (Ex18:10; Ps89:5).
3) Method: voice, lips, claps, dancing, all instruments, psalms (2Ch30:21; Ps98:5, 150);
4) Time: all life, from morning until night, always;
5) Place: wherever, especially centered around the temple;
6) Who: all created things — angels, the sun, the moon, the stars, the seas, everything that has breath (Ps148:1-5);
7) Practical result: the bonds of wickedness are loosed, saved from the fall (1Ch20:17-22).
David was the most successful one in giving praise for
Before Jehovah, he humbled and humiliated himself and
Praised Jehovah who appointed such a lowly man to be a ruler (2Sa6:14-22).
Thus he was blessed to minister before the ark,
Extol, thank and praise always for 40 years inside the tent (1Ch16:4).
The Temple of Jerusalem was where
“Jehovah = the praise of Israel = the God of Israel” (Dt10:21) was.
So the Jewish leaders were astonished
When Yeshua said, “Destroy the 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 let not only the people of Israel but also all peoples, their souls (Rm15:11)
Praise not the name Jehovah but the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43).
During His public life He healed the sick and let them praise God (Lk18:43)
But because He acknowledged that He is the Son of the One to be praised,
He was passed over to death (Mk14:61-64).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Though the very nature God, equal to God, humbled himself obedient to death and exalted the Father, praised the Father (Php2:6-11);
2) Judged the devil who attempted to lift himself up (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-18; 2Pe2:4); and
3) In the beginning — the Word — the God to be praised — became flesh (Jn1:1, 14)
His death / lowered Himself — exalted the Father — redeemed all men
His blood / grace — the forgiveness of sins — to praise the glory of His grace (Eph1:3-12).
He resurrected, ascended to heaven and sat on the throne.
Thousands of thousand angels in heaven and those who received grace on earth lift up praises
To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb for ever and ever (Rev5:13, 7:12).
The Holy Spirit comes to the church where
Those who know grace praise the glory of His grace in the assembly (He2:12) and
Lets them offer a sacrifice of praise (He13:15; Rev2:12).
The Christian praises with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs (Eph5:19) for
His great works, that is, creation and the grace of His redemption, in tears, in loud voice, and
Chains come undone (Ac16:25-26) and he never falters in life for he always praises (Ps42:5) for
When Yeshua Christ returns he longs to be lifted up high and be taken up into heaven.
O Lord,
He’s the name above all names, You are worthy of all praise,
My heart will sing how great is our God!
Lord, You become bigger and bigger
I become smaller and smaller, my problems become smaller and smaller…
O Lord, in that day, let not even one of us remain on earth! Amen.
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The God of Truth
(Jn1:1-18)
God is the God of truth (Ps31:5).
He gives birth through the word of truth (Jas1:18) and
He guides by the truth those who know the truth and
Brings them to His holy mountain, heaven (Ps43:3).
Faith is knowing the truth (Jn8:32; 1Ti2:4) and
The life of this faith is, until one is well spoken of by everyone, even by the truth itself (3Jn1:12),
obeying the truth (Ps86:11; 1Pe1:22).
While science explores unchanging laws, natural truths
Religion says all religions are true.
The Bible, however, says that
God, the word of God, Yeshua, the word of Yeshua, and the Holy Spirit are the truth.
Furthermore, it says that those who know the truth will be set free
From death the price of sin, from sickness, from the natural law.
The Law of Moses is the truth that came to Israel through Moses (Ps119:142, 151) and
It promised that if they kept it, they would be the people of Jehovah (Ex19:6).
But they eventually became cut off from God and disasters came to them (Da9:13) for
No one sought the truth and no one called for justice (Jer5:1; Is59:4).
According to the prophecy,
He whose mouth had true instruction, who would turn many from sin (Mal2:6) appeared: Yeshua.
He said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would tear down the Law given in the name Jehovah and
Let the truth be known in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn1:17, 14:6) for
The Law is not the truth but rather a copy, an illustration or a shadow until the new order (He9:9-10).
On the mount where Yeshua transfigured,
God said to listen to not the word of Moses or Elijah but only the word of the Son (Mt17:1-5) for
His word is the truth that whoever has the ears to hear will hear (Mk4:9).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
The Law was fulfilled and the Law was reformed into the truth (Mt5:17) as He:
1) Laid down His life knowing that He would receive it back (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood to be received by souls.
In the beginning — the Word — the God of truth — became flesh:
• Died — set free from the law of sin and death — all men (Rm8:2);
• His blood — the truth — sets free from sin and death — those who know (Jn6:53, 14:6; Eph4:21; 2Co11:10).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, for truth sprang out of the earth (Ps85:11).
The Spirit of truth whom He sent came to believers and the church, and
Lets them build the church which has its foundation on a rock (1Co3:10-11),
The pillar and the foundation of the truth (1Ti3:15), that is,
Upon the immutable truth, “Yeshua = the God who came as man” (Mt16:16-18),
With those who know the truth as pillars, the house of the living God is built.
A true church insists on the sole innocence of Yeshua (Mt27:4; Jn1:1, 14; 1Ti2:5), and:
1) Circumcision —> the circumcision done by Christ (Col2:11), baptism in the name of Yeshua
by immersion (Mt3:16, 28:19; Ac2:38, 8:38, 19:5);
2) Sabbath —> the Lord’s Day (Rev1:8); and
3) No restriction on food (1Ti4:3; 1Co10:23-31).
He who knows the truth (Jn8:33) willingly keeps the law of freedom, Christ’s law (1Co9:21; Jas2:13):
1) Does not distort the truth — rather keeps, defends and teaches the truth (Ac20:3; 2Co4:2, 13:8; 2Ti2:15);
2) Delivers the word of the truth (Rm2:20; 2Ti2:25); and
3) Endures to the end and becomes a pillar of the church of the truth (1Ti3:15; Rev3:10-12),
For on the day the Groom Yeshua returns,
He longs to be taken up to the banquet in the air
As a member of the beautiful bride of Christ (Rev21:2).
O Lord,
As the Church of Jesus celebrates her 37th Anniversary today,
Let us all know this mystery about the Church (Eph5:32) and
Let us all become pillars of the truth! Amen.
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God Is the King
(Ps47:7, 1Ti1:17)
God is the King.
He brings unity to all nations and becomes the King of kings (Eph1:10; Rev17:14), and
He is the King eternal who is immortal and rules over all nations (1Ti1:17).
Faith is enthusiastically welcoming God as my King (Ps74:1-2; cf. Lk19:17) and
The life of this faith is, in order to reign with Christ forever (Rev20:4-6, 21:24), giving one’s life for the
kingdom where Yeshua reigns as Christ.
For a king is the greatest ruler, judge, he can do whatever he pleases (Ecc8:3).
The fate of a kingdom and its people depends on who becomes its king.
While all nations and peoples want peace
In history there has never been a time on earth without wars,
Because it is kings’ ambition to expand their territories and
Many people were killed in the name of “for the kingdom.”
The history of the Bible is the dispensation to reveal God as the King.
In the beginning God created all things (Jn1:1-3; Col1:16), that is,
Angels, powers, thrones, principalities, death, life, height, depth etc (Rm8:38-39).
Satan was an archangel who attempted to raise his throne above the angels and become king,
But he was cast down to Hades until the great day of judgment (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
Deceived by him, Adam sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), and as a result,
The devil became the prince of the world who rules over all mankind (Ps89:48; Jn14:30).
Crushing Egypt, the super-power nation at the time, Israel was delivered for
It was the kingdom of Jehovah:
Jehovah/ their king, the Law of Moses/ their land and the promised land/ their land (Is33:22).
Once they arrived in Canaan, however, they rejected Jehovah as their king (1Sa8:6-20) and
By the kings they chose, their suffering continued as recorded in Kings and Chronicles.
Finally, the kingdom divided into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah
Both of which eventually fell (720 and 586 BC).
Having lost their sovereignty,
They longed for the coming of the Messiah, the King of glory mighty in battle (Ps24:9-10, 136:17),
Coming as David’s descendent according to the prophecy (Is32:1; Jer23:5).
Thus, the Temple of Jerusalem was the focus of their interest (Zec9:9).
When Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
He was hated by the Jews but
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would be not an earthly king but the Ruler of the heavens and the earth (Ps47:7; Mt28:18; Jn18:36),
For He is the Word in the beginning who came as the Son of Man (Jn1:1-2, 14),
The kingdom of heaven, to judge and drive out the prince of this world (Mt4:17; Jn12:31).
So He urged repentance for men who were enslaved by the devil and
Promised the disciples who followed Him the thrones (Mt19:28).
By a ruler who misunderstood His kingdom as part of this world and the people (Jn19:12),
In a crown of thorns, He hung on a cross with a sign that said, “the King of the Jews,” for
He died as a king. And as He died, He said, “It finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) The Father who brought Christ the Son into submission is the King of kings (Jn10:17-18);
2) With His authority to die He destroyed the ruler of death, the prince of the world (Jn10:18, 16:11; He12:14); and
3) With His blood redeemed all men who had been slaves of the devil, making them the people
of the kingdom of Christ and the spiritual heaven His territory (Rev5:9).
After He resurrected, He ascended to heaven and sat on the throne.
He is the eternal King who reigns forever (Rev11:15).
The Holy Spirit came in the name Yeshua to the church, the kingdom of Christ on earth (Ac5:42).
The Christian is he who loves the kingdom where Yeshua reigns as Christ,
For it is the kingdom which the King established through His own sacrifice,
The kingdom where He reigns with justice and peace (He7:2), and
The kingdom where forgiveness, tolerance, rest and prosperity are guaranteed forever.
For he longs for the day when he would reign with Christ (Rev21:24), he:
1) Sincerely believes the gospel of Christ and absolutely submits to Him (2Co9:13);
2) No longer lets sin reign over his mortal body (Rm6:12);
3) In suffering goes before the throne of mercy for the throne is the bottle of his tears (Ps56:8; Rm5:3; 2Th1:4; He4:16);
4) Is willingly watched over by the overseer made by the Holy Spirit (Ac20:28); and
5) Gives his life for the expansion of the kingdom of Christ for a multitude of people is the King’s glory (Pr14:28).
O Lord,
My God the King, I love my King and His kingdom very much!
When the kingdom where Yeshua is Christ comes,
Let our Church of Jesus be absorbed into it. Amen.
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God Our Father
(Mt6:9; Rm8:14-17)
God is the Father.
With His blood He gives birth to children and
To His children He gives His glorious inheritance (Eph1:18).
Faith is believing that God in heaven is my Father (Mt23:9) and
The life of this faith is enduring discipline knowing that it is from the Father (He12:5-9), and loving
those who have become brothers by one blood (Jn13:14).
For all ages and places, the relationship between father and son is
The most enduring, unchanging relationship as
Even an evil man desires to give his best to his children (Mt7:11).
As angels were made as ministering spirits (He1:14),
There was no plan for them to become sons of God, heirs of God (He1:5, 13-14).
As such, when the archangel, Satan, sinned in heaven, he was cast out of heaven (Is14:12-15),
Only to wait for judgement without mercy (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4).
But when the living being, Adam, sinned deceived by Satan, the devil, and was
Driven out from the Garden, God clothed him in garments of skin (Ge2:7, 3:21):
A sign that the way to return to God would be opened
By the blood poured out of the torn flesh (Ge3:24).
Because of sin, all men would suffer for their children all their life (Ge3:16).
Adam endured the worst suffering of having one son being killed by the other son (Ge4:1-10).
David’s heart was broken by his son, an immoral insurgent and yet
His son’s death plunged him into the pit of suffering (2Sa16:22, 18:32-33).
This is the reason why in the Ten Commandments there is the commandment to honor your parents,
While there is no commandment to love your children (Ex20:12).
When it was time, the Word from the beginning came in the flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14),
The seed of the Word, the imperishable seed (1Pe1:23),
Fell on the body of the virgin Mary (Lk1:35-38) and
According to the prophecy, the offspring of the woman, the Son of God (Ge3:15) came.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would end the era when Israel called Abraham their father in Jehovah name (Lk16:24; Jn8:39),
With the inheritance of the land of Canaan (Ge17:8), and
Begin a new era when souls will call on Yeshua name the Father in heaven (Mt23:9; Jn1:12) and
Receive the spiritual heaven, the Father’s house as inheritance (Jn14:1-3).
His public life that He began as the Son of God was the beginning of His suffering (Mt3:16-17).
After fasting for 40 days, He faced the devil’s temptation (Mt4:1-10),
His neighbors rejected Him (Mk6:3), and
Even the disciples who saw His countless signs could not believe Him entirely (Mk4:41).
But whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they shouted “the Son of God” (Mk3:11; Mt8:29).
The charge that the Jews brought as the reason for His death was (Mt26:66) because of
Calling Himself not “Christ” but “the Son of God” (Lk22:70-71).
Before their mockery He died, but He said, “It is finished” (Mt27:40; Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) He was obedient to the Father to death (Jn10:17-18), thus received the name of all names as
the inheritance for the Son (Php2:8-9; He1:4);
2) Judged the angel who challenged the throne prepared for the Son (Is14:12-15); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood, the Spirit of the Son (Rm8:15; Gal4:5), which was for God to
receive many sons through mankind (Jn1:12, 12:24; Eph1:7; He1:6).
He resurrected and ascended to the throne in heaven, and He is called the Lamb for
He is the Father who has the marks of being torn and shedding blood (Rev5:12).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Nurtures believers to become His glorious children (Rm8:15-17) so
Through financial, social, health etc problems, though painful,
They receive them as their Father’s discipline to endure, knowing that
He is treating them as not illegitimate sons but true sons (He12:5-9).
God = our Father = the Father of the Church = the Father to those who have brothers
Those who have become members of one another, in one body in Christ (Rm12:5)
Received the command to love one another (Jn13:34) so they:
1) Have equal concern for each other, greet, comfort and encourage one another (1Co12:25; 1Th4:18; He10:24-25);
2) Bear one another in love, forgiving each other (Eph4:2, 32);
3) Share what they have with others (Ac4:32; He13:16);
4) Carry each other’s burdens (Gal6:2; 1Co12:26; Jas5:16); and
5) Honor one another above themselves (Jn13:14; Rm12:10; Gal5:13; 1Pe4:10).
O Lord,
Let us all become the children who delight our Father and make Him proud.
Let us all, not even without one member, go to the Father’s house after death! Amen.
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The God of Life
(Nu27:16; Jn11:25-27)
God is the God of life (Ps42:8; Ac3:15).
In Him is life and from Him comes life (Jn1:1-4; Ps36:9), and
He gives life to those who want to live (Jn10:10).
Faith is believing Him and having a living hope (1Pe1:3) and
The life of this faith is putting effort to receive eternal life through the resurrection to life when the life
Christ appears, even if one loses his life (Jn5:29, 12:25).
Life refers to the quality that allows living organisms to live, breath and move.
While the advancement of science has extended human longevity,
Life still flies away and ends with a moan (Ps90:9-10; Jas4:14) for
No flesh can escape the principle to die once (He9:27).
Life according to the Bible is:
1) That never perishes, spoils or fades away (1Pe1:4);
2) In God, the Word, the Son, Yeshua (Jn1:1-4, 5:26, 14:6); and
3) Sustained by eating the Word of God (Mt4:4).
Adam, the living being, was given plants and fruits as food for the flesh, and
The word of God as food for the spirit.
Deceived by the devil, however, he ate the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
As a result all men died in their spirit (Rm5:12; 1Co15:22),
Destined to be judged as the dead (Rev12:13), risen to be condemned (Jn5:29), and
Thrown into the eternal fire, the second death, the lake of fire (Mt25:41; Rev20:13-14).
During the time of Noah, by a deluge God destroyed
All creatures that had the breath of life (Ge6:17) and
Showed that breath was the life of the flesh (Job7:7).
The sanctuary where the name Jehovah, the God who gives breath to all living things (Nu16:22) was
Reminded that the life of the flesh is in the blood (Lev17:11) and so
Anyone who ate blood was put to death (Lev17:14).
The Law was the covenant of life, the living words (Mal2:5; Ac7:38):
It promised Israel a long life when they obeyed and death when they disobeyed (Ex20:12, 31:14);
It also allowed those who killed unintentionally to live by
Fleeing to the cities refuge (Nu35:11-28; Dt4:42).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would tear down the Law that Israel kept in the name Jehovah for a long life, and
The Son of Man would keep the Father’s command and give eternal life to all nations for
He is the Word in the beginning, the God of life who came in the flesh (Jn1:1, 4, 14).
He is the life, the bread of life for souls of all men (Jn6:48, 14:6; 1Jn1:1-2).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) He died according to the Father’s command and confessed that the Father is the Lord of life
who would give His life back (Ps21:4; Jn10:18);
2) Through His death He judged the ruler of death the devil (He2:14); and
3) The incarnation of the Word, that is, the Son of Man coming in the flesh that dies
shedding blood, was to pay the price of all men’s sins and shed His blood to give life (1Pe1:23), and
Be resurrected becoming the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
This was the purpose of God creating death, life, angels...height and all things (Rm8:38-39).
Ascended to heaven, He is the Lamb who was dead but now He is alive forevermore (Rev1:18).
To freely give the water of life without a price
The Holy Spirit calls souls to the Church (Jn7:38-39; Rev22:17).
The Christian is he who has the blood of Yeshua in his soul (1Jn5:12), that is,
His name is written in the book of life (Rev20:12-15), so he:
1) Sets his mind on spiritual things above and finds life and peace (Rm8:6; Col3:1-2);
2) Gives off the fragrance of the blood of this life (2Co2:14-16);
3) Loves souls and thus knows that he has passed from death to life (1Jn3:14);
4) Keeps his tongue from evil and only speaks the words of life (Ac5:20; 1Pe3:10);
5) To go to the tree of life, rids what is unclean and detestable (Rev21:27, 22:14-15); and
6) To manifest the life of Yeshua, daily takes up his own cross (2Co4:10-12) so that
When the Lord returns, he would resurrect to life and receive a spiritual body (1Co15:42-44).
O Lord,
The purpose of my life is eternal life and
The goal of my life is the resurrection to life, the first resurrection (Rev20:4-6).
Until the blood of Yeshua in me grows to resurrect to life
Let me die daily and obey Your word.
Like medics who even treat their enemies, let us all do this most honorable work —
Preaching the words of life even to our enemies! Amen.
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The Will of God
(Job23:13-14; Jn6:38-40)
God has a will.
He created all things according to His will (Rev4:11) and
What He willed before the creation is fixed and He certainly does what He willed (Job23:13; Da4:35).
He lets those who do His will enter His kingdom (Mt7:21).
Faith is knowing the will of God and believing that His will never changes (Eph5:17; He6:17).
The life of this faith is doing the will of God and proclaiming it (Mk3:35; Ac20:27).
As every man has free will, those who keep the will they made in the beginning until the end succeed
While those who constantly change their will cannot achieve anything in the end.
The Bible lets the Word in the beginning, that is, the mystery of God’s will, be known, which
He purposed in Christ to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment (Eph1:9-10):
• Dispensation: the schedule for the fulfillment of God’s will;
• Predestination: the establishment of parts for the dispensation of God (Eph1:11); and
• Providence: the selection for the parts to fulfill the will of God (Eph3:8-10).
The purpose of God:
1) The Son, the very nature God, submitted to the Father to the point of death, so every
knee bows before His name, to the glory of the Father (Php2:6-11);
2) The destruction of the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) The redemption of mankind — the will predestined in Christ since eternity (Eph1:7, 3:11-12).
Deceived by the devil, the ancestor Adam sinned driven out of the Garden (Ge3:4-6, 24) and
Consequently all men became looted, plundered and trampled by the devil (Is10:6), that is,
Satan, the archangel who rebelled in heaven and was cast down (Is14:12-15),
A punishing club, a rod to punish, which God predestined (Is30:32; Eze7:10).
This was materialized in the slavery of Israel in Egypt (Ge15:13; Ex2:23-25), when
God hardened the heart of the pharaoh and he became hardened (Rm9:18).
Even after the exodus, Israel was punished by the continuing invasions of gentile powers
So the rod and the staff of Jehovah would be their comfort (Ps23:1-6).
God commanded Israel to observe the Passover (Ex12:26-27) and
The decrees and laws received through Moses to be kept alive (Lev18:5; Dt4:40, 6:20-24)
For the Lord is life (Dt30:19-20), which was reminded through
The stone tablets of the Testimony and the atoning sacrifice was given in the sanctuary.
While there was the prophecy of the appearance of the one who would be crushed and suffer
To accomplish the will of God (Is53:10, 55:11),
The last prophet John the Baptist urged Israel to bear fruit in keeping with repentance (Mt3:8-12).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would do the will of the Father who sent Him (Jn6:38-40), that is,
To give life and raise to life in the last day
Not the children of Abraham by physical descent, but the children of the promise by faith (Rm9:6-8).
By God’s deliberate plan, Yeshua was put to death by wicked men (Ac2:23) but
As He died He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) The Word in the beginning came in the flesh (Jn1:1-2, 14) and gave His life as an offering
according to the command (Is53:10; Jn10:18);
2) Judged the ruler of death (He2:14); and
3) Through His death paid the price for all men’s sin and with His blood gave life and birth to
the children of the promise (Mt20:28; Rm8:15-16, 9:8).
He resurrected revealing that He is life (2Ti1:10) and
He is the Lamb on the heavenly throne, the mark of the completion of God’s will.
The Holy Spirit lets the Father’s will fulfilled in the Son also be fulfilled in believers (Mt6:10; Jn16:13):
To give eternal life to those who look to the Son and believe.
Therefore, the Christian:
1) Carries out whatever the providence, risking life;
2) Puts effort to lose not even one soul given to him (Mt18:14; Jn6:39);
3) Gathers into the Church that is predestined to face trouble as the Day approaches (Ac4:27-30; He10:25); and
4) Sows not for the flesh to reap destruction but for the spirit to reap eternal life (Gal6:8),
For those who partake in His will are promised to inherit His kingdom (Rm8:17; 1Co3:9).
O Lord,
There is only one way to accomplish the will of God — the cross!
Let us not waste our life on this day (Eph5:15-16; Jas4:13-15).
Let Your will be done, Father! Amen.