Boldness to Enter the Holiest

 “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus, our High Priest is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens, Who offered up Himself for our sins.  He calls us now as a royal priest  to shew forth the praises of Him Who has called us out of darkness into His marvellous light.  As royal priests, we have boldness now to enter into the holiest place by the Blood of Jesus to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God.  Let’s pray unceasingly offering up sacrifices of thanksgiving and praise for what Jesus has done for us at the Cross.  Amen!

Our Refuge in Trouble

 “Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭62:8‬ ‭KJV

David trusted God to come before the Lord and pour out his heart before Him, finding refuge in Him.  Then David waited to hear from God and deliverance would come. Let’s learn to pour out our heart before God, our Father, because Jesus made it possible through His death and resurrection for us to receive the Spirit of adoption and cry Abba, Father.  Too often we pour out our heart with other people or our near and dear ones but our heavenly Father waits for us to take refuge in Him. He is the One Who delivers us and comforts us and leads us into the paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake.  Thank You Jesus!

True Riches

 “If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭16:11‬ ‭KJV

Jesus says here that if you are not faithful in managing material wealth, which will pass away as all things in this world will, how will you manage true riches?  When we give our heart to Jesus and present to Him ourselves as a living sacrifice, He gives us true riches.  The Person of Jesus Christ is our true riches.  Money doesn’t motivate us, nor the pleasure of it, but a close relationship with the Lord Jesus motivates us.  Depending on Him for every need and desire and motivated by abiding in His Word and obeying it, is the true riches for disciples of Jesus Christ.  Let’s receive the true riches, then we are rich for all eternity!  Thank You Jesus!

The Blessing of God

 “And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭47:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

When Joseph brought his father Jacob before Pharaoh, it was Jacob who blessed Pharaoh.  The less is blessed by the better.  God chose Jacob, a refugee, to bless the world’s most powerful potentate at that time.  The Church all across our planet is here for the purpose of releasing God’s blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ everywhere.  The same Holy Spirit Who spoke through Jacob to bless Pharaoh, is in the Church to bless the powerful of the world as well as the meek.  Our Heavenly Father made His Son to rise on the evil and on the good, and He sends the rain of the Holy Spirit on the just and on the unjust.  Amen!

Partakers of Christ

 “For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3:14‬ ‭KJV

The confidence that we received when we first came to know the love of the Lord Jesus in our hearts enables us to be made partakers of Christ.  Let’s hold this confidence till the end enduring.  For consider Jesus Who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest we be weary and faint in our minds.  Let’s endure and be steadfast till the end. Amen!

The Church’s Authority

 “The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭115:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

God created man in His own image and likeness and gave them dominion over all the earth and all creatures created here on earth.  Adam and Eve lost all the authority given them by obeying Satan instead of God.  But God sent His Son Jesus to restore all that was lost by His Blood sacrifice on the Cross and reconciled mankind to God. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  Today the Church over which the Lord Jesus Christ is the Head has this authority over all the earth.  Let all the children of men receive faith to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and come into the authority which God has given to the Church. Amen!

Powered by the Holy Spirit

 “John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Isaiah had prophesied about John to prepare the way of the Lord and make straight the path for Him.  John was clear that he was preparing the way for One mightier than him Who would baptise with the Holy Spirit and with fire.  Jesus said before He was crucified, that it was better for Him to go so that the Holy Spirit would come to empower the disciples on the earth.  After He rose from the dead and before He ascended, Jesus told the disciples to go and wait in Jerusalem so that the Holy Spirit would come down.  The disciples obeyed and they were baptised with the Holy Spirit and empowered to be witness for Jesus.  Let’s hunger and thirst to be baptised by Jesus, with the Holy Spirit and fire, so we can witness to the resurrection power of Jesus in us.  Glory to God!

The Mandate of the Church of Jesus Christ

 “But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭11:4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Isaiah prophesied of the Messiah and Jesus fulfilled this manifesto well before any political, social and economic idealism came into being!  All followers of Christ are called to fulfil this, those who have received forgiveness of sins, accepted Jesus in their hearts and identified with His death, burial and resurrection through adult water baptism.  This is the Church of Jesus Christ’s mandate to judge with Christ’s righteousness the poor; to decide fairly for the meek of the earth; to strike the earth with the glorious Gospel of grace with our mouth and to banish those who continue to resist Christ’s marvellous sacrifice for the forgiveness of their sins!  Let each one who has Christ in them be a soul winner and a disciple maker!

Find Rest for Your Souls

 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11:28-29‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.  Whoever comes to Jesus was and is set free from all their problems.  The One Who gave rest to whoever came to Him is the same Who said that the foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.  Jesus loves us more than His life, He finally rested His Head at the Cross when He said, “It is finished”.  Let’s come to Him and receive His rest, casting all our cares on Him for He cares for us.  Let’s take His light and easy yoke on us and learn of Him with a meek heart.  Thank You Jesus!

Delivered from All Our Fears

 “I sought the LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34:4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

David was in a dire situation when he sought the Lord.  The outcome was that the Lord delivered him from all his fears.  This is what the Lord Jesus did for us at the Cross.  He took all our fears, failures, mistakes, problems, worries, griefs, sorrows on the Cross and delivered us from them.  Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.  Jesus did this to deliver us and make the one and only Way to be accepted by God.  Let’s worship the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Draw All to Jesus

 “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”

‭‭John‬ ‭12:32‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The love of God shown on the Cross is what draws mankind to Jesus as a magnet attracts!  The truth that Jesus conquered death and was lifted up from the earth physically, gives us hope to believe that God so loves the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.  Our part is to tell everyone this good news of lifting Jesus up and magnifying Him, proclaiming the victory of the Cross.  Jesus’s part is to draw all to Him.  Let’s lift up Jesus in every conversation of ours, let all the world know Who Jesus is as we magnify Him and lift Him up!  Praise Jesus!

The Altar of God

 “Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭43:4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The altar of God was in the old covenant, the temple in Jerusalem.  The nation of Israel acknowledged the Presence of God there.  Jesus has made the altar of God, the Cross where He was crucified for all the nations of the world.  The finished work of the Cross is our altar today, where we acknowledge that our sin was dealt with the death blow and we received everlasting life.  The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life.  While we were yet sinners Christ died for us.  The Cross is the altar for us today as we come and receive mercy and grace to receive the resurrection power of God.  Let’s come to the Cross with exceeding joy, and praise our living God!

Christ’s Joy in Us

 “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”

‭‭John‬ ‭15:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.  When we accept Jesus in our heart, His joy comes into our heart and remains there so that our joy is full.  Our part is to enjoy our relationship with the Lord, which He died to give.  Whatever our circumstances, do we enjoy our fellowship with Jesus?  Let’s not make our relationship with Him a duty, a ritual or worse still, a chore.  Let’s enjoy our relationship with Jesus because He is touched by the feeling of our infirmities and was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.  Let’s enjoy Jesus to the full!

Sacrificial Offering

 “And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭4:4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

When our offering is sacrificial, the Lord has respect for it.  Abel was killed because Cain, his brother, was jealous of him.  Abel’s blood cries for vengeance.  Jesus is the Mediator of the new covenant, Whose Blood was shed by His own people who were jealous of Him.  Jesus’s Blood speaks better things than Abel’s.  Abel’s blood cried vengeance.  Jesus’s Blood cries forgiveness and reconciliation with God.  God has respect for Jesus’s Blood forever because we are sanctified through the offering of the Body of Jesus Christ, once and for all.  There is no more offering for sin now as Jesus’s Blood perfects us who are sanctified by it.  Worthy is the Lamb of God!

Glorious Grace

 “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:”

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:21-22‬ ‭KJV‬‬

This is the glorious grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Even when we were alienated from God, and enemies in our mind by wicked works, yet the Lord Jesus reconciled us to the Father, through His Blood Sacrifice and made us holy, unblameable and unreprovable in His sight.  All He requires of us is to believe that He was judged and took the punishment on our behalf at a personal level....my sins and my punishment on Him.  If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.  Let’s acknowledge our need for forgiveness. When we do that, it becomes His responsibility to make us holy, unblameable and unreproveable.  What glorious grace!

Our Redeemer Lives!

 “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

‭‭Job‬ ‭19:25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

What a confession Job made in the midst of his severe suffering, of his Redeemer living and that He would stand upon the earth and Job would see Him!  Jesus redeemed mankind thousands of years later after Job said this and Job did not see Jesus his Redeemer.  There is another time which is nearing sooner rather than later, when Jesus is coming again with His saints and will stand on the earth and Job will see Him.  Job’s suffering was prophetic of Jesus suffering on the Cross and crying, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me!”, as He redeemed mankind so we would not be ever forsaken. Thank You, Jesus our Redeemer!

Good News Preaching

 “But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;”

‭‭Titus‬ ‭1:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

God has chosen through the preaching of the Gospel to manifest Jesus.  Jesus said if we are ashamed of Him and His words, He will be ashamed of us.  Since we have been changed through the preaching of the Gospel, let us also preach Jesus to a world that is bereft of the good news.  Let’s manifest Jesus through preaching Him and His death, burial and resurrection to all.  Let’s tell others of our living and loving God.  Let’s be carriers of the good news, according to His commandment.

Magnify God with Thanksgiving

 “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭69:30‬ ‭KJV‬‬

David knew the power of praising and magnifying God with thanksgiving, in the midst of his failures.  Jesus, on the Cross, trusted in the Lord Who would deliver Him, and forgave.  Paul and Silas, thanked, praised and magnified God when they were in prison and an earthquake came and freed them.  Let’s walk in the power of thanksgiving, praising and magnifying our God in whatever our circumstances, and be confident that He will deliver us. Praise Jesus our Deliverer!

Fruit of Our Lips

 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭13:10, 15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus said that of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.  Let’s see God’s goodness continually so that we offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to Him continually.  The secret of overcoming faith that makes us victorious is to continually giving thanks, especially in difficult circumstances so it becomes a sacrifice of praise.  This only happens when we have a personal relationship with Jesus and know the power of His Blood sacrifice in our life!  Praise Jesus!

Word of God is Right

 “For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭33:4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Agreeing with the Word of the Lord and doing it is the acceptable attitude of humility.  God’s Word is right and His works are truth.  Jesus said He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Jesus’s death and resurrection are the greatest work done in truth.  No one else has done this.  Let’s in humility, agree with it and allow the Holy Spirit to work Jesus’s resurrection life in us.  For the Word of God is right and all His works are done in truth.  Amen!

Manifesting Jesus

 “For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4:11‬ ‭KJV

We live as disciples of Jesus, as overcomers by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of our testimony; and we love not our lives unto the death.  So that the life of Jesus is manifest in our mortal flesh.  Jesus loves us more than His life.  Our fitting response is to love Him by presenting our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to Him, which is our reasonable service. We do not conform ourselves to this world: but are transformed by the renewing of our mind, that we may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.  We manifest Jesus, glory to God!

Outstanding with the Holy Spirit

 “There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;”

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭5:11‬ ‭KJV

The queen of an unbelieving king and all the people of that court recognised the Holy Spirit in Daniel known there as Belteshezzar.  She said he had light, wisdom and understanding from the Holy Spirit; that he was a master in his field of expertise.  The same Holy Spirit has been given to us today who have trusted in Jesus’s Blood sacrifice and resurrection.  Let everyone see that we are filled with light, wisdom, understanding and knowledge to excel in what God has called us to do.  We are the temple of the Holy Spirit.  Let’s be outstanding!  Let’s ask Jesus to baptise with the Holy Spirit so that God will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh; and our sons and our daughters shall prophesy, our old men shall dream dreams, our young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids will God pour out His Spirit.  Let the whole world see and recognise the Kingdom of God people!

Love One Another

 “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

May the spirit of meekness overtake us in the Body of Christ that we choose to restore one another.  We are not here to pick on each other’s faults or gossip on each other.  Let’s restore one another with compassion in our hearts because we experienced forgiveness and restoration when the Lord Jesus came into our heart when we believed in His death, burial and resurrection.  Let others around us see the love of Jesus in and through us.  Let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Power to get Wealth

 “But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭8:18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

When Jesus said that you can either serve material wealth or God; that it is hard for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God - that it disqualifies rich people from going to heaven.  On careful reading of these Scriptures, we find that if the heart trusts in riches and that we worship material wealth, we are disqualified.  The purpose of God giving us the power to get wealth is only to establish the Gospel and the Kingdom of God.  For we know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich.  Jesus made this exchange on the Cross to take away poverty to make us rich to establish His Kingdom here on earth.  Praise God!

The Power of the Word of God

 “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.”

‭‭James‬ ‭1:21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The engrafted Word of God can only be received with meekness in our hearts that is able to save our souls.  With meekness then, we become doers of the Word.  If we receive it in our mind, we will be hearers only, deceiving ourselves and either arguing about it or trivialising it with filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.  Our mind is renewed and our mindset changed by the Holy Spirit when with meekness we receive the Word of God in our heart.  Transformation takes place when we are convicted by the Holy Spirit and we repent bringing whatever we are convicted of under the Blood of Jesus.  Only this good news transforms us to be more like Jesus.  It is ongoing till we see Jesus face to face!

Every Prophecy Fulfilled

 “Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.”

‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭37:26‬ ‭KJV‬‬

It is amazing how God told Ezekiel of the new covenant He was going to make through Jesus.  At that time Israel was not a nation and the Jews had gone into captivity.  Ezekiel had seen the dry bones in the valley  become a living army.  Ezekiel prophesied that God will Himself come and dwell with His people as the Jews celebrated the feast of tabernacles in captivity!  All this happened when Jesus came and made peace between God and mankind through the new and everlasting covenant of His shed Blood.  Israel, which was dry bones is now a living army.  The Holy Spirit has come to dwell in us and with us.  Every Word of God is fulfilled and continues to be fulfilled.  Great is our God and great is His counsel!

Keeping Your Word

 “But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

We rejoice that God keeps His Word, that His Word can never be broken, and it has the final authority in our life.  We live in a culture where not keeping your word is acceptable.  Clearly, when we keep our word, God’s love is perfected in us. We say “Amen” as a resounding “yes” when we agree in prayer. It’s because God keeps His Word and we agree and say “yes” to Him.  Let’s allow God’s love to be perfected in us by keeping our word.  What we say, we do!  Let’s not allow lying to touch us because we operate in the truth of God’s Word.  Amen!

Rejoice & Trust

 “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭5:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The fruit of trusting in God is to rejoice in the Lord.  David understood this and when he came into trouble, he would encourage himself in the Lord till he was able to confess the joy of the Lord with his mouth and release his problems to God with trust that God will handle the matter.  Jesus endured the Cross because of the joy set before Him to become the Author and Finisher of our faith.  Let’s trust God and release our problems to Him and receive in exchange the joy of the Lord.  Let’s cast all our cares on Him because He cares for us!  When we rejoice in Christ we love His Name and trust Him for the impossible!

Hardness of Heart

 “Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭16:14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The true Gospel is to believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead and made peace with us and God by removing our sins and reconciling us to God.  Hardness of heart comes when people wilfully reject this and the end is damnation.  Some are ignorant not having heard the Gospel and are stuck in despair and hopelessness.  Some have heard but they vacillate, not being able to decide.  Unbelief is an evil state.  Let’s be carriers of the Gospel, the Person of Jesus Christ, the One Who rose from the dead and lives forever.

The Church & the Nation

 “And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭58:11‬ ‭KJV

When there is heartfelt repentance by the Church on behalf of the nation, even though situations are tough, God promises His guidance.  This promise was to Israel and today to the Church, all those redeemed by the Blood sacrifice of Jesus.  Even in drought conditions our soul is satisfied and our bones are fattened!  The redeemed are like a watered garden and like a spring of water, ever overflowing and never lacking!  All this in the time of drought.  The Church is called to reign because it has the gift of righteousness and the abundance of grace.  Let’s be the Church Jesus our Lord is coming for!

Only Way to God

 “But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus Christ is not just another way to God, He is the only way.  Unless we recognise the sacrifice of Jesus and accepting it on a personal level, we will be an enemy of God, never able to access Him.  We are made nigh only by the Blood of Jesus Christ.  He alone conquered sin, death and hell for us because He loves us.  For God made Jesus to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Christ.  The Blood of Jesus makes us righteous so we can come near to God!  Worthy is the Lamb of God!