Overcoming the World

 “One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.”

‭‭Joshua‬ ‭23:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Joshua had begun fearfully but the more he obeyed the Lord, the more successful he was in conquering the promised land.  He trusted the Lord’s promises.  Today in the new and better covenant the Lord Jesus has already won the battle through the finished work of the Cross.  For this purpose the Son of God was manifested to destroy the works of the devil.  So we believe that, through faith we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.  Those who are born of God overcome the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.  Thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus.  We believe in what God has promised us and in Christ we chase thousands and proclaim His victory.  All His promises are ‘Yes’ and ‘Amen’ in Christ to the glory of God!

One in Christ

 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3:28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

That’s how it is in the Body of Christ - there is no racism, no caste or economic differences, no gender competition!  The Lord Jesus never had problems in women proclaiming His Gospel.  In the old covenant, there was a prophetess and a judge, Deborah, who even went into the battlefield with the army commander!  The Lord Jesus allowed a woman, who had had five husbands and the man she was living with was not married to her, to bring the whole village to Him by proclaiming the Gospel to them.  The psalmist had prophesied that “The Lord gives the word (of power); the women who bear and publish (the news) are a great host.”  Let us who are in Christ, regardless of race, caste, status or gender, be part of the host that publish the Gospel with power from on high, the anointing of the Lord Jesus Christ, to a world hungry for the truth.  Thank You Jesus!

Friendship with God

 “Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

In our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus, let’s heed these words that Jesus said.  Jesus has called us to be His friends.  In our friendship with Him, let’s deal with hypocrisy and double standards within us, let’s be open and transparent with Him.  Let’s not be backbiters or gossipers, or critical of others.  If we have not brought these attitudes to Jesus for repentance and forgiveness, every idle word we have spoken, we will be held in account for.  In this time of grace and mercy, let’s make our friendship with Jesus as real and not wait for the moment when our words spoken in darkness or in closets, are brought to light, or proclaimed from housetops.  Let’s deal with every leaven of hypocrisy in our heart and take the help of the Holy Spirit to come out of it.  Let’s make our friendship with Jesus a happy, honest and wonderful one!

Course Correction

 “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

In a loving relationship with our Father God, it is better to tell Him  like it is, as we are open and transparent with Him.  Because He is our Father, Who gave His Son Jesus to take our place of judgment on the Cross.  He is the One Who sent His Holy Spirit to us on earth to help us to die to ourself.  Let’s not despise the chastening of the Lord nor be weary of His correction.  He wants us to be in Jesus’s image and likeness.  Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to us who are willing to be corrected.  Let’s welcome course correction in our life with humility, knowing that we are becoming more like Jesus.  Let’s yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit, Who is our Helper and our Comforter. Thank You Father.

The Love of God in Christ

 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:35‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Those who have personally experienced the love of Christ will agree that nothing can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus.  Our Father has lavished love on us to call us the sons of God.  Let’s separate ourselves from the love of this world.  If any love the world, the love of the Father is not there.  God has called us to love Him and our neighbour as ourself.  We are to see the good of this world and if we see someone in need, to show the love of the Father to such people.  Let’s love others with the love of Christ.  Let’s not love the world but rather overcome the world with the faith God has given us, that’s our victory which Jesus gave us through the Cross.  Nothing can separate us from His love, let’s dwell in it.  The God kind of love was put into us who are born of God, by the Holy Spirit Himself.  Let’s flow with God’s love, the unconditional, selfless love this world needs so much.  God is love! Thank You Father.

God’s Inheritance

 “For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭94:14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Almighty God has chosen us who are sanctified by the Blood of Jesus to be His inheritance.  The Kingdom of God includes all those who are sanctified from all nations.  The Lord will not cast off His people, nor will He forsake His inheritance.  Because we are His inheritance, He has given us the hope of His calling, and opened our understanding to the riches of His glory to us.  Let’s walk with joy and confidence of faith that we are God’s inheritance in Christ and He is working in us to be incorruptible and undefiled, against the wiles of the enemy.  What a joy that we are not our own but the priceless possession of our Father as we belong to Him forever.  Thank You Father!

Godly Wisdom

 “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”

‭‭James‬ ‭3:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

When we lack wisdom, we are to ask God and He gives liberally.  There is worldly wisdom and then there is godly wisdom which God gives from above.  It has these seven attributes - pure, peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.  For us who are called into the new covenant, the hidden treasures of wisdom have been given to us because Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God to us.  The finished work of the Cross of Christ is where the Holy Spirit pours the wisdom of God on us making us pure, making peace and being peaceable and gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.  Let’s receive it with gratitude and with a sacrifice of praise!  Thank You Holy Spirit!

God Protects, Preserves & Prospers His Own

 “But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭1:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

These were Hebrew slave women who refused to obey the command from Pharaoh to kill babies, because they valued life and feared God.  They knew it was better to obey God than to follow the command of Pharaoh.  For this, the Lord God protected them from Pharaoh’s wrath, giving them godly wisdom to reply and later, it says, God built houses for them!  We who follow the risen Christ will be persecuted as He told us and called to do things against the God of the Bible.  But do not fear, our risen Lord Jesus knows how to protect His own and because of faith in the finished work of the Cross Who has destroyed death and hell for us, He will preserve and prosper us.  It is better to obey God than man!  God never changes, He will protect, preserve & prosper us.  Thank You, Jesus!

Christ has Preeminence in our Heart

 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:”

‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3:15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Christ has preeminence in all things, so we sanctify Him in our hearts.  It is a good thing to establish our hearts with grace.  Grace and truth came only by the Lord Jesus.  When the hidden man of our heart, which are the motives of our heart, sanctifies the Lord Jesus, then we give preeminence to Him.  The answer of our hope in Christ is in our heart and not in our mind.  With our heart we believe that God raised Jesus from the dead, and with our mouth we confess this hope.  Let’s not be those who are given to speaking our mind, but let’s establish our heart with grace and speak with meekness and reverence of our hope in Christ.  Let’s always be ready to give our answer of testifying to the living Christ in our heart.  Let’s give preeminence to Jesus.  Hallelujah!

Reigning

 “The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.”

‭‭Ruth‬ ‭2:12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Ruth was a Gentile who came to trust in the God of Israel because of her mother-in-law’s witness.  When she worked in Boaz’s field, he was so impressed with her that he blessed her and asked God to recompense and reward her for having come to trust the God of Israel.  This is a picture of the Church.  Many of us Gentiles have come to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and the finished work of the Cross, because someone’s witness to us.  As we invite Christ into our hearts, we receive the gift of righteousness and the abundance of grace to reign with Christ in this life and in eternity.  This is how God our Father, recompenses and rewards us, as we trust in Jesus with gratitude in our hearts.  Ruth is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus.  Our names are written in the Book of Life and we rejoice.  Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say, Rejoice!

Conduct of the Disciples of Jesus Christ

 “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Here Paul is encouraging the disciples of the Lord Jesus to conduct themselves in a godly way.  Disciples of Christ, right down history, rejoiced in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing instant in prayer even till the end.  This is unique only to those who have Christ in them.  Why do we rejoice?  Because we have Christ in us, the hope of glory.  Why are we patient in tribulation?  Because the love of Christ constrains us and love is patient.  Why do we continue instant in prayer?  Because we have the unique privilege of being in-dwelt by the Holy Spirit Who prays through us.  Let’s rejoice in hope, that confident expectation of God’s goodness.  Let’s be patient in tribulation, as Jesus said that in this world there is tribulation but to be of good cheer as He overcame the world.  Let’s continue instant in prayer, because Jesus said whatsoever we ask in prayer, believing, we shall receive.  Let’s do what our Lord has asked us to do!  Praise You Jesus!

The Lord our Sanctification

 “This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.”

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭20:13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The children of Israel parched with thirst, fought with Moses and accused him of bringing them out of Egypt to die in the desert, here at Meribah.  They were getting ready to stone Moses and Aaron to death.  At the last moment God told Moses to put his rod to the rock, for water.  Moses, upset and resentful, hit the rock twice with the rod and water gushed out.  The Lord was sanctified among them but Moses lost out in getting into the promised land for unbelief and disobedience.  Today, however much there may be rebellion and people turn against the God of the Bible and His Church, still the Holy Spirit pours grace and peace unlimited, through the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ.  May Jesus always be sanctified and glorified through us who believe and obey Him.  Thank You Lord Jesus!

Sifting

 “Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭3:12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The great prophet John was announcing the arrival of the Messiah Who would baptise with the Holy Spirit and fire and Whose shoes John was unworthy to bear; Who would separate the chaff from the wheat, and burn up the chaff.  Jesus arrived at that moment and John baptised Him.  When Jesus comes into our heart at our invitation, He separates the chaff from the wheat in our character.  In our relationship with Him, He refines us and may we be willing to be separated from the chaff.  Jesus is the Head of the Church and He separates the chaff from the wheat to refine the Church.  Before He comes again, let’s allow the Holy Spirit to remove the chaff of false doctrine, unbiblical behaviour and bitter fruit from the Church. Let’s yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit to refine us.  Thank You Holy Spirit!

Sweet Word of God

 “How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭119:103‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The psalmist likens speaking God’s Word as sweet words, sweeter than honey!  When Jesus spoke, people thronged to hear Him, for His Word was the taste of sweetness to hungry souls.  Even God the Father found Jesus’s Word to be sweet for He said, This is my Beloved Son, hear Him.  The Word of God is not only powerful and quick but also sweeter than honey!  Let’s meditate on the sweetness of God’s Word and speak it, to turn bitterness around us to sweet!  Let’s enjoy abundant life by speaking the Word of God and making matters sweet!  Thank You, Jesus, for the Word of God!

The Assurance of the Gospel

 “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.”

‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭1:5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Why do people choose Jesus Christ? When the Gospel is given, not in word only but is backed up by Holy Spirit power, and the assurance of Christ’s character being perceived by people hearing the Gospel from the person sharing Christ.  Both the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit are operating when people receive Jesus in their heart.  Let’s be disciples of Jesus who are Christ-like in character as well as releasing the power of the Holy Spirit through us.  The good news for us is, that we don’t have to be perfect to do this.  For when we confess our sins to Jesus in our personal relationship with Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  That’s how we keep becoming Christ-like.  All the while releasing the Holy Spirit power of the Gospel.  Let’s keep making disciples for Jesus! Thank You Jesus!

Blessing on Our Offspring

 “For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭44:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

God is gracious and kind.  As Isaiah foretold, God knows how frail mankind is but out of His love He promised to pour His Spirit upon those who thirst for Him.  Then, like the dry, desert land which blossoms when flooded with water, so the thirsty one will be flooded with the Holy Spirit, and the blessings will pour upon them and their descendants.  Because of Jesus’s Blood sacrifice, we who are not Jews, when we thirst for the Holy Spirit are filled to an overflowing.  God’s blessings are on us and our offspring.  Let’s thirst for the mighty Holy Spirit and be filled so that the desert places in us bloom and we are blessed and so are our offspring...blessed to be a blessing! Thank You Holy Spirit!

True Light

 “That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”

‭‭John‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

John the disciple was introducing John the baptiser who was sent to bear witness to the true Light - Jesus Christ.  God is Light and in Him there is no darkness at all.  Jesus said that as long as He is in the world, He is the Light of the world.  He came as the Light to bring life and immortality to light through the Gospel.  Now that Jesus has conquered death and we have accepted the risen Christ, we are the light of the world.  Since Jesus is the Light of the world,  all who follow Him do not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.  Let’s be the children of Light, who have been called out of darkness into His marvellous Light to shew forth His praises.  Let’s be His Light in this dark world.  Thank You Jesus!

Freedom from Sin, Transgression & Iniquity

 “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭9:24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

After Daniel had prayed and repented for the sins of his forefathers, the Jewish people, angel Gabriel was sent to give him revelation of the coming Messiah.  Jesus came to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity.  This, Jesus did through His sacrifice on the Cross.  Jesus, Who knew no sin, became sin on the Cross, that we might be the righteousness of God in Him.  Jesus received a just recompense for every transgression and disobedience at the Cross.  Jesus gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a peculiar people.  All this act of grace, so that through faith we might believe and receive liberty from the bondage of sin, transgression and iniquity, and become children of God.  Glory to the Lamb of God!

Our Tongue is to Glorify God

 “And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭1:64‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Zecharias and his wife were descendants of Levi and he was a priest who took his turn to burn incense in the holy place of the temple in Jerusalem. He wanted a son and prayed to God but his wife was barren.  As he burned incense the angel Gabriel appeared to him and told him that he and his wife were going to have a baby boy who would come to prepare the way for the Messiah.  Zecharias knowing the scriptures well, questioned Gabriel and doubted God.  For that he became dumb and could not speak.  When his son was born God opened his mouth and he glorified God with his tongue.  Our tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity which defiles the whole body.  Death and life are in the power of the tongue.  Let’s use our tongue with wholesomeness as a tree of life.  God gave us the tongue to praise and glorify God as Zecharias the priest learned!  Let’s glorify Jesus for His Blood sacrifice which enabled us to use our tongue in His praise!  Hallelujah!

God’s Goodness Endures Forever

 “Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭52:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Someone saw David who was running for his life from king Saul and told this to the king.  So David wrote this psalm remembering God’s goodness which endures forever.  No boasting mischief of mighty men can detract us, the redeemed of the Lord, to focus on God’s goodness continually.  As the devil boasted against Jesus before God, Jesus the Author & Finisher of our faith, endured the cross with joy, despising the shame.  Then Jesus sat down at the right Hand of the Father.  That’s why our faith boasts only of Jesus and not the mischief of the devil.  Let’s focus on God’s goodness continually.  As we focus on Jesus, His Blood speaks better things for us continually, nullifying the day and night accusations of the devil.  Let’s believe in the Blood sacrifice of Jesus continually.  Let’s be victorious and endure looking at God’s goodness and be overcomers by the Blood of the Lamb!

Witnessing in the Power

 “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)”

‭‭John‬ ‭7:38-39‬ ‭KJV‬‬

All disciples of Jesus Christ have the Holy Spirit in them who are baptised in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  But the power of the Holy Spirit that comes upon the disciple so that rivers of living waters flow out of the belly, was made available to us when Jesus ascended to the right hand of the Father after His resurrection and the Holy Spirit came down at Pentecost.  Today all believers are given the wonderful opportunity to witness the resurrected Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. The glorified Jesus Christ can only be declared in the power of the Holy Spirit.  Let’s allow rivers of living water to flow out of our belly as we release the glorious Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit.  Hallelujah!

Worship the Living God

 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭37:16‬ ‭KJV

When Hezekiah, king of Judah was facing the destruction of Jerusalem at the hand of Sennacherib, it was certain defeat.  Sennacherib’s titles were king of Assyria, king of Babylon, king of the four corners of the world, king of the universe.  But Hezekiah turned to the Lord of hosts, God of Israel, to God alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth, Who has made heaven and earth.  Hezekiah led all the people in Jerusalem to worship God.  Sennacherib had to leave suddenly and go back to Assyria from besieging Jerusalem.  Worshipping the God Who made heaven and earth, in the midst of certain defeat and destruction, will bring the desired breakthrough.  This is the ability that has been given now to all people who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ Who died and rose again.  Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.  Let’s worship the living God Jesus even in the midst of disaster and He comes through for us!  Hallelujah!

Unshakable Kingdom

 “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12:28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The Kingdom of God cannot be moved.  Everything else will be shaken that needs to be shaken but the Kingdom of God remains.  We make a choice of where we belong, to the world or to the Kingdom of God?  Eventually the kingdoms of this world will become the Kingdom of our Lord.  Till then, let’s with grace serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.  A sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of the Kingdom of God where there is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.  Because of Jesus’s death and resurrection, we have, through faith, an inheritance in the Kingdom as joint heirs with our Lord Jesus.  Let’s therefore walk worthy of God Who has called us into His Kingdom and glory.  Glory to God in the highest!

Good News for the Lost

 “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭5:20-21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Isaiah spoke to a people who had lost their moral bearings and had cast off God Himself!  In their stubbornness, they refused to turn back to God.  God sent His Son Jesus to die for  the sin of the whole world, and all people, past present and future.  Such is the love of God for all the people of this planet.  That’s why Jesus spent time with the sinners, tax collectors and prostitutes, who had lost their moral bearings and needed God’s love so badly!  They gladly received the good news of their sins being forgiven and got eternal life.  Today the Church needs to be good news to the people that it is only the Blood sacrifice of Jesus that removes sin and through faith in Him they receive eternal life.  Let’s not be wise in our own eyes, judging and condemning people.  Let’s be the Church of Jesus Christ that loves people with the love of God and speaks forgiveness of sin and eternal life.

The Glorious New Covenant

 “But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭8:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Everything about Jesus is excellent!  He gave the better Sacrifice of Himself, He is the Mediator of the better covenant, and through that the better promises have been established for us.  The Church of the new covenant is gloriously blessed.  God’s purpose in giving Jesus to the Church is to establish the new covenant.  The old covenant of the law is but a shadow of Jesus, whereas the new covenant is Jesus Himself, the resurrected Lord.  Let’s enjoy the new covenant and establish the glorious Gospel of grace through it!  Amen!

Meek Inherit the Earth

 “But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭37:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus taught that it is always the meek that inherit the earth.  Lack of peace is when there is pride and vainglory.  The result is strife and contention.  The world finds meekness a character trait that is weak and cowardly, but the Word of God sees it as the fruit of the Spirit.  Jesus said to learn of Him for He is meek and lowly and only He can give abundance of peace to rest our soul.  Jesus is perfect and He is the Prince of Peace and He made peace for us through the Blood of His Cross.  Let’s learn to be meek and walk in abundance of peace to shine with the strength of Jesus.  That’s how we inherit the earth!

Peace Ruling in Our Heart

 “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The evening before Jesus was crucified, He told His disciples, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to  you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”  This, just before He was arrested.  Only God’s peace, in the midst of chaos and confusion, can sustain us.  It is a peace we cannot understand, but we know it is in our heart, ruling there.  The Body of Christ are those who have Christ in us and who have Jesus’s peace in our hearts, and we are grateful to God for it.  Jesus made peace through the Blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things to Himself.  It’s not at all a worldly peace, not as the world gives.  Thank You Jesus that You rule in our hearts with Your peace having reconciled us to God!

Wealth Tranfer & Disease Remover

 “He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭105:37‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The psalmist is giving thanks to the almighty God for His mighty and wondrous works to the children of Israel. This was a shadow of what the Messiah was going to do on the Cross for all people.  The  children of Israel were slaves in Egypt for four hundred years, deprived, underprivileged and labouring without any wages.  Before they departed from Egypt, Moses told them to take silver and gold from the Egyptians who willingly parted with it, making a great wealth transfer to the children of Israel.  Moses also told them to kill the Passover lamb and apply the blood on the doorpost and lintels of their houses. The angel of death passed over those places and none of the children of Israel died, but the Egyptians’ firstborn did.  They ate the roasted lamb and bitter herbs and left Egypt.  For forty years they were in the wilderness and not one was sick or feeble.  This is what Jesus did on the Cross.  By His stripes, we are healed and by His shed Blood we are made whole, He became poor so we are made rich. Disease and poverty were removed on the Cross for those who believe in the finished work of the Cross.  Worthy is the Lamb of God!

Justified Freely

 “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭3:24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Not one person in this planet is right with God, all have fallen short of His glory.  The only way to be justified before God is through the Blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ.  That’s the only way for redemption.  It is freely given, it is a gift, only for this one life on earth.  We are justified freely before God only by faith in the finished work of the Cross of Jesus Christ.  It is appointed to men once to die, and after that, the judgment.  It is only Jesus’s grace that we have redemption that is in Christ Jesus to be declared right before God.  Thank You Jesus for Your glorious Gospel of grace!

Death swallowed in Victory

 “He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭25:8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Isaiah had prophesied about the Messiah hundreds of years before and Jesus fulfilled it by conquering sin and death forever.  To access God, can never be by our own good deeds.  Unless we believe in the finished work of the Cross, we can never, ever come to the holy God.  Let’s believe that the Blood of Jesus alone can cleanse us, wipe away our sins and make us righteous to come into the Presence of God.  Let our hearts be filled with thanksgiving and great joy for what Jesus did.  Let the tears of sorrow be turned to joy! Thank You Jesus!