DIMENSIONS OF THE WORD (4): THE WORD IS PROPHETIC

#WordForTodayDevotional Sunday March 24, 2024 DIMENSIONS OF THE WORD (4): THE WORD IS PROPHETIC We have also a more sure word of prophecy? whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:II Peter 1:19 …

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (5): A FIGHTING SPIRIT

#WordForTodayDevotional Wednesday, February 21, 2024 TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (5): A FIGHTING SPIRIT No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.Mark 3:27 (KJV) A fighting spirit is a spiritual disposition of not taking a …

SCRIPTURAL FASTING

#WordForTodayDevotional Friday, January 5, 2024 SCRIPTURAL FASTING Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.Matthew 6:16 (KJV) There are three activities that are non-negotiable for the believer. They …

THE WAY IS BORN – MERRY CHRISTMAS

#WordForTodayDevotional Monday DECEMBER 25, 2023 THE WAY IS BORN – MERRY CHRISTMAS Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6 (KJV) Luke 2:6-7 says, ‘6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that …

HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (5): GOOD WORKS

#WordForTodayDevotional Tuesday October 24, 2023 HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (5): GOOD WORKS But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, …James 3:17 (KJV) Good works are simply actions that are good. Yahweh is the creator and definer of …

THREATS TO HOLINESS (A)

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Tuesday August 22, 2023

THREATS TO HOLINESS (A)

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive?
Ephesians 4:14 (KJV)

Satan is the architect of sin. When Yahweh made man, He communicated His Spirit to man which had all the attributes of Yahweh. So, man was a holy and perfect being at creation. Lucifer, an angel of Yahweh’s, did not get enough of Yahweh perfection and holiness. He wanted it all. He rebelled against Yahweh and lost all of what Yahweh gave him. He became Yahweh’s nemesis – renamed Satan. Ever since, Satan wishes for holiness’s ruin. He elicited the fall of Adam and Eve, depriving them of holiness. He continues on his rampage against holiness. He wants our help; he wants co-conspirators. And humanity is altogether too quick to comply, but that’s our nature because of the fall. Yahweh’s enemy employs five methods to ruin holiness: relativism, tolerance, liberty, contextualization and legalism.

WHAT IS HOLINESS?

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Monday August 21, 2023

WHAT IS HOLINESS?

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Hebrews 12:14 (KJV)

Holiness in the Old Testament is the Hebrew word ‘qodes’ a word that highlights the realm of the sacred in contrast to everything common and profane. The adjective ‘qādôš’, “holy,” refers to Yahweh and what belongs to him. In various places in the Hebrew Scriptures, Yahweh is called by the title the “Holy One of Israel.” Whatever that belongs to Yahweh is holy. Time, space, objects, and people—all can become holy if they belong to Yahweh. The temple in Jerusalem was considered holy space, and the objects used in worship holy objects. The Sabbaths and feasts of Israel were considered holy days or seasons. And the Israelites were called Yahweh’s holy people by virtue of belonging to Him. The New Testament uses the words ‘hagiazo’, to “make holy” and ‘hagio’ “holy” or “sacred.” Yahushua is called “the Holy One of Yahweh”(see Mark 1:24, Luke 4:24). And those who acclaim Yahushua as Lord are called ‘hagioi’, or “saints.” As believers, we are literally set apart, made holy, because of our relationship with the one who bridges the gap between a holy God and sinful human beings.

DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS

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Sunday August 20, 2023

DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
I John 3:7 (KJV)

Do you notice that our opening text says “let no man deceive you?” That is because there was and still is a teaching that once saved is always saved no matter the kind of life you lead. The teaching says that you have the nature of righteousness therefore, you can never be wrong or unrighteous. Our opening text is saying that such teaching is deceptive. If the nature of righteousness you claim to have does not manifest in practical righteousness, then it is fake. The nature of righteousness makes people to do righteousness. It does not engender to sin and iniquity. You cannot be swimming in iniquity while still claiming that you have the nature of righteousness because by their fruits we shall know them (see Matthew 7:16, 20). If it is grape fruit that you are producing, you cannot claim that you have the nature of orange. Never! What shows us who you are is the fruit that you are bearing. At least that is what the Lord Yahushua taught us. So, there is a doing of righteousness. You are standing right with Yahweh by redemption and that not of anything that you could ever do. It is a gift of Yahweh because of what the Lord Yahushua did for us at Calvary.

RIGHTEOUSNESS NATURE

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Saturday August 19, 2023

RIGHTEOUSNESS NATURE

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away? behold, all things are become new.
I Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

The problem of sin is not just an act but a nature. Sin is a nature in the unsaved. That is why just a decision to stop doing something cannot suffice because sin is who you are if you are not born again. In the same vein, for the believer, there is a new nature called the nature of righteousness which you received at salvation. You are not a refurbished person at salvation, you are a new creation. This literally means that you are now a new specie of being that has not existed before. That is the mystery of righteousness. While you are seeing yourself as someone that just believed in Yahushua as Lord, the real fact is that you are a new creation that does not have a past. That is because your past was crucified with HaMashiach on Calvary. So, quit feeling the pain of what you did in the past, the record no longer exist at that point you believed and confessed with your mouth the Lordship of HaMashiach, your past was wiped out. You are now a new creation, a new specie of being that has no past. That is not all. You now have a new nature and that is the nature of Yahweh, the nature of righteousness. This new nature is what makes it possible for you to be able to stand before Yahweh sinless and able to accommodate divine presence. This nature of righteousness is why you can live a holy life. Without being righteous, you cannot live righteous. Your being determines your doing. Why does a lion roar? Because he is a lion and it is in his nature to roar. Why does a sinner commit sin? Because he is a sinner and sin is his nature.

THE GENESIS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

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Friday August 18, 2023

THE GENESIS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin? that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (KJV)

Righteousness means in right standing with Yahweh. Yahweh created man and placed him in Eden. In Eden, man was in right standing with Yahweh. We saw in Genesis 3:8 that Yahweh was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. He usually comes to fellowship with man in the cool of the day. It takes righteousness to stand before the Lord. Then, man committed treason and fall from his right standing position with the Father. Consequently, he lost the presence of Yahweh, and was driven out of the Eden, the place of delight. Sin is at the root of every form of deprivation in life. Sin was what pushed man out of the presence of Yahweh. In the interim, Yahweh was walking with people as they choose to obey His instructions to them. That was how Abraham stood out. Abraham was a Yahweh addict. Yahweh’s instructions was the delight of Abraham and that won him a covenant with the El-Shaddai. Then through the descendants of Abraham, the law was introduced to see if man can align in right standing again with Yahweh. But throughout all generations, no man has been able to keep the law. Yahweh saw the deplorable situation of humanity and decided to come to their rescue. Yahweh came in the person of Yahushua HaMashiach and fulfilled the law. Yahushua HaMashiach became sin, so that we can become the righteousness of Yahweh in Him according to our opening text.

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