DIVINE INSPIRATION

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD

DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, April 9, 2018

Divine Inspiration

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.  Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them , and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:  Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. John 20:19-23 KJV

Jesus left his heavenly dominion to dwell with man, to became Emmanuel, God with us; he became poor, covered himself with flesh and blood, so that we could be rich, spiritual and divine—giving all of us who call on the name of Jesus an inheritance that is far beyond what our eyes have seen or ears have heard, or even that we can ever imagine. 

Jesus’ work was accomplished in his earthly ministry and finished on the cross.  While he walked upon the earth as the Son of man, the son of David, he fulfilled the Word of the prophets.  He was careful to fulfill all the law and the prophets and opened the way for complete communion with God. “Peace” Jesus proclaims after his resurrection.  And Again “Peace.” Our peace has been purchased.  We have Peace with God.  We are at once holy and righteous and worthy to be called the sons and daughters of God. That is our position; there is no condemnation.

After Jesus proclaims Peace, Jesus immediately turns to the work of establishing his earthly kingdom through the power of the Holy Spirit.  Jesus, the second Adam, breaths on his disciples. This is not the breath of life, but this is the breath of the quickening spirit!

In Genesis we read:  And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. After Jesus’ Resurrection he breaths on the disciples to receive the Holy Spirit. This is the breath of eternal life.  This breath is resurrection power life;  This is the breath of the Overcomer’s life! The “man cannot hinder me” life. This was Divine Inspiration passed to us from the Christ!

In the Resurrection of Jesus, God raised His Son from the dead through the power of the Holy Ghost.  Jesus’ breathing on his disciples signifies the Grace of God.  The Holy Ghost will carry on the mission of the overcoming life forevermore through the witness of his disciples.  The Holy Spirit would live in us as He divinely inspired us in everyway.

This breath of Jesus is also a commissioning breath. “As the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”  It is the Spirit that continues on to this day, working in you and in me. It is the Spirit of power to prove the points God would have us to prove and to fulfill every Word and pleasure of God.  The Father sent Jesus for the very same purposes that Jesus sends you and me.  “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”   So we are to go, bold as a lion, with divine inspiration and destroy the works of the devil. Jesus came to seek and to save the lost as stated in Luke 19:10: For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Filled with the Spirit, we are to go to seek and to save the lost. And whose soever sins you remit they are remitted.  And whose soever sins you retain, they are retained! We hold the blessing and power and divine inspiration of God given to those who may receive it.

    

HE BECAME SIN FOR US

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 26, 2018

HE BECAME SIN FOR US



Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.  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.  II Corinthians 5:20,21

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe for there is no difference:  For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness:that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.  Romans 3:21-26

A SON IS GIVEN

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, March 14, 2018 A SON IS GIVEN And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 1 Kings 3:6

NEVER AGAIN

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD

DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 11, 2018

NEVER AGAIN

In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.  Isaiah 45:25

Perhaps you have experienced being unjustly attacked, exposed to a tyrant, abused by a madman.  You may know the wounds of having insults hurled at you or enduring the brutal scene of seeing a loved one harmed.  Unfortunately, madmen get away with murder every day; they find ways to destroy; they are bent on destruction.  Though many of us may have experienced injustices, none of us have ever experienced the atrocities of the  Holocaust,when as many as 6 million Jews were slaughtered-- the only words that are fitting are "Never Again." 

For it is not God’s plan that any should perish, and as the scripture states all the seed of Israel shall be saved.  In the LORD, Israel shall never perish again.  Jesus provides a door for you to  enter in to find safety:" I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture" (John 10:9).

ARE YOU PERFECT?

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTION FOR TODAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2018

ARE YOU PERFECT?

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Matthew 5:38

As Christians, we often try to be perfect in the wrong ways.  We try to do everything without error, in time, by the letter, by example.  This is good, but far from perfect.  In fact it can often create an arrogance that is unacceptable and pharisaic.  When our LORD tells us to be perfect as the Father is perfect, he is telling us to be perfect in Love.  First, perfect in mercy, forgiving those who have wronged us.  Letting the meanness of others roll off our backs.  Loving those who are lovely and the unlovely.  Helping those who deserve it and those who don't deserve it for whatever the reason. Yes, perfection is a high calling in Christ!

THIS IS THE SUM

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, February 19, 2018

THIS IS THE SUM

Hebrews 8:1-13 KJV
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;  A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.  For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:  Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.  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. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.  For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:  Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. In that he saith, A new covenant , he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Grace! Grace!

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR TODAY, February 7, 2018

GRACE! GRACE!

Zechariah 4:1-14 KJV
 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying , Grace, grace unto it. Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord , which run to and fro through the whole earth. Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?  And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be ? And I said, No, my lord.  Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.