I WISDOM

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JULY 8, 2018

I WISDOM


Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?  She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.  She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.  Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.  For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.  All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.  The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.  Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.  By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.  I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Riches and honour are with me; yea , durable riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.  I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.  When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.  Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord . But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. Proverbs 8

HOW EXCELLENT IS THY LOVINGKINDNESS, OH GOD!

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, May 20, 2018

HOW EXCELLENT IS THY LOVINGKINDNESS, OH GOD!

 Thy mercy, O Lord , is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.  Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord , thou preservest man and beast. How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. Psalm 36:5-10

SEVEN YEARS

IN THE BEGINNING THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, APRIL 27, 2018

Seven Years


How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

Isaiah 52:7-8 KJV

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).