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Our soul is thirsty for truth and many are drunk on sin.

Title: Our soul is thirsty for truth and many are drunk on sin.


Text: Deut 29:19-20, “And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.”


In Deut 28 and 29, Moses lays out the punishment of serving other gods to their own hurt, and the blessings of being faithful. In the New Testament we have no such curses, but we are told that one can be delivered to satan for the destruction of the flesh (1 Cor 5:5, 1 Tim 1:20). As long as we are in Christ and faithful, we can ask anything according to Christ’s will and it will be granted (1 John 3:22). When a real Christian is delivered to satan, he has committed a willful sin and there remains no more sacrifice for sin (Heb 10:26), leaving God to remove His protection and satan to destroy the flesh.


When a person has as in the old testament served other gods, they to would be cursed also. Many of us Christians are adding drunkeness to thirst. Meaning our souls are thirsty for truth and God, but when we reach for forbidden fruit and do not let go, then we would rather be drunk on sin rather than obedient unto the truth. People in this condition often “fake it until you make it”, but God says we must acknowledge the truth of our sins (2 Tim 2:25-26). If we do not let go of our sins then we will become drunk on our sins rather than being thirsty for the cure, remedy, and required prescription to deal with our sins the way Jesus and His apostles instruct us. We go around pretending, we have done no wrong and that we are right with Jesus.


Father we want to only sit at Jesus’ table and we renounce all other sources we have tangled in causing sin, please forgive us and we forgive those that have sinned against us knowing that blessed are the merciful for they will receive mercy. In Jesus name may it be so.



Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend




What is saving grace…or perhaps if I ask a question to reflect my understanding of saving grace…How does a Son sin when he will be corrected in truth and righteousness?

What is saving grace…or perhaps if I ask a question to reflect my understanding of saving grace…How does a Son sin when he will be corrected in truth and righteousness?

 

After all when our name is added to the Lamb’s book of life after surrendering all in the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ…through baptism…when then are no longer enemies of God but rather Sons adopted into the Citizenship of the Kingdom of Heaven…how then can we now offend our Dad…if we are willing to accept correction in truth and righteousness…our hearts do not rebel against dad but rather say please teach me better…Sonship with the King of Kings…Having the rights of the Heavenly Citizenship…the rights of a Christian Son or Daughter…

 

I picture Jesus having a finished plan and purpose for me…a final He made it moment of he made it into adulthood…but I also picture me on Judgement Day going I do not deserve to be here…moment…then I picture Jesus looking up to the Father…and asking Him please see him as Me…then I see all the negative on my scales of Justice…be balanced out with the Love of Jesus…until the Day of my Judgement in the Scales of Justice…I will be here grateful for a breath in my lungs…prayer in my heart…a song on my lips…and an opportunity to learn and grow to fulfill my plan and purpose in Jesus Christ Kingdom…to do better than yesterday…to follow Jesus and learn what would Jesus do…to love my neighbor as myself and to do as much good as I can thank of here in the land of the free and the home of the brave…what are we not free to do here in America…we can do as much good as we can think of as long as we harm no other soul…so I am thankful for the freedom to hear the saving grace of Jesus Christ…His love and adoption of a sinner and changing him into a Son…and His protection and teaching surrounding me as learn the truth and do what is right by Him and His Father…

 

Grace defined is an undeserved favor…do you deserve Jesus becoming a human and dying on the cross…Is it a favor that God became a man and died for you…so you could learn to practice the truth in righteousness and forsake evil…yes or no? God did not have to do this…we did not deserve this…we did not earn this…favor…God’s only human fathered Son dying and being raised from the dead…so He could teach us the truth and we can learn how to never rebel against God…we learn how to know the right thing to do…to be pleasing not rebellious…

 

Jesus said…

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled…Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free…All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knows the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son wills to reveal him. Come unto me, all ye that labor 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. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light…Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst…But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof…(Mat 5:6 John 8:31-32 Matt 11:27-30 John 6:35 Matt 6:30-34)

 

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew. The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they have suffered these things? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish…And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieves shall be condemned…(Joh 3:5-8 Mat 10:32-33 Luk 13:2-5 Mar 16:14-16)

 

Father please cover the faithful and not rebellious with grace mercy peace joy and love and truth so we may they prosper and be in health as our souls prospers…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen


Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend

Have you heard the good news about Jesus this Easter…short Easter message of good news…

Have you heard the good news about Jesus this Easter…short message of good news…

 

Have you heard the good news of Jesus Christ, becoming born of a virgin living under the law the good and evil taught to us by the Jewish people…the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?

 

Jesus Christ, being born into the tribe of Judah had only never break one of the 10 Commandments to remain sinless and Holy. Jesus, being the only Fathered human of our Creator was made perfect and never chose to do the wrong thing. He never broke one of the 10 Commandments and he offered his own life as a sacrifice to be punished as if he had broken commandments so he could forgive you and me for having done the wrong thing…having broken one of the commandments.

 

Jesus will teach us the truth and all we have to do is what is right by our creator. This sound like good news that a man died and was raised from the dead for you so that you could choose to never do a wrong thing again…yes or no?

So you never do again so you would never sin again, so that you would never offend God again… Jesus already paid the penalty for your sin, but you have to trust Him to reveal the truth to you so that you can do what is right by your Creator. Is this sound like good news?

 

Jesus said, unless you’re born on the water in the spirit, you cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven. Jesus said he believes in his baptized will be saved... He who doesn’t believe he died so you never have to choose wrong again will be damned. Have you been baptized in Christ yes or no? Will you be baptized in the Christ yes or no?

This is Easter and Jesus died and was raised from the dead on the first day of the week as proof He can save you from your sins…He’ll teach you the truth show you right and all you have to do is right by God and creation Sound like good news…then please render obedience to the Author of salvation…

 

Joh 3:16-17 ASV  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.  17  For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him…though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered; and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation; Heb 5:8-9 ASV

 

Will you obey Jesus and be saved by surrendering all to Jesus in baptism…yes or no?

 

Father please remove anything hindering us from obeying the truth so we can be right with fellow man and You our Creator in Jesus of Nazareth’s name (Acts 22:8) Amen.

 

Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend




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