The Devotional – Search the Scriptures - 99


The Devotional – Search the Scriptures - 99

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:  Luke 6:32-36 – The Eternal Plan of God
“But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. “And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. “And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. “But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. “Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah
Our relationship with GOD, can you understand? Is as different as night is to a day! With people all around us and if our love for them is NOT different, then we love as the world. What spiritual blessing results from the love of the world? None! Now let’s not be selfish with blessings, as some selfishly seek! Shall I look for personal reward, or should I be looking for the blessing that will come to all, who see the love of God through me? Our relatives, friends, even our enemies who see the love of God through us, will glorify God through His visitation of love with them and so will we, the blessing should not be for us alone, but for all who are present. The love that God provides to all is MERCY, before we react to the people around us, allow the mercy of God to prevail through us!

In the parable of the Minas Luke 19:11-27, Jesus explains that the kingdom of God will come at a time appointed by God (not by man) as some seek to have the inside scoop on today! Notice please what JESUS says in verse 13. So he (the nobleman) called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas (about three months salary) and said to them, DO BUSINESS UNTIL I COME, or as the KJV reads, OCCUPY TIL I COME.

Folks listen up; God has given to you and me in this church dispensation a partial payment of the Blessed Hope. We have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We no longer have the wages of death working in us, we have now the partial gifts of the Spirit in us. Now I plead with you; read Romans 8 which parallels this section in Luke 6. We have been set free of “indwelling sin” we have now the “Indwelling Spirit” the Spirit of God is the sufficiency of God in us to carry on until Jesus returns for His Church, just as the minas paid to the servants by the nobleman in Luke 19. We the church are to occupy or do business as Jesus did while He ministered here on earth.

Like the nobleman of Luke 19, Jesus is coming again, we as the CHURCH need to allow God the Holy Spirit to USE the gifts He has provided to each of us, AMEN!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Devotional – Search the Scriptures – 203

The Devotional – Search the Scriptures – 203 Luke 21:7   –   So they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?” Matthew 24:3 – Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” Mark 13:4 – “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?” Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah Yesterday we looked briefly at the First coming of the LORD Jesus, born of the virgin Mary, suffered and crucified, killed by the power of sin of which we all had and have a part in. He rose from this death; He is alive again . The apostle Paul writes, “For I deliver to you first of all that which I also received that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose
Read more

The Devotional – Search the Scriptures – 169

The Devotional – Search the Scriptures – 169 Luke 14:7-14 - So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; “and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. “But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. “But when you give a fea
Read more

The Devotional – Search the Scriptures – 161.1

The Devotional – Search the Scriptures – 161.1 SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:   Luke 12:1-5 There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? “I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. “Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? “I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah An excerpt from yesterday’s devotional: In our passage, the point of the LORD is not that of being a newscaster but placing the death of these people beyond human judgment, in fact; Jesus does not look at the death of human beings as we do. All humans, past present and future will die a ph
Read more