The Devotional

Please accept my apology, I resent yesterday's blog by mistake A Devotional – SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (85)  SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:   John 20:30-31 – The Eternal Plan of God – Jesus And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah The beginning ministry of Jesus was at the River Jordan, there are over 60 events recorded, covering 2-3 years. I will seek to cover several of these so let’s pray that the LORD would grant this but realize that we will be in this for the long hall, I am okay with this and I hope you are as well.  (1)   Satan seeks to destroy the mission and life of our LORD, each temptation. Each time seeking four ways to overcome Him with human reasoning. “You’re hungry, if you are the Son of Go...

A Devotional – SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (84)  SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:   John 20:30-31 – The Eternal Plan of God – Jesus And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah I realize that I have taken a long time to get to this point in the Life and Ministry of our Savior. Yet, I like many; we strive to be as correct as possible in His Word when speaking or commenting. This is good, but it can be bad if laboring out of the Spirit, because I personally find that I am limiting the Holy Spirit whose ministry is to guide me and keep me from overcooking a subject. The Ministry of our LORD did not begin with a full head of steam, like some may believe. From AD 26-27 Jesus was baptized and tempted by Satan. (John 1:29-34 and Luk...

A Devotional – SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (83)  SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:   Luke 3:21-23 – The Eternal Plan of God – Jesus When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You, I am well pleased.” Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah I am after a few things that we may easily overlook when we read or meditate on the Word of God. Our knowledge of God is mostly resting on what our preachers and teachers share with us on Sundays and on a day in the week when he holds his weekly Bible study. Why is that? Because most of us do...

A Devotional – SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (82)  SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:   Hebrews 1:1-3(KJV) – The Eternal Plan of God – Jesus Luke 3:21-22 When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.” ALL of Scripture is IMPORTANT for STUDY, in the harmony of the gospels we might want to pick up on this one important truth. When something is very important about the life of Jesus, all four of the gospels will have something to say and thus it is so with the day that the Ministry of the Christ and John the Baptizer. See Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3 and John 1. These references are worth the read, do not just take my word for it. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah If you own a good ‘reference Bible’ you will find a good deal of ...

A Devotional – SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (81)  SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:   Hebrews 1:1-3(KJV) – The Eternal Plan of God – Jesus Luke 1:36 : And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren . Luke 1:44 : For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Luke 1:56:   A nd Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah As you may see, I am a bit taken up by the timeline of the birth of John the Baptizer and our LORD and SAVIOR Jesus Christ. I just want to make one more comment to this time in the history.  In accordance with C. I. Scofield’s timeline, in the year 7BC the angel Gabriel visited Mary around October. Elizabeth was in her sixth month. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and went home. Elizabeth gave birth about the time when Mary ...

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:   Hebrews 1:1-3(KJV) – The Eternal Plan of God – Jesus God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; A Devotional – SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (80) SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah Yesterday, we looked briefly at the Messiah as a Priest, not as a Levitical or Aaronic priest, but as of Melchizedek, see king David’s words found in Psalm 110:4. For today a brief look at the LORD Jesus as ‘Prophet and King’. There is a multitude of scripture in the gospels; of Jesus speaking of future events. Some in His personal life, or in the lives of...

A Devotional – SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (79)  SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:   Numbers 8:24-26 – The Eternal Plan of God - Jesus A Devotional – SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES (78) “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting, but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.” SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES: Jesus, the Christ of God/Messiah Psalm 110: A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the...