Just One Drop

King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: Just One Drop
Date: Tuesday July 26, 2011
Chapters: Isaiah 35-36, Proverb 26, Psalm 46
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Details of Today's Chapters: The coming of the new Kingdom blessing and the regathering of Israel, Sennacherib’s invasion in Jerusalem, God's deliverance, and the threats of Rabshakeh.

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“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:” - I Peter 1:2-7.

Just one drop of the blood of Christ upon your soul is enough to change your life forever, that precious, precious blood not only redeems us, it cleanses us, blots out our sins, brings us to God, and gives us the assurance of eternal life and the Kingdom of God. The true Christian’s hope of eternal life and a glorious inheritance through His death, burial, and resurrection is the hope that quickens the believer to serve Him faithfully, even during times of distress.

Although God did order judgment upon Israel, which included Judah being brought into captivity to Babylon for seventy years and all of God's people to be scattered all over the world in distress, God did promise that the destruction and suffering would not last forever. Through Isaiah, God foretells of the return of all His people and the glorious days of the new Kingdom.

“Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert...No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” - Isaiah 35:4-6,9,10.

Just one drop of Christ's precious blood is enough to open the eyes of the spiritually blind, deaf, lame, and dumb (can't speak) to hear God for the first time. What will they hear? The Gospel, which is the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Upon hearing these words for the first time will their hearts open up to God, they will not be afraid of Him, they will no longer be lost souls wandering around in the desert, they will be redeemed, thirsting no more for the joy they can not find. Christ gave Himself as a ransom for all, He paid the price for the hell bound soul to be set free, sadly few will allow Him to set the free. He will set anyone free, but the only way to obtain everlasting joy and one day see peace in the world is through Jesus Christ. “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” - I Timothy 2:4-6.

The enemies of God’s people are forever trying to frighten them from their confidence in God, during the time that Isaiah prophesied in Jerusalem it was when Hezekiah reigned as king. Hezekiah was a godly man, he was also the last godly king to reign before Jerusalem was completely taken over. Hezekiah would not bow down to Assyrian threats and because of this the Assyrian's caused a lot of friction.

“And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?..But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.” - Isaiah 36:-4,7,8.

Rabshakeh later on saw first hand that Hezekiah's living God was able to deliver them from their threats. While Hezekiah's faith did not stop God's judgment it did keep Hezekiah from witnessing the destruction. Those who do not know the living God have no idea what the difference is between God and some man made god. Therefore, they see all gods as the same, worthless and unable to deliver. Those who put their trust in these false gods will never see the power of the only God nor will they ever see them produce the miracles that only the true Almighty God can make. The only defense against those who try to corrupt God's people is God's Word and standing by it. “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” - I John 2:3-6.

Just one drop of Christ's precious blood is all we need to be saved and to get the privilege to enter the Kingdom of God, Christ has plenty to give away, but to receive it we must ask Him for it. Now, to receive His blood takes 3 steps. 1. You must believe in the Gospel, that us the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. 2. You must admit you are a sinner, we have all done something wrong in our lifetime which qualifies us as a sinner. 3. You must ask Him to save you. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” - Romans 10:9,10.

Miraculously those 3 simple steps instantly take you from eternal death to eternal life. Now, only the Almighty Living God has the power to take a drop of Christ's blood and place it on your soul, redeeming you from hell and every sin you ever and will commit in your lifetime here on earth. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” - Romans 5:8-11.

Once you ask Him to save you it is eternal, nothing can take away your salvation, even if you walked away from God fifty years ago, Christ still lives in you and will redeem you when He returns. “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.” - I John 5:4-6.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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