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James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Friday, August 21, 2015
Chapters: Jeremiah 36-38
Message Title: Power In The Word
Hello My Friend,
The Word, God's Word, the Bible, whatever you call it, never in your life will you read a book with such power, saved or not, this book is life, and comes to life as you read it. Some receive it gladly, some hate it passionately, and some down right try to destroy it. No one can destroy God's Word no matter how many times they try to change it, rearrange it, or get rid of it. Why? God's Word is infallible, meaning it is true, it is does not fail, it is everlasting, settled in heaven, and in the soul of every person who receives Christ, who is the Word in the flesh. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” - John 1:1,2,14.
Ever since God instructed Holy Spirit filled men to write down His words, man has been trying to destroy them. God instructs Jeremiah while still locked up in prison to write down some things and send it to the king. With the help of Baruch as his scribe, he sends him off with the book. As the king sits down to hear the words that God had to say a man named Jehudi began reading it, and after a few pages cut it up and threw it in the fireplace.
“And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.” - Jeremiah 36:23-28.
People think if they go as far as burning the Bible and destroying any traces of it that they are going to stop God from doing what He says He is going to do. Ignore it, change it, burn it, do whatever you want to try and stop God. Guess what? He's unstoppable. Ignorance nor rebellion will stop God's judgment upon the world, Jesus is returning and nothing will stop Him, anyone not knowing Him personally as their Saviour will be judged with eternal death. “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” - Revelation 21:8.
Instead of doing what God had instructed them to do, the princes rebelled, they went after Jeremiah again, this time casting him into a dungeon for being the one who sent them the book. “And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” - Jeremiah 37:13-17.
You know, the world might deny Christ and ignore God, but when fear kicks in, the most powerful man will be on his knees begging for answers from God. There are many instances where those who have scoffed at God and mocked at His people have in moments of great fear sought out the very people whom they have despised and persecuted to beg for intercession with God on their behalf. We must never compromise our faith and obedience to God, we never know when the most ruthless person will come to us to know Christ themselves. “Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.” - James 5:19,20.
Now, you would have thought that with this news the king would have listened to God, but he did not, none of them did, in fact, getting angrier at Jeremiah. The king allows the princes to take him and without his knowledge Jeremiah is thrown into a miry pit, with the object that he may starve to death. At the intercession of when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, went to the king and by special order, he is taken up out of the dungeon and confined only to the court of the prison. He has another private conference with Jeremiah, this time promising not to let anyone trying to kill him near him.
“So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.” - Jeremiah 38:13-16,20.
Everyone needs an intercessor, a person willing to put their lives on the line, even if they get persecuted for it. Jesus became the intercessor between God and man, He put His entire life on the line, and He got persecuted, He died in order to save us. Only by believing in Him and receiving Him as our Saviour can our soul live, this has always been and it will never change. “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:33-34.38,39.
Today's Prayer: God, How amazing is Your indescribable love and grace that You should love a sinner such as I. Though I deserve death You granted me eternal life by believing in and accepting Your Son into my life. Now, I am accepted into Your family through the obedience and love of Your Son, who died for my sins. Let me learn from the example of Christ who suffered more than anyone else for crimes He did commit to remain in obedience to Your will no matter what trials I face. Lead me and guide me, and help me to be a living sacrifice for You. I love You Lord, and ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Friday, August 21, 2015
Chapters: Jeremiah 36-38
Message Title: Power In The Word
Hello My Friend,
The Word, God's Word, the Bible, whatever you call it, never in your life will you read a book with such power, saved or not, this book is life, and comes to life as you read it. Some receive it gladly, some hate it passionately, and some down right try to destroy it. No one can destroy God's Word no matter how many times they try to change it, rearrange it, or get rid of it. Why? God's Word is infallible, meaning it is true, it is does not fail, it is everlasting, settled in heaven, and in the soul of every person who receives Christ, who is the Word in the flesh. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” - John 1:1,2,14.
Ever since God instructed Holy Spirit filled men to write down His words, man has been trying to destroy them. God instructs Jeremiah while still locked up in prison to write down some things and send it to the king. With the help of Baruch as his scribe, he sends him off with the book. As the king sits down to hear the words that God had to say a man named Jehudi began reading it, and after a few pages cut it up and threw it in the fireplace.
“And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.” - Jeremiah 36:23-28.
People think if they go as far as burning the Bible and destroying any traces of it that they are going to stop God from doing what He says He is going to do. Ignore it, change it, burn it, do whatever you want to try and stop God. Guess what? He's unstoppable. Ignorance nor rebellion will stop God's judgment upon the world, Jesus is returning and nothing will stop Him, anyone not knowing Him personally as their Saviour will be judged with eternal death. “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” - Revelation 21:8.
Instead of doing what God had instructed them to do, the princes rebelled, they went after Jeremiah again, this time casting him into a dungeon for being the one who sent them the book. “And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” - Jeremiah 37:13-17.
You know, the world might deny Christ and ignore God, but when fear kicks in, the most powerful man will be on his knees begging for answers from God. There are many instances where those who have scoffed at God and mocked at His people have in moments of great fear sought out the very people whom they have despised and persecuted to beg for intercession with God on their behalf. We must never compromise our faith and obedience to God, we never know when the most ruthless person will come to us to know Christ themselves. “Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.” - James 5:19,20.
Now, you would have thought that with this news the king would have listened to God, but he did not, none of them did, in fact, getting angrier at Jeremiah. The king allows the princes to take him and without his knowledge Jeremiah is thrown into a miry pit, with the object that he may starve to death. At the intercession of when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, went to the king and by special order, he is taken up out of the dungeon and confined only to the court of the prison. He has another private conference with Jeremiah, this time promising not to let anyone trying to kill him near him.
“So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.” - Jeremiah 38:13-16,20.
Everyone needs an intercessor, a person willing to put their lives on the line, even if they get persecuted for it. Jesus became the intercessor between God and man, He put His entire life on the line, and He got persecuted, He died in order to save us. Only by believing in Him and receiving Him as our Saviour can our soul live, this has always been and it will never change. “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:33-34.38,39.
Today's Prayer: God, How amazing is Your indescribable love and grace that You should love a sinner such as I. Though I deserve death You granted me eternal life by believing in and accepting Your Son into my life. Now, I am accepted into Your family through the obedience and love of Your Son, who died for my sins. Let me learn from the example of Christ who suffered more than anyone else for crimes He did commit to remain in obedience to Your will no matter what trials I face. Lead me and guide me, and help me to be a living sacrifice for You. I love You Lord, and ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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