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Daily Devotional – The Church is the Body

The Church is the Body. The Church is the Assembling. The Secret place of the Most High. Where the Body rejoices in the Mighty Tower. The Head of the corner of the foundation of the Apostles and the Prophets. Why would you die when I say to you Live?

“Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.” (1 Cor 12:27) “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” (Heb 10:25) “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” (Psa 91:1) “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” (Pro 18:10) “And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:” (Eph 2:20-21) “Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?” (Ezek 33:11)

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Daily Devotional – Repentance and Remission of Sins should be Preached in His Name

“And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to SUFFER, and to RISE from the DEAD the THIRD day: And that REPENTANCE and REMISSION of SINS should be PREACHED in HIS NAME among ALL NATIONS, beginning at JERUSALEM. And ye are WITNESSES of these things. And, behold, I send the PROMISE of my FATHER upon YOU: but TARRY ye in the city of JERUSALEM, until ye be ENDUED with POWER from on HIGH.” (Lk 24:46-49)

After the resurrection of Jesus Christ he told his disciples to preach repentance and remission of sin in his name beginning at Jerusalem. They were to go to Jerusalem to wait for the promise of the Holy Ghost being poured out upon them so that they could begin teaching the born again process of God, the plan of salvation for all of mankind. When the day of Pentecost was fully come the Holy Ghost was poured out upon the believers. “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” (Acts 2:4) This was noised abroad and the Apostle Peter with the other eleven Apostles told everyone, including you and I, how we are to be born again. “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” (Acts 2:38-39)

Notice that “repentance and remission of sins” was preached “beginning at Jerusalem” after they had been “endued with power” of the Holy Ghost and that “repentance and remission of sins” was “preached in his name”. “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Saying “For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”

Have you been born again according to the scriptures you just read? It was for “even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” Are you called? This is the only way to be born again and to enter into the kingdom of God.

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Daily Devotional – He was Cut Off out of the Land of the Living

“All we like SHEEP have gone ASTRAY; we have TURNED every one to his OWN way; and the LORD hath LAID on HIM the INIQUITY of us ALL. He was OPPRSSEDd, and he was AFFLICTED, yet he OPENED NOT his MOUTH: he is brought as a LAMB to the SLAUGHTER, and as a SHEEP before her shearers is DUMB, so he OPENETH NOT his MOUTH. He was TAKEN from PRISON and from JUDGMENT: and WHO shall DECLARE HIS generation? for HE WAS CUT OFF OUT OF THE LAND OF THE LIVING: for the TRANSGRESSION of MY people was he STRICKEN.” (Isa 53:6-8)

Did you know that this passage of scripture is speaking of the Messiah that was to come? Did you know the word Messiah means anointed? Most of the Jews do not believe that their prophesied Messiah has come yet? In the book of Daniel the Messiah is prophesied about again but most of the Jews believe this word Messiah should have been translated anointed believing it refers to Cyrus king of Peria. “Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;” (Isaiah 45:1) The prophecy of Daniel reads, “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” (Dan 9:25-27) It was Cyrus that made the decree. “Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.” (2 Chron 36:22-23) However, if you look closer at the prophecy of Daniel you will see that it is not speaking of Cyrus king of Persia but of Jesus the Messiah. Notice the same wording from Daniel and Isaiah. “And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary”. This Messiah was “cut off” even as spoken in Isaiah concerning the Messiah. “He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.” (Isa 53:8) The significance of this is huge as the Prophet Daniel is prophesying how many years it would be before the prophesied Messiah was to come it was also prophesying of a covenant that would leave seven years left unfulfilled which would be referring to the time of the end better known as the tribulation period even though the tribulation is actually the last three and one half years. If you do away with this passage of scripture, you not only do not see that Jesus is the Messiah in reference but you also don’t see that there are seven years left to fulfill and thus you would not be looking for what has been termed the seven year tribulation period of which is actually only three and one half years long. When speaking with a Jewish believer of the Old Testament that doesn’t believe their Messiah has come this is the additional proof they need that God could use to open their eyes. In both places “shall Messiah be cut off” “for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.” (Isa 53:8)

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Daily Devotional – Behold my Hands and my Feet

Why are ye TROUBLED? and why do THOUGHTS arise in your HEARTS? Behold my HANDS and my FEET, that it is I myself: HANDLE me, and SEE; for a SPIRIT hath not FLESH and BONES, as ye SEE me have. Have ye here any MEAT? And they GAVE him a PIECE of a broiled FISH, and of an HONEYCOMB. And he TOOK it, and did EAT before them. Text from: (Lk 24:38-39, 41-43)

Did you know that flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of God? That you must be born again? “Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.” (1 Cor 15:50) “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” (Rm 8:9-11) “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” (1 Cor 15:53-54)

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Daily Devotional – This is the Record

This is the record God has given to us, eternal life. There are 3 that bear witness in earth of this record: Spirit, water, blood. There are 3 that bear record in heaven of this record of eternal life God has given us: Father, Word, Holy Ghost. These three are one God who’s name is Jesus.

“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.” (1 Jn 5:11) “And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” (1 Jn 5:8) “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” (1 Jn 5:7) “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” (Mt 1:23) “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one Lord:” (Deut 6:4) “And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.” (Jn 17:26) Eternal Life fulfilled in Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

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Daily Devotional – By God’s Grace we have Access to Salvation

By God’s GRACE we have access to SALVATION. By our FAITH in God’s GRACE we then become OBEDIENT to how we OBTAIN Salvation. Which is being born of WATER and of the SPIRIT, which is REPENTANCE, WATER BAPTISM by IMMERSION in JESUS NAME for the REMISSION of SINS, and then you shall RECEIVE the GIFT of the HOLY GHOST.

“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” (Titus 2:11-13) “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Rm 5:1-2) “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” (Jn 3:5) “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Acts 2:38)

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Daily Devotional – But he was Wounded for our Transgressions

He is DESPISED and REJECTED of men; a man of SORROWS, and ACQUAINTED with GRIEF: and we HID as it were our FACES from HIM; he was DESPISED, and we ESTEEMED him not. Surely he hath BORNE our GRIEFS, and CARRIED our SORROWS: yet we did ESTEEM him STRICKEN, SMITTEN of God, and AFFLICTED. But he was WOUNDED for our TRANSGRESSIONS, he was BRUISED for our INIQUITIES: the CHASTISEMENT of our PEACE was upon HIM; and with his STRIPES we are HEALED.” (Isa 53:3-5)

Did you know that when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden that the devil gained the power of death over mankind? Did you know that was what Christ came to take back? “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” (Heb 2:14-15)

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Daily Devotional – Neither wilt thou Suffer thine Holy One to see Corruption

I have SET the LORD always BEFORE me: because he is at my RIGHT hand, I shall not be MOVED. Therefore my HEART is GLAD, and my GLORY REJOICETH: my FLESH also shall REST in HOPE. For thou wilt NOT leave my SOUL in HELL; neither wilt thou SUFFER thine Holy One to see CORRUPTION. Thou wilt SHOW me the PATH of LIFE: in thy PRESENCE is FULNESS of JOY; at thy RIGHT HAND there are PLEASURES for EVERMORE.

When Jesus died and was buried, did you know that his body did not see corruption? “For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.” (Acts 2:25-28) “And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.” (Acts 13:34-37)

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Daily Devotional – I will put ENMITY between THEE and the WOMAN

And the LORD God said unto the SERPENT, Because thou hast done this, thou art CURSED above all cattle, and ABOVE every BEAST of the field; upon thy BELLY shalt thou go, and DUST shalt thou EAT all the days of thy LIFE: And I will put ENMITY between THEE and the WOMAN, and between thy SEED and her SEED; it shall BRUISE thy HEAD, and thou shalt BRUISE his HEEL. (Gens 3:14-15)

Did you know this is the first prophecy of the coming of the Messiah? Did you know that God had an eternal purpose in Christ? “According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:” (Eph 3:11) Jesus the Christ was this hostility or enmity between satan’s seed, which were the children of disobedience, and the woman’s seed, this being the virgin Mary and the children of obedience that followed after the gospel of Jesus Christ. “But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:” (Eph 2:13-16)

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Daily Devotional – The Gentiles shall see thy Righteousness

The Gentiles shall see thy RIGHTEOUSNESS, and all KINGS thy GLORY: and thou shalt be called by a NEW NAME. Thou shalt also be a CROWN of GLORY in the hand of the LORD, a ROYAL DIADEM in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed FORSAKEN; neither shall thy land any more be termed DESOLATE: but thou shalt be called HEPHZIBAH, and thy land BEULAH: for the LORD DELIGHTETH in thee, and thy land shall be MARRIED.

This prophecy will find it’s fulfillment in the thousand year reign of Jesus Christ. We were told that they would “no more be termed Forsaken”, yet Jesus said unto them “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” (Mt 23:38-39) The Prophet Isaiah in chapter 60 prophesies of this New City saying “Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.” (Isa 60:18-22) Notice this is the same thing prophesied concerning the New City in Revelation “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” (Rev 21:23-27) And in Isaiah 60 again, “Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.” (Isa 60:11-12)

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