A Christian Nation

Leviticus 19:1-4, “The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. You shall each revere your mother and father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. Do not turn to idols or make cast images for yourselves: I am the LORD your God.”

As early as the Mayflower Compact the United States was founded upon its faith in God through Christ. Those who would seek to destroy or limit religious speech or public practices of faith fail to remember that basic truth of our existence and founding. It is time that we recognize whereupon we have begun our journey.

Prayer: Father, deliver us from our failed practices of faith. Strengthen us in Your Holy service. Help us remember that You set our Nation on a course of Christian belief and Christian hope. May those who seek to destroy our Nation hear Your powerful Word Jesus Christ. In Jesus’ Name we pray. AMEN

Vengeance is Mine

Deuteronomy 32:35-36, “Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; because the day of their calamity is at hand, their doom comes swiftly. Indeed the LORD will vindicate his people, have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, neither bond nor free remaining.”

One of the great challenges in life is to not take vengeance. In 1782, Pierre Ambroise Francios Choderios de Laclos wrote, “Revenge [vengeance] is a dish best served cold.” He didn’t attend to what God said that revenge [vengeance] belongs to God alone. Often we want to get even or even up the score or regain wholeness; and our method in doing so is exacting revenge [vengeance] on those who hurt us. If it is justice that we seek, then seek justice and let God serve the revenge [vengeance], else our souls will be in mortal danger.

Prayer: Father, thank You for today and for Jesus Christ who came to save us and to be our judge. Help us get into Your Way and desire for us. Let revenge and vengeance alone be Your province. In Jesus’ Name we pray. AMEN

First Fruit

Leviticus 23:9-11, “The LORD spoke to Moses: Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall raise the sheaf before the LORD, that you may find acceptance; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall raise it.”

What is our first fruit? It is our salary, income, receipts for services, proceeds from the sale of an item or property and it represents the pre-tax amount or gross sale. The tithe is part of the first fruit and it is one-tenth. This long ago was given to Moses by God to remind us of the source of our abundance. Some in ministry abuse the giving practice and have at heart a monument building intent. These individuals are no different from those in Jerusalem whose intent was strengthening their coffers for the purposes of riches and power. God’s intent for the first fruit offering is a reminder of the source of mercy and an honor to God. Let us remember what God has done and let us honor God by keeping this ordinance.

Prayer: Father we thank You for all that we have received in Your mercy. Forgive us we pray when we fail to remember and help us to become better stewards and more faithful in our attention to Your ordinances. In Jesus’ Name we pray. AMEN.

Holy Days and Holy Ways

Leviticus 23:1-8, “The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: These are the appointed festivals of the LORD that you shall proclaim as holy convocations, my appointed festivals. Six days shall work be done; but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work: it is a Sabbath to the LORD throughout your settlements. These are the appointed festivals of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall celebrate at the time appointed for them. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, there shall be a Passover offering to the LORD, and on the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of unleavened bread to the LORD; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not work at your occupations. For seven days you shall present the LORD’S offerings by fire; on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation: you shall not work at your occupations.”

After bringing the people of the House of Jacob (Israel) out of Egypt and into the wilderness God spoke to Moses to have the people set apart celebrations and remembrances of God’s acts in redemption of Israel. So holy were these times of remembrance that no work could be done. These celebrations and worship of God were held in the same regard as the Sabbath. Over time the House of Jacob would turn these days into such perfunctory performances that the worship of God was driven out replaced with ‘duty and obligation.’ What God did for Israel should have been held in the deepest of reverence and love yet the people of Israel had a way of corrupting the holiest of days into duty when what God wanted was worship and love and honor. How do we honor God today? Do we make others work so we won’t have to? Or do we set aside the Holy days of god for God worship?

Prayer: Eternal and loving God thank You for the day that wasn’t promised. Turn our thoughts, words and deeds back to you. Help us live Your expectation of us. In Jesus’ Name we pray. AMEN.

The upright shall behold His Face

Psalm 11, “In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to me,

“Flee like a bird to the mountains; for look, the wicked bend the bow,

they have fitted their arrow to the string, to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven.

His eyes behold, his gaze examines humankind.

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates the lover of violence. On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and sulfur; a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.”

How often do we take refuge in God? The dictionary says that refuge is, “Shelter or protection from danger or distress.” The Lord is my refuge and my strength. Not only will He protect me but He will mete out His judgment upon the unrighteous and unjust. God will judge from heaven from upon His throne. God tests both the righteous and the wicked and those who are righteous gaze upon God’s face and those who are wicked…well their lot is with fire – their sentence is death.

 

Prayer: Lord God thank You for loving us and granting this day. Thank You for redemption through Jesus Christ crucified and resurrected. Strengthen us for Your Holy purpose and create within us Holy hearts. In Jesus’ Name we pray. AMEN.

God's Way of Loving

Lamentations 3:22-26, “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.”

God is permanent in His love for us. God’s love is unending and never ceasing. Sounds redundant but it can never be overstated that God has persisted in loving us. What if we loved one another the way God’s love us? What would the world we know be like? Let’s try it for a week, how about for one day? Let’s say you wake up at 6 a.m. and go to bed around 11 p.m. That’s 17 hours of loving the world the way in which God loves us. Start the day in prayer asking God to guide you in love and love your day away ending in prayer with confession and forgiveness. They describe what it was like to love the day away with God. Write a note to the blog – tell us how it worked.

Prayer: Loving God we thank You for this gift of the day – it is the present – thank You! Help us to live and love as You taught us to do through the redeeming love of Jesus. Help us be the shining love of Jesus for the world. In Jesus Name we pray. AMEN!

"...just as he planned to do.”

Zechariah 1:1-6, “In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, saying: The LORD was very angry with your ancestors. Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, “Thus says the LORD of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” But they did not hear or heed me, says the LORD. Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, “The LORD of hosts has dealt with us according to our ways and deeds, just as he planned to do.”

Remember when we were growing up and one of our siblings or perhaps a friend kept warning us about something that would happen if we continued on doing what we were doing? I remember watching a buddy swinging on a rope over New Caney Creek. Another friend kept telling him he’d better stop doing that because the branch that the rope was tied to was dead and he’d end up in the creek. Well it broke and the words that met our buddy as he came out of the water were, “I tried to tell you Jimmy but you wouldn’t listen.” This where the people of the House of Jacob are; they’ve been warned but do they listen? No. We’ve been warned and the question is, “Do we listen? Will we yield to God’s authority?” The prophets say that only a remnant will. Are you among the remnant?

Prayer: Father thank You for this day that wasn’t promised. Thank You for Jesus Christ. Help us Father to hear You and follow You through Your Son Jesus. We pray this prayer in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Majesty of God

Psalm 8, "O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.
You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! AMEN!!"


Think on these things. What an amazing love of Creation! How will we treat God’s Creation today – all of it? We decide from this second forward how we will live – God gives us the choice for eternity.


Prayer: Creator God – thank You for Your love and Your Creation. Help us to live into Your expectation of us. May we accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for our eternity. For it is in Jesus’ Name that we pray. Amen.

Psalm 2

Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and his anointed, saying,
“Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the LORD has them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,
“I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
I will tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have begotten you.
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.
Serve the LORD with fear, with trembling kiss his feet, or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Happy are all who take refuge in him.


Senators pay attention this day. Your hubris and pride and willful disobedience will be brought low. You are not doing God’s will you are serving human greed and desire. Pay attention to this Psalm.


Prayer: Father of all Creation, You have granted us wisdom and knowledge and ability. Please help us use these gifts for Your Holy purpose and not for the pandering of human desires for power and authority over one another. We pray this in Jesus Name. Amen.

Purity in eternity

Zephaniah 3:8-13, “Therefore wait for me, says the LORD, for the day when I arise as a witness. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all the heat of my anger; for in the fire of my passion all the earth shall be consumed. At that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, my scattered ones, shall bring my offering. On that day you shall not be put to shame because of all the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain. For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD—the remnant of Israel; they shall do no wrong and utter no lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. Then they will pasture and lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.”

As Christians we have been reckoned in this age as a remnant of the past. A remnant is what God said that we would be. Zephaniah speaks of God’s coming judgment of the world – the unjust, the unfaithful, the scoffers – those who deny God and stand opposed to God’s desire for His Creation. As Christians we may take some comfort in knowing that God alone can render such judgment and that He will not destroy everyone. So we must remain faithful – especially now that popular culture delights in marginalizing Christ and those who believe in Him.

Prayer: God we thank You and praise You for this day that wasn’t promised. Thank You Father for restoration and hope through Jesus Christ. Help us live today in that promise and deliver us from the evil of other worldly desires. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

Your Way

Ezekiel 33:17-20, “Yet your people say, “The way of the Lord is not just,” when it is their own way that is not just. When the righteous turn from their righteousness, and commit iniquity, they shall die for it. And when the wicked turn from their wickedness, and do what is lawful and right, they shall live by it. Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not just.” O house of Israel, I will judge all of you according to your ways!”

It is not a unique characteristic of modernity for humans to selfishly seek her or his own way. As you can see, Ezekiel was the bearer of God’s truth: “I will judge all of you according to your ways!” We would rather have God’s mercy than God’s judgment. The issue comes back to having our cake and eating it too. We want to ‘play’ but we don’t want to ‘pay’ for the ‘play’. In this ‘me-for-me’ world we realize that this human self-centeredness why God has been calling us into accountability along a continuum. We fail to turn to God and His Way through Jesus Christ – no matter what God does. We do not want justice or judgment even though we cry out for them – we want mercy. God will judge us according to our ways so let our way be His Way.

Prayer: Merciful God thank You for today and for redemption through Your Son Jesus Christ. Please help us follow Your Holy Way through Your Son Jesus Christ. Help us see the folly of our ways and return us to You. This we pray in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Uncleannesses clean

Ezekiel 36:22-27, “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when through you I display my holiness before their eyes. I will take you from the nations, and gather you from all the countries, and bring you into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.”

Isn’t it amazing to be so loved by God that He is willing to make an example of what it means to be holy by using us? He says that He will make us clean, that we will be sprinkled with water, and that our ‘uncleannesses’ will be clean. We get a ‘new’ heart as in soul. We are born again, renewed with God’s indwelling Holy Spirit that for eternity will dwell in us for God’s righteous purpose. We will follow God’s desires because of God’s indwelling spirit gently directing us toward God’s purpose and eternal life.

Pause now and think about how much God loves you. Bow your head, lay on your face or simply close your eyes without distraction from music, television or family and think on these things of God.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, enormous is Your love for us. Thank YOU! You loved us so much that You sent Jesus to redeem us. Thank YOU! Guide our thoughts, words and deeds in Your holy way and name to the end that the Kingdom of Heaven may come upon the earth in the New Jerusalem with Jesus Christ as sovereign and judge. In His Holy Name we pray. AMEN!

Plea for Help in Evil Times

Psalm 12,
“Help, O LORD, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.
They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, those who say, “With our tongues we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is our master?”
“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now rise up,” says the LORD; “I will place them in the safety for which they long.”
The promises of the LORD are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
You, O LORD, will protect us; you will guard us from this generation forever.
On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among humankind.”

Prayer: Father thank you for today. Thank you for redemption and salvation through Jesus Christ. Bring us back to a time when we are Godly and Christ-like. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

O LORD my strength

Psalm 18:1-3, “I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, so I shall be saved from my enemies.”

Upon whom do you place your trust? David said that the LORD is his strength and that he depends on the LORD for refuge and for safety. He claims the salvation that the LORD God offers and his faith remains strong in the LORD. The most important thing that he says is that he loves the LORD and trusts Him entirely.

Prayer: Father thank you for today. Thank you for Jesus Christ. Thank You for this Psalm of David which heartens us and give us comfort in distress. May we continue to find strength in Your love, may we not waver and remain faithful to You. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

Let's go fishing!

Mark 1:16-20, “As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.”

How is it that these fishermen would leave their nets and follow Jesus, whom they may have known to be an itinerant rabbi or perhaps a neighbor or maybe they didn’t know Him at all? Their livelihood and the livelihood of their families were dependent upon their being on the water fishing and catching fish. Fish are a frangible commodity and as such last but a few days. What is it that these fishermen knew and understood about Jesus that caused them to follow Him? He was like no other that any of them had encountered. He specifically called them and was seeking several others with the same specificity in purpose.

Jesus calls us with His specific purpose in mind. He wants us to go and make disciples, to share the Good News of eternal life and to baptize in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We are to be ‘fishers of people.’

Prayer: Father, thank You for this Sabbath Day. Thank You for Jesus who saved us by His blood. Strengthen and wizen us for Your Holy purpose to make disciples of the world. In Jesus’ Name we pray. AMEN.

Re-member our Fractured Sabbath

Leviticus 23:3-8, “Six days shall work be done; but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work: it is a Sabbath to the LORD throughout your settlements. These are the appointed festivals of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall celebrate at the time appointed for them. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, there shall be a Passover offering to the LORD, and on the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of unleavened bread to the LORD; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not work at your occupations. For seven days you shall present the LORD’S offerings by fire; on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation: you shall not work at your occupations.”

God has given us six days to complete our labor and the seventh day is devoted to God’s worship. We are not to be distracted in our worship and attention to what God has done for us. Notice also from the Levitical Code that there are specific Holy Days or Holidays that retain the same sanctity as Sabbath. If we cause someone else to work on Sabbath then we have sinned. Sunday dinners in our home growing up were a huge part of worship. Mom had most of the work done the night before. The main meat baked while we were at church. Today’s world simply goes out to lunch. Down south the Methodists are always trying to beat the Baptists out of worship to get in line at the Golden Corral or some other buffet-style or cafeteria setting. Sunday dinners after worship conclude with family members going their separate ways. STOP. Rewind. Now restart our Sabbath in Jesus’ Name.

Prayer: Loving God, thank you for this day of Sabbath rest. Thank you for Jesus Christ. Guide us this day into reclaiming our Sabbath heritage – please help us re-member our fractured past. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

We Glorify Your Name...

1 Chronicles 29:10-13, “Then David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly; David said: “Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. Riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might; and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all. And now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your glorious name.”

David praised God and blessed God. When he did so he recognized for the people and for himself what God had done, was doing and would do in the future. So awed was he by God and so thankful were the people of Israel that their praise rang long after their voices were silent. Those who heard marveled at the joy, thanksgiving and praise that were raised in a grateful people’s heart and worship.

When was the last time you raised thanks and praise to God such that your voice when joined with others in praise rang out as though it would last the ages? When did we praise and thank God so powerfully, so emotionally and so completely? Perhaps it’s time we did.

Prayer: Father we come humbly before You for being so quiet among peoples that you might barely hear us. Thank You for loving us – for giving us eternal life and for redeeming us. We praise and glorify Your Holy Name now and through the ages. In Jesus’ Name we pray. AMEN!!

Listening...

1 Samuel 3:1-9, “Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was. Then the LORD called, “Samuel! Samuel!” And he said, “Here I am!” and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down. The LORD called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. The LORD called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.”

Samuel was faithful in his duties to Eli. Eli was old and his sons were cheating the people of Israel. Little was left to Eli of his family. His Temple duties were accomplished with Samuel. As Eli slept Samuel was called by God. Three times he thought that Eli had summoned him and he quickly went to his mentor and priest. Finally Eli determined that God was calling his protégé and advised him to speak to God to let God know that he had heard God’s call upon his life. Have you answered God’s call upon your life?

Prayer: Father of all Creation and lover of my soul. Your grace is unmerited and You have given me the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ. I am humbled and listening to Your call on my life. Here I am Lord, here I am…Amen.

King David's prayer

2 Samuel 7:18-29, “Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD; you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come. May this be instruction for the people, O Lord GOD! And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD! Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness, so that your servant may know it. Therefore you are great, O LORD God; for there is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. Who is like your people, like Israel? Is there another nation on earth whose God went to redeem it as a people, and to make a name for himself, doing great and awesome things for them, by driving out before his people nations and their gods? And you established your people Israel for yourself to be your people forever; and you, O LORD, became their God. And now, O LORD God, as for the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, confirm it forever; do as you have promised. Thus your name will be magnified forever in the saying, ‘The LORD of hosts is God over Israel’; and the house of your servant David will be established before you. For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant; now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you; for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.” Amen.

Redeemer...Savior...Lord God

Hebrews 9:23-28, “Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these. For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”

Too often those who wish to dissolve the deity of Christ fail to remember that if Christ were merely priestly that He would do the same things over and over in a liturgical and ecclesial practice. Jesus Christ is Redeemer. He took our sins upon Himself was crucified, died and was buried. On the third day He was raised from the dead and He ascended into heaven. He will come again and He will be our judge. That is God’s promise and we; we are to wait upon God’s promise for eternal life.

Prayer: Father help us see Your purpose for redemption through Your Son Jesus Christ. We miss the details of Your truth because we’re busy with nonsense. Clear the nonsense from our selves and help us to live to Your promise. In Jesus Name we pray. AMEN