The Best of the Feast
Saved By
Tradition?
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“15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow
up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,” Ephesians
4:15, English Standard Version (ESV)
Dear
Saints,
Today we prayerfully read our Feast in Romans, Chapter 9; “The apostle's concern that his countrymen were strangers to the gospel. (1-5) The promises are made good to the spiritual seed of Abraham. (6-13) Answers to objections against God's sovereign conduct, in exercising mercy and justice. (14-24) This sovereignty is in God's dealing both with Jews and Gentiles. (25-29) The falling short of the Jews is owing to their seeking justification, not by faith, but by the works of the law. (30-33)” - Matthew Henry Commentary Concise.
Today
we prayerfully continue our Feast in Romans 9.
I know something of Christian by tradition.
When I went into the military at the age of eighteen, the process by
which we were inducted was like an assembly line. There we had
lines for clothing, haircuts, physicals, shots, etc. We were organized by
groups and as we went through the induction process we stayed in our place
just as we were organized. The person making my dog tags said to
me; “Religion?” To which I replied; “What are the choices?” He
looked up at me and said; “Are you Catholic?” When I answered no
he said; “Protestant” finished my dog tags and put them in my hands. The
reason I remember this I was a Christian by tradition. Had the man
said are you a Christian I would have said yes! I knew that
everyone in my family were Christians therefore so was I. Not
because of faith in Jesus however, it was because of family tradition. “32 Why? Because they
did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have
stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 as it is written, “Behold, I
am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and
whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”” Romans
9:32-33, ESV. I thought Christianity, Jesus and
heaven were more like a story told to keep people in line. Along
those lines I thought that it was a good tradition and therefore I was a
Christian by birthright. I didn’t have a relationship with Jesus
that would lead to life, faith and salvation. I was lost and it
didn’t bother me because I thought I was saved by tradition, a good man. “12 Put on then, as God's chosen
ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility,
meekness, and patience,” Colossians
3:12, ESV. As a traditional Christian not only wasn’t I saved but I
had none of the qualities mentioned in this verse. Praise God! I
didn’t die in combat; I lived until I was convinced what a miserable condition
I was in. When I realized that I needed Jesus, he was there holding out his
arms for me. The truth is some treat the Church like a club that
you can join if you’re invited. Only if you measure up to the
standard of the current club members. There may be fellowship
without faith in Jesus. Without faith in Jesus there is there is
no hope or love and no future. There is no salvation in tradition or the law. No
one is saved without a personal relationship with Jesus. If the
Lord is willing I will send and post the Feast again tomorrow.
God
Bless You,
Brother
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Saturday, April 30, 2016
Saved By Tradition?
Friday, April 29, 2016
Dressed For Victory!
The Best of the Feast
Dressed For
Victory!
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“25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will
stand upon the earth.” Job
19:25, English Standard Version (ESV)
Dear
Saints,
Today we prayerfully read our Feast in Romans, Chapter 8; “The freedom of believers from condemnation. (1-9) Their privileges as being the children of God. (10-17) Their hopeful prospects under tribulations. (18-25) Their assistance from the Spirit in prayer. (26,27) Their interest in the love of God. (28-31) Their final triumph, through Christ. (32-39)” - Matthew Henry Concise.
Today
we prayerfully continue our Feast in Romans 8. Saints
we are among the believers who are separated in Jesus from condemnation. We
share in the privileges as the children of God through Jesus. That
is we who know Jesus and have faith in Him. We have hope through Jesus when
under attacks of the world. The Holy Spirit gives us peace
and guides us in prayer. The love of God is in our interest as we serve
Jesus. We hold on to the promise that through Christ we will have
victory over worldly things. “37 No, in all
these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For
I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things
present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height
nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. ”
Romans
8:37-39, ESV. Not only do we have faith in Jesus we rejoice in
the power of His might. God prepares us for whatever duty He gives
us! “ 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of
Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom
God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This
Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which
has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in
no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men
by which we must be saved.”” Acts
4:10-12, ESV. Our Lord died so that we would have victory over
whatever the world challenges us with. God dresses us and the Holy
Spirit supports us for victory in Jesus (see 1
Thessalonians 5:7-9, ESV). In God’s army we are clothed in
God’s armor. If the Lord is willing I will send and post the Feast
again tomorrow.
God
Bless You,
Brother
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Thursday, April 28, 2016
Constant Battles!
The Best of the Feast
Constant Battles!
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“11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able
to stand against the schemes of the devil.” Ephesians
6:11, English Standard Version (ESV)
Dear
Saints,
Today we prayerfully read our Feast in Romans, Chapter 7; “Believers are united to Christ, that they may bring forth fruit unto God. (1-6) The use and excellence of the law. (7-13) The spiritual conflicts between corruption and grace in a believer. (14-25)” - Matthew Henry Concise.
Today
we prayerfully continue our Feast in Romans 7. Saints
we are united to Christ Jesus, to go forth gathering good fruit unto God. The
law is excellent in its functioning as it tells us how to live. There is
no salvation in God’s law because it is used to shed light on our sinful
nature in the flesh. The spiritual battle rages between our corrupt
flesh and God’s grace while we live in the flesh. “24 Wretched man that
I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to
God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God
with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.” Romans
7:24-25, ESV. We must have faith in Jesus to overcome this
battle between our spirit and flesh. “5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your
faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and
knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and
steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with
brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For
if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from
being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.” 2
Peter 1:5-8, ESV. We have the need to nurture our faith in
Jesus? Is this possible can we grow our faith in Jesus? The
answer is a resounding yes (see Romans
10:17)! In order to be effective and fruitful we must feast in
the Word God gave us regularly. God gave us the Word that we may
have life abundantly. A sin free life is an abundant life. Give
God all the glory for our righteousness is in Jesus and not of ourselves.
If the Lord is willing I will send and post the Feast again tomorrow.
God
Bless You,
Brother
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The Up Side?
The Best of the Feast
The Up
Side?
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“10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the
lost.”” Luke
19:10, English Standard Version (ESV)
Dear
Saints,
Today
we prayerfully read our Feast in Romans,
Chapter 6; “Believers
must die to sin, and live to God. (1,2) This is urged by their Christian
baptism and union with Christ. (3-10) They
are made alive to God. (11-15) And are freed from the dominion of sin. (16-20) The end of sin is death, and of holiness
everlasting life. (21-23)” - Matthew
Henry Concise.
Today
we prayerfully continue our Feast in Romans 6.
Saints we must die to sin and have faith that Jesus delivered us.
Living a life of sin can only lead to death because God will not tolerate sin
in heaven. God sent his son Jesus to deliver us (justified as if we
never sinned) Jesus is our righteousness which sets us free from sin. “18 Therefore, as one
trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads
to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s
disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the
many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to increase
the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21
so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through
righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans
6:18-21, ESV. Only through faith in Jesus can we be delivered from
the ways of this world. There is no fuzzy logic here. The hour we
accept Jesus and turn from our sin we are born into the new life everlasting.
“28 And we know that for those who love God all things work
together for good, for those who are called according to his
purpose.” Romans
8:28, ESV. When we receive our new sinless life, we have purpose in
Jesus. His purpose is that none should perish. Our calling is to
shed our light for all men to see our freedom from sin and our relationship
with Jesus. This relationship is more meaningful than living in
sin! The upside is that all things work to the good for those who
choose to invite Jesus into their heart. For the abundance of life that
faith in Jesus gives us, we give God all the glory! If the Lord is
willing I will send and post the Feast again tomorrow.
God
Bless You,
Brother
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
What's The Down Side?
The Best of the Feast
What's The Down Side?
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“25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those
who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make
intercession for them.” Hebrews
7:25, English Standard Version (ESV)
Dear
Saints,
Today
we prayerfully read our Feast in Romans,
Chapter 5; “The happy
effects of justification through faith in the righteousness of Christ. (1-5) That
we are reconciled by his blood. (6-11) The
fall of Adam brought all mankind into sin and death. (12-14) The grace of God, through the righteousness
of Christ, has more power to bring salvation, than Adam's sin had to bring
misery, (15-19) as grace did superabound. (20-21)” - Matthew
Henry Concise.
Today we prayerfully continue our Feast in Romans 5. We
are justified through faith in the righteousness of Jesus. When a sinner
becomes a true believer the blessing that takes place in the sinner’s life is
a peace with God. We are justified by our faith in Jesus. Our
justification in Christ Jesus puts in a state of being just as if we had
never sinned. Just as sin was brought into this world by the fall of Adam. The
grace of God, through the gift of salvation through Jesus brings a more
powerful life, more powerful than, Adam’s original sin which brought misery
and death. God’s grace has the effect of power beyond the natural man’s
understanding; “22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as
righteousness.” 23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not
written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be
counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25
who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.” Romans
4:22-24, ESV. Our joy in the grace of God through Jesus causes
the angels to rejoice (see Luke
15:8-10). This is the lamp of Jesus that overcomes darkness`; “3 His divine power
has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4
by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that
through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped
from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.” 2
Peter 1:3-4, ESV. We are cured of sinful desire, by the grace
of God and salvation through Jesus. Let your light shine because
there is no down side in Jesus. If the Lord is willing I will send and
post the Feast again tomorrow.
If
you want Jesus to give you peace with God. Right now while he is calling you
say this simple prayer from your heart to Jesus; "Heavenly Father, have
mercy on me, a sinner. I believe in you and that your word is true. I believe
that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that he died on the cross
so that I may now have forgiveness for my sins and eternal life. I know that
without you in my heart my life is meaningless. I believe in my heart that you, Lord God,
raised Him from the dead. Please Jesus forgive me, for every sin I have ever
committed or done in my heart, please Lord Jesus forgive me and come into my
heart as my personal Lord and Savior today. I need you to be my Father and my
friend. I give you my life and ask you to
take full control from this moment on; I pray this in the name of Jesus
Christ." Amen!
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God
Bless You,
Brother
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Monday, April 25, 2016
Can We Be Unhappy?
The Best of the Feast
Can We Be Unhappy?
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“13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like
men, be strong.” 1
Corinthians 16:13, English Standard Version (ESV)
Dear
Saints,
Today
we prayerfully read our Feast in Romans,
Chapter 4; “The doctrine
of justification by faith is shown by the case of Abraham. (1-12) He
received the promise through the righteousness of faith. (13-22) And we are justified in the same way of
believing. (23-25)” - Matthew
Henry Concise.
Today
we prayerfully continue our Feast in Romans 4 We
are reading God’s Word daily and this builds our faith (see Romans
10:17). Because of our faith is in Christ Jesus, we know that
our righteousness is in Jesus. “22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as
righteousness.” 23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not
written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be
counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25
who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.” Romans
4:22-25, ESV. Because we have faith that Jesus died on the
cross for all of our sin, and raised from the dead, we are justified. Just
as if we had never sinned, that is our justification in Jesus. “9 Know
therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who
keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his
commandments, to a thousand generations,”
Deuteronomy
7:9, ESV. We are commanded to share God’s love with the whole
world (see Matthew
28:18-20). It’s easy to share God’s love because He never
changes. We love, follow and share our awesome God. Happenstance
changes from one moment to the next. So we may be unhappy when we
see the conditions changing in the world around us, but they can never steal
our joy. Our faith, hope, love and joy are in Jesus! Let
your light shine. If the Lord is willing I will send
and post the Feast again tomorrow.
God
Bless You,
Brother
Mike
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Sunday, April 24, 2016
Is There Hope Without Jesus?
The Best of the Feast
Is There Hope
Without Jesus?
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“12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be
constant in prayer.” Romans
12:12, English Standard Version (ESV)
Dear
Saints,
Today
we prayerfully read our Feast in Romans,
Chapter 3; “Objections
answered. (1-8) All
mankind are sinners. (9-18) Both
Jews and Gentiles cannot be justified by their own deeds. (19,20) It is owing
to the free grace of God, through faith in the righteousness of Christ, yet
the law is not done away. (21-31)” - Matthew
Henry Concise.
Today
we prayerfully continue our Feast in Romans 3. The
question posed here in verses nineteen and twenty is; “can I be saved by
following the law?” I believe salvation is not possible without
our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. “19 Now we know that
whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every
mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since
through the law comes knowledge of sin.”
Romans
3:19-20, ESV. The law cannot save us! We cannot do
away with the law, It simply points to what we must or must not do. We
are justified by and our righteousness is in Jesus. In other words
there is no justification or salvation to be found in the law. “15 but in
your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make
a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;
yet do it with gentleness and respect,”
1
Peter 3:15, ESV. We honor Jesus, because he is the savior. There
is no law or person other than Jesus that can pay for our sins. It
is a privilege to share Jesus with those who don’t know Him. Those that
have accepted Jesus are in a relationship with Him. We share his
love with others gently and respectively, knowing that there is no peace
without salvation. There is no hope without Jesus! If the Lord is willing I will send and post the Feast again
tomorrow.
God
Bless You,
Brother
Mike
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