Allowing The Holy Spirit To Cleanse Us Of All That Displease God.

 

Today's Verse is 1 Thessalonians 4:8

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

    In this present world, there are many things that men do that displease God, but if you search the scriptures you will find that as we leave the Fear of God, the first thing to go, is purity, even chastity, but we that have received Jesus Christ have been called to purify himself, even as he is pure, by the Hope we have in his return, and by the Holy Spirit whom God hath given to us. Therefore, by that same Spirit, let not sin reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 29-31, 1 Thessalonians 4

Tomorrow’s reading will be Song of Solomon 1-3, Psalm 72, 1 Thessalonians 5

To Understand Judgment.

 

Today's Verse is Proverbs 28:5

     Evil men understand not judgment:

      But they that seek the LORD understand all things.

    Another way to understand this are the proverbs: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. And as is stated in another way: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the holy is understanding. As we learn of the Lord our God, yea as we seek him, and we learn of his ways, as another continuously says, “There is a God, and we are not him,” we find that we gain in both knowledge and wisdom. Evil men however, building themselves up falling into the trap of pride think they are the hero of their own story and they are the arbiters of their fate, and being full of themselves fail to realize that they too will have to answer to the one that made them, and by (believe it or not) the mercy of God, shall be destroyed by their own counsel. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 26-28, 2 Thessalonians 3

Monday’s reading will be Proverbs 29-31, 1 Thessalonians 4

Seeking Godliness In A Wicked World

 

Today's Verse is Proverbs 24:1

     Be not thou envious against evil men,

      Neither desire to be with them.

    In this present world, there will be those that do not know God (through they may fain to know him) who appear to be well off, having what may be considered to be the best of all, wielding also extreme power over their neighbours. The command we have received here is simple: Do not desire what they have, nor seek to take part in their company, and if you may find it necessary to do so, cut it as short as possible, refusing also to receive their approval, nor give them yours. Have we not learned by the grace of God, by which we are saved, that we are to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, living 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[.] Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 24-25, Psalm 41, 1 Thessalonians 2

Tomorrow’s reading will be Proverbs 26-28, 2 Thessalonians 3

Allowing Our Faith To Affect Our Works

 

Today's Verse is 1 Thessalonians 1:3

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 

    Take note of the testimony of the Thessalonians, that their faith produced works, their love was evidenced by their labours, and their patience (their ability to endure) was rooted in their hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and from later testimony, both in the redemption of the Cross, and his promise to return delivering them (and us) from his coming wrath. Therefore, as they did, let us also Apply thine [our] heart unto instruction, /And thine [our] ears to the words of knowledge. allowing them to be a guide to our actions, and a refuge in the times of trouble. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 22-23, Psalm 117, 1 Thessalonians 1

Tomorrow’s reading will be Proverbs 24-25, Psalm 41, 1 Thessalonians 2

How To Handle The Evil About Us

 

Today's Verse is Psalm 40:10

     I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;

      I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation:

      I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

    And a couple of verses later, David also confesses: For innumerable evils have compassed me about: /Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; /They are more than the hairs of mine head: Therefore my heart faileth me. The fool, that is the one that says there is no God, would claim David’s later confession is the reason they do not believe there is a God. Yet, rather, know that for all of this, his hand his stretched out still. So, when the evils of this life have overtaken you, whether by happenstance, or you are reaping what has been sowed, remember, and hide not God’s righteousness, and declare his faithfulness and his salvation, and let all know of his lovingkindness (willingness to forgive) and his truth to all that are about you. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 19-21, Psalm 40, Romans 16

Tomorrow’s reading will be Proverbs 22-23, Psalm 117, 1 Thessalonians 1

Allow God To Do The Work Of Convincing.

 

Today's Verse is Proverbs 16:1

     The preparations of the heart in man,

      And the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

    Even as we seek to obey this word, and others save with fear, we must remember that our job is not to convince, and sometimes not even to persuade, but to allow the Lord our God to speak through us the words needed to allow the Holy Ghost of God to work, that the listener may then make their own choice to receive or reject the redemption God has provided for them. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 16-18, Romans 15

Tomorrow’s reading will be Proverbs 19-21, Psalm 40, Romans 16

Does Your Way Lead To Life, Or Death?

 

Today's Verse is Proverbs 14:12

     There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,

      But the end thereof are the ways of death.

    Just about all think that the things that they do are right, and they are convinced in their own eyes of the things that they do. Yet, as we have testimony here, and throughout scripture, There is none righteous, no, not one: and every one of us shall give account of himself to God. So, then, if we be on the path of death, how then can we do that which is right? Just as we can know that air, even the wind exists, so also can we discern that there is a God, and if there be a God, how can we know him, and what pleases him? Well, Has God would have it; He wants us to know him, and he has given us his Word, and we can know his Word by two things. 1. His Word will lead us to him, and not any other. 2. All that he has said, will come to pass. For the Most High God knows the end from the beginning, and all that he will do, he has told his prophets. And so, by these things I testify that the Word I share with you, is the same by which we can know the Right Way. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 14-15, Romans 14

Monday’s reading will be Proverbs 16-18, Romans 15

Of Which Are You?

 

Today's verse is Proverbs 11:3

     The integrity of the upright shall guide them:

      But the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

    Throughout the following passage this theme is repeated again and again in many different ways. The question is: Do you believe God? The question is: in believing God, do you Fear him? The world is full of the hypocrite with his mouth attempting to destroy his neighbour, but the promise of God is through knowledge shall the just be delivered. Our Saviour, Jesus Christ has told us that the truth shall make you free. Therefore, will you with diligence seek out the Truth, both of this World, and of him that is Truth, even Jesus Christ, who has come the first time that we might be redeemed from the wrath of his Second Coming, when he shall destroy all the wicked from the face of the earth. Will you be ready? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 11-13, Psalm 8, Romans 13

Tomorrow’s reading will be Proverbs 14-15, Romans 14

Why Blessing Our Persecutors?

 

Today's verse is Romans 12:14

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 

    I don’t know about you, but I have watched a man as he was spewing what I believe to be lies and asked my Heavenly Father to kill him. (He is still alive today and is still spewing his river of lies.) Yet, considering that God hates the death of the wicked, is it no wonder he has this to say to us of such: To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men, For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. (This so describes the man I am thinking of) But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared. For even as God has shown us his grace when we were yet sinners, so too does he yearn that this man might receive redemption. Will he, I don’t know, but if I can be saved, if you can be saved, for that matter if the Apostle Paul can be saved, so too can this Evil and Vile and Wicked man. For in the eyes of God, we have all been such as him. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 8-10, Psalm 144, Romans 12

Tomorrow’s reading will be Proverbs 11-13, Psalm 8, Romans 13

God The Righteous Judge!

 

Today's Verse is Psalm 7:9

     Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just:

      For the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

    When you are judged of God; what shall be his verdict? For make no mistake, Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. We will all have to give an account unto the Most High and there is none righteous, no not one. and again, there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Yet God, for he is merciful, and is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Yea, even though Jesus Christ, who having been raised from the dead, having suffered the Cross for us, that we through him might have life, even life eternal. Therefore, let us put off our own works, for he that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. So, will with me, be found in Him that ever liveth? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 6-7, Psalm 7, Romans 11

Tomorrow’s reading will be Proverbs 8-10, Psalm 144, Romans 12

Keeping Your Heart

 

Today's Verse is Proverbs 4:23

     Keep thy heart with all diligence;

      For out of it are the issues of life.

    You most likely have heard: “Follow your heart.” Yet, here we have a different command, for in keeping our heart, we must remember and know the warning we have been given by Jeremiah: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? To which the Lord says: I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Therefore, let us not follow the heart, let us not be controlled by our emotions, but rather as we have been admonished by Solomon: Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; (its proper use) and lean not to thine own understanding. No matter how much we have learned, how mush wisdom we have gained, we still only see through a glass darkly, we still do not know all of what is going on about us, therefore; In all thy ways acknowledge him, search out God’s Word, and obey it in all things, for his Word is perfect, and will never lead you astray, And thus: he shall direct thy paths. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Proverbs 3-5, Romans 10

Tomorrow’s reading will be Proverbs 6-7, Psalm 7, Romans 11

A Very Fruitful Challenge, And A Hidden Dire Warning

 

Today's Verse is Proverbs 2:5

     Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD,

      And find the knowledge of God.

    In the first chapter of Proverbs we have this key verse: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: /But fools despise wisdom and instruction and again later we are given this (more known) admonishment: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom:/ And the knowledge of the holy is understanding. In the verse given for today’s consideration is the indication of a condition with its result. My challenge to you is to figure out what the condition is, and what is the reward, for in knowing, and doing, these things I am confident we shall find good success. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 1 Kings 4, Proverbs 1-2, Psalm 43, Romans 9

Tomorrow’s reading will be Proverbs 3-5, Romans 10

Praying For What We Aught.

Today's verse is 1 Kings 3:12

Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 

    As I was praying today, I was reminded of a conversation where one did not want me to pray for him as I figured he needed. Yet we are truly to pray as we will, with this warning: As we pray, so might we receive, and we will answer to God for all that we do, or even think, and say. Therefore, let us remember: So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Therefore, as we have seen in the scriptures the truth of this proverb: be careful of what you wish for: for you just might receive it; let us remember and pray as the Psalmist: Let the words of my mouth, /And the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, /O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. Selah [May you always pray for what God wants for you.] Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 1 Kings 3, 2 Chronicles 1, Psalm 42, Romans 8

Tomorrow’s reading will be 1 Kings 4, Proverbs 1-2, Psalm 43, Romans 9

A Walk Pleasing To God

 

Today's Verse is Romans 7:6

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

    The law has taught us that we of ourselves have no ability to please a Holy God. Therefore, as Christ, having died in our place, paying for our sin, rose up from the grave, he sent unto his Spirit, that by submitting unto him, we might then be able to obey the new commandment to Love one another (which actually embodies the whole of the law) until we shall be made new when we will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 1 Kings 2, 1 Chronicles 29, Romans 7

Tomorrow’s reading will be 1 Kings 3, 2 Chronicles 1, Psalm 42, Romans 8

Being Raised To Walk In Newness Of Life

 

Today's verse is Romans 6:11

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

    O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? lamented Paul, yet he has given us the answer even before, he said it. Some seeking to justify themselves before God, believe that they are the keepers of their salvation, and claim that if it were not so, then we could sin with impunity and without fear of retribution. To this Paul had said, God forbid, How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Until we are changed, we now have the New man as well as the Old, and we are to surrender to the New, and reckon the Old dead. As Paul had said in another place: work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. So, let the world see that New man which God has planted in you as you confessed the Lord Jesus, believing that God had raised him up from the grave. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 1 Kings 1, 1 Chronicles 26-28, Romans 6

Tomorrow’s reading will be 1 Kings 2, 1 Chronicles 29, Romans 7

How Has God Worked In Your Life?

 

Today's verse is Psalm 78:7

     That they might set their hope in God,

      And not forget the works of God,

      But keep his commandments:

    The Psalmist here proclaims the result of recounting the work of God to the children that they might come to find a reason that they also might hope in God, then follows with a summation of what God had done to bring this nation, Israel, to himself. But God is not just a God of Israel, for he wants to be your God has well, and even as he has worked in and for Israel to draw them unto him, and is not willing that any should perish, I ask you, How has he interrupted your life, inviting you to trust and hope in him? To start God first [not really the first] took my father out of the way, then through my Grandmother, sent me comic books from Spire and Chick, telling me of the story of Jesus Christ and his work for me on the Cross. When I understood, how I wanted what was offered, but it still took me six years to come to the assurance that he would, and in fact, had done these things for me. So I ask again, How has God interrupted your life to show himself to you? Selah [Can you see it.] Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 1 Chronicles 22-25, Psalm 78, Romans 5

Tomorrow’s reading will be 1 Kings 1, 1 Chronicles 26-28, Romans 6

Have You Received This Blessing?

Today's Verse is Romans 4:8 

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 

    Do you know how to receive this blessing? Having received it, do you know how to share it with another? Further, do you know how to be imputed with righteousness? Paul has given us the answer: But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21, Romans 4

Monday’s reading will be 1 Chronicles 22-25, Psalm 78, Romans 5

Learning To Love God

 

Today's verse is Psalm 18:1

I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

    To understand this verse, one must examine, and understand the life of David, the second King of Israel, his stumblings, and his exploits, the things he endured, even the chastening he has received, and been delivered through, then see, as David did, the Loving Hand of God upon him throughout all his life; even as the Apostle John has testified: We love him, because he first loved us. Therefore, will you, like the thirty seven men who followed David, follow also David’s example and Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. And Acknowledge him in all thy ways? If So, know that he shall direct all thy paths. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 2 Samuel 21-23, Psalm 18, Romans 3

Tomorrow’s reading will be 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21, Romans 4

Having The Right Concept Of Fearing The Lord, And The Wrath To Come

 

Today's verse is Romans 2:5

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 

    One might ask, "How is the verse given, an encouragement?" David, as he fled from Saul, then having landed before Abimelech and escaping from him admonished us all: O fear the Lord, ye his saints: /For there is no want to them that fear him. Part of what it is to fear God, is to know that there is a judgment coming, while it is true, that this judgment will have its major end at the Great White Throne, it begins not in Heaven but here on Earth, for the wrath of God may include Hell and the Lake of Fire, but there is no doubt, that it has its true pinnacle just after the seventh trumpet blows, announcing the beginning of the third woe, which declares the beginning of God’s Kingdom here on Earth. Will you then fear; seeking the one that comes; purifying yourself even as he is pure? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 2 Samuel 18-20, Psalm 34, Romans 2

Tomorrow’s reading will be 2 Samuel 21-23, Psalm 18, Romans 3

Knowing And Walking According To Our Sure Foundation.

 

Today's verse is Romans 1:2

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 

    Paul was separated unto the gospel of God, yet so, being separated, he departed not from the foundation by which we have received the gospel. While it may be true that the gospel is not the whole of God’s Written Word, the whole of God’s Written Word points us to the gospel, that we might have the hope of eternal life, and that we might know the beginning of walking in the way of the Most High God. Therefore, as Peter counseled: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts[.] let us also so be found waking until our Saviour comes for his own as he has promised. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 2 Samuel 15-17, Psalm 3, 63, Romans 1

Tomorrow’s reading will be 2 Samuel 18-20, Psalm 34, Romans 2

A Word Of Warning, And A Word Of Hope

 

Today's verse is Acts 28:15

And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. 

    I had thought to share with you a warning of being angry, but not acting as found of David in this verse: But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. Eli, the failed High Priest and Judge, did more than David here. But rather, we see Paul taking courage, by seeing those that also know Christ come to met him, and welcome him to Rome. So, as we are obedient to share the Gospel with others, though we find that hard times come, let us keep our eyes open, for as Paul found here and received, God gives us reason to continue to Hope in him, for his mercies are new every morning. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 2 Samuel 13-14, Acts 28

Tomorrow’s reading will be 2 Samuel 15-17, Psalm 3, 63, Romans 1