The Devotional
What does Papa “J” Say?
Wisdom has a perfect voice, is perfect in excellent things, perfect in right things and perfect in truth. If your lips speak wickedness then you do not have this wisdom; you are a proverb in the mouth of fools. Proverbs 8:7-8 and Proverbs 26:7
Grace has some fundamental attributes that are often overlooked in whole are in part. We say that grace is unmerited favor provided by God to mankind. Or we say that mercy is provided by God to people who do not deserve mercy and that grace is the result of God giving to mankind what he or she does not deserve. In the sphere of human wisdom and reasoning these concepts are true, but what about the Wisdom of God? Does grace exist in wickedness in spite of the mercy of God? No! But that does not mean that grace is unavailable within the wickedness of man. First, grace is not based on any merit of mankind, grace is not a cure all in time, it is not activated by energy, nor is grace controlled by the limitations of this universe. Grace belongs to God and abides with God in the limitless quality of eternity. Grace then is very much as real to the child of God as everlasting life is. John 3:16. The new birth via the Holy Spirit brings eternity immediately to the soul and the limitless eternal grace of God becomes available to that soul because that soul has received and experienced the mercy of God, the forgiveness of SIN. John 3:17-21.
The Gospel of John
John 17:6-19 In the LORD's three year ministry He did not reveal His Deity to His disciples. He revealed God His Father to them. Now this is important. Jesus is God in the flesh, there are no others. The past and the present religions and cults claim that Jesus is not enough, these institutions are DEAD wrong. There is a flood of scripture running through my mind at the moment so hold on while I slow down and pick a passage. Philippians 2:5-11
We need to challenge our minds concerning the protection that Jesus has over His Church. Religions and cults seek to make deity from an icon, from the universe or from some man or woman. Jesus states in John 17:11 that He is no longer in the world controlled by the it's limitations. In a few short hours He will go to cross and die a human death. Those whom God calls, He keeps and justifies. Romans 8:30-39.
Jesus is enough, like the song; There is no other argument, there is no other plea. Why? Because Jesus came up out of the grave. He is Risen. Jesus gave His disciples the Words of God, not one word did He hold back from them and all of His Words are recorded by the disciples who followed Him for those three plus years. As He sanctified them in Truth as God is Truth. He sanctifies us daily as we allow Him to speak these same Words to us. Stay in the Word of God, His words carry limitless grace to the soul of him or her who is born again.
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