The Devotional
What does Papa “J” Say?
Wisdom has no father or mother, but wisdom does have children. Having a proper fear of the LORD is the genesis of wisdom and life. Proverbs 9:10. Have godly wisdom and your soul will live. Reject it and your love for death will drive you to darkness Proverbs 8:32-36
Jobless people are all around us and many who have work cannot provide sufficiently for their family or for themselves. This is one terrible circumstance of life, but it is compounded by another problem and that is this social bend in the road that we are taking. The people of our nation as a whole believe in social equality and this is a deception. This belief has been around for a long time, it might surprise you to know that it began with Satan and he spread his social agenda to the entire human race through Adam and Eve. Take a look now at some of the comments made by Satan to himself and to Adam and Eve. Notice also that he is still providing this corruption to the heads of government and to the heads of household this very day. Lucifer said in His heart, I will be equal with God in heaven and earth. Isaiah 14:14. This is a socialistic statement. To Adam and Eve Satan said if you eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you will be like God Himself. Genesis 3:5. This is social injustice in the disguise of property ownership. Satan has stolen from God what belongs to God even to the point of weakening the nations. Isaiah 14:12. Even religions are corrupted by him 2 Corinthians 11:5-15 wake up people of the United States, return to God or lose your right to own property.
The Gospel of John
John 19:1-4 What do you like to do when it comes to relaxing, you know what I mean don't you? Being able to unload the days concerns and just think about nothing, nothing at all! Jesus is not in that position at this moment in His life. His most sensitive moments in life are upon Him. If you have ever felt the welts that appear after a beating from a belt, you would still not know the effects of scourging. This severe form of beating would be from someone who could inflict injury to the point of death, and death would be better than to live.
To add to His suffering, in cruel mockery the soldiers who were there made a crown of thorns, you have heard this story many times, yet the shock of His suffering always seems fresh to us doesn't it? The night is cold, the soldiers smell of the stench of battle and burning firewood. Their breath is hot and pungent with mocking hatred as they hail Him, King of the Jews. Oh! Could this event also be a thorn and reflection of our sin in the eyes of our LORD?
What a picture! The man Pilate has not turned his back on any of this, even he has given his approval to the events at hand. Like Pilate or a servant of the Roman army we have all done our part in causing suffering of the worst kind to fall upon the incarnate Son of God. With human evil we place thorns on His head with human good we place a purple robe of majesty over His broken body and say. “You know, I find no fault in Him”. Of course you don't, He is the perfect LAMB of God, He is coming again! Not as the LAMB, but as the King of kings and LORD of lords. Even so Come LORD Jesus. Revelation 19:16 and Revelation 22:20-21.
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