A Look at the Book #406

A Look at the Book #406


by Jesse Abel

Daily Devotional – A Look at the Book #406

A Though for today by Papa “J”

The scope of the problem in American lives today is not unemployment, economy or government. These are simply indicators of a haughty people bent on shutting God out of their lives.

MORE THOUGHTS

The mystery of godliness, we talk about this a lot in churches and God willing we will talk about it fervently until the day dawns and the morning star rises in our hearts. (2 Peter 1:19) This controversy is an ongoing debate throughout all ages so this should mean something in these apostate times in which we live today and it does. God was manifested in the flesh (Jesus), proved to be God, by the Spirit of God in Him (Jesus). Seen as God by angels at His Birth and His Resurrection (Jesus) preached of as God by His disciples and apostles to the gentiles (Jesus), Believed on as God by the world (Jesus) and Received up into glory as God. (Jesus). Only God in the power of the testimony of His Spirit filled saints of whom I am one by the grace of God can cause you to believe. His saints have recorded the following truths that you would do well to personally believe. John 1:14; 1 Peter 1:20; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 3:5-8; Matthew 3:16; Romans 1:4; Matthew 28:2; Acts 10:34; Romans 10:18; Romans 16:26; 2 Corinthians 1:19; Colossians 1:6 and 23 and Luke 24:51. To look at the person Jesus and fail to see Him as God is not mystery, it is apostasy, or just another definition of personal and national haughtiness.

Lamentations 2

Lamentations 2:17 – Around 588 B.C. the prophet Jeremiah wrote the book of Lamentations and apostasy was running the nation of Israel just as it is in our nation today. The scripture here tells us plainly that God was accomplishing His purpose, fulfilling His Word which He commanded in earlier days. Leviticus 26:16, we have little problem identifying these purposes or commands as the later cycles of discipline on Israel, but when it comes to our own nation we seem to find ways to reject the thought that God would in some way pity us. Let me ask you! Do you see rejoicing in the eyes of our enemy and an increase in his strength toward us? God has a purpose and a plan.

Lamentations 2:18-19 – Have we become so stiffnecked (haughty) that we are too proud to cry out to the LORD for mercy? Yes we have! Until the day comes (and is coming) there will be no tears for our sinful position as a nation before God. Israel had no repentance in their heart in those days and as a nation were disbursed throughout the world and have not to this day fully recovered. (Israel will recover when King Jesus returns), but “now hear this!” There is no such promise for the United States to recover from apostasy. There should be no relief to rest your body or your eyes until as a national repentance is found on your lips. Wake up nation lest we become like Nineveh one hundred years after Jonah called them out of apostasy. Unless we cry out in the night and pour our heart out to the LORD this nation will fail. He is the only One who can deliver the promises of blessing that we seek. Leviticus 26:3-13. Some would argue that all this applies to Israel and not any other nation. Shame on you! As I believe that Romans 3:1-31 applies well here.