A Look at the Book #446

A Look at the Book #446

by Jesse Abel

Daily Devotional – A Look at the Book #446

A Thought for today by Papa “J”

We should do well to know that God; His Son and His Spirit are not a concept of mankind. “Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, I was there. And now the LORD God and His Spirit have sent Me”. Isaiah 48:16 and Hebrews 10:5-10

A PLAN FOR THE DAY

Sea stories; some people like to read from a sailor’s point of view with all the salt. You will not read the salt here; but here is the story. After a few months on board the Searcher; all of my shoes were riddled with paint, even my so called, dress shoes. The leading Boatswain Mate who held his own clothing inspection most every morning decided to have us wear our dress shoes for inspection. All of the sailors around me had nice shinning shoes. Mine were shinny but had grey and white poke-a-dots here and there. When the Boatswain looked down at my shoes I watched his jaundiced face turn red and when his normally yellow eyes became narrow and piercing, I feared the worst. With a long discourse of words that only make sense to a sailor he said a few understandable words that went something like this. “I ain’t throwing you in jail sailor! If you don’t get a better pair of shoes on, I’m throwing you under the jail. Now get below decks and put on some better shoes” Some day soon we will be presenting our soul to the LORD for a final inspection. God is not a Boatswain and He will not curse the cursed, but is long suffering, in that you and I should repent. 1 Peter 3:9. Another interesting verse in Matthew 25:41 tells me that it would be better if God were a Boatswain Mate. Under this jail would be a better place to dwell in; rather than the eternal state of everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Better explained in 2 Peter 3:9-13.

James 3

James 3:3 – One of the ways that I am encouraged by the Holy Spirit’s use of the writers of the Holy Bible is the way they explain the absolute truth of God to their readers. Truth is literal and should relate to you and me examples that are understandable to our everyday exposure to God. If we are cowboys or cowgirls and know how to ride a horse; then from that point of knowledge we should be able to understand the stewardship of living a life under the blessings of godly living.

James 3:4 – Of course if we have more understanding about ships, rudders, winds and oceans and while the literal truth of godly stewardship does not change; since God remains immutable. Thus in His wisdom, He can use men and women of all walks of life and all nationalities to communicate His message of love, hope, joy and forgiveness. It is said, that Jesus is the best story teller the world has ever had the blessing to hear speak and just reading the epistle of James, makes me understand that some of this rubbed off on His half-brother.

James 3:5 – Ever notice that the tongue bleeds into the pen and that the pen bleeds onto the paper below it. If there is fire in the tongue, it will find the way to the paper. One small spark from an evil tongue will burn up several reams of paper. You might want to think that this is just a game with words, sort of a gimmick one might use to sell car. But look; look at the volumes of literature that seeks to destroy God, yet the Holy Bible IS; and does not change and God IS; the Rock that will not fail. Isaiah 44:6-8