“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” “Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” and to “go forth and sin no more.”
The Big “I” has to be put to death and the Great I AM, the God, Ruler, and Creator of the Universe is the only I that is to be exalted. Every other I that exalts itself is an enemy to the cross of Messiah.
My God and Savior, have mercy and cleanse and purify me of all my cravings, every desire of my appetites, whether for things, notoriety, position, comfort, or my own vain glory and selfish ambition.
Just as we, Jew and non-Jew, together make “one new man” so does the Old Covenant and the New together make one Word, Yahshua (Jesus) Himself, the Living Word (Ephesians 2:14-16, John 1:1).
Satan is out to destroy us when we open the door to sin. We must keep our eyes fixed on Yahshua (Jesus), the safeguard against the deadly serpent bites, against the sinful nature, and the consequence of sin, which is death.
Every person has, at some time, had to deal with anger, irritation, and frustration. Like Moses the anger of our flesh can became stronger than our desire for the integrity of Yahveh’s (the Lord’s) fame, honor, and glory.
In anger, Moses blocked the Israelites from seeing the character of the Almighty, who is all-loving, all-merciful, all-forgiving. We, too, can block the glory, yet we are to be instruments through which the glory is manifested.
That which we know to do, let us do it not by our might, or power, but by His Spirit. May the Almighty give you a zeal that will consume you with a desire to please Him and to walk in righteousness as you read this message.
Do You love Him with a pure love that causes you to want to leave everything behind to do His bidding, to seek and to save the lost, to feed His sheep, and to glorify Him in word and deed, according to His uncompromised truth?
Blessed is the person who acknowledges that “the flesh is as nothing” to Yahveh (the LORD) (John 6:63). All we are to boast in is that we know, love, and understand Him; anything short of this is pure hypocrisy.
Yahveh asked, “How long will this people spurn Me? I will smite them and dispossess them. Moses intervened for God’s glory, not wanting others to say, ‘He brought them out but He couldn’t bring them in.’
You will have to continually choose as you keep mastering sin that is crouching at your door like a demon wanting to master you. This is the way of YAHveh. This is the way of the elect into eternity.