Devotion 821

"The Word of God Indwelt By The Spirit Of God”

Reference: Isaiah Chapter 61

The word of God in the earth is what brings forth her bud. The Word of God is Spirit, and the Word is life. Jesus Christ is this Word of God.

The spirit of God is upon the Word of God.

Let's read.

Isaiah 61:1 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound."

The Spirit in the Word of God is who binds up the brokenhearted, liberates the captives, and delivers all men from the blood of the first Adam into the blood of the second Adam.

The Word of God comes with the Spirit of God and can only be received by faith.

We continue our reading.

Isaiah 61:2-4 "To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; [3] To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. [4] And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.l

The Spirit of God in the word of God is always transformational. It uproots the individual from the seed of the first Adam and plants them in the seed of the second Adam to be trees bearing fruit of righteousness.

We continue our reading.

Isaiah 61:5-6 "And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. [6] But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves."

The minister of God is the individual indwelt by the Word and Spirit of God. The glory of the minister of God is to see men and women connected to God.

We conclude our reading.

Isaiah 61:7-11 "For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. [8] For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. [9] And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. [10] I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. [11] For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations."

The Lord causes the righteousness and praise to spring forth by the Spirit in His word. The Word of God, indwelt by the Spirit of God, is who Jesus Christ is. There have been many leaders and proclaimers. You have Confucius, the great Chinese leader. You have Buddha. You have Muhammad. There were great leaders, teachers, and philosophers, but they are all dead and buried in their graves. There is only one who said, "I have power over death. I will lay down my life and pick it up," and He laid down his life and picked it up in resurrection because iHe was the Word of God, indwelled  by the Spirit of God. So shall you lay down your life and pick it back up if you are indwelled by the Spirit of God in the Word of God. This is why a man can say, "Oh, death, where is thy sting? Oh, grave, where is thy victory?" For God gave us the victory through Jesus Christ, the Word, indwelled by the Spirit of God.

Let the Spirit, by the Word, come and abide in you. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, indwelt by the Spirit of God, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. Become a tree of righteousness, in Christ!


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