Devotion 69
DEVOTION 69: “The Link between God and You” coming out of Exo. 19
In our natural sinful condition, coming to the presence of God is a death sentence.
The only place God can meet man is in the shed blood of Christ (the Word). The Word cleanses us, and link us to God.
Ephesians 5:25-26 “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; [26] That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
We are redeemed by the blood of Christ (the Word) and sanctified by the blood of Christ (the Word), and linked to God by the Word.
The Holy God cannot meet sinful man outside the shed blood of the Word (Christ).
Let’s read:
Exodus 19:1-3 “In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. [2] For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. [3] And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel.”
Moses is able to come to the presence of God for Christ (the Link) was in Moses. The Word (Link) was in Moses.
God could not dwell in all men because the penalty of sin was not yet paid. The Word could only come and dwell in the prophet of God, and no one else.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 19:4-5 “Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. [5] Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:”
The Word is what Linked Israel unto God as a treasure from the rest of the world.
The Word today is what links us to God, making us a treasure unto God.
If we do not have the Word embedded in our souls, we do not have Him and He does not have us, we are not linked.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 19:6 “And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.”
Remember His Word created the world. He sent His Word to the people through Moses the prophet. If they heeded the Word, then it would l manifest exactly as He has said.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 19:7-12 “And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. [8] And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. [9] And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord. [10] And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, [11] And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. [12] And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:”
None could come to the Sinai mountain or even touch it except for Moses. Christ the Word was in Moses else Moses died just as any one of the Israelites.
Today, we are able to come to the presence of God because we are washed by the Word, and the Word dwells in us in the Form of the Holy Spirit, linking us directly to God.
Exodus 19:13-18 “There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. [14] And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. [15] And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. [16] And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. [17] And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. [18] And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.”
Before the Word became flesh to dwell among men and women, the Word was hidden in the prophet, fire or smoke as we find here on mount Sinai.
Today, the Word hides in men and women in the Form of the Holy Spirit from the unbeliever, and reveals Himself only to the believer.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 19:19 “And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.”
Moses had a direct access to God because they were linked in Word.
The Word is the missing Link that lifts fallen man back to the level of God.
We conclude our reading;
Exodus 19:20-25 “And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. [21] And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. [22] And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. [23] And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. [24] And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them. [25] So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.”
The Word did the linking then, and does the linking today. The Word did the cleansing then and does the cleansing today. The Link is Christ. The Link is the Word.
Let the Word cleanse and link you today. BELIEVE, and confess Christ the Link. The Link changes not, in Christ!
In our natural sinful condition, coming to the presence of God is a death sentence.
The only place God can meet man is in the shed blood of Christ (the Word). The Word cleanses us, and link us to God.
Ephesians 5:25-26 “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; [26] That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
We are redeemed by the blood of Christ (the Word) and sanctified by the blood of Christ (the Word), and linked to God by the Word.
The Holy God cannot meet sinful man outside the shed blood of the Word (Christ).
Let’s read:
Exodus 19:1-3 “In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. [2] For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. [3] And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel.”
Moses is able to come to the presence of God for Christ (the Link) was in Moses. The Word (Link) was in Moses.
God could not dwell in all men because the penalty of sin was not yet paid. The Word could only come and dwell in the prophet of God, and no one else.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 19:4-5 “Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. [5] Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:”
The Word is what Linked Israel unto God as a treasure from the rest of the world.
The Word today is what links us to God, making us a treasure unto God.
If we do not have the Word embedded in our souls, we do not have Him and He does not have us, we are not linked.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 19:6 “And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.”
Remember His Word created the world. He sent His Word to the people through Moses the prophet. If they heeded the Word, then it would l manifest exactly as He has said.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 19:7-12 “And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. [8] And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. [9] And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord. [10] And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, [11] And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. [12] And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:”
None could come to the Sinai mountain or even touch it except for Moses. Christ the Word was in Moses else Moses died just as any one of the Israelites.
Today, we are able to come to the presence of God because we are washed by the Word, and the Word dwells in us in the Form of the Holy Spirit, linking us directly to God.
Exodus 19:13-18 “There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. [14] And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. [15] And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. [16] And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. [17] And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. [18] And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.”
Before the Word became flesh to dwell among men and women, the Word was hidden in the prophet, fire or smoke as we find here on mount Sinai.
Today, the Word hides in men and women in the Form of the Holy Spirit from the unbeliever, and reveals Himself only to the believer.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 19:19 “And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.”
Moses had a direct access to God because they were linked in Word.
The Word is the missing Link that lifts fallen man back to the level of God.
We conclude our reading;
Exodus 19:20-25 “And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. [21] And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. [22] And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. [23] And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. [24] And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them. [25] So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.”
The Word did the linking then, and does the linking today. The Word did the cleansing then and does the cleansing today. The Link is Christ. The Link is the Word.
Let the Word cleanse and link you today. BELIEVE, and confess Christ the Link. The Link changes not, in Christ!
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