Devotion 162
DEVOTION 162: “The Evidence” coming out of Deu. 9
Joshua crossed the Jordan River to the Promised Land and brought them evidence that the Land is exactly what God promised.
Numbers 14:6-10 “And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: [7] And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. [8] If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.”
Yet the people will not believe.
Jesus Christ, our Joshua, has crossed the Jordan River of the Cross, and brought us evidence that we have resurrection and the new life in the Promised Holy Spirit just as God had said.
Yet many will not believe.
Moses recounts the rebellion of the people throughout the journey this far.
Let’s read:
Deuteronomy 9:1-5 “Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, [2] A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! [3] Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. [4] Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. [5] Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Satan is wicked not because of what he does, but because of what he sells. He simply sells unbelief. What he does is a symptom of his unbelief. Satan believes he can destroy the Word of God. He sells doubts to the Word of God. He is jealous of God.
He believed he could destroy Moses. He believed he could destroy Jesus Christ even from birth.
If a man or woman will simply believe the Word of God, Satan is already defeated. Jesus Christ is this Word of God, and this Word of God is God. The Word of God is our victory.
This Word of God is what defeats Satan.
The moment we doubt or not believe even a small part of the Word , we fall prey to Satan’s reasoning, and that begins our downfall.
Abraham believed the Word of God, and it was counted to Him for righteousness. Righteousness comes by faith in the complete Word of God. The other nations were wicked or unrighteous because they did not have the Word of God, and did not believe the Word of God. If all of Egypt had believed the Word of God, and had applied the blood to their doorposts, none of the children would have died. If all of Egypt had believed the Word of God, there would all have become the children of God. They would not have been different from the children of Isreal.
If the whole world would believe the Word of God, there will not be another battle, there will not be another religion, there will not be another denomination.
Belief and unbelief is what separates the righteous from the unrighteous.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 9:6-27 “Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. [7] Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. [8] Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. [9] When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: [10] And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. [11] And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. [12] And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. [13] Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: [14] Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. [15] So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. [16] And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. [17] And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. [18] And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. [19] For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. [20] And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. [21] And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. [22] And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth–hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath. [23] Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh–barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. [24] Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. [25] Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. [26] I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. [27] Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:”
It wasn’t the righteousness of the children of Israel but the faith of Abraham in the Word. Remember the Word is Jesus Christ, and the Word is God. Abraham’s faith in God means Abraham’s faith in Christ, and also means Abraham’s faith in the Word of God. The Word of God, Jesus Christ, and God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We conclude our reading:
Deuteronomy 9:28-29 “Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. [29] Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.”
We today are His people, His inheritance promised in Abraham through Christ.
Genesis 22:17-18 “That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; [18] And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.”
His voice is His Word. The Seed is Jesus Christ. Every man, woman, boy or girl in Christ is the spiritual seed of Abraham. It comes by exhibiting the same faith Abraham exhibited in the Word, Jesus Christ, God.
Abraham presented his evidence of circumcision by knife. Today, we present the evidence of circumcision not by a knife but by the Holy Spirit.
Let the Word of God bring you into the Promised Holy Spirit. BELIEVE, and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. Righteousness is faith (believing) in the Word. The indwelling Holy Spirit is our evidence, in Christ!
Joshua crossed the Jordan River to the Promised Land and brought them evidence that the Land is exactly what God promised.
Numbers 14:6-10 “And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: [7] And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. [8] If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.”
Yet the people will not believe.
Jesus Christ, our Joshua, has crossed the Jordan River of the Cross, and brought us evidence that we have resurrection and the new life in the Promised Holy Spirit just as God had said.
Yet many will not believe.
Moses recounts the rebellion of the people throughout the journey this far.
Let’s read:
Deuteronomy 9:1-5 “Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, [2] A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! [3] Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. [4] Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. [5] Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Satan is wicked not because of what he does, but because of what he sells. He simply sells unbelief. What he does is a symptom of his unbelief. Satan believes he can destroy the Word of God. He sells doubts to the Word of God. He is jealous of God.
He believed he could destroy Moses. He believed he could destroy Jesus Christ even from birth.
If a man or woman will simply believe the Word of God, Satan is already defeated. Jesus Christ is this Word of God, and this Word of God is God. The Word of God is our victory.
This Word of God is what defeats Satan.
The moment we doubt or not believe even a small part of the Word , we fall prey to Satan’s reasoning, and that begins our downfall.
Abraham believed the Word of God, and it was counted to Him for righteousness. Righteousness comes by faith in the complete Word of God. The other nations were wicked or unrighteous because they did not have the Word of God, and did not believe the Word of God. If all of Egypt had believed the Word of God, and had applied the blood to their doorposts, none of the children would have died. If all of Egypt had believed the Word of God, there would all have become the children of God. They would not have been different from the children of Isreal.
If the whole world would believe the Word of God, there will not be another battle, there will not be another religion, there will not be another denomination.
Belief and unbelief is what separates the righteous from the unrighteous.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 9:6-27 “Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. [7] Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. [8] Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. [9] When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: [10] And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. [11] And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. [12] And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. [13] Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: [14] Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. [15] So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. [16] And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. [17] And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. [18] And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. [19] For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. [20] And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. [21] And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. [22] And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth–hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath. [23] Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh–barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. [24] Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. [25] Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. [26] I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. [27] Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:”
It wasn’t the righteousness of the children of Israel but the faith of Abraham in the Word. Remember the Word is Jesus Christ, and the Word is God. Abraham’s faith in God means Abraham’s faith in Christ, and also means Abraham’s faith in the Word of God. The Word of God, Jesus Christ, and God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We conclude our reading:
Deuteronomy 9:28-29 “Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. [29] Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.”
We today are His people, His inheritance promised in Abraham through Christ.
Genesis 22:17-18 “That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; [18] And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.”
His voice is His Word. The Seed is Jesus Christ. Every man, woman, boy or girl in Christ is the spiritual seed of Abraham. It comes by exhibiting the same faith Abraham exhibited in the Word, Jesus Christ, God.
Abraham presented his evidence of circumcision by knife. Today, we present the evidence of circumcision not by a knife but by the Holy Spirit.
Let the Word of God bring you into the Promised Holy Spirit. BELIEVE, and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. Righteousness is faith (believing) in the Word. The indwelling Holy Spirit is our evidence, in Christ!
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