Devotion 166
DEVOTION 166: “God Is not an Idol but a Spirit” coming out of Deu. 13
You are the living idol of God. The living body of God.
Hebrews 10:5 “Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:”
God dwelling in man. That’s the plan from the beginning of creation. Anything else that presents itself as God is an idol.
God made flesh and dwelled among us.
John 1:14 “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
Today, Jesus Christ dwells in us in the form of the Holy Spirit.He is the greatest gift to the Unbeliever.
Jesus Christ in the form of the Holy Spirit is the greatest gift to the Believer.
The Unbeliever must believe the Word to be saved. The believed Word must bring the Believer to experience Pentecost (God the Holy Spirit coming to dwell in the individual just like they did on the Day of Pentecost),
If the Believer rejects the Baptism with the Holy Spirit, they are left with a form of godliness, a denomination or a creed. The Word in the true Believer must always bring us to Pentecost.
Pentecost is an experience, and not a denomination or organization. The moment men and women with the Pentecostal experience began to organize, they died just like all other denominations.
That individual attending the Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist or Baptist church can experience Pentecost if they believe correctly. The problem is not the individual but the organization that blinds and hinders the individuals from believing the Word in totality.
God warns Israel against idolatry.
Let’s read:
Deuteronomy 13:1-4 “If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, [2] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; [3] Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. [4] Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.”
We cleave to Him (the Spirit) by His dwelling in us. If we are seeking God outside of us, we are seeking an idol.
We cannot go to God. He has come to us. We should just receive Him by simply believing every Word.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 13:5 “And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.”
Any man, woman, teacher or doctrine that profess that the Holy Spirit Baptism ceased with the Apostles is turning us away from the Lord.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 13:6-10 “If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; [7] Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; [8] Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: [9] But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. [10] And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.”
God is His Word, and we must stay with the Word. The Word interprets itself. The Word said a virgin shall conceive, and a virgin did conceive. We should simply believe it. The Word says you must be filled with the Holy Spirit, and you must believe to be filled with the Holy Spirit. It needs no reasoning or interpretation.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 13:11-18 “And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. [12] If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, [13] Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; [14] Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; [15] Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. [16] And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. [17] And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; [18] When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.”
His Voice, His Command, and what is Right is His Word. God is His Word. Any deviation from His Word is simply death. Eve is a testament.
Let the Word of God come and dwell in you in the form of the Holy Spirit. Believe and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. God is not an idol but a Spirit, the Holy Spirit, in Christ!
You are the living idol of God. The living body of God.
Hebrews 10:5 “Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:”
God dwelling in man. That’s the plan from the beginning of creation. Anything else that presents itself as God is an idol.
God made flesh and dwelled among us.
John 1:14 “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
Today, Jesus Christ dwells in us in the form of the Holy Spirit.He is the greatest gift to the Unbeliever.
Jesus Christ in the form of the Holy Spirit is the greatest gift to the Believer.
The Unbeliever must believe the Word to be saved. The believed Word must bring the Believer to experience Pentecost (God the Holy Spirit coming to dwell in the individual just like they did on the Day of Pentecost),
If the Believer rejects the Baptism with the Holy Spirit, they are left with a form of godliness, a denomination or a creed. The Word in the true Believer must always bring us to Pentecost.
Pentecost is an experience, and not a denomination or organization. The moment men and women with the Pentecostal experience began to organize, they died just like all other denominations.
That individual attending the Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist or Baptist church can experience Pentecost if they believe correctly. The problem is not the individual but the organization that blinds and hinders the individuals from believing the Word in totality.
God warns Israel against idolatry.
Let’s read:
Deuteronomy 13:1-4 “If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, [2] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; [3] Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. [4] Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.”
We cleave to Him (the Spirit) by His dwelling in us. If we are seeking God outside of us, we are seeking an idol.
We cannot go to God. He has come to us. We should just receive Him by simply believing every Word.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 13:5 “And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.”
Any man, woman, teacher or doctrine that profess that the Holy Spirit Baptism ceased with the Apostles is turning us away from the Lord.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 13:6-10 “If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; [7] Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; [8] Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: [9] But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. [10] And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.”
God is His Word, and we must stay with the Word. The Word interprets itself. The Word said a virgin shall conceive, and a virgin did conceive. We should simply believe it. The Word says you must be filled with the Holy Spirit, and you must believe to be filled with the Holy Spirit. It needs no reasoning or interpretation.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 13:11-18 “And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. [12] If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, [13] Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; [14] Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; [15] Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. [16] And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. [17] And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; [18] When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.”
His Voice, His Command, and what is Right is His Word. God is His Word. Any deviation from His Word is simply death. Eve is a testament.
Let the Word of God come and dwell in you in the form of the Holy Spirit. Believe and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. God is not an idol but a Spirit, the Holy Spirit, in Christ!
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