Devotion 170
DEVOTION 170: “A Blemished Lamb” coming out of Deu. 17
Religion is a blemished lamb.
God will not accept religion. He further calls it an abomination. The alternative to religion is a relationship with the only Unblemished Lamb.
Let’s read:
Deuteronomy 17:1 “Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.”
The only sacrifice God will accept today is the blood of Jesus Christ.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:2 “If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant.”
We transgress His covenant through unbelief. Sin is always a symptom of unbelief. If we believe His Word, we will not go contrary to His covenant.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:3-5 “And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; [4] And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: [5] Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.”
Religion of Buddha, Allah, Confucius, the sun and moon gods or any other religion is an abomination. That says the Lord!
Some religion teaches that if one worships God through Jesus Christ the Word, they have to be killed. This is the serpent’s interpretation of the Word.
Genesis 3:4 “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”
A direct opposition to the Word of God is religion. It was religion that nailed Christ to the Cross. Religion is in direct opposition to the Word of God Who is Jesus Christ. Religion always seek to kill the Word.
Religion sought to kill the Word in Moses as a baby. Religion sought to kill Jesus Christ under Herod, and religion will seek to kill the Word in you.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:6-10 “At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. [7] The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. [8] If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; [9] And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: [10] And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:”
We should bring all our differences to the Place where God has chosen. This place is in Christ. If we all bring all our maters to Christ, we will not have issues among believers . Let the Lord deal with your controversies. Just stay with the Word.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:11-13 “According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. [12] And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. [13] And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.”
Presumption can cause death. Samson presumed the Lord was with him though he walked contrary to the Word.
Though they were walking contrary to the Word, Israel presumed the Lord was with them, and brought many deaths.
Numbers 14:44-45 “But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. [45] Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.”
God is His Word. When we step outside the Word of God,
we do not have God. We are in presumption.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:14-15 “When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; [15] Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.”
God was pointing Israel to the one and only King; Jesus Christ. The Lord chose David who was a type of Christ, pointing Israel to the true substance Who is Christ the King.
We conclude our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:16-20 “But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. [17] Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. [18] And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: [19] And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: [20] That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.”
The criteria for the choosing of a king was to establish the Word of God. Jesus Christ was the ultimate King for He is the Word of God. His heart was not lifted above His brethren. He was actually the opposite.
Let the Word of God bring you to the Unblemished Lamb. BELIEVE, and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. He chose His place, and chose His Sacrifice, in Christ!
Religion is a blemished lamb.
God will not accept religion. He further calls it an abomination. The alternative to religion is a relationship with the only Unblemished Lamb.
Let’s read:
Deuteronomy 17:1 “Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.”
The only sacrifice God will accept today is the blood of Jesus Christ.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:2 “If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant.”
We transgress His covenant through unbelief. Sin is always a symptom of unbelief. If we believe His Word, we will not go contrary to His covenant.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:3-5 “And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; [4] And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: [5] Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.”
Religion of Buddha, Allah, Confucius, the sun and moon gods or any other religion is an abomination. That says the Lord!
Some religion teaches that if one worships God through Jesus Christ the Word, they have to be killed. This is the serpent’s interpretation of the Word.
Genesis 3:4 “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”
A direct opposition to the Word of God is religion. It was religion that nailed Christ to the Cross. Religion is in direct opposition to the Word of God Who is Jesus Christ. Religion always seek to kill the Word.
Religion sought to kill the Word in Moses as a baby. Religion sought to kill Jesus Christ under Herod, and religion will seek to kill the Word in you.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:6-10 “At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. [7] The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. [8] If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; [9] And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: [10] And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:”
We should bring all our differences to the Place where God has chosen. This place is in Christ. If we all bring all our maters to Christ, we will not have issues among believers . Let the Lord deal with your controversies. Just stay with the Word.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:11-13 “According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. [12] And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. [13] And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.”
Presumption can cause death. Samson presumed the Lord was with him though he walked contrary to the Word.
Though they were walking contrary to the Word, Israel presumed the Lord was with them, and brought many deaths.
Numbers 14:44-45 “But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. [45] Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.”
God is His Word. When we step outside the Word of God,
we do not have God. We are in presumption.
We continue our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:14-15 “When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; [15] Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.”
God was pointing Israel to the one and only King; Jesus Christ. The Lord chose David who was a type of Christ, pointing Israel to the true substance Who is Christ the King.
We conclude our reading:
Deuteronomy 17:16-20 “But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. [17] Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. [18] And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: [19] And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: [20] That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.”
The criteria for the choosing of a king was to establish the Word of God. Jesus Christ was the ultimate King for He is the Word of God. His heart was not lifted above His brethren. He was actually the opposite.
Let the Word of God bring you to the Unblemished Lamb. BELIEVE, and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. He chose His place, and chose His Sacrifice, in Christ!
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