Devotion 408
“The Work Of God is the Word Of God”
Reference: Ezra Chapter 5
God created the universe by His Word.
What God has said will always come to pass no matter the opposition.
The temple began in the heart of king David but was built by king Solomon as God had promised.
1 Kings 8:17-20 “And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. [18] And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. [19] Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. [20] And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.”
The Temple was the dwelling place of God. This was where God met His people. This Temple was pointing to the ultimate Temple Who is Jesus Christ.
John 2:18-21 “Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? [19] Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. [20] Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? [21] But he spake of the temple of his body.”
It’s in Christ that God meets His people today. We do not look to Solomon’s temple when we pray, we look to Jesus Christ the Temple of God when we pray. We pray in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Those in Christ, indwelled by the Spirit of God, have become the temple of God.
The Word of God promised a dwelling place (a temple) and was going to remain until God in a human body, the Messiah (the True Temple) arrived. And what an arrival He was.
Let’s read:
Ezra 5:1-2 “Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. [2] Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.”
There was something in them to rebuild the Temple. That something is the stirring and quickening of the Holy Spirit.
We continue our reading:
Ezra 5:3 “At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?”
There was something stirring in this governor to stop the rebuilding of the temple. That something is the work of evil spirit.
The Devil works through men and women just as God works through men and women.The zeal is the same but by two different spirits.
We conclude our reading:
Ezra 5:4-17 “Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? [5] But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. [6] The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: [7] They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. [8] Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. [9] Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? [10] We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. [11] And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. [12] But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. [13] But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. [14] And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; [15] And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. [16] Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. [17] Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”
The devil through the governor is looking to stop the Work of God. The devil has ever tried to stop the Work of God and has not succeeded because the Work of God is the Word of God.
God has promised by His Word that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His Work. No devil can stop the Word of God.
The Word overcomes every devil.
Revelation 12:11 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
Let the Word of God overcome every challenge you face. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. The Word of our testimony, in Christ!
Reference: Ezra Chapter 5
God created the universe by His Word.
What God has said will always come to pass no matter the opposition.
The temple began in the heart of king David but was built by king Solomon as God had promised.
1 Kings 8:17-20 “And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. [18] And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. [19] Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. [20] And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.”
The Temple was the dwelling place of God. This was where God met His people. This Temple was pointing to the ultimate Temple Who is Jesus Christ.
John 2:18-21 “Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? [19] Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. [20] Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? [21] But he spake of the temple of his body.”
It’s in Christ that God meets His people today. We do not look to Solomon’s temple when we pray, we look to Jesus Christ the Temple of God when we pray. We pray in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Those in Christ, indwelled by the Spirit of God, have become the temple of God.
The Word of God promised a dwelling place (a temple) and was going to remain until God in a human body, the Messiah (the True Temple) arrived. And what an arrival He was.
Let’s read:
Ezra 5:1-2 “Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. [2] Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.”
There was something in them to rebuild the Temple. That something is the stirring and quickening of the Holy Spirit.
We continue our reading:
Ezra 5:3 “At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?”
There was something stirring in this governor to stop the rebuilding of the temple. That something is the work of evil spirit.
The Devil works through men and women just as God works through men and women.The zeal is the same but by two different spirits.
We conclude our reading:
Ezra 5:4-17 “Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? [5] But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. [6] The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: [7] They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. [8] Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. [9] Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? [10] We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. [11] And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. [12] But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. [13] But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. [14] And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; [15] And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. [16] Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. [17] Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”
The devil through the governor is looking to stop the Work of God. The devil has ever tried to stop the Work of God and has not succeeded because the Work of God is the Word of God.
God has promised by His Word that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His Work. No devil can stop the Word of God.
The Word overcomes every devil.
Revelation 12:11 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
Let the Word of God overcome every challenge you face. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. The Word of our testimony, in Christ!
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