Devotion 873
“The Warnings”
Reference Jeremiah chapter 47
God doesn't do anything without first warning the people. He warned Cain to bring a lamb and would have been a blessing, just like his brother Abel.
Genesis 4:6-7 ‘And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? [7] If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”
He warned the whole world through the patriarch Noah before he flooded the earth. He won the Pharaoh of Egypt 9 times. He brought the last plague on Egypt, which was the plague of death. He wanted the Egyptians to put blood on the doorposts of their homes before the angel of death came that night.
The last plague is always death. He has warn the world with many plagues. We've seen the tornadoes, the heat waves, the floods, nations rising against other nations. We've seen the pestilence, COVID-19, and all the plagues that the world is going through. We also see the last plague, which is the plague of death. This is not a physical death, but a spiritual death. The church today is spiritually dead. The church has more members than ever, but the church is at the weakest that it has ever been, because it's spiritually dead. But God has made a way, just like the way in Egypt: He made a way with the blood for those people to escape the plague of death. Today, He's made a way through the revelation of blood for those in the church to escape the plague of spiritual deadness.
Jeremiah warns the Philistines.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 47:1-4 “The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. [2] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. [3] At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; [4] Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.”
What turns judgment away from a person, a family, or a nation is repentance, which is just turning our faith from anything else and placing it in the Word of God. Today, we know Jesus Christ is the Word of God. If the Philistines had turned to the Word of God, judgment would have been held, because Jesus Christ, the Word of God, took the judgment of the believer even before the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1:4 “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love”
He only manifested what was already ordained by the Word of God from before the foundation of the world, when the fullness of time had come.
1 Peter 1:19-20 “But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: [20] Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.”
When the fullness of time had come, what was already ordained came to pass.
Galatians 4:4-5 “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, [5] To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.”
Redemption was a guarantee even before God said, "Let there be light." Even before God created man. It just had to be revealed at the fullness of time.
If the Philistines had turned from fables and unbelief and repented by placing their faith in the Word of God, judgment would have been spared.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 47:5-7 “Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? [6] O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. [7] How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.”
The Sword of the Lord: in either fight for us or against us, depending on what side of the Sword we stand on. If we are one with God, then the Sword of the Word of God will fight for us against every enemy. But if we stand in unbelief, then we receive the sharp tip of the Sword, which pierces and destroys us. The same Word of God either fights for us or against us, depending on our faith or unbelief.
Let the Word of God fight for you. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam. The Word warns before it strikes, in Christ!
Reference Jeremiah chapter 47
God doesn't do anything without first warning the people. He warned Cain to bring a lamb and would have been a blessing, just like his brother Abel.
Genesis 4:6-7 ‘And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? [7] If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”
He warned the whole world through the patriarch Noah before he flooded the earth. He won the Pharaoh of Egypt 9 times. He brought the last plague on Egypt, which was the plague of death. He wanted the Egyptians to put blood on the doorposts of their homes before the angel of death came that night.
The last plague is always death. He has warn the world with many plagues. We've seen the tornadoes, the heat waves, the floods, nations rising against other nations. We've seen the pestilence, COVID-19, and all the plagues that the world is going through. We also see the last plague, which is the plague of death. This is not a physical death, but a spiritual death. The church today is spiritually dead. The church has more members than ever, but the church is at the weakest that it has ever been, because it's spiritually dead. But God has made a way, just like the way in Egypt: He made a way with the blood for those people to escape the plague of death. Today, He's made a way through the revelation of blood for those in the church to escape the plague of spiritual deadness.
Jeremiah warns the Philistines.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 47:1-4 “The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. [2] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. [3] At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; [4] Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.”
What turns judgment away from a person, a family, or a nation is repentance, which is just turning our faith from anything else and placing it in the Word of God. Today, we know Jesus Christ is the Word of God. If the Philistines had turned to the Word of God, judgment would have been held, because Jesus Christ, the Word of God, took the judgment of the believer even before the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1:4 “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love”
He only manifested what was already ordained by the Word of God from before the foundation of the world, when the fullness of time had come.
1 Peter 1:19-20 “But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: [20] Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.”
When the fullness of time had come, what was already ordained came to pass.
Galatians 4:4-5 “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, [5] To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.”
Redemption was a guarantee even before God said, "Let there be light." Even before God created man. It just had to be revealed at the fullness of time.
If the Philistines had turned from fables and unbelief and repented by placing their faith in the Word of God, judgment would have been spared.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 47:5-7 “Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? [6] O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. [7] How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.”
The Sword of the Lord: in either fight for us or against us, depending on what side of the Sword we stand on. If we are one with God, then the Sword of the Word of God will fight for us against every enemy. But if we stand in unbelief, then we receive the sharp tip of the Sword, which pierces and destroys us. The same Word of God either fights for us or against us, depending on our faith or unbelief.
Let the Word of God fight for you. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam. The Word warns before it strikes, in Christ!
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