This song has been on my heart today so I am going to post it.
Before you dive into today’s reading, please prepare the way for the Lord. Prepare your heart by worshipping and loving on God.
Come into his courts with praise.
The amazing power of the name of Jesus
February 22nd, 2009
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Scripture verse of the day
Matthew eight: 16 – 17
That Evening several demon possessed people were brought to Jesus; and when he spoke a single word, all the demons fled; and all the sick were healed. This fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, he took our sickness and bore our diseases.
Scripture reading of the day
Second Corinthians 3
Are we beginning to be like those false teachers of yours who must tell you all about themselves and bring long letters of recommendation with them? I think you hardly need someone’s letter to tell you about us, do you? And we don’t need a recommendation from you, either – the old letter I need is you yourselves! By looking the big change in your hearts, everyone can see that we have done a good work among you. They can see you are a letter from Christ, written by us. It is not a letter written in pen and ink, but by the spirit of the living God; not one carved on stone, but in human hearts.
We dare to say these things about ourselves only because of our great trust in God through Christ, that he will help us to be true to what we say, and not because we think we can do anything of lasting value by ourselves. Our only power and is success from God He is the one who has helped us tell others about his new agreement to save them. We do not tell them that they must obey every law of God or die; but we tell them there is life for them from the Holy Spirit. The old way, trying to be saved by keeping the 10 Commandments, ends in debt; in the new way, the Holy Spirit gives them life.
Yet that old system of law that led to death began with such glory that people could not bear to look at Moses’s face. For as he gave them God’s law to obey, his face shone out with the very glory of God – though the brightness was already fading away. Shall we not expect far greater glory in these days when the Holy Spirit is giving life? If the plan that leads to doom was glorious, much more glorious is the plan makes men right with God. In fact, that first glory as it shone up from Moses’s face is worth nothing at all comparison with the overwhelming glory of the new agreement. So if the old system that faded into nothing was full of heavenly glory, the glory of God’s new plan for our salvation is certainly far greater, for it is eternal.
Since we know that this new glory will never go away, we can preach with great boldness and not as Moses did, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelis could not see the glory fade away.
Not only Moses face was veiled, but his people’s minds and understanding were veiled and blinded too. Even now when the Scripture is read it seems as though Jewish hearts and minds covered by a thick veil, because they cannot see and understand the real meaning of the Scriptures. For this veil of misunderstanding can be removed only by believing in Christ. Yes, even today when they read Moses’s writings ,their hearts are blind and they think that obeying the 10 Commandments is the way to be saved.
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord from his sins, then the veil is taken away. The Lord is the Spirit gives them life, and where he is their freedom [from trying to be saved by keeping the laws of God]. We Christians have no veil over our faces; we can be mirrors that brightly reflected glory of the Lord. And as the spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him.
Sam’s Response
With the new covenant with the coming of Jesus, everything has changed. We no longer are bound by the laws laid out in the old testament. We are to follow them and strive for perfection. But on this earth there is no perfection. We should be constantly working towards it and run the race to the finish as Paul did, but even Paul, who was Saul and one of the greatest persecutors of Christians did not leave a blameless or sinless life.
Praise be to God for understanding what we are going through down here and sending Jesus to Be the Savior that is our refuge.
We are to move and walk in the full authority of Christ.
What does that mean?
Through the Holy Spirit moving within us, we are the rightful heirs of Christ. He came to save us and shower us with Grace and mercy.
This yields the opportunity to rise up…Above the physical realm and in the NAME of JESUS we can perform miracles and rebuke the devil. The devil can not handle the name of Jesus. It is way to powerful for the devil and will overcome and defeat the devil everytime if you ONLY BELIEVE.
Father, I believe. I believe that Jesus died and rose again and someday, most likely sooner than later, he is going to return and restore what is rightfully yours. We are yours and we …right now…give our lives to you. Help us to do what it is you want us to do on a daily basis. Help us to love and lead a life of gratitude for everything you have richly blessed us with. And thank you for bridging the gap from the old to the new.
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