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Word of God daily online Bible study for April 30, 2009
Scripture verse of the day
Matthew 5:5 the meek and lowly are fortunate! The whole wide world belongs to them
Scripture reading of the day Isaiah 11:1 — 10
The royal line of David will be cut off, chopped down like a tree; but from the stump will grow a shoot — yes, a new branch from the old root. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel and might; the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. His delight will be obedience to the Lord. He will not judge by appearance, false evidence, or hearsay, but will defend the poor and the exploited. He will rule against the wicked who oppress them. For he will be clothed with fairness and with truth.
In that day the Wolf and the lamb will lie down together, and the leopard and goats will be at peace. Calves and fat cattle will be saved among lions, and a little child shall lead them all.
The cows will graze among bears; cubs and calves will lie down together, and lions will eat grass like the cows.
Babies will crawl safely among poisonous snakes, and a little child who puts his hand in a nest of deadly adders will pull it out unharmed.
Nothing will hurt or destroyed in all my holy mountain, for as the waters filled the sea, so shall the earth be full of the knowledge of the Lord
In that day he who created the royal dynasty of David, will be a banner of salvation to all the world. The nations will rally to him, for the land where he lives will be a glorious place. At that time the Lord will bring back a remnant of his people for the second time, returning them to the land of Israel from Assyria, upper and lower Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath and all the distant coastal lands.
Sam’s response
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.
There are two great men in the Bible that had tremendous zeal and what we would call today motivation. Those men, Moses and Paul, are two of the great men of the Bible. Both of those men have a background in a track record without God in their life.
In Exodus Chapter 2, verse 11 — 12 we see Moses outside the will of God. It says… one day, many years later when Moses had grown up and become a man, he went out to visit his fellow Hebrews and saw the terrible conditions they were under. During his visit he saw an Egyptian knock a Hebrew to the ground — 1 of his own Hebrew brothers. Moses looked this way and that to be sure no one was watching, then killed the Egyptian and his body in the sand.
In acts chapter 8 verse 3 it says… Paul was like a wild man, going everywhere to devastate the believers, even entering private homes in dragging out men and women alike and jailing them.
Both of these men were relying on human wisdom and making their decisions a stock that was them.
Both of these men were transformed by God and made new, in the likeness of Christ.
And in Smith Wigglesworth’s daily devotion for April 30, he says “it is no use trying to tame the old man. But God can deal with him. The carnal mind will never be subjected to God, but God will bring it to the cross where it belongs and will put it in its place. With God’s transforming power, we can become pure and holy, having the meek mind of the master.”
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