The 6th day of Pesach
And the 4th day of
(The Feast of Unleavened Bread)
And the 4th day of
(The Feast of Unleavened Bread)
by
Kent Clifford Cooley
(Adapted from Exodus 12:15-20; 2 Timothy 2:19; 1 Peter 1:16; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 5:20-21; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
The feast of unleavened bread is a powerful word picture from God that says, “Be holy even as I am holy.” Sanctification is twofold. We are sanctified by the Spirit of God and we sanctify ourselves as our reasonable service to God. Our righteousness without His righteousness is incomplete and as filthy rags. His righteousness without our righteousness would also be incomplete. Yes we are made righteous by grace through faith. And where sin abounds much more grace does abound. Yet Paul goes on to clarify this by asking, “Shall we sin that grace may abound, God forbid. Paul was saying, in so many words, “Don’t misunderstand me, when I say, Where sin abounds much more grace does abound.” I am not saying that God saves us in our sins, I am saying that grace abounds to cleanse us from our sin and to give us grace to overcome every temptation. The popular Christian cliché, “I am just a sinner saved by grace,” suggests that God saves us in our sins. The scriptures we have already quoted reveal that such a suggestion is not biblical and here is yet another scripture that confirms this.
Do not be deceived.
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves,
nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners
will inherit the kingdom of God.
And such were some of you.
nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners
will inherit the kingdom of God.
And such were some of you.
But you were washed, but you were sanctified,
but you were justified
but you were justified
in the name of the Lord Jesus
and by the Spirit of our God.
and by the Spirit of our God.
Father, I know that I am not a sinner any more. I have been washed, sanctified and justified in the name of your son, Jesus and by Your spirit. I am made righteous by grace through faith and I commit myself unto you now as a servant unto what is good and right in Your sight.
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Devotion Authored by KentCliffordCooley
WASHED, SANCTIFIED AND JUSTIFIED
Devotion: Twofold Sanctification
(Adapted from Exodus 12:15-20; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8)
Verse
Be not deceived, no sinner will enter the kingdom of God
and such were some of you but now I can say that it’s true
Chorus
You are (I am) washed, sanctified and justified
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
And by the spirit of God,
You are (I am) washed, sanctified and justified
Ending
Washed in the blood, set apart for holy use
And justified, just as though I never sinned
In You I am made new
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WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley
A blessing from God for you today...
ReplyDeleteSatan has deceived the whole world Rev 12:9. God our Father will not put any child of his into a hell fire no matter what their sins it is a lie of the devil. It never entered the heart or mind of God to ever do such a thing Jer 7:31, Jer 19:5. The true word John 1:1 is now delivered Rev 12:5, Rev 12:13 and is going to the world from the wilderness Rev 12:6 at the heel of time Gen 3:15. Prove all things at http://minigoodtale.wordpress.com He that answereth a matter before he heareth it is a folly and a shame unto him Pro 18:13.
Thanks for your comments. I would like to agree with you. However no matter how unreasonable the scripture may seem to our own human reasoning, I believe the scripture and not the opinions of man. The scripture reads in Romans 3:4 Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: "So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge."
ReplyDeleteWould a loving God allow any of his children to go to hell? There are Three elements of God that the scriptures bare out; He is altogether love and altogether holy and altogether just. Satan obtained legal right to man through the fall however this is what a loving God did concerning man's deli ma; John 3:16 reads that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that who so ever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 2Peter 3:9 reads God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.