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Growth 'Things Concerning Himself'—Seeing Jesus In The Scriptures

DWJL511

DWJL511

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Three-In-One Revelation

So much truth from just one scripture:

Luke 3:2
while Annas [=Yahweh has favored=grace] and Caiaphas [=stone/depression=law] were high priests [=priesthood/ministry], the word of God came to John [=Yahweh has graced] the son of Zacharias [=whom Yahweh remembers] in the wilderness.
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Three things I saw by the Spirit:

1. The Word of the Lord doesn’t come to the priesthood or ministry that is a mixture of law and grace (Annas and Caiaphas’ high priesthood mixture).
2. The Word of the Lord comes to the one who is under grace (John).
3. When you are alone in the “wilderness,” God remembers you because you are His son and you are under His grace (John was Zacharias’ son).
 
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‘I Must Be About My Father’s Business’

Did your parents ever lose you in a crowd only to find you later to their great relief?

Luke 2:46, 49
Now so it was that after THREE days they [Joseph and Mary] found Him [the boy Jesus] in the temple…And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I MUST be about My FATHER’S BUSINESS?”
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There’s a prophecy here about Jesus’ sacrifice that the Holy Spirit showed me:

The Man Jesus was found THREE days later when He rose from the dead. In those THREE days He was “lost” to us in three hours of darkness and later in a sealed tomb. Prophetically speaking, being about His Father’s business was to die on the cross and be raised again to save us all from being lost!
 

The Crucifixion Of Christ Part I—Jesus Died For All, Not Just The Elect

Jesus was crucified between two sinners. One believed and was saved, while the other did not believe and was not saved.

John 19:17–30
And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.​

Christ Unveiled
This means that Jesus died for ALL men—those who would believe and those who would not believe. This proves wrong the Calvinistic teaching of “limited atonement,” which says that Jesus in His foreknowledge died only for the “elect”—those who would believe in Him. The truth is the Jesus died for every man that would ever exist, believer or not.
 
The Crucifixion Of Christ Part II—The Message On And Of The Cross

What Pilate wrote on Jesus’ cross and how he defended it when the Jews wanted it amended sends a message within a message to the nations.

John 19:19–22
Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews”’” Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”​

Pilate was a Gentile with authority from God. Jesus had said to him: “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above” (John 19:11).

Christ Unveiled
God has indeed given the “Gentile” church authority to preach the unchangeable truth (“What I have written, I have written”) of the message of the cross (“Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews”) to all nations (“it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin”) including Israel.
 

THE JUST WEIGHT THAT JUSTIFIES US

No one likes a dishonest merchant. Dishonest business practices are an abomination to the Lord:

Proverbs 11:1
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight. ​

But this proverb has far more meaning than just dishonesty or honesty in our business dealings with others.

The next few verses speak of righteousness:
• Righteousness delivers from death (verse 4).
• The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way aright (verse 5).
• The righteousness of the upright will deliver them (verse 6).
• The righteous is delivered from trouble (verse 8).

So as I looked at the context, the Spirit showed me how this proverb also applies to how we are made righteous.

You see, God has a scale too. On one plate He places His righteousness. On the other plate He requires us to place something of weightiness that will match the weight of His righteousness. If we can find that “just weight,” His righteousness is ours.

But can we ever balance the scale? Can we ever have a just weight that delights God?

The fool will try to balance the scale with his good works, which are nothing but filthy rags, as far as God who is thrice holy is concerned (Isaiah 64:6).

The wise man, on the other hand, the one who is humble, will balance it with the just weight and work of Christ at the cross. (Doesn’t a well-balanced scale look like a cross?)

Christ is the only just weight that delights God and justifies us. His Son’s perfect sacrifice is the only thing that can secure God’s righteousness for us.

Friend, put aside every other weight, looking unto only Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith righteousness:

Hebrews 12:1–2
…let us lay aside every WEIGHT, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, LOOKING UNTO JESUS, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.​
 
DWJL511 said:
Three-In-One Revelation

So much truth from just one scripture:

Luke 3:2
while Annas [=Yahweh has favored=grace] and Caiaphas [=stone/depression=law] were high priests [=priesthood/ministry], the word of God came to John [=Yahweh has graced] the son of Zacharias [=whom Yahweh remembers] in the wilderness.
​
Three things I saw by the Spirit:

1. The Word of the Lord doesn’t come to the priesthood or ministry that is a mixture of law and grace (Annas and Caiaphas’ high priesthood mixture).
2. The Word of the Lord comes to the one who is under grace (John).
3. When you are alone in the “wilderness,” God remembers you because you are His son and you are under His grace (John was Zacharias’ son).
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Which means?
 

JESUS, OUR WILLING SURETY

This is good advice from the richest man who ever lived:

Proverbs 11:15
He who is surety for a stranger will suffer, but one who hates being surety is secure. ​

If you’re going to be a guarantor for someone’s debt or financial obligations, make sure you can trust the person to make his payments. And should he be unable to, make sure you have the means to pay up on his behalf!

If there’s one person who didn’t follow Solomon’s advice, it was Jesus.

Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you” (Matthew 9:2). He became “surety for a stranger” and suffered for it—at the cross. But in His suffering, He also settled the man’s sin debt fully. Such is the love of God.

When He said to the woman caught in adultery, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more,” (John 8:11) He also suffered at the cross for being surety for this woman’s debt. But again, He fully met her creditor’s demands.

“One who hates being surety is secure.” Thank God our Lord Jesus didn’t hate being surety for our sins, and willingly left the security of heaven to suffer and pay for our debts.
 

BETTER TO HAVE THE OX THAN A CLEAN STABLE

Here’s an interesting proverb I never gave much thought about, until today:

Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; but much increase comes by the strength of an ox. ​

New Living Translation: Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.

If a farmer doesn’t keep an ox, he has less work to do because his stable stays clean. With an ox he would have to feed it daily and keep the stable clean and tidy. More responsibilities, that is.

The former may be a neater arrangement, but when it comes to harvest time, the farmer is at a disadvantage. He’s not going to reap as much and as quick as he would like to without the strength of an ox.

As I thought about this, the Spirit showed me how the ox here can also represent Christ, since He is the fulfillment of the Old Testament animal sacrifices.

Many people don’t want Christ in their lives because not having Him as Lord means fewer responsibilities. They don’t have to go to church, pray, read the Bible and do all those things dedicated Christians do. They can live their lives the way they’ve always lived them—their way—and not “mess” them up by including Jesus.

Does the Christian life under the new covenant of grace involve work, responsibilities and sacrifices?

Definitely, but the yoke ought to be LIGHT.

Jesus didn’t say, “I have no yoke for you.” He said, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

It may seem like more work being yoked with Christ, but the result is really the opposite—“you will find REST for your souls.”

And with rest comes restful increase, as I’ve learned from my pastor—working out of an inward rest in Christ’s finished work produces more divine results in your life.

Friend, it’s better to have Christ the strong ox than an empty trough and clean stable. Be yoked with Him and enjoy rest and restful increase in your life.
 
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