Chapter 1
This is the message that came to the Prophet Habakkuk in a vision from God:
Oh Lord, how long must I call for help for you will listen? I shout to you in vain; there is no answer.
“Help! Murder!” I cried, but no one comes to save. Must I forever see this sin and sadness all around me?
This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem, and also a priest of the most high God. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against many kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him. Then Abraham took a tenth of all he had won in the battle and gave it to Melchizedek.
Melchizedek’s name means “Justice” so he is the King of Justice; and he is also the King of Peace because of the name of his city, Salem, which means “Peace”. Melchizedek had no father or mother and there is no record of any ancestors. He was never born and he never died but his life is like that of the Son of God—a priest for ever.
See then how great this Melchizedek is:
Even Abraham, the first and most honored of all God’s chosen people, gave Melchizedek a ten of the spoils he took from the kings he had been fighting. One could understand why Abraham would do this if Melchizedek had been a Jewish priest, for later on God’s people were required by law to give gifts to help their priests because the priests were their relatives, and yet Abraham paid him.
Melchizedek placed a blessing upon mighty Abraham—and as everyone knows, a person who has the power to bless is always greater than the person he blesses.
The Jewish priests, though mortal received tithes; but we are told that Melchizedek lives on.
One Might even say that Levi himself (the ancestor of all Jewish priests, of all who receive tithes), paid tithes to Melchizedek through Abraham. For although Levi wasn’t born yet, the seed from which he came was in Abraham when Abraham paid the tithes to Melchizedek,
If the Jewish priest and their laws had been able to save us, why did God need to send Christ as a priest with the rank of Melchizedek, instead of sending someone with the rank of Aaron—the same rank as all the other priests had?
When God sends a new kind of priest, his law must be changed to permit it. As we all know, Christ did not belong to the priest-tribe of Levi, but came from the tribe of Judah, which had not been chosen for priesthood; Moses had never given them that work. So we can plainly see that God’s method changed, for Christ, the new high priest who came with the rank of Melchizedek, did not become a priest by meeting the old requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but on the basis of power flowing from a life that cannot end. And the psalmist points this out when he says of Christ, “you are a priest forever with the rank of Melchizedek.”
Yes, the old system of priest-hood based on family lines was cancelled because it didn’t work. It was weak and useless for saving people.
It never made anyone really right with God. But now we have a far better hope, for Christ makes us acceptable to God, and now we may draw near to him.
God took an oath that Christ would always be a priest, although he never said that of other priests. Only to Christ he said, “The Lord has sworn and will never change his mind: you are a priest forever, with the rank of Melchizedek.” Because of God’s oath, Christ can guarantee forever the success of this new and better arrangement.
Under the old arrangement there had to be many priests, so that when the older ones died off, the system could still be carried on by others who took their places.
But Jesus lives forever and continues to be a priest so that no one else is needed. He is able to save completely all who come to God through him. Since he will live forever, he will always be there to remind God that he has paid for their sins with his blood.
He is, therefore, exactly the kind of high priest we need; for he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin, undefiled by sinners and to him has been given the place of honor in heaven. He never needs the daily blood of animal sacrifices, as other priests did, to cover over first their own sins and then the sins of the people; for he finished all sacrifices once and for all, when he sacrificed himself on the cross. Under the old system, even the high priests where weak and sinful men who could not keep from going wrong, but later God appointed by his oath his Son who is perfect for ever.
The holy spirit brings us discernment of things of this world and things of the spirit world. We, as Christians have the holy spirit within us to give us words and to help us discern. I ask or Lord Jesus Christ to Come and fill the hearts of your faithful as whomever comes and reads this post. Let them feel your presence and make them aware that it is you they can look to and speak out to.
First Corinthians Chapter 2 from the living Bible
Worship the Lord and The Holy Spirit
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God will surely do this for you, for he always does just what he says!
From Paul, chosen by God to be Jesus Christ’s missionary, and from brother Sosthemes.
To: the Christians in Corinth, invited by God to be his people and made acceptable to him by Christ Jesus. And to: all Christians everywhere — whoever calls upon the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and theirs.
May God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you all his blessings, and great piece of heart and mind.
I can never stop thanking God for all the wonderful things he has given you, now that you are Christ’s. He has enriched your whole life. He has helped you speak out for him and has given you a full understanding of the truth. What I told you Christ could do for you has happened!
Now you have every grace and blessing; every spiritual gift in power for doing his will are yours during this time of waiting for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And he guarantees right up to the end that you will be counted three from all sin and guilt on that day when he returns. God will surely do this for you, for he always does just what he says, and he is the one who invited you into this wonderful friendship with his son, even Christ our Lord.
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Roman 7:21 — Romans 8:1 from the living Bible
It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love to do God’s will so far as my new nature’s concern; but there is something else deep within me, in my lower nature, that is at war with my mind in wins the fight in makes me a slave to this sin that is still within me. In my mind I want to be gods willing servant but instead I find myself still in slave to sin.
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When most people here the phrase of Fear the Lord, they tend to think of punishment or from a worldly stance they see the phrase “act of God” in their insurance policies and see a God who causes loss of property, or loss of even life. The world tends to look at God or the Act of God as something bad that happens.
It is interesting to note that these acts of God are for one, unstoppable and unavoidable. Our God is sovereign and above anything that we, as man, can not prevent what “God” may unleash here on earth.
But where does that leave us in benefiting from fearing the Lord?
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The internet for all it wonder and amazement that it has brought us, unfortunately carries a very dark side to it as well. God has very strong language that he displays in the wise words of Solemn through the book of proverbs.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that sex sells. This is the devils oldest, but yet strongest trick in his book. I believe this is an issue much more for men because of the way we are wired. Not that women do not have issues around this, but it is very much different for men do to our physiological makeup. God made man and woman to complement each other, but made each different. I do think anyone could rightfully argue that point. WE are wired differently for God’s Great purposes.
So this post today is particularly for men
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Don’t ever forget the wonderful fact that Jesus Christ was a man born into King David’s family: and that he was God, as shown by the fact that he rose again from the dead. It is because I have preached these great truths that I am in trouble here and have been put in jail like a criminal. But the Word of God is not chained, even though I am. I am more than willing to suffer if that will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God had chosen.
I am comforted by this truth, that when we suffer and die for Christ it only means that we will begin living with him in heaven.
And if we think that our present service for him is hard, just remember that some day we are going to sit with him and rule with him. But if we give up when we suffer, and turn against Christ, then he must turn against us. Even when we are too weak to have any faith left, he remains faithful to us and will help us, for he cannot disown us who are part of himself, and he will always carry out his promises to us.
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I can not think of anyone greater in the suffering of living for God than Job. Here is a man that had it all by the world’s standard. The difference was he was a faithful man of God. He did not understand the deal made between Satan and God. He was not part of that conversation. Satan’s fury was released on Job for one reason…To prove to God that anyone can be taken from the hand of God. God proved this differently as Job took his stand for the Word. In the face of losing EVERYTHING…Job’s faith remained.
At a Casting Crowns Concert, the Lead singer Mark Hall, challenged us all to think about how we would respond if everything we have around us was taken..I mean EVERYTHING…and all we were left with is our faith and JESUS. Would that be enough?
This is a very difficult question for those of us who live in all the comforts of America. We have SOOO much that each day we are comforted by. Our homes, our cars, our money, our sports, our entertainment, our families, our food and soooo much more.
I was amazed when watching the unfolding of the great earthquake that took Port Au Prince to the ground and the people were “Left with nothing”…No food, no water, no shelter (the 3 basics that we always seem to have here in the US), that these faithful people paraded around the streets praising and singing to God. This happened within a few days of this tragedy. How could these people be singing and praising God. They had lost their homes, their families and everything that they had, which for most of these people was so far below poverty compared to “poverty” here in the United States.
There is only one Answer…They have something most of us don’t…Comfort by this truth…They belong to the LORD and walk in faith not by sight. All the sights pointed towards devastation, destruction and and end to the impoverished life they were already living.
AMAZING..
Paul comes as a close 2nd in my eyes to Job. In 2nd Timothy in the above scripture we see Paul writing and encouraging Timothy who was a young man that was chasing after the heart of God.
The big difference between those who have given their hearts to Christ and those whom have not is our understanding of where this is all going. As the world spins on, and seemingly darkness increases all around us, we know the message that Christ has brought to us. For “he cannot disown us who are part of himself” and “I am comforted by this truth that when we suffer and die for Christ it only means that we will begin living with him in heaven”
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