Jesus Fellowship: The coming of our Lord Jesus. 10/15/15

Day 287

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1 Thessalonians 3

3 Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, 2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker[a] in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know. 5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.

Timothy's Encouraging Report

6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you— 7 for this reason, brothers,[b] in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith. 8 For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, 10 as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?

11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, 12 and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, 13 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

The inner knowing October 15th

“But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.” 1 JOHN 2:27
Being compatible with the Lord’s voice is described by the apostle John as being taught by the anointing. The word anointing is the verbal form of the noun, the anointed One. Anoint- ing in Greek is chrisma (cri`sma) and simply refers to the movement and action of the anointed One, Christ (Christos / Cristo"v ).

John says, “The same anointing teaches you.” This means that the movement and action of the Lord within us has the ability to communicate to us and teach us. Thus, the way we hear the Lord’s voice is by the anointing. This kind of speaking does not come in the form of plain words written on a page. Rather, it is an inner movement of the anointed One within us. The anointing abides in us. This anointing should not be thought of as an extraordinary gift that a few spiritual people possess. The anointing is simply the movement and inner activity of Christ Himself in all His redeemed and regenerated children.

In our daily experience the anointing teaches us by giving us an inner knowing. This teaching is by the life-movement and con- sciousness within us. It is a different kind of teaching from the Old Testament law of letters written on tablets of stone. The anointing
is a kind of teaching that comes out of our fellowship with the Lord and our inner sensitivity to Him.