Saturday, November 7, 2015

Enter into His rest. 11/7/15

Day 310


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Hebrews 4
4 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.[a] 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,

“As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest,’”
although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” 5 And again in this passage he said,

“They shall not enter my rest.”
6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, 7 again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,

“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God[b] would not have spoken of another day later on. 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Jesus the Great High Priest
14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.


Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

Terminating the self November 7th

“Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” MATTHEW 16:24
To deny the self means to disassociate ourself from it, to have no connection with it, to draw the line, declaring, “That is not me anymore. That is no longer my source. That old man has been crucified. I stand crucified with Christ.” Objectively draw the line in this way and deny the self. Utterly repudiate it. Have no connection with it. Do not identify with it. With the same intensity that Peter had when he would not identify with the Lord, do not identify with your self. Do not identify with its reactions of jealousy and envy. Do not identify with its thoughts. Draw the line between you and it. Disassociate yourself from it, and deny it. Do not let it live. Do not even let it suffer. Do not let it whine. Do not let it pity itself. Do not give it one moment of life. Just deny it. Terminate the self. The cross means termination. It does not mean a kind of suffering in which the self is still alive. No, we can be rid of the self, done with the self, by terminating it in the realm of the Spirit.
It is crucial that we experience dealing with the self, because it really deals a blow to the enemy. In the book of Job, the enemy is
accusing, “Does Job fear God for nothing?” In other words, “Is Job pure? Is he serving the Lord from a pure heart? Or is he serving for what the self can gain from it, for what benefits the self?” Then all the dealings came in Job’s life. And in those dealings the enemy was dealt with and the Lord’s testimony came forth.

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