Wednesday, May 20, 2009

5-21 The Spirit of Prophecy

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Lions and Tigers and Bears, uh huh! It’s a jungle out there! Yesterday I went to grandson Josiah’s musical at Glide Elementary. He was a monkey. It was cute and fun. Viviana was in it, as was Gunner and Kaylee. A few seats behind us sat John and Jennifer. Seems we always seem to connect at events like this. During the break we teased Jennifer about missing church. John has come to a few early services without her and the family. I told her I’d lay some guilt on her… she said she already had enough to go around! She teasingly said, “I need to get my priorities straight!” Now that’s what happens when you talk to me! You get written up! Jennifer reads our daily email… Now the pressure is on! Hey. Love what you’re doing with your family! Hope to see you at our Memorial Day BBQ on Monday – 4 PM at Doris Z’s house.

Today's Scripture reading is 1 Samuel 25; Hosea 14; Mark 5:21-47
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Today’s thought comes from Deuteronomy 18: 18 ‘I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 19 ‘And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. 20 ‘But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in
the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ 21 "And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?’ — 22 "when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.

“The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 19:10 …and the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus! It works both ways. That is what Deut 18 is talking about when God says “I will raise up a Prophet like Moses from among your brothers.” Jesus is that Prophet! One of the characteristics of Scripture and prophecy is what we call the Christocentric principle. What it means is that Christ is central to all
the Scriptures. He is the main point of the Bible and the main point of prophecy. If you read the Bible or study prophecy and get lost in the details and miss the fact that it is all about Jesus, you have missed the point! Jesus is the Creator! Jesus is point of the symbolism of the OT sacrifices. Jesus is the culmination of prophecy. He’ll be coming back in the clouds as Lord of all. From beginning to end, it’s all about Jesus! Prophecy is not so much about the predictions and chess moves of
the almighty as it is about using those amazingly accurate realities to point us in the direction of obedience to Christ. Once we are convinced of the Lordship of Christ it becomes a foregone response to follow Him. Whoever does not heed His words will be accountable to God for the waywardness of his ways. Prophecy is compelling. Prophecy is a tool of the almighty to prod us to act upon what we have heard and what we believe. In school you might have learned about some mathematical fact or
equation and said, “so what! Who cares! When am I ever going to use this?” And maybe you never will! But when it comes to the cause and effect equations of prophecy you can’t get away with “who cares.” If the X + Y of prophecy = Z, it proves one thing: God is true, God is real, and God expects that we will not only learn the prophetic equation, but that we will submit ourselves to God because of it. The reality of prophecy
produces the reality of obedience. If God said it, and we know He did because it always comes true, then I am obligated to obey Him as Lord of all. That’s the Christological nature of prophecy. “Follow Me!”

Dear Lord Jesus. I bow down before you. You are the Lord of lords and King of kings. Help me to come to the place where I love You, serve You and obey You with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. That is what my life is all about.

the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."

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