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G. John White's first devotional Sold out for Jesus covers 12 vital themes of Christianity.
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February Topic: WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING |
This month I want us to look at why we are still on earth! We are not in Heaven yet - we are destined to go there - and many of us would like to go there quickly (be it to escape the present, be released from the pain experienced on earth or just out of an overwhelming desire to "be with Jesus"). So why can't we go there straight away once we have become a Christian? Maybe there is still something for me to do or become on earth. Let's together have a look at what we are here for... |
Genesis 22:18
THROUGH YOUR OFFSPRING ALL NATIONS ON EARTH WILL BE BLESSED
What an amazing promise and privilege!
Here we have the "seed" of God's Eternal Plan - the blessing of ALL nations - not just Israel.
Paul in Galatians explains a bit more how it works. First of all there was to be a separation from the seed of the slave girl Hagar, the old Jerusalem, who would "never" inherit "the promise".
Why? Because flesh has nothing to do with Spirit. So often our thinking is fleshly, carnal - God wants us to "live" by the Spirit - not by our "will". "Not by might, nor by power but by My Spirit says the Lord". Hagar represents bondage and slavery, which has no part in the Kingdom of God - the New Jerusalem. So we have the "chosen people" birthed through the "miracle baby" Isaac and his "natural descendants".
However God was looking beyond Isaac. He saw all the way to Jesus! Jesus would be "part of Abraham's offspring". Jesus would not only bless the people of Israel but also die for the sins "of all the world" - you and me. So through Abraham's offspring - Jesus - all the nations on earth will be blessed.
So, around the throne in heaven, are people from every tribe, people, tongue and nation - all of us blessed by Abraham through faith in Jesus Christ.
But the story doesn't end there. How are the nations to hear? How are the nations to be blessed? Only by someone being "sent". Only by someone being obedient to the last request of Jesus - Therefore go into all the world and preach the Gospel.
Do you thank God for the Jews? Never forget that if a Jew had not shared the Gospel in the first place you would never know it. Yes, even now take time to thank God for the Jews who first shared the Gospel. Then thank God for all those who have since shared their faith with others, which ended up being shared with you.
Now you've done that - how about committing yourself to "continue the chain of the centuries". Commit yourself to go and preach the Gospel and thus through even you - one of Abraham's spiritual offspring - all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
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