16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Romans
6:23, (NKJV)
23 For the wages
of sin is death, but the
gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John
11:25, (NKJV)
25 Jesus said
to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He
who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
Jeremiah
3:12, (NKJV)
12 Go and
proclaim these words toward the north, and say:
‘Return, backsliding Israel
Jeremiah
23:6, (NKJV)
Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Comment: Hebrew YHWH Tsidkenu
(or Jehovah-Tsidkenu meaning “The Lord our Righteousness”).
Judges
6:24, (NKJV)
24 So Gideon
built an altar there to the Lord, and called it The-Lord-Is-Peace.[a] To this day
it is still in
Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Comment: Hebrew YHWH Shalom (or Jehovah- Shalom meaning “The Lord is peace”)
Malachi
4:2, (NKJV)
2 But to
you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall
arise
With healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.
With healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.
1
John 2:1,
(NKJV)
2 My little
children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone
sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1
Peter 2:4,
(NKJV)
4 Coming to Him as to a living
stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
1
Peter 2:25, (NKJV)
25 For you were like sheep going astray,
but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer[a] of your
souls.
Footnotes:
a. Comment: Greek Episkopos
My Comments: As you are learning
God has many names and they all speak to who He is to us and what He has done,
is doing and will do for us. He is the same today, yesterday and tomorrow. He
knew Satan would fall and take a third of the Angels with him and that he and
those fallen angels would seek to devour and lie so man would go astray
starting with the very first ones, Adam and Eve, God created. Yet because He is
all knowing and all seeing and can do all things He made it so we could find hope
through the truth of Jesus Christ His Son who is the Redeemer, The Righteous
One, the Living Stone, the Shepherd and Overseer, the Advocate, the Lord is
Peace, the Resurrection and the Life and in Him, Jesus Christ the Son of God
and through Him came hope.
We look all around us for
something to satisfy, protect or fulfill us and all of it comes up empty and as
dross because the only one that fulfills or satisfies us or who can protect our
souls is Jesus Christ the Son of God the great I AM. He is The Righteous One
who went to the Cross for our sin and willingly took all our sin upon Himself
and died on the Cross and fulfilled all prophecy foretold about Him in the Old
Testament. The chance of any one man doing that is astronomically impossible
yet He did because He is God made man. He came to give life abundantly yet not
as man thinks in abundance. He brought life abundantly to those who receive His
gift of new life.
When one confesses their sin
against the God of the Universe (called repentance) and asks Jesus to be their
Savior (not just the words, but with a contrite or broken heart) then they are
Born Again. How do we know someone is truly Born Again?
They get rid of everything that
holds them from the Lord. For some that is money or the love of money, some it
is vanity, drugs, alcohol, temper, anger, unforgiveness, wanting to be in
control, pride, lust, sex outside of marriage, and many other ways people go
astray from the Living God who loves them so much. We were created in His image
to be with Him always. We chose to disobey Him and separate ourselves from Him
and Christ made it so we can be with Him again. Praise be God the Father, the I
AM, the Righteous One, Sun of Righteousness, Savior and Resurrection. He is the
Lord our Righteousness and The Lord is Peace.
First with Jesus He gave us His
Righteousness and with that we then have His Peace that passes all
understanding that takes us through trials and challenges that will assail us.
Many who follow Jesus are being persecuted all over the world and it will
happen here in America
as well. Even now we see signs of it starting as it started in other places in
the world. In many countries Christian believers thought it would never happen
to them and now they are being persecuted, imprisoned and even murdered for
speaking the truth of Jesus and His Gospel. Yet we see in God’s name His
provision for all of us and we read in the Word what He wants us to do.
When the rich young man said he
kept all the commandments and Christ told him to give his riches away and
follow Him the rich young man went away sad because he valued his riches more
than the riches of Heaven and being with Christ Jesus we see a parable of our
unwillingness to leave all behind and follow God until we are broken and have
no where else to turn. I know the young man did not have any peace thereafter
unless at some point he turned to Jesus which the Bible does not say he did.
There comes a point for all of us where there is no turning back. If time goes
on longer then many will have a chance or even second and third chances yet
there will come a time when the last Gentile comes to the Lord and there are no
more chances. The Lord gives us so much information in His names from the
beginning of the Old Testament to the end of Revelations studying His names
will show us what He can, has and will do for us and how much He loves us.
Abba Father, thank You for giving
us Your word for us to know You more. There is so much in a name and I think
some countries understand it more than some yet I know You will give
understanding and knowledge if people just take the time to study Your names.
You enrich us and increase us by the knowledge of Your names and what they say
about You to us. Show us through Your Holy Spirit how Your names speak about
You, what they tell us about You and how to use that knowledge to glorify You.
Lord Jesus thank You for showing us the power of Your names and Redeeming us
from sin. Help us to take Your names and study them until we understand all You
are teaching us in Your names. In Jesus name I pray in union with the Holy
Spirit. Amen
Rebishka
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