“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Isaiah 43: 19 - 21 Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.

The beast of the field will honor Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I give waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen.

This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Hallelujah

The way God guides Jacob

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we meditated regarding how to receive blessing from God in the past days. It has to be a holy ministry and we should receive holiness upon holiness and attain glory and if our Lord Jesus Christ does the glorious ministry from within us there is no doubt that we will be blessed in everything and at all times. This is because love means it shows holiness. We must think that if there is no love our life will be deserted and empty. In love holiness is manifested.

Ephesians 1: 4 - 8 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 

having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 

to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 

which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence

From this what we understand is that, there is a redemption for Jacob which is the redemption by the forgiveness of sin. We get that only through the blood of Jesus.  He is showing us as Jacob and as the church.

Isaiah 43: 1 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.

For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, And I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life.

Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west;

God gives each one of us the redemption of forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ to become sons through adoption.

Isaiah 41: 8 - 12 But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away:

Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you,I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

“Behold, all those who were incensed against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish.

You shall seek them and not find them — Those who contended with you. Those who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.

For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you,‘Fear not, I will help you.’

We understand from this regarding how pleasant our redemption is,  regarding how he is the God who has called us and in what manner each day he is guiding us, and how he protects us without giving us to any evil, how those who rise up against us will be put to shame and disgrace, regarding how God will hold us with his right hand of righteousness, how he will create a new thing for us, and through that new thing he will make many people to come to him. Therefore, he will make the churches to be increase and be multiplied.

But when God says this about Jacob, we must think whether we are Jacob or Esau.

Esau said for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom. Eventhough Esau knew that he daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac his fellowship was with Ishmael's children. His fellowship was with the fleshly generation whom God had chased and sent alone. There was no change within him.

We must be very careful in our everyday life. This is because many people in their lives, those who have been redeemed because they live without receiving a full redemption whether it is regarding marriage or any other thing they will be in fellowship with those who have fleshly thoughts.  We realize that in such people there is no salvation of the soul. We must never remain like that. Whatever the tribulation comes, we have to overcome it through Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ was victorious in everything.

We see that because Esau sold the birthright, later on even when he wanted to possess the blessing he was rejected, and it is written that he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears and worry. Therefore, we must redeem the time as the days are evil. 

Esau was not able to get a second blessing from his father. Because he lost the first blessing, God removed the second blessing from him. Therefore only if we careful in all things he will give us his eternal blessings. 

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        - To be continued