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

Proverbs 12: 28 

In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway, there is no death.

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

Hallelujah 

We, the bride, the church should not unite with the harlot woman but should be as those who are united with Christ with our whole heart.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that there is only one God who has the power to save our soul, the bride, the church. We know that he is the one who saves us.

Next, what we are meditating is that Judges 11: 1 - 6 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. 

Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.” 

Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.

It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel. 

And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 

Then they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.”

Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.” Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him. It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel. And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. Then they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.” Then Jephthah told them in Judges 11: 7 So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?”

He is telling the above-mentioned words. And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, in Judges 11: 8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

According to the above-mentioned verses, they are telling. So Jephthah said in Judges 11: 9 So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them to me, shall I be your head?” And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.”

My dear people, the facts regarding the above-mentioned words is that Jephthah was the son of a harlot. But his father is a Gileadite. But the son of a harlot means that he is dwelling in the middle of the pleasures of the world. But he was a mighty man of valor. He is not being given the inheritance of his father’s house and is chased away from his house. But he joined along with men who were warriors and went for war. When we think regarding this, if we live in the pleasures of the world we do not have a portion with our Father, the Lord. But we will be outside the church. And whatever we fight and pray will be outside the body of Christ. When we see in this manner many people will say the name of Christ but will unite with the world, the harlot woman and will worship the Lord. But we are not realizing that. What they are fighting and praying and receiving this worldly blessings. But those who are born of the harlot woman cannot inherit the heavenly blessings, eternal life and God is explaining this with patterns. But just like how the men of Gilead sought the help of Jephthah they are also seeking. But those who are running in this manner, do not make God stand in front of them but will make people like Jephthah to stand as their leader.

My dear people, when we see in this place Jephthah is asking for the place as the head. But they are not able to refuse. Such kind of people will become under the bondage of the harlot woman. But we should not be like this but should hear and know the honest truth from Christ and do his will and receive victory through him and be a handmaid only to him and to receive the eternal life, let us submit ourselves.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

- To be continued