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twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 9:53 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday December 15 > Day 349 > > Hebrews 4 > When the Promises Are Mixed with Faith > 1-3For as long, then, as that promise of resting in him pulls us on to > God's goal for us, we need > to be careful that we're not disqualified. We received the same promises > as those people in the > wilderness, but the promises didn't do them a bit of good because they > didn't receive the promises > with faith. If we believe, though, we'll experience that state of resting. > But not if we don't have > faith. Remember that God said, > > Exasperated, I vowed, > "They'll never get where they're going, > never be able to sit down and rest." > 3-7God made that vow, even though he'd finished his part before the > foundation of the world. > Somewhere it's written, "God rested the seventh day, having completed his > work," but in this other > text he says, "They'll never be able to sit down and rest." So this > promise has not yet been > fulfilled. Those earlier ones never did get to the place of rest because > they were disobedient. God > keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today, just as he did > in David's psalm, centuries > later than the original invitation: > > Today, please listen, > don't turn a deaf ear . . . > > 8-11And so this is still a live promise. It wasn't canceled at the time of > Joshua; otherwise, God > wouldn't keep renewing the appointment for "today." The promise of > "arrival" and "rest" is still > there for God's people. God himself is at rest. And at the end of the > journey we'll surely rest with > God. So let's keep at it and eventually arrive at the place of rest, not > drop out through some sort > of disobedience. > > 12-13God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp > as a surgeon's scalpel, > cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to > listen and obey. Nothing and > no one is impervious to God's Word. We can't get away from it-no matter > what. > > The High Priest Who Cried Out in Pain > 14-16Now that we know what we have-Jesus, this great High Priest with > ready access to God-let's not > let it slip through our fingers. We don't have a priest who is out of > touch with our reality. He's > been through weakness and testing, experienced it all-all but the sin. So > let's walk right up to him > and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help. > Hebrews 5 > 1-3Every high priest selected to represent men and women before God and > offer sacrifices for their > sins should be able to deal gently with their failings, since he knows > what it's like from his own > experience. But that also means that he has to offer sacrifices for his > own sins as well as the > peoples'. > 4-6No one elects himself to this honored position. He's called to it by > God, as Aaron was. Neither > did Christ presume to set himself up as high priest, but was set apart by > the One who said to him, > "You're my Son; today I celebrate you!" In another place God declares, > "You're a priest forever in > the royal order of Melchizedek." > > 7-10While he lived on earth, anticipating death, Jesus cried out in pain > and wept in sorrow as he > offered up priestly prayers to God. Because he honored God, God answered > him. Though he was God's > Son, he learned trusting-obedience by what he suffered, just as we do. > Then, having arrived at the > full stature of his maturity and having been announced by God as high > priest in the order of > Melchizedek, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who > believingly obey him. > > Re-Crucifying Jesus > 11-14I have a lot more to say about this, but it is hard to get it across > to you since you've > picked up this bad habit of not listening. By this time you ought to be > teachers yourselves, yet > here I find you need someone to sit down with you and go over the basics > on God again, starting from > square one-baby's milk, when you should have been on solid food long ago! > Milk is for beginners, > inexperienced in God's ways; solid food is for the mature, who have some > practice in telling right > from wrong. > Hebrews 6 > 1-3So come on, let's leave the preschool fingerpainting exercises on > Christ and get on with the > grand work of art. Grow up in Christ. The basic foundational truths are in > place: turning your back > on "salvation by self-help" and turning in trust toward God; baptismal > instructions; laying on of > hands; resurrection of the dead; eternal judgment. God helping us, we'll > stay true to all that. But > there's so much more. Let's get on with it! > 4-8Once people have seen the light, gotten a taste of heaven and been part > of the work of the Holy > Spirit, once they've personally experienced the sheer goodness of God's > Word and the powers breaking > in on us-if then they turn their backs on it, washing their hands of the > whole thing, well, they > can't start over as if nothing happened. That's impossible. Why, they've > re-crucified Jesus! They've > repudiated him in public! Parched ground that soaks up the rain and then > produces an abundance of > carrots and corn for its gardener gets God's "Well done!" But if it > produces weeds and thistles, > it's more likely to get cussed out. Fields like that are burned, not > harvested. > > 9-12I'm sure that won't happen to you, friends. I have better things in > mind for you-salvation > things! God doesn't miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love > you've shown him by helping > needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to > extend that same intensity > toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don't drag your > feet. Be like those who > stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to > them. > > God Gave His Word > 13-18When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it to the hilt, > putting his own reputation on > the line. He said, "I promise that I'll bless you with everything I > have-bless and bless and bless!" > Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. > When people make promises, > they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if > there is any question that > they'll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When > God wanted to guarantee his > promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee-God can't break his > word. And because his word > cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. > 18-20We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab > the promised hope with > both hands and never let go. It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, > reaching past all appearances > right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has > taken up his permanent > post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dbilg?hl=en.
