King James Daily Bible Study: Allowing Christ To Live In You
Date: Friday February 11, 2011
Chapters: Leviticus 26-27
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Details of Today's Reading: Promises upon keeping the precepts, warnings against disobeying God's commands, God promises to remember those who repent, the law concerning vows of persons, animals, houses and land, and giving tithe.

Hello My Friend/Guest,
Have you accepted Christ as your Savior? Was there a time that you said in some form, “God, I admit I am a sinner, I believe in your Son, Jesus Christ, that He died to save me, and arose from the dead to give me life too. I ask You to save me and from this moment on I am depending on Him for my salvation. Amen.” If you said something like that than you are a sinner saved by grace and child of the one and only living God. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” - Romans 10:9,10. Praise God!

Regardless of whether you said that prayer today or forty years ago, you are a saved child of God. Have you messed up since then? Sure you have, we all have, we still tote this flesh around us and until it's gone we will still sin from time to time. Are you still saved? Sure you are, Jesus died once on the cross, that means we only have to ask Him once to save us. No matter what we have done or will do in the future we are still saved. Now, that does not mean that we will not face any chastisement, but it does still mean that you are a sinner saved by grace. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” - Ephesians 2:8,9. We can all praise God that we do not have to go through all the rituals and laws that the Israelites or anyone that chose to follow God had to go through to be saved. When Jesus died for us He put a stop to the need of countless sacrifices and laws. Praise God!

However, that does not mean that we are to disregard His commands of yesteryear, we are to respect all of God's commands and follow them. God promises if we obey His commands, He will continue to bless us, but if we disregard them we can expect to face some consequences. God said, “If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;..For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people...But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.” - Leviticus 26:3,9-12,14-16.

When we allow Christ to live through us it only gets better, however, if we choose to live the same life we lived before we got saved with no intention of letting Him live through us than we are going to face some serious tribulations. While God wants to see everyone trust in His Son for their salvation, He will not allow a person to get saved without facing some trials. It is much better to deal with the trials we face with Christ than without Him. “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:..For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” - I Peter 4:12,17-19.

Did you ever get caught in a mess and when you tried to think of how you got to that point you realized it was something simple that you could have avoided? God warns us well in advance of the consequences we will face just by that one decision, often, we are just not aware of them at the time. The more we allow Christ to live through us the easier it is for us to be aware of these things. God foretold to the Israelites of the trials they would face if they did not follow Him commands. “And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.” - Leviticus 26:27-30.

Once in a while I will get someone quoting Bible verses like this to me, claiming God is not the loving God He says He is, that He is cruel and will strike you down if you cross Him. What people fail to realize is that first you have to believe in God, second, you have to be saved, and third, you need to read all of the Bible to understand many of the situations and circumstances that took place that caused these events. While these verses sound cruel, God was giving a prophecy of the events that would take place if they turned away from Him and followed the false gods of the land, hence the high places and idols. At one time they did walk away from God and there was a famine in the land so great that people were dying and the ones that were still alive were eating people. (See II Kings 6). Had they listened to God in the first place these events would have not taken place, but every one of these predictions came to pass because they did not walk with God nor listen to His warnings. It is important to listen to what God has to say, He talks to you through Scripture, Old and New Testaments alike, through prayer, sermons, devotions, and even other people, the more you walk with Him the more you will understand His Word and see that He really does not want to see any of these things happen and that He truly is a loving God. “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” - I John 5:2-4.

God gave up His only begotten Son to give us life, all He really asks of us is one thing, thank Him. Thank Him for everything that He has given you. “Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD. And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.” - Leviticus 27:28-30.

Everything we get comes from God, all God asks is for us to remember that and give Him back part of what He has given us. He promises to give us back even more than what we gave Him back. While money is involved in giving tithe, other things are as well, food, clothes, personal time, all these things are a part of giving to God and letting Him know that we are thankful for all that He has done for us. “For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.” - I Timothy 4:4,5.

Jesus Christ Revealed: Today Jesus is revealed through the Tabernacle to be sent to dwell among us. Jesus dwells in all who call on Him to save them through the Holy Spirit. “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” - I John 4:15.

Thanks and God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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