King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: Is It I?
Date: Wednesday October 19, 2011
Chapters: Mark 14-16
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“Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself...Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” - II Timothy 2:9-13,19.

Imagine this, you are in a room full of Christians, Jesus walks in the room and says, “One of you shall betray me.” What do you think the reaction will be? Will you be one that asks, “Is it I?”? No matter how strong our faith in Christ is we are all capable of betrayal, yet, Christ knows who are His. Even if we deny that we know Him, we still have His seal upon us, we stand sure upon the foundation of God through our faith in Christ from the second we ask Him to save us. “Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.” -Luke 10:20.

Jesus wanted to enjoy one last meal with His disciples before He was to be captured, “And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.” - Mark 14:46-21.

See the reaction of His disciples, those who followed Him for three and a half years, all of them asked the question, “Is it I?”, including the one who betrayed Him. Sometimes it feels as though the closer we get to Jesus the more wretched we feel, the truth is, there is not one faithful Christian that does not go before God seeking forgiveness for thinking that they disappointed God. Why? The closer we get to Him the more we see our sinful nature, thus, making us feel more like wretched sinners than those who live in constant sin do. The great thing is that Christ knows who are His and when we do face Him, we will hear Him say, “You are forgiven.” “And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;” - Colossians 2:13-14.

Jesus knows we are going to have falls, but He is always there to pick us up, there may be times when we will have to wait out the suffering as Jesus suffered, but it is through the suffering when we learn that we need Him and that it is time to get right with Him. The disciples were scared, they feared that they too would be captured and crucified so they fled, just as Jesus said they would, but only one betrayed Him. Jesus promised that He would arise and meet them in Galilee and three days later that is what He did.

“Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”- Mark 16:14-16.

Jesus gives a command to all who present themselves as a living sacrifice, to go out and tell the world about Him. To clarify what Jesus meant when He said, “ He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved ”, this does not mean that you have to accept Christ and be baptized to be saved, it means you must believe to be saved, being baptized just confirms our belief in Him. He continues to say, “but he that believeth not shall be damned.” It does not say, he that believeth not and is not baptized will be damned. Baptism is a public profession declaring that you are trusting only in the Savior to take you to heaven. “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:...Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” -Romans 6:4,5,9-11.

Jesus died for us once, that means we need to only ask Him once, we are no longer dead, we are a live, a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God. “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.” - I Peter 2:5. Praise God!

Today's Prayer:
Dear God,
Lord, I know I am not perfect, I know I will mess up no matter how much I try not to, I know that I am going to fail You from time to time, still, You love me and care for me no matter how many times I fall. Thank You, for always being there for me and picking up the pieces for me. Lord, watch over me, guide me, and be with me in all that I do, help me to stand firm on Your foundation, keep me from falling too far, and never let me forget that I am a child of the living God, saved by the precious blood of Your Son who died for me. I Love You, Lord and pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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