King James Daily Bible Study: Paid Wages Plus A Salary
Date: Monday February 14, 2011
Chapters: Numbers 5-6
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Details of Today's Reading: The unclean to be removed out of the camp, compensation to be made for trespassing, the trial of jealousy, the law concerning the Nazarites, and the form of blessing the people.

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The word wage is defined as earnings from work, a price paid for work, or compensation. A person who gets paid by the hour receives a wage or compensation per hour of work done, this amount changes according to how many hours worked. The Bible says, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Romans 6:23. Sin is any wrong doing in ones life, whether he committed the sin recently or years ago, all have sinned and owe a payment for that sin, the payment owed for even that one little sin is death, death is the permanent end of all functions of life. We can not work enough to pay the wages we owe for sin, therefore, Jesus came to compensate for us.

Before Jesus came the people also had to pay wages for committing sin, along with a sin or trespass offering one had to pay compensation to the one they caused sin upon, if they did it upon themselves they had to give the compensation to the priest.

“Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.” - Numbers 5:6-8.

Got sin in your life that you have forgotten? Still wrestling with something that happened years ago? God forgives all, He wants you to forgive all as well. He will tell you when you need to repent of something from the past, He will tell you when you need to forgive others, and He will even tell you when you need to ask others to forgive you, even from years past. In order for us to move on and grow as a Christian we need to seek forgiveness and be forgiving. “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” - Matthew 6:14,15.

God gave special commands to those who were Nazarites, a Nazarite was a person who vowed to separate himself or herself from the worldly things, giving total commitment to God. Now, this does not mean that the person would be sin free, but it would mean that they would live their lives centered on God and do their best to avoid the temptations that would cause them to sin.

“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.” - Numbers 6:2-6.

Few of us are born into a godly life and remain in it, most of us get away from it at one point in their lives to return later in life or do not even know Christ until later in life, Samson is a testimony of that. The key to living a godly life is Jesus Christ and allowing Him to live in and through us, He separates us from the world and even other Christians who do not live their lives the way they should. “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” - II Corinthians 6:17,18. Now, that does not mean we are to be a hermit, but it does mean that we should not fellowship with them, become one with them.

When we make a vow to live our lives for God and do not follow through we are going to face some difficulties until we get right with Him. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” - Galatians 6:7,8. The worse decision we can make is to tell God we are going to do something and do not follow through with it. Yet, God knows our flesh and that we are going to mess up from time to time, He also knows our heart and whether or not we truly want Him in our lives or not. He will bless us tremendously when we do all we can to live our lives for Him.“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” - I John 1:9.

God promised the Israelites that He would bless them for their obedience. “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” - Numbers 6:22-27.

God puts His name upon all who put their faith and trust in His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus not only paid the wages for our sins for us He gives us a salary as well. The word salary is defined as money paid for work being done, or something obtained or received, it's a gift. That salary is eternal (forever) life with God in His Kingdom. A person who gets paid a salary gets compensated one amount no matter how many hours worked. He can work 1 hour or 100, regardless he gets paid the same amount. Jesus explains it this way, “For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard...So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first... And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.” - Matthew 20:1,2,8,11-14. It does not matter if you were born into the godly life, left then came back, or just got saved today you will receive the same salary. Praise God!

Jesus Christ Revealed: Today Jesus is revealed through the Nazarite, who separated himself from the world. We are blessed through the Son. “Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.” - Luke 6:22.

P.S. Happy Valentine's Day! Remember, Jesus loves you.

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

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