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Day: August 26, 2018
Rylisms eSword Study Bible
August 26
The Yeast King
And again He said, “Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.” And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. (Luk_13:20-22)
Here we have an interesting thing, seen clealy when we put these two verses together. First, Jesus says….and then Jesus does.
Jesus says the Kingdom of heaven is like leaven which spreads throughout the whole of the meal. Then, He Himself goes throughout all the cities and villages teaching about the kingdom ennroute to His ultimate destination – Jerusalem.
The Yeast King is speading the influence of His kingdom.
Once in Jerusalem the unthinkable happened. The King was rejected and executed. And at the moment when a dismal gloom all but deadened the souls of the disciples – the unimaginable happened. The King rose from the dead!
He gathered with His followers and said to them, “The works that I do, you shall do.” And then, before His ascension, He said to them, “You will receive power from on high, and shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Act_1:8).
He started in Bethlehem and carried the work and word to Jerusalem; His disciples started at Jeruusalem and have now carried the work and word unto the whole world – such that virtually every living person in the world today is in some way being touched and transformed by this Man’s influence.
How ‘bout you? What message do you carry forward in your life’s mission?
Devotional From e-Sword Study Bible
August 26
Morning
“He hath commanded his covenant for ever.” — Psa_111:9
The Lord’s people delight in the covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them into its banqueting house and waves its banner of love. They delight to contemplate the antiquity of that covenant, remembering that before the day-star knew its place, or planets ran their round, the interests of the saints were made secure in Christ Jesus. It is peculiarly pleasing to them to remember the sureness of the covenant, while meditating upon “the sure mercies of David.” They delight to celebrate it as “signed, and sealed, and ratified, in all things ordered well.” It often makes their hearts dilate with joy to think of its immutability, as a covenant which neither time nor eternity, life nor death, shall ever be able to violate-a covenant as old as eternity and as everlasting as the Rock of ages. They rejoice also to feast upon the fulness of this covenant, for they see in it all things provided for them. God is their portion, Christ their companion, the Spirit their Comforter, earth their lodge, and heaven their home. They see in it an inheritance reserved and entailed to every soul possessing an interest in its ancient and eternal deed of gift. Their eyes sparkled when they saw it as a treasure-trove in the Bible; but oh! how their souls were gladdened when they saw in the last will and testament of their divine kinsman, that it was bequeathed to them! More especially it is the pleasure of God’s people to contemplate the graciousness of this covenant. They see that the law was made void because it was a covenant of works and depended upon merit, but this they perceive to be enduring because grace is the basis, grace the condition, grace the strain, grace the bulwark, grace the foundation, grace the topstone. The covenant is a treasury of wealth, a granary of food, a fountain of life, a store-house of salvation, a charter of peace, and a haven of joy.
Evening
“The people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.” — Mar_9:15
How great the difference between Moses and Jesus! When the prophet of Horeb had been forty days upon the mountain, he underwent a kind of transfiguration, so that his countenance shone with exceeding brightness, and he put a veil over his face, for the people could not endure to look upon his glory. Not so our Saviour. He had been transfigured with a greater glory than that of Moses, and yet, it is not written that the people were blinded by the blaze of his countenance, but rather they were amazed, and running to him they saluted him. The glory of the law repels, but the greater glory of Jesus attracts. Though Jesus is holy and just, yet blended with his purity there is so much of truth and grace, that sinners run to him amazed at his goodness, fascinated by his love; they salute him, become his disciples, and take him to be their Lord and Master. Reader, it may be that just now you are blinded by the dazzling brightness of the law of God. You feel its claims on your conscience, but you cannot keep it in your life. Not that you find fault with the law, on the contrary, it commands your profoundest esteem, still you are in nowise drawn by it to God; you are rather hardened in heart, and are verging towards desperation. Ah, poor heart! turn thine eye from Moses, with all his repelling splendour, and look to Jesus, resplendent with milder glories. Behold his flowing wounds and thorn-crowned head! He is the Son of God, and therein he is greater than Moses, but he is the Lord of love, and therein more tender than the lawgiver. He bore the wrath of God, and in his death revealed more of God’s justice than Sinai on a blaze, but that justice is now vindicated, and henceforth it is the guardian of believers in Jesus. Look, sinner, to the bleeding Saviour, and as thou feelest the attraction of his love, fly to his arms, and thou shalt be saved.
From TheInstitute For Creation Research
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