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Worship Call 0705
This is Tuesday the ninth day of August thousand and twenty second year of the Lord
And this is from George Whitten of WorthyNews.com
George begins
Friends, look for God's handwriting!
Psalms 56:3 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
George writes;
We came across this story in the book, Steel in His Soul, The Dick Hillis Story and it really ministered to us so we thought we'd pass it along.
Missionaries Dick and Margaret Hillis found themselves caught in China during the Japanese invasion. The couple lived with their two children in the inland town of Shenkiu. The village was tense with fear, for every day brought terrifying reports of the Japanese advance. At the worst possible time, Dick developed appendicitis, and he knew his life depended on making the long journey to the hospital. On January 15, 1941, with deep foreboding, Margaret watched him leave.
Soon the Chinese colonel came with the news. The enemy was near and townspeople must evacuate. Margaret shivered, knowing that one-year-old Johnny and two-month-old Margaret Anne would never survive as refugees. So she stayed put. Early next morning she tore the page from the wall calendar and read the new day's Scripture. It was Psalm 56:3 -- What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
The town emptied during the day, and the next morning Margaret arose, feeling abandoned. The new verse on the calendar was Psalm 9:10 -- Thou, Lord, has not forsaken them that seek thee.
The next morning she arose to distant sounds of gunfire and worried about food and her children. The calendar verse was Genesis 50:21 -- I will nourish you and your little ones. An old woman suddenly popped in with a pail of steaming goat's milk, and another straggler arrived with a basket of eggs.
Through the day, sounds of warfare grew louder, and during the night Margaret prayed for deliverance. The next morning she tore the page from the calendar to read Psalm 56:9 -- When I cry unto Thee, then shall my enemies turn back. The battle was looming closer, and Margaret didn't go to bed that night. Invasion seemed imminent. But the next morning, all was quiet. Suddenly, villagers began returning to their homes, and the colonel knocked on her door. For some reason, he told her, the Japanese had withdrawn their troops. No one could understand it, but the danger had passed. They were safe.
Margaret glanced at her wall calendar and felt she had been reading the handwriting of God.
Friends, God's handwriting is all around us but so often in the midst of the wars we face, we neglect to take notice. Let's make an effort to see His merciful hand at work in our lives today. He cares for us more than we can imagine!
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George, Baht Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah
Dallas, Texas
And this is another fine day in the Lord.
Matthew 5:17–20 (NASB95) — 17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 “For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 “Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 “For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Being a peacemaker, salt and light are all accomplished within the boundaries of Law of God. The boundaries by which we as faithful one’s operated in. Jesus is not teaching a new Way of life but in fact taking the law to a new level where it is also the heart of the believer that matters and not just the letter of the Law.
Matthew 5:17 (NASB95) — 17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.
πληρόω
to cause to happen, with the implication of fulfilling some purpose—‘to cause to happen, to make happen, to fulfill.’[1]
The Torah, the writings and the prophets what we are used to calling the Old Testament pointed to the coming of the Savor and Messiah both being filled in and through the Lord Jesus Christ.
Even from the very beginning of creation the thread that runs through the entire Old Testament, the Tanakh, looks forward to the person and the work of Jesus Christ.
What caused thousands of Jews quickly repent, change their minds, concerning this Jesus of Nazareth being who he said he was?
Number of factors really.
1. The eyewitnesses who saw the resurrected Christ.
2. The receiving of the Holy Spirit
3. With the Holy Sprit opening the eyes of the heart the people took their knowledge of the scriptures and equate them to this person Jesus Christ and the events that were fresh in their minds.
It is like the one’s on the road to Emmaus which the Lord after his resurrection on the first day of week accompanied
Luke 24:13–17 (NASB95) — 13 And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. 15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. 16 But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. 17 And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad.
The men were amazed that this stranger did not seem to have a clue of the current events.
Jesus said
“What things”
After recapping the events that had taken place concerning the one whom they had hopes in of being the Messiah Jesus said
Luke 24:25–26 (NASB95) — 25 And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 “Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”
The forementioned events were necessary and events now that is happening in the world are necessary and foreknown to God, things that must come to past per scripture.
Just as scriptures spoke of the coming redeemer and Messiah there is also coming a showdown between Christ and the antichrist who is also mentioned in the Old Testament writings.
Matthew 24:6–14 (NASB95) — 6 “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. 8 “But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. 9 “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10 “At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. 11 “Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. 12 “Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. 13 “But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. 14 “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
The emphasis of this passage is not the Law but with the fulfillment of all that was said about Christ and the coming kingdom through the Tanakh.
Matthew 7:12 (NASB95) — 12 “In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
It was the Law that set these people apart. The Law of circumcision which the people were to keep set them apart even to this very day. The keeping of the holy feasts to the extent they could at least in their hearts again set them apart as a people unto God.
The Church will bring about a new spiritual species which is not Israel. They are not called out to be Israel or take its place. This new spiritual species which is the body of Christ will have and operate according to the Law of the heart.
Romans 2:28–29 (NASB95) — 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.
Hebrews 4:9–11 (NASB95) — 9 So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10 For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. 11 Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience.
Matthew 5:21–22 (NASB95) — 21 “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’ 22 “But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
Matthew 5:27–28 (NASB95) — 27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Yes, we continue to fulfill the Law, which is the law of the heart. which the physical manifestation of things that the Jews were to keep. There is that law of the heart that these things pointed to that the faithful continue to follow.
Jesus the Jew, the Israelite demonstrated the perfect fulfillment of the Law. Even when he was accused by the religious leaders of breaking the Sabbath, Jesus fulfilled that as well, over and above the Pharisees religious restraints.
This was also a warning against rebellion against the local establishment. It is the Law that sets up the boundaries by which a nation is governed.
Matthew 5:19 (NASB95) — 19 “Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus the Son of David is also a man after God’s own heart. King David loved the Law.
Psalm 119:97–104 (NASB95) — 97 O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have observed Your precepts. 101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word. 102 I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, For You Yourself have taught me. 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 From Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore, I hate every false way.
The love for the Law of King David is the reflection the Son of David, the Lord Jesus Christ and his Love for the Law.
Again, another contrast between Jesus and the religious leaders. The religious leaders used the law for their benefit. Jesus loved the Law to the Glory of God.
[1]Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). In Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 160). United Bible Societies.