Good morning,
The enemy of souls is now seeking with every effort, to “hide the Light” streaming to each of us from the open doors of heaven. But our
Lord (Sovereign King) and Saviour has promised us . . . “Behold (look and see), I have set before thee an open door, which no man can shut .
. . !”
May these promises bring you Light from His Word and hope, and comfort and strength today !
Thus saith the LORD . . . . “Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and tell them . . . Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions* (rebellion and apostasies) and our sins* (habitual, continual failures) be upon us, and we pine away (are consumed) in them, How shall we then live ?
Say unto them . . . . As I live, saith the Lord GOD (Adoni Yehuvee’ – the Lord Jesus Christ) . . . For the Just shall live by faith !” Ezekiel 33:10-11 and ref: Romans 1:16-17
note: It is important to note, that in the verses from Romans listed above, the Scripture actually tells each of us . . . “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed,” as it is written . . .
And when we look to see where this promise was originally written, we find a most inspiring and life-giving Truth. For the Word of God literally says . . . “The just (those that have now been justified) shall live by His faith !”
– Habakkuk 2:4
The LORD is speaking to each of us Today, if we will but hear His Voice. And He says . . . “Behold, the Lamb of God,
which taketh away* the sins of the entire world !” – John 1:29
Look and Live !
For the Lord Jesus Christ “was delivered (given up) for our offences* (side slips, errors and our willful transgressions),
and was raised again for our Justification ! . . . Therefore being justified* by faith [ literally by believing God’s Word], we now have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ !” – Romans 4:25 and 5:1-11
note: To “live by faith” is literally . . . to live (to know your sins have been carried and forgiven by Christ Jesus . . . and to stand Today faith, and walk in newness of Life), not by what we may be led to “feel,” but rather by
every Word which Almighty God has declared !
ref: Isaiah 52:1-7 and 38:15-19 and Isaiah 12:1-6*
When our Redeemer went to Calvary, God’s Word assures us that “the LORD hath laid upon Him (as our great High Priest), the iniquities* of us all . . .” And that “He hath made Him to BE sin for us (in exchange for us), so that we might be made the righteousness* (victory, purity, holiness and perfection) of God* (Deity, divinity) in Him !”
ref: Isaiah 53:3-12 and II Corinthians 5:21 and I Peter 2:24
And how does the LORD God do this ?
the very same way in which He does or creates anything . . . . He speaks it !
“For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens . . . yea, God Himself that formed the earth . . . . I have not spoken in secret, in
some dark place of the earth. Yea, I said not unto the seed (children) of Jacob, Seek ye Me in vain . . .
For I the LORD (Jehovah, Yehuwah) speak righteousness, I declare things . . . and make them right (righteous).” “And I that speak in righteousness Am Mighty to SAVE !”
“As it is written . . . I call those things which BE* not (Genesis 1:1-5), as though they already are !”
ref: Isaiah 45:11-13 and 45:17-19
and 63:1 and Romans 4:17
“To declare, I say . . . His Righteousness (by standing up, shaking ourselves from the dust (ref: Isaiah 52:1-3) and walking in that newness of His Life – which is imparted to each of us the moment we choose to surrender and believe), . . . ref: Jeremiah 23:5-6
That God might be just, and the Justifier of all them that believeth in Jesus (the very promise and Word of Almighty God personally to you
and to I) . . . Today, if you will only hear My voice . . . !”
Romans 3:26, 25 and Hebrews 3:7-19
Reconciliation ?
Quote – “Reconciliation means . . . that every barrier between the soul and God is removed ! . . . and that the sinner realizes what the pardoning love of God means.
By reason of the sacrifice made by Christ for fallen men, God can justly pardon the transgressor who accepts the merits* (worthiness) of Christ. Christ was the channel through which the mercy, love, and righteousness might flow from the heart of God to the heart of the sinner. “He is faithful and [ He is ] just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). {1SM 395.2}
In the prophecy of Daniel it was recorded of Christ that He shall “make reconciliation for iniquity, and . . . bring in everlasting righteousness” (Daniel 9:24). Every soul may say: “By His perfect obedience He has satisfied the claims of the law, and my only hope is found in looking to Him as my Substitute and my Surety, Who obeyed the law perfectly for me !
By faith in His merits (worthiness) I am free from the condemnation of the law (Romans 8:2-4). He clothes me with His righteousness, which answers all the demands of the law. I am complete in Him (Colossians 2:10-13), Who brings in everlasting righteousness. He presents me to God in the spotless garment of which no thread was woven by any human agent.
All is of Christ, and all the glory, honor, and majesty are to be given to the Lamb of God, which taketh away* the sins of the world.” ref: I Corinthians 1:29-31
– 1 Selected Messages, p.396
“For if . . . when we were yet enemies* of God (Romans 8:7-11), we WERE reconciled* to God by the death of His Son . . . . much more,
BEING now reconciled,* we shall BE saved* by His Life (which Life is given to us by faith).
By Whom we have now (Today – II Corinthians 6:2) received the atonement* (at-one-ment, John 17:21) . . . !”
May our Saviour and Mighty God both bless and keep you today !
your friend and brother,
Eric Wilson and family – Isaiah Ministries