AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Wednesday – September 7, 2022, Elul 11, 5782
A PEOPLE OF NO UNDERSTANDING
Greetings dear and precious saints of God, my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, our big Brother! Welcome back to our illuminating and empowering study of the Bible Book of Isaiah. God is just so good dear ones, how can we but rejoice? At first glance, who we are, and what we are in Christ Jesus just boggles the mind. In spite of what Scripture actually says, so many believe and many teach a defeated gospel. It is commonly taught that God uses all sorts of awful things to shape us into the persons He wants us to be. Really!? That gospel is not in the Bible, neither in the Old or the New Covenant! In Christ Jesus we are far above all authority excepting that of God and the Power that is available to flow in and through us is the same Power that has created all things. That same power that raised Jesus from the dead, raised us with Him.
Ephesians 1:19-23 (KJV)
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Ephesians 2:6 (KJV)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
When will we stop saying “yeah, yeah, I know that” and move on? When will we believe and by faith in love led of the Holy Spirit make this a present, day to day, reality in our lives? There are no pity pots in the Kingdom of God, only victory parties. Let’s repent and get about the work of the Kingdom, in Jesus’ name.
The beautiful picture today was taken by our good friend and man of God, Joe Getchell Jr, what a wonderfully beautiful picture. Please take a moment and share this teaching as widely as possible by every means available to you for the glory of God. There is no news, absolutely none, that is even close to being as good as the Word of God. Thank you for sharing. All who share are vital to the Kingdom. Now, let’s turn our attention to our primary Bible text continuing to read out loud. Repent of rebelliousness and read out loud with ears to hear, a commitment to understand, and to do.
Isaiah 27:10-13 (KJV)
10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Verses ten and eleven have to do with the consequences of getting outside of Gods’ safety net, His boundaries. Are there times when our lives have looked like this, perhaps even now? It is not the Lord working something out in your life, it is the results of we ourselves opening the door to the curse and the devil stealing, killing, and destroying to the extent permitted (by God). If it wasn’t for the mercy, the goodness, of God upon all of us, the devil would have killed every last person long ago. The devils cannot just come into our lives and raise cane, we must open the door, give him place. And God is not shaping our lives, our character by adversity. What an abomination that thinking is of our loving and merciful Father. Even the world would call that child abuse.
God, the Scripture, refers to this wayward, scattered, and defeated people as “a people of no understanding”. As I close for today let’s look at the meaning of this word translated to English as ‘understanding’. It can also be translated as to have knowledge, know the meaning, having and using wisdom, or to separate mentally (or distinguish) between in this case good and evil according to Strong’s Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary. Remember it is not the lack of knowledge that leads to destruction, it is our rejecting of knowledge the Truth that leads to destruction (Hosea 4:6). Identify and reject all the sacred cows taught in the Church and live the Truth. Sacred cows are those things we believe to be the Truth but are in fact lies of the devils, the traditions of men.
Lord willing, I will pick up right here tomorrow.
2 Chronicles 20:20 b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Receive the blessing in Jesus’ name!
Numbers 6:24-26 (MSG)
24 GOD bless you and keep you,
25 GOD smile on you and gift you,
26 GOD look you full in the face and make you prosper.
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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