CLOKE FOR SIN
Monday – April 27, 2020, Iyar 3, 5780
Greetings dear and precious saints of God and welcome back to this powerful and course correcting study of the Bible Book of John. God is so good to give us His Word, a roadmap for a life, life just as He (God) enjoys life. One might say, Dr. Wood that just isn’t possible in this curse filled, devil filled world. Well according to the Scripture it is not only possible but our Heavenly Father fully expects us to live in that place. This is done by strict adherence to the Word of God and not an on again off again approach. We can walk with overflowing wealth and health as well as a wall of impenetrable protection. Jesus walked in all of this before the Cross, under the Old Covenant, and told us to do as He did and even greater things. What in the world is our excuse? If you are reading this on Facebook please take a moment to hit the “love” and “share” buttons to expand the reach of this Ministry. I hope you enjoy the pictures this week, they are from the ranch I owned in Texas.
I am writing this on the 30th of March and by the time you read this on the 27th of April this pestilence will be waning. If we have not repented individually, seen repentance in our Church, and in the land do not have a false confidence that somehow all of our prayers chased this coronavirus away. Unrepented sin takes us out of right standing so far as having our prayers heard and acted upon. That is not to say we are not going to Heaven, it means we have opened and kept open the door to our spiritual enemies to bring stealing, killing, and destroying into our lives. If this pestilence wanes and goes out of sight, without a widespread repentance in the Church first then in the nation, we are simply seeing a natural cycle. The next pestilence will be of greater intensity (sicker, and more deadly). We as individuals and even Churches who have repented (even if we were not yet sure what of) with a whole heart, can have absolute protection with the leadership of the Holy Spirit and by not tempting God (which is sin).
For the last several months the Lord has had me to pray in a certain way concerning those on my prayer list, those in my sphere of influence. 1. First, He has had me to pray for a rising hunger for the Truth in me and for all those for whom I pray. 2. Second, I am praying for an increasing clarity of sight and thought not just for Donna and me but all on my prayer list, as well as the greater Church. 3. Third, I am praying for a cleansing fire (Holy Spirit) to remove all lies of the enemy when we see them and repent. 4. Fourth, the Lord has assured me that when this is done in our individual lives there will be a billowing glory (goodness of God) shown forth from us as individuals and in the Churches, who have repented (heartfelt with the accompanying 180-degree change). Now, let’s turn our attention to our primary Bible Text from the Book of John reading it aloud, yes aloud.
John 15:22-25 (KJV)
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
As you will recall, last week I left off in the midst of a discussion concerning this idea of a cloke for sin. The word “cloke” is in a broad sense a covering like a coat, it covers or hides something, in this case sin. It also means a covering, a pretext, a pretense, an excuse, or a reason. So, Jesus is saying, it would be unjust to punish one who although they are sinning (violating God’s commands) is ignorant of the sin. Once we learn the Truth, we are responsible to abide by and do that Truth. Jesus in referring to the ruling religious leaders of the day and pointing out that if He had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin but now they are without excuse. Jesus is not talking of the Law, the commandments of God, but of the need to believe upon Him, Christ Jesus, for salvation. These religious leaders were so deep in sin, in darkness, they could not recognize the Messiah. Seems incredible to us today but we also walk in a dense darkness and are missing the Lord by a country mile in many areas. If not, how then has a pestilence come into the land? There is grace and mercy for those things that we do in ignorance but not for what we once saw and hardened our hearts concerning. These religious rulers wanted desperately to hang onto the status quo and rejected the Truth, rejected Jesus. Are we doing the same today to hang onto the status quo? If we keep doing what we have been doing will we get a different result than we have been getting?
Until our next publication, as a Bible Teacher and Prophetic Voice I speak this blessing over each and every one of you, receive it, believe it, and speak over yourself and your family by faith in Jesus name! Quit asking God to bless you, you are already blessed, you have the Blessing, give Him something to do by the words of your mouth. Once you know the will of God, decree the thing (Job 22:28, Isaiah 45:11, Mark 11:23). (The Blessing is the Holy Spirit) We have left God way to long with nothing to do in our lives.
Numbers 6:24-26 (AMP)
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
By: Dr. David Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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