Biblical Principles Daily Devotionals Day 178

Day 178

Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

Blessed by not following the ungodly counsel, the way of sinners, or become scornful.  Blessed to stand by truth of God’s law, which leads us to he LORD.  Strength and stability for life’s difficulties are granted by standing in the truth.

Psalms 1:1-6 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical Principle:

This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.

When we do not follow the counsel of the ungodly, follow the sinners and become like them we are then subject to persecution.  But we can rejoice and be glad for the reward that comes.

Matthew 5:10-12 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Biblical Principles Daily Devotionals Day 177

Day 177

Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

Truth: God dwells where the truth of the law is.   (Commandments)

Truth: God dwells where the place of love is.        (Mercy Seat)

Truth: God dwells where it is always true living,   (Holy Place)

Truth: God dwells in the a believers life.                    (cherubs)

God dwelt in the Temple Solomon built.  His presence was obvious to all.

1Ki 8:3-11 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical Principle:

This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.

Is God’s presence in you?   This indwelling comes by faith.

Eph 3:14-19 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Biblical Principles Daily Devotionals Day 176

Day 176

Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word

Four hundred and twenty five years after the children of Israel walked out of Egypt, there was a fixed location for the place where God would meet with man.  This place is the southern end of a mountain range known as Mt Moriah.   This is the location where Melchizedek served the Lord as both priest and king of the Most High God whom Abraham paid tithes. At the northern end or highest peak of this range is the location where Christ was crucified.  This is also the location where Abraham placed Isaac on the alter. Gen 22:1-2 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Gen 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

God’s timing and locations are perfect.

1Kings 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

1Kings 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical Principle:

This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.

The practical of this truth is to share it with others every opportunity.

John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.