King
James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Monday,
November 09, 2015
Chapters: John 19-21
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Message
Title: The
Power Of God

Hello My Friend,

Power,
the strength of doing or performing any thing. The exertion of power
proceeds from the will of the mind, and no mind destitute of will can
exert power. Power in man is active or speculative. Active power is
that which moves the body; speculative power is that by which we see,
judge, remember, or in general, by which we think. Everyone has some
kind of power, we all love to make things happen, to be in control of
something, and it is our will that drives that power. As with all
things, power can be abused, and some people will resort to wicked
and evil things to get or be in control. Can I tell you that no
matter what we are going through we have the power to overcome it.
How? Christ. He is the drive behind our power, if we get with Him, no
one can mess with us, and if they do they answer to Him. Never
underestimate the power of God, He is truly our strength to endure
all things. “For we know him that hath said,
Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And
again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall
into the hands of the living God. For ye have need of patience, that,
after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.”
- Hebrews 10:30,31,36.

The devil tried his best to put a
stop to the one man who had the power to cast him into hell, Jesus
Christ. He tempted and tried Him many times, but this time he was
going to try to alter the prophecies concerning His death, burial,
and resurrection. Pontius Pilate wanted nothing to do with sentencing
Jesus to death, he tried to get the people to pardon Him, but the
more he tried the more ruthless they got. “When
the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out,
saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye
him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered
him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made
himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he
was the more afraid; And went again into the judgment hall, and saith
unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith
Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I
have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus
answered, Thou couldest have no power
at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he
that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.” -
John 19:6-11.

“except
it were given thee from above”
Pilate might have had power on men, but he had no power on God. When
God says He will do something no one can stop Him, and no one can
alter His plans unless He says so. Jesus knew that Pilate did not
want to deliver Him into their hands, He assures him that they are
the ones who would suffer the most. While God hates all sin and no
matter what we do it all carries one final punishment if we do not
accept Christ, some things are just abominable to Him, and will be
the death of those who do them. “If any man
see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and
he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a
sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. And we know
that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that
we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in
his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”
- 1 John 5:16,20.

For three days the devil was in his
glory, for thee days he thought he defeated God, for three days he
laughed and rejoiced over seeing Jesus dead and buried in a tomb, but
through all his gloating he failed to realize that not even death can
stop the power of God. Just as it was foretold on the third day Jesus
arose, He began walking through town showing Himself to those who
sought His body. As you can imagine the disciples were still trying
to figure out everything after all Jesus never mentioned that He
would come back to life, and for the first time in over three years
they were without their Master. Jesus showed up in a room where some
of the disciples were hiding from the Jews because they feared for
their own lives, they rejoiced and told others, but Thomas would not
believe unless he saw Jesus.

“But
Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when
Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen
the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the
print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails,
and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight
days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came
Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace
be unto you. Then saith he to
Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach
hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless,
but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my
God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that
have not seen, and yet have believed.”
- John 20:24-29.

“and
be not faithless, but believing.”
Do you know how many people see something right before their eyes and
still do not believe in the power of God? Jesus wanted Thomas to
understand that seeing Him was not accepting Him, but He must have
faith to believe. We can see some amazing things with our eyes,
imagine what we can really see by opening them to Jesus. Blessed are
those who have faith and believe without seeing, for they will truly
see the power of God working in their lives. “These
things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of
God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may
believe on the name of the Son of God. And this is the confidence
that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will,
he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” - 1
John 5:13-15.

Even though we believe and have known and
seen the power of God on our lives, sometimes we lose sight of that
when things are going right. Peter, still feeling guilty and ashamed
for denying Jesus went back to fishing, he was out on the lake and it
was not going well. Jesus, standing on the shore, and after telling
them where to cast their nets (they only cast one and got so many
fish that it took several men to bring it into the ship) calls them
to shore to eat. Jesus had a job for Peter, and He repeated it three
times.

“He saith unto him the
third time, Simon, son of Jonas,
lovest thou me? Peter was grieved
because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said
unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love
thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my
sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou
girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou
shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall
gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And
when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow
me. Then Peter, turning about, seeth
the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his
breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that
he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.”
- John 21:17-22.

“If I will that he tarry till I come,
what is that to thee? follow thou me.” First of all,
when Jesus has a job for us, He is going to keep asking us if we love
Him so we don't forget ourselves. Second, since He is not here, He
calls on us to tell the world about Him. Third, every one of us has
our own path in which God gives us, while some of us are allowed to
do certain things, others are not. I believe God does this because He
knows how much each one of us can handle. Forth, don't worry about
what others are doing, follow Jesus, and worry about what He wants
you to do. We are to please God, no one else, and we are not to judge
anyone for the things that God allows of others that we would not
approve of.

“For the kingdom of
God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in
the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is
acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after
the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify
another. For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are
pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. It is good
neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy
brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Hast thou faith?
have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not
himself in that thing which he alloweth.” - Romans
14:17-22.

Today's Prayer:
God, There is nothing more powerful that Your Word, no matter how
many people try to alter it or alter our perception of it it always
remains as it is written. It is comforting to know that when You have
a plan You stop at nothing for it to come to pass, including Your
plan for me. Thank You for loving me and not giving up on me, for
waiting patiently for me to learn the truth about Your Son, and how
important it is to have Him in my life. Thank You Jesus, for dying
for me, for redeeming me, and for making me one of Your very own. I
love You Lord, and pray in your name, Jesus, Amen.

God
Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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