KJB
Daily Devotion – Following
Jesus In Every
Chapter
Date: Wednesday,
December 23, 2015
Chapters: 2,3
John, & Jude
Message
Title: The
Truth Does Set Us Free

Hello My Friend,

The
Books of 2 & 2 John are the twenty-fourth, fifth books of the New
Testament and sixty-third, fourth books of the Bible. 2 John was
written by the John to the elect lady and her children, it contains
one chapter and was written around 90 AD. In this short letter, John
cautions believers to be faithful to sound doctrine of Christ and
warn them against false teachers. What we are to learn from the book,
we are not to fellowship with those who cause us to follow and live
by the wrong doctrine. “If there come any
unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your
house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed
is partaker of his evil deeds.” - 2 John 10,11. 3
John was written to a man named Gaius, written around 90 AD also.
The purpose of the letter was to commend Gaius for his faith and hard work, but also
stop some people causing trouble in the church. What we are to learn
from the book, God wants His children to walk in His truths. “I
have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”
- 3 John 1:4.

There are hundreds of Christmas programs,
while a scarce few mention Jesus, the majority of
them use the Christmas season as a time of
self reflection, in fact, Jesus haters do everything they can to try
and remove the fact that He is the true reason for the season. And let me tell you, they are
doing a good job at it. John gives
the essentials of a personal walk with the Saviour in a day and age
when many deceivers were in the world, and it is as if he were
speaking in this present day. The Apostle warns the lady elect to
walk in the ways of Christ, but watch out for false teachers, those
claiming they know Christ, but teaching a false doctrine.

“I
rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we
have received a commandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee,
lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that
which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this
is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the
commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should
walk in it. For many deceivers are entered into the world, who
confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a
deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not
those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full
reward.” - 2 John 1:4-8.

“And this is love,
that we walk after his commandments.” As I said yesterday, the love
we give is different from the love of Christ, which we are to have
toward all. Following God's commands is not hard, I am talking about
a personal relationship with Christ that not only changes you, but
those around you. The lady is not one woman, but an entire body of
people, the body of Christ. You see, Christ does not see us as men or
women, but souls, therefore, anyone who believes and receives Him
becomes His bride, His lady elect. We are saved by faith the second
we believe in His death, burial, and resurrection, and accept that He
alone is the only way to escape the eternal punishment of death and
hell. There is a reason why we are not to fellowship with
unbelievers, and this includes those who combine works with
salvation, they bring us down a wrong path, a path that we have to
stand before Christ and answer.

“And,
behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man
according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end, the first and the last.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right
to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the
city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and
murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. I
Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the
churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright
and morning star. And the Spirit and
the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him
that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of
life freely. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of
the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:”
- Revelation 22:12-18.

“God shall
add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:” All
the books in the Bible are inspired, meaning they were told by the
Holy Spirit what to write, many times you can see that it is not the
writer speaking, but God Himself. God finds great joy in seeing His
children walking and living not only by faith, but obedience to His
Word.

“I
have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren,
and to strangers; Which have borne witness of thy charity before the
church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly
sort, thou shalt do well: Because that for his name's sake they went
forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. We therefore ought to receive
such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.”
- 3 John 1:4-8.

“that
we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.” A person, saved or not, should be able to
spot Christ in a believer, they may not know it is Him at the time, but believe me, people know
the difference between a good person and one who walks with Christ.
Jesus haters will despise you, but in the midst of them will be a few
that will come to Him through
your obedience to God, and that's what it's all about. Being obedient
has nothing to do with our salvation, but everything to do with
honoring God and seeing others get saved as
a result. Never underestimate the power of
God to use you in any situation that will bring the lost to Christ.
“Brethren, if any
of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that
he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a
soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.”
- James 5:19,20.

Jude is the twenty-sixth book of the New Testament and sixty-fifth book of the Bible, it was
written by Jude (the brother of James and earthly brother of Jesus by
Mary and Joseph) and it was written to the members of the churches in
Palestine, Asia, and all Christians. The purpose of the letter was to
remind them of the judgment coming and false teachers. What we are to
learn from the letter is, we must always be on alert of those who divert believers from the truth of God's Word. “Keep
yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” -
Jude 1:21.

They can try to change God's Word through a
fake version of what looks like a Bible, they can even try to twist
the Scriptures to make it look like they are telling the truth, but
they cannot change God. He didn't treat the Jews any different than
He treats us, and if you think about it, He was just as merciful
under the law as He is to us. Jude, also one
of the twelve Apostles of Christ,
reminds us that we must know the true Gospel, the death, burial, and
resurrection of our perfect Saviour and to
be aware of those who corrupt it.

“Beloved,
when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation,
it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye
should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto
the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were
before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the
grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God,
and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance,
though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people
out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and
their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in
admiration because of advantage. But, beloved, remember ye the words
which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who
should walk after their own ungodly lusts.”
- Jude 1:3-5,16-18.

“turning
the grace of our God into lasciviousness,”
As the days approach of Christ returning the world is going to get
much darker and more corrupt than we can ever imagine, if you think
it is bad now, think what it will be like even ten years from now.
And this is why we who know the truth must not stop revealing it to
those who do not, and even to those who do not want to hear it. You
want to know how false doctrine gets in the church? It's this very
reason, they do not want to hear and do what God says. It's like the
second we are told not to do something we immediately want to do it,
even if we never did it before. Make no mistake, while God is
merciful, there will only be so much time before that mercy runs out
for those who do not believe or have rejected Him. “What
shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For
he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I
will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is
not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that
sheweth mercy.” - Romans
9:14-16.

Today's Prayer:
God, Thank you for showing me your truths, and using me to be an
example to walk in them. As I grow closer to Your Son, it is not
always easy to forsake the things I learned, lived, and loved in the
world, but now that He is in me, I don't want them in me anymore.
Lord, lead me and guide me, give me the strength to live in obedience
to Your commands, and love every minute of serving You, even when my
flesh wants to give up. I know I can do all things through Christ,
who lives in and, and through Him I can live a life that is pleasing
to You, and will bring others to You as well. In the name of Jesus I
pray, Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,

Christina

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