Prayer: Father, when you issue a warning, I want to be attentive and obedient. Help me to receive Your warning today, for America and the nations. Amen.
Reading: Jeremiah 6 key: vs. 1 & 16-17 “Flee for refuge, children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the shofar in Tekoa and raise a signal in Beth-cherem! For disaster looms from the north, even terrible destruction.” And, “Thus says Adonai: “Stand in the roads and look. Ask for the ancient paths— where the good way is— and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We won’t walk in it.’ So I set watchmen over you, saying ‘Listen to the sound of the shofar!’ But they said, ‘We won’t listen.’” TLV
Attention: Have you ever received a warning from God? Was your answer, no? Have you ever considered Scripture to be a source of warnings to you? I encourage you to read Matthew 24:6-7 “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must happen but it is not yet the end. For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are only the beginning of birth pains. “Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of My name.”
This is a warning to all followers of Messiah from the mouth of Messiah. Do you know that currently, in today’s narrative, if you teach and preach the whole gospel, you will be hated for being what the world labels “haters.” The day is coming when John 15:18-19 will be fulfilled, ““If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But you are not of the world, since I have chosen you out of the world; therefore the world hates you.”
Are you hated by the world? Not yet you say. Stand behind God’s word and see what happens. Consider yourself warned by Messiah.
The Hebrew nation was warned by Adonai and recorded in Jeremiah. But they would not listen. Adonai also told them to ask for “the ancient paths—where the good way is—and walk in it.” What are the ancient paths? For us it is the fulfillment of the Law found in Messiah. He fulfilled the Law in perfection and provided a way back to the Father.
If you are not hated for living for Messiah, then maybe you are not sharing the whole gospel with your friends and family. Love is not the only aspect of the gospel. There is a coming judgement which everyone will face. Everyone deserves to receive the warning!
Here is what Peter says about the coming judgement, “But by the same word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire—kept until the Day of Judgment and the destruction of ungodly people (2 Peter 3:7).” Here is how Peter concludes his letter, “Bear in mind that the patience of our Lord means salvation—just as our dearly loved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom given to him. He speaks about these matters in all of his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist (as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures)—to their own destruction. Since you already know all this, loved ones, be on your guard so that you are not led astray by the error of the lawless and lose your sure footing. Instead, keep growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity! Amen (2 Peter 7:15-18).”
Do not allow those who teach you to lead you astray. Know the Word. Daily abide in the Word of God and be mentored by the Holy Spirit.
Action: I choose to be mentored by the Holy Spirit in a Berean lifestyle of relationship with the Messiah.
Yield: I choose to submit to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
Engage: I choose to engage with the Holy Spirit in embracing the whole gospel of God.
Relationship: I choose to live in intimate holy relationship with Adonai.
Prayer: Father, let us not be guilty of embracing just a portion of the gospel and thereby accepting a false gospel. May we be diligent to allow the Holy Spirit to mentor us into all truth. Amen.
Memory Verse: 2 Peter 3:18 “Instead, keep growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity! Amen.” TLV
Music Video: Aaron Williams—Abide https://youtu.be/BLDEt9KP2O0?si=tYzQhxRIldFC-gM_
Remember, “Abide in Yeshua, today!”