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by the Watchman Dana G Smith
Comforted
A psalm by the Watchman Dana Smith
Behold, I layeth down.
Comforted of my beloved;
Beloved, yet comforted.
Quiet in thee,
Peace residing,
Yet all around me lieth darkness.
Unrest calls to me,
I do not answer,
For the LORD is my strength.
You Truly are my Light and Hope,
O LORD, forever.
Hebrews 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Those who believe but have not seen!
John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
We have all heard of doubting Thomas’! Those people that no matter what you say about something, will not believe it unless they see it. Ever hear of the ‘show me state?’ The phrase “show me state” has some origins that are not clear as to where it came from. Some attribute the saying to a 1899 speech by Congressman Willard Vandiver, others to Missouri laborers brought to Colorado to quell a miners strike and required frequent instruction. No matter where it came from, it rings true today that ‘Missouri’ is the ‘show me state’. As well Thomas was a ‘show me’ follower of the LORD Jesus. He would not believe by mere words, he would need to see personally. In America, this is very true, as a result, many are unbelievers and narrow minded. These also are people who do not see the Word of God in any special light.
John 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
28 ¶I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
In Jesus’ day, the Jews did not believe either. He was constantly up against the religious establishment of the day. These Jews knew the original Hebrew, and studied the Tanache and Torah, however, they had added many of their own interpretations to scripture. By the time Jesus came, they had made the word of God of none effect by their traditions and diatribes of men. But Jesus did pointedly tell them that “for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”
John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Moreover, we know from scripture that the Jews saw him as the son of Joseph. They knew he did not come down from heaven, or so they thought! They could not physically wrap their brains around the fact that this Messiah was in fact the very, only begotten Son of the True and Living God. The same God Abraham knew and served. He was the God of Isaac and Jacob. The understanding they needed, however, could and would only come from the Spirit of God. These had hardened, however, their hearts both to the messenger and his message! These did not receive the ‘love of the truth’.
John 6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
This is Life Eternal!
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
But the Lord did have those who believed. His church was established with its first board members known as the Apostles with the believers who also walked in faith in the Son of God. These would be Sanctified through Truth. After all, Jesus did say in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the Life.” These accepted and believed. Jesus in fact, being received of these who believed, ‘gave power to them to become the sons of God’ according to John 1:12.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
It is here that in John 17:17 we see that these were sanctified through thy truth, a truth that is from Gods Word. Jesus was the Word as we see in John 1, he walked and lived, breathed and manifested the True and Living Gods Word in Himself. Those who received him, believed him were then sanctified by this truth. This sanctification, or as we see this word sanctified in John 17 is hagiadzo, meaning to: “hallow, set apart, dedicate, consecrate, separate, sanctify, make holy.” This as a state of holiness is opposite of common or unclean. It means or describes a manifestation of life produced by the indwelling Holy Spirit. [source, strong's, Greek, 'sanctify']
Sanctified through Truth, thy Word is Truth!
John 17:17 ¶Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Now as we see this process, let us further understand that in the other Lords prayer, which is in John 17 we find our Lord praying to the Father. Chapters 15 through 17 of John are very important in our relationship to Christ and in Chapter 17 we find him praying for us. Literally saying “neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word”. Jesus looked ahead to those who would believe on him through the Words, messages, and testimony of the Apostles and early believers.
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Given unto to us, who have believed on the LORD Jesus through their word:
John 17:20 ¶Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
These early believers literally loved the LORD. They literally and very truly believed he came out from God. Even more so, they believed he came from the Father, Yahweh, the Most HIGH, the God of Abraham-Isaac-Jacob, and did not waver from this belief. They knew he fulfilled the prophecies of the Prophets and He was in fact, Y’shua Ha Massiach, the true Son of God, the only begotten, full of grace and truth. They believed he would bring in God’s kingdom, they just did not understand when!
What did they believe?
John 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
28 ¶I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
This belief united the early believers. They were in Christ, who was in the Father. The glory which the Father gave Christ, Christ had given to those that believed on him. It was a union, Christ in them, the Father in Christ, thus unity and oneness. Through this union, they and all who believed would be made perfect in this union through Christ, a union that would bring the world to know that the Father had sent Christ and the Father loves those who are in Christ. It was a promise through Gods Word given to the prophets, fulfilled by Jesus [Y'shua] and manifested to the world by him. It was and is a promise to all generations that would follow and also believe on Jesus through the Words, message, and testimony of the Apostles and all those who have gone before us. The generations before us have all given their testimony of who Christ is. It is our turn my friends. What is your testimony of Christ? What does your faith say and do about Christ?
John 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
As we turn to face some of the most harsh difficulties coming against the nations of men, we, those who have believed, accepting the testimony of the Word of God and the Apostles, need to ‘live by faith.’ It is the time, in which, we are ‘crucified’ with Christ, yet we go on living. But as we do so, it is Christ who is living in us and through us. We live with this unity of the Christ of Calvary who was sent by the Father so that we may live this life in flesh for Jesus Christ, by the faith of the Son of God. For it was he, who died for us and gave himself for us. It was the “love of the truth manifested” for all time. The Fathers love to us, through his Son, whose own love both for the Father and those who were lost propelled him to the cross. For this is love, that a man lay down his life for his friends. This is greater love than the world could possibly understand.
Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
It is this same Love in us, which propels us to walk in Love for the Father and the Son and for each other. It is a Love that pushes us to walk in truth and holiness, without which no man shall see the LORD. It is a Love that enables us through the Holy Spirit to put off the deeds of the flesh and walk in the Spirit. Simply put, because of Christ, we have overcome.
1 John 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18 ¶Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
In conclusion my friends, tighten your spiritual seat belts. The ride may be bumpy, bt we have overcome the world. Through faith in Christ, his blood, the word of our testimony, and loving our lives not unto the death, we will overcome! We are those who keep the testimony of Jesus Christ, and walk in his Faith, keeping his commandments to do as he has said.
1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1 John 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
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