When I put my son to bed we have our bed time routine. Part
of that is to pray and read the bible. and in doing this I thought I would
spice it up a bit. So I have been reading to him from the message version. Well
the other night while reading these few verses ministered to me.
Heb 8:10-13 MSG
This new plan I'm making with Israel isn't going to be written on paper, isn't
going to be chiseled in stone; This time I'm writing out the plan in them,
carving it on the lining of their hearts. I'll be their God, they'll be my
people. (11) They won't go to school to learn
about me, or buy a book called God in Five Easy Lessons. They'll all get to
know me firsthand, the little and the big, the small and the
great. (12) They'll get to know me
by being kindly forgiven, with the slate of their sins forever wiped
clean. (13) By coming up with a new
plan, a new covenant between God and his people, God put the old plan on the
shelf. And there it stays, gathering dust.
This ministered to me because for the last several weeks God
has been speaking to me about how simple things are in His kingdom. It seems like
my Way of Purity students have this illusion that freedom is this some far off
thing that they hope to one day achieve. That beating this sexual bondage is
such a big deal that it “must” take a long time. that they have to learn a new
way to beat sexual sins. That their sin is a one-of-a-kind deal, and therefore
requires a “process.” This same kind of idea or mind set flows throughout much
of the body of Christ over different things.
With this in mind when we see in Heb 8:11 that God doesn’t
require us to be schooled by anyone but He will teach us Himself. It goes to
show the simplicity of His kingdom. I really like this “buy a book called God in Five Easy
Lessons” there is no laundry list that we can follow to walk with
God. There is no magic formula that gets us there. It all comes down to Jesus
and His work on the cross!!! Jesus says this:
Mat 22:37-40 NKJV
Jesus said to him, 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' (38) This is the first and great
commandment. (39) And the second is like it: 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'
(40) On these
two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Then He said this:
Joh 15:13 NKJV
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down
one's life for his friends.
That is exactly what He did!!! He laid His life down for
us!!! that is how He showed us He loved us. and we see that the first and
greatest command is to love our God with all of our heart. that is what Jesus
called us to lay down our life (following His example):
Luk 9:23 NKJV
Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
“Follow” Him where? To death! It is said of Jesus:
Php 2:8 NKJV
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient
to the point of death, even
the death of the cross.
So when we see Jesus saying this:
Joh 14:15 NKJV
"If you love Me, keep My commandments.
We see him saying to love Him like He loved us, to the point
of death!
That is the simplicity of it all. there is no magic wand we
can wave to set us free. there is no laundry list of things we must do. And
there is no need for the “God in five easy lessons” to be bought. There is only
a need to love Jesus with all our hearts, and follow Him to death.
Your Brother in Christ
Grace and Peace be with you
Nate Cook, Setting Captives
Free Team Member
And Jesus said to me:
Eze 3:10b-11a "...Receive into your heart
all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears, and go, get
to the captives..."
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