9/29/2008 10:26 AM
SPIRITUAL DAIRY
My Worship Time Focus: An afflicted people
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Lev. 16:29, 31
Message of the verses: “29 ¶
"This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month,
on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work,
whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; 31 "It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest
for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.”
The words
in verse thirty-one that say, “you may humble your souls” is translated
different in the KJV, it says “ye shall afflict your souls.” The Day of Atonement was a Sabbath Day too,
but it was different than the seventh day Sabbath day, for the difference is
that the seventh day Sabbath was more of a festive time, while the Day of
Atonement was a time to seriously look at oneself to see if there is any sin in
one’s life that needed to be confessed to the Lord. This affliction was also a time to look back
at the time when the children of Israel were in the land of Egypt and being
afflicted by the Egyptians, and also a time to look back at the time when
Joseph was in prison being afflicted for something he did not do.
The fact
that this was a Sabbath day and meant that the children of Israel did not do
any work can be seen as a picture of being saved by grace through face, for it
was all of God’s doing that one is saved:
“8 For by grace you have been
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may
boast.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Ephesians 2:8-9 are very meaningful verses to
all believers, for in them they state that a person is saved by grace through
faith and not from doing any work, but it is a gift from God, for otherwise
someone would have something to boast about.
I am thankful for the truth of these verses.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- I am thankful for the free gift of salvation that God has given to me as a free gift and since I am now saved by grace through faith Ephesians 2:10 goes on to say that I now have work to do as a result of my salvation: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”
Memory verses for the week: Exodus
20:8-13
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- but the seventh day is a Sabbath for the Lord your God; in it you shall do no work, your or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
- For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
- Honor your father and mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
- You shall not commit murder.
9/29/2008 10:59 AM
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