SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 08-03-2005
My Worship Time Focus:
Outline for things to come
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Revelations 11:16-18
Message of the verse: “16
And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on
their faces and worshiped God, 17
saying, ‘We give Thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art and who
wast, because Thou hast taken Thy great power and hast begun to reign. 18
‘And the nations were enraged, and Thy wrath came, and the time came for
the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to Thy bond-servants
the prophets and to the saints and to those who fear Thy name, the small and
the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.’”
In verse 16 it can be seen that the
24 elders get off of their thrones and worship God, who is upon His throne and
this is the third time this has been written about in this book. This time they worship God for His soon
judgment upon the earth, something that is hard for Christians today to
understand fully. God hates sin and has
provided forgiveness for all who sin, which is everyone, and so those who
reject this forgiveness will be judged, and those who have accepted this
judgment will be judged for their works at the “Judgment Seat of Christ.” At the end of verse 18 the elders speak of
God beginning to reign and there are times, as written about in yesterdays SD,
that it seems like God is not on His throne reigning, but this is not so.
Verse 18 speaks of the nations being
enraged, and one wonders why they are enraged. And the answer is that they want
their own way and because God is on the throne and because He hates and judges
sin they cannot get their own way. The last portion of verse 18 speaks of God
judging lost sinners and also speaks of those who are saved being judged as
written about above.
Spiritual meaning for my life
today: As I think about the judgment
seat of Christ, and it will be going on in heaven soon after the rapture of the
Church, I think of all the ways that I have been challenged to do the things
God has prepared for me to do because of the world, the flesh, and the
Devil. Yes sin is ever tempting and if I
am not wholly committed to do the things of the Lord and rely wholly upon His
Spirit and His Word then I will fail, however after the judgment seat of Christ
and then after all of the Church comes back with Christ to rule with Him upon
this earth for 1000 years all these things will be just a faded memory if that,
for then I will be perfect and sin will be no more for me.
The Word
of God was refreshing to me as I read and studied this morning.
My Steps of Faith Today:
Continue to read and study God’s Word in order to see God and to learn
things that He would have me to learn so that I can trust Him more and more,
for He indeed is ruling and reigning from His throne.
Memory verses for the week:
1Thes 4:3-6
For this
is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual
immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel with
sanctification and honor; not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not
know God; and that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter
because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you
before and solemnly warned you.
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