KnowingJESUS Daily Devotional | October 7, 2019 – Enrich and Sustain your relationship with Jesus reading our daily devotional – SUPERIORITY OF JESUS {He is greater & superior than} TO PROPHETS OF OLD OR NOW
Heb 1:2 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Beloved, the good Lord shall help you to culminate your relationship with Christ with life eternal in Jesus name. This was His unchanging desire and prayer for you in Particular.
John 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
But then when we get to heaven, there shall be suprises. Many that fails to take the words of Jesus seriously, shall be conspicuously missing. This shall never be your portion in Jesus name. See this word, below. It has significant meaning.
Heb 1:1 — Heb 1:2 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
God your loving Father was the singular source of the entire word in the Bible. He began with speaking with the prophets in the old testament , but now speaking through Christ, our Lord in the new testament. This made the words from Jesus to be final and superior to the words from the prophets.
This becomes very necessary, to correct the faults in the old testament.
This had been prophesied as far back through the ministry of Moses. See it.
Deu 18:18 — Deu 18:19 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
See it confirmed in the new testament.
Act 3:22 — Act 3:26 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Beloved, God sent Jesus our Lord, because His words shall be final revelation of the scriptures and will be superior to all that might have been written by all the prophets in the old testament put together.
The entire Bible is classified into three segments.
1. The law.
2. The prophets.
3. The new testament.
The law contained the first five books written by Moses.
The prophets contained all that were written from the book of Joshua to Malachi, written by various holy men, used by God.
The new testament were the written words of our Lord and his apostles. See it revealed and confirmed through the event at Mount of transfiguration.
Mat 17:1 — Mat 17:5 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Beloved, God categorically announced from heaven that whatever was written in the law represented by Moses or by the prophets represented by Elijah. Once there was anything written on the same issue in the new testament, represented by our Lord, Jesus Christ.
What was written on the issue in the new testament, is superior and automatically nullifies the one in the old testament and should be obeyed accordingly. That was the meaning of hear ye him.
See one instance.
Exo 22:18. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
In the law through Moses, it was written that anyone practising witchcraft should not live. But the new testament has nulified it. This was because the sin of witchcraft had been grouped with fornication and adultery and is forgivable. See it.
Gal 5:19 — Gal 5:21. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Beside this Jesus said we should forgive people that are doing evil or wickedness, against us and not kill them, physically or through our prayers. The blessed Holy Spirit said, we should bless and not curse.
Mat 5:43 — Mat 5:44. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Romans 12:14. Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Our Lord went further to tell us that believers , have another spirit and that He had come to save and not to destroy. See it.
Luk 9:54 — Luk 9:56. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
Beloved, this was the finality and superiority of Jesus words and the entire new testament. Today’s believers praying that their enemies should die or wanting to kill witches through their prayers, shall not be found in heaven, for rejecting the final and superior words of Jesus and the new testament.
This shall be their lots because they deliberately blinded their minds to see the truth and be like Jesus.
2Co 3:14 — 2Co 3:18 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil taken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
These so called believers are justifying their wicked and unChristlike attitude, which is sinful and making them disobedient to Christ’s instructions.
Luk 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
See they deliberately choose to be Moses’s disciples and not Jesus.
Jn 9:24 — Jn 9:29 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
Beloved, because you are heaven-minded, follow Jesus’s superior and more excellent ministry. This alone is the guarantee that we shall be with Him in heaven. You shall be there in Jesus name.
Exodus 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
Dearly beloved, Jesus our Lord came and spoke the words that were final revelation from God the Father.
Heb 1:1 — Heb 1:2 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
He Himself was the written, spoken and the living Word.
Jn 1:1 — Jn 1:4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
He was the truth personified.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
He was the undeniable light of the world.
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
He can to establish a more excellent ministry with better promises.
Heb 8:6 — Heb 8:7 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
This was confirmed by our loving Father in heaven on the Mount of transfiguration.
Mat 17:1 — Mat 17:5 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
This had also been prophesied before this time.
Deu 18:18 — Deu 18:19 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
See an instance of Jesus’s final and superior words.
Mat 19:3 — Mat 19:8 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
The new testament words are the final that shall determine where you shall spend eternity. See some of them.
1. Killing in the old testament is different from the new now
Mat 5:21 — Mat 5:22 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
2. Adultery in the old is now different from the new.
Mat 5:27 — Mat 5:28 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Mar 10:11 — Mar 10:12 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Rom 7:2 — Rom 7:3 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
3. Divorce permitted in the old and cancelled in the new.
Mat 5:31 — Mat 5:32 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
4. Swearing cancelled in new testament.
Mat 5:33 — Mat 5:37 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; it is God’s throne: Nor by the earth; it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
5. Retaliation forbidden.
Mat 5:38 — Mat 5:39 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
6. Love your enemies. No animosity or malice or unforgiving spirit.
Mat 5:43 — Mat 5:48 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
7. Murder in old testament is different from the new.
1Jo 3:14 — 1Jo 3:15 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
1Jo 4:20 — 1Jo 4:21 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
The new testament words are the final that shall determine where you shall spend eternity. Receive grace to do accordingly in Jesus name.
Friend, Jesus words are the final words from God. It is only those who wholeheartedly obey Jesus’s final revelation from God, that shall have part in the dawning rapture. You shall have part in Jesus name.
Heb 1:1 — Heb 1:2 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Jesus words are the new commandment from God.
Jn 12:46 — Jn 12:49 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Christ words are the wisdom of God that shall qualify the doer to spend eternity with God.
Mat 7:21 — Mat 7:27 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Jesus words are the final words from God that shall not pass away.
Mar 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Obeying Jesus final words and commandment’s from God shall guarantee your readiness for the rapture. May be good Lord help you in particular to be wise unto salvation in Jesus name.
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