Daily Devotional, Year 2 – JULY 5 (Lucifer’s Music Solo, Part 2, Continued: “Pleasing God or Man?”)
By admin On January 29th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – JULY 5
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Lucifer’s Music Solo,
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Part 2, Continued:
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“Pleasing God or Man?”
To read Part 1, click here…March 25th (Lucifer’s Music Solo)
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“For they loved the praise of men
more than the praise of God.”
John 12:43
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THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF YESTERDAY’S DEVOTIONAL. TO READ YESTERDAY’S DEVOTIONAL, CLICK HERE.
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JESUS IS THE PLUMB-LINE OF TRUTH
[CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY click here to read]
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…But there is a test for each and every word spoken or sung: Jesus Christ!
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Yes, for those who have their eyes lifted up to Heaven, there will be an attempt to imitate Jesus in all we think, do, and say.
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And of course, the Holy Spirit abiding within a Believer likewise pervades what kind of music we love, and listen to, and even the music we perform.
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And filled with His Spirit of love for this new type of music, music of Heaven, we inquire of ourselves…
…”How can I sound more like Jesus?
…How would Jesus sing this song?
…How can I promote Heaven, and not promote ‘self”?”
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And there is a certain Heaven-sent intuition which tells us how Jesus would handle these seemingly questionable matters.
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MEEK & LOWLY JESUS: A REAL JOY-KILLER!
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But for those false brethren in today’s churches, who are trying to vaunt ourselves before audiences, this concept of emulating the meek and lowly Jesus is a real joy-killer!
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Because with Jesus, there was no attempt to lift Himself up by His own beauty or charisma or talent…
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Listen to Isaiah’s description of Jesus…
…”He hath no form (attractiveness) nor comeliness (splendor);
and when we shall see Him,
there is no beauty that we should desire Him.”
Isaiah 53:2
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LUCIFER: KING OF BABYLON (THIS WORLD)
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And we need to remember that it was Satan who first began to perform his solos to please his audience of angels.
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Yes, when pride entered Lucifer’s heart, he began to sing more and more solos, no doubt!
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No longer was his motivation to please God.
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No longer was he content with joining all voices together as one!
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He became only interested in wowing his audiences with his own beauty, abilities, and charm, for the purpose of self-exaltation!
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Listen…
“…take up this proverb against the king of Babylon…
thy pomp is brought down to the grave…
and the noise of thy viols…
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!…
For thou hast said in thine heart…
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation,
in the sides of the north…
I will be like the most High.”
Isaiah 14:4, 12-14 (condensed for brevity)
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Here above, this passage from Isaiah exposes Lucifer as the King of Babylon (this world). And Lucifer desired to rule “upon the mount of the congregation”: God’s people.
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But Lucifer’s judgment Day will finally come.
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And the noise of his violins will finally cease to sound!
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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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“And I heard another voice from Heaven, saying, Come out of her (Babylon), My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins…”
Revelation 18:4 (Condensed)
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God has allowed His people to live a mingled existence, caught somewhere between Heaven’s government and Satan’s kingdom of this world.
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We have grown up in this fallen world. It’s all we’ve ever known!
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And so, to a great extent, we have lived by the corrupt standards of this fallen world of Lucifer’s making, seldom giving them a second thought.
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And whether we like it or not, the music which the world listens to, is more or less a product of this Babylonian world.
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People on Times Square – cropped image – Wikimedia-Commons – share-alike-license
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EXODUS FROM BABYLON
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Listen to this next prophecy by Isaiah…
…”Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice;
with the voice together shall they sing:
for they shall see eye to eye,
when the LORD shall bring again Zion.”
Isaiah 52:8
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Here is a prophecy which foretells of the day when God’s people will sing, and with “voice together shall they sing”.
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And that Day is now upon us.
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James Tissot – The Flight of the Prisoners – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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TO READ PART 3, CLICK HERE…
JULY 7 (Lucifer’s Music Solo, Part 3, Continued: “It Is Not Near! Let Us Build Houses!”)
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Keep me back from this desire of pride to vaunt myself before others, trying to impress people, rather than God…
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Running The Christian Race (Part 2, Sensual Music)…
…or you can also read this shorter article… March 25th (Lucifer’s Music Solo)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN
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“Let my prayer
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be set forth
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before Thee as incense;
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and the lifting up
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of my hands
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as the evening sacrifice.”
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Psalm 142:2
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“WOMAN ON THE ALTAR” CONSTELLATION…
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This “Golden Altar” Constellation is only seen in winter through spring, in mid-sky.
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It is to the south of the “Fleeing Woman Constellation” (AKA Ursa Major or The Big Dipper).
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The “Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12” Constellation is in the northeastern sky in this sketch.
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You would be facing east and looking very high up almost to mid-sky to see this constellation group this way.
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The altar is farther south but still in the eastern sky.
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This altar itself is commonly known as “Leo Major“, with the smoke rising being “Leo Minor“.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Woman of Revelation 12, (“The Woman on the Altar”)
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TOMORROW…
JULY 6 (How To Get Crucified)
Crucifixion of Peter – Caravaggio Martirio di San Pietro – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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20+ MINUTE AUDIO STUDY IN JEREMIAH 
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
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THIS IS STUDY #551 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…
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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain
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