Daily Devotional, Year 4, April 2: (ABC Christianity)

By admin On April 2nd, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 4: April 2 

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ABC Christianity

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“But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you,

and ye need not that any man teach you…

1st John 2:27 (Condensed).

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When you were young, did one of your friends ever offer you ABC gum?

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And you said, “Sure!”, only to see them pull gum out of their mouth, and hand it to you!

Then they laughingly explained that ABC stood for “Already Been Chewed”!

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Okay, so that joke only worked one time, leaving you a little embarrassed, but just a little bit wiser!

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HAVING OTHERS CHEW OUR FOOD!

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Well, for some reason, too many Christians are seeking after ABC Christianity!

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What’s that, you ask?

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ABC Christianity is when a churchgoer reads everything but the Bible!

It’s as if we’re afraid of the Bible!

It’s as if we need to have somebody else chew it for us!

As if we have no spiritual teeth!

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“Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”

1st Thessalonians 5:20, 21 

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Oh yes, there may be some very nice books in the Christian bookstore.

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And of course, there’s nothing wrong with reading (or listening to) a biblical perspective.

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But if we are not extremely well-grounded in the Bible, how are we to discern whether or not we are reading 100% truth?

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After all, Satan is a master at concealing lies in a book or a sermon, or a Bible study, which contains 90% truth.

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90% OATMEAL

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It’s like the proverbial mouse poison.

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You can’t fool the mouse, unless you first mix the poison with 99% oatmeal!

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And thus, it is with religious books!

Oh yes, they may have many Scriptures mingled in.

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But more often than not, they have some sort of lie mingled in, too!

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KNOW THE REAL THING, SPOT THE COUNTERFEIT!

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After all, even the people of the world know that you don’t discover counterfeit money by studying counterfeit money.

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No, counterfeit money is detected by studying real money!

And thus, it is also with Christianity.

A Christian must study the real thing first: the Bible!

And only then can he or she easily spot the counterfeit doctrines.

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“PUT YE NOT CONFIDENCE IN A GUIDE”

Micah 7:5

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But even some of the great radio preachers of yesteryear, have errors in the otherwise good teachings!

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We just can’t leave the responsibility of our soul’s Salvation in the hands of erring, fallible men!

No matter how much we respect or even revere them!

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Listen to the apostle, John…

“But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you,

and ye need not that any man teach you:

but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things,

and is truth, and is no lie,

and even as it hath taught you,

ye shall abide in Him.”

1st John 2:27.

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So here we see that God is telling us that we just don’t really need anybody to teach us!

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We have the Holy Spirit to teach us (if we’re truly saved).

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“WHEN FOR THE TIME YE OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS”

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PaulT.jpgAnd each and every Christian should come to the point of reaching “teacher-status”.

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Listen to Paul…

“For when for the time ye ought to be teachers,

ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God;

and are become such as have need of milk,

and not of strong meat.”

Hebrews 5:12.

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Paul is scolding us, because we have been letting others do our Bible studying and even do our thinking for us, when instead, we ourselves should be teachers by now!

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SLINGING STONES…AND NOT MISS!

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So in conclusion, each and every one of us needs to become so well-grounded in the Bible that, we each can… “sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.” (spiritually speaking, of course)! (Judges 20:16).

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Yes, the verses of the Bible are those stones.

And we all need to be willing to deny ourselves every earthly pleasure, if it means spending more time in God’s Word.

And for Heaven’s sake! Let’s stop eating all that ABC gum, and all that ABC food, and start eating God’ Word instead!

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Yes, it takes a lot of chewing. But it will be well worth the effort! 

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me a deep love for Thy Word. Open my eyes, that I might behold wondrous things out of Thy Word…

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READ MORE…

 To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Martha, the “Doer” & Mary, the “Hearer””…

…or you may also read…JUNE 12 (Come Out of Her, My People! Part 12: “Ye Need Not That Any Man Teach You”)

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THE END

 

.Soldiers of the Cross - Armor-Up!

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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A STAR & SCEPTER ARISES IN THE NIGHT SKY

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“Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.” Psalms 45:6

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Now, this 3rd brightest star in the night heavens, Arcturus, seems to very nicely fulfill the prophecy, “there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel” Numbers 24:17.

But where would the scepter be in this prophecy?

After all, it speaks not only of a star rising, but also of a scepter.

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NOT THE NORTHERN NOR THE SOUTHERN CROSS

Cross-Scepter Constellation

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This is not the Northern Cross, nor is it the Southern Cross.

This cross is made of stars from both the Serpens Constellation and the Ophiuchus Constellation.

Here is a star-chart from Wikipedia, in which the editor of this site has sketched in this Cross/Scepter Constellation.

The stars in this star-chart are accurately placed, and this Cross/Scepter Constellation stands out in brilliance, among the other stars in the night sky.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Cross/Scepter Constellation”

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poor_man_reading.jpgTOMORROW:

April 3 (The Evil-Eyed Pharisee Scorner, Part 7: “God Is No Respecter of Persons!”)

Homeless man reading Bible – Wikimedia share-alike license

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This massive constellation is comprised of the various constellations on this websiteTHE DESIRE OF AGES, BY ELLEN G. WHITE

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This is a chapter of the audio book about the Gospel of Jesus Christ in His life and ministry.

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Chapter 48 – Who Is the Greatest?

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ABOVE STAR-CHART: The Sign of the Son of Man Constellation – made of the various constellations on this website

 

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EXCERPTS FROM THE OPEN FORUM QUESTION/ANSWER RADIO TALK-SHOW…

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This recording #142, is a small 30 minute sampling of the late Harold Camping’s 90 minute nightly talk shows. This particular program aired in the last few years of his 50 year radio ministry, and includes caller’s questions regarding his teachings on “the end of the church age”…

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy bible – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 

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