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?
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…How would Jesus sing this song?
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…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 (Babylon being this world).
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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 their syrupy-sweet sensual 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)…
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…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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