Today’s Devotional, Year 4 – January 2 (“Harvesters of Light”)

By admin On April 5th, 2021

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Today’s Devotional, Year 4 – January 2

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“Harvesters of Light”

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“But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light,

we have fellowship one with another,

and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son

cleanseth us from all sin.”

1st John 1:7

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NAME-CALLING

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“I know you are, but what am I?! I know you are, but what am I?!”

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Have you ever said these words? I know you are, but what am I?! I know you are, but what am I?!”

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This was the best we could come up with, back in the 50’s, when somebody was calling us a derogatory name.

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Bully Free Zone – Creative-Commons Generic License – cropped image – Wikimedia

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DEROGATORY NAMES

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Well, the fact is, most of us have been called many derogatory names over the span of our lifetime.

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Back in our early schooling, some of our less-than-admiring companions may have teased us about some perceived flaw in our looks, personality, or life-circumstances.

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Not too much fun, was it?

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Anger during a protest – by David Shankbone – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike-License

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GOD CALLS PEOPLE NAMES TOO!

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But God also has a name for His followers.

Yes, God is into ‘name-calling’ too!

Actually, He calls us many different names.

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But today’s devotional is focusing on one name in particular.

That name is the name, “Children of Light”.

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Listen… Ye are all the children of light,

and the children of the day:

we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”

1st Thessalonians 5: 5 (see also Luke 16:8, John 12:36, Ephesians 5:8) 

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Jesus Teaching Luke 4:31-32 – Jesus talks about Heaven – www.lavistachurchofchrist.org – Public Domain

 

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A GOOD NAME IS WORTH PROTECTING!

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“I (Jesus) know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.” Revelation 3:1

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What a wonderful name! “Children of Light”!

It kind-of makes us feel a responsibility to protect that light within us, doesn’t it?

Well, it should!

After all, there are many ways in this dark old world, in which we might drink in that darkness, isn’t there?

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And this above verse from Revelation warns that a good name must be protected (“I (Jesus) know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.”)

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DRINKING IN THE DARKNESS

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Just think of all the things of the world which exude darkness: the various newscasts on TV and radio, for instance, which report one heinous crime after another.

Do we think that has any effect on our Heavenly glow? 

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Well, God thinks it does!

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Just listen…“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire (God)?

who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly…

that stops his ears from hearing of blood,

and shuts his eyes from seeing evil…”

Isaiah 33:14, 15.

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Well, isn’t that what so much of nightly news is all about: the “hearing of blood” (violence)?

And on TV news, we not only hear about violence, but we get to see it, too! 

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ABC-Good Morning America – wikipedia – share-alike license

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REPROVERS OF THE DARKNESS

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Dear Stranger & Pilgrim in this world (two more God-given names), instead of watching evil communications, it is our responsibility to reprove all such evil.

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Listen… “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,

but rather reprove them.

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:

for whatsoever doth make manifest is light…

Ephesians 5:11-14.

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Just think, the Bible tells us that it’s a shame to even speak of such hideous crimes we so casually and carelessly watch on TV!

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http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Transfiguration_bloch.jpgLIGHT MANIFESTS THE DARKNESS

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But the good news is, God is also calling us to awaken from our death-like slumber, and He will give us light…

“Wherefore He (God) saith,

Awake thou that sleepest,

and arise from the dead,

and Christ shall give thee light.”

Ephesians 5:14

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Yes, as this passage, and also the one before it from Ephesians tells us, it is light which makes manifest the darkness of this world (“for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.” Ephesians 5:13).

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Transfiguration – Bloch – Wikimedia Commons – US Public-Domain

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GATHER UP THE LIGHT!

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Therefore, instead of gathering darkness, let us each be light-gatherers! And there is no better way of gathering light, than to behold Jesus, “in the light of His Word”!

(a line from the hymnal song, “When We Walk with the Lord”)

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“The entrance of Thy words giveth light;

it giveth understanding unto the simple.”

Psalm 119:30.

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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, I have lived in the flesh much too long! 

Let me become a gatherer of light, instead of a gatherer of darkness…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Television & The Image That Speaks”…

…or you can also read… “Running The Christian Race (Part 3, Sensual Music)”…

…or you can also read… “Mercury & The Image Of The Beast”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

https://theheavensdeclare.net/orion-2/.

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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THE ARK, CROSS/SCEPTER & FLOWER OF THE FIELD

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“And the temple of God was opened in heaven,

and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament…”

Revelation 11:19

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The below sketch is of the southernmost constellations: The Ark of the Covenant, the Flower of the Field, and the Cross/Scepter Constellations.

This constellation is commonly known as “Sagittarius”.

Why the ancients saw this as a centaur (man/horse figure) is a mystery.

Maybe someone knows.

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Question_book_magnify2.svg

READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Ark of the Covenant Constellation”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voting_in_Hackney.jpgTOMORROW:

Daily Devotional, Year 4 – JANUARY 3 (A World of Lies, Part 2: “Every Vote Counts! Or Not!”)

Voting in Hackney – Wikipedia – Creative Commons 2.0 License

 

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellen_G_White.jpgWho Will Accept the Light from Heaven – By Ellen White

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS 20-MINUTE CHAPTER – Who Will Accept the Light from Heaven

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