Today’s Devotional – March 22nd (The Deal of All Deals!)

By admin On January 14th, 2021

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Today’s Devotional – March 22nd

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The Deal of All Deals!

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“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.

If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 

For all that is in the world,

the lust of the flesh,

and the lust of the eyes,

and the pride of life,

is not of the Father, but is of the world. 

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof:

but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”

1st John 2:15-17 

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Can you imagine what would happen if a new car dealership put an ad on TV saying that they would take in your broken-down old jalopy of a car, in trade for a brand-new deluxe Rolls Royce limousine?

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And you wouldn’t even owe them one nickel extra!?

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Well, as you can imagine, there would be a mob surrounding that dealership, in less than ten minutes, frantically trying to make that straight-across trade!

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But who would be crazy enough to do such a thing?

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Rolls Royce 200EX ‘Ghost’ – Flickr – The Car Spy – cropped image – Wikimedia Share-alike license

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GOD IS DOING JUST THAT!

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Well, in essence, that is exactly what God is offering each and every person on this worn-out old planet!

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Yes, that’s right!

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God is offering to anyone, a chance to trade in this worn-out, broken-down, utterly hopeless old jalopy-of-a-world, for a world that will never wear out!

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Exclamation Mark – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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A BRAND-NEW JOY-EVERLASTING WORLD!

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Yes, the Lord has been offering us a really great deal!

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That’s right, God wants us to trade-in this horrible, worn-out old jalopy-of-a-world, in a straight-across trade, for a world which is just the mirror-opposite of this world!

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And in that soon-coming world, there won’t be any wars. Nor will there be any murders, or rapes, or addictions, or homelessness, or thefts, or perversions, or religious/political persecution, or any of the really awful stuff that goes on in this old world!

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Thomas Cole-Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – Wikimedia – US public domain

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A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK & HONEY

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And that Promised Land awaits our arrival!

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And it is a good land!

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A land flowing with milk and honey, and orchards and vineyards and hills and valleys, and rivers and trees, and children playing, without worry and without danger!

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And the really wonderful thing is, that this coming world will never grow old! And we will be forever young!

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River of Water of Life – H. Melville – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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HARDLY ANY TAKERS!

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But in order for us to make that trade, we have to trade-in this world of selfishness.

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And that’s just too much for most people to part with! That’s right! We love our selfish little ways! We covet our comfortable life. We don’t want to give up our self-indulgences in order to follow Jesus! We are like that rich young ruler, who didn’t mind keeping some rules, as long as he could retain his selfish opulence. But like him, we just don’t want to “go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and ye shall have treasure in Heaven, and come and follow Me”.

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We don’t want to trade-in this old jalopy-of-a-world!

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Rich Young Ruler Hoffman complete and entire surrender of this world, in order to gain Christ– Wikimedia Commons – US public domain

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“OLD WILY’S” CAR LOT!

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And so, like that rich young ruler, who walked away from Jesus’ invitation, we too turn away!

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But then we spot a car-lot across the street! Yes, just over there is another car dealer! And he tells us that we can have that same deluxe Rolls Royce, and keep our old jalopy too!

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Yes, that wily serpent-of-old, makes us believe that we can serve God, and still hang on to our old selfish idols too! And the Devil tells us that we can have both worlds! “Only believe”, he says! “You don’t have to give up all your idols! You can keep the less-offensive idols! God’s grace will allow you to have Heaven and this world too!” 

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Yes, Old Wily promises that beautiful shiny new limo…“Someday”. And in the meantime, you can keep your selfish old jalopy-world, too!

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“Just believe”, he tells you, “and someday you’ll be driving that shiny new limo (everlasting life)!

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But it’s all just a lie! 

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ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who offers a world-loving gospel – www.signsofheaven.org

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gospel shipALL ABOARD! 

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But the really Good News is this: God still stretches out His hands, in offering His incredible deal! Yes, we can still make that trade! That brand-new, deluxe joy-everlasting world is still waiting for us and for our family too! We don’t have to make this dying world our final resting place! We can make that trade, if we so-choose!

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And the Gospel Ship is still waiting for its final departure! And there is room aboard, for anyone willing to make that trade!

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This dying world, for an exciting and intriguing world which will never grow old!

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An adventurous world of joy-everlasting, and beauty incomprehensible!

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Where the roses never die, nor fade away!

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Now, that’s a pretty good trade! Wouldn’t you agree?

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“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:

for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away…

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;

and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,

neither shall there be any more pain:

for the former things are passed away.”

1st John 21:1, 4

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Island_of_Chichimen,_Cuyos_Limones,_Guna_Yala,_Panama.jpg

TO READ PART 2, CLICK HERE…

SEPTEMBER 30 (Deal of All Deals, Part 2: “No Man is an Island!”)

Island of Chichimen, Cuyos Limones, Guna Yala, Panama – the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to really see what a great trade that God is offering. And let me not be deceived into thinking that I can have both worlds! But like the apostle, Paul, let me lose all things, that I might win Christ…

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

READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)” or you can also read… (It’s a throw-away world!)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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“Multitudes, multitudes in the ‘Valley of Decision’…

for the day of the Lord is near in the ‘Valley of Decision’.”

Joel 3:14

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AT THE CROSSROADS OF LIFE…

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As we all know, life is made up of one decision after another. Some are of little consequence. Others are more important. And then there are those times which require life-changing decisions.

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The Bible speaks of the Valley of Decision…“Multitudes, multitudes in the ‘Valley of Decision’…for the day of the Lord is near in the ‘Valley of Decision’.” Joel 3:14. Of course, this valley is a spiritual concept and not a literal place.

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But God has inscribed this very truth in the heavens. It is called “The Valley of Decision” Constellation. It speaks of that valley that each person must walk through.

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LOCATING THIS CONSTELLATION GROUP…

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Look eastward in the early summer through fall. Find the Cassiopeia Constellation. Cassiopeia is the Mount of Blessing. In the sketch, it is the farthest mountain to the left. In the sky, it is the northern-most of these three mountains when facing eastward. It resembles a pyramid. Then find the next pyramid to its right (south). Then go a little further south to the next third pyramid. The third snow-cap is the Destroying Mountain Constellation. These three pyramids are the snow-capped portion of these three mountains in this sketch. (of course, you won’t see the snow-caps in the sky. They are just an embellishment in this sketch to present a concept-EDITOR).

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“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” Micah 4:1, 2

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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 ‘Valley of Decision’ Constellation” or you can also read… “Babylon…O Destroying Mountain”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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

” March 23rd (1st Beast of Revelation 13)”

ABOVE ENGRAVING: Whore – Babylon – Burgkmair – 1523 AD – this old engraving shows that the Church once realized that the Babylon Mother of Harlots was actually the apostate churches – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

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