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A Closer Walk

Attitude of the Righteous

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Our ministry is to reach out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ and to help believers be equipped with a solid knowledge of the Word of God, the Bible, and be encouraged to apply it in every aspect of their daily lives. There are simple truths for these complex times to help people live in a way that brings real spiritual victory to them and more importantly, through the Lord Jesus Christ, glory to God our Father.

Mark 2:27
Jesus said to them (the Pharisees), ‘The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.’
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Jesus also said to the Pharisees, those religious teachers of His day, that what they were doing and teaching was making the word of God invalid, setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep their traditions! {Mar.7:5-9} It is worthy of note that teaching the traditions and doctrines of men as though they were God's instruction is still a very, very common practice in much of the church even today. As Solomon wrote long ago, there is nothing new under the sun! {Ecc.1:9}
 
After Jesus had dealt with the attacks, the temptations, of the serpent—the father of lies—in the wilderness with the Word of God, the sword of the Spirit, {Mat.4:3-11} He withdrew into Galilee then left Nazareth and settled in Capernaum preaching and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” {Mat.4:17} It was it was at that time that the Lord began to call the apostles to Him.

While in Nazareth He taught in the synagogue and His message was about God setting the captives free, as He quoted from the book of the prophet Isaiah. {Is. 61:1-2} It must have been a really great message, look at the response:
 
“And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.” {Lk. 4:28-29) And His ministry was off to a great start!
 
Religion, and by that I mean as it is so commonly found, not the real thing which is described by the Word as visiting widows and orphans in their distress and keeping ourselves unstained by the world {Jas.1:27}, is still all too often all about the traditions and authority of men! That can be described as bondage and captivity with a smile and a great soundtrack. Cue the ‘worship’ music.

So, I would have to join the apostle Paul in his warning that the serpent who deceived Eve would once again do all he can to lead saints of God astray from the simplicity and purity of our devotion to Christ. {2Co.11:3} So let us go back to where we started today, understanding the Sabbath, made and ordained to be a blessing and a delight to give us rest as we observe, celebrate and proclaim that greatest of gifts—Jesus and Him crucified!

“If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot from doing your own pleasure on My holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord (YHWH) honorable, and honor it, desisting from your own ways, from seeking your own pleasure and speaking your own word.
  Then you will take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken." (Isaiah 58:13-14)
 
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