King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: Magnetized To Christ
Date: Sunday February 26, 2012
Today's Chapters: Deuteronomy 20-22

Hello My Friend,

Have you ever played with a magnet, it is pretty interesting how it is made, it is magnetized by positive and negative electrical current. A magnet will find and attract a certain type of metal hidden between several objects and bring it to it. Once the metal attaches to it it is hard to remove it from the magnet, the stronger the magnet, the stronger the hold it has on the object. However, if anything causes it to lose it's magnetism it would no longer stick. Imagine the magnet as Jesus Christ, Christ will find His people no matter what obstacles are in between Him and them. The closer we get to Him the stronger His hold becomes and nothing can separate us. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?..Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:35,37-39.

Now bring two magnets together and see what happens, if the polarity is correct, if both positive and negative sides meet they will attract, if the polarity is reversed, if both positive or negative sides try to meet they will never attract no matter how much you force them. Imagine the magnets being you and Jesus, if we say Christ is Lord and go against everything He stands for it is just like reversing the polarity of the magnets. The Bible says, “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” - 2 Timothy 2:19-22.

As Christians we must have a balance of positives and negatives in our lives to call on God with a pure heart. We may not like all the negatives, but it is the negatives that give us a pure heart as we honor the vessel God gives us. God promised Israel that He would give them a beautiful land, flowing with milk and honey, the hard part, how to handle all the people who were already they, much of who were living abominable wicked lives. Moses instructs them that they must fight for their land, but also assures them that God will be with them in the battle.

“When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you...But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.” - Deuteronomy 20:1-4,17,18.

God enforced harsh punishments upon the people to put evil away, in other words, to keep the rest of His people from falling into corruption. Even a rebellious son had to face death, “If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.” - Deuteronomy 21:18-21.

Why was God so harsh? If they feared what was going to happen to them they would not obey. Think about it. If you were just told to stay away from something that is dangerous would you do it? Most people when told they cannot do something do it. However, if you actually saw someone get killed from doing it wouldn't you be less likely not to do it? While God does not want to enforce such punishments, He will if it meant that it would be the only way to keep His people from being corrupted. “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:” - 2 Peter 2:9.

Perhaps the things that God finds abominable next to following other gods is defiling the body. Since God made us in His own image it would make sense that we are to present ourselves as such, while it may seem strange to us, it's the little things that matter to God, even the clothes we wear matter to God. Everything we do that pertains to the body needs to be done as God would want it done. Moses explains this further, “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days...Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.” - Deuteronomy 22:5-7,10-12.

If we would prove ourselves that Christ is Lord, we must have respect to God's will and to His glory, and not to the vain fashions of the world. The clothes we wear, what we eat and drink, all must be done with a serious regard to preserve our own and others purity in heart and actions. The birds nest refers to a persons home, we are responsible for our own sins, not those caused by others, in other words if a parent's wickedness causes a child to sin, the child is not bound to the law, only the parent. As for the plow with the two different animals, it is the same as the reversed magnet, when they oppose no work gets done. “If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” - I Corinthians 3:15-17.

Today, we need to be truly grateful that these laws are no longer enforced since Jesus Christ died on the cross. However, the same principals still apply, we are to live godly, moral lives. Are you struggling? Are you fighting with sin, past or present? If you want Christ to be Lord, if you truly want a relationship with Christ, one in which you truly feel the presence of God in you and know that you are a forgiven child of the living God. Then it's time to switch the polarities, stop fighting against the things that keep you from letting God get near you. It takes time to get really close to God, but as long as you keep removing the obstacles His pull will keep getting stronger and and stronger there us nothing that God would not do for you. “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” - 1 Corinthians 2:9.

Today's Psalm: 4:3 - “But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.”

Today's Proverb: 8:13 - “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”

Today's Prayer: God, It truly is amazing that once we receive Your Son nothing separates us, but when we allow things in our lives that You do not want it is so east to forget that You are with us. Lord, help me to truly make Jesus Lord, search me, open my heart, and reveal to me every thing that separates us in my own sense. Help me to remove these obstacles so I can truly enjoy Your presence and witness the amazing grace You have for me in every area of my life. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Enjoy the rest of your day/night.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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