King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: Redeemed & Restored
Date: Sunday February 04,2012
Today's Chapters: Leviticus 25-27

Hello My Friend,

Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior? Was there a time that you said in some form, “God, I admit I am a sinner, I believe that Your Son died to pay my sin debt, and that He arose from the dead to give me life too. I ask You to save me and from this moment on I am depending only on Him for my salvation. Amen.” If you said something like that than you are a sinner saved by grace and child of the One And Only Living God. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”- Romans 10:9,10. Praise God! Regardless of whether you said that prayer today or forty years ago, you are a child of God. Have you messed up since then? Sure you have, we all have, but you are redeemed and God has restored you, not only that You will receive an inheritance that no one can take from you.

God gave specific instructions to the Jews on how they were to behave when they got into the promised land. But knowing the flesh He came up the with year of jubile. The year of jubile would be a time of restoration, a yearlong period to be observed by the Jews once every fifty years, during which Jewish slaves were to be set free, alienated lands were to be restored to their original owner or an heir, and all agricultural labors were to be suspended until the next year. “And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field...And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.” - Leviticus 25:10-12,24,25..

The kinsman redeemer is an illustration of Jesus Christ who took on our nature in order to be our next of kin to redeem a piece of land for our inheritance in the Kingdom of God, which we forfeited through sin. Jesus, who is our Redeemer, restores us when we receive Him. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,” -1 Peter 1:3,4.

We should never disregard nor take for granted the wonderful gift that God has given us, while obeying God has nothing to do with our salvation, it has everything to do with honoring and respecting Him for giving His life for us. Keep in mind, Jesus died once on the cross, that means we only have to ask Him once to save us. No matter what we have done or will do in the future we are still saved. Now, that does not mean that we will not face any chastisement for future sin, but it does mean that you are saved by grace alone and that you will not lose your inheritance in the Kingdom of God. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” - Ephesians 2:8,9.

God promises the Jews if they obey His commands, He will continue to bless them, but if they disregard them they can expect to face some consequences, in fact, they will be seven times more severe. “If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit...And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.” - Leviticus 26:3,4,15-18.

When we allow Christ to live through us it only gets better, however, those who choose to live the same life they lived before they got saved with no intention of repenting are going to face some serious tribulations. While God wants to see everyone trust in His Son for their salvation, He will not stand for a person receiving Him for the sake of remaining in their sinful life. Jesus said, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” - Revelation 3:15-20.

God foretold to the severe punishment the Jews would receive if they did not walk in His statutes and commands.“And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.” - Leviticus 26:21-24.

Once in a while I will get someone quoting Bible verses like these to me, claiming that God is cruel and will strike you down if you do not do exactly what He says. That is just absurd. All the events that took place happened because they did the very things He warned them not to do. God does not give us commands so we cannot live He gives so we can live. The things that these people did to get God that angry were things that would anger us. And let me tell you, God is more forgiving than we are, I did some pretty cruel things to people out of anger before I repented of the life I lived in the world. People reap what they sow, and unfortunately innocent people get tangled up in the reaping, but God will get the vengeance upon anyone who hurts His child. “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” -Romans 12:19-21.

Today's Psalm: 49:16 - “But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.”

Today's Proverb: 23:11 - “For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.”

Today's Prayer: God, it is because of the great love of Your Son, Jesus, and His willingness to take on our sins to redeem us that we can receive Your inheritance. It is truly amazing, the love You have for me and everyone, when I was lost, broken, and without hope, You took me in, You accepted me, and You made me one of Yours. Lord, I want to be grateful and honor You as Your child, lead me and guide me to understand and obey Your statutes and commands. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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

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