John 12:27-28 NKJV
Jesus speaking: 27“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. 28Father, glorify Your name.”
Earlier this morning the Lord led me to write a devotional
titled, “Put Your House in Order,” which was a reminder and a warning
with regard to the days that we now live in, that we should not take time for
granted, and we should not ignore the prophesies of the Scriptures with regard
to these last days which are apparently being fulfilled in our day and time
right before our eyes, on a daily basis. And this we can see if we have eyes to
see and ears to hear, and if we are listening to the counsel of our Lord in
obeying what he says we must be doing if we are true followers of Jesus Christ,
our Lord.
And Jesus’ words here regarding what he knew was going to
happen to him may also apply to us who are following Jesus with our lives
today. For Jesus did not put us on this earth, and call us to faith in him, and
to his service, so that we could escape Christian persecution and death for our
walks of faith in obedience to our Lord. He called us to deny self, to die to
sin, and to obey him, in practice, and to suffer for the sake of the gospel,
and for the sake of righteousness, and for the sake of our testimonies for
Jesus Christ. If we obey our Lord, and we speak his truth, we will be hated and
persecuted.
I know for myself personally that when I accepted God’s call
on my life 22 years ago that I was risking it all to follow Jesus where he was
leading me. I knew I was being rejected and that I would be rebuffed and cast
aside by many, that I would be attacked, that I would be falsely accused of
what I did not do, and that I would be persecuted. But I knew this was God’s
calling on my life and that God had this planned for my life from before I was
born. So, I accept that I will not be well liked and received by the many, that
I might serve the Lord in sharing what he gives me to share each day from his
word.
John 12:35-36 NKJV
35Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. 36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.
“The light” Jesus spoke of here was two-fold, I believe. For
he himself was and is “The Light.” And the words he spoke, which are recorded
for us in the Scriptures, especially with regard to the gospel message, are
also “the light.” But not just his words, but those of his New Testament
apostles, as well, with regard to the teachings on the gospel of our salvation
and faith in Jesus Christ, and what that looks like. The light is the truth of
God’s word to us regarding our salvation and our need to deny self, die to sin,
and obey our Lord in practice, in his power, as led by the Holy Spirit living
within us.
And we now live in an era when the truth of the gospel as
Christ taught it has been disappearing from sight, and it is largely being
replaced with the lies of the enemy. So it is already fading away, and it seems
very few are teaching it as Jesus and his apostles taught it. So darkness is
already overtaking many people who profess to believe in Jesus because they
have believed the lie and not the truth. So many are being taught that God does
not require repentance, that they forsake their sins, and that he does not
require obedience to his commands. But that is a lie from hell! Don’t buy!
Please know that Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we
must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin and to self), and
follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will
lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the
Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power,
then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will
enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God. So
don’t ignore this. Not one of us is assured that we have today, let alone
tomorrow.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts
26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans
8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1
Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians
5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14;
Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24;
1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation
3:1-22]
The Spirit Calling
An Original Work / November 12, 2019
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Hear the Spirit
calling. He’ll keep you from falling.
Tenderly He’s
calling, “Come and follow Him.”
Walk with Jesus
daily. Don’t give in to lazy.
Folks may call you
crazy. Fellowship with Him.
Follow where He
leads you. Eat what Jesus feeds you.
His love will renew
you if you follow Him.
Do what Jesus tells
you. Don’t let your faith fail you.
His love will avail
you if you walk with Him.
Jesus, Lord and
Savior, reigneth now forever.
He gave us His favor
so we’d live with Him.
Turning now from our
sin, Holy Spirit live-in.
Holiness we walk in,
purified by Him.
But For This Purpose
An Original Work / May 19, 2026
Christ’s Free
Servant, Sue J Love
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