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Arise, Walk

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On June 30, 2014

In Christian, Genesis, Through the Bible

Genesis 13:17 states “Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.” Close scrutiny of this verse reveals certain hidden treasures in it. First God asks Abram to rise from whatever position/state he was. Second God asks Abram to walk and finally God says that I will give the land that Abram sets his feet on to Abram. In contrast to how Abram’s nephew, Lot, got the well watered plain of Jordan, wherein were the grievously wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abram did not choose for himself like Lot did … instead, we see here that God gave to Abram – Abram did not take.

We must be careful to not jump to a cause-and-effect understanding of this Scripture, for God does not say, if your arise and walk, then I will give you the land. The Lord simply says, “Arise, Walk, … for I will give you the land” accentuating the truth that God is Sovereign and he gives as he pleases (1 Corinthians 12:11). We are however commanded to arise and walk, just as Abram was commanded to.

Points to ponder:
God wants to give us what he has in store for us according to his perfect will for each one us, but he does command us to ‘Arise’ – rise from the miry pit of sin (Psalm 40:2) and ‘Walk’ in newness of life (Romans 6:4), by his Holy Spirit, so that we do not gratify the desires of the flesh (Galatians 5:16-17) and lust after things that on the surface may seem well watered but at the core are wicked. God is telling you and me – Arise, Walk. What is our response?

Genesis 13:17 (KJV)
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

If you were to die today, would you be dead?

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On April 12, 2012

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Jesus cried and prayed to God the Father who was able to save him from death (Hebrews 5:7), that the cup of God’s wrath on him be passed over (Luke 22:42), but God willed for him to be the passover Lamb that takes away and the sin of the world (Isaiah 53:10; John 1:29) and Jesus knew this. He himself had said earlier, that he had come to give his life (to die) as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). Then why would Jesus pray and request that God save him from death?

We must be careful to recognize that when Jesus prayed for being saved from death, he prayed for being saved from the midst of death, and not necessarily to be spared from dying. In other words, Jesus prayed that from the midst of death, God save him, by resurrecting him from the dead and God heard (answered) this prayer of Jesus as we see from the account of the Resurrection, recorded in the Scripture (Matthew 28:6).

Points to ponder:
The Scripture affirms that we are all appointed once to die (Hebrews 9:27), but we are not appointed unto death (spiritual/second death) and all who believe in Jesus Christ, whom God heard and saved from the midst of death, resurrecting him, will also be resurrected from being dead in sin, to being dead to sin and to walking in the newness of life (Romans 6:4). If you were to die today, would you be dead?

Hebrews 5:7 (KJV)
7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

Romans 6:3-11 (KJV)
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Pre-requisite for Holiness

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On September 27, 2010

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The first requirement of man is to be Holy as God is Holy (Leviticus 19:1-2).  From Christian upbringing, I was given to understand that to be Holy is to be sanctified or set apart; to be blameless and righteous and pure. But while researching on what the word “Holy” exactly meant, I came across many words that are synonymous to the word Holy, some of which are adored, among the angels, consecrated, divine, enthroned, glorified, inviolable, redeemed, resurrected, revered, rewarded, sacred, sacrosanct, saved and unprofane.

The one word that caught my attention is the word “resurrected“. This means that to be Holy is to be resurrected. Every one needs to be spiritually resurrected in order to fulfill the very first requirement of God. The good news is that everyone who is in Christ Jesus is a new creature, resurrected to walk in newness of life, relinquishing the ways of death. The prophet Obadiah writes that upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness (Obadiah 1:17). Only those who are washed pure by the pure blood of Jesus, are those who are delivered from the power of the devil and the fear of death, and are resurrected (Holy) to eternal life. Without deliverance (from the bondage of sin), there can be no holiness. The pre-requisite for Holiness is Deliverance, i.e., belief in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, for him whom the Son (of God) delivers (sets free from the bondage of death) is resurrected (Holy) indeed (John 8:36).

Obadiah 1:17 (KJV)
17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

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