1-24-2016 weekly message

Meditation of the week: Psalms 5:1-12

Main scripture: Number 13:17-14:10

Subject: The fruits of word of unfaith and of faith

         The LORD God called Moses to lead the people of Israel to the promised land flowing with milk and honey that was promised unto Abraham, their forefather. Moses sent twelve spies to the land of Canaan to search the land. They brought back word unto them; and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. One bundle of grape was so great that they had to bear a branch of the cluster of grapes between two men upon a staff. They also brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. Ten of the twelve told the congregation of the people with bad report saying,

“ We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there….. We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”(Num. 13:27,31-33)

But Caleb one of the twelve spies stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.”

           Upon hearing their report, all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and people wept that night. They murmured against Moses and against Aaron, and they said unto them: “ Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.”(Num. 14:1-4)

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

          On the other hand, Joshua and Caleb didn’t say according to what they saw with their eyes, bur said what they saw with the eyes of faith. When Joshua declared the word of faith, the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh tore their clothes, and said unto them:

“The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.”(Num. 14:7-9)

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

            Yeah! The glory of God appears when man of faith that believe on the word of promise of God walk by faith, not by sight, and say of the word of faith. Apostle Paul testified of this in the Spirit:

“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”(Rom. 8:6-9)

             King Solomon testified of this in his Proverbs: “The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.”(Prov. 29:25)

At that time, all the people of the congregation of the people of Israel that came out of Egypt except Joshua and Caleb feared the giant living in Canaan; and they brought snare against them. All the people had to wandered in the wilderness for forty years calculating one day of searching the lad as one year unto death as they said. But only Joshua and Caleb could enter the promised land to live in safety.

              The LORD God spoke of something very important through king Solomon:

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life…. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction…. A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul…. A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled…. Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth…. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.“(Prov.4:23;13:3;18:7,20;6:2;13:2;13:3)

         Yeah! All the issues of life start from the words flowing out from the lip. Therefore, they that have the Spirit of God have to say in each word according to the utterance given by the Holy Spirit. If they say of the carnal mind, they bring a snare unto death. In other word, the carnal word is followed by pain; and the fruit of pain is to be eaten by them. Apostle Peter encouraged unto the children of God of the word to be spoken:

“If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”(1Pet. 4:11)

             Apostle Paul also encouraged unto the saints of Corinthians how to walk in the daily life:

“(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)”(2Cor. 5:7)

What he testified was that they are walking in the faith looking forward the heavenly house which they are on the way being clothed with immortal and incorruptible body gloriously putting off the corruptible, even though they couldn’t see with their eyes.

            All the words of God are the words of promises given unto the people of God as well as his children. This is the reason why we not say thinking according to seeing with our eyes, but confess of the thoughts of faith with our lips believing on the words of God. All the words of God have the power of creation. heavens and earth were created when the LORD God said.

            The children of God have to forsake the thought of flesh and to confess the thoughts through the Holy Ghost. Then it is matter of time before realized, even though we cannot see right away. Looking forward the day of Christ, and the judgment seat of Christ, and the wedding of the Lamb of God, and the day of reigning with Christ as the joint heirs in the Millennium kingdom, we think of them and confess of faith until the days shall appear before our eyes.

            Therefore Apostle Paul testified of the faith unto the Hebrew: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report…. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”(Heb. 11:1,2,5)

             God is love as well as righteousness. He gives unlimited grace and mercy unto them that trust in him with faith, but against them that never trust in him. The LORD God abandoned the multi-millions of people unto death in the wilderness that came out of Egypt only except Joshua and Caleb. The LORD God heard their murmuring of the carnal thoughts, and let them die as they said before him. But the LORD God also heard of the word of faith from Joshua and Caleb, he appeared in his glory, and they could enter the land of Canaan as their confession of faith of their lips. They ate the fruit of their lips. They not fear men but trusted in the words of promise of God so that they could dwell safe in the land of Canaan.

             Therefore we have to hear the words of God and read them and meditate to think spiritually according to the words of God in all circumstances so that we may be able to eat the fruits of lips pleasing God through confession of faith. The will of God in Christ Jesus toward us is as Apostle Paul testified unto the saints of Thessalonians:

“Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

In every thing give thanks:”

Amen! Hallelujah!