*DAILY DEW 30/APRIL/2024* *A Father's Instructions* (3) _Key Bible Text:_ *"For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.* (Proverbs 4:3-4 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ William Wordsworth in the year 1802, wrote the poem "My Heart Leaps Up". In it, he used the phrase, “Child is the Father of Man”. This can also be rendered as the boy is the father of the man! *"The term basically means that the behaviour and activities of a person's childhood go a long way in building his personality."* In Proverbs 4:1-4, verse 1 takes its justification first in verse 2. Verse 2 is gotten or formed from the explanation in verse 3 & 4. The father who called for the attention of his children to his instructions, explained that he too was his father's son. And his father taught him to *"Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live."* _MEDITATION:_ *"When a father fails to teach his children, he has failed to teach his children's children."* *"When a son fails to take to the instructions of a father, he has failed his own children also"* *#DavidJoshuaEgbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2024* ? *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you... ..

*DAILY DEW 28/MAY/2023* *PRESERVED IN JESUS CHRIST* _Key Bible Text:_ *"Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and PRESERVED IN JESUS CHRIST, and called" (Jude 1:1 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ To preserve is to maintain (something) in its original or existing state. The Bible teaches us that we are preserved IN Jesus Christ. We are "kept safe by Jesus Christ" (Message) or "keeps you safe in the care of Jesus Christ" (NLT) or "kept for Jesus Christ" (Amplified/NIV) It is therefore evident that our preservation or safety is BY, IN, & FOR Jesus Christ. Let's meditate and ponder on this. Your preservation or safety is not BY any other than Jesus Christ. This means of yourself you can't keep or preserve yourself. Only BY Jesus can we be kept. In deed, we are "kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." (1 Peter 1:5 (KJV)) We are kept IN Christ Jesus. Jesus is the Living Word of God, and our preservation and safety is assured as we continue IN Him! John 8:31-32 (KJV) says this *"If ye continue in MY WORD, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you FREE."* OUTSIDE of Jesus (The WORD), we are neither preserved not safe. (Romans 11:21, 22; Acts 30:32) Our preservation is only guaranteed as we continue and remain in the Word. Finally, we are kept FOR Jesus Christ. It is to the glory and use and pleasure of Jesus Christ that we are kept. We are not kept for personal aggrandizement or selfish reasons. We are kept for Christ. Not for our own selves but for His name sake and his glory, and kingdom advancement. God's "selfishness" is only in our best interest, but our selfishness is to our ruin. (Hebrew 12:10) _MEDITATION:_ *For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.* (Philippians 2:13 (KJV)) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 27/MAY/2023* *SANCTIFIED BY GOD THE FATHER* (III) _Key Bible Text:_ *"And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.* (Acts 20:32 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Take a close consideration of the following statements of Jesus:- John 10:36 (KJV): *"Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?"* John 17:19 (KJV) *"And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth."* The earlier John 10:36, was Jesus clearly saying that the Father has already sanctified him. But in John 17:19. He said he sanctifies himself. 🤔 Follow me. Jesus by the above demonstrated the two fold dimensions of sanctification. The first is the work of the Father to the son. The second is the work of the son, for the sake of all who will believe and follow him. The second is only possible when the first has been settled. The first is constant but for us, the second is a variable that requires obedience. Just as Jesus had himself to learn obedience through the things he suffered. Take a look again at Acts 20:32... The word of God's grace is (re)commended to us, because we are to be built up by the word through obedience. Obedience to the word gives us access to our inheritance among those that are sanctified. Look at that! Just look at that! So apart from the first fold sanctification, we must continue in obedience, if we are to have access and right to our inheritance in Christ. _MEDITATION:_ *Our sanctification in Christ is only a means to an end. Our continuous obedience to God's word, secures our place of inheritance among the sanctified. We are sanctified by the Father, so we can continue to sanctify ourselves through obedience to God's word* *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 26/MAY/2023* *SANCTIFIED BY GOD THE FATHER* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *"First, Christ said, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings or burnt offerings or other offerings for sin, nor were you pleased with them” (though they are required by the law of Moses). Then he said, “Look, I have come to do your will.” He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second into effect. For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time."* (Hebrews 10:8‭-‬10 (NLT)) _Bible Insight:_ To understand sanctification, we need to understand it with the insight from the Old Testament. When Jesus came to die, he was actually providing another better and superior alternative to the sin problem. This came about by canceling the first process that involved animal sacrifices. These were used as a way to sanctify the sinner. But it worked only as a temporary measure. Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice which those animal sacrifices heralded. Jesus was the real source of sanctification. By his death and his blood, we secure sanctification in Christ Jesus. Hebrews 10:10 (KJV) speak of the sacrifice of Jesus, his laying down his life according to God's will, as that *"By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."* This is the foundation of our sanctification experience. This is the access point to our sanctification process. This is the first fold of sanctification. Without this first fold, no amount of works or obedience will further ensure sanctification. However, once we have entered the experience of sanctification through Christ, we are by the same requirements of sanctification, expected to take it a step further, which is the second fold. _MEDITATION:_ *For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren* (Hebrews 2:10-11 (KJV)) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....

*DAILY DEW 25/MAY/2023* *SANCTIFIED BY GOD THE FATHER* _Key Bible Text:_ *"Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called."* (Jude 1:1 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ *"Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?"* In John 10:36, that was what Jesus asked the Jews who wanted to stone him for making himself equal with God by claiming he was the son of God. The point for me is that Jesus regarded himself as *"him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world."* Truly, that is the reality everyone who claims to follow Jesus must have. *We are those whom the Father had sanctified and sent into this world of sin and corruption.* When you consider the meaning of sanctification, you will realize that if we were not in this decaying world, we won't be in need of sanctification. Sanctification is therefore a must for every follower of Jesus, who have been saved. To be sanctified is to be made holy, and set aside for sacred or ceremonial use. Your sanctification is a big deal for God. If Jesus was sanctified, none of us will do without sanctification. A close scrutiny at scriptures will reveal that sanctification is two fold. And this we shall study more of as God gives us grace. _MEDITATION:_ *The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith in Christ, gather to know and love him better, and learn to love others as he designed.* -- Paul David Tripp. *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.....