Lead Me In Thy Truth, And Teach Me: For Thou Art The God Of My Salvation - Part 2190

"The Lord [is] my Rock, and my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my Strength, in whom I will trust; my Buckler, and the horn of my Salvation, and my High Tower." (Psalm 18:2)

"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour -- that He -- BY THE GRACE OF GOD SHOULD TASTE DEATH FOR EVERY MAN." (Hebrews 2:9)

Who is the He that tasted death for EVERY man? Who is the He that bore our sins on a cross so that we might have life everlasting? That when our sins were as crimson, He paid the ultimate price of death, shedding His precious holy blood for you and I. But the storyline of the greatest story ever told does not end there. Why? Because He was victorious, being raised from the dead, so that we might know His peace and love and joy and mercy forevermore.

Yes, His Name is JESUS, for He shall save His people from their sins. These are the words that were proclaimed by the angel -- announcing the coming of the prophesied Messiah, the Lord's Christ. Indeed, behold, the Lamb of God! He who knew no sin was made flesh, becoming the one and only mediator of the New Testament, that any means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. (Hebrews 9:8-28)

For the record, the coming of the promised Christ was not just happenstance. Up until this point, there had been over 400 years of silence, wherein the Israelites had not heard from God, because of their transgressions. But now, at the appointed time, when the Holy Ghost this signified, the Old Testament that had been the norm was about to pass away. All things new because the dayspring from on high was about to visit His people, bringing with Him a plan of salvation so great, so wondrous, so undeserved -- so that His beloved creation, whom He loved could abide in Him.

"He asked life of Thee, [and] Thou gave [it] Him,[even] length of days for ever and ever. His glory is great in Thy salvation: honour and majesty hast Thou laid upon Him. For Thou hast made Him most blessed for ever: Thou hast made Him exceeding glad with Thy countenance." (Psalm 21:46)

In the beginning and in fact even before the foundation of the world was formed, God had a plan wherein His spoken Word -- the same Word that spoke everything into existence -- would be made flesh and dwell among us -- with the sole purpose of bringing to those who believe on Him eternal life. This is why God Himself declared peace and good will toward ALL in this dispensation of grace -- because He Himself was about to personally deliver the greatest love story ever told. (Luke 2:13-14) 

The I AM of the Old Testament was still the Way, the Truth, and the Life in the New Testament. (John 14:6) The holiest of all was to be made manifest -- God Himself manifest in the flesh -- the fullness of the Godhead dwelling bodily in Him. As the scripture declares, "He was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not." (John 1:10-11; John 1:1-14; I Timothy 3:16; Isaiah 9:6)

"To wit, God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself." (II Corinthians 5:19)

"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood." (Acts 20:28)

Believers in Jesus the Christ by faith need to understand the significant difference between the old covenant  and the new -- the appointed time in history wherein after the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared. (Titus 3:4-7) 

God Himself visited His people, having borne our griefs and carried our sorrows for one purpose -- so that we would turn to Him for our sustenance. As Jesus said, "I AM the Bread of life!" "I AM the Light of this world, the same Light which lights every man when they come into this world. 

It is He -- God Himself who clothed Himself in sin-prone flesh (and yet without sin) who made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 53:1-12) He took on the form of a begotten Son, coming forth from the Father and returning hence after conquering the strongholds that we associate with death. 

But after the resurrection, wherein death could not hold our blessed Saviour captive, the One and Only King of kings and Lord of lords,  the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last is now waiting for you to call on Him this day. 

His Name is JESUS -- the Name above every other name; and the only Name whereby we must be saved in this current dispensation of grace. (Revelation 1:8, 11; Acts 4:12; Philippians 2:9; John 3:16) If you have not tasted and seen that the Lord is good, find yourself a New Testament Bible (preferably a translation like the original King James version, or Geneva, or Matthews, or Tyndale, and not a rewritten revision of a revision that has diluted His Word so much that the gospel is hid -- even to those who diligently search for truth) and when you do, read John and then the book of Acts. 

This marks the beginning of the New Testament church, and His Word therein will satisfy that yearning within your soul, the famine and drought that only the Lord God our Saviour Jesus the Christ can fulfill.  Give us this day our daily Bread -- Jesus -- the Bread of life.

Stand in the offering plate.