What Else Has He Done for "Each One"?

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

It was encouraging when we considered the past two days how God has "dealt a measure of faith" to "each one among you" (Rom. 12:3). What else has He done, for "each one"?

He has "tasted death for every one" (Heb. 2:9). That's the second one; tasting our first would have been easy, simply going to sleep--which is what Jesus would have loved to do while hanging on His cross, like the two thieves crucified with Him; they bit down hard on the sponge filled with narcotic and just passed out--oh, so lovely! Jesus refused it. He must keep His full consciousness, so as to endure the horror of bearing the curse of God (Deut. 21:22, 23; Gal. 3:13). He must endure hell for each individual of the human race, so far--the only person (human/divine) in time and eternity to die the second death.

The Lord gave to each of us something else--the unique, different ability to win a certain soul to Christ (see 1 Cor. 3:5). Each of us was born in a different womb with different circumstances of life from day one. The infinite God has "ordained" each of us uniquely. Hold your head high; you are somebody--through the grace of the Savior (Psalm 139:1-6).

Each of us will receive praise from the Lord Jesus in the judgment. Contrary to what we've thought of it, a time when each will be reprimanded and at best barely squeak into His kingdom, Paul anticipates the judgment as a time when the Savior will hand out unexpected kudos on all sides (read 1 Cor. 4:5). That crown you've always wanted--forget it; this will cause your soul to tingle with far more delight.

We could go on and on endlessly. Here's one more: each man or woman has his/her own "gift" of marriage, or living without it (1 Cor. 7:7). When we grasp that, we'll be happier people.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: August 17, 2006.
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"A Measure of Faith" (Part 2)

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

The Lord Jesus Christ has said it plainly--"whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). Sounds like He wants everybody to be saved, doesn't it? And yes, specifically, He does, for we read, He "desires all men to be saved" (1 Tim. 2:4).

But "all have sinned" (Rom. 3:23); and by nature all are alienated from God so that the call is to us all, "We implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God" (2 Cor. 5:20). How can we believe while we're "alienated"?

And for many people, that idea of "believing" seems difficult; for them, that is the one great hurdle in the way of salvation: they don't know how to believe. They think they can't.

But right here is where what we tried to say yesterday comes into focus: "God has dealt to each one the measure [metron, Gr.] of faith" (Rom. 12:3).

Here's the idea: no matter how badly you have been mis-educated, or have sinned, or been perverted, or wandered away, or how deeply against Him you have rebelled, God has given you that "measure [metron] of faith." Yes; He doesn't say that He has offered you a measure of faith--, He has "dealt" to you that measure of faith. The original word means to "part," "deal," "distribute," "divide," "give part."

You have been given your "metron" of faith (so have I been given mine). You have already received the ability to "believe." God has "put enmity between [the serpent] and the woman" (Gen. 3:15). Now face up to reality: nothing but your own perverse choice to deny, to expel, to crush, to trample upon that "measure of faith" God has already given you, can keep you out of the eternal kingdom of God.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: August 11, 2006.
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Dial Daily Bread: "A Measure of Faith" (Part 1)

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

Romans 12:3 is the one key on my "soul-computer" keyboard that I hit every day. It's the prayer that I pray endlessly from the advice that the apostle Paul gives me:

"I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure [metron, Gr.] of faith."

I can pray the first half easily--"not to think of [myself] more highly than [I] ought to think." No problem. The answer is easy: I am "chief of sinners" (1 Tim. 1:15), "less than the least of all saints" (Eph. 3:8), "an unprofitable servant" (Luke 17:10), etc., etc.

But it's the second half of the verse that perplexes me and is difficult. What does it mean for me to "think soberly" about myself?

What "measure of faith" is a "sober" measure?

Well, it is some faith; no person in the wide world can say in the final judgment that God forgot to give him/her that "measure."

Now, your job and mine from henceforth is to exercise that "measure of faith" which He has already given us. And it will be fully sufficient to take us all the way, hand in hand with the Savior, into His eternal kingdom. No person's faith is weak; God gave it to him/her.

Paul's counsel above is not to humiliate us into the dust; you and I have been given that "measure of faith" that enables us to hold our head high in the world, and yes, high in the Lord's church, too. A healthy, even vigorous, self-respect is the gift that "faith" gives us here and now.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: August 10, 2006.
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Fooled by a Counterfeit "Righteousness by Faith"

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

It crops up all the time--laments from church-goers who say they have gone to church for decades and heard legalism preached. But now they rejoice that the gospel of "righteousness by faith" is proclaimed. Thank God for any true change for the better!

But are there different kinds of "righteousness by faith"? Revelation 14 presents an "everlasting gospel" that validates itself by raising up people who truly "keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." They prepare for the literal second coming of Christ (6-15). The author of the Book of Revelation also writes a series of warnings against false claims of "righteousness by faith" in which "we lie, and do not the truth;" "we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us;" "we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us." "He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him" (1 John 1:6, 8, 10; 2:4, etc.).

Apparently the apostle John wants us to discern any "gospel" that does not produce obedience to all the commandments of God (all ten!). A preacher who says he is proclaiming the "gospel" but himself continues to "break one of these least commandments, and ... teach[es] men so," says Jesus, could be a highly sophisticated deception, yet not realize who he is (see Matt. 5:19).

But if those who say they belong in Revelation 14 and let themselves be fooled by a counterfeit "righteousness by faith," they are pretty dumb. The true "everlasting gospel" must produce obedience to all those commandments in the one himself who preaches it.

Is this concern a reversal again to "legalism"? "The everlasting gospel" of Revelation 14 is no legalism; it is a clearer understanding of the cross of Christ than has ever "lightened the earth with glory" (see its full development in Rev. 18:1-4).

The final crisis will be two opposite views of "righteousness by faith." One will spin the Emperor's New Clothes, multitudes rejoicing in "imputed righteousness" but not noticing it's not imparted. "Covered" by what they assume is a spiritual insurance policy, they will go for "the mark of the beast," which will be the most sophisticated counterfeit of "the everlasting gospel" the world has ever seen.

It's time to seek some "eyesalve" that can impart discernment (see Rev. 3:18).

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: May 5, 2003.
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All Heaven Awaits--Including Jesus

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

There's something that Jesus said that stumps Bible-believing Christians who for 150 years have been telling the world that "Jesus is coming soon." He promised that the people who first recognized the "signs" that meant His coming was near were a "generation [that] shall not pass away" until He should come the second time (Mark 13:30). Why the delay? Unless some reasonable explanation can be given, don't blame young people for walking away.

The context is clear. Jesus has been telling about the "signs" to come in the heavens that tell the world His coming is near ("dark day, 1780), "falling of the stars" (1833; vss. 24-26), and then He is to come. Jesus wants to come the second time! We must not overlook the fact that in becoming "Emanuel, God with us" He has become one of us for all eternity. He is a Bridegroom eager (as any loving bridegroom is) for His Wedding! He wants to gather to Himself His own--which is why He wants to come the second time. This important aspect of the second coming eludes many sincere people who think only of their own salvation, and not of His happiness.

The heavenly Bridegroom's Bride-to-be has selfishly delayed to "make herself ready" for "the marriage of the Lamb" (Rev. 19:7, 8). There has not been that eager response to His wooing that He longs for. It's outside her door, not inside, where He stands "knocking, knocking" (Rev. 3:20; Song of Solomon 5:2, 3, from where Christ quoted that expression, in the Greek Old Testament, LXX).

Scripture postulates a change to take place in the very heart of that Bride-to-be. All Heaven awaits it; so does Jesus.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: June 5, 2005.
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The Rebuke of the True Witness

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,

Just now a huge assembly is meeting--the General Conference quinquennial Session of a worldwide church of some 13 million plus members. It is probably the last truly "protestant" church in existence, at least with a worldwide membership and extensive organization.

It is truly "protestant" in that it protests against Rome's substituting Sunday-worship for the biblical command to keep holy "the seventh day." This church maintains that whenever Christians are willing to substitute Sunday observance for biblical Sabbath worship, they are bowing to Rome.

Further, this church is "protestant" in that it rejects the Roman Catholic/popular Protestant doctrine of natural immortality of the human soul. Correctly, this church traces the origin of that doctrine to paganism and recognizes how it opens the door to Spiritualism. This church recognizes that immortality is a gift from Christ and "in Christ" only to those who believe in heart-felt obedience, by faith.

But does this world church bask in the praise of the Lord Jesus Christ? He says that "as many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent" (Rev. 3:19). This severe rebuke is from the lips of the True Witness to the seventh of the seven churches of world history in Revelation 2, 3 (the last, there is no eighth). The rebuke is directed primarily to its clergy ("the angel of the church of the Laodiceans") who feel proudly "rich and increased with goods, in need of nothing" when in God's sight they are THE one [in history] "wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked" (vs. 17; the Greek has a little "ho" there which makes it say this). Great developments are just before the world! Let's wake up.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: July 6, 2005.
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Getting Hold of Eternal Life

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

Years ago the little book Steps to Christ had a cover picture of a well-dressed (successful!) but sinful man kneeling at the feet of Jesus, with the Savior putting His arms around the broken hearted man. Everyone who saw the cover recognized his own portrait.

Is there anyone who does not fit into that picture--that is, if he/she is aware of reality? The Father did not send His Son into the world to help people who don't need a Savior. "I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick" (Matt. 9:13, 12). Don't envy the people who think they are "whole," who don't feel any need for a Savior. Jesus said of them, "Verily I say unto you, They have their reward" (6:2)--saddest words that could be spoken of any "successful" person! What they "have" is all they'll ever get, whether in this life or the next. The truth is that there is more joy in kneeling at the feet of Jesus with tears than "enjoying" a rollicking Christless "success."

Why? He says, "The Spirit of the Lord ... hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted" (Isa. 61:1; Luke 4:18). If you can fit yourself into that category, then you "have" something really great: "Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones" (Isa. 57:15; the Hebrew word "revive" is used of thirsty corn refreshed by summer rain, Hos. 14:7).

Don't be ashamed to admit that you need a Savior 100%, that you can't even go through one day without Him holding your hand. You're getting hold of eternal life, and that's something nice to have even now.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: July 18, 2001.
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There Is Still a Cross to "Take Up

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

Do you get them, too? Checks in the mail, like money falling out of the sky. Genuine checks. But there is fine print on the backside--if you endorse and cash the check you get regular electronic deductions from your bank account for some nebulous service that actually is worthless. The smart people who devise these scams know that a certain scientifically proven percentage of people will grab at the unexpected windfall and then forget to cancel within the three-month period.

I have never seen such massive deception as permeates society today. See the ads on TV, in the newspapers and magazines. Is there also a massive spiritual deception being foisted on humanity? Jesus says Yes; "take heed that no man deceive you." He warns against an almost overmastering attempt on the part of Satan to fool the world with a "false christ" (Matt. 24:4-26). And if there is a clever "false christ" we can be sure there is also an extremely subtle counterfeit "holy spirit" (see 1 John 4:1-3).

What makes the problem so very serious is that this "spiritual wickedness" is in "high places" (Eph. 6:12), higher up than probably you or I can realize just yet. Jesus reminds us, "Watch therefore" (Matt. 24:40-42).

Does that mean we must be paranoid and hide from the world in some shack in the woods? Saving-ourselves-at-any-cost can become the very antithesis of all that Jesus teaches; it can easily become anti-Holy Spirit, anti-agape, antichrist itself, if love for souls is not our motivation.

Study for yourself to know truth; if you "walk with God" on the mountaintop, then come down also into the valley and minister to people, as Jesus did. "Love [agape] must be completely sincere" (Rom. 12:9, GNB), and self-emptying (Phil. 2:5-8). There is still a cross to take up as we follow Him (Luke 9:23).

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: July 17, 2001.
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An End-Time People and Joseph--A Parallel

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People don't mind, in fact they're quite willing, for Jesus to do the things that the angel Gabriel told Daniel He would do: (1) "finish the transgression," (2) "make an end of sins," (3) "make reconciliation for iniquity," and (4) "bring in everlasting righteousness" (all in Dan. 9:24).

What it seems people don't like is that Daniel was saying that God will have a people on earth who do those things! "Let Jesus do it," they say; "but we can't, and it's wrong to think we can. Sinning is so deeply ingrained in us that we must keep on until either (a) we die, or (b) we see Jesus come in the clouds of heaven. Then He will zap us and cleanse us from it. Meanwhile, you have be human, which means you keep on sinning. Nobody's perfect!" To think that the Savior can "make an end of sins" in you, can reconcile you fully from sin, can "finish your slavery to transgression," can demonstrate "righteousness" in you--don't be a fanatic!

But that's just what the angel said Jesus will accomplish! The Book of Hebrews in the New Testament tells the same Good News: Jesus is "able to save them to the uttermost [perfectly] that come unto God by Him" (7:25), "is able to succor them that are tempted" (2:18). No, it does not mean that anybody will accomplish it on his own (that would be fanaticism!), nor does it mean that these people will be motivated by a self-centered egoism (that too would be fanaticism).

What it means is as simple as a ray of sunlight: God will be honored by a group of people in the end who respond to temptation as Joseph did in Egypt when one lonely day a beautiful young woman tried to entice him into sin with her. Joseph was indeed susceptible for we read that when she grabbed his clothes in her hand he left them and ran for dear life (you don't do that unless you are tempted!). The Bible says he had caught the same vision that the angel Gabriel gave to Daniel: "How ... can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" (Gen. 39:9). What was in Joseph's mind was not what his family might say, or would he catch AIDS, but how could he "crucify to [himself] the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame"? (Heb. 6:6). He was aware of Reality; self was no longer his main concern. Christ is the Head, but He has a corporate "body," and as a "body" a sizable, visible people on earth will demonstrate that what Christ accomplished will be appreciated by humanity.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: March 13, 2001.
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The Disappointment of Christ

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When you are perplexed and tempted to discouragement, think about what the Son of God accomplished for you by His great sacrifice. Then remember that He wants you to "comprehend" it--to let your mind grasp the reality of what He accomplished. Paul got on his knees and prayed for us that "the whole family in heaven and earth" might be united, "rooted and grounded in love [agape], ... able to comprehend with all saints" those grand dimensions of His personal love "which passeth knowledge" (Eph 3:15-19).

What does it mean? We don't want to remain like little children in immature thinking, slow comprehension, for that disappoints our Lord. Children are wonderful, but no parent wants his child to remain a child forever. Christ is disappointed when we do not grow up "unto the measure of the stature of [His] fulness" (4:13); and His disappointment becomes serious. Yes, He loves us, but if, generation after generation, we remain content to be childish and immature, His disappointment becomes intense. Even if the church becomes so numerous that there are billions of childish, weak members who do not grow up to appreciate what His sacrifice means, His disappointment is not lessened.

What it means is that Christ is lonely, even when surrounded by untold myriads of loyal angels in heaven. They are His faithful servants, waiting to do everything He asks them to do. But don't forget that the Son of God became the Son of man; He emptied Himself of the glories of His divinity to become one of us, to share our humanity, to become one of us, our Elder Brother, forever.

It was "we," the human race, who rejected and crucified Him, and then we exiled Him to leave earth and return to where He came from--heaven. But He is lonely there; He wants to be with those who are the purchase of His sacrifice. No, those of His believers who have died during these 6000 years are not alive with Him in heaven--they are "asleep in Jesus." He longs to awaken them in the first resurrection of the sleeping saints and to come to earth the second time to welcome the "alive" members of His church. It's time for us to begin to think about what He wants, to understand the longings of His heart, and to give Him His reward!

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: March 13, 2002.
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Called By God (The Story of Joseph, Part 3)

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If Joseph was savvy (and he was!), he could think of several common sense reasons to say "NO!" to Mrs. Potiphar. A wise writer who understands says that the temptation was "sudden, ... strong, ... seductive," meaning, Mrs. Potiphar was no repulsive hag. She was obviously young, knew how to make herself appealing to a young man with blood as hot as any youth's in history.

Joseph could have reasoned in a calm, logical, mental induction method: he might get AIDS or some other sexual disease; gossip travels--his family might hear of his indulgence in fornication and adultery. But these wise reasonings often get drowned by sudden "seductive" temptation, and people do things when secrecy is involved. "Stolen water is sweeter," says Solomon. "Stolen bread tastes better," "bread eaten in secret is pleasant" (Prov. 9:17, GNB, KJV).

But what was the reason why Joseph said no? "This is a sin against God!" he cried out in his soul (Gen. 39:9). There is a wealth of understanding in that profound statement. Had the secret liaison taken place, Potiphar would not have known, possibly wouldn't even have cared; "nobody would get hurt," is the common view. And seriously, people wonder, why should God up in heaven care if we have a little fun? How could what we do down here affect Him up there? Why is sexual sin something "against God"?

The reason is that the crucifixion of Christ is involved in that sin. You can't do something "against the Lord, and against His Christ," said the apostles, without in the process murdering the Savior of the world (Acts 4:26, 27). You join "Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel," they said.

"Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" asks the old lyric. Well, yes. But remember that He prayed for His crucifiers; "Father, forgive them." If you accept His forgiveness, like Peter you'll always have some little tears in your eyes; and maybe your voice, too.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: May 6, 2001B.
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Called By God (The Story of Joseph, Part 2)

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The backdrop of Joseph's thrilling drama is the great controversy between Christ and Satan. It's far more than a novel; the fate of the plan of salvation is in the balance with that son of Jacob. In Genesis chapters 12-17 God has promised and sworn on oath (placing His own existence and His throne in jeopardy) that from Abraham's "seed" will come the Messiah, the Savior of the world. Otherwise, there can be no Savior of the world.

Jacob's twelve sons are that "seed," and Satan knows it. He inspires ten of them with murderous hatred of the one whom God has called to be the "savior" of the "seed." Failing to kill him outright, they sell him into hopeless slavery.

If only he can crush Joseph's spirit of love, Satan may win! Just embitter the young slave, an abandoned exile all alone in a foreign nation and culture, get him on to liquor or drugs, get him to drown himself in self-pity (that's somehow the bottom line of most alcoholism), if only--then the "seed" will perish with no "savior" and with them will perish God's only possible plan of salvation.

God can't ditch Israel and start from scratch with some other "Abraham and his seed," for He has sworn High Heaven on His promise to Abraham. (You say, that's exactly what He proposed to do with Moses in Exodus 32:10--wipe them out and start afresh with Moses! But wait a moment--He was testing Moses for that same agape-love, for he too is a link in this chain of salvation.)

The great God of heaven has put all His eggs in the Joseph basket (and later, Moses, too). Into one fallible mortal, a sinner by nature, a man inclined by his DNA to be bitter toward those brothers who betrayed him into miserable slavery. Can we imagine how breathless were the inhabitants of heaven as they watched the drama unfold?

Glory! Joseph endures the test! After all those years of bitter separation, when he meets his once-hateful brothers, his heart still loves them; he forgives them. Satan slinks off defeated.

Joseph as "savior" of the "seed" demonstrates to the universe his link to Christ, the Savior of the world who prays for His crucifiers and is the Vindicator of God's oath to Abraham.

Where do YOU fit in, in this drama? (And me?) Respect yourself; you are important. Hang on.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: May 6, 2001A.
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Called By God (The Story of Joseph, Part 1)

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When you were a child, did God give you a special message? Not like a prophet (Jeremiah was called from the womb of his mother), but some special conviction that you were to be a servant of His in some way? God calls youth even today; young hearts are impressible by the Holy Spirit.

But if Satan knows you have been so called, he will try to harass you to get you to abandon your dreams. When Joseph as a child naively told his dreams to his older brothers and his father (Gen. 37), Satan listened and determined to make life as miserable as possible for Joseph, to break his allegiance to God.

The enemy inspired his older brothers to sell him into slavery in Egypt. On that same day as the teenager sat in chains on his way there, his soul thrilled with a resolve that he would dedicate his life to the God of his fathers. Plenty of tears, yes; but no bitter rebellion, no hateful prayer that God take His Holy Spirit away from him and never come back. Remembering his childhood dreams, he consecrated his entire life to God and by the grace of Christ chose to be cheerful and trustful--come what may.

Whoever you are, young or old, you are also chosen by God to be His special agent in some way. You are unworthy? Well, God's problem is that He can't find anybody who is worthy. There is somebody somewhere who needs a message of encouragement from Christ, but He has a problem that is detailed in 1 Corinthians 12:21: "The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you." The Head is Christ; who are the feet? You and me. It humbles me to read that text: the Head needs you and me!

Joseph re-created the story of Job. When he refused to transgress the holy law of God by yielding to the allurement of adultery with Potiphar's wife (it WAS a powerful temptation, else he wouldn't have run for his life), Satan tortured his soul again by having him thrust into prison.

It's quite possible that you too have the privilege of honoring Christ in some severe trial. The Head needs you.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: May 5, 2001.
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Dial Daily Bread: "Knowing" and "Believing"--What's the Difference?

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When Satan came to Christ when He was fasting in the wilderness and tormented Him with the suggestion, "IF Thou be the Son of God ..." was that a real temptation for Him? (Matt. 4:3, 6). Didn't He already KNOW that He was the Son of God? Hadn't He just heard a few days before when the Father announced from heaven, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased"? (Matt. 3:17). If Satan came to tell you to doubt that the earth is round, would that be a real temptation for you? You KNOW that the earth is round!

This introduces us to the heart of our identity problems, as it introduced Jesus to His. There is comfort for us in understanding the truth about this temptation of Jesus. It was necessary for Him at the very beginning of His ministry not only to KNOW who He was, but to BELIEVE who He was. There is a vast difference between the two.

Just hearing an audible voice from Heaven declaring that He was the Son of God was not good enough for Jesus of Nazareth--and all kinds of miracles telling you that God has accepted you and that you are His child and that He has "adopted" you--all this is not good enough for you. John clearly distinguishes between KNOWING and BELIEVING truth: "Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have (1) KNOWN and (2) BELIEVED the love (agape) that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love (agape) dwelleth in God, and God in him" (1 John 4:15, 16). It was not good enough for the two disciples walking to Emmaus to SEE the resurrected Jesus in the flesh with their physical eyes; He must give them a Bible study: "Beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself" (Luke 24:13-32). Only then did their "hearts burn within them." Only then did they truly BELIEVE.

What settled Jesus in the conviction that He was indeed the Son of God was not the physical VOICE from heaven (Satan could counterfeit that!); but "in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself." KNOWING must be supplemented by BELIEVING agape. It's faith in the Word, not feeling, that says you are "accepted in the Beloved" (Eph. 1:6). The Bible truth of agape is far stronger than any superficial emotion we may feel.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: February 26, 2002.
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The "Blotting Out of Sins"--Setting God Free

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Nothing in the vast universe is so joyous to receive than God's forgiveness. King David let himself be lured into horrible sin--adultery-murder. For a year or more he was able to repress the painful guilt, stomp on it, and keep it covered up. And he bluffed and smiled his way through his royal appointments of state; but when the guilt finally caught up with him when he was alone, his devastation of soul was horrendous. Not even a new Lexus or speedboat could have made him happy.

When God's forgiveness came, he wrote: "Happy are those whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned. Happy is the man ... who is free from all deceit. ... I was worn out from crying all day long. Day and night You punished me, Lord; my strength was completely drained, as moisture is dried up by the summer heat" (Psalm 32:1-4, GNB).

Forgiveness is great, but there is another dimension involved: the blotting out of sins. It is simultaneous with God's giving (and the church's receiving) the latter rain, which prepares them for the final issues of earth's history: "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord" (Acts 3:19). When He forgives us He takes the sin away and dumps it in the depths of the ocean where no one can retrieve it--not even Himself. It's His objective act for us. But WE can dig it up again like Judas Iscariot did (he had been baptized and ordained and even had worked miracles). We can "crucify Christ afresh" (Heb. 6:6).

The "blotting out of sins" is plural, subjective; it concerns the sanctuary itself. It's the meaning of Daniel 8:14, "Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." The forgiveness of our sins sets us free; the blotting out of sins sets God free. The accumulated burden of the sins of God's people is guilt He has taken upon Himself in the great controversy with Satan. It's for us a deep work of heart-cleansing that is done on the Day of Atonement. When sin is totally eradicated from the hearts of His people, the gospel is demonstrated to be at last effective, "the power of God unto salvation." Christ's sacrifice is fully rewarded. God is relieved of the burden He has carried all this long while.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: June 10, 2003.
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Dial Daily Bread: The New Covenant for Your Soul

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I have often thought, if I could only hear a Voice from heaven declaring unto me, "This is My beloved son in whom I am well pleased," and I could see the face of Jesus actually smiling upon me, I think I could be happy enduring any trial or disappointment. When we long for some human face to smile upon us, what we really want deep down is to see the smile of the Son of God.

But we are so conscious of our shortcomings, our failures, yes, our sins, so that we endure unhappy days. Clouds cover the sunlight we seek. In these last days of God's great antitypical Day of Atonement, the Lord wants us to understand more clearly how good is the Good News of His "everlasting gospel" that is to be "preached to every nation, kindred, tongue and people" (Rev. 14:6, 7). And Revelation describes a further message which will "lighten the earth with glory" which obviously will make the gospel truth crystal clear to every heart that's willing to listen to truth (18:1-4).

But you don't have to worry and wish you could hear that assurance spoken from heaven to you. When Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan and came out of the water, the Holy Spirit like a dove came down upon Him and the Voice spoke from heaven, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matt. 3:17). But the Father was putting His arms around you too! The Bible makes it clear that when the Father accepted His Son, He accepted us "in Him." When He "gave His only begotten Son" for us, He bought us with that Price; which means that he loves us identically as He loves His Son (cf. Eph. 1:6).

You may think that is hard to believe. But wait a moment: suppose you go to a shop and you pay say $20 for a certain item that you think is a good value. By doing what you did, you are declaring that you love that item equally with your love for the $20 you gave for it. The Father loves you as much as He loves His Son! He is "well pleased" with the purchase He has made. In Christ you are one of Abraham's descendants, and the seven promises God made to him in Genesis 12:2, 3 are made equally to you!

Those promises and that declaration are the New Covenant to your soul. When you come to the end of your way, the only regret you will have is that you didn't believe them as wholeheartedly as you should! Jesus believed the assurance given Him that day of His baptism; that's why He succeeded in overcoming all of Satan's temptations to Him in the wilderness (Matt. 4:1-11). Get the point? That kind of faith is your victory, too. You get that faith from Him. Open your heart to receive the gift.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: March 6, 2006.
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Believe the Preamble

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If you memorize the Ten Commandments but omit the Preamble, you have a stern code of law, Old Covenant in nature. If you permit the Preamble to be where God spoke it, you have a New Covenant set of Ten delightful promises.

The Hebrew scholars tell us that the "Thou shalt nots" are the simple future tense indicatives; believe this and you will never steal. "Adultery is a trap--it catches those with whom the Lord is angry," says the Wise Man (Prov. 22:14, GNB). Believe this Preamble, and you will never fall into that pit, says the Lord. (Is that ever Good News!)

What does the Preamble say (Ex. 20:2)? It's New Testament, New Covenant, Good News:

"I am the LORD …" That holy name of infinite mystery; the Israelites were afraid to say it, but now we know He is "our Father in heaven" (Matt. 6:9), your intimate best Friend who's on your side.

"Your God ..." He's yours; He actually gave Himself to you.

"Who [past tense] brought you out of the land of Egypt ... ," in other words, out of darkness of soul. The Father brought you into the light; the Son has saved you from hell, having taken the darkness of your second death; and the blessed Holy Spirit ministers the sunshine of grace upon your soul 24/7.

"Out of the house of bondage." "Sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace" (Rom. 6:14; sums up the Ten Commandments!). Christ redeemed you before you were born; the Father accepted you then "in Him." As He gave Esau the birthright, so He has given you the gift of salvation (Heb. 12:16, 17; Gen. 25:34; Rom. 5:15-18). The Holy Spirit is telling your heart about it--don't despise or sell it.

Now, believe the Preamble.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: April 25, 2006.
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A Day of At-one-ment

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God declared to ancient Israel that one day in their year was of superlative importance: "the day of atonement." That one day was of life-or-death significance, for it prefigured the final Day of Judgment. If any Israelite had failed to observe the day of atonement as the Lord had said, he was "cut off," expelled, forever.

But of course, all this was "typical," not antitypical. In other words, it was a sandbox children's "story" that was designed to carry their minds forward to the grand finale of human history. According to the time prophecy of Daniel 8 and 9, we have now been living in the great, antitypical, solemn, cosmic Day of Atonement for no less than 166 years!

What did it mean for the Israelites to "afflict [their] souls" on that "ceremonial sabbath," to do no work (close their shops, no money-making, etc.), on that day? On that one day only of the year they were required to fast! It was to be a day on earth like that final "day" when we all "appear before the judgment seat of Christ" (2 Cor. 5:10). The answer is simple: on that one day in the year, they were to be at-one-with God, to think as He thinks, to feel as He feels, to look upon life and upon the world and upon the universe, as He looks. In other words, to be reconciled to, and with, Him.

This Day of Atonement is for the whole world! Paul says, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 2:5). That's it: to welcome the "mind" of Christ, the mind of God, to think as He thinks, to feel as He feels.

The ultimate finale will be "the marriage of the Lamb" when His "wife hath made herself ready" (Rev. 19:7, 8). No, it's not a day of terror but of love-union. Christ invites His people on this Day of Atonement to "sit with Me on My throne, even as I also overcame ..." (3:21), in other words, share with Him executive authority in bringing to a successful close the great controversy between Christ and Satan. "Atonement"? A Day of At-one-ment is what brings a wedding to its consummation, then two lovers become one--forever.

To become "one" with the Son of God is to feel toward the oppressed of the earth as He feels toward them, to share His heart burden, to "help" Him bear His burden! It's to grow up, out of our child-mind status.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: April 14, 2006.
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Can the Gospel Ever Lighten the Earth With Glory?

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How can the gospel ever truly lighten the earth with glory? How can it capture the attention of earth's billions? Many are too poor and hungry even to want to understand it; others are too wealthy and pleasure-loving to care about it.

Yet God has promised that His gospel is not going to die out in a whimper. In Matthew 24:14 Jesus promised, "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." And He promises in Revelation 18:1-4 that the full message of the pure gospel is yet to "lighten the earth" with glory. A wise person has written, "The honest children of God" everywhere will respond; they will "sever the bands which have held them. Family connections, church relations, are powerless to stay them now. Truth [will be] more precious than all besides. ... A large number take their stand upon the Lord's side."

Zechariah tells us of that day. Let me read his prophecy from the Living Bible: "People will write their friends in other cities and say, 'Let's go to Jerusalem [that's a symbol of the church] to ask the Lord to bless us. ... I'm going! … Let's go now! … Ten men from ten different nations will clutch at the coat sleeves of one Jew [a child of God] and say, 'Please be my friend, for I know that God is with you'" (Zech. 8:21-23).

Well, it all seems impossible now, with so many people totally absorbed in want, work, or pleasure; but the Lord Jesus Christ gave His blood for the salvation of this world. Satan cannot win the great controversy between Christ and Satan. Revelation pictures Christ as the bleeding Lamb of God who alone of any being in the universe can open the mysterious seven seals of cosmic destiny. That message of the Lamb--the message of His sacrifice on His cross--this will lighten the earth with glory. Is it lighting your own heart with glory today? Don't get left behind!

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: April 10, 1998.
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Our "Bread" to Share Today

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When Jesus called His Twelve and ordained them, He called them to a solemn privilege: they were to take "bread" from His hands and fan out through the crowd of hungry people and feed them. The bread was never their own; they had never baked it. It was always second-hand bread. They were only the passers-on of bread that had been miraculously multiplied by Jesus.

The same Savior has called you to be His servant to pass on "bread" to some hungry person. This is what it means to follow Jesus. You are never an originator of saving truth, you are never a smart theologian. The less smart it is obvious that you are of yourself, the more the Lord can be honored by your ministry. The people need to know that the "bread" you are passing on is not yours, but His. "Bread" is Good News that nourishes a famished soul.

When Jesus fed the 5,000 in John 6:9-13, apparently He Himself didn't serve anyone; "He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to" the people. No angel was permitted to touch that bread, as the one who fed Elijah in the desert--this job is special now for the Twelve. They are to be intermediaries between the Savior and the people. Their job is fun! The people smile at them and thank them profusely for what they don't deserve thanks for. (They must remember that and never take an ounce of credit for themselves.)

And do you suppose the Twelve sneaked a bite themselves now and then, to taste if it was good? (There was always plenty, and they were hungry too.) Their first-hand testimony, "It's delicious!," was also fun to give.

Our "bread" to share today is "the everlasting gospel" (Rev. 14:6, 7).

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: February 24, 2005.
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Can Jesus Save Us From Addictions?

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

Let us ask the question of questions for which the answer will determine if the religion of Jesus Christ is true: does He have the power to save people who are addicts? If not, there is no use pretending that He is a Saviour from (not in) sin; hoping that He can save us after we die is futile if He cannot save us from addictions while we are alive. The power to resurrect from the dead must surely be greater than the power needed to deliver from a drug, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, gluttony, or whatever, addiction!

Well. Scripture seems clear, and we dare not try to contradict what it says: "He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost [perfectly, completely, Greek] those who come to God through Him, since He ever lives to make intercession for them" (Heb. 7:24, 25). And Jesus says, "The one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out" (John 6:37). Let's grasp what is here in those words:

(1) As our High Priest, Jesus lives today as He lived 2000 years ago--His business is saving people from sin and addictions; that's His specialty; Peter says that He has no competitor in that "business," nobody else can do it, nobody else even wants to do it or presses that Good News upon you (see Acts 4:12).

(2) Jesus Christ as Saviour is more real than any human being you have ever set eyes upon. Any one of us can cease to be at any moment; Jesus Christ? No, never. Therefore He is the only genuine Reality in the universe. Choose therefore to link your existence to Him.

(3) He is "able" in that He has infinite power to "save." The only missing link in this chain is your "coming" to God, and your coming depends on your choice.

(4) But there is only one way to "come" to God and that is "through Him," the text says clearly. You don't come to God through Mohammed, or Confucius, or through New Age, or even through a Pope or any earthly priest: you come "through Christ."

(5) But what does that mean? You realize, you grasp, you believe, that in your place with the identical temptations you have, He had the precise struggle you have, felt the strength of the temptation fully as much (even more!) than you do, and overcame, "condemned sin in the flesh [that is, yours]," precisely so that you might trample upon sin and temptation, "condemn" it in your flesh, and walk away free from its slavery (see Rom. 8:3, 4).

Yes, the religion of Jesus is true, not as magic or folklore or old wives' fables, but as logical, common-sense, "reasonable" truth (Isa. 1:18; Rom. 12:1). "There is no other name under heaven." Believe it!

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: March 21, 2000.
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The Central Idea of Ephesians--Agape!

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Our poet sang of the joy that comes with reading Ephesians on our knees:

"O the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend!"
--Frances Crosby

It's a two-way conversation, not a one-way "gimme" monologue. You listen as well as talk! You soon discover that Paul's central idea is agape, a love "all loves excelling" (see 1:4, 6, 15; 2:4; 3:17-19; 4;2, 15). When you discover what agape is, your heart-response is what is called "faith" (1:15; 6:23; Col. 1:4, etc). Then eternal life has begun for you! That special love is revealed in Christ's self-emptying that led Him all the way to hell in order to find us. When you "comprehend" even a teensy bit of it, your spine tingles.

But you soon run into what some think is a roadblock: this heavenly agape is also revealed in the sexual love that binds husbands and wives together: "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church" (5:25). And that verb "love" is agapao! Shocking! Paul is either (1) degrading agape or (2) immeasurably uplifting conjugal love. You are stunned. Have we been trampling something sacred under foot? Has God been preaching a voiceless sermon to us that we've been too deaf to hear? How can sexual love be so sacred that it is mentioned in the same breath as "even as Christ also loved the church"? The questions start rolling in like high tide.

Well, it'll take an encyclopedia to begin to understand, but let's try a tiny bit: (1) Jokes about sex are totally inappropriate for anyone who has caught even a fleeting glimpse of the cross of Jesus. (2) What holds a marriage together is not the "chemistry" of mutual sexual pleasure, but "Because God made thee mine, I'll cherish thee, ... through all time to come, and pray His love may make our love divine, Because ... " (3) Jesus the Son of God is "in love" with someone He longs to claim as His Bride; yes, there's something sacred here. And human love has always been intended by its divine Author to become an avenue leading to the gala Wedding Banquet of "the Lamb" (Rev. 19:7, 8). (3) Beyond words? Sure! (4) Meanwhile, let husband and wife kneel and read Ephesians 5 together.* All the way through. And no need now to say another word here.
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*Engaged couples, too.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: March 22, 2010.
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Paul's Letter to the Ephesians--An Hour of Pure Pleasure

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

Would you like an hour for some pure, unalloyed pleasure? Sit down (or better yet kneel down!) and read Paul's letter to the Ephesians all the way through. Remember that in all probability it was written not only for believers in Christ in Ephesus, but it was a general letter to everybody who has "faith" in Christ.

Note chapter 1, verse 2: Those are not empty words; choose to receive the "grace ... and peace" that Paul prays for you to enjoy as a gift from the Father and from Christ. Thank Him for verse 3: You HAVE BEEN "blessed ... with all spiritual blessings … in Christ." You doubt that? Ponder where you would be if it were not true!

You can't understand verse 4 unless you choose to believe Isaiah 49:1-8, and Jeremiah 1, and Psalm 139. Before you were born God chose you for some special service and knit you together in your mother's womb and directed your life and your personality so you would be qualified to serve in some special way so you can be happy with eternal life. Believe Ephesians 1:4 and your true, genuine self-respect will go way up. (It will also humble you and give you repentance for your doubting this truth.)

Ephesians 1:5, 6 will thrill your inmost soul, for you have already "been accepted in the Beloved." A wise writer (The Desire of Ages, p. 113) says that the "us" who are thus "accepted" means the entire human race. In other words, when the Father embraced Jesus at His baptism in the River Jordan, He put His arms around you too! You already "have redemption through His blood," and more than that, "forgiveness of sins" (vs. 7). (Remember, "forgiveness" in the language Paul used means sending the sins away, or victory over them, not mere laissez-faire winking at them and pardon).

Verse 11 makes crystal clear that "in Christ" you have been "predestinated" to be saved, which means the real truth of the greatly argued "doctrine of predestination." God has "predestined" no one to be lost! You say, "But I know I am a sinner!" True; but the "good pleasure of God's will" (vs. 5) means that God has "fun" (do I dare say that?) watching sinners become transformed by His grace into people equivalent in value to His own dear Son.

Keep on through the Letter; ask God to grant you the gift of His Holy Spirit to enable you to believe how good all this Good News is. And that means something very special: you too will have "fun" watching people (and yourself) transformed by the grace of Christ. This "fun" may be a lot better than going to Disneyland.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: March 20, 2001.

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Jesus and the New Covenant Promises

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

The phenomenal power to reach hearts that Jesus exhibited in His early ministry was not due to some special psychological gimmicks that He knew, nor was it due to a magnetic, super-Hollywood personality. He was a quiet person (Isa. 42:2), "meek and lowly in heart" (Matt. 11:28-30), very ordinary looking (Isa. 53:2); sad people identified with Him (vs. 3), you would meet Him in the street and never turn your head (vs. 4).

But He understood and proclaimed Gospel Good News! (Mark 1:14). That means He articulated its "truth" of justification by faith--all that Paul proclaimed later in Galatians and Romans Jesus compressed into His sermons in Galilee. The "power" was in His idea of agape that exuded from every thought, word, and look and action. The way Mark tells it we could get the idea that His sermons were what we call dry "doctrine," but they were like a lightning storm compared to the usual "doctrinal" sermons the people were used to hearing (vs. 22; well, Paul's sermons were a close second, too).

Jesus was absorbed with the New Covenant promises of Genesis 12:2, 3 and He wanted to connect every Old-Covenant-saturated human He met with those "better promises" (Heb. 8:6). "He knew all men [humans], and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man" (John 2:24, 25). In other words, He simply adapted the New Covenant promises to each individual the Father let Him meet or whom He saw briefly in the crowds who came to hear Him. Yes, a fun career! Never a trace of boredom for Him!

Now He invites you to reduplicate that soul fun in your own career. That means you'd better get well acquainted with what is the "doctrine" of the Good News in the New Covenant.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: April 3, 2005.
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"What Must I Do to Be Saved?" (Part 2)

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The Lord in His mercy has given us what was our "tomorrow" yesterday. Let's return to eavesdrop on the conversation between the Philippian jailer and our "beloved brother Paul" (cf. Acts 16:22-34).

The jailer has heard Paul's preaching which stirred the anger of the city fathers who threw Paul and Silas into prison. The jailer could have heard Paul's message and been convicted of truth but stubbornly hardened his heart; he did exercise some vigor in "fastening their feet in the stocks" (it took an earthquake that night to deliver him from his prejudice).

The apostles had sung midnight hymns, the psalms of David, in duet (maybe in rich baritone and tenor). The hard heart was melted; then came the earthquake, and the question, "What must I do to be saved?" It's Paul answer that troubles many: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved." Was that simplistic and maybe unbalanced? Shouldn't the man be told to keep all the commandments and do good works?

Yes, he should do them; but it's not that he HAS to do all these things on pain of God's rejection; HE WILL DO THEM through a heart appreciation of who "the Lord Jesus Christ" is! He has heard Paul declare that what "avails" is "faith working through love [agape]" (Gal. 5:6). Such faith works! It's a verb, not a noun.

One of the psalms that the apostles sang in duet may have been #22--it probes the depths of Christ's love in giving Himself for us eternally; the jailer was overcome with ... what can we call it? faith: a heart appreciation of the "width and length and depth and height [of] … the love of Christ which passes knowledge" (Eph. 3:18, 19). It's not being motivated by terror toiling to do everything just right; it's faith "constraining" one to join Christ on His cross in self "crucified with Him" (Gal. 2:20).

Then there's no end to the good works the jailer will be motivated to do--forever.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: May 10, 2006.
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Dial Daily Bread: "What Must I Do to Be Saved?" (Part 1)

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

God does not tease someone who sincerely asks, "What must I do to be saved?" When Paul and Silas answered the jailer in Philippi, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ," they were not giving an unbalanced and thus deceptive answer (the story is in Acts 16).

In fact, they were quoting what Jesus Himself had told Nicodemus: "The Son of man [must] be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:14, 15). Believe what?

He answers that question in the next verse: "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish …" (a) Believe that God is a Father. (b) Believe that He loves the world with a love that is agape. (c) Believe that His love embraces a sinful world. (d) Believe that His giving was complete--it was not lending. It was not just for a time; the giving was for eternity.

Mr. Jailer, you ask "What must I do ...?" You must believe that God is your Father in heaven and that He loves you personally, and has adopted you as His child "in Christ."

Too complicated?

The Bible explains this simply. The Son "emptied Himself," like pouring out the last drop of a bottle (Phil. 2:7; Isa. 53:12), which means that this love known as agape drove Him as far as hell in His search for us as the Good Shepherd (Luke 15:4-7). He died the same death that we would have had to die if He had not come and died it for us! (You can think and think about that for a long time!)

"But," says the Jailer, "aren't you leaving out the real answer to my question: the works that I must do?"

We'll try to dig a little deeper tomorrow.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: May 9, 2006.
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Let the Children Come to Jesus

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

Should fear be the motivation in leading someone (a child, for example) to be baptized? Whether the right answer is yes or no, let's not forget what Jesus said about letting the little children come to Him and don't hinder them, don't get in their way, don't stop them (Matt. 19:14). Even if a child demonstrates a lack of mature sanctification, let's think of those arms of Jesus opened wide to welcome him. And if we have mistakenly "hindered" one, let Jesus give us the gift of repentance.

And let's express on His behalf a glad welcome into the kingdom of God and trust Him to "receive" them. Let the child snuggle into His arms. When He warned us not to "hinder" them, He knew that as sincere parents or teachers we could be inclined to misunderstand His drawing of the children and sincerely but inadvertently "hinder" them.

The story of one famous baptism inspires us. The Ethiopian eunuch riding in his chariot "down from Jerusalem unto Gaza" was reading the Bible while jolting along. What had caught his attention was Isaiah 53, about the "Suffering Servant," wondering what the heart-arresting story meant. "Then the Spirit of the Lord said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot." Philip's response is inspiring: "And Philip ran thither to him." Oh that the Lord may give us grace to be so instantly responsive! (See Acts 8:26-38.)

He began his soul-winning ministry by asking a question, usually a good way to break any ice: "Understandest thou what thou readest?" The man needed a human being to illuminate his reading of the text! "How can I except some man should guide me?" Thank the Lord, he welcomed Philip who eventually told him that "if thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest" be baptized.

What is required for baptism? That "believing with all the heart." What it means to "believe" is therefore important. In the Ethiopian's case, it was a heart appreciation of Isaiah 53. Excellent! A verse-by-verse reading of that chapter with a voice subdued by humility, letting the Spirit melt the heart. Let the children come to Jesus.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: November 15, 2002.
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A Fundamental Question

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

A fundamental question we must settle is whether God is righteous, and whether He is good. We read in Hebrews 6:10 that "God is not unrighteous," meaning that He is indeed righteous. And we read in Psalm 103 that He is like a father who pities His children, that He is merciful and gracious (vss. 13, 8).

Believing who He is must be settled in our hearts, for he who comes to God must believe two things: (1) that He is, that He exists, and (2) that He rewards those who diligently pursue knowing Him (Heb. 11:6). Jesus likened God to a father who gives his children food when they are hungry. "What man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?" (Luke 11:11). Then He went on to explain that our heavenly Father is more kind than any earthly father. That being true, then we must conclude that He is not trying to make it difficult for people to have eternal life in His kingdom. He does not send difficulties and disappointments in order to try to break our confidence in Him, but because we are living in the midst of a great controversy between Christ and Satan, we have to meet trials that inevitably test our faith. The only way to avoid them would be to go to the grave.

Even Jesus, God's only begotten, beloved Son was forced to meet severe trials, the greatest of which was the experience of feeling forsaken of God while He hung on His cross in the darkness. Meeting strange and bitter trials is not inconsistent with knowing that the Father loves you even as He loves His own Son; there may be even a more understandable realization of God's love in the midst of trials. When every other voice is stilled and you are alone before God wrestling with your trials, your soul may sense the nearness and tender love of Christ more keenly during trials. Peter says, "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings" (1 Peter 4:12, 13).

There is an old-fashioned term seldom heard today, "Christian experience." It encompasses the breadth of one's first-hand knowledge of God experienced in sunshine and shadow, trials borne which establish one "in the faith." It's a precious acquirement! It's something no one can take from you, not even Satan. Ask God to give it to you; but remember He can't do so except through giving you "experience" itself. When the "144,000" sing "a new song before the throne" they will not be reading notes in hymnbooks; John says they "learn that song" (Rev. 14:1-3). How? By experience!

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: April 19, 2000.
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A Tear Glistening in Our Smiles of Joy

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The American nation was slow to enter the war against Hitler on the side of Britain and the "Free French." Until Pearl Harbor the people weren't sure. At that time apparently nobody knew what would happen in the Holocaust. "Kristallnacht" seemed far away, almost impossible. The horror of World War II seems murky to the minds of the generations who have lived subsequent to those days. And the Memorial Day weekend is a grand holiday. Most of us have little or no sense of reality as to what this freedom and pleasure cost others in suffering and blood. Occasionally a voice is raised pleading for sobriety and adequate gratitude.

Does the world--do any of us--sense an adequate gratitude for what our present life on this planet cost the Son of God? Do we realize what it means to say that "the wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23)? Not that God arbitrarily inflicts death on sinners, but that sin itself is self-destructive in nature, that life as we know it would have ceased on this planet except that there was a "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8)? The "Lamb" had to be the One whose name is "Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us," our second or "last Adam," who truly died the real thing, the second death.

Horrible as death was for the millions who died in World War II, none truly died the second death. Let us be sober and realize at least something of what the Free World owes to those brave soldiers who suffered in World War II; but let us as Christians plead for God's mercy to enable us to realize honestly the constraint that agape imposes. It means simply that self is crucified with Christ. Being sober doesn't mean being sad or gloomy; it means being conscious, thoughtful, aware of truth.

People with extremely shallow understanding are childishly, apparently happy, but it's as thin as a coat of varnish. When self is crucified with the Redeemer, the happiness is deep, "that your joy may be full" (John 16:24), the idea being, "in depth." It's the awareness of what an eternal grave in hell could mean, from which we are redeemed. For all time there's a tear glistening in our smiles of joy.

From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: May 31, 2000.
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