Daily Devotion

March 11, 2006

Psa 119:81 KJV  My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
     
Even though it had never rained before, Noah obeyed a Divine verbal word telling him to build on dry land a barge that would protect him from a deluvial rain (Gen 2:5-6; 6:13). His belief in this Divine Word eventually became the key to his salvation from the destructive flood.

In his old age, even with his wife barren, Abraham believed a Word telling him that he will be the ancestor of many nations. God counted it to him for righteousness (Gen 15:2-6).

The children of Israel who believed God’s Word given by the first mediator Moses, put the blood of an unblemished lamb on the doorposts of their houses.  They were thus spared the judgments of the angel of death that visited Egyptian’s households (Ex 12).  

The generation that fearlessly obeyed the Word of God to conquer Canaan in spite of the size of its inhabitants, and received the Promised Land for an inhabitation (Jos 1).

The people of simple faith who received Jesus, the Incarnate Word of God benefited of the miracles and virtues freely given to mankind by the Almighty (The Gospels).

Everyone who believes in, and receives the Word of God, Jesus-Christ, is rescued from the curse of the Law, and saved from the vials of the Wrath of God that are to be poured upon a rebellious generation (Gal 3:10,13; Rev 16)

From the beginning, salvation has always been through simple belief and acceptance in the Word.  “Oh Christian, would you accept this simple truth? Would you with sincerity and integrity of heart bequeath and relinquish all controls, and realize that your salvation is solely dependant on your acceptance of the word?  That no amount of self-restraint against sin, of adherence to religious rituals, or of self-improvement techniques is of any credit towards your salvation, only belief and acceptance of the word of God saves us from ourselves and from the wrath to come!”

Joh 3:36 KJV  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Note:  Believe:  In the original Greek, “believe” is “Pisteu” meaning: “to drink in”.

Patrick Lumbroso
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