Tues.’s Devo - Return!

Read: Jeremiah 2:31-4:18; Colossians 1:1-17; Psalm 76:1-12; Proverbs 24:21-22 The Lord asks his people if he has been such a bad god since they are rejoicing that they are at last free from him. They say they don’t need him anymore by their actions. They killed the innocent and the poor for no reason. They refused to admit they had done anything wrong but it is time for justice. They went from nation to nation trying to find allies but they would let them down. They made allies with Egypt but they would betray them. Why don’t they come back to the Lord, the only one who can save them? Because of their prostitution against the Lord, He didn’t give them their summer rains to feed their crops. During the reign of Josiah, God pointed out that Judah had followed Israel in their sins. God had divorced faithless Israel because of her adultery and now Judah has done the same things only her sins were greater. Judah had the Temple and the priests and Jerusalem. All God wanted them to do was to confess their sin of abandoning him and return to Him. He would bring them back to the land and prosper them if they would turn. One day, that would happen. They will return and not need to rebuild the Ark of the Covenant to hold his presence. Jerusalem will be known as God’s Throne. God wanted nothing more than to be called their Father and to treat them as his children but they became faithless and left him. Their kings, officials, priests and prophets are going to be afraid and appalled when they see the destroyer from the north come to their land. The people had been deceived by thinking there would always be peace in Jerusalem but cause God was bringing a sword. The destruction that was coming was a sure thing but if they repented, they personally would be saved and live through it. Paul did not start the church in Colosse; it was probably started by Epaphrus. Paul wrote to the Colossians to counteract the false teaching of the Jews. They mixed up Christianity with teachings of the east about angel-worship and the world of spirits and a deeper purity and intelligence than the simplicity of the Gospel gives. They mixed this with Greek mythology and come us with a different gospel. Paul prays that they would ask God to give them complete knowledge of his will and given them his spiritual wisdom and understanding. God created everything in the heavenly realm and on earth. He made all the heavenly thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the heavenly realm. He is the one who holds the universe together not some Greek god. We see that doctrine preached through the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies and all the superpower movies of today. These movies are not just meant for our entertainment, they are preaching their false doctrine. They are preparing the world for trans-humanism. People get bored with the simplicity of the gospel of Christ and want something more grandstand but there is nothing greater than what Christ is about to do on the earth. Lord, may we never get bored by the simple teachings of the Bible because they are power and only in God do we experience true power and love. We anticipate your move on the earth.