“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Isaiah 62: 3 You shall also be a crown of glory In the hand of the Lord, And a royal diadem In the hand of your God.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah

The Just shall live by Faith

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days we meditated regarding the eighth plague, the locusts which God had sent. But we can see and realize in these days, that God has sent them in the countries and among the people. But in the Bible, just like it is said that such locusts neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day we can surely say that even our fathers and our fathers’ fathers have not seen such things since the day that they were on the earth. Therefore, my dear people if we see in these days because we are doing things which do not please God much more than the previous fathers and the fathers’ fathers, we are able to realize that God is punishing us greatly.

Regarding what is happening in these days Habakkuk saw a vision. He is seeing a vision and in that O Lord, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, “Violence!” And You will not save.

When we meditate on the words of this vision, some violence is occurring but even though we call God he is not listening. He is asking this is for how long. It is showing us that there is no salvation in that.

He is showing that prophet the iniquity and is making him see the trouble that came because of it. When he sees, plundering and violence are before him. But there are those who raise strife and contention.

That is, this means that the trouble that is coming because of our iniquity, God is keeping it before us. Because of this there is strife and contention among each other.

Due to this, the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth. Law never perishes. But because we are leaving it, iniquity is increasing within us. Justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround, the righteous; therefore, perverse judgment proceeds.

God says that For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe.

Habakkuk 1: 6 For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation which marches through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and more fierce than evening wolves. Their chargers charge ahead; their cavalry comes from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.

“They all come for violence; their faces are set like the east wind. They gather captives like sand.

They scoff at kings, and princes are scorned by them. They deride every stronghold, for they heap up earthen mounds and seize it.

In this manner, he is making a nation spread hastily. God is making this happen surely.  But in the beginning when we look to God and call him, even though God does not listen to us, that nation says that their strength is from God and exceed in iniquity and becomes guilty before God as written in the word of God.

But in the vision that Habakkuk saw, God says that in Habakkuk 2: 3, 4 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.

“Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.

My dear people, this vision is kept for an appointed time. It is not a lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come says God who is speaking to each one of us. This vision will occur to those whose soul is proud. Also, if such a thing is occurring that strong nation (is being sent by God) and they will scoff at the kings and princes will be scorned by them.

We must think once regarding the things that are happening now. That is, it is something where no one can reach a decision (pestilence). Therefore, that nation will mock everyone. 

People of God, our faith will save us. God says his soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.

That is, if our soul is upright then we can escape from this judgement. If we want to escape from these things everyone should repent to God. Firstly, we must believe that our Lord Jesus Christ is the true son of God. After believing him in this manner, we should believe that he died for our sin, curse and sickness and the Christ who died resurrected and if we believe with all our mind that he is reviving all our souls we must not do wrong in any one of his commandments, laws and precepts daily and accept him in our soul and for his life to enter into our soul we must open our heart and if we will glorify him we will be saved. Let us be saved in this manner. Let us escape from the locusts, which is a plague.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

-To be continued