Isaiah
33:1
1 Woe [howy] to thee that
spoilest [shadad], and thou wast
not spoiled [shadad]; and dealest
treacherously [bagad], and they dealt
not treacherously [bagad] with thee! when
thou shalt cease [tamam] to spoil [shadad], thou shalt be spoiled [shadad]; and when thou shalt make an end [nalah] to deal treacherously [bagad], they shall deal treacherously [bagad] with thee. KJV-Interlinear
1 Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not
been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to
destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will
betray you. ESV
Criminal and terrorist
organizations in our current day, define their cowardly bravery and cowardly courage
when they face the unarmed, the helpless, and the innocent.
Throughout the
ages empires and nations have risen and fallen, because of their false
motivations, because of their lusts for power, because of their deceptions and
games that they have played against their would be friends, only to turn on
them through lies and violence.
The same principle
applies to individuals.
If empires can
fail, then how can nations succeed?
If nations can
fail, how can individuals succeed?
And so the
principle applies universally over all of humanity.
If you practice
treachery, the treachery will come back on you.
If you practice
deceit, then deceit will come back on you.
If you take that
which does not belong to you, then what you have will be taken from you.
Jesus Christ
controls history.
Jesus Christ owns
all of creation, including all of life.
Satan tried to
take something that didn’t belong to him, and he will lose everything.
Believers in Jesus
Christ, are members of Gods family, are citizens of God’s nation, and are joint
heirs of everything that exists.
Those that advance
in their spiritual life, receive greater portions than those who do not
advance.
Anyone who does
not have a spiritual life, namely unbelievers, has no right to anything that
exists, because they are not heirs of God, therefore they have no inheritance.
Christians who do
not advance in their spiritual life, squander the very essence of their
heritage, and therefore forfeit some or all of their reward portion.
And so the
principle remains. Living outside of Gods plan, means that whatever you have,
you will lose.
Unbelievers lose
everything because they are permanently outside of Gods plan.
Believers that do
not advance in their spiritual life are functionally outside of Gods plan, and
therefore they will lose reward.
Only believers in
Christ, who will advance in their spiritual life to spiritual maturity, will
stand to gain everything and far, far more.
Study [by instruction],
to show thyself
approved [spiritually mature]
unto God,
a workman [student]
that need not be
ashamed [ignorant],
rightly dividing [learning, understanding, discerning]
the word of truth [Bible doctrine].
If you can dream
and not make dreams your master,
If you can think
and not let thoughts narrow your views,
If you can meet
triumph with disaster equally,
If you can learn
and see your full meaning and purpose in life,
Then you can
believe in Christ, learn Bible doctrine, and grow far beyond the potential that
God has prepared for you.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so already,
and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete,
unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
