When all the people
were being baptized, Jesus was baptized
too. And as he
was praying, heaven was opened, and
the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven:
“You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased”
(Luke 3:21-22, NIV).
The Bible, which is the Word of God and CANNOT lie, clearly teaches
you that Jesus is called by God "beloved
Son," and it also teaches you that Jesus called
God His own Father.
On that day, Jesus—the son of Joseph and
Mary—went down to the Jordan River to be baptized by John, and then the Holy Spirit
descended upon Him. His
ministry began as He was anointed and called by God, "Beloved Son."
Jesus, the Christ,
the Anointed One, now filled
with the Holy Spirit, is ready to serve and please the Almighty God.
Have you ever wondered what God sees in you or what God wants from you? The answer to this question is
simple: God sees in you and wants from you a Beloved Child.
Doubtless thou art our father, though
Abraham be ignorant
of us, and Israel acknowledge us not:
thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name
is from everlasting (Isaiah 63:16, KJV).
According to the Bible, this has always
been His desire
for you.
Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The
younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he
divided his property between them. Not long after
that, the younger
son got together
all he had, set off for a distant
country and there
squandered his wealth
in wild living.
After he had spent
everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be
in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that
country, who sent him to his fields
to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were
eating, but no one gave him anything. When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How
many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set
out and go back to my father and say
to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer
worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father.
But while he was still a long way
off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his
son, threw
his arms around him and kissed him. The son said to him, ‘Father,
I
have sinned against heaven
and against you. I am no longer
worthy to be
called your son.’ But the father
said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring
on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it.
Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive
again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate. Meanwhile, the
older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and
dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was happening.
‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened
calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ The older brother became angry
and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘Look!
All these years I’ve been slaving for you
and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my
friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with
prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ ‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always
with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be
glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost
and is found’” (Luke 15:11-32, NIV).
When reading the parable of the prodigal
son, you can see that both sons want
to serve their father; one intends to say, "I am no longer worthy to be
called your son, make me like one of your servants," and the other
reproached him, "all these years I have served you." Neither of them
realized that the Father already has many servants. The only thing the Father
desires is to rejoice with His children.
For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (John 3:16-17,
KJV).
That’s right, my beloved, God is not as focused on your sins,
failures, and defeats as He is on you coming to your senses and returning to
Him. He only wants you to know and believe that He loves you so much He preferred to give
up His own Son rather than lose you.
In
bringing many sons and daughters
to glory, it was fitting
that God, for whom
and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation
perfect through what he suffered (Hebrews 2:10, NIV).
By dying on the cross and paying for your sins, Christ
Jesus was simply meeting
the requirement to fulfill the main purpose of the Plan of Salvation: to bring
many children to glory! Children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. Born
Again Children of God!
Everyone who believes that Jesus is
the Christ is born of God... for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This
is the victory that has overcome the world,
even our faith.
Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who
believes that Jesus is the Son of God (1 John 5:1, 4-5, NIV).
Being a Child of God and calling yourself a Child of God is a
serious matter, for you TRULY have all the power and authority to overcome the
world through faith by believing what the Bible—God’s Word of Honor—says: that Jesus is the
Son of God, and so are you.
Today, regardless of the problems, sicknesses, or afflictions you are facing,
you have all the Power and Authority given by the Word of God to come
out more than a conqueror in any circumstance.
See what great love the Father has
lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him (1
John 3:1, NIV).
Now, because of what He did on the cross and because
you believe the Word
of God, Jesus is your older brother!
For those God foreknew
he also predestined to be conformed to the image of
his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters (Romans
8:29, NIV).
Besides being your older brother,
there is no other difference between Jesus and
you, for as He is, so are you in this world. This is what the Word of God says:
Herein is our love made perfect,
that we may have boldness
in the day of judgment:
because as he is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17, KJV).
It is written!
You can say it, but above all, you must believe it: You are God's
beloved Child!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved heavenly Father,
on this day I want,
once again, to tell You how much I
love You and how grateful I am for the great Love with which You have loved me;
that while I was dead in transgressions and sins, that did not matter to You,
but You gave me Life together with Your Son Jesus. Lord Jesus, thank You so
much because the enemy only came to steal, kill, and destroy me, but You have
come to give me Life and Abundant Life. In You and through You, Lord Jesus, I
have every right to Eternal Life because now, in You and through You, just like
You, I am a Child of God. I have been Born Again!
In this identity and in this fullness of being who I now
am—thanks to You, my King, Lord, and Savior—I am certain that nothing and no
one can separate me from Your Love. For if You did not spare Your own Son, but gave Him up out of
Love for me, how will You not also along with Him freely give me all things?
And regarding my past and present life, who
will accuse me if I am chosen by God? God, You are the one who justifies me!
Who will condemn me? Jesus, You are the one who died; even more, the one who also
rose again, who is also at the right hand of God, and who
also intercedes for me! Who shall separate me from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword?
As it is written: For Your
sake I am killed all the day long; I am accounted as a sheep for the slaughter.
No, in all these things I, (your name here),
am more than a conqueror through Him who loved me. For I am persuaded, that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created
thing, shall be able to separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus my Lord. Therefore, I resist every spirit of unbelief, fear, sickness,
poverty, and failure that wants to deceive me by making me believe I am someone
other than who God says in His Word I am now. I declare with the same authority
of Jesus Christ that I am healed! I am free! I am prosperous! I am happy! I am
a Born Again Child of God! In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Important Note:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish a relationship with the
Almighty?
Just say the following prayer
aloud, putting all your attention
and heart into what you are saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of
God. That You came into this world, born
of the virgin Mary, to pay for all my sins, and I have
been a sinner. Therefore, today I say that I accept. I accept Your
sacrifice on the cross! I accept Your precious
Blood shed to the last drop out of love for me! I open my
heart to You and invite You in
because I want, Lord Jesus, that from today and forever You be my only and sufficient Savior, my
God, my King, and my Lord.
Thank You, Almighty God, because with this
simple prayer and profession of faith I have passed from death to Life, I have been transferred from darkness
to Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Born Again! God, now I am Your
Child! Now You are my Father! I will never be alone again! I will never live
defeated again. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Three Recommendations:
What just happened by you recognizing Jesus Christ as the Lord and
Savior of your life, according
to God's Word, is that you have been Born Again. No longer
as an ordinary human being, subject to the law of sin and death, but now as a
legitimate and authentic Child of God, Born Again,
exactly like Jesus
Christ, who is now your Older Brother. Therefore, I give you these
three, very important, recommendations:
1.
Pray. Praying is talking with God. So, find a quiet
place where you can begin talking to Him about everything. Do it out loud, and you will notice
how God always responds to your heart.
2.
Read and meditate
on the Word of God. The Bible
is the Word of God, so
get a Bible and start reading and meditating on it. How do you begin? It’s very simple. Depending on the day,
look up the reading program “The
Bible in One Year” and do the corresponding readings. You can get this program at: Through The Bible In One Year (palabradehonor.org). You will notice
that the program is set up so you can print it as a booklet.
3.
In prayer with God, your Father, look for and join a
Christian church or congregation where the Word of God is taught based
on the Good News, which are
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2020
Reading and Meditation on the Word of God
Do these daily readings, and by the end of one year you will have read the
entire Bible.
December
28 Luke 3.21-38
/ Ezekiel 42-43
/ Isaiah 63 Luke
21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also
being baptized, and praying, the heaven was
opened,
22 And the Holy Ghost
descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a
voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well
pleased.
23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty
years of age, being (as was
supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24 Which was the son of Matthat,
which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of
Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was
the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
26 Which was the son of Maath,
which was the son of Mattathias, which
was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of
Juda,
27 Which was the son of Joanna,
which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of
Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
28 Which was the son of Melchi,
which was the son of Addi, which was the son
of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer,
which was the son
of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
30 Which was the son of Simeon,
which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of
Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the
son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon,
which was the son of Naasson,
33 Which was the son of Aminadab,
which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of
Phares, which was the son of Juda,
34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of
Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
35 Which was the son of Saruch,
which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of
Heber, which was the son of Sala,
36 Which was the son of Cainan,
which was the son of Arphaxad, which was
the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
37 Which was the son
of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel,
which was the son of Cainan,
38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of
Adam, which was the son of God.
Ezekiel
42 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the
north: and he brought me into the chamber
that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building
toward the north.
2 Before the length of an hundred
cubits was the north door, and the breadth
was fifty cubits.
3 Over against the
twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against
gallery in three stories.
4 And before
the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth
inward, a way of
one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
5 Now the upper chambers
were shorter: for the galleries
were higher than these, than the lower, and than the
middlemost of the building.
6 For they were in three stories,
but had not pillars as the pillars
of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the
lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
7 And the wall that was without
over against the chambers, toward
the utter court on the
forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
8 For the length of the chambers
that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an
hundred cubits.
9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth
into them from the utter court.
10 The chambers
were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward
the east, over against the separate place, and over against the
building.
11 And the way
before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the
north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions,
and according to their doors.
12 And according
to the doors of the chambers that were toward
the south was a door in the
head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one
entereth into them.
13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers
and the south
chambers, which are before
the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto
the LORD shall eat the most holy
things: there shall they lay the
most holy things, and the meat offering,
and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place
into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they
minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall
approach to those things which are for the people.
15 Now when he had
made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose
prospect is toward the east, and measured
it round about.
16 He measured
the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred
reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
17 He measured
the north side, five hundred
reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
18 He measured
the south side, five hundred
reeds, with the measuring reed.
19 He turned
about to the west side, and measured
five hundred reeds
with the measuring reed.
20 He measured
it by the four sides:
it had a wall round about, five hundred
reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary
and the profane place.
43 Afterward he brought
me to the gate, even the gate that looketh
toward the east:
2 And, behold,
the glory of the God of Israel
came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters:
and the earth
shined with his glory.
3 And it was
according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the
vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar;
and I fell upon my face.
4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house
by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
5 So the spirit took me up, and brought
me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
7 And he said unto
me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles
of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children
of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel
no more defile,
neither they, nor their kings,
by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my
posts, and the wall between
me and them, they have even defiled
my holy name by their
abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine
anger.
9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases
of their kings,
far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house
of Israel, that they may be
ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof,
and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances
thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in
their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances
thereof, and do them.
12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most
holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the
bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border
thereof by the edge thereof
round about shall be a span:
and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two
cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the
greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
17 And the settle shall be fourteen
cubits long and fourteen broad in the four
squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and
his stairs shall look toward the east.
18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These
are the ordinances of the
altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and
to sprinkle blood thereon.
19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to
minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock
for a sin offering.
20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof,
and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle,
and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering,
and he shall burn it in
the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without
blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they
did cleanse it with the bullock.
23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing
it, thou shalt offer a young
bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
24 And thou shalt offer them before
the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt
upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt
offering unto the LORD.
25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall
also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
27 And when these
days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward,
the priests shall
make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept
you, saith the Lord GOD.
Isaiah
63 Who is this that cometh
from Edom, with dyed garments
from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel,
travelling in the greatness
of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to
save.
2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments
like him that treadeth in the winefat?
3 I have trodden
the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their
blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5 And I looked, and
there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore
mine own arm brought salvation
unto me; and my
fury, it upheld me.
6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger,
and make them drunk in my
fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the
praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on
us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
which he hath bestowed on them according
to his mercies, and according
to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
8 For he said, Surely
they are my people, children
that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
9 In all their
affliction he was afflicted, and the angel
of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed
them; and he bare them, and
carried them all the days of old.
10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit:
therefore he was turned to be
their enemy, and he fought against them.
11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying,
Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his
flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious
arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an
everlasting name?
13 That led them through
the deep, as an horse
in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
14 As a beast goeth down into the valley,
the Spirit of the
LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people,
to make thyself a glorious name.
15 Look down from
heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory:
where is thy zeal and thy strength,
the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are
they restrained?
16 Doubtless thou art our father, though
Abraham be ignorant
of us, and Israel
acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father,
our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy
servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while:
our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
19 We are thine: thou never barest
rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
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