5/29/23
You've Heard... But I Say
Monday, May 29, 2023
But I Say To You
Messiah said more than once these words: "You have heard that it was said, but I say to you." He now says the same words to you. And what it means is this: everything you've heard before, the old voices, the old temptations, the old life is not to you anymore, but what Messiah says is to you. When you're being tempted, don't take it as being to you anymore. If the enemy is talking, don't take it personally, it's not to you. But take the things Messiah says to you personally. When you read the Bible, it's for you personally. If God gives a command, take it to you, personally. God so loved you, He gave His only Son. All the other voices, the temptations, the condemnation, the intimidation, it's not to you anymore. Take the Word of God, the Word of Messiah as completely personal, totally relevant to you here and now. It will make all the difference in the world to your life. Because Messiah is talking to you, even right now through this teaching; it's to you personally, so listen to His voice. It's the only thing that matters in the end, because He just happens to be talking to you.

Today's Mission
Identify the voices that try to shackle you to your past. These chains have already been broken by the blood of Messiah. Listen to the only one true voice, that of Messiah.

2 Corinthians 5:17
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life emerges! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.

Have a blessed day and week.
May Yeshua Hamashiach bless you,
Love, Lizzy