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Day 36, day 1 of Week 6 – Sunday, May 2, 2021

Dear Family, 

Today is Sunday, May, 2, 2021. This is Day 1 of Week 6 as we continue our Counting toward  Pentecost. It is our 36th day of Counting. This week has been called the Week of War with  Amalek. 

So much happened to ancient Israel during this portion of their journey to Mt. Sinai; there  are many, many insights and lessons we can receive. Let us take a quick look at Moses, the  man whom God used to lead Israel, and see one of the reasons God may have chosen him for  such a challenging task. 

Israel frequently accused Moses of wrong. They murmured against him, complained that he  had led them out of Egypt to kill them of thirst, and were ready to stone him.  

Exodus 17:3-4 (3) And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured  against Moses, and said, wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill  us and our children and our cattle with thirst? (4) And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying;  What shall I do unto this people? They be almost ready to stone me.  

It would be quite difficult for most people to put up with their thanklessness, griping, and  accusations when Moses was only obeying God and doing “good” for the Israelites. Had  Moses not been the meekest man on earth, he might have reacted with some retaliation; or,  perhaps he would have given up on them altogether.  

Numbers 12:3 Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the  face of the earth. 

Yet, God had given Moses a faithful heart to care for God’s people. So, he did not give up  on the people, even though he was quite frustrated with them at times. The Apostle Paul  even described Moses as being faithful like Christ Jesus. What an honor! 

Hebrews 3:1-2 (1) Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider  the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; (2) Who was faithful to Him  that appointed Him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.  

Moses faithfully interceded for the people even though they were rebellious and critical of  him. In Deuteronomy, Moses wrote an overview of the wilderness experience.  

Deuteronomy 9 discusses God’s words about destroying Israel and starting over with Moses.  However, Moses fasted and beseeched God on their behalf.  

Deuteronomy 9:14,18-19 (14) Let Me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their  name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they….  (18) And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did  neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing  wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger. (19) For I was afraid of the 

anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But  the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. 

What an example for leaders! While they treated Moses so badly, he blessed them with  fasting and prayer. As with Moses, true humility is a vital key. 

May God bless us with humility and with hearts willing to intercede for the rebellious, even  those who may act out against us personally in some way.

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God

Day 35, Day 7 of Week 5 – Sabbath, May 1, 2021

Dear Family, 

Today is Sabbath, May 1, 2021. This is Day 7 of Week 5 in our Counting toward Pentecost.  It is our 35th day of Counting.  

The ancient Israelites witnessed God’s gift of water flowing from the Rock. They were in a  dry, parched wilderness; yet, at God’s command, a great river flowed through the area,  giving life as it went. 

There are a number of times in the Bible when God uses the analogy of dry land versus a  watered land. When we compare the verses, we find that dryness is connected to rebellion  and to those who are away from God (including evil, fallen angels). God says He will even  make some places into a dry wilderness. 

Psalm 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out those which are bound  with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 

Zephaniah 2:13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north, and destroy Assyria;  and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 

Unclean spirits are described as wandering in dry areas. Clearly, these are places where we  do not desire to live. 

Matthew 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 

On the other hand, being watered is God’s gift to those He desires to refresh, for those  who thirst for Him. 

Psalm 63:1-2 (1) O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for  Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; (2) To see Thy  power and Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary. 

Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought,  and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water,  whose waters fail not. 

Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth  his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 

From the lesson of ancient Israel, let us learn that when we are thirsty, we must humbly go  to God instead of turning to mistrust of God, murmuring or complaining. Today, God offers  His Church the true Water of Life. On this Sabbath day, let us thirst for our God and  “taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8). 

May God bless us richly with all we need for life and godliness!

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God

Day 34, Day 6 of Week 5 – Friday, April 30, 2021

Dear Family, 

Today is Friday, April 30, 2021. This is Day 6 of Week 5 in our Counting toward Pentecost.  It is our 34th day of Counting. It is the preparation day for the Sabbath. 

It appears ancient Israel never really got the lesson that God was their salvation. They did  not understand God’s purposes or His works. However, years after Israel had come into the  Promised Land, a man named David (meaning Beloved) did understand. David knew the ROCK  was his salvation. The Psalms contain MANY witnesses about this truth. 

Psalm 18:2,31,46 (2) The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my  strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (31) For who is God save the LORD? Or who is a rock save our God? (46) The LORD liveth;  and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 

Psalm 27:5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His  tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon a rock. 

Psalm 28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if Thou be  silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 

Psalm 31:2-3 (2) Bow down Thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be Thou my strong rock,  for an house of defence to save me. (3) For Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore,  for Thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. 

Psalm 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my  feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 

Psalm 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed:  lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 

Psalm 62:2,6-7 (2) He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defence; I shall not be  greatly moved. (6) He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my defence; I shall not be  moved. (7) In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in  God. 

Psalm 71:3 Be Thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast  given commandment to save me; for Thou art my rock and my fortress. Psalm 78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their  redeemer. 

Psalm 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my  salvation. 

Psalm 92:15 To shew that the LORD is upright: He is my rock, and there is no  unrighteousness in Him. 

Psalm 94:22 But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge. Psalm 95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our  salvation. 

To many in ancient Israel, the Rock was a stumblingblock and an offence.  

Romans 9:33 As it is written {Isaiah 8:14; 28:16}, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and  rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.

1 Peter 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble  at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 

For the Church today, the Rock is our FOUNDATION as well as our SALVATION, our  PROTECTION, and our DELIVERANCE! 

Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee; That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 

If we build upon God’s ROCK by obedience to His Word, we will never be moved. 

Matthew 7:24-25 (24) Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth  them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: (25) And the rain  descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell  not: for it was founded upon a rock. 

May God bless us to truly see ALL that the ROCK is for us.

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God

Day 33, Day 5 of Week 5 – Thursday, April 29, 2021

Dear Family, 

Today is Thursday, April 29, 2021. This is Day 5 of Week 5 in our Counting toward  Pentecost. It is our 33rd day of Counting.  

There are great lessons of eternal importance in looking at the subject of the Rock of the  Old Testament. The ancient Israelites were given water to drink from the Rock on more  than one occasion. We have just reviewed the FIRST time God gave them water from the  Rock in Exodus 17. 

Many years later, while Israel was still wandering in the wilderness, God gave them water  from the Rock again. In Numbers 20 we find the story of the SECOND time God provided  water this way. 

The story in Numbers 20 contains much of the same detail as the story in Exodus 17;  however, they are different in several ways. The story in Numbers 20 takes place 20 or  more years after that of Exodus 17; and yet, Israel is still complaining and mistrusting. 

God became very upset with Moses at this second incident because Moses struck the Rock,  rather than speaking to it as God commanded him to do at that time. God told Moses he  would not lead the congregation into the Promised Land because of this particular  disobedience. 

Numbers 20:8,11-12 (8) Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and  Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his  water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so, thou shalt give the  congregation and their beasts drink. (11) And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he  smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and  their beasts also. (12) And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, because ye believed Me  not, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this  congregation into the land which I have given them.  

An important question to ask is; “Why would God react so strongly to the fact that Moses  struck the Rock a second time?” 

Remember that the Rock that followed Israel was our Savior. Remember that God’s plan  included our Savior giving His body and His life’s blood for our salvation. And, this was to  happen ONLY ONCE! 

There is one and only one payment for the sins of mankind; the sacrifice of our Savior. God  will never require another sacrifice for sin. The sacrifice was too precious to God, and too  costly to be treated lightly.  

Here are 5 scriptural witnesses that show this statement is true.

Romans 6:10 For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth  unto God. 

Hebrews 7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for  his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this He did once, when He offered up Himself. 

Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered  in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 

Hebrews 9:26 For then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but  now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of  Himself. 

Hebrews 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of  Jesus Christ once for all. 

Moses had missed the symbolism of striking the Rock. He did not understand what God was  doing for all of mankind; however, today we know. Let us treat the sacrifice of Jesus with  all the honor it requires. Let us strive to understand its full implications for us. 

May God bless us with eyes to see what He is doing.

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God

Day 32, Day 4 of Week 5 – Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Dear Family, 

Today is Wednesday, April 28, 2021. This is Day 4 of Week 5 in our Counting toward  Pentecost. It is our 32nd day of Counting.  

In a desolate place called Horeb, in a desert wilderness several thousand years ago, God  told Moses to smite a rock. If we look only at the surface information of this incident, we  can miss important spiritual truths. The New Testament explains the important spiritual  connection between the rock of Horeb and the Rock, our Savior and Messiah. 

Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt  smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses  did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 

1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that  spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 

It was at the command of God that Moses struck the rock. And, what happened to our  Savior 2000 years ago was in the will of God, also. The Bible says it pleased God to bruise  Him. 

Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou  shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and  the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 

Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not  written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 

God knew what it would take to work out His plan of salvation for each of us. He committed  to paying the price from the “foundation of the world.” And, God has never drawn back  from His purpose. 

Once Moses struck the Rock, life giving water flowed. Now that the Rock of our salvation  has been struck, the spiritual water of life flows freely. 

Let us pray that we will thirst for this LIVING WATER and that we will be filled. Perhaps  each time we drink physical water in the next few days, we can pause to remember our  LIVING WATER and thank God for the marvelous preparations He has already made to save  us. 

God bless you! Drink freely!

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God

Day 31, Day 3 of Week 5 – Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Dear Family, 

Today is Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Today is Day 31; and, it is Day 3 of Week 5 in our  Counting toward Pentecost.  

Does it astonish us that this group of ancient Israelites could chide (reproach, scold,  rebuke, blame) Moses and tempt God after all they had recently seen and experienced?  Indeed, they were still experiencing the “cloud” and the “fire” and the “bread from heaven”  on a daily basis. Yet, they did not see. It seems they were “blind.” They did not “see” or  understand God at all. Why?  

Although there are many reasons attached to this kind of “blindness” mentioned in the  Bible, God gives us one certain reason for the blindness of the Israelites of the wilderness  experiences in Psalms. The answer is that they had hard hearts. 

Psalm 95:7-9 (7) For He is our God; and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of  His hand. Today if ye will hear His voice, (8) Harden not your heart, as in the provocation,  and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: (9) When your fathers tempted Me,  proved Me, and saw My work.  

Ancient Israel did not have the “heart” to submit to God.  

Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear Me, and  keep all My commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children  for ever! 

Today, God wants us to consider the state of our hearts, also. The heart is where we store  up our impressions and our feelings about what matters to us. We cannot allow ourselves o  harden our hearts. God repeats an exhortation about our hearts 3 times in the book of  Hebrews. 

Hebrews 3:8, 15 (8) Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of  temptation in the wilderness: (15) While it is said: Today if ye will hear His voice, harden  not your hearts, as in the provocation.  

Hebrews 4:7 Again, He limiteth a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time;  as it is said; today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts. 

It would be wise to consider what the Bible says about how a hard heart is developed.  Hebrews 3 gives one answer, and 2 Thessalonians backs up the same thought.  

Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be  hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.  

2 Thessalonians 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;  because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

These two scriptural witnesses give us some idea of the process: first sin deceives us,  leading us to not love truth, then, our hearts grow hard. It’s a simple process God’s enemy  uses over and over on mankind. However, realizing this process, we can circumvent it in the  future. The antidote is receiving the love of the truth of God. No matter what the  circumstances are and no matter what we think, feel, or want to hold onto, we are to LOVE  THE TRUTH OF GOD. Loving God’s truth will protect our hearts.  

May God bless us richly to zealously love Him and His TRUTH.

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God

Day 30, Day 2 of Week 5 – Monday, April 26, 2021

Dear Family, 

Today is Monday, April 26, 2021. This is Day 2 of Week 5 in our Counting toward Pentecost.  It is our 30th day of Counting.  

During this week of Water from the Rock we find Israel without water. Looking at this  situation through human eyes, we can readily understand that such circumstances could  easily end in a physical disaster for the group. 

H2O is required to sustain life (as we know it) on this planet. God made all humans to need  an adequate amount of water on a regular basis. What humanity needs to understand about  this scenario is that when God creates a need, He intends to fill it. He receives glory from  doing so. God even takes care of the plants and animals on this planet. And, humans are of  MUCH MORE VALUE than animals and grass. Jesus talked of this marvelous phenomena in  His sermons.  

The book of Psalms tells us God even created our desires, and He satisfies them. Psalm 145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 

God’s creation of us with these built-in needs is an important part of His Master Plan to  seat us eternally with Him. Clearly, God wants us to be dependent on Him and trust Him for  the absolute basic necessities of our existence. As we do this we come to understand and  know that He will never fail those who trust in Him. 

Here are a FEW of the promises God binds Himself to do when His people truly trust in  Him. 

Psalm 2:12b … Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 

Psalm 18:30b he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 

Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am  helped: therefore, my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. 

Psalm 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy  shall compass him about. 

Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

Psalm 34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in  him shall be desolate. 

Psalm 37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from  the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he  trusteth in thee. 

The Word of God is full of such promises, made by the Being Who cannot lie (Titus 1:2). When there was no water at Rephidim, God was just giving Israel a chance to trust Him and  receive an even greater blessing than just physical water. God promises many, many types  of blessings for those who simply trust in Him. Even though Israel did not trust Him, He  gave them ample water. God is good! 

May God grant us grace to always trust in Him. Real WATER is on the way!

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God

Day 29, Day 1 of Week 5 – Sunday, April 25, 2021

Dear Family, 

Today is Sunday, April 25, 2021. This is Day 1 of Week 5 in our Counting toward Pentecost.  It is our 29th day of Counting. This week is often referred to as the Week of Water from  the Rock. 

Exodus 17:1-7 (1) And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the  wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and  pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. (2) Wherefore the  people did chide with Moses, and said; Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto  them; Why chide ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? (3) And the people  thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said; Wherefore is  this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with  thirst? (4) And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying; What shall I do unto this people? They  be almost ready to stone me. (5) And the LORD said unto Moses; Go on before the people,  and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river,  take in thine hand, and go. (6) Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in  Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people  may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. (7) And he called the name  of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and  because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 

As we see in verse 1, there was NO water for Israel to drink, not even bitter water as at  Marah. We may wonder why it did not immediately occur to ancient Israel that God was  going to do another marvelous work, a supernatural intervention. After all, that’s what He  had done for the past several weeks every time they met a new danger or challenge. Also,  let’s remember that Israel was enjoying FOOD every day. Their food represented an on going miracle, because God had already started supernaturally providing the bread from  heaven as He had promised. Obviously, Who and What God is was NOT at the center of  their thoughts. They rebelled in their thinking, then in their hearts, and in their words, and  behavior. 

Psalm 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 

Isaiah 65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh  in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; 

The mistakes made by ancient Israel are utterly clear to us in hindsight. Let’s be sure we  keep God and His marvelous works in the forefront of our thinking and deep within our  hearts, so our words and actions will be pleasing to Him.  

God bless us all toward this endeavor of keeping Him always in our thoughts!

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God

Day 5 of Week 1 – Thursday, April 9, 2026

Dear Family,  

Today is Thursday, April 9, 2026. Today is Day 5 of Week 1 in our Count to Pentecost.  

Although there are few references to Jesus’ physical looks, there are hundreds of references that  show us His approach to life, His character/nature, and His choices. Below are listed of a few of  the verses that describe Jesus as tenderhearted, with mercy, empathy, and compassion. As a  Human, He took on the feelings of others in a vicarious way.  

Jesus cares about our pains and our needs! Isaiah describes Jesus as carrying our griefs and our sorrows. These griefs were in addition to His own sufferings as He was being beaten and crucified.  

Isaiah 53:4 Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him  stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 

Jesus is touched by our feelings! 

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our  infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 

Mark describes Jesus as being moved with feelings of compassion for the multitudes that followed  after Him. Jesus recognized the needs of others. 

Mark 6:34 And Jesus, when He came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward  them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and He began to teach them many things

Matthew 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion  toward them, and He healed their sick. 

Jesus wept over Jerusalem for their evil deeds. 

Luke 19:37 And when He was come near, He beheld the City, and wept over it 

Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which  are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth  her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 

Let us remember to follow His Example. Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ  forgave you. 

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2026, Church of the Sovereign God

Day 28, Day 7 of Week 4 – Sabbath, April 24, 2021

Dear Family, 

Today is Saturday, April 24, 2021. This is Day 7 of Week 4 in our Counting toward  Pentecost. It is a Sabbath, and it is our 28th day of Counting.  

On this wonderful Sabbath, let us consider the important truth of how God freed Israel  from bondage, setting them apart as a people for Himself. Consider how He claimed them!  He intended that they be HOLY as He is HOLY.  

Leviticus 11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be  your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 

To this end, He gave them many blessings, including the blessing of the 6-day work week and  the rest of the Holy Sabbath. It was an important physical type, foreshadowing how God  deals with His Church today. 

It is far more incumbent upon us today that we become HOLY because our Savior and our  Father are HOLY. We, too, have been delivered from bondage for PURPOSE, HOLY  PURPOSE. Our Messiah has made us FREE and intends that we never again by entangled  with a yoke of bondage.  

Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and  be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 

God has claimed us, adopted us while we are human, begotten us by His Spirit, and will  finally deliver us from our flesh (also a type of bondage), bringing us to full term birth as  Spirit-born, eternal, Sons of God with His Divine DNA.  

Romans 8:15, 21 (15) For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye  have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (21) Because the  creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious  liberty of the children of God. 

God’s Word tells us how to cooperate as God creates and perfects His holiness in us. We  yield to His righteousness and cleanse ourselves. 

Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for  as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even  so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves  from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

We are of the HOLY HOUSEHOLD of the HOLY GOD. Let us honor our God on this  Sabbath and every day of our lives by allowing God to perfect His HOLINESS in us.

Psalm 93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, forever

Ben Faulkner, Pastor  
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God