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Watchman’s Daily Devotional: Deuteronomy 29:29 Says, “The Secret Things Belong to the Lord, Our God, but the Things That Are Revealed Belong to Us and to Our Children Forever, so That We May Do All the Words of This Law.

This marked the ultimate proclamation that followed the revelation of all the rewards for obedience and consequences for disobedience. There are numerous enigmatic aspects that God keeps hidden from us. Nevertheless, the Word of God has provided us with a wealth of knowledge. Due to our limited comprehension, there will always be aspects that remain beyond our grasp. Nevertheless, the knowledge that has been revealed grants us with profound wisdom. Following the teachings of the Bible leads to abundant blessings. The teachings of the Bible are a valuable resource for guiding our lives in a manner that is pleasing to God. They are shared with us for our benefit. But should we disregard them and live in opposition to them? We have a clear understanding of what lies ahead. There are important lessons that God has made clear to us.…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, The People in Jesus’ Hometown Were Impressed by Him. Once They Realized What He Was Saying, They Tried to Find Reasons to Be Mad at Him. If Someone Doesn’t Like the Message, They Will Soon Become Critical and Start to Find Fault With the Person Who Brought It

Matthew 13:56-58 (NIV) 56 Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” 57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” 58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. At first, the people in Jesus’ hometown were impressed by him. When they realized what He was saying, they tried to find reasons to be mad at Him. If someone doesn’t like the message, they will soon become critical and start to find fault with the person who brought it. The word for offense in Greek is skandalizo, which comes from the word for scandal, skandalon. The word for the thing that sets off a trap is “skandalon.” The trap…

The Bible Instructs Us to “Receive the Word in Spite of Filthiness and the Remnants of Wickedness” (James 1:21). It Is Impossible to Listen to God’s Word and Keep Sin in Your Heart at the Same Time

The psalmist acknowledged a vital aspect of spiritual growth when he remarked, “I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Thy word” (Ps. 119:101). Peter said the same thing when he said, “Put aside all malice, all trickery, all hypocrisy, all envy, and all slander. Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in terms of salvation” (1 Pet. 2:1-2). In the same way, James told us to give up sin and accept the Word (James 1:21). James and Peter were not talking to people who don’t believe, because without Christ, people can’t give up sin or listen to God’s Word. But as Christians, we are known by our ability to do both, and we must keep our lives clean by confessing our sins, turning…

Watchman’s Daily Devotional:Christ’s Definition of Happiness Is Surprising and Contradictory When Compared to the Standards of the World

“Blessed are the poor in spirit . . . those who mourn . . .the gentle . . . those who hunger and thirst for righteousness . . . the merciful . . . the pure in heart . . . the peacemakers . . . [and] those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness” (Matt. 5:3-10). According to the world’s standards, the definition of happiness given by Christ may seem shocking and contradictory. While popular magazines may characterize happy people as those who enjoy others but are not self-sacrificing, Jesus described happy people differently. He portrayed them as spiritual beggars who acknowledge their lack of resources and exhibit meekness, mournfulness over sin, self-sacrifice, and willingness to endure persecution for the sake of reconciling people to God. This perspective may appear more like misery than happiness to the…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, God Knows We Require the Tests and Hardships That the Wicked Throw at Us. Their Challenges Teach Us Patience and Compassion, but Most Importantly, They Cause Us to Trust in God’s Sovereignty

Matthew 13:28-30 (NIV) 28″‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ 29″‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'” Jesus told a parable about weeds being discovered in a wheat field. The field’s owner suspected that an opponent had spread the weed seeds. People who worked in the field inquired if they should pluck the weeds. Because the owner was concerned that the wheat may be destroyed during the procedure, he told them to wait until harvest. They would then…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, They Had Lost Their Teachable Attitude and Open Mind. They Believed They Had Complete Knowledge of the Truth and Would Not Accept Anything That Did Not Fit the Hard Container of Their Narrow Thinking

Matthew 9:15-17 (NIV) 15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. 16” No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. John’s disciples questioned why they and the Pharisees fasted but not Jesus’ disciples. Jesus responded with a wedding analogy. When there is a wedding, visitors are required to participate in a feast. Jesus has arrived to take the church…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, Exodus 3:11-12, But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and Bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” And God said, “I Will be With You.”

Indeed, who are we to be sent by Almighty God as His messengers? That God could use someone like me is a profound wonder to the humbled servant of God. When the Apostle Paul declared that God picked him, the worst sinner, to display God’s greatness, he knew it better than anybody else. “Who am I?” we can ask, like Moses and Paul. Sinners are redeemed alone by grace! It proves that when God uses us, He can use anyone. We must not stop at realizing our own weakness, but must also realize God’s all-sufficiency. What difference does it make if I am limited? God has no bounds! And if He sent me, He must also strengthen me. Moses admitted to God (as if God didn’t already know) that he was not a skilled speaker. “Who fashioned man’s mouth?” God…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, One Minute They Were Worshipping God for Their Deliverance, and the Next, They Were Whining About Their Fears

Exodus 14:12-14 12 Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” 13 Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” They were worshiping God for their deliverance one minute and complaining about their troubles the next. That’s how it stayed for the following 40 years. What about us? That, I believe, is one of the reasons God chose the Jews; they so clearly depict man’s vacillation from faith to fear. God was present in the form of a cloud…

Watchman: Daily Devotional, Every Challenge in Life Is a Test to Discover if We Will Face It With Faith or Skepticism. Falling Into the Lake Was the Last Thing Peter Wanted to Do, but the Distraction of the Physical Caused Him to Do Just That

Matthew 14:31-33 (NIV) 31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” 32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.” While Jesus walked up the mountain to pray, He dispatched the disciples ahead. They rowed against the wind, which prevented them from crossing the lake. During the last few hours before dawn, Jesus appeared to them, walking on the lake. The Jews called the lake’s depths the Abyss. They were terrified to see a figure walking on the water, but Jesus explained who He was and that they need not be afraid. (Job 9:8) Peter requested to meet Jesus on the lake. He was invited to come…

Watchman: Daily Devotional,Leave It to This Foolish Fool (WEF) to Think We Should Not Only Correct the Bible but Also Make a New One. Of Course, He Does Not Tell Us Why It Should Be Changed or What Its Errors Are, but That Whatever It Is Changed to Will Be Better and Perfect. He, of Course, Does Not Know What That Change Will Be (Or if He Has Not Disclosed the Changes Yet), Because the God That He Worships Has Not Revealed This Faux Wisdom to Him Yet in the Vanity of His Demented Mind

“In a few years, there might be religions that are actually correct … just think about a religion whose holy book is written by an AI. That could be a reality in a few years.” Satan Soldier Yuval Noah Harari, a top speaker and advisor at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and professor at Hebrew University in Israel, recently spoke at a forum in Portugal where he says that artificial intelligence can and should be used to correct the Bible, and even went as far as to say that a brand “new bible” should be created by AI. Leave it to this poindexter fool to think we should not only correct the Bible, but also make a new one. Of course, he does not tell us why it should be changed and what its errors are, but that…