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Today in the Word – Moody Bible Institute – The Fall of Babylon

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Read Revelation 18

Nebuchadnezzar was the ruler of the Babylonian Empire (Daniel 4). God warned him in a dream about his pride. But one day he praised himself for the splendor of his empire, crediting it all to his own “mighty power” and “the glory of my majesty.” Immediately God took away his reason, and Nebuchadnezzar behaved as an animal for seven years before God restored his sanity. He learned his lesson: “[God] does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth…And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.”

In the same spirit, an angel in today’s reading proclaims the fall of Babylon (vv. 1–3). The “maddening wine” of her spiritual adulteries and her “excessive luxuries” have brought about her devastation under God’s just judgment.

Verses 4–8 are an exhortation to believers. We are to “come out of [Babylon].” Her pride and idolatry are her doom. Though she considered herself exempt from consequences, thinking she would “never mourn” (see Isaiah 47), the bottom line is, “mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” The New Testament agrees with this exhortation. For example, Paul wrote, “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers” (2 Cor. 6:14–17).

A threefold woe follows, delivered by Babylon’s former political allies and economic trade partners (vv. 9–19). These woes emphasize the quickness and completeness of her judgment and destruction. For the redeemed, this is cause for rejoicing (v. 20)! Finally, a “mighty angel” casts a boulder into the sea, illustrating the finality of Babylon’s destruction (vv. 21–24). She will never be rebuilt. Interestingly, in the days following Babylon’s conquest of Judah, a messenger of the prophet Jeremiah used a similar object lesson to warn that empire (Jer. 51:63–64).

Go Deeper

“Babylon,” with her decadent clothing, jewelry, and other “excessive luxuries,” highlights the dangers of materialism and greed. How can we be on our guard against these temptations?

Pray with Us

God, we ask You to cast down any idols in our own lives. May we live as followers of You, not followers of this world. Keep our hearts from looking to false gods and instead fix our hearts on You.

Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!Revelation 18:2

 

 

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Our Daily Bread – God of My Sister

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Lord, God of my master Abraham, . . . please grant success to the journey on which I have come. Genesis 24:42

Today’s Scripture

Genesis 24:1-4; 10-12

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Today’s Devotion

Amina had come to Christ in a country where Christianity was illegal. She began to share her new faith with her brother, who rejected her appeals. Then he contracted a dangerous lung condition. Alone in a dark hospital room, he gasped for breath. He wasn’t ready to acknowledge Jesus as God’s Son, and he feared speaking the name of Christ aloud. (Someone might hear him!) So he called out, “God of my sister, please help me now!” Suddenly, he could breathe easily, and the room brightened inexplicably. His journey to belief in Jesus began that day.

In Genesis, Abraham’s servant went on a quest to find a wife for his master’s son. First, he prayed to the “God of my master Abraham” (24:12). Why? The servant knew God had told Abraham, “I will make you into a great nation” (12:2). God repeated that promise (15:2-5), and “Abram believed the Lord, and [God] credited it to him as righteousness” (v. 6). The servant could trust “the God of my master Abraham” (24:27, 42, 48) because he’d witnessed the reality of Abraham’s faith.

With our words, we invite others to follow Jesus. More important, however, is the way we live before them. The reality of genuine faith in the one true God speaks volumes.

May the God of Abraham and of Amina use our lives to draw others to Him.

Reflect & Pray

How have you sensed God intervening in your life? In what ways does your life reveal your trust in Him?

 

Wise Father, may my life reflect the light of Jesus in everything I do. May others see in me a genuine faith in You—the God who hears us.

 

Today’s Insights

Genesis 24:1 says, “Abraham was now very old, and the LORD had blessed him in every way,” affirming God’s covenantal faithfulness to him. Abraham had sought to be faithful to the covenant by preparing for Isaac’s posterity and finding him a wife. He wasn’t to marry a Canaanite woman, for she might lead him into idolatry (see Exodus 34:15; Deuteronomy 7:3-4). Isaac was also to remain in the promised land (Genesis 15:18-21; 24:6-8). This task of finding the right wife would be difficult, but Abraham was sure that God would provide (24:7). His servant, a man of faith like Abraham, asked God to lead him, a prayer which was quickly answered (vv. 12-15). This account closes with the servant affirming God’s “kindness” (v. 27, Hebrew hesed or “unfailing steadfast love”) and faithfulness to Abraham. Today, we show others the genuineness of our faith when we trust in God’s faithfulness

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Days of Praise

Days of Praise – Love’s Product

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by Henry M. Morris III, D.Min.

“That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1:10–11)

Knowledge and judgment that are motivated by love (Philippians 1:9) are directed very carefully to certain end products that will fulfill our Lord’s design and desire for His adopted sons and daughters while they are still on Earth.

A repository of facts can be nothing more than a curiosity and is often an arrogant distraction. A growing intellectual ability must be useful. It is no different in God’s kingdom. Our knowledge and judgment must be used to “approve things that are excellent.”

Paul’s challenge to the Roman church was that they use their minds to “prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:2). To his young son in the faith, Paul insisted that Timothy study to show himself “approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).

The “proving” (testing, affirming) has a twofold goal: that our life on this earth would be “sincere and without offence” and that we would be “filled with the fruits of righteousness.” Purity and productivity are earthly spiritual goals that are reiterated many times in the Scriptures. They, of course, are mere reflections of the holiness that our Lord creates in us when we are born again (Ephesians 4:24), but they are nonetheless an often-repeated demand for those of us who claim a kinship with Christ Jesus.

The Bible sums it up this way: “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:15–16). HMM III

 

 

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Joyce Meyer

Joyce Meyer – You Are Righteous

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For if because of one man’s trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

Romans 5:17 (AMPC)

God wants us to think, speak, and behave rightly, so He gives us what we need in order to do those things. God will never require us to do something without giving us what we need to do it. God gives us the gift of righteousness so we can become righteous in what we think, say, and do!

Although we have sinned, our sins cannot be compared to the righteousness of God’s free gift. Our sin is great, but His free gift of righteousness is greater.

The fruit of your life cannot be any greater than what you believe you are, so you must learn to think about and believe in your righteousness in Christ. If you think all the time that something is wrong with you, then you will keep producing wrong things, but believing you’re right with God will help you produce right behavior.

Prayer of the Day: Father, thank You for the gift of righteousness in Christ. Help me think, speak, and live from who I am in You, producing fruit that honors You every day, amen.

 

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