Today’s Devotional – January 8th (Was Blind, But Now I See!)
By admin On January 7th, 2014.
Today’s Devotional, January 8th
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Was Blind, But Now I See!
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“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound!
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found!
Was blind, but now I see!”
Amazing Grace
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John Newton, when just a boy received Christian instruction from his loving mother.
John Newton, when just a boy received Christian instruction from his loving mother. .
And yet, he followed his father into the ship trade, eventually working on a slave ship, while still a young man.
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John-Newton-courtesy – Wikipedia – Public-domain
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A MIRACULOUS DELIVERY?
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Listen to Wikipedia’s account of Newton’s miraculous conversion to the Gospel his mother once shared with him…
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“During his 1748 voyage to England after his rescue, Newton had a spiritual conversion.
The ship encountered a severe storm off the coast of Donegal, Ireland and almost sank.
Newton awoke in the middle of the night and, as the ship filled with water, called out to God.
The cargo shifted and stopped up the hole, and the ship drifted to safety.
Newton marked this experience as the beginning of his conversion to evangelical Christianity.”
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And so, as a result of this miracle, Newton eventually became a Christian, a minister, and finally left that slave-trading ship, and ultimately began to crusade against the hideous practice of carrying slaves to England.
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AMAZING GRACE!
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But Newton was not just a gifted minister of God!
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And he was given the gift of music composition! And during his ministry, he wrote lyrics to a number of hymns.
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And one hymn which came from his pen was the song, Amazing Grace!
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Yes, that great hymn by that slave-ship-captain-turned-minister-of-Christ, Amazing Grace, has had countless freed men now singing those infamous words, “…Was blind, but now I see!”, for over two centuries now!
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Amazing Grace – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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NEWTON NOT THE ONLY BLIND ONE!
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Now, the great exclamation mark on John Newton’s life-story was that though he was once blinded by sin, but now was given eyes to see! Spiritual eyes to see Jesus!
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But even though most of us are appalled at that horrible practice of slave-trading, nevertheless we live in a world of slaves, held in bondage to Satan, who has blinded our spiritual eyes!Â
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Listen… “But if our gospel be hid,
it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
2nd Corinthians 4:3, 4
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The fact is, the “god of this world” has blinded the minds of men.Â
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And even though we would never dream of being such a merchant of human misery, as was Newton, yet we are every bit as blind as Newton once was, prior to conversion!
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John-Newton-courtesy – Wikipedia – Public-domain
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There Shall Be Signs in the Sun…Moon…and…Stars…”
Luke 21:25
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Now the reason for bringing all this into today’s devotional, is to relate it to the Signs in Heaven which are now being revealed in the Sun, Moon, and Stars!
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The prophet Joel foretells in his fiery little book…
“The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble:
the sun and the moon shall be dark,
and the stars shall withdraw their shining…
for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible;
and who can abide it?”
Joel 2:10, 11 Condensed
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Here it is prophesied that in the Day of the Lord, the heavenly lights will be darkened!
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Starry Night at La Silla – Wikimedia – Share-Alike license
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The sun and… stars shall withdraw their shining!
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But though this passage is prophesying of the spiritual condition of those who are blinded by sin, it nevertheless explains that the Signs in Heaven, which God is just now revealing, also cannot be seen by many!
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Oh yes, there are many who would love to see these heavenly signs, and yet, cannot!
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They are simply blinded from seeing these incredible signs!
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ENLIGHTEN OUR PATHWAY
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But the Good News is, that God has given these signs and their accompanying messages, in hopes that all will turn and cry out for eyes to see, and a heart to understand those messages!
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And so, dear-soul-for-whom-Christ-bled-and-died, please begin reading this wonderful message!
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And simply look for these signs in the heavens, as signposts given by God, to guide us safely into the Narrow Gate of Heaven!
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And so, let each of us say, along with the Psalmist…
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“Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law.” Psalm 119:18
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And as this website proclaims, God’s Law is indeed written in the heavens!
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ABOVE PICTURE – The Narrow Gate & Wide Gate – Late winter – www.signsofheaven.org- non-profit sources may use with credit
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Open Thou mine eyes, that I may see these heaven signs, but also the truths that they point to…
Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Dragon of Revelation 12 Constellation” or you can also read… February 24th (The Valley of Dry Bones!)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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FIRST FIND ORION & 7 STARS
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The very first step in finding these many constellations, should be to find the two main constellations: Orion, and the 7 Stars (aka, The Big Dipper).
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These two constellations represent Christ (Orion), and His Church (7 Stars).
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And just as these are the easiest constellations to find, so too, the first place to begin studying the Bible is the Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John).
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These four books present Christ and His Church, when He walked the earth, just as Orion and the 7 Stars represent Christ and His Church, as seen up in the heavens.
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Then, once you are comfortable finding these two constellations, you can begin to locate the next closest constellations, and so on.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“The Orion Phenomena”
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TOMORROW…
January 9th . . . . Forever is a Very Long Time!
sand – desert – Persistence of Memory – Salvador Dali – Wikigallery – Public Domain
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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain
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