2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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AGAINST THE ANOINTED
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18
Acts 4:27-28
Proverbs 21:30-31
“There is no wisdom
nor understanding nor counsel
against the LORD.”
AGAINST THE ANOINTED
The word “Christ” means the Anointed One. It is taken from the Hebrew word translated into English as Messiah. This is the title of the Lord Jesus for He is the Christ, the Son of the living God (Matt 16:16). The designation refers to the one anointed to sit on the throne of David whose kingdom is everlasting. It also speaks of His Priesthood as our only Mediator to reconcile us to God. He is the perfect sacrifice for our sins through His death on the cross and He obtained for us perfect righteousness. He rose again from the dead as the first fruit of the promised resurrection that gives us the hope of life eternal having conquered death, hell and the eternal Lake of Fire.
The people rejected: The people were against Him whom God anointed to rule. The kings and rulers of the Gentiles and the Jews stood against Him. They rejected Him as their Messiah and killed Him. They were united because of their hatred against the truth and the light. “He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not” (John 1:10-11).
The people fulfilled: They had hateful and rebellious desires to oppose God. Yet they never knew that what they had done was according to the predetermined counsel of God. It does not mean that they are not accountable. They are held liable for what they did against Christ as they did it by their own sinful will and purpose. They were in darkness and all they could think of and do was evil. It was by their own accord that they rallied together against the Lord’s anointed. God does govern and guide all things by His secret counsel, and He does bring to pass those things which He has determined, even by wicked people and their evil devices.
Do you understand that everything is foreordained of God? Do you submit to Him in everything that you plan and do?
THOUGHT: Am I living according to God’s good plan for my life?
PRAYER: Father in heaven, lead me and guide me all the way.