WHY JUDAH? WHY YOU???

WHY JUDAH? WHY YOU???

Do not wonder about the interrogative. It is not in the least rhetoric. It is an aspect of our Christian walk, that which we cannot lay aside- in fact, it is the central point of our faith, the core essence of the most holy faith, the faith of our calling by The God of the trinity...Scriptures forewarn “Be careful therefore that the light in you is not darkness” Luke 11:35.Judah was the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. His destiny was unaffected by family rivalry, the previous three sons were to seek man’s favour but Judah was indeed Leah’s firstborn for God’s purpose. He was the only one who stepped into the blessings of the firstborn and one through whom the messianic line was perpetuated...The God of Abraham, The God of Isaac and The God of Jacob became The God of Judah! The name of the tribe descended from Judah; Judah was the first tribe authorized to take possession of its assigned territory after the initial conquest of Canaan (Joshua 14: 6 – 15: 63). Caleb was one of the twelve spies and was of Judah’s tribe. Judah occupied one of the largest land measuring from the dead sea west towards the Mediterranean sea about 30miles to include the Negeb; a length of about 80miles; included with that of Judah was Simeon’s territory.Not until David was made king of Judah at Hebron, that the prophesy of Judah’s pre-eminence began to manifest. In fact, Judah’s good king Hezekiah brought about spiritual revival to the land.But Manasseh (Hezekiah’s son) of Judah built baal altars for worship and even set up idolatrous practices in the house of God, he made his sons pass through fire, used enchantments, consulted with familiar spirits and tradition tells that he martyred the prophet Isaiah!That was a king of Judah! He derailed when he fell short of God’s glory... Regardless of whatever God might have in the past done through you, He is still no respecter of persons, “therefore let ANYONE who thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall into sin” 1Corinthians 10: 12.Watch out for how you have been faring in the faith! Have you also began to set your affection on the cares of this world? “Will you also turn back?” Will you also adopt worldly cultures into our Church council? Have you also begun to set up strange fires in your heart? Will you also maltreat and extort fellow Christians? Will you also measure false measures?You Judah! You that is called by God’s name, “beware lest there be in you a wicked heart which refuses to cleave to Him, leading you to turn away from the living God” Hebrews 3: 12.You Judah! You beloved of God, the same intensity with which God loves is the same measure with which He frowns at sin! Therefore, “look well to yourself and to your teaching, persevere in those things, hold to them, for by so doing, you will save both yourself and those who hear you” 1Timothy 4:16.As we prepare for another season of prayers and fast, we must abstain from evil. It is a time we are required to humble ourselves. It is not enough to dress as one mourning for sin, without any real sorrow for them. Jesus made the same point when He insisted that those who fast should not do so in any ostentatious way if they must avoid hypocrisy (Matthew 6: 5&6, 16-18). God should be worshipped in Spirit and in Truth (John 4: 24).“Is not this, the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry... when you see the naked, to clothe him and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood (your fellow covenant connection in Christ)... then you will call and The Lord will answer” Isaiah 58: 6-9.Note this, after you have done all that God had commanded,  ...“everyman who eats sour grapes, his own teeth shall be set on edge... behold the days are coming says The Lord, when I will make a NEW COVENANT with the house of Judah... I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts... for they will know me, from the least of them to the greatest... I will forgive their wickedness” Jeremiah 31: 30-34.You Judah, You beloved people called by His matchless name, you have been a reproach, but  “as you have been a curse and a by word among the nations, o house of Judah (o beloved of The Most High), so will I (The Lion of the tribe of Judah) save you and you shall be a blessing... in those days, ten men out of all languages... shall take hold of the robe of a covenant child of God and say: Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you” Zechariah 8: 13 & 23.  

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