Every Knee Shall Bow

 

I’m Duane Matz and welcome to Today’s Living Word.

 

So, you read your Bible in one year! Congratulations1 But you’re not done. You never will be done! Read the Word of God and meditate on it daily for the rest of your life. It’s God’s love letter to you and He’s not done talking to you. Remember, “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word of God!”

I bring this up because  I was reading in Luke chapter 4 and God showed me something I never noticed before. ( I promise, He will do the same for you if you keep at it!)

 

In Luke 4, Jesus, had just healed Peter’s mother-in-law of a fever and many people were coming to him bearing their sick and demon possessed friends. Many of the demons cried out as Jesus booted them out, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God!”

 

Where have I heard that confession before? It was the same words Peter uttered when Jesus asked the disciples whom they said He was! Mt 16:16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

 17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

 18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

 

One confesses unto salvation, the other to damnation. One to great anticipation of the life to come, the other in dread recognition of their terrifying final fate. James 2:19 says, “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe--and tremble!”

 

Here’s the thing. On that final judgement Day, that confession will be universal, and again, some to eternal bliss, others to eternal damnation. Php 2:10,11 “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,  11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

 

Take heart from this believer, for there are times when you may think evil has the upper hand, but listen to what the Lord says in  Ps 37:11 But the meek (that’s you believer) shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth. 13 The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word.