Rev. Timothy L. Melton, Pastor
(Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate)
Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church
This week the Lord led me to the place of the first Passover in the Scriptures. Many know that in the Old Testament Covenant, while the Hebrew children were locked away in slavery in a place called Egypt, God had a plan to set them free. Amen. In the final scroll, instructions were to take a lamb that was perfect, without, spot, wrinkle or blemish. Each family grouping were to slay their lamb, take the blood of the lamb and smear the blood on the doorposts of their own dwelling.
Because God was about to send the death angel. The Bible tells me that when the death angel came to their door and saw the blood, he was blocked. There was a barrier, a separation, between those on the inside and the entity on the outside, so that he would pass by that place and then he would move on to the next dwelling.
Yes, all of this took place so Pharaoh would finally realize that God was God (and that he was not) and that he would have to let the Israelites go. However, I submit to you that God was also sending a message to the Hebrew families, and to us, that one day, that there is another Lamb coming, One without spot, wrinkle or blemish. When He comes, the ‘Blood’ that’s applied to the doorposts of our lives, will ensure that the death angel will have to pass over all of us as believers, in Him, including the Jewish and gentile believers, too.
In the sixth chapter of John, Jesus has already come on the scene. His disciples are nearby, and He is going to teach them all a lesson. It’s amazing to me that He begins it with the five small loaves and two fish with which He plans to feed such a huge multitude of people. God never does anything without a reason. It is because He always has a purpose.
So, He began by feeding the 5,000 men, plus their wives and children, supernaturally. After that, the Bible tells us Jesus went walking—on the water. He took a stroll as He walked ‘on’ the sea. Then, a group of people gathered around Him as He began to teach them.
It’s always been a truth, anytime we’re in Church and God “shows up in a Mighty way,” that hell has tried to break it all up at the end. Every time I’ve seen God move, and I mean move, in the House of God, it’s afterward that somebody will get offended or somebody gets their feelings hurt, or somebody has a complaint, an argument or an issue.
I believe it’s because the very move of God always elicits a response. Amen? If one misses the response—come on, this is a conversation—and heaven isn’t here just to bless one individual. We are all called here to also bless Him. Yes, all are called to bless Him. Yes, He is from Heaven and is not here just to minister to only you. We are called to minister to Him! How many realize that? We’re here to give to Heaven. It’s to be a give and a take, as it works both ways. Amen.
Jesus begins to teach, and after they found Him (Verse 25) on the other side of the sea, they couldn’t figure out how He got there, so they asked. He told them. “Verily, Verily, I say unto you, you seek Me not because you saw the miracles, but because you saw the miracles and because you did eat of the loaves and were filled. You didn’t seek me because the people got healed, set free and delivered at Bethsaida. You didn’t come to seek Me because of the great miracle of the Word of the Living God that I was breaking for you from the boat. He said this is what you came for, you came for lunch, (in Verse 27).
In the Name of Jesus, Father, I pray that You would just speak into every heart and mind of every person hearing this today. Father, I pray that You would literally teach us something we didn’t know. Let there be callings that break us free to walk victorious in them, that You would give us the keys to the Kingdom this day, that we can be more like You than ever before.
Today, we wear it proudly, declaring to the whole Earth, “You will fall in line for we are here, O God, to make sure of it. Lord, I thank You for the Power over enemies, the devils, and I thank You for the ability to speak and teach today.
Yes, Lord, so, Father, we thank You for Thy Son, Jesus, for His Life, His Blood and sacrifice. Yes, we give You Praise, in Jesus’ Name.
To be continued next week…
