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“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.” —Revelation 3:14 Jesus, as in all the letters, introduces Himself as the Lord of life and the Lord of all! He says, “I am the Amen.” Now Amen means of a certainty, of a truth; it is an affirmation. When you say “Amen” or when we sing Amen, Amen, Amen, it is truth, truth, truth. That’s the truth! It’s yes with an exclamation point. Amen! So Jesus is the Amen! Amen is not just a word we say to get ready to go eat. Amen, let’s eat. No, amen means I affirm, I agree! And we need Amen when God’s truth is proclaimed. So when Jesus says, “I am the Amen,” that means that I fulfill the promises of God! Every promise of God… every truth of God, Jesus is the Amen! If Jesus makes you a promise, He says “Amen” to that promise. That means He will keep every promise! Jesus is the last word. He fulfills forever the witness of God… the word of God! That’s Jesus! He’s the Amen, the Faithful and True, the final Witness! That means that nothing in your life is the final word but Jesus. Cancer doesn’t have the final say; Jesus has the final say! Death doesn’t have the final word; Jesus has the final word! Brokenness doesn’t have the final word; Jesus has the final word! And if He is your Lord, the Lord of your life, He’s saying, “I am the Amen!” JESUS IS THE SOURCE AND SUSTAINER OF EVERYTHING.

“The Spirit of Adoption”

Thursday, March 07, 2019

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”

Romans 8:15–17

In 44 BC Gaius Octavius Thurinus, just seventeen years of age, was named in the will of the assassinated Julius Caesar as his adopted heir. Caesar was his great uncle, and Octavian spent much of his youth with Caesar’s sister. His courage and resourcefulness even as a teenager when he joined the army fighting in Spain led to Casear’s decision. In 27 BC his name was officially changed to Caesar Augustus, and though he never took the title for himself, he became Rome’s first emperor. During his forty-year reign, the empire doubled in size. Not long before his death he said, “I found Rome of clay; I leave it to you of marble.” None of that would have happened had not Julius Caesar adopted him into his family and named Octavian heir to all he possessed.

Every person born into the world is born into the “wrong family.” Because of the fall, each of us are born with a sin nature. The only hope that we have is for God’s grace to place us into His family. Along with our salvation, we receive the Holy Spirit to guide us and give us confidence in our new standing and relationship. We did nothing to deserve or gain membership in God’s family. But once we have been placed there by grace, we have a responsibility to live holy lives. “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints” (Ephesians 5:3).

Today's Growth Principle: 

Having been placed into God’s family by adoption, we should live up to our new name.