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01/19/2022

God's Day: 1,000 Years
By Bentley Montér
2 Peter 3:8

Recent research shows that an adult cat that goes outside of its owners house frequently, but spends more time on the inside typically ages approximately one year for every month of its life. For a dog, the calculations appear to be approximately six to eight years for each year of a medium sized dog's life. These types of calculations have been performed for many different animals.

The amazing thing about these computations is that, those that produced these figures were not there in the Beginning of the world when the cat or the dog was formed; they were not there when Adam named all the animals (Genesis 2:19-20); neither did they create any of the animals that were created. So, how can they possibly know these things with a certainty?

The usage of this information is to highlight the fact that man is an intelligent creature; more intelligent than all others, but more often he tends to lean to his own created understanding - believing his wisdom is superior to himself, discounting the raw facts that only God is Supreme.

When we look at time, it is an environment where everything must age and eventually wither away. God, however, never ages because He resides in eternity.

Based on the selected scripture, if we attempt to compute time related to God and the creation, we can know that the creation took more like 6,000 years (in Earth time) versus six physical twenty-four hour day cycles as we know them, compared to God's eternal timelessness.

If each day to our God is 'like' a thousand years, based on man's ability to calculate numbers, we can see that each hour would be equivalent to approximately 41 years and 67 days of our time. Of course, this is not definitive as God has purposed that man cannot determine some things that He has done (Ecclesiastes 8:15)

As a devotional, this is meant to stir up and perhaps demonstrate, for those who read it, that the Power of God is just too vast to compute; too enormous to consider and too high and elongated and varied for our puny thought process to even begin to understand.

God is not meant to be understood, but is to be praised, worshipped and obeyed.

Amen.

01/12/2022

I Am With You
By Bentley Montér
Isaiah 41:10-15

Every man, woman and child will surely face challenges in this life as this is the way formulated to increase our knowledge, strength, perseverance, stamina and patience. The road to anywhere does not have imaginary arrows laid out on the ground pointing out a decisive path where there is no struggle, in fact, without struggle there is no growth.

It is a good thing to have support from members of our family who truly do love us and want to see us win, but for more people than we know, this is not the normal expectancy. Unfortunately, many people have family members who do their utmost, due to jealousy, evil and envy, to see them fail at every turn - and this is a horrible life experience, but it can be a very valuable tool.

The good news today is that Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, has sent to us the Holy Spirit who lives within us. He is the Spirit of God that knows the deep things of God; the greatest Teacher and Guidance that a man can possibly have - it is God Himself.

Through thick, thin, darkness or shadow thereof, He remains. When we hear the whisper giving us direction or unction to do or not to do a thing, it is He that communicates with our inner spirit. But there are things that we do to make it difficult to hear Him.

Some examples are, the known wicked associations and influences that we continue to maintain; our participation in continual sinful behavior, such as connecting ourselves with those who do unscrupulous things.

Many Christian's still frequent night clubs, engage in illicit sexual acts, use foul and filthy language unbecoming of a saint. These are just a few examples (Ephesians 5:10-12) (Galatians 5:19-22).

When we become the new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), we put away certain things. And although everything is not removed immediately, we are to make a concerted effort to make it happen; because lingering in sinful behavior after redemption can give rise to backsliding.

We can do all things through Christ Jesus, but alone we can do nothing (Philippians 4:13). God is with us in all things. We just need to apply more effort in believing it.

Amen.

01/05/2022

Plans For You
By Bentley Montér
Jeremiah 29:11-13

Each of us as we grow through the various stages of childhood, through adolescence and into adulthood, at some point begin to formulate an idea, a game plan for where we think our future is headed. Multitudes will seek higher education believing that their key lies within attaining a degree of some sort, while others begin to work with their hands.

Very few, if any, will be steered in the direction of seeking God for the answer to a future that is locked within them. Our world today causes many to leap towards fame and fortune which, if achieved, will not last long. When the fame, our good countenance and physical ability fades away, for many, only wrinkles, loneliness and old age is all that remain.

But God, who shall live forever and not die has different thoughts about us that no man has for himself. God has thoughts of Peace and stability, fruitfulness and spiritual prosperity in abundance for those who will seek Him.

God has determined an expected end of success and victory, far better than anything imagined. Drawing closer to our heavenly Father is the only way to accomplish the plans that He has purposed for us in Christ Jesus.

Our God is always standing by waiting to be searched for; He has assured us that we can find Him, if we would only diligently search our hearts, pray to Him in honesty - He makes Himself available.

Only God knows the plans He has for us. A wise man would look to Him for real answers.

Amen.

12/29/2021

Faith Proved By Works
By Bentley Montér
James 2:14-15

For those of us who are still employed and need to take a journey of any length to a job, traveling on road or highway and using a motor vehicle, it can be a dangerous task first thing in the morning as the task involves being in close proximity to others who may not be paying good attention.

After going through the motions of getting dressed though, something happens first of all as we leave our dwelling places. Faith is enacted as we approach our vehicle - and whether by key or by push start, we believe the mechanics will actually work and the car will surely start. Believing it will start before we attempt to start the vehicle is an act of faith.

Even though this is a basic form of faith, many refuse to use even this basis to communicate with the God who can do anything,or to believe that He can change their life from their current substandard status. Some trust their friends; others put their trust in their family members - and many trust only themselves. But all of these will fail.

As the previous illustration proves, just having faith alone accomplishes nothing without an action exercising the intended belief. If a man believes in God only, but does not obey any of His commandments; does not love his neighbor or walks past those that he can help by charity - and carries hatred in his heart for others all his days, can he expect to enter the kingdom of God?

The text selected is clear. Believing in Jesus Christ alone is not discipleship. Jesus' disciples proved this by action as they followed Him and did as He did; becoming a lover of mankind and we are to do the same.

Even if someone has a remote car starter for their vehicle, a button still must be pressed to activate the mechanism which will start the car. If someone is hungry and we can help feed them, but instead we say "be full in the name of Jesus Christ," how is that attending to their need?

Having faith in God is necessary; then being baptized by water and receiving the Holy Ghost. But, faith alone without works is totally dead; it is not good enough.

Amen.

12/22/2021

Predestined Vision
By Bentley Montér
Ephesians 1:3-9

By 1900 in the United States, 34 of the 50 states had compulsory schooling laws; four were in the south. Thirty states with compulsory schooling laws required attendance until age 14 years (or higher). As a result, by 1910, 72 percent of American children attended school. Half of the nation's children attended one-room schools, but by 1918, every state required students to complete elementary school as a minimum standard.

Today, education in the United States is really more about financial gain for those who are behind the operation of the larger institutions. Although education may be relevant and a paper degree may be a prerequisite within the world system, that degree bears no importance with regard to kingdom work or the things that God has purposed for our destination in Christ Jesus.

Each man and woman has a specific purpose in the kingdom unique to only them. The mystery of the Will of God, at different stages for each individual, is only revealed by God to that person at an appointed time that has been predetermined - and their obedience to that revelation opportunity determines whether or not they reach the destiny God has planned and provided for them.

Our jobs, sporting prowess, dance skills or ability to sing, are talents that people often use to turn into careers because many refuse to seek God and the higher things from Him, rejecting His promises. The purposes of discipleship within the Body of Christ are totally different.

Our God has given us all wisdom and prudence regarding the purpose of our life, sealed within us. Our future is not ahead of us, as many parents and church leaders have wrongly taught. Just as an apple has seeds within itself which contain all that the apple will ever be: more apples and apple trees - God in His infinite wisdom has created every man and every other creature exactly the same.
Don't let the devil fool you, we all have greatness within us tucked away - and he knows it.

By drawing nearer to God the mystery is unravelled layer by layer in God's perfect timing and the obedient child of the King may now proceed to fulfillment of the promise that God has made (1Corinthians 2:9).

Unlike anything man has ever seen or heard, is the vision and destiny for his life that God has pre-designed. There is none like God, who completes the ending of our life before He begins it (Isaiah 46:10-11).

This is why God does not panic - He has already completed the work before we start our life. He has been where we are trying to go, and if we listen carefully, He whispers directions because He is close to us.

God is Almighty; omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent and He is never surprised. God lives in eternity; our future is His past.

He alone knows the plan and the route that has been laid out for us to reach Him in eternity, if we would only just obey and follow it.

Amen.

12/15/2021

Supply All My Need
By Bentley Montér
Philippians 4:19-20

As a three part being made of flesh, like all flesh on the earth and in the sea; the air and even the creeping things on land; we each need nutrition. Vitamins and minerals are essential for sustaining all flesh beings, God has made it this way.

Man, being at the top of the food chain is not different even though he is a different type of creature. The human adult body is water. The brain and heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, muscles and kidneys are 79%, and even the bones are watery: 31%. The maximum time an adult can survive without water is one week and approximately three weeks without some type of food.

The Lord knows the needs of every single creature that He created, otherwise He could not be the God of all. We need not be concerned of these things. Every bird or flower; every beast of the field, every ant or spider is provided for and if God will do it for them, why would He not provide for His most prized of all that He has made (Matthew 6:25-32)?

When we pray, the Lord already knew that we would. When we fall short, the Lord already knew that we would - so, He has extended Goodness and Mercy (the two heavenly spies: Psalm 23:6) which follow us each and every day.

God supplied all of our need without fail and if we would only consider that He does this without request, maybe we could spend more time in trust mode rather than in wonder mode.

Amen.

12/08/2021

I Will Not Die, But Live
By Bentley Montér
Psalm 118:17-18

One of the most incredible things to know about man is that God sees us as the crown of His creation, above all of the things that were created (Psalm 8:5). Incredible too, is the fact that man has the ability to speak similar to that of the One that created him from the dust of the Earth. If a man speaks a thing that he shall do, it shall be so, according to his faith in confession of that thing.

Hezekiah was such a man who due to a grave sickness, was told by a messenger of God, which was Isaiah, that his time to die had indeed come and that he should set his house in preparation for it to happen. But his immediate response to that was to turn towards a wall and cry unto the Lord, expressing how he had been faithful unto Him in prayer, worship and honor.

God saw the heart and tears of the man and extended his days by fifteen years (Isaiah 38:5-8). God does hear and listen intently to the prayers of the diligent and faithful according to their honesty and faith in Him. By making our requests known unto God in faith and expectation of the thing requested, we can be assured that He will hear us.

Hezekiah as king was an obedient man, one who offered praise unto God continually. When we are doing the desires of the Lord in joyous reverence to honor Him in love, putting Him first, God is a faithful God who moves on our behalf speedily.

Certainly, the Almighty God would prefer our praises and worship to Him, rather than our silence in the grave. In the case of Hezekiah, we can see that this was so.

Amen.

12/01/2021

Satisfying Our Mouth
By Bentley Montér
Psalm 103:2-6

Our world is a gigantic consumer pot that each one of us plays a role in every day. From the moment that God allows us to awaken from our sleep, whether it be restful or otherwise, we each are consuming something, making wealth for someone else around the world.

For example, the companies holding the largest market share in the global Soft drink & bottled water manufacturing industry include PepsiCo Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. Of course, they are recognized for supplying tasty drinks, but in recent years some ingredients used have been questioned as people now seem to be turning away from carbonated liquids.

Nestlé has 337 factories worldwide producing baby foods, bottled water, chocolate confectionaries and breakfast cereals. Then there is Mondelez, the worlds largest bakery, having 130 processing facilities worldwide with Nabisco as a subsidiary; they produce 42 billion cookies per year. This staggering amount is equivalent to approximately six cookies for every human being alive annually.

These statistics are not openly shared by the various media outlets, but God has a way of making all things known. He alone is the One who has allowed these things to be done for the good pleasure of those who will align themselves with them; and God is pleased to do good things for us to satisfy our mouths.

But God again has done something far greater than that. He has given His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, as a living sacrifice for our wretchedness and sin. He has given Him the name above every name whereby every knee shall bow - and we can call upon Him, using our mouths to praise Him and our heavenly Father, or to call upon Him when we need help or Deliverance from calamity that appears to be too great for us to withstand.

When we truly begin to recognize the magnitude of all the variety of things that the Almighty God of all the Earth actually does, one should take a deep breath and praise His Almighty name. As Christian's, we ought to be in absolute awe of the magnitude of our God, His Power; His Might, His thoughtfulness, mercy, lovingkindnes and patience with us that knows no boundaries and has no end.

Lord we thank you for all the many varied things that you alone allow for our mouths to enjoy, especially the praises we can offer to you and our Lord Jesus Christ!

Bless the name of the Lord; He alone is worthy.

Amen.

11/24/2021

Thief In The Night
By Bentley Montér
2 Peter 3:10-12

We all do desire to live a long life full of richness and abundance and according to God's good pleasure, He does grant us many of our desires. God does allow many of us to see our dreams to be fulfilled; offspring of our loins and for many more, even to see our grand children to be born, to live and to play (Proverbs 13:22) (Proverbs 17:6).

People around the world get to experience the joy of a career choice realized and others desire the furthest education available, so that they may enrich themselves intellectually and financially. Again, these are all good things that the God of the whole Earth allows - He purposes that all men would enjoy their lives, but that all men would obey His Commandments and seek to live and serve Him above all things awarded.

Thankfully, our God is not an unreasonable God, though He is just and jealous simultaneously. He does desire our praises and worship of Him, even though He does not need it to be who He is - or to remain absolutely holy above all.

All of that being recognized, there is a day coming whereby all the things that we see, all the things that we now know and even the things realized; dreams manifested and other things hoped for shall be destroyed by fire. The entire heavens and the Earth and all works in them shall be consumed and burnt up and pass away.

No man or woman, regardless of who says what, knows that day or the hour when Jesus will come (Matthew 24:29-42). Some, if they knew the hour, would delay preparation until the last second, but God has warranted against this practice.

The best thing to do is to be ever watchful and continuously praying to be accounted worthy to stand blameless and spotless before Him. These are our instructions.

Let us thank Jesus for the warning that we must surely heed.

Amen.

11/22/2021

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11/17/2021

Tongue Tools
By Bentley Montér
Isaiah 54:14-17

The straight path of righteousness is a well lighted one, but often encircling the forward direction that one must keep, there will surely be situations and courses of action likely to result in something undesirable to the flesh.

The enemy has but one main purpose: to keep us from entering our destiny as God has purposed for us to attain, because that destiny will show the enemy that not only is he a liar, but that he also is a predestined fool. Firstly, to have any chance at being successful, he wards off all those that are distant in our outer circles: colleagues, acquaintances and the casual people that we like so much.

Next, he quietly disarms closer fellowships with envy or jealousy (these are the covetous twins) and projects our confidence of strong faith to them as arrogance, causing more relationships to buckle and fall away. Since we are often unwise through lack of knowledge from not studying the Word, we miss this trick entirely (Hosea 4:6).

However, with our deeply rooted faith on the offensive; praising God, worshipping daily and in constant prayer; the devil begins to tremble in his boots in fear as he senses no immediate breakthrough. So, he turns to his last bastion of hope; our family, friends and loved ones.
He believes they know all of our struggles and weaknesses - but leaning to his own understanding, he is wrong again but cannot quit.

He arms them with tongue tools; phrases such as "disappointed in you; you're lazy, you'll never be anything, you can't do it - you're too young or too old; you're stupid or you're ugly or you're too fat" - and we step into isolation, which is exactly where God wants us, so that He can finish the great work and propel us into the next level of intended destiny (Genesis 12:1-3).

Then, strength of character and integrity become our breakfast meal. Fortitude and steadfastness becomes lunch. A mega-faith unit is who we have now morphed into and the kingdom of darkness wants us dead for the damage that will be done.

But God now places the hedge of protection around the newly fire-roasted warrior and the once thought flourishing tools of the enemy come to no available usage.

God knows exactly what is required for the warriors of the last days. His plan is perfect, ensuring our readiness for the final stand soon to come down the road. God makes no mistakes. Often, the greatest test for the blood bought warrior is how well he might be able to stand on his own in the midst of silence and no communication from his King.
This will determine whether he will waver or not under torture in the face of an enemy that he must make toothless in this private battle - the only one that God allows us to fight as He watches carefully.

All that fell were never strong enough to share in the bounty. God makes certain that those who are unworthy do not share in the spoils of victory and discards them all.

Our Father's glory is in producing a warrior that will not faint or turn aside to the left or right (Deuteronomy 17:19-20).

Remain steadfast in God. We already have victory!

Amen.

11/11/2021

What is the Mark of the Beast (Part 1) - Tomorrow's World - Living Church of God

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