Thursday | 05 February 2026
In our consideration of the steps of salvation, we have understood that the Son makes Himself known to a believer. Highlighting this encounter, Jesus said, ‘He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.’ Joh 14:21.
Christ manifests Himself to us as the Lord and King. Describing the nature of this interaction and the response that this encounter demands, Jesus said, ‘Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.’ Luk 14:31-33.
On account of the Fall, the whole of mankind became a kingdom of darkness under the rulership of Satan. Because of our sin, we became the enemies of God. Jesus Christ came into the world as the King of another kingdom, which is not of this world. Joh 18:33-37. We must all heed Jesus’ instruction to send ‘a delegation’ to ask for ‘the conditions of peace’. His ‘conditions’, which He makes known to us through His messengers, are that we must become a slave of righteousness or we will die in our sins. This is, in fact, the implication of the gospel of peace, ministered through the Elijah ministry – all flesh is judged and perishing, but the word of the Lord, to which we are being delivered as slaves, endures forever. 1Pe 1:24-25. Isa 40:6-8.
Further Study:
Romans 6
References:
Joh 14:21
He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.
Luk 14:31-33
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.
Joh 18:33-37
Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, ‘Are You the King of the Jews?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me?’ Pilate answered, ‘Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?’ Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.’ Pilate therefore said to Him, ‘Are You a king then?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.’
1Pe 1:24-25
Because ‘All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever.’ Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
Isa 40:6-8
The voice said, ‘Cry out!’ And he said, ‘What shall I cry?’ ‘All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.’