Son, no man has the power to live out his life according to what has been foretold years before he was born. This proves My Word is true and dependable. My servant Isaiah lived 750 years before I was born. He wrote about My death, and he also wrote about Me when he said: “He was despised and rejected – a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. We thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. Yet, the LORD laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, He was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants; that his life was cut short in midstream. He was put in a rich man’s grave. When He sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, He will be satisfied. Because of His experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.”
Son, because of My life and death people are made right in God’s sight by faith. They become My children, and they have peace with God because of what I have done for them. Know this My dear children, how dearly God loves you. He has given you the Holy Spirit to fill your hearts with His love. In the days ahead remember that when the mountains move and islands disappear, His faithful love for you will remain.
Son, be joyful when you run into problems and trials, for it will develop in you endurance. Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin; instead, give yourselves completely to Me. Use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. Remember that sin is no longer your master, and that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey. Do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
Lord, thank You that I am on my way to the place You promised! Riches of this world will not help anyone on the day of judgment. Salvation only comes by Your wonderful grace, a gift of righteousness. All who receive Your salvation will have victory over death. And with Your Spirit I will overcome my sin nature, with Your new nature in me.