Welcome to this blog Friday 13 March 20020. Hope you have been faithful reading your Bible, The One Year Bible, to know the words, ways, commandments, statures, will and heart of the most high God whose name is Jehovah. 

I've copied the following from  reading 8 March, In GOD WE Still TRUST, a 365-Day Devotional by Dr. Richard G. Lee.  "John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) served as the sixth president of the United States. Hear his exhortation to the American people: 

I speak as a man of the world to men of the world; and I say to you, Search the Scriptures! The Bible is the book of all others, to be read at all ages, and in all conditions of human life; not to be read once or twice or thrice through, and then laid aside, but to be read in small portions of one or two chapters every day, and never to be intermitted, unless by some overruling necessity."

I hope you are challenged to strive and discipline yourself to be consistent in reading the Bible. As of today we are at Numbers 21, Luke 1, Psalm 57 and Proverbs 11:9-11. 

Do you recall reading 4 February Exodus 20 spake the Law to the Hebrews? God gave Moses the plan for the Tabernacle at Exodus 26, and made provisions for all the building materials so that it was modular and mobile.

We read on 3 March In Numbers 1 where the 12 tribes identified their leaders and all men that were 20 years were 603,550 fit for war but did not include the Levites. Of all the men fit for war ONLY TWO entered the promise land, Joshua and Caleb. Did you learn why these two were so blessed?

The attributes of God have been demonstrated many times by God's intervention of meeting needs by his miracles, Omnipotent. When people were rebellious God would destroy, even the Levites that offered strange fire, Omniscience. 

The LORD, He is Holy, holy, holy and expects obedience to all of his commandments, He is just. Faith is hearing God's word, believing and doing. All of the traits, promises, warnings and miracles that we have read this year are for all of us to fear and trust God. 

Every person is responsible for their own salvation and obedience unto eternal life, but the soul that will not, he will die for his sin. The sin of unbelief.

We read on 9 March Numbers 13 were the twelve men were sent to spy out the land of Canaan. We get to see that 10 of the 12 were men of unbelief and focused on the circumstance and were fearful. Did you see who were the two men of faith? 

Do you see the handiwork of God at Numbers 19 concerning the red heifer? Read and understand that all of the special requirements given to the Levites to worship, God had already provided in the special cattle of the Hebrews, they had to search and find in order to obey. 

Note the impact of hearing and disobeying when God instructed Moses to speak in Numbers 20:7-12. God is Just, True, Holy and to be heard and believed. His commandments are not grievous. 

I will discuss the reading in the New Testament next of the Books of Matthew, Mark and Luke. AS you read daily the Old Testament and follow on in the New Testament you will see the attributes, traits and names of God more plainly. 

Read Hebrews 1:1-14 for clarity. Read, read and then as a little child believe what God has said. Note John 3:12 for encouragement that God wants you to know the way. Trust and obey for there is no other way, but to trust and obey.