Message from Scripture: 9/9/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today comes from Rev. 22:4; “They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.”

 

In the book of Revelation, the concept of a mark being placed on one’s forehead plays a prominent part of the message. In several passages, such as the one we have read, it is a sign of ownership on the part of God to those who belong to Him. It is used this way in Rev. 7:3; 9:4; 14:1; as well as 22:4. However, it is also used as a sign of ownership on the part of Satan to those who belong to him. “And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead” (Rev. 14:16).

 

What these passages point out to us is we are either on the side of God or the side of Satan. Paul expressed it this way in Rom. 6:16; “Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?” He also goes on to say, “But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness” (Rom. 6:17-18).

 

James said, “Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God” (Jas. 4:4). Any identification with Satan and the world is short-lived at best, as it is before God that we will give an account of how we have lived (2 Cor. 5:10). To be owned by our Lord is where the true riches and blesses come now and forever.

 

Whose mark do you bear? Let’s serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and show we belong to Him who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. God bless.

 

Robert