Dear Bros in Christ,

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Brothers in Christ, this monthly devotional is sent and meant to be an encouragement to
all and to build up and edify in the Lord Jesus Christ. Oikodome means "Builder". The Lord
has put this on my heart to send out a monthly Iron Man Oikodome {oy-kod-om-
ay'} to build up and encourage the men who love and follow Jesus Christ in their walk with
Him.
Hebrews 3:13 "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that
none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness."
PRAYER REQUESTS: If you have any prayer requests please send them and I will send
them out to the bros for prayer, if privacy is needed I will send in a discreet way.

FEBRUARY 2011

“WE ARE THE WEALTHY”

“Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the multitude of their riches,
7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom
for him 8For the redemption of their souls is costly, And it shall cease
forever(Psalm 49:6-8 NKJV). ”

We all love money to a certain degree, not necessarily for the wrong reasons, and we know
it cannot buy redemption for us or our brother that is why our confidence is in the Lord. I
know most all of us know this and even realize wealth cannot bring about the joy we
experience in the Lord, only Jesus Christ brings joy & wealth to our hearts, families, homes,
relationships, work and everything we do and have in this life here on earth. The Bible says
that our flesh is never satisfied though we chase after everything under the sun we cannot
find satisfaction in the pleasures of our eyes, trusting in riches that perish can lead to our
destruction…
“Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied (Proverbs
27:20 NKJV).”
My dad came to realize towards the end of his three years of terminal cancer in his mid-
fifties that one of the greatest gifts God gives us is at our arms length, meaning our
families and that is a great wealth from the Lord that we should all value and appreciate as
an awesome gift of Gods love for us. But the Greatest Gift is Jesus Christ who gave Himself
as ransom for our sins. Being wealthy in the things of the world does not save anyone, but
being rich in the fact that we have the Savior makes us rich in Him, so because of His
wealth of love for us we are redeemed by Gods vast wealth of love for us- His Son Jesus
Christ.
I know there are many a men that are in the world and that are very wealthy in the things
of this world and with that wealth there comes a thinking liken to- that they have it made
and that all of their family and them will be blessed in everything they have and do until
these thoughts turn to eternity and only when they do turn their thoughts to eternity then
they can no longer justify that line of thinking. Then there is a reckoning when folks think of
eternity, there has to be in hearts & minds you can’t get past this at least in our human
minds. Our minds and hearts cannot reckon beyond this life on earth and it is only through
Jesus Christ that we can go further in our thoughts and think in and hope on eternity. The
Bible says there is only One Way to the Father through His Son Jesus Christ.
“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through Me (John 14:6 NKJV).” If any of those whose trust is in their wealth of the
things of this world comes to this realization, then they will have to also realize their
assessment of wealth will also have to change significantly if they want to get to the wealth
of eternity that we have in Christ. Their wealth evaluation becomes completely reverse
because it is no longer their wealth that they think will save them or their families or make
them happy. But the wealth of love that our Savior has for them by coming and dying on
the cross in their place. The value of that wealth is greater than all the wealth this world
has to offer of which will burn- but the wealth of Jesus Christ coming & living in your heart
is for eternity that makes us believers extremely wealthy. And the awesome part is this
great wealth that we have in Jesus Christ is free for the asking, believe and receive. Peter
showed us in the book of Acts that he didn’t have the wealth of the world but he had the
Greatest Gift and Greatest Wealth the world has ever seen…“Then Peter said, "Silver and
gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
rise up and walk (Acts 3:6 NKJV).” Riches didn’t save the lame man that was healed, but
Jesus did heal and save Him that day! Imagine getting healed like that after being disabled
your whole life and being able to walk, run & jump up and down for the first time ever in
your life… I can only imagine this was one of the most incredible experiences anyone could
have, a total awesome miracle. And then to find out that not only did you get a miracle in
the fact that your lame feet have been made whole but you find out there’s more, much
more, there’s another gift even more awesome than the gift of healing- eternal life in
heaven with Jesus this is one wealthy bro this former lame man… Greatest and most
valuable gift in the whole universe salvation from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ- amen!
One thing for sure no rich man can afford the ransom to redeem his brother; the
redemption of their souls is costly. And Jesus is the only One that can bankroll their
redemption and the whole worlds redemption because He paid for your sins, my sins and
all the sins of this world with His life, by His blood- He is the only One that has that kind of
wealth, He’s the only Price that can be used to pay for our redemption nothing of monetary
value or any other god, only Jesus Christ can and did do this for you & me, this is a fact.
The only One who has the wealth to pay for you, me and our brothers is our Jesus Christ
Lord & Savior, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8
NKJV).”
But the day is coming when He is coming back and soon then this free Gift of Wealth paid
for by the Blood of Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary will cease forever. Share the wealth
of our redemption and rich relationship that we have with Jesus with those rich fools of this
world’s wealth so they can become eternally wealthy too, that they may believe & receive
in Jesus Christ Lord and Savior of all mankind!… Introduce them to the only One who has
already paid in full the cost for them to have eternity with Jesus Christ by His sacrifice, His
wealth of love. Nobody’s wealth can pay a ransom for neither himself nor can he buy
anyone’s way into heaven- you must meet Jesus and by believing and receiving in Him you
will get into heaven. Bros lets continue to introduce folks to Jesus and if you haven’t been-
then maybe it is time you start introducing more folks to Him, He has more than enough
wealth to pay for them all to get into the greatest relationship known to mankind, He paid
for us all by His wealth through His Blood. We come from a wealthy Blood line bros, we are
heirs of Jesus- lets not ever forget that- amen! We are the wealthy because of Christ we
have great wealth in Him and from Him today as believers and forever as receivers of His
redemption from our sins by His blood that was shed on the cross at Calvary so we could
spend eternity with Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior, now that is real wealth that you can
believe & receive in only in Christ. Thank you Jesus that “We Are The Wealthy” because of
what You paid for us with so that we could live with You forever!
Agape,
Daniel Wright
Iron Man Oikodome
Proverbs 27:17

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