MEMORISE:
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall
be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. ISAIAH 9:6...
MESSAGE
A major
difference between Christianity and other religion is the availability of the
Saviour for anyone who needs salvation. As a matter of fact, the essence of
true religion is the salvation that it guarantees. Any religion that does not
offer the assurance of salvation, particularly salvation from sin, is a base contraption.
Concerning Jesus, the Bible in Matthew 1:21 says that: "And she shall
bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his
people from their sins." Why is Jesus Christ the wonderful Saviour? His
confessions and testimony about Himself make Him wonderful. No man ever spoke
the words that Jesus did.
In John
15:13, He said this about His mission here on earth: "Greater love hath no
man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." No man ever
did such a thing before Him, and after Him, nothing of such as happened.
In Acts 2:
22-24, Peter plainly declared the mission, the passion and the perfect
atonement that Jesus accomplished for humankind. Hebrews 9 also corroborates
the perfect redemption that Jesus Christ brought to us. For this reason, the
apostles declared in Acts 4:12 that: "Neither
is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved." In light of the foregoing, the
author of the book of Hebrews asks this fundamental question: " How shall
we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be
spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;"
Hebrews 2:3
The Lord
Jesus came with a specific assignment that distinguishes Him from the
caricature of religious leaders. Even the Pharisees admitted that He taught as
someone with authority (Luke 4:18 - 22, Mark 1:22). Jesus Christ is not only
the Saviour of the soul; He delivers the body from demonic torment too. Those
who witnessed His life testified that He went about doing good (Acts 10:38). My
prayer is that if you have not accepted Him as the wonderful Saviour, you will
do so today.
PRAYER
POINT: Father, I accept your offer of salvation through Jesus Christ my Lord
today. Receive me and forgive me as I (re) dedicate my life to you today.
READ: ACTS
2: 22-24
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these
words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and
wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves
also know: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge
of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 24 Whom
God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not
possible that he should be holden of it.
BIBLE IN
ONE YEAR: JEREMIAH 8:18 - 10:25 AND ACTS 15:36 - 16:15
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