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
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, Acts 15:36-16:15
MESSAGE:
A major difference between Christianity and other religious
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 for
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 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 has 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 apostle declared in Acts 4:12 that:
“Neither is their 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
distinguished 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 His 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.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional written by Pastor E.A.
Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the
world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's
Ministries.
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