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January Saturday 25th
TOPIC: CONSIDER IT A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO SUFFER FOR JESUS
TEXT: Luke 9:23-25
KEY VERSE: Isaiah 53:5 But
he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised
for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Jesus suffered in the hands of wicked men and endured it. Why then are
you running away from persecution? Is your body more precious than the body of
Jesus that you don’t want anybody to touch it? They struck the body of Jesus.
Why are you refusing to be struck? They spat upon the face of Jesus. What an
insult? Why are you refusing to be slapped or even to be spit on? They picked
up stones to throw at Jesus. What have they thrown at you? Jesus has already
set an example for us that we should follow in His stead, so why are you now
showing bigmanism? You are afraid
your skin will be damaged or your bone broken? How do you see the body of
Jesus, who made your body and made one for Himself? How do you see the
personality of Jesus – a body without sickness, without blemish? How do you
think His body looked like and why do you think your body is more precious than
His? Would you compare your body with the physical body of Jesus on earth? But
when He was being stricken and beaten for your sake, to save you from your sin
and give you eternal life, did He mind? Did He complain? Did He withdraw? How
did He handle the matter? Learn from the life of Jesus and be wise. Below is a
prophetic utterance on His suffering and reaction to it for your edification.
Isaiah 53:3-5, 7-8 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised,
and we esteemed Him not. 4 Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried
our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted. 5 But He was
wounded for our transgressions, He was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we
are healed. 7 He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened
not His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before
her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth. 8 He was taken
from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His generation? for He was
cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of My people was
He stricken.
Thought for the day: Persecution is part of the Christian life.
Song for the day: Lord I want to be like Jesus in my life…
Bible reading for the day: Exodus
9-10; Matthew 18:1-20
#Horemow
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