DCLM Daily Manna December 20, 2016 by Pastor Kumuyi – Operate. By The Word
DCLM Daily Manna December 20, 2016 by Pastor Kumuyi – Operate. By The Word
Topic: Operate By The Word [December 20, 2016]
Text: Galatians 5:13-18
Key Verse: "For all the law is fulfilled in
one word, even in this; Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself" (Galatians
5:14).
Astory is told of how a man dreamt
about our Lord Jesus Christ and three
women who were praying. The Lord
knelt beside the first with tenderness
and love. He moved to the second and
placed His hand on her head and looked
at her approvingly. But the Lord passed
by the third without stopping. Jesus had
to explain to the puzzled dreamer.
He said: "Without constant assurance,
the first woman would stumble and fall.
The second woman's faith is stronger; I
can count on her. The third however, is
being trained for the highest calling of
all. She knows me so intimately that she
doesn't need signs of my approval. No
circumstance discourages her because
she knows that ultimately she can trust
Me". Apostle Paul was directed by the
Holy Spirit to write to the Galatian
church which can be likened to the first
woman.
They needed constant reminder
(assurance) of the new life of liberty they
had under Christ as different from the
bondage under the law of Judaism.
After they had been converted, following
their pardon from sin upon accepting
Jesus as their Saviour, these Gentile
Christians were now being asked by
Jewish Christians to submit to Jewish
traditions. They claimed that only a
combination of these would save them.
Paul rebuffed that we are saved by faith
in Jesus, not in observance of the law or
by adding to the finished work of Christ.
The law enslaves, while faith in Christ
sets free, a liberty which is no license to
pander to sin but to guide one to serve
God and His Church in love and unity.
That faith in Jesus, and holy, sanctified
service for Him are the qualification for
heaven is a teaching the Church needs
to give new converts with a zeal to abide
by the salvation doctrine all the time, so
that they do not fall into the hands of
ecumenical prophets. Nothing less and nothing else.
Thought for the day :Compromising the
truth of the Scripture is an assault against divine directive.
Bible Reading in one Year: Zechariah 6-9
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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