WHY EVERY MAN SHOULD BELIEVE IN JESUS

SOLEMN WHISPER DEVOTIONAL

Friday, 22nd May, 2020

WHY EVERY MAN SHOULD BELIEVE IN JESUS

(John 14:6; 3:18)

MEMORY VERSE: “Jesus answered. I am the way and the truth and the life, no man comes to the father except through me” (John 14:6- NIV).

Going through the memory verse for today, I wondered why Jesus presented these three qualities as the requirement that made him the only access root to the Father. Then the Holy Spirit brought to my understanding that these three qualities were the things man lost before he was chased out of the garden. So we will look at each of them in the coming paragraphs.

“I AM THE WAY”: this is a statement that depicts that there are many other ways, but their destinations will not lead to the father. Different attempts, beliefs and vices have been exploited by man, all in a bid to get back to God. Some as a result of frustration have looked to nature and science as their God. If Jesus tarries, more and more religions and beliefs will spring up in an attempt to fill up the void that God alone can fill in a man. The same frustration was expressed by the Samaritan woman in John 4, when she asked about the ordained place assigned for worship. Glory to God Jesus who came with the answer. In fact, He was the Answer.

“THE TRUTH”: The Holy Spirit reminded me that the tree man ate from in Genesis 3 was named "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." As a result of the increase in knowledge, there has been a commensurate increase in confusion. It is becoming more difficult for the world to tell when certain applications of a knowledge is evil. Consequently, the practice of knowledge outside of the Truth; you see a lot of atrocities happening. Look at how some persons are changing their gender, having sexual relations with animals and many others. All these only prove the fact that no matter the knowledge a man acquires outside of the truth, its application will be destructive. That’s why we have some professors who still abuse ladies, who are young enough to be their children or perhaps their grandchildren.

“THE LIFE”: The God life that was streaming from the depths of man’s spirit was also lost. Man becomes dry and separated from God. The absence of the God life in man introduces death in every layer of man (spirit, soul and body eventually). Only in Christ is that life restored back. Eternal life is not just about staying alive for eternity, because even those that will spend eternity with the devil will be alive while being tormented for all eternity. But it is God-kind of life at work in man, and that is why on earth we can even begin to enjoy eternal life (the God-kind of life).

In conclusion, we normally run away from one-drug-fix-all-kinds-of-sickness, but in this case, Jesus really is the answer for the dying world around us. Anybody that has not accepted Him has never experienced true life.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I believe in you right now, knowing that in you is my restoration, life and peace. Thanks for being all that you are to me in Jesus' name. Amen.

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By Imoko Lubem