𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝟐𝟖:𝟐𝟑 𝐊𝐉𝐕 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠; 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.
Today’s Devotional…
The apostle Paul, even while still in chains as a prisoner, when he had the opportunity to preach, he preached Christ.
From morning till evening, the apostle persuaded the people that Jesus was the Messiah, both out of the Law of Moses, and the Prophets.
Even in chains, Paul did not talk about his adversaries but preached Christ. Paul was demonstrating here that there is only one message – Christ.
Today, many so-called preachers use the pulpit to “settle scores” with fellow ministers of the gospel or address people who have hurt or wronged them in one way or the other.
When did other people become the gospel? Did Paul not warn us about those who preach “another gospel”? Watch out…
Some preachers use the pulpit to “address the nation” with such selfish political ambitions that do not represent God’s position in any way but theirs alone. When did God become a politician? Ponder…
The reason why many men of God have become motivational speakers struggling to address a wide variety of different topics altogether is simply because they do not believe in the all-sufficiency of Christ. In fact, they do NOT know Christ.
Preachers today who seek relevance before men rather than before God, have replaced the gospel of Christ with “more appealing” messages in order to gain fame and popularity amongst their followers. Sad.
Paul preached Christ from morning till evening. Can we still find preachers today who can preach Christ and Him alone crucified from morning till evening without digressing? Ponder…
If only you could capture the totality of the gospel of the finished works of Christ, if you could grasp the depth, and vastness of the man Jesus Christ, you would not have time to preach any other message, for you would be too busy drawing from His well of eternal wisdom and revelation.
There is salvation in no other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Act 4:12 KJV) Let this be a gentle reminder as we preach Christ.
May the Holy Spirit guide you in the path of truth, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
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