10/09/2023
GOFAMINT DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING
QUARTER'S THEME: THE LIFE GIVER (CHRIST'S I AM)
UNIT I: Proclaiming His Deity [LESSONS 1-4]
LESSON 2
THE ETERNAL ONE
MEMORY VERSE:
_"As you have given Him authority over all flesh that He should give eternal life to as many as you have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only one God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent"_
John 17:2-3 (NKJV)
SUNDAY 10/09/2023
TOPIC: GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE
TEXT: JN. 3:13-17, 11:25-26
John 3
¹³ No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
¹⁵ that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 11
²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
²⁶ And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
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COMMENTARY:
Religious rites are not sufficient for salvation. The pre-requisite told by Jesus to Nicodemus is valid forever. Jesus - the giver of eternal life knows exactly what it takes to get eternal life. Firstly, "You must be born again" (Jn. 3:3). Jesus has power over life and death. Whoever believes in Him, though dead, shall live again. He demonstrated this to the thief on the right on the cross. After His mission on earth, He went back to sit at the right hand of God.
POINT OF EMPHASIS: Eternal life is granted to only those who believe in Jesus.
PRAYER POINT: Grant me grace, Lord Jesus, to end my Christian race with You in Your kingdom.
READING THE BIBLE THROUGH THE YEAR:
Morning~ Gen. 15-16
Evening~ Matt. 8