Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 14 September 2021 Tuesday Message
Topic: If I Am Lifted Up
TEXT: John 12:31 36(NKJV)
“Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
STUDY: In today’s reading, Jesus told the Jews “And I, when I am Lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself (Jn. 12:32). The kind of death He was to die is revealed in this statement. The cross in the New Testament was a Symbol of shame and humiliation. Rome used it as an instrument of torture and execution, reserved for the worst and the lowest. This was the death Jesus died. He endured the cross, despising the shame “even death on a cross “(Phil. 2:8).
Theologically, the word “cross” stands for the gospel of salvation; Jesus died for our sins and resurrected. The preaching of salvation; the gospel is the word of the cross – the preaching of Christ crucified!
The word of the cross is also the word of reconciliation. it is by the blood of His cross that God made peace. We must carry our own cross daily to follow Christ, well-prepared to despise any
shame, endure hardship and suffering of any kind and still persevere to the end!
Jesus is the light and for us to walk in the light, like Paul, we must be crucified with Him, so that Christ lives in us. Then shall we be lifted up with Him in the rapture of the saints (1 Thess. 4:17).
PRAYER: Dear Lord, help me to live a crucified life with Jesus so that I will be lifted up with You in Jesus ‘Name. Amen.
Daily Fountain Quote of the Day
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5)
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