DCLM Daily Manna – 3 December 2025 Devotional Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
Read DCLM Daily Manna – 3 December 2025, Wednesday Devotional Message.
TOPIC: Be A Positive Influence
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KEY VERSE
“And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you” (Galatians 2:4,5).
TSCRIPTURE READING: Galatians 2:1-10
DCLM Daily Manna – 3 December 2025 Devotional | MESSAGE
Four ministers were discussing the merits of various translations of the Bible. One ranked the King James Version best because of its simple, beautiful English. Another liked the American Standard Version best because it is more literal and comes nearer the original Hebrew and Greek. The third liked Moffatt’s Translation best because of its up-to-date vocabulary. The fourth minister was silent when askedto express his opinion.He replied,“I like my mother’s translation best.” The other ministers wondered what he was driving at. “Yes”, he replied“ mother translated the Bible into everyday life and it was the most convincing translation I ever saw.” What a positive influence the mother was to this man who later became a minister of the gospel!
Our text affirms Paul the apostle as an uncompromising minister of the gospel who demonstrated great influence on the churches and the brethren of his days. He was so consistent in his preaching that the Christians at Antioch saw the need to compliment his ministry by giving him Barnabas and Titus to be his companions. He preached Christ as the Saviour to the Gentiles and to the Jews. He emphasised His vicarious death as the only remedy for the sin of man. His message was to the generality of the Gentiles and to people of high reputation to whom he expounded the truth without fear of persons. Paul was a positive influence that boldly resisted the negative influence of some so-called brethren who attempted to make his converts among the Gentiles put their trust in circumcision, instead of trusting in the finished work of Christ at Calvary.
To make a positive impact today, we must live out the Christian life that we profess; be uncompromising in the preaching of the gospel; stand against those walking contrary to the pure gospel; avoid and resist them, so as to keep the Church of Christ holy.
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Let the positive light of the truth resist the darkness of false doctrine.
BIBLE IN A YEAR
Hosea 1 – 4
About Author – Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
