Joseph Prince Devotional 13th March 2021 Thursday MessageĀ
TOPIC: Open Up the Scriptures
SCRIPTURE: So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. – Romans 10:17, NASB
When I was studying the Emmaus story, I asked the Lord why He chose to restrain the eyes of the two disciples such that they couldnāt recognize Him (see Luke 24:13ā35). I asked Him, āWouldnāt it have been better for them to see You with Your nail-pierced hands?ā Wouldnāt it have been better if Jesus had walked down the busiest streets of Jerusalem, lifted up His hands, and hollered, āYo! Everyone, check this out!ā
But Jesus knew that doing that would not produce true faith. He revealed to me that it was more important for the disciples to see Him in the Word than to see Him in person. Wow, those words brought so much hope and encouragement to my heart. If the faith of the disciples was based on them seeing Jesus physically in the flesh, then what hope do we have today? Jesus purposefully restrained their eyes so that they would see Him first in the Scriptures. That places you and me on equal ground and with equal opportunity as the two disciples. Jesus wants us all to see Him in the Word.
Godās Word tells us that āfaith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christā (Rom. 10:17, NASB). This means that the more you hear Jesus unveiled, expounded upon, and pointed to in the Scriptures, the more faith will be imparted to your heart to believe everything Godās Word says about you. Could it be that the reason many believers are still living in defeat today is that Jesus has not been unveiled in the Scriptures to them?
The gospel is all about Jesus. Itās not about right doing. Itās all about right believing about Jesus that makes a difference in peopleās lives. The apostle Paul says, āFor I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, āThe just shall live by faithāā (Rom. 1:16ā17).
Thatās the gospel that I am not ashamed of. I pray that you will experience your own Emmaus Road journey as you open up the Scriptures and allow His Word to bathe your heart in the warmth of His loving grace and tender mercies. Itās truly all about Jesus!
This devotional is fromĀ 100 Days of Right Believing.Ā Find out more about the bookĀ here.
Joseph PrinceĀ Devotional 13th March 2021Ā Todayās Message ā Joseph Prince (born 15 May 1963, Singapore) is the senior pastor of New Creation Church in Singapore, one of Asiaās biggest churches. He was one of the churchās founders in 1983
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