04-12-2020, 01:20 PM
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Sunday, April 12, 2020
- Easter Sunday
TOPIC: JESUS' POWER OVER DEATH
Read John 11:1-45
MEMORISE: When Jesus heard that, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it" (John 11:4)
EXPOSITION
It has been the attitude of Jesus Christ to use any available opportunity to manifest His greatness and goodness to people of the world in an unexplainable way, and all to the glory of God. According to our memory Scripture, Jesus used the death and the raising of Lazarus, which is the last of the seven signs of Jesus that John recorded in his gospel, to reveal His power over death.
Also, the Lord used this opportunity to erase a Jewish tradition of four days after death, that a person who has been dead for four days cannot come back to life, or be raised, again.
That is why Jesus did not go to Bethany that very day He received the message from Lazarus' sisters (v. 6). When Lazarus finally died, Jesus declared to the disciples (v. 14). He then says, 'And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him' (v. 15). The change the Lord wanted to make in the public, He had to start with His disciples. It is what you have that you can give to others.
When it was exactly four days that Lazarus had been dead, Jesus got to Bethany (v. 17). Martha told Jesus when she met Him that, if He had been there, her brother would not have died. Jesus replied her and said, 'I am the resurrection and life',
which means "I am the one who can give life and raise from dead" (vv. 21-26). When Jesus gave order for people to take away the stone from Lazarus' tomb, Martha was still reminding the Lord their tradition of four days after death (v. 39).
'Jesus said unto her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"' (v. 40). No tradition in your family or the society can debar God from doing whatever He intends to do for you, if you have faith in Him.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Lord, render them null and void over my life, evil traditions of my lineage.
2. Lord, use Your power over death to revive weakened areas of my life.
3. Pray that God should help us relegate to the background, those ungodly traditions that have taken root in our churches, strangulating true and lasting discipleship and growth.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Judges 1 - 2 & Acts 15
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!
THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Sunday, April 12, 2020
- Easter Sunday
TOPIC: JESUS' POWER OVER DEATH
Read John 11:1-45
MEMORISE: When Jesus heard that, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it" (John 11:4)
EXPOSITION
It has been the attitude of Jesus Christ to use any available opportunity to manifest His greatness and goodness to people of the world in an unexplainable way, and all to the glory of God. According to our memory Scripture, Jesus used the death and the raising of Lazarus, which is the last of the seven signs of Jesus that John recorded in his gospel, to reveal His power over death.
Also, the Lord used this opportunity to erase a Jewish tradition of four days after death, that a person who has been dead for four days cannot come back to life, or be raised, again.
That is why Jesus did not go to Bethany that very day He received the message from Lazarus' sisters (v. 6). When Lazarus finally died, Jesus declared to the disciples (v. 14). He then says, 'And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him' (v. 15). The change the Lord wanted to make in the public, He had to start with His disciples. It is what you have that you can give to others.
When it was exactly four days that Lazarus had been dead, Jesus got to Bethany (v. 17). Martha told Jesus when she met Him that, if He had been there, her brother would not have died. Jesus replied her and said, 'I am the resurrection and life',
which means "I am the one who can give life and raise from dead" (vv. 21-26). When Jesus gave order for people to take away the stone from Lazarus' tomb, Martha was still reminding the Lord their tradition of four days after death (v. 39).
'Jesus said unto her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"' (v. 40). No tradition in your family or the society can debar God from doing whatever He intends to do for you, if you have faith in Him.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Lord, render them null and void over my life, evil traditions of my lineage.
2. Lord, use Your power over death to revive weakened areas of my life.
3. Pray that God should help us relegate to the background, those ungodly traditions that have taken root in our churches, strangulating true and lasting discipleship and growth.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Judges 1 - 2 & Acts 15
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!