DCLM Sincere Milk 26 June 2023 — “I Am He”

DCLM Sincere Milk  26 June 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — “I Am He”

Topic: “I Am He”

Text: John 9:8-11

8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

9Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

10Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

Key Verse: “Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.” John 9:9

Message

Kenneth and Leslie were identical twin brothers. One day Kenneth failed to wash the basins his ten colleagues on the same dining table were to be served. The school’s cook then skipped their table. His hungry colleagues decided they were going to beat up Kenneth who caused them to go hungry. Unknown to them the person they assumed to be Kenneth was actually his twin brother, Leslie. On sighting the two brothers they were confused and began to ask, “which is he?” Kenneth looked up to them and said, “I am he”. Who could know you better than yourself? If no other person knows, you should know what has happened to you. One’s experience, someone said, is better told by himself.

That was the case with the blind man in our Bible passage. He was healed and saved by Jesus. It was a miracle for a man who was born blind to suddenly begin to see. The people who knew him before doubted and questioned. But he shouted “I am he.’ Jesus had made the difference in his whole life. You are the right person to testify of your salvation and deliverance.

If no other person knows, you yourself must be sure of what has happened to you. Are you actually saved from sin? Then, like the man in our text, make noise about it. Tell them about JESUS who did it.

Further Reading: Luke 8:38-40

Prayer for today: Lord, you have saved me from sin and hell, help me to tell others of your love.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)