DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 15 April 2022 — Christ is crucified 1
DCLM Higher Everyday 15 April 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Christ is crucified 1
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TOPIC: CHRIST IS CRUCIFIED – 1
TEXT: JOHN 19:17-27
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
MEMORY VERSE: “And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst” (JOHN 19:17, 18).
MESSAGE:
Ahmed Deedat, one of the religious clerics in South Africa, in August 1981, erroneously said about Christ’s crucifixion that, “…they didn’t kill Him, nor did they crucify Him. But it was made to appear to them so. And those who dispute therein, are full of doubts. They have no certain knowledge; they only follow conjecture, guesswork. For of a surety, they killed Him not.”
Regardless of the fact that God sent several preachers to him, he maintained his position. Many youths today are yet to come to terms with the reality of the fact that Christ was crucified and that He rose on the third day.
During this Easter period, take time to meditate on Christ’s vicarious death on the cross of Calvary for your redemption. He died to redeem mankind, and you in particular, from the bondage of sin and Satan. Before He died on the cross, He said, “…It is finished: and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost” (John 19:30).
Why should you perish in your sins? Come to Christ before it is too late.
QUOTE: Meditate on Christ’s vicarious death.
CHALLENGE: The Redeemer will judge you if you reject Him.
PRAYER: O Lord, I surrender, finish transgression in my life.
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)
