DCLM DAILY MANNA 6 MAY 2021: OUR FULL-ORBED TEACHER
TOPIC: Our Full-Orbed Teacher (DCLM Daily Manna 6 May 2021)
TEXT: Mark 8:1-3
1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
KEY VERSE: “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat.” – (Mark 8:2)
MESSAGE:
Many teachers of the word of God reveal only one side of themselves in ministry. They draw the right conclusions in line with the objectives of heaven as they open from page to page of the Holy Bible. The Holy Spirit helps these evangelists to allow the Word fall on fertile ground for new entrants into heaven. Backsliders too are restored to the narrow path whilst saints are encouraged to continue following the Lord. What next?
In our Bible reading today, our Lord Jesus Christ demonstrates what should also be the priority of preachers. To be a full-orbed pastor, the man of God must see to the other side of the flock. He must, after giving them sound scriptural doctrine, also give them the food of the body. Our Lord had been presenting spiritual manna to the great multitude for three days. Now they had “nothing to eat”. Moved with compassion, the Lord declares that He cannot “send them away fasting to their own houses…for divers of them came from far.”
Christ is a compassionate Saviour who attends to the spiritual and physical needs of men. The way He attended to the needs of the large crowd after feeding them with the Word, teaches the cardinal lesson that the all-round preacher is the one who, while deeply interested in the spiritual welfare of his flock, also shows concern for their material needs.
Like Christ, the teacher of the Word must run a balanced ministry. As he evangelises, he must also look after the converts physically. Our Lord visited Peter’s family and attended to a health condition there. After His resurrection, He fed the disciples at a time they caught nothing and were hungry. He clothed a possessed man after healing him. When there was no wine at a marriage, He supplied it. That is the totality of the ministry work.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Serve balanced spiritual diet; meet material needs of the people.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Judges 11-13
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria. https://dclm.org/
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)
