DCLM Sincere Milk 23 July 2022 — No discrimination
DCLM Sincere Milk 24 July 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — No discrimination
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TOPIC: NO DISCRIMINATION
BIBLE TEXT: ACTS 10:9-15
10And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
KEY VERSE: “And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common” (Acts 10:15).
MESSAGE:
God’s plan of salvation is for everyone in the world. There is no discrimination with God, He can save the greatest sinner and everyone who comes to Him. This is the reason He commanded Christians to reach the whole world with the gospel. Apostle Peter in our Bible passage was cautioned by God through the use of illustration never to call anything common. God told him to go and preach to a willing and ready stranger by name Cornelius. Though Peter did not fully understand at first, he nevertheless obeyed and later understood that there is no partiality with God.
John was a friend of Jesus who was always preaching the gospel to his schoolmates, except a particular boy whom everybody feared because of his wicked ways. This boy had gone on several suspensions for his bad character. Nobody wanted to associate with him.
One day, the boy accused John that he was being partial with his preaching of the gospel. John was shocked, but now got courage to preach a simple gospel message to him. To John’s greatest surprise, the boy accepted to surrender his life to Jesus and asked John to lead him in prayers. The boy became a friend of Jesus, his life changed completely and he also brought many people to Christ. It is God that saves, all you need to do as a Christian is to preach to all sinners without discrimination.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, give me courage to preach the gospel to everyone around me.
FURTHER READING: Romans 2:11-16
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)
