DCLM Higher Everyday 20 December 2022 — The Saint’s Security
DCLM Higher Everyday 20 December 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Saint’s Security
TOPIC: THE SAINT’S SECURITY
TEXT: HEBREWS 7:19-27
20And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
21(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
23And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
MEMORY VERSE: “Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them” (HEBREWS 7:25).
MESSAGE:
God’s Word says, “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1). It is a common scene to see the mother hen fly along with hawks or eagles when they attempt to prey on her chicks.
Sometimes, they fight with dogs, cats and chase human beings away when their young chicks are threatened. The mother hen opens its wings to shield all the chicks from predators and harsh weather. As long as they all remain under the wings, they are secure.
The Lord assures us of His unmitigated protection. All the bandits, armed robbers, demons or the devil himself put together are not strong enough to pluck out the weakest but abiding believer from Christ.
Believers are safe and secure because the Almighty God is our Keeper. He is able to protect His own from the onslaught of Satan and his cohorts. None can rob Him of His sheep. We must abide in Christ and remain steadfast to the end to be partakers of the final salvation.
QUOTE: None can rob Him of His sheep.
CHALLENGE: Are you dwelling in Jehovah’s secret place?
PRAYER: Dear Father, keep me from every danger.
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)
