Open Heaven 9 April 2023 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – WHAT DO YOU SEE?
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Open Heavens 2023
Date: 2023-04-09
Topic: WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Memory Verse: John 1:29 – The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Bible Reading: John 19:1-18
Message: Imagine that you are right at the scene of Jesus’ crucifixion and you are looking at Him on the cross. What do you see? You will be right if you say, “I see a man in pain”. He had been beaten and a crown of thorns had been placed on His head before His crucifixion (John 19:1-18).
Someone else may say, “I see a man who is naked”, because according to Matthew 27:35, they even took His garment away from Him. That is the highest level of shame that a man can experience, to be naked in front of multitudes.
Another person could also say, “I see a man being ridiculed”. Matthew 27:39-44 says people that were passing by were saying, “He saved others; himself he cannot save”. Though he had the power to call for angels to rescue Him, He chose to endure the ridicule so that you and I can have a chance of spending eternity in Heaven. I want you to imagine the president of the most powerful country in the world holding a device in his hand with which he can call on his army anytime, yet he subjected himself to some terrorists who were about to kill him and were mocking him, “You call yourself the President of a nation with weapons of mass destruction, look at you now, you cannot save yourself”. That is similar to what Jesus did just so that you and I will not perish in hell.
Without any doubt, when you look at Jesus on the cross, you will see a man in sorrow.You cannot be in pain, naked, in shame, ridiculed, and be joyous. Isaiah saw the scene of Jesus’ death many years before and he called Him a man of sorrow (Isaiah 53:3-5).
If you however take a closer look at Jesus as He hung on the cross, you will see a man in love. A man so much in love with you and I that He went through the highest level of physical and emotional pain to save our soul. Thank God He resurrected on the third day and has made eternal life available to all those who surrender their lives to Him.
Beloved, don’t let that sacrifice go to waste. Don’t live your life for the devil, live your life for the One who loves you so much that He gave His life for you.
Hymn: Praise Him, Praise Him, Jesus Our Blessed Redeemer
Points: Reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross for you and determine never to offend Him again.
Bible in one year: 1 King 1, 1 King 2
Title: Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, Our Blessed Redeemer!.
Chorus: null.
1. Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus,our blessed Redeemer!
Sing, O earth –
His wonderful love proclaim!
Hail Him! Hail Him!
highest archangels in glory,
Strength and honor
give to His holy name!
Like a shepherd,
Jesus will guard His children
In His arms He
carries them all day long:
O ye saints that
dwellon the mountain of Zion.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
ever in joyful song
2. Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer,
For our sins He
suffer’d and bled and died; He, our Rock, our
Hope of eternal salvation,
Hail Him! Hail Him!
Jesus, the Crucified; Loving Savior,
meekly enduring sorrow,
Crowned with thorns that
cruelly pierced His brow; Once for us rejected,
despised, and forsaken,
Prince of Glory,
ever triumphant now.
3. Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer,
Heav’nly portals
loud with hosannahs ring!
Jesus, Savior,
reigneth for ever and ever; Crown Him! Crown Him!
Prophet and Priest and King!
Death is vanquished!
Tell it with joy, ye faithful,
Where is now thy victory,
boasting grave?
Jesus lives! No longer
thy portals are cheerless; Jesus lives, the mighty
and strong to save.
Open Heavens 2023 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.
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