The Daily Fountain Daily Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 19 October 2019 – Topic: SIN IS A DEADLY DISEASE

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READ: JEREMIAH 30:12-24

12. “For thus says the Lord : ‘Your affliction is incurable, Your wound is severe.
13. There is no one to plead your cause, That you may be bound up; You have no healing medicines.
14. All your lovers have forgotten you; They do not seek you; For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, With the chastisement of a cruel one, For the multitude of your iniquities, Because your sins have increased.
15. Why do you cry about your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable. Because of the multitude of your iniquities, Because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.
16. ‘Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; Those who plunder you shall become plunder, And all who prey upon you I will make a prey.
17. For I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord , ‘Because they called you an outcast saying: “This is Zion; No one seeks her.” ’
18. “Thus says the Lord : ‘Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob’s tents, And have mercy on his dwelling places; The city shall be built upon its own mound, And the palace shall remain according to its own plan.
19. Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving And the voice of those who make merry; I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
20. Their children also shall be as before, And their congregation shall be established before Me; And I will punish all who oppress them.
21. Their nobles shall be from among them, And their governor shall come from their midst; Then I will cause him to draw near, And he shall approach Me; For who is this who pledged his heart to approach Me?’ says the Lord .
22. ‘You shall be My people, And I will be your God.’
23. ” Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord Goes forth with fury, A continuing whirlwind; It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
24. The fierce anger of the Lord will not return until He has done it, And until He has performed the intents of His heart. In the latter days you will consider it.

THE MESSAGE:

Verses 12 to 13 of today’s passage read thus, Your affliction is incurable…You have no healing medicines. Verse 14 tells us sin is the cause of the incurable affliction: For I have wounded you…For the multitude of your iniquities, because your sins have increased.” Indeed, sin is a deadly disease! None of us wants to be diagnosed of a deadly disease. Whenever we fall sick and are not sure of the cause, we become apprehensive while we await the medical report. We are happy when we find out that the sickness is curable. But when the result is the contrary, the battle to stay alive begins that moment. When medical treatment fails, we turn to God for spiritual healing. In some of such hopeless cases, divine healing takes place, as we read of the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25-34).

Beloved, it is true that we are afraid to contract a terminal illness because it leads to physical death, but we should be more afraid to commit sin because it can lead to both physical and spiritual illness/death (Romans 6:23 cf Ezekiel 18:4; Psalm 32:1-5). Only the Lord has the cure for all terminal illnesses, physical or spiritual (verse 17cf 1 Peter 2:24). Come to Him now!

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, deliver me from the guilt and power of sin in Jesus name. Amen.