RPG Adults
FROM ONE TO ALL
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31
Isaiah 55:1-2
Psalm 31:7-12
"I will be glad and
rejoice in thy mercy…"
FROM ONE TO ALL
Here the prophet looked beyond Israel to the whole world, from one to all! This is the Gospel invitation to everyone who despairs of the futility of life without God, who begins to thirst and yearn after Him.
The Gospel is the good news of the Saviour Jesus Christ. He is water, living water that gives everlasting life (John 4:14). From Him comes "the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby" (1 Pet 2:2). He is the Bread of life, "which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die" (John 6:50). Wine, the fruit of the vine, was used at the Last Supper as His blood, for as He gave the cup to His disciples, He said, "Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" (Matt 26:27-28). Wine which was used by the Good Samaritan with oil to bind up the wounds of the victim of robbers bespeaks the healing from the ravages of sin by our Saviour Jesus Christ. The Lord is given to us freely (being priceless, it cannot be bought with money). He is offered to us by the means of grace, through the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper — to everyone that thirsts, that imbibes of His love.
How do we eat of Him? Not so much with our mouth, but, as John Sung said, by our ears. "Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live" (Isa 55:3). "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom 10:17). In this regard, we see how important preaching as a means of grace is! "…and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?" (Rom 10:14). This Gospel invitation is to be broadcast to all inasmuch as it is reiterated by our Lord before He left this earth: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). In the work of extending the Gospel let us pray that God will raise up more preachers (1 Cor 1:21). The most effective way of giving out the Gospel invitation to everyone is from mouth to ear.
THOUGHT: (Read 2 Timothy 4:2.)
PRAYER: Use me, O Lord, to share the Gospel with the lost.
Posted in Adult RPG
Isaiah 55:1-2
Psalm 31:7-12
"I will be glad and
rejoice in thy mercy…"
FROM ONE TO ALL
Here the prophet looked beyond Israel to the whole world, from one to all! This is the Gospel invitation to everyone who despairs of the futility of life without God, who begins to thirst and yearn after Him.
The Gospel is the good news of the Saviour Jesus Christ. He is water, living water that gives everlasting life (John 4:14). From Him comes "the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby" (1 Pet 2:2). He is the Bread of life, "which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die" (John 6:50). Wine, the fruit of the vine, was used at the Last Supper as His blood, for as He gave the cup to His disciples, He said, "Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" (Matt 26:27-28). Wine which was used by the Good Samaritan with oil to bind up the wounds of the victim of robbers bespeaks the healing from the ravages of sin by our Saviour Jesus Christ. The Lord is given to us freely (being priceless, it cannot be bought with money). He is offered to us by the means of grace, through the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper — to everyone that thirsts, that imbibes of His love.
How do we eat of Him? Not so much with our mouth, but, as John Sung said, by our ears. "Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live" (Isa 55:3). "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom 10:17). In this regard, we see how important preaching as a means of grace is! "…and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?" (Rom 10:14). This Gospel invitation is to be broadcast to all inasmuch as it is reiterated by our Lord before He left this earth: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). In the work of extending the Gospel let us pray that God will raise up more preachers (1 Cor 1:21). The most effective way of giving out the Gospel invitation to everyone is from mouth to ear.
THOUGHT: (Read 2 Timothy 4:2.)
PRAYER: Use me, O Lord, to share the Gospel with the lost.
Posted in Adult RPG