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A LESSON FROM JESUS TO THE CHURCH
FRIDAY, JULY 19
Hebrews 3:1-6
John 5:39-47
“But if ye believe not his writings,
how shall ye believe my words?”
A LESSON FROM JESUS TO THE CHURCH
As a church, the believers form the house of Christ. This is a communion of all saints, all who will hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. The Lord said that believers will be hated of all man for His sake: but they that will endure to the end shall be saved (Matt 10:22). Christ has power to save. This is where His greatness comes in because there is none other who can save like Him.
While God used Moses to reveal Himself to Israel, Moses’ prophecies showed that there was One greater than him who was to come. The Lord said to him, “The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken” (Deut 18:15). The Jews knew Him as the Messiah. However, when God’s time came that He should reveal Christ, they rejected Him. Nevertheless, a number of them believed. The Apostles confirmed the fulfilment of this prophecy and Peter in his second sermon in the temple affirmed this prophecy as fulfilled in Christ. He added a practical lesson to it in Acts 3:19, and gave the meaning saying, “And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people” (Acts 3:23). He confirmed to them that Moses spoke of Jesus Christ and that his word was fulfilled. Jesus said, “… there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me” (John 5:45-46). All these attribute greatness to Christ.
The text shows that Jesus is indeed the Christ. Moses has his place in God’s revelation, but Christ teaches all things. Believe in Him and you will be saved.
THOUGHT: Jesus Christ is the greatest, and He is the Saviour.
PRAYER: Father, may I not be ignorant of the great lessons in Thy Word.