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GOD’S WORD INCREASES
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29
Acts 12:24-25
Matthew 5:17-18
“…I am not come to destroy,
but to fulfil.”
GOD’S WORD INCREASES
God’s Word will continue to accomplish its purpose. It will continue to be fulfilled. Not one jot or tittle shall pass from the law until all of God’s decrees are established. Like a seed sown, it produces great increase: some thirty, others sixty, and others will have a hundredfold. Wherever the Word was preached, multitudes embraced it, and believers were added to the church because of it. Therefore, believers should not shy away from preaching God’s Word especially in this generation.
Vertically: The Word of God causes growth and increase. Like plants, the effect of giving out the gospel message is growth. The vertical increase is towards the glory of God. More and more, the name of God will be exalted and made known. His doctrines will spread far and wide to the praise and honour of His name. Even those who are outside the faith will have appreciation for the things of God, furthering His exaltation. They may not have the faith to believe in Him, but they can see the power of God manifested in the lives of believers.
Horizontally: The Word of God also brings an increase in the number of people. Thus, multiplication will mean the horizontal increase where many people come to believe and turn to the Lord. This not only involves people but also the extent of places reached by the gospel. More and more places were opened to the Word of God and the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Calvin comments, “Luke determined not only what had happened after that Herod was dead, but also by this example to encourage us, that we may be assured that God will do that, in all ages, which he then did, to the end the gospel may at length break through all impediments of the enemies, and that the more the Church is diminished, it may the more increase through the heavenly blessing.”
Is the Word of God changing your life as a Christian?
THOUGHT: Do I believe in an inerrant and infallible Bible?
PRAYER: Father, grant me humility of heart to receive Thy Word.