TUESDAY, 30 JANUARY 2024
TEXT:
Luke 9:49-62
49:
“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we
tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
50:
“Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”
51:
As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set
out for Jerusalem.
52:
And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get
things ready for him;
53:
but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem.
54:
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us
to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?”
55:
But Jesus turned and rebuked them.
56:
Then he and his disciples went to another village.
57:
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you
wherever you go.”
58:
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no
place to lay his head.”
59:
He said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and
bury my father.”
60:
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim
the kingdom of God.”
61:
Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say
goodbye to my family.”
62:
Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for
service in the kingdom of God.”
(New
International Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
LET THE HOLY SPIRIT WORK THROUGH YOU
We must be very careful
and not oppose what is done in Jesus' name except, of course, it is clearly
sinful and, or, evil. God is at work and His power is not manifested in us
alone!
The Spirit of Christ at
work in us is not vengeful, violent and destructive but one of true love and
compassion that desires sinners to come to His saving knowledge.
The Lord Jesus had to
rebuke the two brothers not to allow strange spirits work through them. Let the
Holy Spirit work in us.
The three conditions
for discipleship are:
1) Be ready to
sacrifice your comfort
2) To obey immediately
and
3) Never give in to any
excuse to look back like Lot's wife.
QUESTION:
Which Spirit is at work in you?
PRAYER:
Lord, fill me with Your Holy Spirit and let Him work in me and through me, in
Jesus name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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