NEW LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS: Devotion for Friday June 10, 2016
Text: Ezekiel 36:25 – 38 Memory verse: v 27
Water is an emblem of the cleansing our impure souls from sin as God promised in 36:25. But no water can do more than take away the filth of the flesh. Water seems in general the sacramental (baptism) sign of the sanctifying influences of the Holy Ghost in the Old Testament; yet this is always connected with the atoning blood of Christ as we have in the New Testament. The beginning of all true reformation is the inward cleansing of the soul by God's Spirit. His power alone can change the heart of stone to flesh. When this is done, men will render willing obedience to all God's statutes and judgments. This act of cleansing with water is the sign or beginning of new life in Christ Jesus as we have in the New Testament.
Have you actually received the sprinkling of this water? If you haven’t received it, you can hardly live a fruitful Christian life. In our bible text, God stated the benefits of having the spiritual cleansing in 36:27–33. List them out. The aftermath of these promises is that God will make His presence and power so manifest in the life of His people, that their enemies shall be compelled to see and acknowledge that He is with them, as their Almighty Friend and Helper. It is my prayer that God will do something in your life this season that will make people around you to say it is good to serve God.
Food for Thought: Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Prayer: Lord God, wash me with the cleansing power in the blood of Jesus that I might have new life in Christ Jesus, Amen
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