MY
DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion
for Saturday April 29, 2017
Topic:
The Gospel Mandate
Text:
Luke 10:8 – 11
Evangelism has its mandate. Jesus who
commissioned the Apostles, disciples and we the present day Christians gave us
a mandate on what we should do. We are not just to go out for sake of going
out. The first instruction was that we should value our welcome to any home by
staying there and accepting whatever is offered to us. In the mandate Jesus
stated that we should preach, healing the sick and telling them that the
kingdom of God is at hand. We should shake off the dust on our feet against
places where we are not welcomed.
The healing
of the sick, casting out demons, etc are signs that the kingdom
of God is near (see Luke 10:11; 21:31). This nearness of the kingdom has two
interpretations; already here and soon to come. The kingdom Jesus established
was not aimed at overthrowing any government. Rather, it was a kingdom that
began in people’s hearts and was as near as people’s heart who are willing to
make Jesus king over their lives.
In Matt. 24:14, Jesus asserted that
the gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the world as a witness to nations
before the end will come. How are you carrying out this mandate to preach the
gospel? Are you among those who are calling on Jesus to come back for the saint
militants when you are not willing to preach the gospel to souls dying without
Christ? It is time to wake up to our call and mandate to preach the gospel
because God will obviously demand their souls in our hands.
Action: As you go
out today, ensure you exercise your mandate today.
Memory
verse: Luke
10 verses 8 and 9
Prayer:
Lord God, grant me utterance I go out to preach the gospel.
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