SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/22/2024 8:08 AM
My Worship Time
Focus: PT-2 “Intro
to Matt. 27:45-53”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
27:45-53
Message of the verses: “45 Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all
the land until the ninth hour. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a
loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY
GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" 47 And some of those who were
standing there, when they heard it, began saying, "This man is
calling for Elijah." 48 Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge,
he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink. 49 But
the rest of them said, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to save
Him." 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His
spirit. 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to
bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs were opened,
and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming
out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared
to many.”
I ended up the last SD by asking a question, “Why,
then, we may ask, does history remember the name of only one of those men?”
(Speaking of the men who were crucified during the time of the Roman Empire’s
crucifixions in Palestine.)
I want to answer this question as I
begin this SD, and the answer is clear as John MacArthur writes “almost from
the opening words of Scrupture. The sin
of Adam and Eve not only caused their own fall and that of all their
descendants but also brought corruption of the entire earth. It was for that reason Paul declared that the
physical world groans like a woman in childbirth, longing to be restored to its
God-designed perfection (Rom. 8:19-22).”
“19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the
revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the
creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who
subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from
its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22 For we know that the
whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now”
(Rom. 8:19-22). Can you hear the
creation groaning, especially in different parts of the world today, as it
groans in Russia and Ukraine, in Israel and the Middle East, and even in the
United States of America where we will be voting for either a communist, woman
President, or for a President who has given up so much to run for this great
office, almost even given up his life. I
have mentioned before that there are some things similar to President Trump and
what the Lord Jesus did, now I know President Trump is a sinful man for we all
sinned and come short of the glory of God.
The Lord Jesus Christ left His home in glory to come to planet earth in
order to pay for the sins of the world, and the people hated Him so much that
they crucified Him. We know the story
that He came to die for the sins of the world, and took the awful punishment
that we all deserved as He suffered and died on the cross, something we have
been looking at for a few weeks now, but as we will see that is not the end of
the story for three days later He will rise from the dead and spend another 40
days on earth before He returns to glory, sitting at the right hand of His
Father praying for us. President Trump, a
billionaire could have stayed out of the political scene in our country but
felt he needed to run for office because he cares for this country and all that
he has been going through has cost him a lot, even being shot at as someone was
trying to kill him to keep him from running for office. Like I said that is some similar things
between his situation and what the Lord Jesus Christ did for everyone, but one
thing is different and that is that Jesus Christ was sinless, never sinned,
never could and President Trump like all of us is sinful. I just pray that the Spirit of God will open
his eyes to the truth of salvation and that the Lord will use him to help bring
revival to our country who has been given so much, and lately have turned their
backs on the very best thing that is offered to them, the salvation of their
souls through the blood of Jesus Christ.
Lord willing I will finish this section
in tomorrow’s SD.
8/22/2024 8:33 AM
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