MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/5/2026
8:06 AM
My
Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 “The
Person Of The Good News”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke
2:11-12
Message of the verses: “for today in the city of David there has
been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a
baby wrapped in clothes and lying in a manger.”
We have seen that when the angel came to the
frightened shepherds that he had to reassure him telling them the good news,
the angel then gave them the details of what that good news was. I want to look at Galatians 4:4-5 to help us
understand this: “4 But when the fullness of time had come, God
sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so
that we might receive adoption as sons.”
What we are reading about here is history’s most significant birth
which just took place here. It happened
in the most unlikely of places—in the city of David which was the tiny
hamlet of Bethlehem. The angel prefaced
his threefold description of the newborn Child by telling the shepherds that
the One of whom he spoke had been born for them. Collectively, as noted earlier, Jesus is the
Savior of both Jews and Gentiles; individually, He is the Savior of everyone
who believes in Him as seen in John 3:16 “16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal
life.” The angel did not give the
Child’s earthly name; Savior, Christ and Lord are all titles. But since the name “Jesus” means “Lord
is salvation,” it’s meaning is encompassed by the term Savior.
MacArthur writes:
“The description of Jesus as Savior is an apt one, since the
reason He was born was to “save His people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21; cf.
Luke 19:10). The obvious truth is
often obscured in contemporary presentations of the gospel. Too often Jesus is presented as the One who
will rescue people from unfulfillment in their marriages, families, or jobs;
from a debilitating habit they cannot overcome on their own; or from a sense of
purposelessness in life. But while
relief in those areas may be a byproduct of salvation, it is not its primary
intent. Mankind’s true problem, of which
those issues are only symptoms, is sin.
Everyone (Rom. 3:10, 23) is guilty of breaking God’s holy law and
deserves eternal punishment in hell. The
true gospel message is that Jesus Christ came into the world to rescue people
from sin and guilt—not psychological, artificial guilt feelings, but true,
God-imposed guilt that damns to hell.”
(Rom. 3:10, 23)
“10 as it is written,: "None is righteous,
no, not one;”
“23 for all have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God,”
“Christ is an exalted title for a baby born in
such humble circumstances. The name and
its Old Testament counterpart, Messiah (Dan. 9:25-26), both mean ‘anointed
one’; one placed in a high office and worthy of exaltation and honor. Jesus was anointed first in the sense that He
is God’s appointed King, the ‘King of kings’ (Rev. 17:14; 19:16), who
will sit on David’s throne and reign forever, as Gabriel told Mary
(1:32-33). He was also anointed to be
the great High Priest (Heb. 3:1) for His people; the mediator between them and
God (1 Tim. 2:5) who makes intercession for them (Heb. 7:25). Finally, Jesus was anointed as a prophet, God’s
final and greatest spokesman (Heb. 1:1-2).”
This section that we are looking at in this mornings SD is a very, very
important section to go over and to understand and so I think that I will go
ahead and copy and paste the verses in this paragraph in order to help us understand
this important message that we are looking at this morning.
(Dan. 9:25-26)
“25 Know therefore and understand that from the
going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince,
there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again
with squares and moat, but in a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one
shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to
come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood,
and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.”
(Rev. 17:14; 19:16)
“14 ¶ They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb
will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with
him are called and chosen and faithful.’”
“16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name
written, King of kings and Lord of lords.”
(1:32-33)
“32 He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father
David, 33 and he will reign over the
house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.’”
(Heb. 3:1)
“1 ¶ Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a
heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our
confession,”
(1 Tim. 2:5)
“5 For there is one God, and there is one
mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,”
(Heb. 7:25)
“25 Consequently, he is able to save to the
uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make
intercession for them.”
(Heb. 1:1-2)
“1 ¶ Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God
spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by
his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created
the world.”
Spiritual
Meaning for My Life Today: This morning is what I like to call
Resurrection Sunday, many call it Easter.
In this SD we are looking at the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ and some
33 years after He was born on the earth He died for the sins of the world, and
then was resurrected to show us that God was satisfied that Christ paid for all
sins. The thing that one must do in
order to become a true believer is realize that your were born a sinner, and
because you were born a sinner you sin.
One must realize this and then accept the forgiveness that Christ has
provided for you. In doing that you will
become a born-again believer in Jesus Christ.
Please if you have not done this do it today for no one is guaranteed tomorrow. Pray something like this, “Lord Jesus I
realize that I am a sinner, and I now realize that You died for me as You took
my place on the cross. I accept Your
forgiveness and desire for you to come into my heart to rule my life in the way
You desire my life to be. Thank You for
dying in my place.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: I trust the Lord through His Holy Spirit that
people who read this Spiritual Diary will come to know Christ as Savior and
Lord.
4/5/2026
9:07 AM
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