MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/14/2026
9:54 AM
My
Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 “Their
Significance”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: “None”
There is no Bible Reference in this SD that comes from
John MacArthur’s commentary, and perhaps this will not be the only time when he
does not use one in this series on the twelve Apostles, we will see. MacArthur writes:
Second, the apostles lacked
humility. They were, frankly,
egotistical, self-centered, and proud, focused on who among them was the
greatest. On one occasion Jesus ‘began
to question them, ‘What were you discussing on the way?’ But they kept silent,
for on the way they had discussed with one another, which of them was the
greatest’ (Mark 9:33-34). On another occasion
an argument
started among them as to which of them might be the greatest. But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in
their heart, too a child and stood him by His side, and said to them, ‘Whoever
receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives
Him who sent Me; for the one who is last among all of you, this is the one who
is great.’ (Luke 9:46-48).
Even the
Lord’s dramatic announcement at the Last Supper that He would be betrayed was
followed by ‘a dispute among [the apostles] as to which one of them was
regarded to be greatest’ (Luke 2:24). James
and John angled for the most prominent places in the kingdom by having their
mother approach Jesus on their behalf (Matt. 20:20-21). Jesus responded to the apostles’ self-seeking
pride by setting an example of humility for them to follow (John 13:1-15).”
(Matt.
20:20-21)
“20 ¶ Then the
mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before
him she asked him for something.”
(John
13:1-15)
“1 ¶ Now before
the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out
of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he
loved them to the end. 2 During supper,
when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s
son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing
that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from
God and was going back to God, 4 rose
from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around
his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a
basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel
that was wrapped around him. 6 He came
to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do
not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my
feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”
9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my
feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10
Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except
for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of
you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray
him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.” 12 When he had washed their feet and put on his
outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, "Do you understand
what I have done to you? 13 You call me
Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed
your feet, you also ought to wash one another ’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you
also should do just as I have done to you.”
“Third,
the apostles were weak in faith. Fearing
that their boat would be swamped, they cried out, ‘Save us, Lord; we are
perishing!’ (Matt. 8:25). Jesus’
response was a rebuke for their inability to trust: ‘Why are you afraid, you
men of little faith?’ (v. 26). When
Peter began to sink after joining Jesus in walking on the Sea of Galilee, ‘Immediately
Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, ‘You of
little faith, why did you doubt?’’ (Matt. 14:31). The Lord also rebuked the apostles’ lack of
faith in Matthew 16:8, demanding of them, ‘You men of little faith, why do you
discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?’’ Jesus responded to the apostles’ doubt by performing miracles to
strengthen their faith (cf. John 20:30-31).”
(cf.
John 20:30-31)
“30 Now Jesus
did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in
this book; 31 but these are written so
that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by
believing you may have life in his name.”
Fourth,
the apostles’ (especially Peter [Matt. 26:69-75]) deserting of Jesus when He
was arrested (Mark 14:50) demonstrates their lack of commitment. The Lord’s answer for that sinful weakness
was to pray for the apostles to remain faithful (Luke 22:31-32; John 17:11-26).”
(Matt.
26:69-75)
“69 ¶ Now Peter
was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and
said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70 But he denied it before them all, saying, “I
do not know what you mean.” 71 And when
he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the
bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” 72 And again he denied it with an oath: “I do
not know the man.” 73 After a little
while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of
them, for your accent betrays you.” 74
Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know
the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. 75 And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus,
“Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and
wept bitterly.”
(Mark
14:50)
“50 And they all
left him and fled.”
(Luke
22:31-32; John 17:11-26)
31 "Simon,
Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,”
32 but I have prayed for you that your
faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your
brothers."
“11 ¶ And I am
no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy
Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one,
even as we are one. 12 While I was with
them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them,
and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the
Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now
I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have
my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I
have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of
the world, just as I am not of the world. 15
I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them
from the evil one. 16 They are not of
the world, just as I am not of the world.
17 ¶ Sanctify them in the truth;
your word is truth. 18 As you sent me
into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that
they also may be sanctified in truth. 20 ¶
"I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe
in me through their word, 21 that they
may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also
may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given
to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become
perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even
as you loved me. 24 ¶ Father, I desire
that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my
glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the
world. 25 O righteous Father, even
though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have
sent me. 26 I made known to them your
name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have
loved me may be in them, and I in them.’”
There
is one more of these examples coming from John MacArthur and I will save that
for this evening’s SD.
Spiritual Meaning for my Life
today: Now as I look at theses incidents that MacArthur brings up about Jesus
and His apostles there is one thing that I think about and that is that at this
time in their lives they did not have the Holy Spirit in their lives as Jesus
had not yet given the Spirit to them, and would not until after He returned to
heaven.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Ever since the second chapter of
Acts when the Lord gave the apostles the Holy Spirit to the apostles, that all
who come to faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord receive the Holy
Spirit in order to walk with the Lord, doing His will and fulfilling the gifts
that the Holy Spirit has given to them.
It is my desire to do the things that the Lord has set aside for me to
do through the power of the Holy Spirit.
6/14/2026 10:28 AM
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