MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/2/2026
9:19 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: “The
Consequences”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke
5:25-26
Message of the verses: “Immediately he got up before them, and
picked up what he was lying on, and went home glorifying God. They were all struck with astonishment and
began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have see
remarkable things today.”
I have writing about the healings that Jesus did while
on planet earth stating that all his healings were complete, as is the case with
the paralyzed man, and they were all done instantaneously. Also there were no lingering effects of his
disability, no gradual healing, with a long period of rehabilitation before he
was “healed.” Instead we see immediately
he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home.
Unlike the leper, the paralytic did not have a contagious disease, and hence
was not required to go first and show himself to the priests. As was often the case when someone was
healed, the paralytic went on his way glorifying God (cf. 13:13; 17:15;
18:43).
(cf. 13:13; 17:15; 18:43)
“13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately
she was made straight, and she glorified God.”
“15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was
healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;”
“43 And immediately he recovered his sight and
followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise
to God.”
This man
rejoiced not merely because he was physically healed, but even more so because
his sins had been forgiven. Jesus
connected His power over the effects of sin with His authority over sin’s
guilt. The One who healed necessarily
could forgive.
John MacArthur writes “Between the
religious leaders, who remained implacably hostile despite this and other
displays of Christ’s divine power and authority (cf. 6:11; 11:15, 53; 13:17;
15:1-2; 19:47), on the one hand he healed paralytic on the other was the
crowd. Struck with astonishment at
the amazing, unprecedented (cf. Mark 2:12) miracle they had just witnessed,
they also began glorifying God (cf. 7:16; Matt. 15:31). Further, they were filled with fear. Phobos (fear) can refer to
panic induced by frightening circumstances or events. It can also describe general, long-term
apprehension or anxiety (it is the source of the English word ‘phobia’). Third, and most significantly, it is the fear
that results from and understanding of God’s holiness, power, and presence,
which is how it is always used in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts (1:12, 65; 2:9;
7:16; 8:37; 21:26; Matt. 14:26; 28:4, 8; Mark 4:41; Acts 2:43; 5:5, 11; 9:31;
19:17). In that sense, it is a healthy
fear. It can produce reverence for God,
and help believers avoid sin (cf. 2:Cor. 7:1, 11) and lead godly lives (Phil.
2:12).”
(cf. 2:Cor. 7:1, 11)
“1 ¶ Since we have these promises, beloved, let us
cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness
to completion in the fear of God.”
“11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has
produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation,
what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have
proved yourselves innocent in the matter.”
(Phil. 2:12)
“12 ¶ So then, my dear friends, just as you have
always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work
out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”
“Godly fear also motivates believers to mutually submit to each other and serve
each other (Eph. 5:21).
(Eph. 5:21)
“21 ¶ submitting to one another out of reverence
for Christ.”
“It also
prompted Paul’s desire to persuade others of his personal integrity (2 Cor.
5:11).
(2 Cor. 5:11)
“11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we
persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also
to your conscience.”
“The crowd acknowledged that they
had seen remarkable things, but not all of them were convinced of Christ’s
deity. Some concluded that He was merely
a man to whom God had given authority (Matt. 9:8). Despite the unprecedented display of His
divine, miraculous power, many refused to believe. ‘But through He had performed so many signs
before them,’ (John wrote, ‘yet they were not believing in Him’ (John 12:37;
cf. 1 Cor. 1:22). Paul explains the
spiritual pathology of such senseless rejections:
“And
you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which your formerly walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the
lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and
were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. (Eph. 2:1-3)
“And
even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose
case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that
they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the
image of God. (2 Cor. 4:3-4).”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life Today: As I look at the passage above from Ephesians
2:1-3 it shows me that Satan is always active in the believer’s life and
therefore putting on the Spiritual Armor is necessary.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: “13
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt
of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the
readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can
extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17
and
take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God, 18 praying at all times in the
Spirit, with all and prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all
perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.”
6/2/2026
10:13 AM
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