MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/12/2026
11:57 AM
My
Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 “The
Power of Jesus”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke
6:18-19
Message of the verses: “who had come to hear Him and to be
healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were
being cured. And all the people were
trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.”
John MacArthur begins his comments on these verses by
stating “The popularity of Jesus was largely the result of His power, displayed
in three dimensions.” Now that we have
looked at this sentence we will know where we will be going as we look at these
two verses.
MacArthur then states that “In the
mental realm, Jesus’ power found expression in His unprecedented teaching,
which the people had come to hear. At
the end of the sermon He was about to preach, ‘the crowds were amazed at His
teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their
scribes’ (Matt. 7:28-29). When the chief
priests and Pharisees demanded to know why the officers they had sent to arrest
Jesus (John 7:32) had returned empty-handed, they replied, ‘Never has a man
spoken the way this man speaks’ (v. 46).”
There are many times when I wish that I could have heard the Lord Jesus
Christ preach while He was on planet
earth, and yet there are many parts of His sermons found in the gospels of what
He was preaching, and then because I am a believer in Him, that means that the
Holy Spirit is within me to aid me to understand what Jesus was preaching
about, and of course what the Bible has to say.
Yes it would have been wonderful to hear Jesus preach, but it is
wonderful to have His Word to read and think about so that I can serve Him in a
way that will bring glory to the Lord.
Now I want to return to what I am writing
about in this morning’s SD. MacArthur
then writes something that to me, is very important in his next sentence: “Unparalleled teaching, bringing the good news of salvation, eternal
life, hope, peace, and joy to the minds of His hearers, was the preeminent aspect
of the Lord’s ministry.” Now
because this sentence helps me to better understand what I am to do as a child
of God, as I am to give the Word out so that people can be saved, having
eternal life, which brings hope, peace, and joy to those who actually read the
Spiritual Diaries that I write, and pray that they are done in the power of the
Holy Spirit so that He can use them to first of all give an effectual call to
people so that they can become born-again believers in Jesus Christ, which
results in eternal life, and also it gives hope, peace, and joy to those who
read them. I believe that what I am
doing in writing these Spiritual Diaries is what the Lord has called me to do,
and it is my desire that they will bring honor and glory to the Lord Jesus Christ. MacArthur then goes on to write “Miracles
corroborated His claim to be the Son of God and verified that He taught the
truth, but they could not save anyone (cf. John 12:37).” “37 ¶ Though he had done so many signs before them,
they still did not believe in him,” “Everywhere
He went the Lord preached the good news that God would forgive those who are
spiritually destitute, blind, oppressed, and held captive in sin’s grip (Luke
4:18) if they repent (Matt. 4:17).”
(Luke 4:18)
“18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to
proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty those who are oppressed,”
(Matt. 4:17)
“17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying,
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’”
“His
mental agility, clarity, force, and depth were without parallel, and salvation
came to those who heard His message and embraced the truth.”
Here is the good news, and that is
that Jesus’ words remain equally authoritative today, and my thoughts that they
will always be equally authoritative for all eternity. Perhaps once we are raptured into the
presence of the Lord, and then after the seven earth years of the tribulation
period and then go and serve Him in the Millennial Kingdom that we will
continue to grow in our knowledge of what we read in the Scriptures. I am not positive of that but we will never
know as much as God knows, so perhaps we will continue to grow even when we
have a glorified body. I guess I will
just have to wait and see.
MacArthur writes “As Paul wrote to
Timothy, ‘If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with
sound words, those of our Lord Jeus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to
godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing’ (1 Tim. 6:3-4). Pastors and teachers merely pass on the truths that He taught.” That is the difference between real pastors
and those who do not know the Lord as their Savior and Lord, and there are
plenty of them that fall into that category in today’s world.”
Spiritual
Meaning for My Life Today: It is my desire that what I do will
bring glory to the Lord Jesus Christ, and certainly not to me, for He is the
One who deserves all glory, and He is the One through the Holy Spirit to do
what He desires me to do for the cause of Christ.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Make sure that what I do in my life
will bring honor and glory to my Lord and my Savior, Jesus Christ. I can do nothing good on my own accord, only
through what Christ does through me will last.
7/12/2026
12:34 PM
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