Topic: Presenting The Real God
Scripture: When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, āLord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.ā Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, āI am willing; be cleansed.ā Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. – Matthew 8:1ā3
Joseph Prince 28th November 2021 Daily Devotional Message
There is so much wrong believing today about who Jesus is. I am asking you to throw out every idea, concept, and picture that you may have of a āreligiousā Jesus. Allow me to introduce the real Jesus to you, for this is where it all begins. Iām not talking about the religious Jesus you may have heard about growing up, but the real Jesus who walked along the dusty streets of Jerusalem and upon the raging waters of the Galilee.
He was the one whom the sick, the poor, the sinful, the down and out, and the outcast instinctively gravitated to and felt at ease with. He was God in the flesh and He manifested Godās tangible love.
In His presence, those who were imperfect didnāt feel fearful of Him, or sense judgment or condemnation from Him. To those who sought Him for healing, restoration, and supplyāno matter what their past or backgroundāHe always extended a loving, compassionate heart and hand to them and oversupplied their need.
Contrary to what a lot of people think, you donāt have to be āreligiousā to have access to God and His help. In fact, the less āreligiousā you are, the better. The real Jesus didnāt come to bring a new religion. He didnāt come to be served and waited upon. No, He came to serve, and serve He did.
The real Jesus created the universe with one command and orchestrated the paths of each planet so that none would collide. He had every right to demand service from those He created, yet He supplied service. He bowed down and with His own hands washed the grime and filth from His disciplesā feet.
Those same hands would later be pierced with coarse nails at the cross, and He would with His own blood wash us of the grime and filth of all our sins by taking them upon His own body. What a far cry from the condemning, judgmental, faultfinding God whom many have portrayed Him to be!
This is the true Jesusātotally unlike what many of us have been taught about God. He is willing and able to meet your need today and love you into wholeness.
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