King
James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Monday,
October 12, 2015
Chapters: Matthew 27,28
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Message
Title: Only
Way For Eternal Life

Hello My Friend,

It is
only by the grace of God that we can instantly be given the gift of
eternal life through our believing and receiving His Son, Jesus
Christ as their Saviour. Many religions teach that Jesus was just a
good man or a prophet, some even say that He did die for us, but that
He has not risen. It's important that we believe that Jesus was the
perfect sinless sacrifice, born of a virgin, it's important that we
believe that Jesus not only died, but that He was buried for three
nights and three days in the tomb, it is important to believe that
Jesus resurrected on the third day. Why is it important? If we do not
believe even one of these truths, we are not saved. We must believe
every Word to have eternal life. “That if
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” - Romans
10:9,10.

Many people followed Jesus the entire time He
walked the earth. Did they all believe in Him? No. Even one of His
own disciples, Judas Iscariot, spent over three years telling people
about Him, but never believed in Him. Now, standing before the
governor as thousands of people hooted and hollered, for Him to be
crucified, Jesus did not plead His case, but awaited His judgment.
“When the morning was come, all the chief
priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put
him to death: And when they had bound him, they led him away, and
delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. And Jesus stood before
the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King
of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou
sayest. And when he was accused of
the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then said Pilate
unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor
marvelled greatly.” - Matthew 27:1,2,11-14.

And
when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, Pilate
knew that the only reason the religious leaders delivered Jesus to be
killed was because He exposed the truth about their false doctrines.
They were proud of the religion they built up and were not about let
anyone, including Christ prove them to be liars. That's why it's
important that we learn of and study the truth ourselves. “Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and
vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”
- 2 Timothy 2:15,16.

Since it was a feast day, the Roman
governor would pardon a prisoner, one that the people agreed upon to
be released. He brought out a ruthless prisoner called Barabbas,
Pilate just knew that the people would pardon Christ over Barabbas
because he was a murderer of the worst degree, but instead the people
cried out for him to pardon Barabbas instead. “But
the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should
ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto
them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They
said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with
Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be
crucified. And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But
they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. When Pilate
saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made,
he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I
am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.”
- Matthew 27:20-24.

I am innocent of
the blood of this just person, Pilate looked out over that mob
of people and seeing the madness that was taking place, wanted
nothing to do with what was happening. Many people still today
believe that it was Pilate who had Jesus crucified, or question why
he handed Him over to them when he had the power to stop it. Besides
the fact that Jesus needed to die for us to be saved, if Pilate had
pardoned Jesus there would have been a mob coming after him, as well
as Jesus, and everyone else that sided with Him would have died that
day. Remember, the religious leaders were the ones who created such
an uproar and got the majority of the people to have Jesus crucified
in the first place. So, if thousands of people were yelling crucify
Him, you could imagine the reaction had Pilate pardoned Him instead.


“Men and brethren, children of
the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is
the word of this salvation sent. For they that dwell at Jerusalem,
and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of
the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled
them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in
him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they
had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from
the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised him from the
dead:” - Acts 13:26-30.

Jesus was beaten,
mocked, and spit on before He was hung on a tree until He died as His
earthly family and other believers watched. I can only imagine what
He was thinking the whole time, but He uttered not a word. Why?
Because He knew that when it was all finished He would have the
victory and so would everyone else the believes in Him. He endured to
the end and prevailed as He resurrected three days later. And
although many saw Him after the resurrection, the religious leaders
still tried to discredit Jesus. “And as they
went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail.
And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said
Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go
tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see
me. Now when they were going,
behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the
chief priests all the things that were done. And when they were
assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large
money unto the soldiers, Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night,
and stole him away while we slept.” - Matthew 28:9-13.


When we call on Christ to save us from our sins, it can
take a little while before we comprehend exactly what He went through
so we would not have to end up in hell. Having victory with Christ is
not about how much we can do for Him, or even that we know what He
did for us, it's about believing in what He did for us and realizing
that without Him there is no victory over death or anything else we
are faced with. “So when this corruptible
shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is
written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy
sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and
the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” - 1 Corinthians
15:54-57. Praise God!

Today's
Prayer: God, I understand that not by my works of
righteousness am I saved, but by my believing in Your Son that I am.
I am trusting only in You Jesus for eternal life and I know that no
matter what I have done or will do I am forgiven and that You will
never leave nor forsake me. To show my appreciation and love for You
I want to live my life with You in it. Lead me and guide me in Your
will and Your way, help me to be a witness and a testimony to the
amazing life that I now live. I love You, Lord and pray in Jesus'
name. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,

Christina

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