THE SEED
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12
Salvation is saving human beings from sin and it’s consequences which include death and separation from God. It is important we understand and are able to express why being a follower of Christ is unique in this secular world of today. As Christians, we are not struggling toward God, but God reaching down to us through Jesus. There is an open offer of forgiveness when we accept Jesus. He gives us new life, He rescues us and saves us from the punishment of our Sins. We are not saved by our works, we are not saved by anything we do. Of the great religious leaders of the world, Christ alone claims deity. While other religious leaders emphasise their teachings on the DO’s and DON’T of physical and spiritual laws, it is not so with Jesus. He made himself the focal point of His teaching. The common factor in these religions is that their salvation depends on their own individual efforts of working to gain merit, without assurance of salvation. With Christianity, when we trust in Jesus we are given an assurance of salvation based on what Jesus has done, not on what we need to do. We shall also have eternal home in heaven, a sinless body and eternity with Christ.
BIBLE READING: PHILIP. 2: 12-13
PRAYER: O Lord permit not the flesh to take my salvation away from me in Jesus name. Amen.
IGBALA NINU JESU
IRUGBIN NAA
“Kò sí ìgbàlà lọ́dọ̀ ẹlòmíràn: nítorí kò sí orúkọ mìíràn lábẹ́ ọ̀run tí a fi fúnni nínú ènìyàn, nípa èyí tí a fi lè gbà wá là. Ìṣe 4:12
Igbala n gba awọn eniyan là lọwọ ẹṣẹ ati awọn abajade rẹ eyiti o pẹlu iku ati iyapa lati ọdọ Ọlọrun. Ó ṣe pàtàkì pé ká lóye ká sì lè sọ ìdí tí jíjẹ́ ọmọlẹ́yìn Kristi fi jẹ́ aláìlẹ́gbẹ́ nínú ayé ayé òde òní. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí Kristẹni, a kò ń jìjàkadì sí ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run ń nasẹ̀ dé ọ̀dọ̀ wa nípasẹ̀ Jésù. Nibẹ jẹ ẹya ìmọ idariji nigba ti a ba gba Jesu. O fun wa l‘aye titun, O gba wa la, O si gba wa lowo ijiya Ese wa. A ko gba wa la nipasẹ awọn iṣẹ wa, a ko ni fipamọ nipa ohunkohun ti a ṣe. Ninu awọn aṣaaju isin nla ti ayé, Kristi nikanṣoṣo ni ó sọ pe Ọlọrun jẹ́. Lakoko ti awọn aṣaaju ẹsin miiran n tẹnuba awọn ẹkọ wọn lori DO’s ati MAA ṢE ti awọn ofin ti ara ati ti ẹmi, kii ṣe bẹ pẹlu Jesu. Ó fi ara rẹ̀ ṣe kókó pàtàkì nínú ẹ̀kọ́ Rẹ̀. Ohun ti o wọpọ ninu awọn ẹsin wọnyi ni pe igbala wọn da lori awọn igbiyanju tiwọn ti ara wọn lati ṣiṣẹ lati ni ẹtọ, laisi idaniloju igbala. Pẹlu Kristiẹniti, nigba ti a ba gbẹkẹle Jesu a fun wa ni idaniloju igbala ti o da lori ohun ti Jesu ti ṣe, kii ṣe lori ohun ti a nilo lati ṣe. A yoo tun ni ile ayeraye ni ọrun, ara ti ko ni ẹṣẹ ati ayeraye pẹlu Kristi.
BIBELI KIKA: Philip. 2: 12-13
ADURA: Oluwa mase je ki eran ara ki o gba igbala mi lowo mi loruko Jesu. Amin.