Diety Part Two: December 8, 2009

TODAYS WORD FOR TUESDAY DECEMBER 8

DEITY
PART TWO

During December Our Devotionals are being written on subjects and words that will prepare us for the “CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS” on Christmas day. This week we are looking at the DEITY and POWER of JESUS. Today we will share with you some thoughts concerning JESUS POWER TO PROLONG LIFE.

Defined by Webster:
A God; Divine nature.

GODS WORD

“Jesus said to him, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk.’ And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.” John 5: 8-9.

WORDS FROM KEN AND DOTTIE

God created the world and all that is in it, everything was perfect. After Adam and Eve sinned, disease and suffering came into the world. Then when Jesus was on this earth, most of the miracles that He performed demonstrated His power to bring renewal and to prolong life to a fallen creation. He made the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the lame to walk and healed those that were sick to show to mankind His Deity and His power to prolong life.

The second miracle that He performed was the healing of the son of a royal official. When Jesus performed a miracle of healing He saw more then just the need for physical healing but also the need for spiritual healing in a person’s life. He saw their need to be forgiven of their sins.

Ordinarily when Jesus did miracles of healing He was sought out and was asked to give healing. It was essential for the person asking to have faith in Jesus. But the healing of the lame man referred to in John 5 was unusual in both of these aspects. The man was unable to walk and he did not seek out Jesus and ask for healing. He did not even know who Jesus was, Jesus found him.

This lame man had sat by the pool called Bethesda in Jerusalem for 38 years hoping to be healed. It was believed that when the water of the pool stirred it had healing power for the first one to get into the pool.

When Jesus saw the man, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?” After telling Jesus that he was hoping to be healed by the water in the pool, Jesus immediately healed the man and he got up and walked. Although Jesus usually healed people because of their faith in Him, this illustration is given us to show that Jesus’ power to heal is not limited by a person’s lack of faith. Nothing can limit Jesus’ Divinity of restoration and prolonging of life.

The last thing that Jesus said to this man was, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more lest a worse thing come upon you.” Jesus saw more then his physical need, He saw his spiritual need.

Jesus in His deity knows all about us. He sees each of us as either one of His fallen creations or one who has been restored by the power of His Deity to forgive us of our sins. Just as Jesus sought out the lame man and asked him if he wanted to be made well, He seeks us out and asks us if we want to be made well in our sin sick bodies by the power of His divine power to forgive.

Over the years we have known and seen so many people who have been healed, many of them children who were so sick and some not even expected to live. When we see this we have learned that there is power in prayer. God still today hears our prayers and will answer our specific prayers concerning the needs of others and He will do this in accordance with His will.

THIS WEEKS MEMORIZATION VERSE.
REMEMBER, WE ARE MEMORIZING
TOGETHER ONE VERSE A WEEK!

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.” John 1:12

TODAYS FAMILY PRAYER

Thank You Lord for Your Divine power and Your ability to forgive our sins and to heal our bodies. Help me today to be more concerned about those who are sick, lonely and feeling hopeless. Help me to understand the power of prayer and give me a burning desire in my heart to pray for those that I know need a touch from You.