MONDAY July 18, 2022

The Coming One

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people ... Great multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
Matthew 4:23, 25

Jesus’ ministry was threefold. He preached the Gospel, taught God’s Word, and healed the sick. Jesus was a Master Teacher. He often taught the Scriptures by using parables, illustrations and analogies. He helped them grasp His teaching by giving examples that were familiar to people’s circumstances or surroundings. Jesus did not use KJV language––with its “thees” and “thous.” He taught in simplicity to their level of understanding.

The power of God was witnessed when He healed all manner of illnesses and preached the Gospel message to the poor. He never neglected them; they could receive salvation right along with the middle and upper classes. He was not a respecter of persons.

John the Baptist declared to the people that Jesus was the Lamb of God (John 1:29). Yet when he was in prison, discouragement set in, and he sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus: “ ‘...Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?’ ” (Luke 7:20). Jesus sent this message back:

“Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of me” (Luke 7:19-23).

Has discouragement set in your heart because you are going through trying, difficult times? Do you need the assurance that Jesus Christ is the Person He is declared to be? Rest assured, Jesus is the Coming One! Be encouraged; one day Jesus will come again, and, in His time, the reasons for your trials and suffering will become clear.

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: “For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not tarry.”
~Hebrews 10:35-37~

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