April 3, 2019 Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional : Topic - ARE YOUR "HEAVENS" CLOSED?

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April 3, 2019 Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional : Topic - ARE YOUR "HEAVENS" CLOSED?



DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE
CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)

DATE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 

TOPIC: ARE YOUR "HEAVENS" CLOSED?

READ: MATTHEW 3:13-17
"13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
THE MESSAGE:
Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptised by him. What a distance it took Jesus to go for water baptism. John tried to prevent Him but Jesus insisted: "permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness." Jesus went through the rigours of baptism to fulfil all righteousness, even though He did not need one. 

It will not be an assumption to say that the reason for Jesus' submission to water baptism was to set us an example and to affirm this very important fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith. Christian baptism is a public confirmation of what has happened in the inside, a changed heart. Baptism is essentially a commitment. It is identification with Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection (Romans 6). It is a commitment to discipleship (Matthew 28: 19-20).

Notice that as soon as Jesus was baptised, the heavens were opened unto Him. Identifying with the death and resurrection of Jesus and commitment to practical discipleship, marked by a life of obedience, opens the heavens over a man. It makes a man secure the favour of God, and leads to living a life that pleases God. Are the heavens closed to you? Does it look to you that God is not well pleased with you? Check your life of obedience; insist on walking in obedience to the will of God that you know.

PRAYER: Lord, help me yield to You unreservedly.
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