CAC LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR AUGUST 18, 2022 : TOPIC - WHAT DOES IT TAKE YOU TO SELL YOUR CHRIST?
CAC LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR AUGUST 18, 2022 : TOPIC - WHAT DOES IT TAKE YOU TO SELL YOUR CHRIST?
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LIVING WATER CAC DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Thursday, August 18, 2022.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE YOU TO SELL YOUR CHRIST?
Read: Matthew 26:15-16
Matthew 26:15-16 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
MEMORISE: and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26:15)
EXPOSITION
Judas was a very privileged person in the college of the apostles! He was entrusted with the College's money! He was called by Jesus without any prior application. He was not a minister without was appointed their finance minister! At the time Jesus was portfolio; going through agony, he went to the enemies and asked: What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you (v. 15 NIV)? A good businessman or marketer should be the one who sets the price for his products, but Judas was willing to sell his Master at any price!
Let us look at this chronologically. In John 13:30, Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night. Let us consider Luke 22:3-6: Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. And they were glad, and agreed to give himmoney. So he promised and sought opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the multitude. Before Judas went out, he was receiving bread that supposed to give him life, the bread from the Bread of Life Himself. But Satan entered into him and ruined his life. That will not be your experience, in Jesus' name.
The question comes to us on daily basis: What does it take me to sell Christ? It is the belief of businesspeople and politicians that everyone has a price tag!' If Satan were to come to you and ask: 'What are you willing to take to sell your Lord'? What price tag are you putting on your heaven, your destiny or that of your family? Is it money, possession, power, or pleasure? Esau sold his future and birth-right for a morsel! Would you sell yours, too?
PRAYER POINTS
1. Lord forgive me of any act of unfaithfulness to You.
2. Pray that the Lord will keep your heart sacred and inaccessible by the prince of darkness, in Jesus' name.
3. Ask for the spirit that refuses negotiation with Satan over your spirituality.
HYMN FOR TODAY: CAC GHB 231
1. All that draw me I have left behind
Here in Canaan better joys I find;
Peace abiding, blessings unconfined,
For I'm living in Canaan now,
I am living in Canaan now.
Where the showers of blessing abound
Where the riches of grace in plenty are found,
I am living in Canaan now.
2. Sale abiding I will never fear,
For my Saviour ever will be near;
When I call Him He will always hear;
For I'm living in Canaan now.
3. I am drinking from a ceaseless well,
Here in Canaan where I love to dwell,
So to others I am glad to tell,
That I'm liaving in Canaan now.
4. Praises ever I am glad to bring
Unto Jesus, my Redeemer, King
For His mercies I will shout and sing,
For I'm living in Canaan now.
Amen
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Jeremiah 34 - 37
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