June 25 Devotion- The Great Commission

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in^[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

فَتَقَدَّمَ يَسُوعُ وَكَلَّمَهُمْ قَائِلاً: 

«دُفِعَ إِليَّ كُلُّ سُلْطَانٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَعَلَى الأَرْضِ.

 ¹⁹ فَاذْهَبُوا إِذَنْ، وَتَلْمِذُوا جَمِيعَ الأُمَمِ، وَعَمِّدُوهُمْ بِاسْمِ الآبِ وَالاِبْنِ وَالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ؛

 ²⁰ وَعَلِّمُوهُمْ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا بِكُلِّ مَا أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ. وَهَا أَنَا مَعَكُمْ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ إِلَى انْتِهَاءِ الزَّمَانِ! ».

Jésus, s’étant approché, leur parla ainsi: “Tout pouvoir m’a été donné dans le ciel et sur la terre. ¹⁹ Allez, faites de toutes les nations des disciples, les baptisant au nom du Père, du Fils et du Saint-Esprit, ²⁰ et enseignez-leur à observer tout ce que je vous ai prescrit. Et voici, je suis avec vous tous les jours, jusqu’à la fin du monde.”

Matthew 28:18–20

I have read Jesus’ ‘Great Commission’ many times, yet consider that I have done very little personally to expand the knowledge of the truth. While giving money to Christian organizations and missionary work is highly regarded and is a blessing, I understand the great commission to be one where we each have a role to talk about the good news and the truth about Jesus to all those who do not believe and/or do not know the good news and the truth. Do you know anyone who you can help, even if you just forward devotions to them, that is a beginning.

What is the good news?

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

Car Dieu a tant aimé le monde qu’il a donné son Fils unique, afin que quiconque croit en lui ne périsse point, mais qu’il ait la vie éternelle.
Il est lui-même une victime expiatoire pour nos péchés, et non seulement pour les nôtres, mais aussi pour ceux du monde entier.

لانه هكذا احب الله العالم حتى بذل ابنه الوحيد لكي لا يهلك كل من يؤمن به بل تكون له الحياة الابدية

فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لِخَطَايَانَا، لاَ لِخَطَايَانَا فَقَطْ، بَلْ لِخَطَايَا الْعَالَمِ كُلِّهِ.

John 3:16

1 John 2:2

What is truth?

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

6 قال له يسوع انا هو الطريق والحق والحياة .ليس احد يأتي الى الآب الا بي .

Jésus lui dit: “Je suis le chemin, la vérité, et la vie. Nul ne vient au Père que par moi.”

John 14:6

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings. Expand my focus Jesus, and bring me into harmony with Your divine purpose of reaching the world with the good news of the gospel and the truth about Your identity.

Lord, help me follow Your commandments and help me to become a disciple and help me to help others become disciples. Thank You Jesus that You are with me always to the very end of the age.

I pray in the name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the living Son of God to whom be honour, power and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus  loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein

June 24 Devotion - Salvation is only through Jesus Christ

God our Savior, wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

اللهِ مُخَلِّصِنَا،

4 فَهُوَ يُرِيدُ لِجَمِيعِ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَخْلُصُوا، وَيُقْبِلُوا إِلَى مَعْرِفَةِ الْحَقِّ بِالتَّمَامِ:                                                               

5 فَإِنَّ اللهَ وَاحِدٌ، وَالْوَسِيطُ بَيْنَ اللهِ وَالنَّاسِ وَاحِدٌ، وَهُوَ الإِنْسَانُ الْمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ،

6 الَّذِي بَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ فِدْيَةً عِوَضاً عَنِ الْجَمِيعِ. هَذِهِ شَهَادَةٌ تُؤَدَّى فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا الْخَاصَّةِ،

1 Timothy 2: 3-6

God wants everyone to be ‘saved’ (delivered from judgment and given eternal life). It is His desire. That is why He came down in the form of a man Jesus Christ to save us. So how do we become saved?

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

أَنَّكَ إِنِ اعْتَرَفْتَ بِفَمِكَ بِيَسُوعَ رَبّاً، وَآمَنْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ أَقَامَهُ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ، نِلْتَ الْخَلاصَ.

10 فَإِنَّ الإِيمَانَ فِي القَلْبِ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْبِرِّ، وَالاعْتِرَافَ بِالْفَمِ يُؤَيِّدُ الْخَلاَصَ،

Romans 10:9-10

Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”

قالَ يَسُوعُ:

 أنا هُوَ الطَّرِيِقُ وَالحَقُّ وَالحَياةُ. لا أحَدَ يَأْتِي إلَى الآبِ إلّا بِي

 

John14:6

For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; ⁹ not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].

 فَبِالنِّعمَةِ أنتُمْ مُخَلَّصُونَ، لِأنَّكُمْ آمَنتُمْ، وَهَذا كُلُّهُ لا يَعتَمِدُ عَلَيكُمْ، بَلْ هُوَ عَطيَّةٌ مِنَ اللهِ. 9 لَيسَ مُقابِلَ الأعمالِ لِئَلّا يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَجالٌ لِلافتِخارِ.

Ephesians 2:8-9

Jesus answered Nicodemus:

“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be surprised that I have told you, ‘You must be born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].’

أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ:

  فَلاَ تَتَعَجَّبْ إِذَا قُلتُ لَكَ إِنَّكُمْ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى الْوِلاَدَةِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ

  «الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ أَحَدٌ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ إِلاَّ إِذَا  مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَالرُّوحِ. 

6 فَالْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ هُوَ جَسَدٌ، وَالْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ الرُّوحِ هُوَ رُوحٌ.

7 فَلاَ تَتَعَجَّبْ إِذَا قُلتُ لَكَ إِنَّكُمْ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى الْوِلاَدَةِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ

John 3: 5-7

When Jesus was baptized and The Holy Spirit descended upon him, he was thus born “from water and spirit.” At that time, there was an accompanying declaration from heaven:

“After Jesus was baptized, He came up immediately out of the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he (John) saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him (Jesus), ¹⁷ and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased and delighted!”

فَلَمَّا تَعَمَّدَ يَسُوعُ، صَعِدَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فِي الْحَالِ، وَإِذَا السَّمَاوَاتُ قَدِ انْفَتَحَتْ لَهُ وَرَأَى رُوحَ اللهِ هَابِطاً وَنَازِلاً عَلَيْهِ كَأَنَّهُ حَمَامَةٌ. 17 وَإِذَا صَوْتٌ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ يَقُولُ: «هَذَا هُوَ ابْنِي الْحَبِيبُ، الَّذِي بِهِ سُرِرْتُ كُلَّ سُرُورٍ!»

Matthew 3:16-17

When a person accepts Jesus as his/her Saviour and makes Him Lord over his/her life, when that person declares verbally, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in their heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, that person receives The Holy Spirit, is born again and is saved. Baptism in water at that point becomes a public declaration and an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to the believer's faith in the final resurrection of the dead.

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, I pray that out of Your glorious riches You strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being, so that I can repent of my sins and invite You Jesus in my heart. I believe that You died in my place Jesus to redeem me and that You took all my sins and nailed them to The Cross. I believe that You were raised from the dead and that You ascended to God our Father and are seated with God in the heavenly realms. I declare out loud that Jesus is Lord, I receive The Holy Spirit. I know that by accepting You Jesus as my saviour that my sins are forgiven and by making You Lord over my Life Jesus I am born again. Strengthen me Lord to bury the old life, and to be resurrected to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. Thank You God that through Your grace You delivered me from judgment and have given me eternal life.

Help me Lord to help others know about salvation through Jesus Christ. I know that this is Your will and I know that I can do it through Jesus Christ who strengthens me. Lord please sink this message deep into my heart and in the hearts of those reading it and help me achieve Your desire that all people be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. God I pray to You in the name of Your precious Son my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion forever and ever, Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein