Open Heaven 18 November 2020: [Wednesday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Understand the Scriptures
UNDERSTANDING THE SCRIPTURES – Wednesday
November 18th 2020
Memorise: But the anointing which ye have received of hm abideth in
you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth
you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you,
ye shall abide in him. 1st John 2:27
Read: 1st Thessalonians 2:13 (KJV)
13 For this cause also
thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which
ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth,
the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Read: 2nd Timothy 2:15 (KJV)
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Bible in one year: Acts 9-10, Hymn: Sing hymn 5
Message:-
The Bible, though written in plain English
(or your native language) is still difficult for some people to understand.
This is because the letters do not carry the message; it is the Spirit of God
that does. 2nd Corinthians 3:6 says:
Open Heaven 18 November 2020 – Understand the Scriptures
“Who
also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but
of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”
You cannot understand the Scriptures without
the help of the Holy Spirit, this is why many unbelievers keep misinterpreting
it with some even calling it foolishness. 1st Corinthians 2:14 says:
Open Heaven 18 November 2020: [Wednesday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Understand the Scriptures
“But
the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually
discerned.”
When you pick your Bible to read, first pray,
asking that the Holy Spirit gives you understanding. You have to be sensitive to
the Spirit also, because He could be leading you to read a particular passage
from where he wants to speak to you that day. People vary in the depth of
revelations they receive from the word of God and this is because of their
varying levels of infilling by the Holy Spirit. The more of the Holy Spirit you
carry, the deeper the revelations you will get from the word of God.
Open Heaven 18 November 2020 Wednesday:Action Point
You must also note that the word of God is
new every time you read it. never approach any scripture with familiarity. Many
a-times, I read passages of the Bible that I had been reading for several years
and the Holy Spirit interprets it to me in a completely different light. The
reason preachers are able to come up with new messages every day despite using
the same version of the Bible for centuries is simply because the word of God
is never old.
I pray that God will expose the mysteries of
His word to you every time you read it in the mighty name of Jesus.
Action Point
Ask the Holy Spirit for understanding every time you read your Bible.
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