Today's Reading:O.T. - Psalm 34 - 36
N.T. - Revelation 5
Focus Verses: Revelation 5:9
9And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
Insight:
In John’s vision he sees the Lamb who was slain surrounded by the elders and the four living creatures as they worship him. The Lamb, they sing, is worthy of praise and worship because he laid down his life to save people from every people group. God wants to save people from every people group. Jesus’ sacrifice was made for people of every race, ethnicity, nation, and language.
Response and Action:
I need to remember that Christ’s love and sacrifice are for all people. I need to raise my voice in praise to God for the salvation and hope he offers to all humanity through Christ.
Thank you, O God, for Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Thank you for your grace and mercy to all people. Help your people to love and save and extend grace to all people. Help me to reach past every barrier of race, language, and culture in order to share the love of and redemption of Jesus with all people. Amen.
Proverbs: 1:32-33
“For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."
Resources:
From Every People and Nation
by J. Daniel Hays and Donald A. Carson
