Tues., 2/20/18 Devotion (Lk. 6:19)

Today's encouragement comes from Luke 6:19, where we read these words:

"And the whole multitude sought to touch Him [Jesus], for power went out from Him and healed them all."

Jesus Christ is unquestionably and undoubtedly, by far and away, the most amazing Person alive today, or who has ever lived. As Christian churchmen, our challenge is not so much to make people interested in Jesus, as much as it is to simply help them get a "glimpse" of Him. Once this happens, by divine grace, they are “hooked” forever. God has chosen the foolish means of the church’s preaching of the gospel to bring about this holy addiction, (cf. 1 Cor. 1:21).

For all of us who heard Him on Sunday, let us continue to have "contact" with Jesus today. In Him, we possess perfect healing of our souls, minds, hearts, and spirits.

[Puritan quote of the day: "Have you not thought sometimes, at [hearing] a sermon, the minister has spoken to none but you, and that some or other has told the minister what you have said, what you have done, what you have thought? —Thomas Shepard, in, "The Sincere Convert"]