Daily Word of God

Daily Word 9th Sept 2023 

Jesus is the Lamb of God 

Jesus is the Lamb of God, he has to be sacrificed  not like the sacrifice of Abel. But God the Father decided to offer the greatest offering of His only Son to be sacrificed.  John 1:29 (NJB): The next day, he saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. 

Why Heavenly Father chose Jesus His only Son to be sacrificed. Without shedding blood the remission of sin will not happened. But the sacrifices of animals will not valid for long time. But shedding the blood is Jesus is eternal. God established this sacrifice, the Eternal Everlasting Covenant. Then there is one and only living sacrifice for the remission of sin. 

The Light and Darkness

Part XV

Lord, my God, take us into the Light of Jesus 

    Later, when I met Brothers of the Community of Grace, I discovered the truth and discernment needed to live a spiritual life. We should have one spiritual father who will lead us from darkness to the true Light, Jesus Christ our Lord. It is rare to find a genuine spiritual father who lives a holy and thoughtful life. Once we've found our spiritual father, we should surrender our lives to Jesus' direction. They will always be a small remnant of His disciples. 1 Kings 19:19–21 (NJB): Elijah passed near to him and threw his cloak over him. 20 Elisha left his oxen and ran after Elijah. ‘Let me kiss my father and mother, then I will follow you,’ he said. Elijah answered, ‘Go, go back; for have I done anything to you?’ 21 Elisha turned away, took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He used the oxen’s tackle for cooking the meat, which he gave the people to eat. He then rose and, following Elijah, became his servant. They will then be like Elijah and Elisha, a true father and son. ‘Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have a prophets’ reward and anyone who welcomes an upright will have the reward of an upright person.’(Matt. 10: 41)  When a spiritual person finds a spiritual father, this is what happens. Br. Brilly and Br. Joemon came together in my house to support me during a crucial time in my spiritual life. In my spiritual life, I feel and experience Br. Brilly as my father and Br. Joemon as my mother.Br Joemon always showed me motherly love by praying for me and correcting me spiritually.  In the difficult periods of my persecutions, Br. Abey was always there to aid me through his prayers. However, like St. Joseph Br Aby, he was present with his silent prayers and few appropriate remarks. We all become Br Victor's children through our Brs. The Word of God says: ‘Disciple is not superior to teacher, or slave to master. It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master.’(Matt. 10: 24-25) We should be always like a good disciple than try to become a master. 

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Daily Word on 7th Sept 2023

Jesus' True Baptism in the Holy Spirit 

John 1:26–27 (NJB): John answered them, ‘I baptise with water; but standing among you—unknown to you— 27 is the one who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandal.’

John 1:33 (NJB): The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is to baptise with the Holy Spirit.” 

Hear John the Baptist saying about the Baptism which Jesus is going to give. His baptism is with the fire and the Holy Spirit. This is the sign of Jesus’s death and resurrection. After the resurrection Jesus gave the Holy Spirit to his apostles and his disciples, which was his promise to them. The Sacrament of Confirmation is the sign of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit, John Baptist says he is not able unstrap the sandals of Jesus. John the Baptist became humble in front of the Lord. 

Light and Darkness

Part XIV

 We must recognise the forces of darkness who will always come into our daily spiritual lives to derail us from the actual Truth. When I first met Jesus, my intellect was illuminated by the joy of the Holy Spirit. Since 1992, I've been going from one Retreat Center to another, and it's been a continual phenomena. It was only ambition that drove me to seek Jesus in all of his completeness. But Jesus found me in the wilderness and taught me about him. The greatest spiritual endeavour is to seek and find Jesus. 

   I had the experience by the interaction with so many kinds of spiritual teachers of other denominations. They have the zeal for God, what was lacking in them was the discernment 1Corinthians 12:10 (NJB): to another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the power of distinguishing spirits; to one, the gift of different tongues and to another the interpretation of tongues, and knowledge of the real truth ‘that is the Word of God’ Jon. 17:17. Later I came to know that the Word of God is the truth which is missing from these so called Retreat Centers. They always describe about the visions and revelations to make glorify themselves in good oratory with pleasing word to attract people. They always come to approach us in their own strength and intelligence. Jesus says: ‘You are wrong, because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.’(Matt. 22: 29) They were always wrong, because they do not understand the scriptures and the power of God. There will be so many teachers will come in our spiritual life. But we should have only one father, the spiritual father and he will be giving us the birth in Christ Jesus. ‘For even though you might have ten thousand slaves to look after you in Christ, you still have no more than one father, land it was I who fathered you in Christ Jesus, by the Gospel.’ (1 Cor. 4: 14.)  

 

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Daily Word on 4th Sept 2023

To become children of God 

John 1:12–13 (NJB): But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believed in his name 13 who were  born not from human stock or human desire or human will but from God himself. 

While we accept Jesus our Master, he will empower us to become the children of God! We should believe him he is the Son of God. Once we are standing for Christ and he become our Master and we are born from not from human stock but from God himself. What a previlage we are going to get, it's amazing!!

 

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Daily Word On 3rd Sept 2023 

Jesus is the Word of God. John 1:1–3 (NJB): 1   In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things came into being, not one thing came into being except through him. 

Jesus is there with the Father from the beginning and he is existing with the Father forever and ever. 

How the Word of God will work in us or bear fruit in us, by hearing, reading and meditating, and in a contemplative prayer. It will bear fruit without any doubt. This is called Lectio Divina. Let us pray to our Lord to open our heart and mind to hear Him and obey Him.