Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Leviticus 15:1-33; Psalm 119:73-112; Mark 5:21-43

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. 2 Cor. 4:3

Why did the Lord not take us to heaven when He saved us? He has left us here to spread the good news of salvation, to a world which is lost in sin and on their way to an eternity without hope. But it is a world which God loved so much, that He gave His only Son to die on the cross so they could be saved from a Christless eternity. Is the world hearing this message from me? Or is this liberating message of deliverance hidden from them because I never open my mouth? Or, tragically, because my actions contradict what I say when I do tell them? —David Croudace

Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,
Feelings lie buried which grace can restore;
Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more. —Fanny Crosby

April 9

DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 15:1-33; Psalm 119:73-112; Mark 5:21-43

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation… Hebrews 2:3a, KJV

The question is unanswerable, because escape is out of the question. Salvation far exceeds what was offered under the Law. The Law pointed out our sins, salvation takes our sins away! We have been offered so great salvation by so great a God delivering us from so great a death (Hebrews 2:3; Psalm 77:13; 2 Corinthians 1:10). Surely this salvation should not be neglected, or rejected, but accepted by all who hear of so great a Savior as Jesus our Lord. —Rex Trogdon

Oh, believe it! Oh, believe it! Christ has died upon the tree, That
from sin you might be free; Oh, believe it! Oh, believe it! Jesus died
for you and me, Oh, believe it! —John Ferguson