The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 21 January 2026 – Witnessing The Truth
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TOPIC: Witnessing The Truth
READ: John 3:9-15 (NKJV)
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.
12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.[a]
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[b]
15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
THE MESSAGE:
Nicodemus expressed ignorance and unbelief to what Jesus had told him,”… how can these things be?” Jesus equally wondered that he was already a master in Israel and yet, did not know these things. By implication, he had been speaking and testifying to what he did not know. Jesus wondered how Nicodemus would believe heavenly things. He told him that the Son of Man would be lifted up, so that whoever believes in Him would not perish but have eternal life because God sent His Son to come and save the world.
The response of Jesus to the ignorance and unbelief of Nicodemus is worthy of note by all ministers of the Gospel. You cannot be a minister of the life you do not have. “Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what we do know, and testify what we have seen; and you do not receive our witness” (verse 11). Are you a witness or just a preacher? To what extent have you proven by life, the Gospel you preach? Although Nicodemus expressed unbelief in (verses 10-11), yet the words of our Lord Jesus remained the truth he could not push away (John 19:39). That’s how powerful the words of a witness can be!
PRAYER: Father, fill me with the power of the Holy Spirit and make me a witness of the truth.
