The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 26 February 2025 — Seamless Wholeness Of Righteousness
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TOPIC: Seamless Wholeness Of Righteousness
READ: John 19:17-24 (NKJV)
- And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called [theu Place] of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
- where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
- Now Pilate wrote a title and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, [and] Latin.
- Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ‘ “
- Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
- Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
- They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.
THE MESSAGE:
The climax of Christ’s most painful sacrifice for mankind is His crucifixion on the Cross. Jesus was hanged and crucified between two justly condemned criminals though He was not guilty of any wrong doing Himself. Even Pilate, having earlier examined Jesus, observed that there was no evidence of any wrong nor were there lawful witnesses against Him, rightly declared Him guiltless and was ready to acquit Jesus but for the forceful demand of the Jewish leadership and Pilate’s weak moral strength. Christ was unjustly crucified on our behalf to bring us eternal justification that gives us a righteous standing before God. We could not have been righteous before God otherwise.
Christ’s righteousness is seamless and total, symbolised by His seamless dress which teaches us the lesson that like Him, our righteousness should not be a “cut and join” type, but a consistent, unbroken and wholesome type that reveals the grace of God in the life of the believer. God expects us to wear a seamless dress of Christ’s righteousness as we walk with Him and work for Him.
PRAYER: Dear Father; please help me to live a wholesome righteous life daily, Amen!
PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL
DATE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
TOPIC: SEAMLESS WHOLENESS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank You for the grace to see this day, the fifty-seventh day in year 2025 in good health, sound mind and in joy
- Father, thank You for the special gift of life, many wished to see this month, but they couldn’t.
- Thank You Jesus for being there for us, Your children.
- Thank You Lord for Your plans for me this year. They are plans of good, not of evil, to give me a good and successful end.
- Father, please forgive me all my known and unknown sins, and let no sin reign over my life this year, in Jesus’ name.
- Thank You Jesus for giving us the right to stand before God.
- Help me, Holy Spirit, not to lose my righteous stand before God, in Jesus’ name.
- I receive a consistent and unbroken righteousness, in Jesus’ name.
- I put on a seamless dress of Christ’s righteousness as I walk with Him and work for Him, in Jesus’ name.
- Dear Father, please help me to live a wholesome righteous life daily, in Jesus’ name.
- LORD, help me to get my life right this year, and let Your perfect will be enforced on me, in Jesus’ name
- LORD, help us to get it right in Nigeria, and let Your perfect will be enforced on us in Jesus’ name.
- Heavenly Father, let Your peace continue to reign in every part of this country,
- Whether the devil likes it or not, I will make heaven and receive my eternal rewards in Jesus’ Name.
- This is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
- Personal and family prayer requests.
- Confession: God bless the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), God bless the Universal Church, and bless our country Nigeria -1 Chronicles 17:27.
- Thank You Lord for answered prayers, in Jesus’ Mighty Name we pray. Amen.
