DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)
Christ took on flesh, lived, died, and rose again. These great facts concerning our divine Lord are the foundation of our confidence in him. We bless you that they have been attested by such four-fold witness, and yet further that afterwards he appeared alive to so large a number of those who knew him, that the fact of his rising from the dead might never be questioned again. We do not question it, our hearts devoutly believe the fact; but Lord, we want by your Holy Spirit to know the facts in their living power. We wish that we might have fellowship with our Lord, who is our Head, in all this. Oh, that we might know how to die with him, and to live with him in newness of life.
Amen.
VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)
“An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.” (Matthew 1:1)
This verse gives us a clue to the special drift of Matthew’s gospel. He was moved of the Holy Spirit to write of our Lord Jesus Christ AS KING—“the son of David.” He is to be spoken of as specially reigning over the true seed of Abraham; hence he is called “the son of Abraham.” Lord Jesus, make us each one to call you, “My God and King!” As we read this wonderful Gospel of the Kingdom, may we be full of loyal obedience, and pay you humble homage! You are both a King and a king’s Son.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
We know Jesus because of the four gospels. Can you trust them?
Today’s prayer thanked God that we know Jesus because of the “four-fold witness” of the four Gospels in our New Testament — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These four books are INCREDIBLE tellings of who our great Lord Jesus really is and what he has done.
Unfortunately though, many people today claim that we cannot trust these Gospels — claiming that they have been changed overtime or don’t really contain the actual words of Jesus.
But you CAN have confidence in the four Gospels — they really are the Word of God, faithfully preserved throughout the millennia.
A great resource for increasing your confidence is Can We Trust the Gospels? by Peter J. Williams. This is a short, accessible read to clearly demonstrate the trustworthiness of the New Testament. It will deepen your faith and help you to defend the truth about Jesus.
I hope you’ll read this book — I know it will increase your confidence in the Bible, where our great Savior has been revealed.