May 10, 2020
Di Fifth Sunday for Easter (Year A)
Di Readings for Today
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“Na Me be di way, di truth and di life. Nobody dey come meet di Father except through Me.” John 14:6
God don save you? We hope say di answer to dis question na “Yes” for three ways: God don save you by grace through Baptism, God still dey save you by His grace and mercy as you freely choose to follow Him, and you get hope say God go save you for your last hour so you go enter di glory of Heaven. Anything wey we achieve for life no mean anything if we no fit answer “Yes” for all dis three ways.
E still important make we remember how God dey save us. How we take receive di precious gift of salvation before, how we dey receive am now, and how we get hope to receive am? Di answer simple: Na through di life, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, our one and only Way to di Father. No other way dey for us to receive salvation except through Him.
Sometimes, we fit fall for di trap of thinking say we fit gain salvation just by being “good.” For another way to talk am, na your good works dey save you? Di correct answer na both “Yes” and “No.” Na “Yes” only because our good works na necessary part of being one with Christ. Without Him, we no fit do anything good. But if we don accept Christ into our life and, because of dis, we dey di road to salvation, then good works must dey our life. But di answer still na “No” because na Jesus, and Jesus alone, be di only Saviour. We no fit save ourselves, no matter how hard we try to be good.
Dis kind discussion common especially among our evangelical Christian brothers and sisters. But na discussion wey we too suppose sabi well. Na di Person of Jesus Christ dey di centre of dis discussion. Na Him, and Him alone, must be di main focus of our lives, and we must see Him as di Way, di Truth and di Life. Na Him be di only Way to Heaven, na Him be di fullness of di Truth wey we must believe, and na Him be di Life wey God call us to live and di source of dis new life of Grace.
Today, think deeply about di central role wey only Jesus fit play for your life. Without Him, you be nothing, but with Him, you receive life wey get complete fulfilment. Today, choose Him as your Lord and Saviour for a way wey come from your heart and show for wetin you do. Humbly admit say you be nothing without Him, and let Him enter your life so He fit offer you to His loving Father for Heaven.
My Lord and my Saviour, I tell You “Yes” today, and I accept You into my life as my Lord and Saviour. I thank You for di gift of Baptism wey start my life of grace, and today I renew my choice to follow You, so You go enter my life more fully. As You dey enter my life, abeg, offer me to di Father for Heaven. Make You direct everything wey I do, so I go be offering together with You forever, my dear Jesus. Jesus, na You I trust.
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