John 6:51 (NIV)
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
Do read Good Friday sermon to learn more. https://christunite.com/index.php/sermons/jesus-the-bread-of-life-good-friday-sermon-2022
1 Peter 2:4-5 (NIV)
4As you come to him, the living Stone--rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him--
5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
This verse makes me think of some friends when I decided to answer God’s call to preach and started writing sermons. I have being rejected by some over what I do. They did not realize that I can be a preacher even though I am not officially ordain by the church. I am ordained by God himself, selected by him to offer God’s word to people. Many of the words I have written are from him, there are many new revelations which I never knew until He told me which I shared with the public around the world with this online ministry. I will often pray and ask God what to preach. He will often review. God will also remind me to preach on which verses.
Verse 5 is actually referring to all Christian we are priest once we become Christian, we are told to share God’s word to others. Some are gifted to share with others be it speaking or writing, some may be quiet. I have done both speaking and writing. My 1st devotion I wrote and publicly shared with others was selected to be publish even though someone commented my devotion may not be selected. My 1st sermon I wrote in Christ Unite has become the top read sermon from all the sermons I had done. I realize that this is God confirmation of what I am doing. Do not only listen to well known, popular ordained ministers. Look out for some people who may be gifted by God to preach too. I like to share that sermons I have written have being read by some pastors and they told me they are good and keep reminding me to go to seminary and become pastor. In the past, I always want to go to seminary but because of some incident, everything change. I no longer want to go to seminary. I can still answer God’s call through Christ Unite and through my other work.
No matter what other people comment, I will still do what God has told me to do. I am wounded just like Christ, identifying with Him. Carrying the Cross.
The work I do is obeying His calling. May this devotion encourage you to speak up and share the Gospel with others.
Janice
Founder of Christ Unite
