22nd August 2022
Born To Die So That You Might Live
Luke 2:12- And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”
You are probably familiar with the story of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. The Bible says that when the time had come, Mary “brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger”. (Luke 2:6–7) But have you ever wondered why the angel told the shepherds that the Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger was a “sign”?
A manger is actually a feeding trough for livestock. Do you know what a feeding trough in those days looks like? I have seen a similar one at Solomon’s stables in Meggido, Israel. It is basically a big rectangular block of stone with the trough hewn out of it. So baby Jesus, who was wrapped in swaddling cloths, was placed in such a stone trough.
But why was that a sign? Because if you have seen the empty tomb of Jesus at a place called The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, you would have noticed that the place where His body was laid, inside a tomb hewn out of rock, resembles a stone trough. The Bible says that after Jesus’ crucifixion and death, Joseph of Arimathea took Jesus’ body, wrapped it in linen and laid it in a tomb hewn out of a rock. (Mark 15:43–46)
Can you see the similarities? Wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger, baby Jesus would one day be wrapped in linen and laid in a tomb. That was the sign the angel was referring to. It pointed to Jesus’ death.
Jesus was the only child in all of humanity born to die. Once you realize that, you will realize how much God loves you. You will realize that He gave up His Son for that one purpose, and that His Son willingly came for that one purpose — to die for your sins and mine.
Beloved, can you imagine living your life knowing that you are just qualifying yourself to die on the cross to save the world? That was the life that Jesus lived. He lived to die, so that we might live and enjoy life abundantly today!
Confession:
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today!
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today! Thank you Pastor.
Oh what a revelation. Jesus was born to die, lived to die so I can lived, God loves us so much and we would have all die but he send his only son to born and die in our place. Thank you God for loving me so much. Thank you Pastor, more grace Sir 🙏
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today! AMEN
So, nobody can take the life God has given me. I will enjoy the life God has given me. I will not be cut short but fulfil the number of my days. I will not live in lack but in abundance in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Thank you Pastor
May the Lord sustain you in the name of Jesus.
Amen
Jesus was born to die and lived to die that i might enjoy life abuntantly today.
Hallelujah
God bless you Pastor.
Jesus was the only child in all of humanity born to die. Help me Lord to realize that and to realise that God loves me, thank you my Pastor ENOCH ❤️ That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today!
Wow this is deep, His assignment was to be born to die for our sins. Wow, this is such a deep revelation sir. God is so strategic with everything He does! What a blessing for Jesus to die for me to live! What kind of love is this? I will continue to walk with the knowledge that I have been forgiven, loved & saved & paid for by the blood of Jesus Christ. I walk in life’s abundance ❤️
POWERFUL 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today!
Thank you Jesus for you lived to die for my parents, me and my children and childrens children. I am blessed and honoured 🙏🏼❤️
What a powerful name it is? The name of Jesus! That His one assignment and mission here on earth was to be born only so that we may enjoy life abundantly and create a direct personal access to God.
Thank you Pastor for again unpacking the word so that we can see a new revelation to unfold how devoted and intentional God was and is for our lives through Christ. This will be my daily reminder for working towards fulfilling my purpose in life as God intended. May the Lord equip me as continue in this journey of life in abundance through His continue growth in my life.
God bless you with greater wisdom Sir and thank you so much Sir
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today.
Thank you Jesus for your unconditional love !
Wow…..i am lost for words. Let us give praise to our saviour Jesus and truly understand what God done for each of us. A sacrifice beyond words
Thank you Pastor
Confession:
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today!
WOOOW PASTOR ENOCH ALAMU!
WHAT A REVELATION!
ALL MY LIFE I DID NOT REALISE WHAT THAT SIGN WAS UNTIL NOW.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY A TRUE MAN OF GOD.
I must speak the truth and shame the devil. In The Mighty Name of Jesus Christ Amen 🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾🔥🙏🏾🔥🙏🏾🔥
TRULY BEEN TAUGHT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Thank you sir for sharing with us and opening the mind of our spirit man God bless you pastor.
Once you realize that Jesus was the only child in all of humanity born to die, you will realize how much God loves you. You will realize that He gave up His Son for that one purpose, and that His Son willingly came for that one purpose — to die for your sins and mine. He lived to die, so that we might live and enjoy life abundantly today.Thank you God for sacrificing your only beloved son Jesus for my sake.Thank you so much Pastor
Powerful devotion!
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today and forever. Amen.
Thank you Pastor.
Amen!
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today! 🙌🏾
Thank you Pastor
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today!
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today!
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today! Thank you Daddy.🙏🙏🤩🌠🌠
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today. Thank you so much Jesus.
God bless you pastor for this great devotional.
Amen and Amen.
Awww powerful powerful revelation
God gave up His Son for that one purpose, and that His Son willingly came for that one purpose — to die for my sins and your sins .
Jesus was born to die and He lived to die, so that I might live and enjoy life abundantly today! Glory to God hallelujah 🙌
God bless and strengthen sir 🙏