Daily Devotional Today 20 July 2024 David Jeremiah Turning Point | Look-Alikes: The Sacrifice of Barnabas

Welcome to daily devotional on Reflector TV, are reading Turning Point for today Saturday 20 July 2024 written by Dr David Jeremiah. This daily devotional is designed to be a blessing to your life and destiny as you read, please, apply what you have learned today!

David Jeremiah Bible Verse for today:
And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet. – Acts 4:36-37

INSIGHT | David Jeremiah Daily Devotional Saturday 20th July 2024 | Look-Alikes: The Sacrifice of Barnabas

Recommended Reading: Ephesians 5:2

The disciple John called Jesus, “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29) Every Jew knew exactly how a lamb could atone for sin: by sacrifice (Isaiah 53:7). So calling Jesus the “Lamb of God” was another way of acknowledging His mission of sacrifice.

Disciples of Jesus are called—by Jesus Himself—to live lives of sacrifice: “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (John 15:13). But sacrifice doesn’t always involve laying down one’s life. It can easily involve laying down a part of one’s life—time, resources, possessions. Barnabas, a leader in the Early Church, did that when he sold some of his land and gave the money to meet the needs of fellow believers in Jerusalem. He didn’t have to sacrifice his property (assets) for others but did so willingly, following the example of Christ.

Look for ways today to be a “living sacrifice” for the sake of another (Romans 12:1).

The only life that counts is the life that costs. – Frederick P. Wood

Read-Thru-the-Bible: Isaiah 20 – 28

[box type=”shadow” align=”alignright” class=”” width=””]ABOUT DR DAVID JEREMIAH?

Founder and host of Turning Point for God and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, David Paul Jeremiah, was born February 13, 1941, in Toledo, Ohio. He is one of four children born to James and Ruby Jeremiah. During his childhood, his family moved to Dayton, Ohio, where his father, James T. Jeremiah, served as Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church. In 1953, the Jeremiah family moved to Cedarville, Ohio, when his father became the President of Cedarville College—which is now Cedarville University.

Growing up in a pastor’s home, David was immersed in ministry from an early age. During his senior year at Cedarville College, he felt God’s calling to enter full-time ministry. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963, and that same year he married his college sweetheart, Donna Thompson. After graduation, they moved to Dallas, Texas, where David attended Dallas Theological Seminary. He received his Master’s degree in Theology in 1967. Completing additional graduate work at Grace Seminary, he was granted the Doctor of Divinity degree from Cedarville College in 1981.[/box]

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