THURSDAY - 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO
CHRIST JESUS: A MAN OR A SAVIOUR? - Beyond The Common Series 001
II Corinthians 5:16, KJV
"Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more."
Can you answer that Spirit posed question? Christ Jesus: a man or a Saviour? Who's He to you?
Don't let it baffle you that despite the much preachings and the revelation of Christ to the world as Saviour and Lord - He who will save the people from their sins (Matthew 1:21), many still see, regard and take Him for a mere man. Their conclusion of Him is that Jesus is 'Jesus.' That is, Jesus is not different from any of us. At best, call Him a prophet. He's neither the Son of God nor the long awaited salvation and Saviour of the whole world (Rom.5:8).
But that's what today's verse is here to correct. It's Brother Paul speaking in that verse. Brother Paul Himself might have known or regarded Christ after the flesh - as a common man like any other man. Don't forget that before the Acts 9 incident where Paul had an encounter with Jesus, he persecuted Him, talked down on Him because he didn't have Jesus' revelation. He thought He was just one of the prophets or 'hot cake' drawing men after Himself.
Paul at best could have called Jesus a great teacher. Irrespective of what anyone calls Him, that doesn't hit it until there's an acknowledgement that He is God and the Saviour of mankind. Until you recognize that Jesus is the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, believing it, you're still joking irrespective of what picture of Him you painted in your mind or to people. If you like, call him master, teacher or good pastor. All those are good but have you come to recognize that He died for your own sins and that without believing in Him, you can't but partake in the second death (John 3:16).
Stop regarding Christ in the form of His human or earthly forms. He's beyond all those. He is the dead and risen Christ - your Lord and Savior. He's not a commoner seen through fleshly eyes. He's more. He's the Way to the Father - the door of the Sheepfold (John 14:6, John 10:9). Nobody can come unto the Father except they pass through Him. You cannot have salvation and hope of eternal life except you believe in Him. No other person is the authenticated way. That's why He called Himself the way, the door. These two usages presuppose that there's no other way or door even if there are those claiming there are still some. At best, those are false. That's why Jesus says, "all who ever came before me are thieves and robbers but the sheep didn't heed them" (John 10:8).
How have you been perceiving Christ? A mere man who once walked on this earth or the One who died and rose to pay for your salvation? That's His divine side. You'd better see Him so in order to be a beneficiary of that divine and supernatural side of His. Or else, you'll miss eternal life.
Ooh, how I rejoice that Christ is far more than His human appearance. He has a spiritual side that opens us to many spiritual blessings. If you're there, you can dispose yourself to His divine side just by believing He died and rose again just for you. If you do, confess after me, "Lord Jesus, I believe you died and rose again just for me. I'm sorry as I plead for your forgiveness for having lived without acknowledging this till now. Here I am, come into my heart."
PRAYER/CONFESSION: I believe in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God who died and rose again on the third day. I believe and I partake of all the blessings brought by His death and resurrection.
BIBLE IN A YEAR
Philippians 3, Proverbs 29-30
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