LOOK AND LIVE

LOOK AND LIVE
Saturday, 1st June 2024
Pastor Victor

John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

While Israel journeyed through the desert, they came to a place where they complained and murmured against Moses and God. As a result, God sent fiery serpents and they began biting them. Many died in the process. Upon this they cried unto the Lord and God asked Moses to erect a bronze serpent; that whoever is bitten by a serpent when he looked, will be healed. It did not matter the serpent bite; if only the victim will look up to the bronze serpent he will be healed. If the individual looked at the bite instead of the lifted bronze serpent, he will die. The key was in looking at the lifted bronze serpent. And the word look in the Hebrew means to look with an absorbing gaze; it connotes looking with admiration; it is not a normal look.

While we walk this earth in this life we are on a journey. There may be serpent bites along the way. The serpent bite here speaks of trials and challenges of life. In the New Testament, Jesus has now become that bronze serpent when he hanged on the cross. Today, it does not really matter the bites we may encounter in the journey of life. The truth is that if we will believe and act on what the cross has accomplished for us, every satanic poison of sickness, poverty, setbacks, and the oppressions of life will be swallowed up by the life of Jesus.

The bronze serpent which speaks of the cross is the greatest symbol of all time. God has given all men one direction they should look; and it is Jesus on the cross. Today, anyone who cares to look at Jesus will be healed of every infirmity. Jesus is your life; He has become your ransom for trouble. Look unto Him now and live.

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