A prophet is entrusted with the word of the Lord…

A prophet is... someone entrusted with the word of the Lord, and must speak whatever the Lord commands them to speak.
...When I was 20 years old...🤔
When I visited Tokyo Central Church (Holiness Church)...
Pastor Akiji Kurumada welcomed me there...
Pastor Kurumada was... 96 years old at the time...🤔
I think.
...I believed in Jesus when I was 16... and thought I had been reading the Bible for nearly 80 years... but I was surprised by his answer: "I didn't just read it... I ate it."
..."I ate the word!"
During the Taisho era, at the Aso Holy Assembly in Kyushu,
while he was delivering a message to a large audience...
Suddenly... he was attacked by a thug with a knife 🔪 and suffered serious injuries...
...His wife had carefully kept the white shirt that had turned brown and black at that time...
And it seems she referred to that shirt as a medal...
...He ate the word. ...That means... to obey the Lord to the very end...😨.

And that's what I, in my youth, was deeply made to think about.

...It's important to keep nourishing God's word.

...Even after nourishing God's word...some people experience indigestion.

That's because...due to a stubborn heart and pride, God's word isn't absorbed...and doesn't become spiritual power❗️.

...In that case...repenting before receiving it will improve spiritual absorption❗️.

Shalom😃

This page archives a Morning Word message shared by Pastor Peter Sunagawa on LINE. The English prose is a translation of the Japanese source message. For Scripture wording, use the BSB link above.