WELS: Today's Devotion - Hear the Voice of Jesus – November 13, 2016

View this email in your browser Hear the Voice of Jesus – November 13, 2016 "I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live." John 5:25 Hear the Voice of Jesus Daily Devotion – November 13, 2016 Devotion based on John 5:25 See series: Devotions We all know what dead is. Dead is as bad as it gets. Dead is powerless. Dead is permanent. When someone or something has died, there is no coming back from that. Chances of recovery are now gone. The best veterinarian in the world cannot do anything with the carcass of a dog that has been tragically hit by a semi. The best doctors cannot dig up a grave and revive its occupant. Since death is so severe, so permanent, it is terrifying. But then there is Jesus. The almighty Son of God has power even over death. He showed that power a number of times during his earthly ministry by restoring life to someone who had died. He proved it beyond any doubt by rising from the grave himself. Jesus' power over death is for you. He said, "I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live." Jesus has the power to give you life right now. In fact, his power is so great that it comes simply through his voice. The voice of Jesus is heard in his Word. It is in his Word that you hear the life-giving fact that your sins have been removed forever–washed away by the blood of God's own Son. We need to hear that life-giving voice because nothing kills quite like guilt does. Our mistakes haunt us because we know that we can never go back and undo what we have done. Try as we might, we are powerless to remove those black marks from our record, powerless to make ourselves right with God. Jesus is not powerless. He paid the price to remove your sin and guilt, and now, through his Word, gives you the life-giving message that because of what he has done, you are right with God. Listen to his voice and live. Prayer: Jesus, my Savior, you alone have the power to give me life. Open my ears so that I may hear your voice in your Word. Touch my heart that I may trust it and live. Amen. This devotion was selected from the Daily Devotion archive. Daily Devotions are brought to you by WELS and www.WhatAboutJesus.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Print PDF Share Tweet Devotions | Subscription Help   Copyright © 2016 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or subscribed to one of our newsletters. Unsubscribe  - CHANGE EMAIL SETTINGS Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod N16W23377 Stone Ridge Drive Waukesha, WI 53188 Add us to your address book Note: Recipients of this forwarded e-mail will be able to access your subscription preferences.