Devotion for Sunday, September 28, 2025

“They went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and began to teach.  They were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (Mark 1:21-22).

Bold teachers may go out on the limb and tell you what they think, but Jesus told them as it is.  God in the flesh did not need to speculate, for He knew.  Anyone who could hear such teaching would be amazed.  The difference is between one who has learned and come to conclusions and One who knows and reveals the truth.  Listen to Jesus, for in Him you have the truth revealed.

Almighty God, I do know the difference between someone who knows what they are talking about and someone who is repeating what another has told them.  Help me to be discerning and understand things which are true.  You have revealed the truth in order to set me free from the bondage of this ignorant generation.  Guide me into all truth in order that I may be truly set free.

Lord Jesus, some treat You as a great teacher – and You are – but that is all they think of You.  You are a teacher, mentor, Savior, leader, and the One who can lead me into all truth.  Through Your Holy Spirit, guide me always in the way of truth. Help me to understand that only in You is there hope and a future.  Grant that I would sit at Your feet and learn from You, the Author and Finisher of my faith.  Amen.