Hallelujah, What a Saviour!
- Baptist Daily Devotional
- May 16
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Rev. Enoch Thompson | May 16 2025 | Acts 8:32-35
KEY VERSE: “³² He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
³³ In his humiliation, he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth." Acts 8:32-33 (NIV)
MESSAGE:
It is a normal human response to want to cry out and make an impression when we are wronged. God's plan to save His fledgling sinful creation demanded that the Lord of glory consciously and intentionally sacrifice Himself for us and for our redemption. This necessity was so strong that the God-Man Jesus chose to absorb the pain and humiliation of the process without claiming His rights or asserting His innocence.
In the text of Isaiah, which the Ethiopian eunuch was reading, a dimension of the self-humiliation of the Son of God, God in human flesh, to save human souls, is captured. The language is mild but captures a profound truth;
"³² He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
³³ In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth."
Christ left His glorious throne above to come to a dark, sin-stained world. He chose to submit to the will of the Father rather than free Himself from those who arrested Him and maltreated Him. In his distress, He did not defend Himself. In the crucifixion, He did not call down legions of angels to free Him. He took the blows we should have taken.
FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:
The Lord Jesus kept to the humiliation and pain and bore the cross to free us from our eternal Hell. Will you keep to the righteous life and tough ministry, in spite of pain, to honour Him and glorify Him?
PRAYER:
Man of sorrows, help me bear the pains imposed by my following you. Grant me grace to stay strong, humble and quiet when my faith is tried. Hallelujah, what a Saviour! For your dear Name’s sake, Amen.
THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.
SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!
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DAILY word study: HUMILIATION
The word humiliation in Acts 8:33 is translated from the Greek ταπεινώσεως (tapeinōseōs), which means lowness, humility, or abasement. It reflects a state of being made low, stripped of dignity, or brought down in status.
Isaiah prophesied this about the Messiah, and Philip affirmed it about Jesus. Christ did not just experience suffering—He allowed Himself to be shamed, misjudged, and treated as worthless. This was not weakness but submission to the Father’s will.
Reflection:
Humiliation marked the path to our salvation. Jesus did not protest. He did not shift blame. He bore it all and stayed silent. His silence shouted redemption. See Philippians 2:5–8 for Paul’s powerful echo of this truth.
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