EUPHORIA Devotional (The spirit of joy, an ecstasy that comes from God) November 8, 2025 WE PREACH THE CORE REV. AROME E. TOKULA *John 11:49, 50 49 And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all 50 nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that ONE MAN SHOULD DIE FOR THE PEOPLE, and not that the whole nation should perish. What is at the core of the gospel that made Apostle Paul say in Romans 1:16 (TPT), “ REFUSE to be ashamed of SHARING the wonderful message of GOD'S LIBERATING POWER unleashed in us through Christ! For I am thrilled to preach that everyone who believes is saved—the Jew first, and then people everywhere!” The liberating power of the message of the gospel is the divine exchange where God became man's worst so that man can receive, live and become God’s best through believing. The cross of Jesus was a place of divine exchange! The cross at the time was a regular Roman tool of execution and there were many of such crosses in the land with different criminals hanging on it for different reasons but the cross of Jesus was different! It was different because God Himself hung on that cross and by so doing He was the place of sinful man. God in Jesus paid for man’s sin! 1 Corinthians 15:1, 3 (TPT) says, 1 “ Dear friends, let me give you clearly THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL that I’ve preached to you—the good news that you have heartily received and on which you stand... 3 For I have shared with you what I have received and what is of UTMOST IMPORTANCE: The Messiah DIED FOR OUR SINS, fulfilling the PROPHECIES OF THE SCRIPTURES.” It was prophesied in Isaiah 53 that the innocent will take the place of the guilty and in our text when Jesus stood trial for no offence they found Him guilty of, the prophecy was fulfilled when the high priest at the time – Caiaphas, declared that, “… ONE MAN SHOULD DIE FOR THE PEOPLE, and not that the WHOLE NATION SHOULD PERISH.” Though He declared it without knowing, God established the Words that he spoke. This same message of divine exchange is what we have been asked as a church to go and declare to a perishing world and when we declare it, God through the Holy Spirit establishes it as salvation in their lives when they believe! This is the beautiful message of the gospel that we have been called to fill our world with and this is why we preach! Through the power of God’s Spirit, we are revealing the core of the gospel which is, Jesus died for our sin so we can live through His righteousness imputed to us! DECLARE I am not ashamed of the gospel because it frees and liberates men and women to become everything that God designed for them to be. I am committed to preaching this gospel and filling my world with these truths because I am a partner with God in spreading the message of the gospel. Thank You Father for the great exchange. PONDER The liberating power of the message of the gospel is the divine exchange where God became man's worst so that man can receive, live and become God’s best through believing. #IOFWithPastorArome #MorningDevotion #Euphoria #Devotional #November #TheCaravansAreHere #2025_TheChristOurLord