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SEPARATION 2

Text : 2Co 6:17  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, If you are a child of God, you have been called to be Separated from the world. Without separation, you are not safe yourself and you cannot be a vessel in saving others. The men who have won souls and influenced other lives for  God have been the men who have walked with God above the masses.  The only way to win others is to be different ourselves and thus attract them by something they lack. Now, separation has always been God's standard. Abraham had to leave his country,  and his father's home,  and in complete separation, he set out to a place he knew not. Gen. 12. Yet,  separation for any and every child of God is an on-going process. Though Abraham had separated from his country and people,  later on in his journey, he still had to separate from Lot.  Had Abraham gone to live with Lot in Sodom, hi...

SEPARATION

Text : 2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, It is doubtful if there ever was a time when the note of separation needed to be sounded more than today. The world has become so churchy and the Church so worldly that it is hard to distinguish the one from the other. The line of demarcation has been so completely broken down that one could easily conclude that the word "Ichabod- the Glory  has departed" has been said concerning some churches.  But worldliness in the professing church is only another sign of the end of age. The prophetic utterances of God's word are being literally fulfilled. It cannot be long now before He  (Jesus Christ, our King) comes back.  Many people erroneously believe that we must mingle with the world and become like it in order to win souls and influence lives for God. When a man falls into a deep well,  no one dreams of jumping down alongsi...

ADDICTED(Part 2)

Text:1 Corinthians 16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)_   The first thing that guarantees freedom from any form of addiction is WILLINGNESS. You must truly desire freedom from the very depth of your heart. Isaiah 1:18. The second thing to do is to *open up*.  Every secret works of darkness are truly shameful. But when you are willing to be free, you must despise shame and come to the light ".......  let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light" Romans  13:12. Opening up an act that have held you down for years simply exposes the devil. Even if you are in any covenant or evil agreement with anyone or occultic group, and you are now willing to be free.- just open up. Fear no consequences. Light only dispels darkness. When you open up, you are simply reproving unfruitfil works of darkness,...

ADDICTED

Text : 1 Corinthians  16:15   I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)_  This is the only verse in the whole of the(KJV) Bible where the word "addicted" is mentioned. The word "Addicted" simply means to be devoted to or obsessed with something. So we can rephrase the verse by saying:  *you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have DEVOTED themselves to the ministry of the saints.*  Whatever you are devoted to, obsessed with, or given yourself to is what you are addicted to. Such thing therefore has become your master. It has gain mastery over you. That means you are no longer in control. Addiction simply makes you a servant of something or some kind of bad and sinful acts. Romans 6:16 says "Don’t you realize that you become the slave of *whatever* *you choose to obey* ? You can be a slave t...

HEART MATTERS 2

Text : Dan 1:8.  But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Daniel had every right to be bittered in his heart.For no direct fault of his, he was among the people who were captured as slaves to Babylon. On getting to Babylon,  he was castrated because he was selected as part of the slaves who will be serving as Eunuchs  to the king of Babylon. Castration was one of the requirements of those that will serve within the palace at that time.  Note that Daniel was only a teenager when this unfortunate incidence happened. Yet without the presence or tutelage of his Parents, his Pastors or Bible study teachers, he still chose to stand for God.  Contrary to some people's school of thought that being faithful to God would be easy if given a palatable situation.  The likes of Daniel,  ...

HEART MATTERS

Text : Act 5:3 ISV  Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land? All of man's actions and inactions are all matters of the heart. The position of your heart or should I say what fills your heart determines what you do. Whoever is in the control seat of your heart is the Lord of your life. Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thank God that, though you were once slaves of sin, you became obedient from your hearts to that form of teaching with which you were entrusted! Roman's 6:16-17. What Ananias and Sapphira did appealed conveniently to common sense (selling your land,  keeping part of the proceed for yourself and giving the remaining to the church). But the word of God helps us to know that it was Satan who wor...

GIVE IT ALL

Text : John 6:9  “There’s a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?” The story of Jesus feeding five thousands men(excluding women and children) is so intriguing,  especially as *everyone received a  satisfying portion.* But more intriguing than those that received was the little boy who gave ALL HIS LUNCH PACK to Jesus.  Permit me to share some intriguing virtues of this Lad: 1. *He followed Jesus :* It was recorded that a large crowd followed Jesus(albeit for varied reasons), but this little boy was one of the people that followed Jesus not only to be fed physically but to be led by Him.  Following Jesus is not age bias. While children of His age(or even older)  may be preoccupied with other youthful exorbitants, this lad followed Jesus so closely to the point that he could be noticed among crowd.  Are you really following Jesus?  Or are you just among the multitude who seek Jesus s...