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Sunday, September 27, 2020

 



ABIDING IN CHRIST: THE RESULTS




In the first and previous part of this series, I explained the concept, the fundamentals and simply what abiding in Christ entails. I briefly explained the need for Christians to trust in Him and how to abide in Christ.


    Today, we'll be looking at the results of abiding in Christ. By that I mean, the benefits of abiding in Christ.

I presume you didn't know there are benefits of abiding in Christ, but there are!

Wonderful, wonderful benefits.

If you know God, you know He doesn't tell us to do something without it  being beneficial to us, either by edifying our spiritual man or strengthening our walk with Him(physical and spiritual benefits altogether).


      However, Jesus doesn't tell us to remain in Him just because it's pleasing to Him but also helps to edify our spirit man and encourages our journey with and in Him.

How?

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Let's get into it:



BENEFIT ONE: SPIRITUAL FAITHFULNESS



John 15:5

[5]I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.


What exactly is spiritual faithfulness?


I can't answer this without defining faithfulness.  According to Wikipedia, Faithfulness is the concept of unfailingly remaining loyal to someone or something, and putting that loyalty into consistent practice regardless of extenuating circumstances. Spiritual faithfulness(in a biblical context) can be said to imply being unfailingly committed, loyal, and obedient to God. 


When a Christian is spiritually faithful, God's will is always his/her desire for his/her life. As God's will for a Christian's life is always the best and if that Christian submits fully into God's hands and doing, together, they will bear fruit (v.5). It may be fruit of security, good works, saved souls, or whatever the Lord says it is.


     Without God one can do nothing

      With God, we can do all things


Always abiding in Christ not only offers you a possibility of being the closest to God's heart but also the reality of both God and you being like two spiritually  connected minds to make His will possible for your life, resulting in greater exploits for His kingdom and of course your inevitable salvation.




BENEFIT TWO: ANSWERED PRAYERS




John 15:7

[7]If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.


 

I can't possibly talk about the results of abiding in Christ and not mention the most sought after desire of not just Christians but savior-seeking unbelievers.......answered prayers.


   Everyone on this earth undoubtedly would want a chance to get to ask God for a wish or just for all of one's general prayers to be answered but unfortunately, not all of these are possible, well for those who don't believe in God. As there are some reasons for unanswered prayers, there are also reasons for frequently answered prayers, the secret of those people who were/are so close to God and one of these is abiding in CHRIST.


If you fully have faith in Christ, no matter the circumstance you find yourself in or the season you may be passing through, God will not turn His back on you. His ears are fully open and He hears all put prayers, mostly of those who remain and trust in Him at their lowest points. If you ask and have complete trust in God to answer you, He will.

       Remember, don't just be asking Him when you feel helpless or during terrible times........ even when the times seem to be unbearable or unreal and even abnormally difficult, still abide.

 Pray to Him and He will answer you. If you are constantly faithful to Him, He says whatever you ask Him(according to His will), He will grant it into you.




BENEFIT THREE: PEACE IN THE STORM





John 16:33

[33]These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 


It is in only God man can experience true peace. In Him, there is peace. All these things that happen in the world and the extent to which this earth gets more sinful and harder for saints to Stan in Christ, God still offers us a place where we can be calm and acknowledge His existence. The dwelling place for all who trust in Him, the only source of overflowing, neverending pure peace........in Christ.

      


   Why do you think anytime you do yoga, meditation classes, take sedatives or calming drugs and any relief-giving activity/substance, you end up feeling empty afterwards? 

At the moment, there is a false illusion of peace and relief the devil concocts in your mins, making you think...... oh! all is ok now.......but shortly after, it's all gone! 


Why? 

Because nothing and no one in this world gives peace freely else from our Lord. A peace which is irrevocable and calming. That peace is only found in, with, through and in God, the Most High. 


     Those who have the Holy Spirit are always seeming to be peaceful and stress-free. This is because they know and have Christ in their lives.

   When you trust God unconditionally and abide in His every word, instructions and His love, that peace comes almost effortlessly and you'll gradually start acknowledging the presence of God in your life.



Let no man decieve you that you can recieve peace from partaking in occultic, fetish and “universal" rituals and sessions....those are all devilish and the devil is not a spirit of peace but of death, pride and fear. Only the Lord God is the one who gives peace freely. His love is unconditional and those who trust in him are glad in His love daily, dwelling in His peace.





BENEFIT FOUR: NEW LIFE




2 Corinthians 5:17

[17]Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.



When one becomes born-again, he automatically and literally becomes “born-again". 

Ok, what do I mean?


When you denounce the devil, the world and all things related to it, you're stripped from your flesh (the dominating part of your being), then you confess your sins and ask God to wash you clean of your sins and forgive you(you are then stripped of tainted garment your spirit man had on), the asking God to come into your life, for the Holy Spirit's anointing and accepting Christ as your Lord and Savior (you are then reclothed by a pure white garment signifying your redemptive truth/state).


This entire process I like to refer to as the redemption/born-again process.

This is actually what happens when you become born-again, indicating that you're actually a new man now. A new man with a new life.


Your old ways have been washed awyd by Jesus' blood, forgotten and forgiven by God's mercy and your new life and journey with God has begun. Now that you're in Christ, you have a new way of living your life and new aspect of God and this world. All these goes to show you how being in Christ results to having a new and refined life. A life which is only desires to serve and please God.


If you are just recently accepted Christ as your Lord, and don't know what's next, this post will be helpful.


BENEFIT FIVE: ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS




Philippians 3:9

[9]And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:



.....Which is through the faith of Christ......

Abiding in Christ. No one is righteous before God except Christ. He is our role model and our savior. It's because of His victory in conquering sin and self that He us now the only one deserving to be our mediator, our advocate. By faith in Him, we are justified and experience righteousness in God. By faith......in Christ alone.

   Not by the rules and regulations of your school or the laws in the constitution but by faith alone, we see true righteousness of God and can also be of that righteousness through and in Christ. God is the one who will view our ‘righteousness' by faith in Christ. 


Our petty good works doesn't play a huge role in making God deem us as “holy than thou" but it is only by faith in Christ that we can see the righteousness of God. He also comes to knowledge of your reverence to Him.


Nonetheless, we should always work hard to keep our garments clean and spotless before the Lamb. Endeavouring to be holy already makes us to be deemed as faithful servants to God.




The bottom line: When one is faithful and ever-trusting in Christ, benefits follow and these are all things to help to edify you for your journey with Him. Things may be hard and rough,but still abide in Christ because He sees, hears and knows all that we go through and ask of Him. If you are a true, servant of Christ constantly thanks God for everything, trusts in Him and never questions Him, you will spiritually grow more faithful, your prayers will be answered, you will always have peace in your heart, you will be reborn everyday in Christ and the Lord will gift you with the robe of righteousness. I sincerely hope and pray the Lord lays the Spirit of faithfulness and obedience in your heart in Jesus name. AMEN.


Thursday, September 24, 2020

 


We know sin is one of the enemies of Christians but we don't actually know where sin comes from. Well, these three sources of sin will shock you!


THE 3 MAJOR SOURCES OF SIN


 




The number one enemy of a saint--------SIN

Sin, sin, sin-----------also one of the word God hates.

Throughout the span of time and modernization of generations, sin has taken new forms and wats to creep into the believers' life, without even a hint of warning. We all know the origin of sin as being from the garden of Eden, and we know the entire story of the fall of mankind, and why all humans now are born with a sinful nature and desire. Even through the Bible, it's like new sins take forms and are given names based on how it manifests in a person's life: lies, stealing, pride, hatred, backbiting and so much more.

Sin is said to be sin because of its unnatural nature and abnormality which has negative effects on man spiritually and physically. I won't go too deep in that topic, buy if you'd like to a post on an exclusive in-depth study of sin, comment below.


As we are nearing the second coming of Christ, the devil is also getting anxious because he knows his time is running out, and so he is looking for any way to trap the saints of God. That's why he polishes and disguises sin in so many ways, that it may even seen innocent when it's actually not. 

Today, we'll be looking at 3 major sources of sin, that has been evident even since the beginning of time till now, and our main text will be the book of 1 Corinthians 3:3.

Got your bibles out?

Alright then......You will not imagine this is where sin comes from....




SOURCE ONE: THOUGHTS 






1 Corinthians 3:3
[3]For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Mark 7:21
[21]For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 



Our thoughts are our mental, spiritual and emotional warehouse and movie theatre. 


All the baggage we reflect outwardly or percept and store in our brains is recreated in and as our thoughts. Evil thoughts can include imaginations, evil surmising, devising, lustful thoughts, desires, luscious thoughts and any mind activity not brought to the obedience of Christ. So you can see this is a medium through which the enemy can enter and use to pull you away from God and His mercy.






But you're wondering, how can I possibly control my thoughts? No Man can.

 Yes, that is correct but the Lord has taught us how to make our thoughts undesirable and untouchable for the enemy. How? By filling up your thoughts with Christ and God the Father, hymns and songs of worship and bible verses.

    When your mind is constantly on the world, the enemy rules your thoughts life, but when your mind is always on God then the enemy will have no room there.

Remember, other sinful activities results from just an evil thoughts, so keep your mind off the world and put it on God.
 
 




 SOURCE TWO: WORDS






1 Corinthians 3:3
[3]For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Proverbs 15:1
[1]A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.


The words that come out of your mouth are so impactful in the spiritual realm, brethren. This is why God tells us to bridle our mouths and refrain our tongues from speaking evil (1 Pet 3:10).


 What we speak out loud should not just be humorous in nature, a mere joke, you don't know which demon is around you that can hold your words against you in heaven to God. Our words sprout out sin if not controlled. 
          Initially we can speak sinful and tainted words either because of our emotions or situation, but if you don't quickly ask God for forgiveness not only with the devil use those words against you in heaven but it will also attract more evil spirits that weren't there before to have access into your life. Just because of your words! 

    Isn't that where lies come from? Blasphemy complaints and cuss? they are all demon-oriented and influenced spirits that find a way into one's life and when it sees we're vulnerable, it attacks! The results? You know what sin does to man. 




Psalm 19:14 should be our go to prayer when we feel something urging us to put those doubtful thoughts into words. Repeat it every day and night out loud in your heart until your mouth is only full of honey.






SOURCE THREE: DEEDS







1 Corinthians 3:3
[3]For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?


   Your deeds are your actions. What you do has reasons and outcomes. If the reason of an action you do is bad then do you expect the outcome to be good?



 This is one of the most obvious ways Satan infiltrate our lives with sin but it is also the most looked over. The addition of evil thoughts+ evil words or just the results of each of them respectively is possibly evil deeds. This is how the devil operates. He can influence a believer of Christ even when he's doing good that it may actually result in evil. 


I know you're getting confused so please calm down and let me explain.

The reason why I said this is mostly looked over by majority of Christians, as a source of sin, is because everyone knows;

 good deeds=good results/benefits while
 bad deeds=bad results/consequences

...... but that's not actually the case most of the time. If you have that mindset, you are an easy prey for the devil to use and do evil.(see what I did there?)


Let me give an example: There was a day I was done buying all my food stuffs in the local market and I was walking home. I normally give beggars money, out of a good heart, but as I saw a particular male beggar( he did look like a ‘sincere' beggar) something in me held me back from giving him money. I was trying  to fight it off thinking it was the devil, but it was actually the Holy Spirit. As I was about to bring out little change from my purse, it came again and then I just walked past the beggar.
     I didn't feel guilty about that incident but the Lord never still told me why he instructed me not to give him. He did explain to me about this point I'm elaborating on but He never revealed to me the significance of that incident. My speculations were all over the place; I thought he was a fraud or ritualist or just evil but the Lord never confirmed any of this.



I digress, but the truth of the whole matter is the devil is so wicked that he can use even a good deed from the sincerest motive as a weapon for evil and against you.








The bottom line:  


Thank you for making it to this section. I hope you learnt about the three major ways through which sin can sneak into one's life. Our thoughts are meant to be kept free from evil at all times unless the devil will play with it. What comes out of our mouths are meant to be only pleasant and glorifying to God. Do not let emotions or whatever the case may be push you to pronounce judgement upon yourself. Lastly, your works are all meant to be inspired by the Holy Spirit alone and not conscience. A conscience deed can be turned into a terrible seed. Control your actions and be not quick to do.... do.... do.... think, ask God, then do. I pray the spirit of the Lord sees you through every day. Shalom and stay safe.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020





ABIDING IN CHRIST: A GLIMPSE 





Hello brethren!



PREAMBLE

Hope y'all are coping with this lockdown and still finding comfort in the presence of the Holy Spirit.

It's not a surprise if most Christians lose faith during this turbulent times or are shook in their trust in God the Father. With the severity of this lockdown order issued months back, and it's gradual relief now, at least in Nigeria, there hasn't only been economic, political and social standstills, but also a spiritual one- for believers. The fellowship of the saints(going to church) which God tells us not to forsake in His word is one of the cordial aspects of a Christian's life affected gravely upon the outbreak it this pandemic.


Most Christians have lost faith, hope, have given up on Jesus, underestimated God's power and strength, wondered if God is still working or just sitting there, doing nothing. It's not the fault of humans to respond to this situation with immediate doubs and insecurities of God's say in all this, as it's human nature. We judge by what we see and not we can't see(what truly is). God says if you truly are of Him, you should think like Him; believing in what is not there rather than what is there.


 It may look like God's just relaxing on His throne doing nothing but to speculate at His children who are worrying in anguish, but even if you believe or want to believe it, HE IS WORKING.

God works in mysterious ways.

It may seem as though He doesn't care about His children who are crying unto Him each day and night non-stop, but dear brethren, Our Father cares about every single droplet of tear and every single word we pray unto His ears.

God has already given us a solution---- rather a hope to stay faithful to Him during this terrible times. God has made it known to us, in His word, how to get through this kind of situation still obeying steadfastly and trusting completely in Him. He has shown us a soothing remedy to still hold on to our established faith in Him, keeping His will as our priority and blotting out any hint of doubt that wants to creep in.

And what's that remedy?


ABIDE

Abide in Him

Abide in Christ

Trusting solely in Him, casting all your cares aside and focus on the faith you have in Him, obeying Him without complaining, praising and worshipping Him giving thanks for all the wonderful things He has done, He is doing(even though it may seem otherwise) and He will do.


Why does God tell us to abide in Him?


Because He is the only one we can lean on now. Not your family, not your friends, not your neighbor, not your governor, not your president, not the health organizations and medical practitioners........ it's only HIM you can trust now.

He is the only one that can see you through all this.

He is the only one that can still keep you same when everything around seems insane.

He is the only one that helps you grow stronger in your faith in Him and rely on Him as your strength and support.

He is the one that knows what's best for you.

He is the only one you can count on now.

Why not trust Him with your life?

He loves you unconditionally to let you slip through His careful hands to the devil's clutches


How can we abide in Christ?


  1. Think like Him, Walk like Him



1 John 2:6
[6]He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

It says those that abide in Christ are meant to walk like Christ. This, meaning, Think like Christ,Walk like Christ.

I ask myself everyday (ever since this lockdown started that is)is this how Christ would react to this situation? Is this what He would do?

If you want to abide in Christ, you have to think like He does and do what He would do in particular situations. If you want to trust someone, wouldn't you know how the person behaves and how the person thinks and try to see if you think the same way?

It's the same thing with trusting God!

If you say you trust God, you would start acting more like Jesus would in any given situation. If you do that, you would have less problems worrying about unnecessary things, confiding in yourself and being self-conceited.

You want to abide in Christ and trust His every move; try thinking more like Him and be in consonance with His will. It won't be hard for your u to become His most faithful servant.


2. Study His word and obey it







2 John 1:9
[9]Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

God's word is truth.

God is the word.

He is truth.

Abide in Him, Abide in His word.

How can you trust in God, when you don't trust His word? The word is the basis of doctrines preached in christianity. We as Christians can't imagine what christianity would be like without the Bible! Not as much as now, being a Christian, we need the truth in out lives to sustain our faith.

2 Jn v.9 admonishes Christians on being faithful to the word of God to signify their relationship with Him. Simply, if you say you trust in God and don't do His will or live according to His word, you aren't His son, but if you do, you are truly His son.

You can't go around sinning and doing exactly what God has said is detestable in His sight yet call yourself His own. You'll just be deceiving yourself.


3. Continuous prayer






John 15:7
[7]If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 

Prayer is the master key!

If you want to abide in Christ, continuously pray to God. It is obvious that is one abides in Christ and His words, anything He asks shall be answered.
To will always trust God in every situation, you need prayers.

You need to constantly remind God that you're there, waiting for Him to manifest His will at any second. 

You need to always fellowship with the Holy Spirit, even if you feel He's not there (Trust me, He is).

You need to plus out all your thoughts, actions and desires to Him so He can break you even more for His use.

You need to consult Him at the nose dreadful times, with the simplest faith you might have.

God says if you abide in Him and His words, He will surely answer your prayers.


The bottom line: These are testing times indeed; the time God wants to see who are truly His children and not just the “pleasant-phases only" Christian. He wants to see who will call out to Him in spirit and in truth, even though it seems He is not involved in any of this. He is searching for His own.

Are you a faithful servant of Christ?

Are you ready to abide in Christ during this period of time?

Are you HIS OWN?


Conclusion


Hey there!
I hope this post was inspiring and encouraging. God is doing things now that we can't possibly imagine; He's changing people's hearts and lives. People are realizing He's sovereign and almighty. Unbelievers are believing in His existence and power, why would you, a believer, then lose your faith at this critical point of your Christian race?

I have a short prayer for you to take home and please say this before you sleep:

O dear Lord, I am weak, I am powerless, I am but human. You remain faithful, when I am faithless. You keep your promises when I break the ones I pledge to you. God, I know these times are bad indeed. Many Christians are losing faith instead of holding unto it. They(myself included) don't see the marvelous things you're doing in secret and I'm sorry for not realizing this earlier in. God please forgive my ignorance. O dear Father, from this day one, put in my heart that fire, that faith and hope in your will and power. Give me the spirit to constantly abide and trust in you unconditionally. God please give me the spirit of hope and remaining as faithful as the day I first met you- knowing you have better plans for me in the future to come.
Thank you Father, for in Jesus name I pray.

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Thanks for stopping by.

Above all, stay strong in faith and stay blessed, beloved brethren


 


Monday, September 21, 2020








Your body, my body, your friend’s body, and even your parents's bodies are the temple of God. Knowing and believing this, we shouldn’t make our body filthy and unfit for God to reside in.

And how can we do that?

By cleansing yourself from unclean things, practices, beliefs, and behaviours.

Some Christians complain and mutter about how they’ve been asking for the baptism of the Holy Spirit,yet no answer from God, no strange sensation or “butterflies in stomach” experience. Well, my friend, do you expect a landlord of a house to stay in the polluted house he trusted his tenant to guide and maintain? No(if I’m the one, the tenant would be kicked out of the house immediately sef). This is the same way God feels.
Remember, God says He doesn’t just release His Spirit to any temple, specially an unclean one; you have to try your best to cleanse yourself from evil,then when God sees your hardwork, He sends the Holy Spirit to help and guide you henceforth. I hope I clarified that?

 Also, ‘self’ here isn’t your physical body that I can see, it’s your inner self- your spirit – that our Lord resides in.
That being said, these are the 7 things you need to start cleansing yourself from to be a worthy temple for the Holy Spirit to reside in, starting from TODAY: 





1) AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE







2 Timothy 2:4
“No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted”(ESV)


Drinking, clubbing, partying, wordly festivals and unclean gatherings, secular entertainment, pleasures of this world to name a few.

The affairs of this life, also known as the enemy’s way of enticing you to his dungeon to remain as his slave.

Don’t associate yourself with any vain thing, don’t think, dream or act on any of them. If you want to be fit to be the residing temple of God’s Spirit, you might as well start cutting off all these habits from your daily routine and start saying NO.

NO to late night clubbing
NO to midnight partying
NO to excessive drinking to “cool anxiety”
NO to unclean and occultic gatherings/meetings in the name of “cultural festivals”
NO to listening to secular music that damages and infects your soul little by little
NO to secular news and movies that penetrate your thoughts and divert then from God
NO TO THE PLEASURES OT THIS WORLD!

Purge yourself from all these vain things. START SAYING NO NOW.


Say NO to the devil
Say NO to sin 

 



Thursday, July 2, 2020





The scripture is the word of God

The word of God is God

God is truth

So we can say all in the scripture(plus the scripture itself) is TRUE......the truth.

But do you know there are important truths to take note of and to be put in your subconsciousness wherever you go?


These aren't just mere Bible takes of memory verses, but delicate truths to always remember (According to the book of Ecclesiastes 12).

Now, what are they? Let's see....



Truth One: The whole duty of man is to fear God (Eccl 12:13)


“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man".


Now, if I may ask, what do you understand by ‘whole duty'?

Some of you may be thinking crucial responsibility, major obligation, or main cause-yes..all those are correct but fusing all these words together to make a word could not specify exactly the meaning of those two words in that verse.
    
It's not just a ‘duty', King Solomon specified it as the whole duty of man; meaning it's what we should live by, it's both an obligation and responsibility. We should not fear God just by out mouths but by our actions; not partly but WHOLEY. We should live and breathe by fearing God wholely.....not a terrifying or harmful fear, but a loving and fatherly fear.




SIDE NOTE

King Solomon also stated that the following words were the conclusion of the whole matter; the whole matter referring to the whole book of Ecclesiastes, indicating that the two last verses were the conclusion of the matter (remember: chapter 12 is the last chapter or the book of Ecclesiastes)makes it clearer that the words mentioned would be the most important truths in the entire Bible.

Also, Proverbs is the book of wisdom, advice, counselling, whatever you want to call it...so, it won't surprised us if there are hidden and important messages in it.










Truth Two: To keep His commandments


“.....and keep His commandments for this is the whole duty of man"(v.13)



Again, with the “whole duty" emphasis.


Keeping His commandments is as important as fearing God. 

You have to both fear God and keep His commandments. You can't do one and leave the other out; it would be an imperfect/incomplete way of serving God(remember, if you love Him, keep His commandments..Jn 14:15).

   Actually, if you look at this verse and understand it from a view, you would rather say fearing God and keeping His commandments is then considered the whole duty of men. Whole!

So, you might as well scratch what I elaborated earlier on😄

It's fearing God and obeying all His commandments that is considered whole, but you have to still fear God wholely.

What am I trying to say? The whole/perfect duty, obligation or responsibility of every human being in this world has to God is basically;

Fearing Him and Keeping His Commandments

Well, it's not that basic (it's really in-depth) but according to the topic under consideration, this is one of the most important truths in the Bible, that most be kept and observed by all men(believer/unbeliever).







Truth Three: To Prepare For Eternity, in view of the fact that every work of man will be brought into judgement, even every secret thing, whether it be good or bad(v. 14, Mt 16:27, 2 Cor 5:9-10, Rev 20:11-15)



“For God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good, whether it be evil"(v.14)



I think I can say this is the most important of all because it's even mentioned in the book of Revelations and other books in the scriptures.

This is not an obligation or a responsibility per say, but just a reminder of what is to be and will be. The Lord has been warning us throughout the scriptures to repent and come to Him, but also to put in remembrance the fact that every single feed you do, either good or bad, hidden or exposed, shall and will be judged.

HE HAS SAID IT AND IT WILL BE. No arguments whatsoever can change this from happening.

That's why He urges everyone under the sun to live a holy and righteous life; a life without sin, a life that is blameless before His sight, a life that the devil cannot accuse you shadily of or find fault in, a life of fearing and obeying God's Commandments, a life of total guidance and instructioning by the Holy Spirit, a life that will guarantee you a straight ticket to heaven even if you die this moment or rapture happens all of a sudden. This is the kind of life God wants each of His children to strive to live. it may be hard but it's worth it in the end.

Always keep in mind that one day all wicked and good will stand before the throne of God and will be judged, according to their works, or rather their works will be judged, either good or bad, even the secret ones. This is the most important truth of all in the Bible.

So, tell me, how do you want to be judged that day? As one with more/all good works than bad ones or one with more/all bad works than good ones?  

Make your choice now!

The bottom line: The word of God is truth and there are hidden truths kept in the entire Scripture for those willing to seek God to uncover them. The three most important truths are the ones that stand out in the book of Ecclesiastes in the last chapter,12 and the last verses 13&14, where Solomon introduces them as the conclusion (summary) of the matter(the entire book of Proverbs). These are fearing God and obeying His commandments wholely and Keeping in mind that one day, our creator will judge all our works and deeds on earth. 

Live a life that is worth going to heaven and continue doing good......a time is coming when you'll receive your reward. 

Keep these three things in mind as they are the most important truths in the word of God.
 

Sunday, May 10, 2020


You've been hearing this on your radio, seeing it on TV and evangelists preached this to you, but do you know it's not soon anymore... IT'S HERE.


If you don't believe Jesus is coming soon, read this



If you're a Christian, you would've heard of the second coming of Christ, but I purposely made this simply-formtted Q&A kind of post for unbelievers to be aware of the topic and to remind the body of Christ of this prophecy which is to be fulfilled soon.

I pray as you read this, the Holy Spirit softens your heart to see the truth of what is said in God's word to be in the world to come and have a change of heart to serve God. AMEN.

Now, without further ado, let's get into it:







QUESTION 1:What and when exactly is the second coming of Christ?


The second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is at the end of the world system; when the reign of the Anti-christ will come to an end.










QUESTION 2:Who is Christ coming with?


Christ is coming with the Holy Saints and with the Holy Angels to rule in the earth for one thousand years. Those that are worthy of Him, will rule with Him in Jerusalem.





QUESTION 3:Why is Christ coming again?

The purpose of His coming is to remove evil from the earth that has been polluted by the evil one and his evil spirits.
 
     Initially, God had given the earth to man(Adam) to rule the earth, but the sin of disobedience Adam and Eve committed gave Satan the opportunity to steal the rulership of the earth from man. This happened in the garden of Eden.

Since then the world has faced a lot of pain, evil interventions to name a few.


That's why God has prepared a plan to restore the earth to the original way He wanted to be. God's initial plan for the earth is for people to live in peace and harmony; a world without evil. But when God's original plan was planned by Adam, God then sent His son(in the person of Jesus to come the first time as our Redeemer, so as to save those who will come to Him, through the Gospel).


    In John 3:16-20, Jesus says...

    “That God is loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, whosever believeth in Him should not perish, but have  everlasting life, but He that does not behave in Him is already condemned”.

It was because man had failed God, that's why God sent His son to come the first time and the Redeemer of man, but the second time which is what we're discussing about, He is coming to rule the world in righteousness and equity (Ps 2).






QUESTION 4:What exactly is Christ coming to do?


Christ's coming is to judge the world of the evil been committed in it.


In the book of Rev 22:11-12, it says that Christ is coming to reward every man according to what he/she has done.






The bottom line: Remember that one day is coming when you will give account of whatever you did in your life.
    So, try now to live a godly life, so that you can be with those that are with Christ, when He comes to take over the rulership of the world.

Not sure whether you're saved or not? Here's what you have to do





Conclusion


Thanks for reading this post. This was a different kind of post, in the sense that it's a Q$A post(inspired by my daughter 🙂). If you liked the format, please comment and let me know if you want me to do more posts like this.

  I hope you gained something from it and are now aware of the urgency of Jesus coming.
I urge you to endeavor to live a life pleasing to God and abide in Christ everyday of your life, walking in the Spirit. Make sure you work hard to get a prefected spirit  than working to get a perfected body. Live a life, here on Earth, that will make your soul worthy to step foot into the kingdom of heaven and then the New Jerusalem. That should be part of your prayer points everyday.


God be with you through it all!

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