Footsteps Of Life

Footsteps Of Life

Footsteps Of Life

If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come! (1 Corinthians 16:22 NKJV)

Those who do not love Jesus Christ are the ones who have cursed themselves. Jesus stands for justice, purity and love without any trance of evil. Those who do not love Jesus love evil, and destroy their fellow humans. They have rejected life and embraced death so they are the ones that have cursed themselves.

May God give us the grace to walk in the footsteps of life and never reject life in Jesus name.

 

 

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Loosing Self Dependence

Loosing Self Dependence

Loosing Self Dependence

Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, (2 Corinthians 1:9 NKJV)

Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, (2 Corinthians 1:10 NKJV)

God is the one that takes us on the journey of loosing self trust. Self trust is our greatest enemy and a fierce enemy of God. Self trust takes God’s glory and attributes it to self. God therefore, permits events and circumstances that will make us realize that the arm of flesh always fails man.

By the time the flesh disappoints us over and over again and we gain wisdom, we then run to God with open arms and total surrender to Him, His grace and His power.

May God by His grace, lead us away from self dependence into God dependence and total surrender to Christ.

 

 

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Boasting In The Cross

Boasting In The Cross

Boasting In The Cross

But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. (Galatians 6:14 NKJV)

The death and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross and His precious blood saved us and provided the grace and power through which we defeat sin. Without the cross ( Meaning the death and sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His precious blood) we would not have grace to live in the truth and overcome sin. Without the cross ( meaning the death and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross and His precious blood), we would be subject to false doctrines that make us obey the laws of man and the flesh. The word of God is spiritual and it is only the spiritual law that matters.

When you obey the spiritual law that comes out of the mouth of the Holy Spirit you will be saved. When you obey the physical laws that man made up in false religions to appease their conscience, you will be lost.

Our glory, ability and salvation comes from the cross (meaning the death and sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His precious blood) so we should only boast in the death of Jesus and sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His precious blood that saved us and gives us the ability to defeat sin and death.

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False Apostles

False Apostles

False Apostles

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:13 NKJV)

And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works (2 Corinthians 11:14 – 11:15 NKJV)

Deceitful workers who transform themselves into apostles of Christ have always been in existence from the days of the Apostles. They are not new. You would expect that believers are aware of this and are careful whom they listen to or follow. Unfortunately, many so called believers don’t care. All they want is someone that will tickle their ears and fulfill their every desire. They are just like wives that never believe their husband is enough. Those wives go outside to look for money and pleasure from other men – terrible. They are dishonest and false wives and they hide to do their cheating and deception.

True believers never look for a substitute spiritual bridegroom. They never look for substitute doctrines, spirits and Christ’s to fulfill false desires. Their primary desire in life is pleasing Christ. They are faithful wives and virgins who do not focus on their needs and desires but on the desires of the bridegroom. They have not forgotten their first love and they live to please Him.

Because they live to please Christ, and are constantly searching the Scriptures like the Berean believers, they have a thorough understanding of Scripture and do not follow every wind of shifting doctrine calculated and introduced by Satan himself through his apostles and ministers to deceive the elect if possible.

But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Revelation 2:4

False believers are among us today but they are scammers scamming scammers, thieves catching thieves, the dead worshipping the dead and blind men leading the blind. Beware of false apostles and be loyal, sincere, faithful and dedicated to Christ your first love.

If you are seeking the Kingdom of God and His righteousness first, false apostles will not catch you like a fish but if you are seeking mammon and material things first, then you have exposed yourself and left yourself vulnerable and exposed.

May God give us the grace to always seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness first.

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Another Gospel

Another Gospel

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed (Galatians 1_8 NKJV).png

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed (Galatians 1:8 NKJV)

As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. (Galatians 1:9 NKJV)

I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ (Galatians 1:6 – 1:7 NKJV)

There is a curse on people who preach other gospels different from the one that Jesus and the Apostles preached. The gospel that Jesus and the Apostles preached is our benchmark, yardstick, standard, guide, model, pattern, point of reference and measuring rod. We must compare our doctrines and teachings with the teachings of Jesus and the apostles to ensure there are no deviations and variations. The Berean Christians did it.

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true. Acts 17:11

We have the Scriptures and a gospel that we must never overlook or contradict. Even if an angel comes from the sky or a spirit puts on clothes that look like Jesus’s clothes and claims to be Jesus then contradicts the Bible we must not accept it. We must test the spirits with the word of God. John said that any spirit that says Jesus did not come in flesh is an anti Christ Spirit. Bible contradictory and conflicting teachings are anti word of God because the word of God glorifies Jesus. False teachings glorify the flesh. They are the imaginations and works of the flesh.

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Matthew 24:24

Jesus also warned us that false Christ’s will appear. False Christ’s and false Apostles will appear because they were prophesied by the Scriptures but they are under a curse. Teachers must ensure that they follow the holy benchmark or standard. If they deviate and start preaching false doctrines, they become false apostles and invoke curses on themselves. The worst curse of it all is hell and the second death.

Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’ Matthew 7: 21-23

May God protect us all from false Christ’s, false apostles and false gospels.

 

 

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God Gives Us The Victory

God Gives Us The Victory

God Gives Us The Victory

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57 NKJV)

Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, (2 Corinthians 1:10 NKJV)

God has given us victory by redeeming us, and delivering us from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God. The same God gives us victory and will give us victory. God is not a God of past tense alone. He is God of past, present and future. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.

The same Jesus that saved us with His blood is waiting for you to call upon His mighty name. At the mention of His name every knee must bow. He is the high priest that meets our needs, and our God will supply all our needs according to His riches in glory.

Do not relegate God to the past alone. Go into the throne of grace where there is help with faith, worship and thanksgiving and the God of all grace will meet your needs, as you present your petitions to Him. He is a God that answers prayers and our prayers go up like incense before Him.

The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand. Revelation 8:4

He is a God of yesterday, today and tomorrow who gives. He is the one that gives us the victory and He will give us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Glory to God, our God reigns with glory and power.

 

 

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Imitator Of Christ

Imitator Of Christ

Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1 NKJV)

 

If Paul could be so bold as to tell us to imitate Him the way imitates Christ it means that he was a good and excellent imitator of Christ. He lived to be completely Christlike in his ways. This means that we can all be Christlike like Paul. The God who made Paul to be blameless and Christlike is able and willing to give is the grace to be Christlike if we desire it. It is all about desire. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

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Believers Who reject The Power Of God

Believers Who reject The Power Of God

Believers Who reject The Power Of God

The Power of God 3

I was in a trance, in the early hours of this morning, and the glory of God came down and manifested in form of cloud. The Lord spoke to me and said, “ it is not wise to reject God.” The Lord’s message was about believers rejecting the fullness of the Holy Spirit. He has been training me on how to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Being filled with the Holy Spirit is a Scriptural command from God, however, a lot of believers overlook and ignore this holy command.

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18

Unbelievers reject God completely and believers also reject God but in a different form. It is a subtle, unsuspecting and partial rejection of God. Whenever we refuse to be filled with the Holy Spirit, we are rejecting God. Our hearts are His temple and He eagerly wants to live there in His fullness and all of His glory.

He is constantly knocking at the door of our hearts, for us to open up our hearts, so that He can live there in His fullness, by filling our hearts with His life blood and manifest presence. He wants us to eat with us. Eating signifies fellowship and deep intimacy. He wants to eat with us and He also wants us to eat Him and drink Him. To eat Him and drink Him means to experience and taste His glory or manifest presence.

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. Revelations 3:20

May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. John 6:53

Believers think that the fullness of the Holy Spirit is not important or that chasing after faith will improvise. Faith, hope and love come from the Holy Spirit so they are fruits, products and works of the Holy Spirit. They come through levels of grace given by God and are supernatural works of His grace. They can never replace the Holy Spirit who is the giver. We are called to chase and pursue the bridegroom not the presents or gifts. The more He filled us up, the more fruits that we will manifest.

When we reject the fullness of the Holy Spirit, we reject the fullness of His fruits and products. We leave ourselves unprotected and can be subject to afflictions. He is our life, provider, healing and protection. He is the miracle giver and wonder working God. Without Him, we can do nothing. It is great wisdom for us to realize this and never be distracted by shadows and subtle deceptions. We must stop chasing the wind and chase after God. He alone is worthy.

When Jesus told the woman with the issue of blood that her faith made her whole it was her faith in God and the anointing that He was manifesting through Jesus. It was not her faith in her own faith. She never read all the thousands of books on faith that people read today. It was a simple childlike faith. She saw a Prophet of God who was highly anointed by God and said, “if I touch His garment, I will be made whole.”

Her faith was in the power that Jesus carried with Him. That power is the manifest presence of God. Faith must be in something. People want to twist that Scripture around and make it look like her faith alone saved her like some god. No, it was not her faith alone, it was her faith in the power of God not her faith in her faith. Biblical faith is faith in God and His power.

Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. Matthew 22:29 NIV

Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. Matthew 22:29 New Living Translation

Knowing the Scriptures is different from knowing the power of God. True knowledge of the Scripture leads you to know or experience the power of God. Head knowledge of Scripture is different from knowing the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Those who have head knowledge of the Scripture but do not know the power of God do not have their spiritual equations right. Their equation has not balanced and they must make it their aim to balance the ultimate spiritual equation – your knowledge of Scriptures must lead to knowledge and reality of the power of God. Anything else is subtle deception introduced by the devil to confuse us and cheat us of our birthright which is the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

It is His manifest presence that makes us whole not faith. Our faith should be in His manifest presence. The anointing breaks the yoke. It is not by power or might but by His Spirit. When you start believing that your faith makes you whole, you start developing faith in your faith and begin to depend on your faith. Your faith then turns into an idol. However, if you believe that the manifest presence of God alone makes you whole, you begin to depend on that manifest presence and your faith in Him and His power grows. It is that faith what will motivate you to constantly seek His face for the fullness of the Holy Spirit, and His daily infilling.

The right conviction leads to action that yields positive result. That result is the fullness of the Holy Spirit. If you are not seeking the fullness of the Holy Spirit aggressively, begin to review what you believe. The violent take the Kingdom of God by force and the manifest presence of God is the Kingdom of God. That kingdom of God is within us and we must be filled with His glory.

May we always seek the Lord’s face and wait upon Him daily for fresh and constant infilling of His Holy Spirit. May we always be led by Him and hear His divine counsels.

 

 

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Specks And Logs

Specks And Logs

 

Specks And Logs

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? (Matthew 7:3 ESV)

How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye (Matthew 7:4 – 7:5 ESV)

It is very easy to see specks or faults in other people yet ignore abominations and serious flaws in our own lives. Log is much bigger than speck. Typically, most humans expect perfection from others. They look at the world through the lens of black and white. If you are not as perfect as they want you to be, you become evil and unlovable but the truth is that no human can be perfect.

The sooner we start loving flawed and very flawed human beings the better for us. We are expected to love everyone like God who makes His light shine on the good and bad without discrimination. Anyone can love a very good and kind person who constantly sacrifices for them and is good to them. The challenge has always been the ability to love the unkind, evil and no so good.

Humans typically focus on all the unlovable and bad traits in others and simply refuse to love them, however, they love their own immediate families, defend them, and make excuses for them regardless of how bad they are. That is to show you that man is inherently selfish by nature. The problem is not love but selfishness. Most humans only love themselves and their own. That is why the worst dictator, murderer, and criminal loves his family but goes around harming others.

Love will always be a challenge if we do not learn to overlook other people’s flaws and begin to look inwards. We must start with “ the man in the mirror staring back at us.”

It is better for us to start removing the log in our eyes so that we will be better at love. When we remove those logs, we can then see clearly and appreciate the man next door.

 

 

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God Will Use His Power To Deliver You

God Will Use His Power To Deliver You

God Will Use His Power To Deliver You

The Power Of The Lord 1

But I will use my power and will punish Egypt by doing terrifying things there. After that he will let you go. Exodus 3:20

Some humans will never release their slaves and prey except God steps in to intervene with His mighty, glorious power. We must never look down on the power of the Lord. Pharaoh is a typical example – He was stubborn until God’s power overcame his own power.

And I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. Exodus 12:12

Humans who have captured other humans as spiritual or physical slaves exploit and benefit from their slaves. They never willingly let go because they do not want to loose the gains that they obtain from their wicked exploits. When God steps in with His mighty power to execute judgement on slave masters and their gods they will have no choice but to release their victims.

Never pity your slave master or Pharaoh whether physical or spiritual. Love them but do not pity them for the sake of remaining their slaves. When you do that, you become like the kidnap victims who end up falling in love with their captors even when their captors mean them serious harm. That is a form of self harm. Love your enemies, but do not remain their slaves. Fight for your freedom. Pray for deliverance and God will use His power to defeat your enemies and exploiters.

 

 

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