Disastrous Lie

Disastrous Lie

The Spirit Of The Lord 

2. The Holy Ghost can be lied to

Some lies are definitely disastrous. When a man lies to God, in the manifest presence of God, what can he expect? Instant Judgement. In the case of Ananias and his wife, they got the death penalty. Peter decreed the mind of God on them.

Men can make decrees but if that decree is not the mind of God, and the judgement is not of God, it is a futile decree. Peter decreed death and it came to pass because the Lord had decreed it.

Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Lamentations 3:37

Lies are very bad – so bad that the devil is called a lair and the father of lies. Lying is human nature and even children lie. Most of the time, people lie to cover up crime or evil but people also lie to deceive, defraud and cheat.

Ananias lied to cover up His disobedience. If he had owned up and been repentant, he could have saved his own life but he chose to lie to God, in the presence of God.

But there was a man named Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira sold some property that belonged to them. 2 But with his wife’s agreement he kept part of the money for himself and turned the rest over to the apostles. 3 Peter said to him, “Ananias, why did you let Satan take control of you and make you lie to the Holy Spirit by keeping part of the money you received for the property? 4 Before you sold the property, it belonged to you; and after you sold it, the money was yours. Why, then, did you decide to do such a thing? You have not lied to people—you have lied to God!” 5 As soon as Ananias heard this, he fell down dead; and all who heard about it were terrified. Acts 5:1-5

Ananias lied because of greed. The believers were all of one mind and body and none of them claimed their belongings to themselves but they shared with one another, everything they had.  What a powerful love! No wonder there was so much power and manifestations of the Holy Spirit. They were in one accord with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of love.

There was no one in need among them. Can we see how far the church has deviated from love and fallen. If you are in the same church with someone and you live in a mansion of fifty million dollars while a fellow brethren begs on the streets to eat, will you call that love?

That is simply lip service and false Christianity, charity begins at home and it is the responsibility of church pastors to help the needy in their local church.

With great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God poured rich blessings on them all. 34 There was no one in the group who was in need. Those who owned fields or houses would sell them, bring the money received from the sale, 35 and turn it over to the apostles; and the money was distributed according to the needs of the people. Acts 4:33

Lying is so inherently evil that no man likes to be lied to. Lying destroys trust and anyone who discovers that he is being lied to hates it. Lying destroys and ruins relationships because a lot of people feel betrayed by lies.

People sometimes lie to save their lives but lying is simply not good. God has commanded us not to lie so we must pray not to enter temptation, especially the temptation of lying to save our necks like Abraham in his case with Abimelech.

Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah (Genesis 20:2 NKJV)

No matter how tempting it is, we must fear God and trust Him to protect us and provide for us. Ananias did not trust God to provide for him and replenish the offering he was giving God, so he kept a part of it and lied. Abraham did not trust God to protect him and his family so he lied, and said Sarah was his sister instead of his wife.

Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you have in view, that you have done this thing?” (Genesis 20:10 NKJV)

And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife. (Genesis 20:11 NKJV)

Ananias lied out of greed in the presence of God. The disaster in his own crime is that the Holy Ghost was present when He lied, so he did not lie to man but to God – how terrible.

Before you sold the property, it belonged to you; and after you sold it, the money was yours. Why, then, did you decide to do such a thing? You have not lied to people—you have lied to God!” Acts 5:4

May God Himself, protect us from temptations, including unnecessary and necessary lies. However, temptations and tests do come, and we must determine in advance that we will obey God.

Ananias and his wife fell into disastrous lie, and died. May God give us the grace to fear Him and always obey Him.

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If Only

If Only

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Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honour. (Romans 12:10 ESV)

What a glorious Scripture. Outdo one another in showing honour. It is actually worth it for us to pause and meditate deeply on this wonderful word from the mouth of God. If only love can rule in our midst. If only the earth was perfect and everyone simply loves everyone with great and perfect love.

If only man behaved more like man and less like the lesser beings. Honestly, where will the heartache and pain come from. If only man knew how to love and outdo one another in showing love, there would be no evil on earth and no sin to attract judgement.

Man is the destroyer, it is man that destroys the earth and it is only man that can decide to be more loving towards man and more obedient to God.

As long as man refuses to love his fellow man and not submit to God, the devil will still have a wild day on earth. It is man that attracts the devil. Man fellowships with evil and sin and attracts judgemental to this earth.

The only solution to this, is for man to separate himself from evil, be submissive to God in humility and wait for a better kingdom where love rules. I wonder if the idolaters, sorcerers, racists, rapists, robbers and the hardened wicked are looking forward to a better world and kingdom where love rules.

Is it really possible to look forward to a kingdom of love when you have buried yourself in evil and wickedness? If evil, unrepentant men had a way of breaking into heaven to pollute it with their selfishness, greed and evil, they will.

If the unrepentant were allowed into heaven to continue their evil, the same unrepentant will make heaven imperfect and start criticising God as ‘atheists inside Heaven’- God forbid. They are never capable of looking inwards to realise that the problem is with man not God. Thankfully, it is only the repentant that will be in heaven. The spoilers and destroyers who love to glorify and praise sin will not have access to our pure and Holy City. Praise God.

But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie (Revelation 22:15 NKJV)

Love must be completely sincere, if our motive for doing anything including giving away everything we have and our bodies to be burnt is not pure, then we are sincerely wrong. We must never show off or parade ourselves as the holiest of all just to be praised by men.

I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned—but if I have no love, this does me no good. 1 Corinthians 13:3

I must emphasise that we cannot build on a foolish and evil foundation. Some idol worshippers that I know parade themselves as the most loving people, yet they belong to religions that depend on priests who offer human blood and blessings to demons.

A lot of people cannot discern between good and evil. They see evil and call it good and see good and call it evil. It takes spiritual wisdom to know right from wrong and please God.

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. Hebrews 5:14

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. James 1:5

The Lord gave me some specific instructions. He told me to denounce idol worship and sin and I pray for grace to pass this message across effectively. It is impossible to talk about love without mentioning the greatest crime against humanity and the principle of love.

In this great spiritual crime, innocent victims pay for the sins of others. Idol worship is so evil that anyone who is able to see its true face will shudder with disgust. It is the abomination of abominations – the head, king and ruler of all abominations and evil.

Some years ago, the Lord took me in a vision and said to me, “ I am not the one destroying the earth. Human priests are the ones destroying the earth by constantly offering human blood to the devil in an attempt to play God and save.” Human priests are the biggest destroyers, and the beneficiaries and members of false religion are their accomplices in great spiritual crimes.

Any love or good deed that does not have the blood of Jesus as its foundation is just plain vainglory. If you are a beneficiary of a religion that sacrifices to demon idols and you are in turn trying to help the victims of that religion or other religions that secretly destroyed them, how good are you?

The worst person in the good religion founded on the blood of Jesus is better than the holiest person in a false religion founded on idol worship and human blood and suffering. So, anyone who wants to love must flee idol worship which is the biggest destroyer and offence to love.

After separating yourself from being a partaker of destruction, then you can love sincerely. It is weird to claim to love, yet worship destructive demon idols. I am certainly not impressed by any so called good deeds and show off of an idol worshipper.

Idol worship is the number one destroyer on earth and I cannot talk above love and not warn against idol worship. The good deeds of an idol worshipper can never take him to heaven. He has been defiled and polluted with human blood knowingly or unknowingly. The foundation of that good deed is already stained and tainted.

Whoever does not love the Lord—a curse on him! Marana tha—Our Lord, come! 1 Corinthians 1:22

Paul pronounced a curse on anyone who does not love the Lord. Anyone one who does not love the Lord loves death and worships death. It is all one great deception. There is only one God. Imaginary idols are the different faces of death.

So then, about eating the food offered to idols: we know that an idol stands for something that does not really exist; we know that there is only the one God. 1 Corinthians 8:4

A long time ago the Lord, I was in a trance and millions of people were chanting Hail Mary, Hail Mary, Hail Mary. Then all of a sudden, my ears were opened and the Hail Mary chant changed to Hail Lucifer, Hail Lucifer, Hail Lucifer. That is death being praised. The people have been deceived to believe they are hailing Mary but in spiritual reality they are hailing death, hell, the grave and disobedience.

The Mary they are hailing, whom they have given the attributes of God to, is not the mother of Jesus, but an imaginary Mary. It’s all in the head and manufactured by unbelieving men. They rejected the word of God and outside God, lives death.

There are only two forces on earth. Life and death. If you refuse God who is life, including the laws of life stipulated in the Bible, all you have left is worship of death, even when you don’t know it. Someone can be sincere but sincerely wrong.

Preaching the good news and denouncing idol worship and sin is a service of love. My revelation is not to grieve anyone but out of love to open blind eyes unto salvation. Love is my motive. It is important for people to realise that the message we preach is a battle against death and hell no matter how annoying or irritating it may sound to those who are sincerely wrong.

So we urged Titus, who began this work, to continue it and help you complete this special service of love. 2 Corinthians 8:6

We the believers must keep working out our own salvation and keep loving and outdoing others in showing love. We must rely on God’s grace and never give up on our hope of salvation. As citizens of heaven, there is a glorious day and morning for us all when we will live in the city of love.

There, we will dwell in perfect love and constantly taste the love of God. There, the air and oxygen will be love. We will wear garments of love and constantly show and receive love. Love rules in that Kingdom, so we must keep showing love here on earth as citizens of love.

For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold; 19 it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw. 1 Peter 1:18

May we never be sincere, but sincerely wrong. May God enable and strengthen us to love others deeply. May we flee idolatry in Jesus name. May we become champions of love and outdo one another in showing and practising love under the foundation of the blood of Jesus, and His sacrificial death on the cross that set us free from useless ways of life.

 

 

More Scriptures On Love

 

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your friends, hate your enemies.’ But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,  so that you may become the children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun to shine on bad and good people alike, and gives rain to those who do good and to those who do evil. 46 Why should God reward you if you love only the people who love you? Even the tax collectors do that! And if you speak only to your friends, have you done anything out of the ordinary? Even the pagans do that! 48 You must be perfect—just as your Father in heaven is perfect. Matthew 5:43-48

respect your father and your mother; and love our neighbour as you love yourself.” Matthew 19:19

The second most important commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself.’ Matthew 22:39

No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked. Luke 6:35

How terrible for you Pharisees! You give to God one tenth of the seasoning herbs, such as mint and rue and all the other herbs, but you neglect justice and love for God. These you should practice, without neglecting the others. Luke 11:42

And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:34

If you love me, you will obey my commandments. John 14:15

Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them. John 14:23

Those who do not love me do not obey my teaching. And the teaching you have heard is not mine, but comes from the Father, who sent me. John 14:24

If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. John 15:10

My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you. John 15:12

The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them. John 15:13

This, then, is what I command you: love one another. John 15:17

Love must be completely sincere. Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good. Romans 12:9

Love one another warmly as Christians, and be eager to show respect for one another. Romans 12:10

Be under obligation to no one—the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law. Romans 13:8

The commandments, “Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not desire what belongs to someone else”—all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” Romans 13:9

If you love others, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law. Romans 13:10

I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. 1 Corinthians 13:1

I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains—but if I have no love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2

I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned—but if I have no love, this does me no good. 1 Corinthians 13:3

Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; 1 Corinthians 13:4

love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; 1 Corinthians 13:5

love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. 1 Corinthians 13:6

Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail. 1 Corinthians 13:7

Love is eternal. There are inspired messages, but they are temporary; there are gifts of speaking in strange tongues, but they will cease; there is knowledge, but it will pass. 1 Corinthians 13:8

Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13

It is love, then, that you should strive for. Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God’s message. 1 Corinthians 14:1

Do all your work in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14

Whoever does not love the Lord—a curse on him! Marana tha—Our Lord, come! 1 Corinthians 16:22

By our purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness we have shown ourselves to be God’s servants—by the Holy Spirit, by our true love, 2 Corinthians 6:6

For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love. Galatians 5:6

As for you, my friends, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another. Galatians 5:13

For the whole Law is summed up in one commandment: “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” Galatians 5:14

and I pray that Christ will make his home in your hearts through faith. I pray that you may have your roots and foundation in love, Ephesians 3:17

Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another. Ephesians 4:2

I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgement, Philippians 1:9

I urge you, then, to make me completely happy by having the same thoughts, sharing the same love, and being one in soul and mind. Philippians 2:3

For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all God’s people. Colossians 1:4

I do this in order that they may be filled with courage and may be drawn together in love, and so have the full wealth of assurance which true understanding brings. In this way they will know God’s secret, which is Christ himself. Colossians 2:2

And to all these qualities add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:4

For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm. 1 Thessalonians 1:3

May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more and become as great as our love for you. 1 Thessalonians 3:12

There is no need to write you about love for each other. You yourselves have been taught by God how you should love one another. 1 Thessalonians 4:9

But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet. 1 Thessalonians 5:8

Our friends, we must thank God at all times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love each of you has for the others is becoming greater. 2 Thessalonians 1:3

But a woman will be saved through having children, if she perseveres in faith and love and holiness, with modesty. 1 Timothy 2:15

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for the believers in your speech, your conduct, your love, faith, and purity. 1 Timothy 4:12

But you, man of God, avoid all these things. Strive for righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. 1 Timothy 6:11

Avoid the passions of youth, and strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who with a pure heart call out to the Lord for help.2 Timothy 2:22

But you have followed my teaching, my conduct, and my purpose in life; you have observed my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, 2 Timothy 3:10

Instruct the older men to be sober, sensible, and self-controlled; to be sound in their faith, love, and endurance. Titus 2:2

Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Hebrews 10:24

You will be doing the right thing if you obey the law of the Kingdom, which is found in the scripture, “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” James 2:8

Now that by your obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves and have come to have a sincere love for other believers, love one another earnestly with all your heart. 1 Peter 1:22

Respect everyone, love other believers, honour God, and respect the Emperor. 1 Peter 2:17

To conclude: you must all have the same attitude and the same feelings; love one another, and be kind and humble with one another. 1 Peter 3:8

Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins. 1 Peter 4:8

to your godliness add Christian affection; and to your Christian affection add love. 2 Peter 1:7

If we love others, we live in the light, and so there is nothing in us that will cause someone else to sin. 1 John 2:10

Here is the clear difference between God’s children and the Devil’s children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God’s children. 1 John 3:10

The message you heard from the very beginning is this: we must love one another. 1 John 3:11

We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love others. Those who do not love are still under the power of death. 1 John 3:14

If we are rich and see others in need, yet close our hearts against them, how can we claim that we love God? 1 John 3:17

My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action. 1 John 3:18

What he commands is that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as Christ commanded us. 1 John 3:23

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:8

Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another. 1 John 4:11

No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us. 1 John 4:12

And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them. 1 John 4:16

There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment. 1 John 4:18

We love because God first loved us. 1 John 4:19

If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen. 1 John 4:20

The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also. 1 John 4:21

This is how we know that we love God’s children: it is by loving God and obeying his commands. 1 John 5:2

And so I ask you, dear Lady: let us all love one another. This is no new command I am writing you; it is the command which we have had from the beginning. 2 John 1:5

This love I speak of means that we must live in obedience to God’s commands. The command, as you have all heard from the beginning, is that you must all live in love. 2 John 1:6

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And The Blame Game Continues

And The Blame Game Continues

Adam blamed Eve,

Eve blamed the devil

The devil was not asked any question

And he was not even interrogated

Why?

Because He has no free will

He was created evil,

Loves evil and lies,

Delights in evil,

And is the father of lies.

He knows himself,

And he can’t be bothered,

Because his destiny in hell is guaranteed

And he knows that his will is fixed in evil.

 

How about man?

Does man not have a free will?

Does man not enjoy the rewards or pleasures of sin?

Is it the devil that gets the gain, pleasure and happiness

On earth or is it the person who sins?

 

The truth is that sin has pleasures

Attached to it.

To resist sin is to resist the benefit

Or the pleasure attached to sin.

 

 

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy

the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater

riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. (Hebrews 11:25-26 NKJV)

 

The devil does not benefit from gossip,

He does not benefit from idol worship,

He does not benefit from robbery,

He does not benefit from bullying,

He only tempts man and men fall.

The devil has already fallen

And is a fallen being,

But man can choose if he stands

Or falls.

 

So why shift all the blame to him?

Makes no sense.

Except we can describe his clothing

The day that he came and forced us to sin.

 

I am of the opinion that if a woman or man cheats

On their spouse, they must not play victim

And blame their partner in crime.

Some even blame their spouse for cheating.

Cheaters should

Accept that they cooperated and ultimately

Chose to cheat.

I hope it makes sense.

 

Adam and Eve precious beloved of God

blamed God, their spouse and the devil – the partner

in crime but never looked inwards or blamed themselves

or admitted their guilt.

 

Only acknowledge your guilt– you have rebelled against the LORD your God, you have scattered your favours to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,'” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 3:13

 

He – the devil or death might have been glorified. 

But can death have pleasure or life? No.

So he did not benefit because he can never have joy or life.

He is dead and nothing can change that.

Even if he drags everybody to hell, he is still

Dead.

The only power he has is the power of deception

And through deception he makes man sin.

 

He is filled with misery and will want as many people

To roast with him

At the second death.

 

Man is blessed to have a free will which is superior to no free will

Our focus must be on us, grace and God and not the devil since

He is changeless and fixed in evil and temptation.

 

When Eve was given her own temptation

She saw that the fruit was good,

So she imagined or perceived good, pleasure

And benefit in disobedience.

 

We have been commanded to resist sin and the devil

So we must not play smart with God

By denying any form of responsibility

By blaming the devil.

 

Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the devil,

However, they Got their judgement

And the serpent got its judgement.

 

Yes,

The devil tempts us

But we ultimately have to yield

And cooperate to have his baby

Or the fruit of sin.

 

Our focus should not be on the devil

Or if he made us do it or not

Our focus should be on the grace

Of God, the blood of Jesus,

And our ability to resist sin.

We must loose sin consciousness,

And accept grace consciousness.

 

God Himself was aware that He threw the devil

To the earth.

The devil has a job to do on earth

And that job is to tempt man,

Test man,

Persecute man,

Accuse man,

Oppose man,

Irritate and annoy man

And carry out God’s judgement on man – He is the prison guard. 

The devil even tested righteous and blameless Job

And Job did not fall.

 

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him[b]because He first loved us. 1 John 4:18

 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” Acts 1:15

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny. Matthew 5:25

 

Perfect love for the word of God and submission to Him casts out every fear. It gives us boldness as the demons will know us and respect us the way they knew Jesus and Paul.

 

Does the devil pass judgement? No.

Is He the judge?

God is the only lawgiver and judge.

The demons even believe in God and fear God

Yet, man does not fear God.

They seam to know what man does not know – That death gets its power

To hurt from sin and sin gets its power from the law. Christ has a law that must

be obeyed.

 

There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? (James 4:12 NKJV)

You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe – and tremble! (James 2:19 NKJV)

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Luke 12:5

In the same way, when working with Gentiles, I live like a Gentile, outside the Jewish Law, in order to win Gentiles. This does not mean that I don’t obey God’s law; I am really under Christ’s law. 1 Corinthians 9:21

 

Absolute fear of God and his law means no fear of the devil.

Fear of the devil means no fear of God and his law.

So we have to choose whom to fear and respect – God or the devil.

The one who fears the devil fears judgement or punishment

But Jesus and His blood is the cure

For sin, judgement and fear.

 

Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Hebrews 2: 14

 

May we exalt Christ

And obey His law and good news.

May we pray for extraordinary grace

To live in the fear of the Lord like Jesus did.

May our fear of the Lord not be fear of punishment

But reverential and holy respect for Him

And the laws of life.

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The Sting

The Sting

I felt your sting

It was powerful

And painful

And it left me breathless

I felt your powerful sting

And went deep into myself

To meditate

On your deeds

I discovered that I had

Courted you

And romanced you

Then you gave me

That one powerful slap – the sting

Which subsequently

Woke me up from my slumber

Sin

You are cunning and deceitful

With your pleasures and lures

You blindfold

And you enslave

The undiscerning

Turning them into willing slaves

Your slap

Will only wake up the wise

While the foolish

Endure the slap

And keep romancing you

Making excuses for you

While dancing with you

And sleeping with you – the true enemy of the human race

 

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The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule

Love does no harm to a neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilment of the law (Romans 13:10 NKJV)

Love is so precious, yet so rare. Because of our fallen nature, selfishness reigns. A lot of people who profess love do it with lip service. The word of God has not sunk deep enough into the heart in order to constantly bear the fruit of love.

Love is so indispensable and we cannot thrive as human beings if we do not love one another. Any harm we do to another human being is done directly against God – the creator.

Whatever we do to the least of our fellow human is done to God. Any good we do to another person is a personal love offered to God himself.

And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ (Matthew 25:40 NKJV)

And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. (Luke 6:31 NKJV)

Jesus said we should to others what we want them to do to us. We must never cause another human pain or harm in any form. It might seam like a joke but remember that God said that calling a fellow human a fool can lead to hell fire.

You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,a] and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgement.’ 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a causeb] shall be in danger of the judgement. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire. (Matthew 5, 21-22)

 

All we owe to one another is love and the only thing we owe to God is love which translates into love of neighbour and pure worship of God.

Pure worship means following the pattern of worship prescribed in the New Testament. The whole counsel of the word of God must be accepted and practised.

In our worship of God we must keep away from any form of worship that Jesus and Paul did not practice.

False worship is worship of demons and underneath the innocence of external objects like holy water, holy oil, alters, mantles and miracle handkerchief lies shedding of innocent blood which is the foundation that has given demonic power to those objects. God does not live in temples made by human hands.

For as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:

TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.

Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: 24 “God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 Nor is He worshipped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. (Acts 17, 23 – 25)

God does not live in a bottle of oil – oil is simply a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Oil can never be holy, holiness is an attribute of God and belongs to God alone not man made materials.

If we claim to love our neighbour and engage in false worship, we deceive ourselves. If you have doubts, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the foundation of those practices and you will be shocked.

No matter how much good you do if you are in a religion or church that worships idols, you are guilty of blood. The blood shedding involved in idol worship is greater than all the good you think you have done combined seven fold.

John the apostle of love spoke at length about love in first John and at the end he advised us to keep away from idols. Idol is the opposite of love because they get their power from human blood.

They are powerless and are nothing without human blood, that is why Paul said that an idol stands for something that does not exist. Worship of idol is worship and love of witchcraft and human blood – it is terrible and highly destructive in an invincible manner.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. (1 John 5:21 NKJV)

We must never harm our neighbors by our actions and idol worship.

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Thief In The Night

Thief In The Night


You crept into my heart

Like a thief

A lonely woman

Taking care of two children

Committed to Christ

And His gospel


You came in an unfamiliar way

Like a perfect brother,

Best friend and father.

You loved my children

Like your own,

You carried my emotional burdens.

 

I had lived alone

For ten years

Since the death of my husband .

Gradually, I became drawn to you,

Because you

Took away my loneliness

And became my pillar and support


However,

You were married and

Knew that as a fervent

Believer,

We would never be lovers.

You seemed fine with it

But I had unwittingly fallen

Into your trap.

 

One cold winter night

You came as usual,

To help with my sick child.

All I wanted to do was say

A quick thank you,

And it happened

We spent the night together

As lovers.


I cried all day

And all week after that,

Because I despised myself

For what I had participated in.

I subsequently blocked you

Out of my life,

And recommitted by life

To Christ and His word.

 
Thank you my Lord

For giving me strength

To overcome sin.

You are the husband of widows

And father of the fatherless.

I will wait upon you

For your own blessing.

If you bless me with a husband fine,

If you don’t,

I will not bow

To the idol

Of sin.

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