One of the trending issues of the 21st century is abortion – the intentional termination of a pregnancy. In time past, this term was considered illegal and a taboo. Even mentioning the word used to be seen as a desecration of humanity.
However, towards the ending of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the world began to experience a ‘reawakening’. A revolution similar to the Renaissance revolution of humanism was birthed. Things previously seen as abomination were seen as human rights.
Things worsened when the U.S Supreme Court made a precedent and ruling that abortion was a human right. Defenders of this ruling usually say that a woman has a right to her body.
Unfortunately, this movement is slowly sneaking into the church. Our girls are losing sense of the consequence of premarital sex and the sacredness of carrying a baby in the womb, because the foetus can be flushed out at her will.
Nonetheless, God’s word on abortion stands true!
But there’s no mention of abortion in the Bible?
Although, there’s no explicit mention of abortion in the Bible, several places in the Bible show that God recognizes the foetus in a woman’s womb as a separate living entity.
1. Psalm 139:13: “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (NIV)
Though a man and woman need to conjugate in order for a fetus to be produced, God is the supreme maker of even that foetus. The physical features may be inherited from the man and woman, but the soul that makes the foetus a living being comes from God.
Therefore, it is not the mother’s property. Her body might be her property, but not the baby in it. The baby belongs to God! She is only a carriage or an incubator for the baby. Jeremiah 1:5: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…”(NIV)
2. Psalm 139:16: Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (NIV)
Some believe God doesn’t care for unborn children – that isn’t true. God cares for the unborn children as much as he cares for the birthed ones. There is no child in a woman’s womb without a destiny ordained by God. Even while they’re in the belly of their mother, dependent on her for nutrition, the Lord has already ordained their purpose and destiny in life.
3. Jeremiah 1:5: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” (NIV)
As previously stated, God has a destiny for every child, born or unborn. They are set apart for His special purpose. That an unborn child is unwanted by his parents does not mean he is not wanted by God.
From these three profound scriptures, we see that God fully recognizes what we call ‘foetus’ as humans. Therefore, if they are humans, why would we describe terminating their lives as ‘women right’.
Why infringe one’s right to exercise your right? I think it is very ironic that we see abortion as women right, yet, we see the killing of children as murder. It only points to her confused and misguided this generation is.
Thus, the church must not be silent on an issue like this. Men and women alike must be taught to face the consequences of their decisions. If we keep silent on an issue like abortion, the left-winged media will keep deceiving ignorant girls on the streets and putting them through a process that God gravely condemns.
To Behold is to see or look at; to see means to; perceive or detect, witness or observe by personal experience, to understand, to meet or visit.
It is a known fact that what you see at all times or look at has a way of influencing your life. Many times, it can become the very drive and controller of our being.
This is because “the eye” is a gateway to the soul of man. This eye is not just the physical eye that consists of the retina and cornea. Sight is not just of the eyes, but also of the mind. The interpretation of what a man get from seeing is dependent on the state of mind. For example, one who keeps exposing his mind to pornographic materials will definitely become addicted to immorality.
You as a son of God, thus, your gaze should continually be on God; always beholding. It is in this beholding that you come to know God, study his principles, understand his ways and government, have personal experience building convictions of your faith and become a witness that can stand strong at all times.
Hebrews 12:2a [2] Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. (Amp)
Hebrews 12:2a 2We look away from the natural realm and we fasten our gaze onto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. (TPT)
The answer to your complains about not understanding God is spending time in God’s Presence, gazing at His word and glory. It is not something you should do once; it is a continuous process.
The things of this natural realm tend to stand as a distraction between you and God. Scriptures admonish us not to pay attention to these things. The worldly and natural standards, ways of life shouldn’t be our concern, the gaze of our heart must be set on God.
Like the Psalmist, we must lift the eyes of our heart from the concerns of this world unto the Heavenly hills where the Lord dwells.
2 Corinthians 3:18 And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit. (AMP)
In the above scripture, what happens when one constantly beholds God is revealed. When you spend time beholding and gazing on God’s glory through His word, an inner transformation begins to take place – we become transfigured more and more into His likeness.
Do you know what that means?
You begin to manifest His nature; it becomes your way of life; it is a state whereby everything about us is immersed into God and everything about God is immersed into us.
The more we see God, the more we get our minds enlightened and our hearts flooded with truth.
How do we behold God?
You don’t behold God’s glory by staring at the sky, trying to imagine what God looks like. You behold by staying in the Word constantly. When you do that, The Holy Spirit begins to open you eyes to understand who God really is. Meditate on the knowledge and understanding that you get from God’s word, when you do that, it sinks into your heart and becomes a conviction. This conviction about God is what will determine the quality of our Christian living.
It is no secret that the world which we live in is full of perversion, immorality and ungodliness. It was designed by Satan to be hostile to believers. If a Saint must succeed in this world, he must be deep rooted in Christ.
Unfortunately, even in the Church, the love of Christ is waxing cold. It makes me wonder the next generation has what it takes to pioneer the move of God. The absence of foundational teachings on godliness, righteousness and faith further worsens the situation.
“The teachings of the godly ones are like pure silver, bringing words of redemption to others, but the heart of the wicked is corrupt” – Proverbs 10:20.
These times call for preachers to return to the teaching of the foundational doctrine of God’s word. We need to preach the Gospel of Christ and not some sort of motivational gospel that only breeds weak and emotional believers!
The foundation of the bold is laid through accurate knowledge of God’s will concerning how we are to live on earth.
The responsibility for the laying of this foundation does not belong to our preachers. Parents must also take responsibility of laying this foundation in the lives of their children.
We must understand that it is the responsibility of believers to set the foundations of godliness and righteous living upon which their next generation will live.
Recently, the state of California called for the introduction of teachings on the grotesque Aztec god into their school’s curriculum and even frowned at the sales of materials that condemn homosexuality.
If Christian parents do not take responsibility for the godly upbringing of their kids, Satan will do it on their behalf.
How is the foundation of the godly laid
1. The fear of the Lord:
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“The Lord shows favour to those who fear him, to his godly lovers who wait for his tender embrace.” – Psalms 147:11 {The Passion Translation}
What this generation lacks is the fear of God. We no longer fear God. We even do things that even angels wouldn’t dare imagine.
Even in our Churches, we lack reverence of the sacredness of God’s presence. We allow comedians to flood our pulpits and bring defiling jokes on God’s altar.
The children of Eli died because they didn’t have the fear of the Lord. You can’t offer strange fire to God and expect God’s approval; what you will get is death!
We must teach our children as well as ourselves, to remain conscious of the ever abiding presence of God. Only a consciousness of God’s presence and eyes watching us will instil the reverence needed.
2. The Knowledge of His Will:
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The Foundation of the Godly is bent on the knowledge of the will of God.
One of the things that Christ has blessed us with is access to the knowledge of God.
No man can live accurately if he does not know the kingdom. It is the full revelation of Christ and his kingdom that makes us perfect in our walk with Christ.
“The teachings of hypocrites can destroy you, but revelation knowledge will rescue the righteous.” – Proverbs 11:9.
God’s Will must be taught relentlessly!
3. Purity and Virtue:
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The path of the Saint is a pilgrimage of holiness and godly virtues. Christianity is founded upon certain unquestionable virtues. Without the practice of these virtues, the Christian institution will collapse!
There are believers who consider themselves ‘progressive’ and do not believe in Biblical holiness and godly living. They lower their standards and conform to worldly civilizations all in the name of being ‘progressive’. The Church must be purged of these folks before they deceive other true Saints!
Genesis 18:19: “For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”
God here spoke fondly of Abraham. He was confident that Abraham would train up his children in the path of holiness.
May we learn how to command our children and his household after the way of God!
There is no other way to present the truth than this. He is intent on destroying marriages and family values in America.
He is doing this because of his hatred for the institution created by God. In Genesis 2 and 3, God instituted the first marriage and set the order for how the marriage institution should be.
The Bible specifically states that God made marriage to be between, ‘Man and Woman’.
Genesis 2:24: “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
A man is to cleave to his wife – a woman, and not his boyfriend. The Bible was very clear in its stance on marriage.
But Satan, knowing that the strength of every great country is in its family and communal values, is destroying homes and marriages in America today.
THE HOMOSEXUAL MOVEMENT
Although homosexuality began in the Bible days (Romans 1:26-28), it wasn’t until the 19th and 20th century that the movement was awakened in America.
History shows us that homosexuality wasn’t originally in America’s fundamental rights.
But slowly, the homosexual movement crept into the United States. Men began to lust after men, girls began to lust after girls. This was never natural. It was the introduction of a demonic civilization.
We termed it civilization and freedom movement, unknown to us that this was a freedom promoted by Satan to cause America to turn against God.
The essence of the whole homosexual movement in America was/is to cripple families and family values, to reduce the sacredness and worth of marriage.
How will a mother, a morally upright mother be happy when her daughter falls in love with another girl.
What kind of child does a gay couple want to raise? What values do they want to give to the child? The healthy environment for a child to grow up is the presence of his mother and father; not two male sexual perverts.
But Satan is influencing the hearts of those in political power to support this big evil, so that the American family institution will collapse.
ABORTION
What is the logic in supporting the killing of babies and condemning the murder of adults?
Why is the killing of babies considered women right whilst the killing of adults is considered as a crime?
Are babies less human than adults?
Why is the American government in support of this great evil?
Once again, the Satanic agenda is shown. Scriptures tell us that ‘children are a heritage of God’. Every child is a gift of God.
If they’re gifts from God, then every baby from foetus stage should be valued and well nurtured.
But Satan is against this! Thus, he is taking advantage of people’s negative inclinations and using it to promote this demonic cause called Abortion.
Even irrational animals do not kill their babies, let alone humans. Abortion makes women worse than animals.
If the Church does not fight against this both in prayers and radical evangelism, it will increase fornication sporadically.
Girls will feel comfortable living promiscuously, because of the evil assurance that they can always have an abortion peradventure they get an unwanted pregnancy.
Folks, if you are a parent, you cannot afford to live carelessly this period. You must cling to your family, your kids, your spouse. Satan is after them, especially if you are a believer.
The tension between Kirk Franklin and his son is only a minute representation of the conflict in thousands of American homes presently.
Sons are turning against their parents. Young Girls are learning how to go on dates without their parent’s awareness.
What should believers do in times like this?
1. Attention and Affection
Now is the time to start giving attention to your kids and your spouse. Do not give attention that will make them on edge in your presence.
Let your presence be full of love, peace and understanding. Let your children know that you care. Let your spouse know that you care.
Do not get overly engrossed in your business or daily endeavors that you ignore the welfare of your family.
Make them your priority. Some people, especially men, make the excuse that they can’t express affection.
Well, if you cannot express affection, then do not get a family. If you can’t kiss your wife and tell her you love her, why did you marry her in the first place? Let go of your pride and open your heart to your family.
2. Establish core family values in your Home
The importance of having daily family devotion can never be overemphasised.
No matter how busy your schedule is, as a parent, every morning and/or evening, spend at least twenty minutes counselling your family, especially your kids.
Teach them the counsel of the Lord. We might not be able to eradicate homosexuality from the world, but we can ensure it doesn’t come into our kids.
We might not be able to end immorality in the world, but we can remove it from the lives of our kids.
Therefore, instead of bothering about what’s happening in the world, invest more time in having counselling sessions with your children.
Set practical examples for them. Be who you want your children to be. Let your family be known for godly values. Be a mentor to your children.
If you do not teach them the right things, society will teach them the wrong things. Parents must wake up to their responsibilities.
Genesis 19:14: “Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.”
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.
16 Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.
Abortion is now a trend in almost every country regardless of its legal repute. In fact, out of over 200 million pregnancies worldwide that is recorded each year, approximately forty-six million which is about twenty two percent , end in abortion.
Where abortion is legally restricted, botched abortions are a major cause of maternal death.
Young Ladies in particular are at high risk for unintended pregnancy, because they have limited access to enough funds, and are more likely to seek abortion than advanced women.
At another view of reference, most women above 25 years will only seek for abortion for two main reasons. One of which is pregnancy that resulted from illicit affair while the other is melted on the palm of poverty.
A significant percentage of those women who end up in the hospital with complications from unsafe abortion are young.
Young ladies may be afraid to tell their parents or guardians about a pregnancy and may attempt to get an abortion on their own accord. How be it such decisions are always a matter of life and death.
As Christians, we need to ensure that females most especially the teenagers, are well informed about unsafe abortion and the options available to them should they have an unwanted pregnancy.
Most often, the primary cause of pre marital pregnancy, is not in anyway far from self.
One of the primary causes is sexual immorality.
Although, it might have been said of Hagar that she wasn’t the one who made advances towards her master, Abraham, but without doubt her relationship with him ended her as ‘‘the other woman’’ and while she was sent away from the home she nearly disposed her child as a victim to death.
Your entanglement in sexual activities might differ from hers. It might even come in form of fornication or rape, which might eventually lead to pregnancy. And as a result, you want an abortion.
Listen, in this kingdom even when we walk on paths that resulted in falling short of Grace, there is yet a hope for us and that hope is the truth.
John 8: 32 ‘‘And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.’’
Thinking abortion is a means of escape or a cover for your flaw is a lie. It will get you held in more shackles. Of a truth, illicit pregnancy is bad but the life of the baby wallowing in your womb matters to God just as the son of Hagar mattered to Him.
Beloved reader, it is only accepting the truth that will set you free. Drop the decision that propels lie. Do not kill that child. That life in your womb matters!
Abortion, simply defined, is murder. You made a mistake in getting involved with someone. Abortion will not eliminate that mistake, it will only compound it.
Hagar wanted to abandon her son to die, because she did not have enough to take care of him.
But God sent an Angel, and a well of water was revealed to her. That well sustained her and her child.
In the midst of the shame and financial troubles involved in unwanted pregnancy, God has a well He has prepared for you and your baby, to sustain the both of you.
All you have to do is Trust Him. Go to Him in remorse for your mistake. Seek for forgiveness. And decide to trust Him for a bright future.
Moses of the Bible days, was born in a time when Jewish male babies were being murdered. As soon as the government discovered you had a male child, they would take him from you, and kill him.
But Jochabed delivered a baby boy, and saw that he was good, so she hid him.
He was born in the time of turmoil, yet, she saw goodness in him.
He was born in the time when they were poor, wretched slaves, yet, she saw goodness in him.
She would have aborted him while he was in the womb, since male babies only caused trouble.
She would have gotten rid of him, herself. But she decided to keep him, and nurture him.
And that little boy grew up to be the Prince of Egypt and eventually the Great Prophet of Israel.
That seed you are carrying which you think is the fruit of your mistake, can also turn out to be the recompense of your mistake.
Don’t abort that baby! This is not all about being liberal or pro-life. This is about choosing what is best for your future and health.
Keep the Baby.
You can win this. At first, it will be hard, but with God on your side, everything will work out for your good.
Culture is the way of life of a group of people. It includes their values, their mode of dressing, their language, customs and traditions. In some villages, here in Africa, there are certain days in which neither marriages nor burials are head.
It is their custom there, and though a pagan belief, they stick by it, and they punish those who break it. That is how strong the idol worshippers adhere to their culture. The strength of every village lies not in the god they serve, but in the culture they inculcate in the villagers present there.
The same way the idol worshippers have their culture, is the same way this world at large has its culture.
THE WORLD HAS A CULTURE
Have you ever observed that the moment one announces publicly that one is a homosexual; one receives praises and applause from different ‘Human Rights’ organizations.
But when one publicly speaks against homosexuality, one is criticized and labelled as a, ‘Religious Extremist’. It is their culture! The culture of the world celebrates sodomy. They celebrate ladies wearing clothes that reveal sensitive parts of their body. Fornication and abortion fall under the culture of the world. The culture of this world includes everything that contradicts God’s principles and laws.
Divorce, Pornography. These are all permissible under the culture of the world.
Living in this world even as a believer, one can be tempted to yield to the culture of the world, just to belong and avoid being persecuted.
But in Romans 12, Paul speaks vehemently against it.
Romans 12:2: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world…..”
THE KINGDOM OF GOD ALSO HAS A CULTURE!
Ephesians 5:8: For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light” (NIV)
There is a way we live as the light of the world. When we got born again, even though our spirits were recreated, our mind and our behaviours remained the same. But God expects that as we grow in our faith, we begin to remove these negative thinking and behavioural patterns and develop in us, the pattern of living for Christians.
This Kingdom Culture is what has made many great in this kingdom. It is what has made many believers survive the hardest of opposition and live an ever victorious life.
1. THE CULTURE OF ENQUIRY
2 Samuel 2:1
In the course of time, David enquired of the Lord. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked. The Lord said, “Go up.” David asked, “Where shall I go?” “To Hebron,” the Lord answered. (NIV)
Proverbs 3:6: “in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (NIV)
True saints are never presumptuous about what to do. They always enquire from God before making choices.
Believers who are confused and lacking direction are believers who have not developed the culture of always enquiring from God.
Most of the divorces that happened in Christian marriages happened because of the inability to enquire from the Lord before stepping into that marriage.
God wants us to acknowledge Him, not just in our businesses, or in our education, but in all our ways.
Have you sought for the Lord’s permission to do business with that partner?
Have you sought for the Lord’s permission to take your kids to that school?
When we teach on these things, we are tagged as extremists. But extremism is actually when you live your life and you make your choices without bothering about what God has to say about it.
Take a look at this:
Proverbs 3:6: “Listen for GOD’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go…” (MSG)
You don’t need to hear the ‘loud’ voice of God before knowing that God has spoken.
God speaks in different ways.
He can implant a strong, compelling resistance deep within you.
He can give a sense of optimism and tranquillity to your spirit.
He can speak through your pastor.
He speaks in many ways. We do not hear because we are not concerned with what He has to say.
Develop the habit of always asking God,
‘What should I do’
‘Is this right’ ‘Is she the right one’. ‘Should I go ahead and do this’. It will save you from a lot of trouble.
2. THE CULTURE OF SENSITIVITY
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Luke 5:22: “But when Jesus perceived their thoughts…. (KJV)
Luke 20:23
But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? (KJV)
Jesus was the most controversial public figures in His humanity on Earth.
He was hated and despised by the cunning Jewish Rabbis. As result of their hatred, they made several attempts to get him entangled in serious problems, by asking him tricky questions.
Just like Jesus, Christians are hated around the world, by the world. In places like China and North-Eastern Nigeria, Christians are being murdered in large numbers.
The world hates Christians, and they always look for ways to get them in problems. Hence, you cannot afford to live in this world as a genuine, devout Christian and not be sensitive.
Spiritual sensitivity doesn’t mean a believer should live in suspicion, reclusiveness and timidity. It simply means we must be proactive and discerning in our daily works.
Spiritual sensitivity is a culture, and a skill that the believer must master. There are times I interact with very jovial people, yet, because I have a trained spirit, I can see beyond their jovial outlook, to behold the depressed and destabilized person they are within. This helps me a lot in liberating people from depression.
Training your spiritual sensitivity is quite simple.
i. Pray regularly. Prayer keeps us in spirit-mode. This helps us capture spiritual signals and signs that God sends into our spirit to keep us safe and prosperous.
ii. Observe fasts at intervals: The absence of our fasting causes our spirits to get rusted; and it reduces the ability of our spirit to get necessary information quickly.
iii. Do not be in a hurry! Always stop to ponder and meditate before doing things. Be ever cautious of what the Holy Spirit is saying within you.
These two principles outlined above, are quite necessary for you to imbibe.
If you do not imbibe the culture of God’s kingdom, you will be like an old wine skin carrying a new wine.
It will make you a misfit both to the Kingdom of God and to the world. Develop the habit of always enquiring from God. Develop the habit of being sensitive to His voice within you.
Pray this prayer:
“Dear Father, I thank you for giving me access to your counsel and wisdom. Having gotten knowledge of the utmost priority of seeking your counsel in my daily endeavours, I decide that from today, I shall continually enquire from you. I shall seek your approval or disapproval in whatever I am going to do. I shall listen for your voice in whatever way it comes. Thank you, Father. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen”.
Now, go ahead and put what you learnt tonight into practice.
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Eph 4:30 (KJV) ‘And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.’
Of recent, I’ve been studying the works of great Puritan authors such as AW Tozer, AW Pink, Charles Spurgeon and Thomas Watson, and it’s actually given me a kind of rethink and perspective about how we preach about Sin and Grace in the Church.
You see, while trying to avoid the snares of legalism, one can end up falling into the pit of Abused-Grace doctrines.
I see believers, who in the name of preaching Grace say, “Your sin doesn’t matter to God anymore. He doesn’t care about it” “When you sin, instead of confessing your sin, confess your righteousness”.
These things are false! Sin might not separate you from the love of God but sin will definitely separate you from fellowship with God.
And I’m not just talking about unintentionally making a mistake, I’m talking about intentionally living your life as you please, without the restraints of the Gospel and the Scriptures.
Sin is a pollutant of the spirit. A believer living in sin is like mud being poured into clean water, such Believer will have a polluted and darkened spirit, and he’ll lose the fragrance of God’s Presence in his spirit.
Paul wasn’t exaggerating when he said we FLEE FROM ALL APPEARANCES OF SIN
Don’t try to negotiate your way out of it. Don’t try to pervert scriptures to justify it.
FLEE FROM IT!
A believer who comfortably lives in sin is just like an angel who prefers the Darkness of hell to the pleasures of Heaven.
I’ve never seen a place in the Bible in which masturbation was outrightly condemned, neither have I seen a true believer who masturbated and was happy.
It has a way of bringing your spirit under condemnation and accusation or the enemy, and nothing weakens ones spiritual senses like condemnation especially when it arises from a sin you committed.
It is even more wrong to assume that God understands why you’re sinning.
What is there to understand in why one who professes love for God will do the things God hates?
What is there to understand in why one who professes Christ as His Savior, still refuses to accept Christ as His Lord?
What should be understood to excuse a child going to mess Himself up with mud, just after his father gave him a whole bath?
Stop tolerating sin!
It Grieves the Holy Spirit!
Many of us have grieved the Spirit, but because we’re so used to sin and we barely commune with our hearts, we do not even know that He has been grieved.
Such a person will become like Samson, who quenched the Spirit at the laps of Delilah.
When the Philistines arose against him, he woke up, and shook his body and probably said, ‘I will arise and fight against them’, but he didn’t know that the Spirit had left Him.
Many Christians are slowly losing the Influences of the Holy Spirit.
They still feel goosebumps during worship. They still smile in church, but they’ve lost fellowship with God
The flow is no longer there, because they’ve grieved the Holy Spirit.
Grieving the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean He’s a weak, petty, emotional being as many people present Him these days.
No!
Grieving the Spirit is much deeper than that!
It’s like looking at your Father and spitting at his face.
It’s like rebelling against your mother, (we’re told in Proverbs that a rebellious son is the grief of his mother).
My dear reader, I beseech you to chose the path of Consecration and Holiness.
True Holiness isn’t Legalistic. True Holiness is divine.
The believer who lives in Holiness has a soul that glitters like the stars and radiates like the sun.
Holiness is the glory and beauty of our souls.
Finally, I beseech you once again, that you flee ALL APPEARANCES OF EVIL.
Do a heart check today and ask God to reveal to you, those bessetting sins that have been weighing your spirit down.
For some, it is Malice.
Malice..
Unforgiveness…..
A believer living in malice is like a bag, full of stones and hard rocks that keeps it one place and prevents it from being moved and directed by the influences of the east wind.
Let go….
Learning how to forgive was a difficult task for me, but I spoke to my soul, and I told myself I would let go, I would forgive.
If I still keep in mind the number of times I’ve been mocked and betrayed and insulted by even those I called my own, then I wouldn’t be here today.
For the sake of your fellowship with God, let go of the hurt and the malice.
Lay aside all bessetting and entangling sin that ye may run and finish this race with a prize with a prize.
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