HAPPY BLESSED SUNDAY!! THE DEMANDS OF GOD ARE NOT COMPLICATED, YET THEY ARE LEAST UNDERSTOOD. THERE ARE 3 MAJOR INJUNCTIONS THAT QUALIFIES A BELIEVER. FIRSTLY WE ARE ASKED TO REPENT FROM OUR SINS, ASK FOR GRACE TO SUBMIT OUR LIVES UNTO THE LORD AND BE HOLY AS HE IS, MEANING SURRENDER YOUR ASPIRATIONS, CARES AND ULTIMATE DESIRES TO HIM AND LET NOTHING STAND IN YOUR WAY OF SANCTIFICATION. (ACTS3:19;26:20) SECONDLY WE ARE ASKED TO FORSAKE THE WORLD AND FOLLOWING HIM, MEANING WE CAN NOT BE A CHRISTIAN WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE; HEREIN WE MUST HAVE CLEAR DEMARCATION FROM HOW THE WORLD LIVE THEIR LIVES. REMEMBER APOSTLE JAMES WARMED US THAT, FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH GOD (JAMES 4:4). LASTLY WE ARE ENJOINED TO GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATION, REQUIRING THAT WE PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL MEN (MARK 16:15). THESE THREE REQUIREMENTS ARE HARDLY MET BY ANY CHRISTIAN. WE HAVE TONS OF EXCUSES; SOME EXCUSES ARE SO UNBELIEVABLE THAT YOU WILL ALMOST ASK THE OBVIOUS QUESTION, ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST? CHRISTIANITY IS MORE OF A FASHION TODAY THAN A WAY OF LIFE. WE WEAR IT, BUT WE DO NOT LIVE IT. WE CLAIM WE KNOW HIM, YET WE DO NOT OBEY HIS WORD. GENUINE REPENTANCE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY AMONG BELIEVERS. WE CURSE LIKE THE WORLD WILL CURSE, WE OBSERVE EVERY SINFUL ACT THAT THE WORLD PRACTICE, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE QUOTE THE #BIBLE FASHIONABLY. WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE WISE, BUT SINCERELY WE ARE FOOLISH. GOD HAS A PERMANENT STANDARD, HE DID NOT BEND IT WHEN HE WANTED TO DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORRAH, RATHER FOR THE SAKE OF ABRAHAM HE SAVED LOT AND HIS HOUSEHOLD, BUT WHEN LOTS WIFE DISOBEYED A SIMPLE INSTRUCTION, SHE BECAME A PILLAR OF SALT WITHOUT REMEDY. LET US EXAMINE OURSELVES AND JUDGE OURSELVES BECAUSE THERE IS NO REMEDY AFTER JUDGEMENT. OUR EXCUSES ARE INEXCUSABLE WHEN THE LAW OF GOD IS APPLIED. SOME WILL SAY MY CHILDREN DID NOT ALLOW ME ME TO OBEY GOD, SOME WILL SAY MY JOB WORE ME OUT, WHILST IT WILL BE IF I HAD ENOUGH MONEY, I WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. ALL THESE ARE NOT TENABLE BEFORE GOD ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT. WE OUGHT TO STOP CHASING AFTER SHADOWS AND CONCENTRATE ON #ETERNITY. WE HAVE COME ACROSS THIS QUESTION A MILLION TIMES IF THE LORD COMES TODAY ARE YOU READY OUR OBVIOUS ANSWER IS I NEED GRACE. GRACE? WELL THAT GRACE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE AS RECORDED (TITUS 2:11) BUT ARE YOU SURE YOU REALIZE THAT IT IS MEANT TO BE EMBRACED? TAKE A MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND YOU, YOUR ENVIRONMENT, YOUR TOWN, YOUR COUNTRY, AND AROUND THE WORLD................................GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES, THE END IS AT HAND
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:35:43 +0000
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