Let's pray for Nigeria

With the state of Nigeria and the current move to #occupyNigeria as it is said, we, who believe in the power of prayer need to occupy our position not in fear of going out but in fulfillment of the "hilltop" role just like Moses did in battle with the Amalekites (Exodus 17:9-10)

Beyond the fuel subsidy issue, Nigeria is faced with a near-civil-war problem and that is something we don't want. We don't want war but somehow some forces inside and outside the country are dragging us down that road and our helpless government is watching. But what does God tell us in Jeremiah 29:7.

Jer 29:7 Pray for peace in Babylonia (Nigeria) and work hard to make it prosperous. The more successful that nation is, the better off you will be.

We must cry therefore to God for the country above everything else. Christians pray - for safety, for the gospel, for your brothers, for the unsaved and the peace of the nation.

God will not bless you with a war in the nation therefore the earnestness to cry out to him.

Pray that God

• will throw the enemies of this country into confusion like the enemies of Israel in 2 Chronicles 20:22-23
• will raise of prophets of his own in this land that will constantly show the church his will for the nation.
• will grant the church unity of purpose and mind to be able to maintain a voice in national issues.
• will keep safe our brothers and sister living in the heart of Islamic extremist. Some of them there have nowhere to run to.
• will spark a new heart for revival in the church that will rebrand the church from heaven.
• will send judgement from heaven on to the affairs of earthly men as in Isaiah 26:9 so that men will learn righteousness.

We need to pray and call on our living God afterwards those who choose to protest can.

God bless Nigeria

Watch & pray - Your enemy roams like a lion to devour

1 Peter 5 : 8 - 9

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

The devil has all his arsenals against the people of God for one major reason: to shame God and prove that he is God. He has his point to prove against God and for that reason he fights us with all strategies he can gather. The bible describes him as a roaring lion walking about, seeking who to tear apart (devour).

The bible warns us to therefore be vigilant (or watchful) in soberness not because we

should fear but because the same devouring devil is cunning and his roaring are not as it may appear. Hence, the need to watch.

The apostle Paul puts it this way ...Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices (2 Cor 2:11).

The roaring lion is also a cunning lion and as much as he is seeking who to destroy, he is also

seeking where to take the advantage, creeping in right into our hearts, feeling, emotions, habit

s, families, friends, career, e.t.c. He likes to go unnoticed and destroy irrevocably.

His fight is not against those under his captivity but against those under the covering of the Lamb of God. He is against us. The devil comes against us most times as though he is for us. He is almost everywhere now. Video, audio and print media, fashion, music and trend.

Therefore, we must be watchful to identify him, resisting him at the slightest sense of him.

Now I hope we can hear Jesus the more louder when he says "And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch."

Living the Certainty of the Gospel: No guesses

In life, we are faced with loads of choices to make. And one thing that pains me is that I don't have the same faith of certainty like Jesus did. I make my plans and hope they are the will of God. Jesus knew the will of God and made plans.

But on a broader study, we find that it wasn't only Jesus that had that.

Abraham showed such qualities when he rejected a financial reward from a consortium of Kings because he knew for sure that he was going to be so rich (Genesis 14:21-23). He showed it when he told his servants to wait for them while he was going to offer Isaac (Genesis 22:5).

Samuel showed it through out his ministry. He dared God to send rain in dry season just to proved that he had been on the right path (1 Samuel 12:16-18).

Moses showed it when he worked so hard even when he knew there was no possibility about his entry to canaan. Deutoronomy 3:23-28

Elisha always had insight to God's working so that he complained that God hid a particular case from him. 2 Kings 4:27

Jesus said if it were not so I would have told you. John 14:2. Never was a man so full of God's mind for him as Yeshuah. He knew what God wanted him to do or say. No wonder the soldiers who were sent to arrest him before his time said "No one has ever spoken like that man" John 7:46

Daniel had surety of faith to have believe the message he received from God as the true answer to another man's King.

Paul who at a time was a condemned prisoner still had the certainly of faith to decide whether he wanted to die or live (Philipians 1:20-24). Some years later, he makes up his mind and draws the curtain (2 Timothy 4:6).

the list could go on...

The issue today is that I see myself and other christians waiting to do something right and declare that it was the will of God. Or when the plan crashes, we thank God that it wasn't his will after all. So there exist a gulf between us and the true knowledge of God's will. We are experts in figuring God's will out by probability permutation.

Jesus says in John 8:12: I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life. Or in 11:35 -36 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going. In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them

Believers in Christ, we are really missing out on something without which we will not enjoy the true expression of the eternal life we have. We have the surety of God's word. We have the God's guaranty of the promise - Holy Spirit. But why are we not living out the certainty of God's will? Why are we living or making life choices with guesses as though the God for us is perhaps this or perhaps that.

This is my greatest need from God because clearly it is written in God's word. We need to stop living on probability like the children of this world because our Father has the pleasure of giving us this sure kingdom.

Paul testified in 2 Corinthians 1:18-22:

But God is faithful, so that our word to you is not "yes" and "no."

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, did not become "yes" and "no," but has become "yes" in him.

For as many as are the promises of God, in him they are "yes"; therefore also through him is the "amen" to the glory of God through us.

Now the one who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anoints us is God, who also sealed us and gave the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

I am more determine to see this change and encourage you so that we seek our God together that we may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding (Colossians 1:9-12).

Prayer point: That God will take away the guesses of life that has made us live like those of the World and point in us the power and knowledge of his will for us in spiritual wisdom and understanding.

That we may accept from God, the revelation of life for us daily whether it is unto death or life and that the joy of his revelation will keep us instead of the hope to "make it".

Watch & pray: We don't know the hour

"When the rapture happens I want to see you up there with Christ... not left behind on Earth."..Daniel Sweet

One simple truth that smoothly leaves the mind of Christians today is that one day, our Lord will come for us. We are sure he will. His Word will surely come to pass. But when? Peter thought it was his generation, James thought same and every generation since the ascension of Christ has expected his coming. And so we are. But the cares of the world and distraction of "making a living" has taken this care from us. But what does Jesus say?

No one knows the day or the time. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know. Only the Father knows.
So watch out and be ready! You don't know when the time will come.
It is like what happens when a man goes away for a while and places his servants in charge of everything. He tells each of them what to do, and he orders the guard to keep alert.
So be alert! You don't know when the master of the house will come back. It could be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or in the morning.
But if he comes suddenly, don't let him find you asleep.
I tell everyone just what I have told you. Be alert! Mar 13:32-37 (Contemporary English Version)

That day will come. Men, women, boy, girls and babies(a lot of them) will be missing. It will certainly happen. And there is nothing I so pray for than that you and I will be counted as one of those considered missing. So Jesus advises,

Be ready and keep your lamps burning
just like those servants who wait up for their master to return from a wedding feast. As soon as he comes and knocks, they open the door for him.
Servants are fortunate if their master finds them awake and ready when he comes! I promise you that he will get ready and have his servants sit down so he can serve them.
Those servants are really fortunate if their master finds them ready, even though he comes late at night or early in the morning. Luk 12:35-38(CEV)

For each day therefore, let the word of Christ echo in our mind so that our disposition is to look forward to that day and look after (watch) over our soul with fear and trembling so that we may be worthy of his appearing. It will be more devastating for people like us (who are called Christians) if we are caught unguarded.

Like people watching out for movie release, we should watch out for his day even till death because He that will come will come and will not delay, so WATCH.

Happy new month

Watch & pray - The Spirit is Willing

Watch and pray: that you enter not into temptation..... the Spirit is Willing

Have you ever wanted to do right and yet there was no strength to do it? Jesus was once in that position. He needed to face the cross but somehow in the garden of Gathsemane, he asked God to perhaps consider another alternative. Thank God, he saw himself in the picture and added "Not my will, but Thy will be done".

On checking on his disciples, he exhorts them the same thing that just occurred in his place of prayer saying

"Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak" Mark 14:38 (YLT)

the 1969 Bible in Basic English version (BBE) puts it like this:

"Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble."

With a totally malfunctioning society, there was never a time that the flesh has more resources to increase its weakness and lead us to death and total enmity with God - Romans 8:5-8. We are bombarded daily with information that we kill our spiritual nature and open up death in the flesh. Therefore the call, Watch and pray.

You have done well to have a willing spirit but it will not suffice if you don't watch over your spirit.

In Malachi 2:14-15, God instructs the Jews to WATCH OVER THEIR SPIRIT. Because it has more enemies on the outside than friends.

Beloved, the instruction is still the same. Watching unto prayer. Keep vigil over your soul that we may be presentable to our God any day, any time under any condition.

http://www.gracevalley.org/sermon_trans/2002/Watch_and_Pray.html

God bless.

Watch & Pray

In recent times, I have been made to focus on the commandment of Jesus as recorded in Matthew 26:39-41 and Mark 15:32-38. The two stories say the same thing as

And they come unto a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray.

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.

And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch.

And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove this cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (American Standard Version)

A study into this commandment opened up a lot that would not fit into one article, hence I have decided to discuss this as sub-topics of "Watch & pray" in upcoming articles.

One thing surely we should know is that this command is more than asking and supplication, his children should be likened to those heavenly creatures, having eyes all over (Ezekiel 1:18) - watchful and always alert. Jesus said "Blessed are you eyes for they see..." (Matthew 13:16).

Have we ever wondered while the ministry of seers kind of waned in the new testament? Or that the five-fold ministry first displayed by Jesus and then taught by the apostles never had a place for seers?

Because we all need to walk in the light. And have sight.

Joh 8:12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life. (American Standard Version)

There are a lot of reasons for this but we will get to see them one at a time in further articles.

Note a good number of references to this topic that I found on the internet and indeed we are all saying the same thing with different words.

http://pastorlenandfriends.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/take-ye-heed-watch-and-pray-by-brad-n-michelle-wright/

http://watchandpray.com/

http://www.gracevalley.org/sermon_trans/2002/Watch_and_Pray.html

This one is the famous hymn: Watch & Pray

God bless Us.

The Danger of Crowd-Effect Safety

- Have you ever had your faith always rise high when in church or in the midst of believers and very low when you are alone?
- Is it harder enjoying personal worship more than corporate worship?
- Does your faith leap only when the preacher says something wonderful in contrast to anytime the word of God is laid before you?
- Do you seem to appreciate God's word more in church or when with other believers than when alone?
- Do you feel the spirit of prayer more when you are in a group more than when alone?
- Does your faith talk tougher when you are in a crowd and weak when faced with that situation in your room?

If the answer to any one of these questions is YES, you are not alone though it wasn't meant to be so. I call it the crowd-effect safety. I would prefer to talk about the solution than define it.

God intended every single believer to be as active individually as he would be when in fellowship with others. Each one of us is to be a living stone so that the entire house would be a living spiritual house (I Peter 2:5).

Psalms 104:4 say He (God) made his ministers flames of fire.

Let take a look at a perfect analogy with Samson in Judges 15:4-5. When he wanted to set an entire farm ablaze, he brought together 300 foxes by their tail, he set the tails ablaze, then let them all go alone.
What is the moral: Together we are a fire. Singularly, I am a fire. - This is God's desire.

Corporate fellowship has its place to keep the spiritual house alive but personal fellowship is excellent because each living stone must be living indeed.

Solution: Don't relegate the place of personal fellowship with God by the study of God's word and prayer, watching, worship, meditation and praise. Once you get started, corporate fellowship will begin to make so much sense and pleasure and your God will begin to feel closer.

No Matter how many people you have together, there will always be a time you will walk alone, face the mountain alone, hunger in the wilderness alone...so please strengthen those arms and knees so that we could stand in those times. And the strength you measure up within you will be all you have when the pastor, friend, mentor, parents, and help you thought you had are not to be found.

Just another reason to take the Bible as God's Sure Word

I was reading the bible yesterday when something in it struck me as a fulfillment of a prophecy.

The reading of the passage taken from Zephaniah 2. Emphasis will be from 3 - 15. It says

3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.

4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

6 And the sea-coast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.

8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

9 Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.

11 Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.

12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.

14 And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.

15 This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

I quickly remember a new article I read from Associated Press, last week. Please click here to read the new article and appreciate this. Remember the guys who wrote the article were not trying to support the Bible or making any suggestion towards the current-day middle-east land dispute.

First it is worth noting that this prophet Zephaniah made this writing during his ministry which is dated between 640 - 609 B.C. - that is exactly when all this nation had root and never looked like doing down.

But today everybody know that of the five famous philistine cities (Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, Gath and Gaza), Israel totally controls Ashdod where the famous port currently is and Gaza (aka Gaza strip) as homeland to the Palestinian. The Israel control just began in the twentieth century after the various aliyah(s).

Gath is now a National Park.

The philistine are now extinct such that without the bible no man would have known of their previous existence. Report have it "In 604 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded and put the Philistines' cities to the sword. There is no remnant of them after that". Source

The Moabites and Ammonities are also very extinct.

Nineveh (one of the greatest trade cities of old) also extinct.

Ethiopian was slain but there are not extinct as they are now the world known country east of Africa.

Which history book of predictions has been this accurate? We must take God's written word as it is. So much history there is about the bible but the contents have proven themselves as true. Therefore we must embrace this book that speaks of any future with so much accuracy because if it has always been accurate, the it revelation of God and his purposes can't be the first fallacy.

Nevertheless, the ultimate reason to believe God is in the book of Hebrews 11:6 - "Without Faith, it is impossible to please God ..."

Photo gallery from Associated Press

Six reasons every believer should pray in tongues

1. One of the basic benefits of being a believer
Mark 16:17 - "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues".
Jesus was not necessarily saying your native dialect is going to change but that your new man should acquire a new language for communication. Is there any reason why a believer would not want any of the signs in Mark 16:16-18?


2. Bypassing your mind in prayer is sometimes very essential
1 Cor 14:14 - "For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful."
Praying in tongues causes a child of God to communicate spiritual mysteries without even his mind understanding what he is saying. This is beneficial for a very important reason - No one can speak outside his understanding and as long as our mind is hindered by our physical dimension, our petitions will remain so. Praying in tongues therefore enables a physical man on earth to speak beyond the expected dimension of his mind and speak in the realms of the mind of Christ.


3. To identify the things God has freely given.
1 Cor 2:11- 14 says
"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
The scripture is quite explanable. A good reference to explain things would be Adam who had to name all living creatures that came before him. He needed the understanding or intelligence of the physical to do that. In like manner, we need the perfect wisdom of the spiritual to identify, name or appropriate for our profit the things not seen (spiritual). The bible tells us that they are freely given and somehow its like the things that are freely given are those we struggle to get.


4. Building up your most holy faith
Jude 20 says "But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost".
The precendence to this verse actually described a lot of decadence that was creeping in the world of then. Our own generation's depth of decay surely thrumps their of course. But it is worthy of note that no matter how dark our world is, God's expectation of growth and fruits from us is not compromisable. Therefore as the world around us (from the internet, TV, music, fashion, lifestyle) grows downwards, our faith must be built up. But still we don't know what we are up against. Therefore, our prayer must be in the Holy Ghost who helps our infirmities and intercedes for us in our weaknesses.


5. The spirit is willing
Matthew 26:14 - "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak".
The spirit is willing to go the way of it source - the giver of its life. The flesh also is seeking to go in the direction of its material - dust. Incidentally we are a house of both. Hence, it is our actions that determine we direction our lives would go. The spirit unto life or the flesh unto death. Praying in tongues especially by a person who is filled with the word of Christ by study and meditation gives his willing spirit strength in the sure times of temptation. And remember Proverbs 24:10 says "If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small".

6. You live in the spirit - you should also talk in the spirit.
Gal 5:16 says "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh"
Gal 5:25 says "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit"
John 4:24 says "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth"
Acts 20:22 says "And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there"
John 11:33 - "When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled"
Seeing that there are a lot of spiritual expressions that a spiritual man could make, praying in the spirit could not be out of the list. Also remember that praying in the spirit is a strong connotation of praying in tongues as described in 1 Cor 14:2 - "For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries"

I may not have put down all the possible reasons so I would encourage anyone reading this to add some more to the list (by commenting on the article) for us all to learn. Only try not to repeat points.

God bless.

The God of All

I have always heard questions like this: "if God is omnipotent, why does He allow the Devil to mess up everything He's done so far?" Why do He allow bad and not Good alone.

Now my first answer to that would be: God is the God of all. The same one created both. And thus it is written in the book of Isaiah 45: 7

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things

Jesus also when He was describing God as perfect used the words in Matthew 5:45

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Though it is hard or rare to think of God as even the God of the devil or angel. He owns the life and breathe of his enemies. He is God and creator of all. To saints and sinners, jew and gentiles, believers and atheist, christians and muslims, angels and demons, earth and skies, friends and enemies, everything that exists owe to him their life.
But this two parables would throw more light than much explanation would.

First is the parable of the field in Matthew 13 : 24 -30 (American Standard Version).

²⁴ Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:

²⁵ but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.

²⁶ But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

²⁷ And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?

²⁸ And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

²⁹ But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.

What about the enemy? Why didn't he just take out the enemy like the US took out Osama Bin Laden? Why wait for the enemy to cause much mess?
The answer is that firstly, to everything there is a time and a season to every purpose under the heaven. The 'taking out of the enemy' or his judgement would happen but not yet. Even the parable above illustrates this.

The next question is that until the taking out is done why not de-capitalize him, or disable his ability to cause more trouble?
The answer is so found in the bible , as in Romans 11:29 (Amplified Version)

For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]

God so sticks to his laws and will not go against one. We can count on him on that. But incidentally we are all beneficiaries of this virtue because we all were one time enemies of God.

One Purpose: That we may all seek him

A lot of questions arise in our hearts each day like "Why am I like this...." or how or whats.. These are question that I have asked and there never seem to be a good answer.

But I stumbled on God's word and seem to find a strong consolation in Acts 17: 24-30. But the emphasis is on 26 - 28. It says

"And he created all the people of the world from one man, Adam, and scattered the nations across the face of the earth. He decided beforehand which should rise and fall and when. He determined their boundaries" v 26 (The Living Bible)

This is quite explanable. Nations rise and fall. People as well. Some are poor others are rich. Some are born well and died bad. Others the opposite. Some never tasted suffering. Other never taste luxury. Some ladies get advances from rich men only and yet are not half as beautiful as other who suffer dehumanization from their husbands. Some countries are blessed yet corrupt. Some want to be free but were born into tyranny. The inequality seems so unexplanable and vast. But the next verse of the scripture show like. It says

"His purpose in all of this is that they should seek after God, and perhaps feel their way towards him and find him - though he is not far from any one of us" . v 27 (The Living Bible).

Which ever version of the bible you read, the sense is the same.
God intended to give us different abilities, put us in different levels, give us different resources, varying platforms and economy. He gave no man everything in totality just for one purpose - That we may seek him with the great hope to find him. And for real, he is not very far from us because in him we live, move and have our existence (being). v 29.

Some, on getting confuse have attributed the diversity of the world to chance - they call themselves atheist.
Others, have accepted where they found themselves - they are complacent.

But it is glaring, we were born with a quest, God search.

So to all God-seekers, I say well done. Strive to keep your relationship with God because every other thing (world events, economy, relationship) is trying to steer you look away from you maker.

May God be magnified, Amen.

We are witnesses to God and His Christ

There come a time in any legal dispute in court that the judge will ask the parties involved "do you have any witnesses". Either of the parties will then get none, one or more persons or set of persons to help them as witnesses to defend their claim. The availability and credibility of witnesses should ultimately decide the outcome of any independent court case.

Jesus said in Acts 1:8

But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Jesus wanted and still wants witnesses to maintain hid claim that

• he came to earth to do the will of the Father.
• he trampled on the devil and took the victory for the world to access.
• a sinful soul could be transformed to become a glorious saint.
• we can have eternal life and literally become children of an unseen God
• man can have power with God and be God's dwelling place
• all he said and did is still very possible with us as he has given us his holy spirit.

This is Jesus' testimony and he is in need of witness hence the release of power to all who would willingly go forth to affirm his claim in their life posing themselves as the real enemy to the god of this world - the devil.

1 john 5:4-12

1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

1Jn 5:5 And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

1Jn 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.

1Jn 5:7 And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

1Jn 5:8 For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

1Jn 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

1Jn 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

1Jn 5:11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1Jn 5:12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

1Jn 5:13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

1Jn 5:14 And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

1Jn 5:15 and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

We are thus victorious who bear in us this great testimony of Christ as witnesses of his love, victory and judgement.

(all scriptural references are from the American Standard Version)