OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL...

DATE : FRIDAY 20th JANUARY 2017

THEME :
VIOLATING THE LAW OF KINDS?

Memorise:

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Genesis 6:6

Read: Genesis 6:1-6 (King James Version)


1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.



MESSAGE:

Our God is light, and in Him there is no space for the slightest speck of darkness (1st John 1:5). Those who profess having His nature cannot therefore harbour any element of darkness in them! Right from the beginning, the Lord caused there to be a clear distinction between light and darkness. After He commanded light to be, the next thing He did was to separate the light from the darkness, and He gave them distinct names to avoid any form of confusion (Genesis 1:4-5). Through these actions, God has established a template for those who profess His name to be separate from darkness. Just as God called light out of darkness at the beginning, He has also called us out of the darkness of this world into His marvellous light (1st Peter 2:9, 2nd Corinthians 4:9). Having called us out, the next thing He did was to separate us from darkness, and then He gave us a unique identity (Colossians 1:13). Having done all these things, this one thing He demands of us: that we remain separate (2nd Corinthians 6:17). As a believers in Christ, you have nothing in common with unbelievers. Your responsibility to them is to lead them to the true light. Believers are a kind and unbelievers are another kind (2nd Corinthians 6:14-16). When believers begin to mate, fraternise and fellowship with unbelievers, they violate the law of kinds and evoke God’s anger.


When there is a cross-breed of goat and dog, violating the law of kinds, what do you think will be the result? It will be a beast. The end product is usually strange, detestable and something abominable. Some people erroneously believe that God understands cross-breeds. No, He doesn’t. He hates such with despicable firmness. In ancient times, the devil sowed the idea of cross-breeding. He caused fallen angels to mate with women, and he polluted the entire earth with the breed resulting from this aberration; all in an attempt to block the emergence of the seed of the woman earlier prophesied in Genesis 3:15. This brought so much grief to God to the extent that He decided to wipe out the whole human race. Today, when men mate with men or women mate with women, they violate the law of kinds established by God and cause Him grief. Also, when a man goes for gender-reassignment surgery to take on the features of a woman, develop breasts and even attempt to conceive, he is violating the law of kinds. In what ways are you violating the law of kinds today? Repent and straighten your crooked path! Cut off from that unequal yoke so that God can receive you.


Action Point

Ask that advocates of the recent gay rights movement will receive God’s mercy. Pray that God will open their eyes to the truth of His word, and that His word will prevail.


BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : Mark 10:11 and Isaiah 16:12-17:14

AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE


HYMN 9: ON THE HILL AWAY

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
the emblem of suffering and shame;
and I love that old cross where the dearest and best
for a world of lost sinners was slain.
Refrain:
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day for a crown.

O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
has a wondrous attraction for me;
for the dear Lamb of God left his glory above
to bear it to dark Calvary. Refrain

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
a wondrous beauty I see,
for 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
to pardon and sanctify me. Refrain

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
its shame and reproach gladly bear;
then he'll call me some day to my home far away,
where his glory forever I'll share. Refrain

Thanks for your support and prayers

may God reward you

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Friday, January 20th, 2017) - VIOLATING THE LAW OF KINDS?
1.Thank you Father, for taking away the old nature of sin, in me, and making me a new creature, in Christ Jesus.
2.Thank you Father, for calling me out of the darkness of this world into your marvelous light.
3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me.
4.Father, in anyway l have caused you to regret creating me, please, have mercy and forgive me.
5.Father, let every darkness in my life, be chased away, by your light, in Jesus' name.
6.Father, let every agitation for gay, lesbians and transgender rights, be frustrated, from heaven, in Jesus' name.
7.Father, let me never be unequally yoked with unbelievers, except to lead them to Christ, in Jesus' name.
8.Father, let me never have any cause, in my life, to have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but to reprove them.
9.Father, let every effort of Satan and his agents to destroy your good works be resisted and frustrated from above.
10.Father, let there be a restoration of whatever, Satan has corrupted or tampered with, in my life and in your church, in Jesus' name.
11.Father, rekindle the fire of your revival, in my life, and wake up every sleeping giant, in your church.
12.Your Personal Petitions. (Phil 4:6)
13.In Jesus' name I pray.(John 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers. (1 Thes 5:18).
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