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“ Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.”(John 13:1). Amen.

HIS NAME IS YHWH— JEHOVAH(Exodus 6:3). HIS SON'S NAME IS JESUS(Matthew 1:21; Luke 1:35).

“ Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.”(Proverbs 30:4-6). Amen.

“ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.

Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or unclothedness, or peril, or sword?

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”(ROMANS 8:28-39).

Amen.

“ Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. ”(John 14:19). Amen.

“ And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”(Acts 2:1-4). Amen.

“ And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

... as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.”(LUKE 15:11-32). AMEN.

Because of God's love in sending us Jesus, we don't have to fear while approaching Him for mercy.

“ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”(1 John 4:18).


“ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised”(Hebrews 10:19-23).
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”(Hebrews 4:16). Amen.

“ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”(LUKE 19:41-44).

“...as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”(Romans 8:14).

kiddaz:
Yeah? She go fall with the next rains just patiently wait, God is coming with your package

“ And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”(Genesis 2:21,22). AMEN.

“ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.”(Isaiah 54:17). In Jesus' Name! Amen.

Congrats to them. Let God give me my own wife, in Jesus' Name Amen.

“ At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.”(Matthew 18:1-10). Amen.

Funny world.

“ Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. ”(2 Thessalonians 3:1-3). Amen.

When the Holy Spirit came upon the church in Jerusalem, the whole world was turned upside down.

“ And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. ”(Acts 17:6,7).

By the Holy Ghost, in one day, 3000 were converted when Peter preached, then 5000. Not fake conversions: real conversions.(ACTS 2:41).

The Holy Spirit spake(ACTS 13:2).

Jesus told us that He was going away, but He will not leave us comfortless. “ And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”(John 14:16-18).

Thank you Jesus for having made provision.

He came. “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”(ACTS 2:1-4;15-21, 38,39).

“...Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? ...

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.”(Acts 19:2,6).

Amen.

“ For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;”(Romans 1:9). Amen.

Beautifulday:
What is sanctification

SANCTIFICATION IS THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART

https://www.nairaland.com/8742039/sanctified

Have you been sanctified?

Has your heart been circumcised?

Is your heart a heaven for the Holy Spirit?

First comes Salvation; then comes sanctification, and the Holy Ghost baptism.

The Apostles had already been born again: Jesus had said of them, “... ye are clean...”(John 13:10), “ Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. ”(John 15:3), yet the Master went ahead to pray, saying, “ Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”(John 17:17).

Have you been sanctified? Or is your heart still yearning for sin, instead of for God?

God already promised our sanctification: “ A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”(Ezekiel 36:26). “ And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.”(Deuteronomy 30:6).

God has never failed. He will sanctify you as long as you today also play your part: hunger for this Christian experience(Matthew 5:6), ask for it(Matthew 7:7), ABSTAIN from sin: Sanctify your selves.

“ For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: ”(1 Thessalonians 4:3-5).

“ Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:”(Deuteronomy 10:16,17).

Today is the day of Sanctification. “ (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”(2 Corinthians 6:2).

God can sanctify you now. “ And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.”(Acts 15:9).

Today.

Now.

“ Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: ”(Hebrews 12:14).

“ Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”(Hebrews 13:12).

“ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”(Philippians 4:23).

Today marks the end of that “Egyptian” troubling you. Whatever the tags, whatever their modus operandi; “ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”(1 John 4:4).

“ And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”(Exodus 14:13,14), in Jesus' Name. Amen.

Sanctification gives you Christ's reflexes.

Have you been sanctified?

Has your heart been circumcised?

Is your heart a heaven for the Holy Spirit?

First comes Salvation; then comes sanctification, and the Holy Ghost baptism.

The Apostles had already been born again: Jesus had said of them, “... ye are clean...”(John 13:10), “ Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. ”(John 15:3), yet the Master went ahead to pray, saying, “ Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”(John 17:17).

Have you been sanctified? Or is your heart still yearning for sin, instead of for God?

God already promised our sanctification: “ A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”(Ezekiel 36:26). “ And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.”(Deuteronomy 30:6).

God has never failed. He will sanctify you as long as you today also play your part: hunger for this Christian experience(Matthew 5:6), ask for it(Matthew 7:7), ABSTAIN from sin: Sanctify your selves.

“ For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: ”(1 Thessalonians 4:3-5).

“ Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:”(Deuteronomy 10:16,17).

Today is the day of Sanctification. “ (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”(2 Corinthians 6:2).

God can sanctify you now. “ And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.”(Acts 15:9).

Today.

Now.

“ Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: ”(Hebrews 12:14).

“ Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.”(Hebrews 13:12).

“ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”(Philippians 4:23).

Our lifestyle(both personal and public) must contrast and contradict the depraved.

Our influence on earth must by the Holy Ghost restrain the depravity of the fallen man.

We're to bring heaven closer to earth, and if this is not the case, then the world turns into Hell, where we become the very dregs of the same. Unimaginable! God forbid!


Therefore the Master has instructed us: “ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”(Matthew 5:13-16).


You see, there are no two ways in Christian life: it's either you illuminate this dark world with the lumens of Christ, or you face the consequences of being trampled upon by the same world whom you failed to enlighten.

Shine! Christian, Shine! In Holiness and righteousness shine. In His Holiness shine, and LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU. AMEN.

CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE

If you're sincerely a Christian, the Holy Spirit will lead you in the paths of righteousness: you'll not need a schoolmaster to be telling you, “watch this, don't watch this, wear this, don't wear that

We must not let our focus slide: it must anchor on its pivot, “...Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;...”(Hebrews 12:2). Amen.

enemyofprogress:
If you like, di££e poor while helping pastors build their earthly business empires.

If you like, neglect yourself, your family and your loved ones in the name of endless “kingdom investment.”

As for me, I don't believe in heaven or hell. I believe in making this life count.

Work hard. Build yourself. Take care of your family. Help people genuinely. Enjoy the fruits of your labour and leave something meaningful behind.

Don't become poor financing pastor's comfortable lifestyle while waiting for your reward in another world.

LIVE WELL. LOVE YOUR FAMILY. HELP HUMANITY. D££IE WELL.

Believe in Jesus and still do those good things you mentioned so they you'll have hope after this life for the world to come. Amen.

“...For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”(1 John 3:. Amen.

Salvation makes you a new creation; the Bible did not say “a painted creation” or “a recycled creation”: a New Creation! “ ... if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”(2 Corinthians 5:17).

A totally new person. The Old Man crucified with Christ and buried, a New Man is by faith in Jesus risen with Him in the newness of life! “ Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; ”(Colossians 2:12-14).

“ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”(Galatians 2:20). Amen.

“ If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”(1 John 1:6-10).

“ Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.”(Psalms 51:1-19). Amen.

“ See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.”(Hebrews 12:25-29). Amen.

The Lord's logic is this, why you should not worry: when He said “... Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”(Matthew 6:25), He simply says; “God who made you, the person who has the needs, certainly can sustain it; and God who had enough power to engineer such marvelous body of yours, of course has enough power to clothe it too”.


This implies doubt to translate to stupidity. If you're logical enough: if you have Jesus' intelligence, you won't worry about your life.

“ Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”(Matthew 6:31-33). Amen!

I'm tired of seeing all these. When will the world end?!!