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Edify
The
Innerman
Karemani Benson Arinda

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my beloved parents and mentors Twinomugisha Benon and Kihembo Hellen Twinomugisha.

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 The two most inspirational and supportive people I have ever seen who have seen me all through my sensitive journey of salvation and also did a great job
in seeing this book to accomplishment I love you Mom and Dad.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The following are hereby acknowledged for their wonderful and tremendous support towards the publishing of this book.

1. The ALMIGHTY GOD for the gift of life , His sufficient grace and for every spiritual blessing. May His Name be praised Forever And Ever .AMEN AMEN
AMEN.

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2. My family; Parents [Mr. Benon Twinomugisha ,Mummy Hellen Kihembo, Mr.Matsiko Hanington and Mrs. Jovelet Matsiko] Brothers ;[Brighton ,Mark,
Richard, Alvin, Elijah ,Apellas, Edward and Jimmy] ;Sisters [Celia ,Julian ,Bethel] who endured all the inconveniences I caused them during my time of
compilation .

3. My Spiritual parents / Mentors [Pastor Kamya Emmanuel and Wife, Pastor Ssetuba and Wife and not forgetting The Late Pastor Bishop Stephen
Ssenfuma].

4. My friends ; Dr .Kidega Robert, Nancy Gobi, Joy my editor ,Constance, Vicky ,Alpha, Kiara, Mark ,Winnie C, Winnie L, Aaron ,Phillip ,Emma, Cynthia and
all the members of Inner man discussion Group. Not forgetting my school mates who have really supported me; Papa Moses, Papa Samuel, Mama
Immaculate, Rinah and many others.

5. My church [Kitintale Christian Fellowship]

6 .My Schools; Primary school [St. Patrick Junior School-Mushanga], Secondary’ O’ level [Bright College Secondary school],’A ‘level[Seeta High School] and
My current college [Gulu College Of Health Sciences]

CONTENTS

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………

Chapter one

Sin of Disobedience……………………………………………………………………………

The Heart………………………………………………………………………………………

Chapter Two

The Presence of God…………………………………………………………………………………………

Voice of God…………………………………………………………………………………………

Chapter Three

Speaking to God…………………………………………………………………………………………
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 The word of God…………………………………………………………………………………………

Chapter Four

The Grace of God…………………………………………………………………………………………

Spiritual Gifts and Calling…………………………………………………………………………………

Chapter Five

Wrong Sex Burns………………………………………………………………………

Marriage…………………………………………………………………………

Chapter Six

Thoughts and Decision making…………………………………………

Fear…………………………………………………………………………………

Chapter Seven

Origin of Inner man……………………………………………………………

End Times…………………………………………………………………………

Chapter Eight

Judgment…………………………………………………………………………

Baptism……………………………………………………………………………

Chapter Nine

Service……………………………………………………………………………

The kingdom of God…………………………………………………………………………….……

Chapter Ten

Death………………………………………………………………………….…..…
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Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………

𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

EDIFY THE INNERMAN is a book that deals with a lot to do in the Spirit (THE INNER MAN). It has a number of topics that help us to edit our spirit and get
right with GOD for the Bible says we wrestle not against flesh and blood (Eph: 6:12)...........this way we realize that we leave by the SPIRIT and of which our
SPIRIT will return to GOD and give accountability, that is why the book throws more light on the INNERMAN (SPIRIT). The book also elaborates more on
the dos and don'ts of the inner man and those things that are taken lightly are also discussed in the book as well. A series of Bible verses are mentioned to
back up the topic of discussion in the book. The book also encourages us to enlighten our souls for GOD and do HIS will according to the bible as there are
in the book. I encourage us all to invite brothers, sisters, and friend’s etc. to get a copy of this book because it’s very educative spirit wise. May the
almighty GOD bless all of you as you read this book and may he cover you all with the precious blood of his son JESUS CHRIST.

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 Chapter one

SIN OF DISOBEDIENCE

There are different types of winds physically and spiritually one of the strongest winds that blows is disobedience.

Definition.

Knowing what to do but you don't do it.

James 4:17

[17]So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

This is the wave that respects no man old young minister and non

Another word to mean the same Rebellion

Thessalonians 2:7

[7]For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, but is restrained only
until he who restrains is taken out of the way

This Rebellion or Disobedience has taken over even to the chosen

Luke 11:24

[24]When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it roams through waterless places in search [of a place] of rest (release, refreshment, ease); and
finding none it says, I will go back to my house from which I came.

Luke 11:25-26.

[25]And when it arrives, it finds [the place] swept and put in order and furnished and decorated.

[26]And it goes and brings other spirits, seven [of them], more evil than itself, and they enter in, settle down, and dwell there; and the last state of that
person is worse than the first

Taking an example of a soldier these People because of their intense training they are taught obedience in conditions like sleeping in soil, mad, insects,
and sand to drill out disobedience
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 Matt.8.8 - The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou should est. come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant
shall be healed.

Matt.8.9 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he Goethe; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and
to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Matt.8.10 - When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Verse 10 explains how the solider obeys the leader and how they obey. Him because of the training

Question

Is the army of Christ similar as the army of the specific country or place in obedience the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who restrains is taken
out of the way.

What does disobedience eat?

🏑Disobedience eats Fruits.

Disobedience is a spirit which basically eat the fruits and touches no Gifts.

It says;

🏑Minister but don't love

🏑Preach but abuse

🏑Teach but remain in fornication

🏑 READ THE WORD BUT DON'T FOLLOW IT

🏑Disobedience keeps you content

🏑It keeps you in procrastination forwarding all good things into another time

James 4:17

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🏑It tells what the right thing is but can’t allow you do it

🏑 Increase in wisdom but no good works

🏑You read more of the word but work against

For example

Bible: You shall not commit Adultery

Disobedience: Just once I will repent

Bible: Don't watch anything bad to your eyes (pornography)

Disobedience: but it's there to be watched or am not the first

Bible: don't arouse love before it pleases.

Disobedience: He is just a boyfriend, or he who finds a wife finds a good thing

And more you know what the wind in you says.

1John 3:4 who ever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness (NKJV)

1John 3:4 those who sin are opposed to the law of God for all sin opposes the law of God.

All disobedience is sin.

Disobedience works in anger Moses disobeyed God because of the anger and He rebelled against God.

Control your anger otherwise your time is being consumed in something that would be for a simple time Moses had to take other 40days to get the
Other laws cause of Disobedience

(DISOBEDIENCE KEEPS YOU IN SIN AND BONDAGE FOR MORE TIME)

Does it mean you can minister, preach, teach prophecy God hears you yet still in sin (Disobedience)

A. Yes

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 B. No

Matt.7.22 - Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done
many wonderful works?

Matt.7.23 - And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

As you prophecy, preach, teach, or do anything God’s interest is on fruits not the tree not gifts no.

Matt.7.16 - Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Matt.7.17 - Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

DISOBEDIENCE

Matt.7.23 And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!' (NKJV)

1. Revelation 2:5 says repent

2. Stop procrastination

3. Be a listener

🏑Isa.1.18 - Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isa.1.19 - If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Isa.1.20 - But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

LASTLY FOR NOW

Like we saw in Mat 24:12 it consuming love

It keeps you in false justification.

Rev.2.2 - I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are
apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

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 Rev.2.3 - And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted.

Disobedience

✅ It makes you find fault in others and see the challenge others have

✅ You can even be patient and endure and pray and even fast

Rev.2.4 - Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

Rev.2.5 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

Leaving your first love as in Matthew 24:12 and fallen

Qn. Can you preach yet fallen?

Can you worship yet fallen

Can you give, tithe, help yet fallen?

Yes ✅

No

Why? …. Disobedience

MY FRIENDS ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING

DISOBEDIENCE Decreases the love for God.

Matt.24.12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, (NIV)

In the above script Disobedience is defined as wickedness /sin/iniquity and lawless DISOBEDIENCE STOPS FRUIT BEARING🍏

Mark 11:12-13

[12]On the day following, when they had come away from Bethany, He was hungry.

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[13]And seeing in the distance a fig tree [covered] with leaves, He went to see if He could find any [fruit] on it [for in the fig tree the fruit appears at the
same time as the leaves]. But when He came up to it, He found nothing but leaves, for the fig season had not yet come.

You realize the fig tree had a specific season for bearing fruits and wonder why Christ cursed it as if He didn't know

Brethren ,this is exactly why the Church is behaving , and this is disobedience which keeps us waiting thinking there is a season yet to come , now is the
time ,

Luke 21:29-30

[29]And He told them a parable: Look at the fig tree and all the trees;

[30]When they put forth their buds and come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and perceive and know that summer is already near.

He brings the aspect of trees bearing fruits in specific times

And he uses, a fig 🌴 tree

Qn. SHOULD WE ALSO BE LIKE THE TREES AND HAVE SEASONS FORFRUIT BEARING?

OF COURSE NOT

John 15:2

[2]Any branch in me that does not bear fruit [that stopsbearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch
that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit.

HE SAYS

He prunes the tree that continues to bear. Which is not seasonal

Some of us Choose to love because they love us

What about when they hate us!

Some choose to give because they are rich

What about in lack?

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 Some choose to be humble when not hurt or abused or annoyed

What about in seasons when we are abused insulted?

Which tree are you?

Food for thought

You don't steal because you have nothing to steal

You are not in a relationship because no one has proposed

You are not lustful because no one has asked for sex.

You do not watch porn because you don’t have data.

You cannot lie because you are not in a mess.

You cannot abort because you are not pregnant.

IF THAT IS TRUE THEN YOU STILL DEPEND ON SEASON TO BEAR FRUIT

Which may be impossible.

CHANGE!

Remember

John 15:3

[3]You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].

The word of God protects and preserves the tree 🎄

Is it working or it's a later in you?

Secret of bearing fruits

John 15:4

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[4]Dwell in me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to)
the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.

Dwelling in. Him ceasing to live in sin (DISOBEDIENCE)

John 15:5

[5]I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from me [cut off from vital union
with me] you can do nothing.

It's clear no fruit bearing without Him.

Hallelujah

IN WHICH SEASON SHOULD WE BEAR FRUITS

Jeremiah 17:7-8

[7][Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is.

Who do you trust, rely on, hope in and have confidence in?

[8]For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall
be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.

We are trees by the river (Holy Spirit) and we ought to bear fruit in good season and. Bad

Whether hated or favoured LOVE

Whether asked or not no sex before marriage

Whether poor or rich no theft or even detoothing

In trouble or not, no lying

Bear fruit in and out of season.

Psalm1:3

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 [3]And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or
wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].[Jer17:7,8]

DISOBEDIENCE.

Finally let us ponder on bearing fruit live out of disobedience ask of the Holy Spirit which is the water of Life to keep us bearing fruits in and out of season

Disobedience simply means sin in

James 4: 17 and it is knowing what to do but it don't do it

It also means rebellion, lawlessness, and more.

THE HEART

Definition

The heart holds the divine spark i.e. spirit (ruh). For holding this spirit, the Qalb implies the spiritual heart. The physical heart supplies blood to the body
while the spiritual heart nourishes a soul supplying wisdom and spiritual light in the form of intuition, the way through which God interacts with man.

INTUITION

The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.

"We shall allow our intuition to guide us"

BIBLICALLY

The Heart is what controls everything pertaining to life.

Likewise, physically when he heart stops, death sets in.

Spiritually when the heart is torn you can totally be down and the heart which sets in love for God decreases until there is no more love

Romans 2:28-29.

[28]For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical.

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 [29]But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and [true] circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal [matter]. His praise is not from men but from
God.

In this scripture they describe the real nature of a Christian (Jew)

He or she is that who is circumcised in the heart not in thephysical

That is;

Your physical humility is of no effect.

Your physical smile, giving, peace joy and all the good works that are physical are all of no effect

God deals with the. Heart

Proverbs 16:2

[2]All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lordweighs the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart). [I Sam. 16:7; Heb. 4:12.]

God appreciates the invisible mission not the visible actions of love

QN. How do you know what you carry within your heart whether it's. God or not?

1Cor.3.16 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

First of all you and me are temples of. The. Holy Spirit (Fruit bearer)

Luke.6.45 The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what.

Upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil);
for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks. (AMP)

1) Speech

Every word that you speak every second depicts and shows exactly the state of your heart

Remember; The Holy spirit dwells in you. If He really does so every word you say tells whether He is there or 🚫 not.

Example

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-Can God say stupid to someone that has annoyed you?

If yes then your treasure has. God

-Can God say Fuck because you are excited?

If yes then. God is there

-Can God say you fool?

If yes then you have God in you

Simple way of examining ourselves CAN GOD SPEAK WHAT YOUR MOUTH IS CAPABLE OF UTTERING OUT

If yes then your heart has God in it

Qn. Is God in your heart?

What is the state of your heart?

Prov.14.13 - Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

It's possible to laugh and smile yet your heart is actually sorrowful and in great pain

So let your heart be right with your speech and utterance from now.

OUR NATURE

Prov.23.7 - For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

As we think that is how we are

🚫Does it mean that when you think of killing you are a murderer

🚫Does it mean when you think of sex you are adulterous?

🚫Does it mean when you think of stealing you are thief?

Exactly yes!

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 Am convinced to tell you that if you watch a movie which is for intimacy as the actors are acting while having sex , kissing ,or any eye catching act which
causes you to think about then you are making your mind a slave and that will makes you exactly like them spiritually ?

QN. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU HAD SEX WITH?

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU KILLED?

Remember the last feeling you had as you watched a movie.

Either killed someone that acted a part you didn’t love. Or had sex with someone that acted a part you loved.

That is what the heart can do.

HEART MOST VITAL

Proverbs 4:23

[23] Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.

Some people already gave out there's or were broken

The Bible says guard your heart not to give it out to someone to guard it........

With all diligence and vigilance

Hope you do that out of it flows issues of life and you have to jealously guard it.........

“GUARDING YOUR HEART DOES NOT MEAN HARDENING IT”

THE SOFT/ TENDER HEART

Soft and tender heart simply means the heart that obeys and is willing to change.

The heart that melts to the Word of God.

The one free from conflict, which is humbled by the will of God.
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This is the heart that slows speech and increases in wisdom and utterance of substance.

This is the heart that does good and pure things.

Remember, softening of heart is not only to Christians but even to non-Christians.

The difference is in Christians, the softening of heart is visible in fruits.

Attitudes displaying that of a soft heart are found in 1Peter 3:8-9, where the Apostle tells believers they should have unity of mind with one another,
sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, a humble mind and not to repay evil for evil but bless one another.

Remember

Humble wisdom is another key point in soft hearts.

People with soft hearts are always listeners. They love listening and learning from what other people have to say.

Always eager to learn and they respect and God teaches them.

Hard hearts

These are hearts which are complicated in the measure of man.

They are characterized by;

Pride

For example, I can’t listen from under graduate pastor because they can’t speak sense.

-Choosing to some people and others are scrolled out because of their health status, nature, looks, color, and environment.

Impatience

Hard hearts always have an excuse for every situation and can’t wait on the Lord. They think at times god has lied, or they think they prayed and amiss or
God is not real.

Grumbling (Complaints).

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Hard hearts tend to grumble and complain even on obvious things for example after praying for a job then you say let me go to the shrine or let me leave
praying. Because it seems God never works

Others are;

Unforgiving

They can keep good record. Of sin

Ungrateful

Hard heart sees everything similar even in cases of replied questions they still carry questions

CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOFT HEART

Patience

A soft heart will always wait upon the lord without fight or flight or giving up

Trust

A soft Heart can easily trust the lord even when the situation is negative

“WE SPIRIT”

A soft heart always considers the rest before itself

and more often, the soft heart manifests in humility

Humility does not mean softening your voice, kneeling down and putting on a smile, no.

It is simply Love and heart surrender.

Which manifests by. God loving and being humble in you since we're you are temples

Remember

Matthew 11:29

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 [29]Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment
and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. [Jer. 6:16.]

The relief, peace, freedom is all in getting a new soft heart.

Psalm 139:23

[23] Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts

If. He would search now what is the nature of yours and what are the thoughts there in

Prayer.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

[5] May the Lord direct your hearts into [realizing and showing] the love of God and into the steadfastness and patience of Christ and in waiting for His
return.

Lord may you direct my heart

Jeremiah 17:9

[9]The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick! Who can.

know it [perceive, understand, be acquainted with his own heart and mind]? [Matt.13:15-17; Mark7:21-23; Eph.4:20-24]

Lord I know my heart has been deceitful, living in presence, may you forgive me and heal my heart oh Lord.

Psalms51:10

[10] Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me.

The heart that will obey, trust, believe and move in you. Thanks for hearing my prayer. In Jesus’ Name. Amen

Who gives?

Ezekiel 36:26

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

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The point to ponder on. He says, “I will give you a heart of flesh.” And this is given by God not anywhere.

And he gives it by melting the stony heart and it's the Word of God which does so.

Hebrews 4:12

[12]For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword,
penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature],
exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Remember

A REPENTANT HEART DEFINES A SOFT HEART

A HEART THAT IS QUICK TO APOLOGIZE

He heals broken Hearts

Job 23:15-16

[15]Therefore am I troubled and terrified at His presence; when I consider, I am in dread and afraid of Him.

[16]For God has made my heart faint, timid, and broken, and the Almighty has terrified me,

Remember God has full authority over your heart

Surrendering is the best.

ANYONE'S HEART CAN BE CHANGED

No matter how Saul persecuted the Church, God looked at the heart of a man that was desperate to kill those who brought in confusing beliefs but in turn
He realized He was fighting against Himself. He prayed and God gave Him a new heart and filled Him with the Holy Spirit.

1 Samuel 10:9

[9] And when [Saul] had turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart, and all these signs came to pass that day.

You realize because of leadership Saul’s heart was changed because he was the only one available for that position. So your position calls for God to
change your heart.
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You cannot be a leader, a preacher, a teacher, an evangelist with a hardened heart and you succeed.

BECAUSE MOSES HAD A HEART THAT WAS HARD HE BROKE THE COMMANDMENTS

Allow God to soften your heart for the successful ministry.

The Heart that will obey

The heart that when slapped you turn another side, not slap back.

The heart that will bless your enemies and pray for them that persecute you like Stephen did

Remember Matthew 11:29 [29]Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief
and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. [Jer. 6:16.]

The relief, peace, freedom is all in getting a new soft heart.

Psalm 139:23

[23] Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Tryme and know my thoughts

If He would search now, what is the nature of yours and what are the thoughts there in?

Prayer

Remember Garbage in, garbage out.

1 Corinthians 11:1

[1]PATTERN YOURSELVES after me [follow my example], as I imitate and follow Christ (the Messiah).

We will learn about portals of entry

If you can't be selective of what to see it's hard to guard your heart

For example, you can't guard your heart as you listen to secular music or watch porn, or watch secular videos and movies and songs it's quite hard. David
was an example here.

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 One thing brothers and sisters, many things we engage on have no effect on our hearts, the works we do like reading books. But this one, RELATIONSHIP,
it takes the heart, not brain. That's why relationship breaks the heart, if it's not the right time and RIGHT person, keep away from it. In doing so, you're
guarding your heart.

Psalm 101:3

[3]I will set no base or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside [from the right path]; it shall not grasp hold of

Let someone try these.

Engage in other physical work all day, reading books.

Later, check your spirituality.

You’ll find no much effect,

Take time in a romantic relationship, out of God's will and purpose, you'll find a lot has declined.

Where God dwells, the heart was given away, to something else.

Remember how Solomon ended B's of His many women

So Friends let us Guard ours hearts from all evil

And let our mouth speak our hearts always.

No hypocrisy because of this

Hebrews 4:13

[13]And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with whom
we have to do.

Let no one say give me your heart and you do cause that is a spiritual transaction which sees your heart empty and tends to live you in lack. Eventually
your heart is broken. For the married if in agreement the Bible says they are one body. If not we'll married still their hearts are separate, fights won't stop.
If married in agreement and still in fights most times there are visible or invisible or hidden third parties who are either human or spiritual fighting the
marriage.

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Where do you fall?

Say no to relationships

Say no to vulgar language

Say no to secular music

Say no to movies

Say no to evil literature

Say no to evil speech

And God will see you through

And you will successfully guard your heart

MORE ABOUT THE HEART

According to the Bible, the heart is the center not only of spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life.

"Heart" and "soul" are. often used interchangeably (Deut. 6:5; 26:16; comp. Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33), but this is not generally the case.

The heart is the "home of the personal life," and hence a man is designated, according to his heart, wise (1 Kings 3:12, etc.), pure (Ps. 24:4; Matt. 5:8, etc.),
upright and righteous (Gen. 20:5, 6; Ps. 11:2;

78:72), pious and good (Luke 8:15), etc. In these and such passages the word "soul" could not be substituted for "heart."

The heart is also the seat of the conscience (Rom. 2:15). It is naturally wicked (Gen. 8:21), and hence it contaminates the whole life and character (Matt.
12:34; 15:18; comp. Eccl. 8:11; Ps. 73:7). Hence the heart must be changed, regenerated (Ezek. 36:26; 11:19; Ps. 51:10-14), before a man can willingly
obey God.

The process of salvation begins in the heart by the believing reception of the testimony of God, while the rejection of that testimony hardens the heart
(Ps. 95:8; Prov. 28:14; 2 Chr. 36:13). "Hardness of heart evidences itself by light views of sin; partial acknowledgment and confession of it; pride and
conceit; ingratitude; unconcern about the word and ordinances of God; inattention to divine providences; stifling convictions of conscience; shunning
reproof; presumption, and general ignorance of divine things."

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 The human heart A muscular viscous, which is the primary organ of the blood's motion in an animal body, situated in the thorax. From this organ all the
arteries arise, and in it all the veins terminate. By its alternate dilatation and contraction, the blood is received from the veins, and returned through the
arteries, by which means the circulation is carried on and life preserved.

The inner part of any thing; the middle part or interior; as the heart of a country, kingdom or empire; the heart of a town; the heart of a tree.

The seat of the affections and passions, as of love, joy, grief, enmity, courage, pleasure.

The heart is deceitful above all things. Every imagination of the thoughts of the heart is evil continually. We read of an honest and good heart, and an evil
heart of unbelief, a willing heart, and a heavy heart, sorrow of heart, a hard heart, a proud heart, and a pure heart. The heart faints in adversity, or under
discouragement, that is, courage fails; the heart is deceived, enlarged, reproved, lifted up, fixed, established, moved,

By a metonymy, heart is used for an affection or passion, and particularly for love.

The king's heart was towards Absalom. 2 Sam 14.

The seat of the understanding; as an understanding heart.

We read of men wise in heart, and slow of heart.

The seat of the will; hence, secret purposes, intentions or designs. There are many devices in a man's heart. The heart of kings is unsearchable. The Lord
tries and searches the heart. David had it in his heart to build a house of rest for the ark.

Sometimes heart is used for the will, or determined purpose.

The heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccl 8.

Person; character; used with respect to courage or kindness.

Cheerily, my hearts.

Courage; spirit; as, to take heart; to give heart; to recover heart.

Secret thoughts; recesses of the mind.

Michal saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. 2 Sam 6.

Disposition of mind.

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Secret meaning; real intention.

And then show you the heart of my message.

Conscience, or sense of good or ill.

Every man's heart and conscience--doth either like or disallow it.

Strength; power of producing; vigor; fertility. Keep the land in heart.

That the spent earth may gather heart again.

The utmost degree.

This gay charm--hath beguiled me

To the very heart of loss.

To get or learn by heart, to commit to memory; to learn so perfectly as to be able to repeat without a copy.

To take to heart, to be much affected; also, to be zealous, ardent or solicitous about a thing; to have concern.

To lay to heart, is used nearly in the sense of the foregoing.

To set the heart on, to fix the desires on; to be very desirous of obtaining or keeping; to be very fond of.

To set the heart at rest, to make oneself quiet; to be tranquil or easy in mind.

To find in the heart, to be willing or disposed.

I find it in my heart to ask your pardon.

For my heart, for tenderness or affection.

I could not for my heart refuse his request.

Or, this phrase may signify, for my life; if my life was at stake.

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To speak to one's heart, in Scripture, to speak kindly to; to comfort; to encourage.

To have in the heart, to purpose; to have design or intention.

Chapter two

THE PRESENCE OF GOD

It's the knowing of the Almighty and being known by Him.

It's the believing, having faith in Him.

It’s basically "Having Salvation"

GETTING IN HIS PRESENCE

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🔅 Through Prayer

Luke 11:9 "And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will
be opened. We can get every good thing from the Lord if we believe and trust in Him. No need to worry about tomorrow for he has prepared everything
for you, His children.

Psalms 119:18

🔅 Through humility️.

One has to be humble and honest, knowing what they have done right or wrong e.g. The story of the prayers made by the Pharisee and Tax collector (Luke
18:11-14) The tax collectorwas humble and knew what he did and accepted it therefore he was blessed by Jesus Christ. "For the proud will be humbled,
but the humble will be honoured".

🔅 Through surrender

If you surrender the earthly desires and pleasures e.g. vulgar language, dressing indecently. Things which are against God's will and choose the path of
the Lord which non-Christians call foolish we will be blessed. For its not foolish to trust God cause he is the beginning of wisdom-1 Corinthians 2:14

James 4:8 Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you.Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, you hypocrites.

Psalms 119:2-3. Living a life of Christ.

🔅 Putting your priorities in order🗒

Organise what you need for He will provide if you trust and believe in Him. Write them down and ask God. Matthew 6:33 And He will give you all you
need from day to day if you live for Him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern. Acts 17:26-27…If we live for Him we will provide everything
you ask for.

In God's Presence,

- Dreams come true

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- Bodies and souls are healed.

-Our hearts are filled with joy.

-The thirst is quenched.

-The hungry are fed.

-Weak bodies are strengthened.

-The needy are provided for

Signs of God's Presence.

⭕ Inward peace

The heart can be at peace; forgiving the ones that hurt you, having humility, being favoured. Cause God is a healer, miracle worker, destiny changer,
victory giver, provider, forgiving, merciful and wonderful.

⭕ Faith, victory through Him.

Living In God's Presence

� Put right with God.

Psalms 32:3-5 When I did not confess my sins, I was worn out from crying all day long. Day and night you punished me, Lord, my strength was completely
drained as moisture is dried up by the summer heat.......

When you are not right with God you become uncomfortable, pushing Him away, running away from His hands. But if you repent you become closer to
Him.

� Thanksgiving, Praise and worship.

Psalms 100:4 Enter the temple gates with Thanksgiving, go into its courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise Him.

We feel his presence when we worship, praise and give thanks to Him.

� Transformation.

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� Sense of your own sinfulness.

� Repentance

� Fruits of the Holy Spirit over flow within our hearts.

� We get strength.

� Have God's mercy.

We are so blessed if living in God's presence

THE PRESENCE OF GOD

DID YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEVIL HAS BEEN DOING FROM THE START IS TO MAKE SURE IT GETS YOU OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD

When the devil gets you out of the presence of God then its half way complete with its mission.

This is because out of the presence of God it has the access to your soul, family, heart, body, mind and actions.

We are going to see things that fight us out of the presence.

The very first time we see a man out of the presence of God

Genesis 3:8

[8] And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

This was the very first time man was cast away from the presence of. God by Satan through the Snake and this is its basic mission and target.

ARE YOU IN THE PRESENCE?

Several times some of us get dreams when we are naked. That simply means you are out of the presence of God.

The tree they ate opened there eyes to see there nakedness and they hid because they were out of the presence.
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Out of the presence of God you are bound to pain, disappointments, failure, defeats emptiness, lack of self-control. Why?

When you are out of the presence of God the recurring curses unto Adam and Eve appear

Genesis 3:17

[17]And to Adam He said, Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I
commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you; in sorrow and toil shall you eat [of the fruits] of it
all the days of your life.

You are insecure when out of the presence because you are not assured of safety

Adam was cast out of the garden of. God because he ran away from God's presence.

Things that cause us to be cast out of the presence of God

🎯Sex and sexual immorality vices.

This is one of the top most leader in casting even the strongest out of the presence of God

-Samson

-David

-Abraham

-Solomon

And the rest Abraham spent 13years out of the presence of God because of the sexual sin.

This is something that drains you though a pastor, apostle, bishop or anything and you feel the emptiness related issues such as,
masturbation, watching porn, kisses, secular music, indecency. All play a similar role in draining the anointed. This tends to create emptiness,
self-hate and a lot more because it casts you out of the presence of God.

We will expound more in THE FIRE OF SEX DISCUSSION

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🎯 Food

Someone maybe wondering how food can take you away from the presence

Acts 15:19-20

[19]Therefore it is my opinion that we should not put obstacles in the way of and annoy and disturb those of the Gentiles who turn to God.

[20]But we should send word to them in writing to abstain from and avoid anything that has been polluted by being offered to idols , and all
sexual impurity , and [ eating meat of animals] that have been strangled , and [tasting of] blood.

And more scripts the food

The principal of food chased Adam and Eve out still.

YOU CAN NOT MAINTAIN YOUR ANOINTING WITHOUT FASTING

Fasting keeps us in the presence of God (genuine fasting)

🎯 Deception

This also strongly gets us out of the presence of God. It gives you an identity as a child of Satan.

John 8:44

[44] You are of your father, the devil, and it is your will to practice the lusts and gratify the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He
was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a falsehood, he speaks
what is natural to him, for he is a liar [himself] and the father of lies and of all that is false.

🎯 Disobedience

In our previous chapter we handled it disobedience keeps God away from your affairs.

🎯 Thoughts.

This is a full nation to talk about but your identity is determined by your thoughts and good thoughts keep God and bad thoughts keep you
out of the presence.
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🎯 Grambling/Complaining

Jude 1:16

[16]These are inveterate murmurers (grumblers) who complain [of their lot in life], going after their own desires [controlled by their passions];
their talk is boastful and arrogant, [and they claim to] admire men's persons and pay people flattering compliments to gain advantage.

🎯 Music

Music can draw you to the presence of God and terribly enough it's the leading cause of emptiness which draw you out of the presence of
God in seconds.

🎯 Movies

Especially horror, romantic, actions, deceptive, even much more than we think insert in us another spirit which draws us away. Bringing dreams
and false imaginations.

🎯 Witchcraft and spiritual agreements

🎯 Unforgiveness

Matthew 6:12

[12]And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven (left, remitted, and let go of the debts, and have given up resentment against) our
debtors.

God only forgives when you have forgiven.

🎯 The rest are documented and are Galatians 5:19-21

[19]Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency,

[20]Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar
opinions, heresies),

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 [21]Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit
the kingdom of God.

CLOSED HEAVEN ALSO MEANS OUT OF THE PRESENCE AND VISE VERSA

Several times in the Bible many lived under closed heaven for years. You could also be leaving in a closed Heaven. You pray it's like you are
hitting a rock, you tithe nothing happens.

Physical Heaven teaches us of the spiritual heaven

2 Chronicles 7:13-14

[13] If I shut up heaven so no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people …

The heaven can be shut and you live in closed Heaven

Israel spent 70years in bondage

Abraham 13years.

Idolatry gave a bondage of 400years

[14]If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their
wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

But through repentance God delivers. Daniel cried to God for Israel and it was saved.

David

Psalm 122:1

[1]I WAS glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord! [Isa. 2:3; Zech. 8:21.]

This was because the descendants were in bondage for 10 generations and He was the 10th and. God promised to deliver on the 10th.

There is nothing bad like being out of the presence of God

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Deuteronomy 23:2

[2] A person begotten out of wedlock shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall his descendants not
enter into the congregation of the Lord.

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GOD'S AMAZING WORD

Genesis 38:15, 26, 29.

[15]When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot or devoted prostitute [under a vow to her goddess], for she had covered her face [as
such women did].

[26]And Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous and just than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And
he did not cohabit with her again.

[29]But he drew back his hand, and behold, his brother was born first. And she said, what a breaking forth you have made for yourself!
Therefore his name was called Perez [breaking forth]. [Matt. 1:3.]

SO PEREZ was a WEDLOCK CHILD (DEUT.23:2)

Deuteronomy 23:2

[2]A person begotten out of wedlock shall not enter intothe assembly of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall his descendants not enter
into the congregation of the Lord.

Ruth 4:18-22

[18]Now these are the descendants of Perez :( 1) Perez was the father of Hezron (2),

[19]Hezron of Ram (3), Ram of Amminadab (4),

[20]Amminadab of Nahshon (5), Nahshon of Salmon, (6)

[21]Salmon (of Boaz, (7) Boaz of Abed, (8) Jesse (9)

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DAVID

Psalm 122:1

[1]I WAS glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord! [Isa. 2:3; Zech. 8:21.]

LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD

Today, many people don't know how to live or be alive in the presence of God.

We have actually seen people dying in the presence of the Lord or being destroyed.

So, God has not only called us to experience His presence but to be alive in it.

Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. [Acts
2:25-28, 31.]

The verse reveals to us that in His presence, we are supposed to have or have revelation to the path of life.

I'm taken back to the Old Testament when I think about the presence of the Lord. Back then, the high priest went into the most sacred place in
the Tent of the Lord's Presence once a year. That was on the Day of Atonement. But before he went there, he had to perform rituals to cleanse
himself and put on specific garments.

They would then tie a rope on his ankle as he went in, so that if the Lord had any fault against him and he was struck dead, they. would
just pull him out. It is possible for a person to be killed in the presence of the Lord.

So, in other words, the high priest had to follow a set of instructions so that he would live in the presence of the Lord.

As Christians we ought to know how to live in the presence of the Lord.

God also put in symbols to show His Presence.

1. The Tent of the Lord's Presence

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 Exodus 25:8 Let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. [Heb. 8:1, 2; 10:1.]

God instructed the Israelites to make a Sacred Tent or sanctuary so that He could dwell among them but this is what followed...

Exodus 25:9 And you shall make it according to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle or dwelling and the pattern of all the
furniture of it.

He said... make it according to all that I show you! The instructions to make the Sacred Tent run from Exodus 25 all the way to 31.The Israelites
followed these instructions. So God spoke.

Numbers 7:89 And when Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the
mercy seat that was upon the ark of the Testimony from between the two cherubim; and He spoke to [Moses].

So far we have learnt to be alive in the presence of the Lord, we need to follow His instructions and not our own ways. Then He will speak.

2. The Ark of the Covenant or the Covenant Box.

The Covenant Box was one of the items placed in the Tent of The Lord's Presence. According to scripture it contained items.

Hebrews 9:3 But [inside] beyond the second curtain or veil, [there stood another] tabernacle [division] known as the Holy of Holies. [Exod.
26:31-33.]

Hebrews 9:4 It had the golden altar of incense and the ark (chest) of the covenant, covered over with wrought gold. This [ark] contained a
golden jar which held the manna and the rod of Aaron that sprouted and the [two stone] slabs of the covenant [bearing the Ten
Commandments]. [Exod. 16:32-34; 30:1-6; Num. 17:8-10.]

The Covenant Box contained;

▪️A golden jar with manna

▪️Aaron's rod

▪️The Ten Commandments

These items are representations. And they are our key to being alive in the presence of the Lord.

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◾️Manna.

Manna was the food provided to the Israelites as they were in the wilderness. It fell from Heaven and was provided by the Lord they didn't
work for it.

So manna represents God's divine provision.

Qn. How do we relate with God's divine provision?

For example the gifts that the Lord blessed us with like speaking in tongues, teaching the Word, interpretations of dreams....

Romans 11:29 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.]

Do we use our gifts to serve the Lord or we are ignoring them?

2 Peter 1:10 Because of this, brethren, be all the more solicitous and eager to make sure (to ratify, to strengthen, to make steadfast) your
calling and election; for if you do this, you will never stumble or fall.

2 Peter 1:11 Thus there will be richly and abundantly provided for you entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

You will never live a complete life if you never know who you are and what God has called you to be. Do not draw back from your gift.

◾️Aaron's rod.

Aaron's rod is a sign of spiritual authority. God chose Aaron to be the high priest.

There are people who God has anointed to help you to grow spiritually. Not everything that you need is going to be written down. So we
should know how to relate with such people. You cannot dishonour what God is using to help you and then claim to honour the Lord.

Most Christians who have grown spiritually tend to reject such and when trouble comes, they cry out to the Lord. Let go of such pride.

◾️The Ten Commandments

These represent divine instruction.

As we saw at the beginning God gave instructions on how to build the Terbanacle and they followed these and He dwelt among them.
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1 Samuel 4:3 When the troops had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, why has the Lord smitten us today before the Philistines? Let
us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh that He may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.

1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, Who dwells above the
cherubim. And the two sons of Eli Hophni and Phinehas, were with the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Samuel 4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth
resounded.

1 Samuel 4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?
When they understood that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp,

1 Samuel 4:7 The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! For such a thing has not
happened before.

1 Samuel 4:8 Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that smote the Egyptians with every
kind of plague in the wilderness.

1 Samuel 4:9 Be strong, and acquit yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you may not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have
been to you; behave yourselves like men, and fight!

1 Samuel 4:10 And the Philistines fought; Israel was smitten and they fled every man to his own home. There was a very great slaughter; for
30,000 foot soldiers of Israel fell.

According to the above scriptures, the Israelites thought that when the Tent of the Lord's Presence was carried to the battle field, they would
win but instead they were utterly defeated.

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It's because they were using His presence as a tool to kill their enemy yet His presence is relational.

If we remember the original plan of the Tent of the Lord's Presence... it was for God to dwell among His people. (Exo. 25:8)

Do not go in the presence and pray prayers of death for people or cursing. Vengeance is for the Lord.

The presence of God lifts us up from anything that attacks us.

The story continues 1 Sam 4-7

The Philistines even captured the Tent of the Lord's Presence but disease fell into their land.... When They were using it as a tool of power. But
we see God blessing those who rightfully use the power of His presence.

2 Samuel 6:10 So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to him into the City of David; but he took it aside into the house of Obed-
edom the Gittite.

2 Samuel 6:11 And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom
and all his household.

The purpose of God's presence is to have a relationship with His people.

THE GARDEN OF GOD

Being in the presence of God simply means being in the presence of God.

As Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden that signified the presence of God.

So being out of the Garden of Eden was being out of the presence of God.

When Cane killed Abel still He was chased out of the fertile Grounds which was the presence of God.

Genesis 4:13-14

[13]Then Cain said to the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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 [14]Behold, You have driven me out this day from the face of the land, and from Your face I will be hidden; and I will be a fugitive and a
vagabond and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.

Even Cain cried for being chased out of the presence because he knew the pain there in being out of the presence of God.

ARE YOU IN THE PRESENCE

Most painful to be Christian yet out of the presence. Let us get into the presence.

Exchange of the presence for Treasure

1 Kings 21:1-2

[1]NOW NABOTH the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezebel, close beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria; and after these things,

[2]Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house. I will give you a better
vineyard for it or, if you prefer, I will give you its worth in money.

The target of the Devil is to exchange the garden of vines for herbs 🌿 and the gets out God from His position.

Remember Ahab was a king whose mind was polluted by the sorcerer (Jezebel) the wife and he was fighting the children of. God

1 Kings 21:1, 3

[1]NOW NABOTH the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, close beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria; and after these things,

[3]Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid that I should give the *inheritance of my fathers to you.

The devil fights to get your inheritance out of your hands. This is what it yearns for

SLOWS in sexual immorality and watches you in pain.

Today the church is in mess because the devil just enters and breaks down the pastor or wife or a member or minister and the presence of
God is away.

Ask yourself whether your church is safe

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 Cases where people dress the way they want ,speak the way they feel , allow relationships in church to the unready shows people who are
living out of the presence.

What about you

The presence of God

Simply means doing the will of God.

Living in obedience

Forgiving

Hating sin

Even when you sin

Someone in the presence feels convicted and repents then is kept in the presence

The presence of God gives you assurance of eternal life.

It keeps you without fear of death

It gives you the assurance of. God that answers prayers

It keeps your faith on even in tough times.

The presence of God gives you assurance of Being loved God.

When you feel empty, weak, abandoned, guilt of sin, fight, painless after sin or non-sensitive in sin. Know you are out of the presence.

What do you do.

Cry to. God in repentance

He forgives.

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With the presence of God comes Purpose

Jeremiah 1:4

We were given purpose by God even before we were born.

But it's when we tap into the presence of God that we get to understand our purpose in the kingdom of God.

Being in the presence of God means to willingly accept your life to be driven by the will go because it's by the spirit of God that we can fulfil
that purpose that we were created for. .But without the spirit of God we cannot understand or fulfil our purposes.

THE VOICE OF GOD

1. How does God speak and how come He speaks and we don't hear?

2. How do we hear God speak?

3. Is it possible God can choose to keep quiet and why?

4. Disobedience to the voice of God.

5. How do you obey the voice of God?

God speaks through; Visions, dreams, nature, word, prophets, feelings.

Listening to Him is a choice you make and as you pay attention to listen similarly listening to God takes attention and time.

Many people admire listening to Him but they never give Him attention.

To some they do listen but disobey the voice while others ignore the voice calling it a normal voice or hallucination.

We ought to pay as much attention as we can to listen well

HOW DO WE KNOW ITS GOD

The best way to discern God's voice from your own is to practice stepping out and acting on his voice when you think it's Him. As you take those steps of
faith, He helps you sort out and recognize his voice through a process of learning.

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When you hear God say go preach, ask what should I preach about don't ask are you sure?

Most people would agree that conscience is the reasoned voice inside us that guides and tells us what we should and shouldn't do.

That is also the voice of GOD that speaks

For example you want to get a boyfriend and you feel your consciousness tell you it's not ok and you go even ask a pastor or friends if you are of God.
Even if the pastor says yes but your consciousness is saying no follow your heart.

1 Corinthians 3:16

[16]Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God's temple (His sanctuary), and that God's Spirit has His permanent
dwelling in you [to be at home in you, collectively as a church and also individually]?

If you have God and you are sure follow your heart (consciousness) because He is in you.

The same consciousness that tells you abortion is murder is the same voice that cares about where and when and how to go.

Romans 8:27

[27]And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads
[before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God's will. [Ps. 139:1, 2.]

We still have a longing in our core to have a direct connection to the ultimate information source and hear the voice of God. We speak to God often, with
requests, questions, and fears adding to those external voices we hear. Our prayers are full of us speaking, but we fail to hear God, because our prayer
time often ends when we run out of words.

1. What does it mean to hear from God?

If you are serious about hearing the voice of God actively in your life and getting his direction as you continue to grow your faith then keep reading for
what the bible says about God speaking to you.

Hearing the voice of God

2. What does the bible say about hearing God’s voice?

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3. Why is it important to hear the voice of God?

Let us think about all that

My Sheep Hear My Voice, and I Know Them, and They Follow Me. John 10:27 (NASB)

This scripture from the book of John is an encouragement to us. It tells us that hearing the voice of God will be a distinguishing factor to those who
consider themselves his sheep and under his care. Now this should not make you worry, instead it is letting you know that you CAN hear his voice. Hearing
God speak is a blessing we receive as his children!

And Your Ears Shall Hear A Word Behind You, Saying, “This Is The Way, Walk In It,” When You Turn To The Right Or When You Turn To The Left. Isaiah
30:21 (ESV)

This bible verse about hearing God reminds us that the voice of God will give us direction. When he speaks, we will receive an answer to something we
have asked, or a request we didn’t even know we needed. When God speaks to us, we will gain clarity.

The Spirit Shows What Is True And Will Come And Guide You Into The Full Truth. The Spirit Doesn’t Speak On His Own. He Will Tell You Only What He Has
Heard From Me, And He Will Let You Know What Is Going To Happen. John 16:13 (CEV)

This this scripture about God’s voice, Jesus was encouraging the disciples prior to his final ascension. He was letting them know about the gift that would
be given to them during Pentecost, a helper we know as the Holy Spirit. In order for the spirit to speak in our lives, God has to have given Him words to
say. So the feeling of the Holy Spirit speaking to you, that is GOD!

Ask Me, And I Will Tell You Things That You Don’t Know And Can’t Find Out. Jeremiah 33:3 (CEV).

So many times we believe God is not speaking because we have yet to hear his answer. This scripture tells us just the opposite. It is a promise from the
Lord. He is saying that when you ask him, he will answer.

Now, it may not be the answeyou were wanting to hear, or may not be in the form you wereexpecting, but he will answer!

In The Past, God Spoke To Our Ancestors Through The Prophets At Many Times And In Various Ways, But In These Last Days He Has Spoken To Us By His
Son, Whom He Appointed Heir Of All Things, And Through Whom Also He Made The Universe. The Son Is the Radiance of God’s Glory and the Exact
Representation of His Being, Sustaining All Things by His Powerful Word. After He Had Provided Purification For Sins, He Sat Down At The Right Hand Of
The Majesty In Heaven.

So He Became as Much superior to the Angels as the Name He has inherited is Superior to theirs. Hebrews 1:1-5 (NIV)

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YOUR PARENT CAN BE THE GOD'S VOICE TO YOUR LIFE

God taught me this on relationship. If you are in any relationship or planning to get into one.

If your father or Mother those that are in God/under authority when asked. If they say it's ok that is God's will. If they say no that is similarly God's will.
But much more consider the inner voice of spiritual consciousness. What is God saying about what you are doing what you are saying or thinking about.
It's the voice of God on your life Listen So some think can bribe God through prayer.

Fasting you will starve. Thinking God can speak basing on their feelings or even what they should hear.

Tend to pray over certain men, women, or job or anything tithing for same and when the devil speaks defending their will they call is the. Voice of
God. It's like thinking about Mike whole day then you get a dream introducing Him to your parents without asking God, forcing God to speak that
yet He didn't.

Psalm 138:2

[2]I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have exalted above
all else Your name and Your word and You have magnified Your word above all Your name!

His word and will remains don't be deceived God can't be mocked not even bribed.

HOW DOES GOD SPEAK

OUR God speaks in many different ways and these are the ways.

Dreams

Like God communicated to Joseph, Samuel, David, John and more of His servants. He is still speaking the same way. Several times we have taken dreams
to be hallucinations, imagination, experience and we have not thought the mind of God. And even when we know its God speaking we don't want to know
what it is about.

Are you part of them?

Do you dream?

Someone gets a dream naked and they don't seek the cause of nakedness.

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Some dream of dead people, animals (snakes) others dream of fruits, and a lot more but never seek the mind of. God even when God is speaking with
expectations from us to hear God.

However some dreams are as a result of the daily thoughts and experience and others evil related but those in God every dream consider it vital.

Vision

A vision is something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy, especially a supernatural appearance that usually conveys a revelation. Visions
generally have more clarity than dreams, but traditionally fewer psychological connotations.

Visions always bring more explanation of the scenario inform of visible pictures or lesson.

Visions can come during day night or even in dreams. Visions are always longer

God spoke to Daniel, John and more of servants in visions.

VISIONS COME WHEN YOUR MIND IS NOT A SLAVE ….WORK ON YOUR MIND

Word

This is one of the greatest ways God speaks to us, through His word. This is the mirror in which we see Jesus.

John 1:1-4

[1]IN THE beginning [before all-time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa. 9:6.]

[2]He was present originally with God.

[3]All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.

[4]In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.

This is God Himself. Whenever you are reading the word of God you are having a direct fellowship with God. Today many people change the very word
and make it as though it's a letter making it of no effect.

2 Corinthians 3:6

[6][It is He] Who has qualified us [making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient] as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant [of salvation through
Christ], not [ministers] of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit; for the code [of the Law] kills, but the [Holy] Spirit makes alive. [Jer. 31:31.]
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 2Cor.3.6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
(KJV)

Don't cram scriptures but exercise scriptures because the voice of God to be of effect. Many people desire gifts of prophecy, teaching, evangelism but
never read the word. Unless you want to be a false...... Because the work permit it. God's ministry is His word.

Some people still think can bribe God to change His speech and decision by being humble in words

God's promises are yes and Amen and His word is the finest word to man it's the quickest voice anyone can hear as long as they have the spirit of God.

Visions, dreams or any message always come to confirm the word of God in the Bible.

Ps.138.2 - I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all
thy name.

His word dictates His will over your life If the word says you shall not commit Adultery or love your neighbour as you love yourself However much You
explain yourself to God of how much they have hurt of or how they are caring and loving and good. God will not go against His word. God cannot be
bribed.

I know of a lady who spent 60days on the mountain praying that God allows her marry the boyfriend she had hot after God had said it's not a husband.
You will starve. Whether you cry fast and pray against the will of God. Don't except the voice of God that supports your feeling (if they are wrong). God
will always speak in line with His will.

Gal.6.7 - Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Some of us tend to blame God for not speaking but question.

What did you do when He spoke?

If He spoke and you listened but disobeyed, then get back to the old path at the cross roads.

How do you know God is speaking?

When they preach a word over and over again to you which is similar. Know that when you heard at first you didn't obey. Then act upon the word.

When dreams are recurring in same way. When different people tell you similar things. When someone says you are spoiled. Don't be angry at what they
have said, go to God and ask what best you can do to be better than that.

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 Remember you are a written epistle most times what people read about you is what they say ............. It could be God speaking.

Titus.1.16 - They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

When your ways please God even enemies be at peace with you. If they are not, they still abuse you, talk about you, and hate you and the rest. Seek the
ways of God.

Prov.16.5 - Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Prov.16.7 - When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

How do you are not hearing God speak or God is not speaking?

John.10.27 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

When your actions are not changing even after hearing the word. When you are having a lot of scriptures and a lot of understanding of the scriptures but
no scriptural effect in your life.

When you get dreams and forget and a lot more.

How to hear again

1. Repentance

2. Change Submission and feeding place

3. Reduce on the voices that speak to you and people that speak to you

4. Mind about the things you listen to or think about

5. Consider the least signs or voices you get

More on Voices

Over times we hear the word of God, we read the Bible cover to cover but no effect.

Qn.WHY? Yet it is God himself that we are reading?

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But actually on several occasions that's when we have understood that we are no longer reading it as the word of God, we actually read it as a letter, or
maybe revising an anatomy such as biology or history.

Mark7:13-14 Thus you are nullifying and making void and of no effect [the authority of the word of God through your tradition which you [in turn] hand
on. And many things of this kind you are doing. (14)And He called the people to Him again and he said to them, listen to me, all of you and understand
what I say.

Nullifying the authority of God by bringing in our tradition, by putting our own imaginations, thoughts and expectations because the word of God remains
the word of God. Let's focus more on what God tells us to understand not what we want to understand. They may be preaching about "RICHES", yes your
mind set has gone with an expectation that they should pray and get a miracle.

But something about working, for the Bible says "He gives us power to make wealth.” You don't want to listen to the part"to make wealth" but you want
to listen that God can bless you, and after leaving church you go confessing that God is going to make you rich.

Let the word of God be of an effect ceasing to read His word like a letter.

Ceasing to listen to the sermon like an audio, understanding the word as a sword and fellowship with God. Because most times when reading the Bible,
we read as though it is linked on. For example the Esther Modekai, you look at the napoleon of the Bible. But that's not how it's supposed to be, it's
supposed to be the factual word of God.

Hebrews4:12-13.For the word that God speaks is alive and full of power making it active, operative, energizing and effective, it is sharper than any two
edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of breath of life (soul) and the immortal spirit, and of joints and marrow of the deepest parts of our nature,
exposing and sifting and analysing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart. (13)And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight,
but all things are open and exposed naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

When the word of God comes.

you but you feel it within thebone marrow, mind and thoughts.

But if there's something that is still concealed within the heart, something you depend on meaning you have caused the word of God to be with no effect
by causing it to be read like a letter.

Appreciating and feeling good after reading the word is not what makes it the word of God. It is the word of God when the hearer is doing it (hearing it
and doing it), when it is ceasing to be just a minor word but becomes a physical being.

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James1:23-24.For if anyone only listens to the word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his natural face in a
mirror. (24)For he thoughtfully observes himself and promptly goes off and forgets what he was like. Not forgetting that the word of God is like a mirror
through which we look at ourselves, that shows our whole inside.

Science is like the word of God, waiting to answer a Bible quiz or waiting for someone to ask you if you read and you say yes, there's no difference
between science and the word of God you read. The right scriptures aren't the ones you have in your head but the physical scripture in your life is the
right one. The scripture you live is the word of God but the one you read and crammed isn’t the word of God. Let's read the Bible about allowing the word
of God have an effect on our lives.

1Corinthians11:1.Pattern yourselves after me, follow my example as imitate and follow Christ (the Messiah). Paul people at Corinth telling them to look at
him and know how Jesus lives. To do as he does.

You are not a Christian until you yourself become the word of God.

2Corithians3:2-3.No, you yourselves are our letter of recommendation (our credentials) written in your hearts, to be known, perceived, recognized and
read by everybody. (3)You show and make obvious that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us not written by ink but with the Spirit of the living God,
not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Exod24:12, 31:18, 32:15, 16, Jer.31:33.

How do we come to know that we are written Epistles of God?

by everyone.

We have to become written Epistles not audio Epistles, not theory Epistles, not sermon Epistles. We have to be physically tangible that when someone
looks at you sees God, humility, love, faithfulness.

How to make the word of God of effect in life

Let's not just stop on hearing the word or reading it because it's a must.
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 When Paul in Acts, whenever they taught they went back and searched in the book of laws it said "And they accepted, they taught." Getting into the
word when they are preaching to you, think about it, read your Bible that's meditation.

Galatians5:26.Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited competitive, challenging, provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being
jealous of one another.

Kill the self, every time it's you to benefit, cause the word of God to be of effect. Pray don't just read the word of God, pray. Read as you feel God ask
questions.

Let's not look for profits in the word of God. The word of God is the message from God himself.

2Peter2:21-22.For never to have obtained a full person all knowledge of the way of righteousness would have been better for them than having obtained
such knowledge to turn back from the holy commandment which was verbally delivered to them. (22)There has befallen them the thing spoken of in the
true proverb, the dog turns back to its own vomit and the sow is washed only to wallow again in mire. (Proverbs26:11)

When you see yourself not turning back into the same thing you have been doing, been a thief and you can't go back to steal, it means the word of God
has become an effect in your life.

Learn to cease to look for profit from the word of God.

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 Chapter three

FORGIVENESS

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦?

According to the Bible, there are two types of forgiveness.

1. God’s pardon for our sins

2. Our obligation to pardon others.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗕𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗗?

Humankind has a sinful nature. Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden and humans have been sinning against God ever since.

God loves us so much to let us destroy ourselves in hell. He provided a way for us to be forgiven, and that way is through Jesus Christ. Jesus confirmed
that in no uncertain terms when he said,'𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄ay 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 (𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 14:6).

God's plan of salvation was to send Jesus, his only son into the world as a sacrifice for our sins.

That sacrifice was necessary to satisfy God's justice. Moreover, that sacrifice had to be perfect and spotless. Because of our sinful nature, 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫
𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧.

Only Jesus was qualified to do that for us .Mathew 26:28 (Last supper before his death)

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 The next day, Jesus died on the cross, taking the punishment due us and atoning for our sins. On the third day after that, he rose from the dead,
conquering death for all who believe in Him as Saviour.

John the Baptist and Jesus commanded that we repent or turn away from our sibs to receive God’s forgiveness. When we do, our sins are forgiven and we
are assured of eternal life in heaven.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗕𝗬 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦?

As believers, our relationship with God is restored but, what about our relationship with our fellow human beings??

The Bible states that when someone hurts us, we are under obligation to God to forgive that person. Jesus is very clear on this point.𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 6:14-15(For
if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you don't forgive others their sins, your Father will
not forgive your sins)

Refusing to forgive is a sin. If we receive forgiveness from God, we must give it to others who hurt us.

We cannot hold grudges or seek revenge. We are to trust God for justice and forgive the person who offended us.

That doesn't mean we must forget the offense, however; usually, that's beyond our power.

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 means releasing the other from blame, leaving the events in God's hands and move on.

We may resume a relationship with the person if we had one, or we may not if one didn't exist before.

Certainly, the victim of a crime has no obligation to become friends with the criminal. We leave it to the courts and to God to judge them.

Nothing compares to the freedom we feel when we learn to forgive others. When we choose not to forgive, we become slaves to bitterness. We are
the ones most hurt by holding on to u forgiveness.

A man named Lewis Smedes in his book, "Forgive and Forget" wrote these profound words about forgiveness.

"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠,𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞,𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫
𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟"

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Forgiveness is often defined as an individual, voluntary internal process of letting go of feelings and thoughts of resentment, bitterness, anger, and the
need for vengeance and retribution toward someone who we believe has wronged us, including ourselves.

Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group
who has harmed you, regardless of whether they actually deserve your forgiveness.

BIBLICALLY

Forgiveness itself is defined as the letting go of sin. In the Bible, this includes forgiving everyone, every time, of everything, as an act of obedience and
gratefulness to God.

How many times

Jesus answered, 'I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. “You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.” “And
when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

People think they can ask God for forgiveness and he forgives them yet they still hold grudges and quarrels and anger.

Can you bribe God?

Matthew 6:12, 14

[12] And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven (left, remitted, and let go of the debts, and have given up resentment against) our debtors.

[14]For if you forgive people their trespasses [their reckless and wilful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], your heavenly Father
will also forgive you.

FORGIVE THAT YOU MAY BE FORGIVEN

WILL PEOPLE STOP ANNOYING US?

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Of course not but forgive every time.

Ephesians 4:26

[26] When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down.

People will annoy you but you ought to imitate Christ and forgive no matter the intensity or volume of sin.

Jesus often told people, "Your sins are forgiven." What a stunning statement. Forgiveness is powerful. Unforgiveness can also be powerful: when we
refuse to forgive those who have wronged us, we ironically and powerfully hurt ourselves.

Forgiving is the only way to be fair to yourself. Would it be fair to you that the person who hurt you once goes on hurting you the rest of your life? When
you refuse to forgive, you are giving the person who walloped you once the privilege of hurting you all over again—in your memory."

Beyond the healing that forgiving someone who wronged us brings to our hearts, it is also commanded in Scripture.

A Quick Bible Study on Forgiveness

🎗We have been forgiven (Colossians 2:13-15).

You ought to follow his traits and forgive.

Colossians 2:13

[13]And you who were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (your sensuality, your sinful carnal nature), [God] brought to life
together with [Christ], having [freely] forgiven us all our transgressions.

🎗Forgive because you've been forgiven (Colossians 3:13).

Imitate the Lord.

Colossians 3:13

[13]Be gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference (a grievance or complaint) against another, readily pardoning each other; even
as the Lord has [freely] forgiven you, so must you also [forgive].

🎗Forgiveness restores broken relationships (Genesis 50:17).

Genesis 50:17-18
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[17]So shall you say to Joseph: Forgive (take up and away all resentment and all claim to requital concerning), I pray you now, the trespass of your
brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you. Now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of your father's God. And Joseph wept when they
spoke thus to him.

[18] Then his brothers went and fell down before him, saying, see, we are your servants (your slaves)!

🎗Forgiveness is a path to love (Luke 7:47).

You can't love without forgiving

Luke 7:47

[47]Therefore I tell you, her sins, many [as they are], are forgiven her–because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little.

🎗Forgiveness precedes healing (Luke 5:17-26

The sickness you have could be as a result of unforgiveness

Luke 5:17, 20

[17]One of those days, as He was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come from every village and town of Galilee
and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was [present] with Him to heal them.

[20]And when He saw [their confidence in Him, springing from] their faith, He said, Man, your sins are forgiven you!

How to Forgive

Realize and admit your part in the conflict.

Ask Jesus, the ultimate forgiver, to empower you, remembering that he has forgiven you.

Decide that you don't want to keep on letting that person hurt you by holding the grudge.

Tell them however much it hurts and forgive them.

Self-Forgiveness

Some people here may not be faced with unforgiveness with others but you have still not forgiven yourself. One of the greatest bondages.

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1. Self hate2.

2. Self-punishment

3. Careless life (I don't care)

4. Angry at everyone even yet have done nothing

5. Hopeless

6. You see negative in all things

7. You don't trust yourself

8. Giving up

This is basically caused by Sin guilt it sinks deep and leave wounds Solution

Repent knowing God is a faithful God.

1 John 3:20

[20] Whenever our hearts in [tormenting] self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemn us. [For we are in God's hands.] For He is above and greater
than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows (perceives and understands) everything [nothing is hidden from Him].

There are no sizes of sin to God

Isaiah 1:18

[18] Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like
crimson, they shall be like wool.

Repent with a broken heart and believe you are forgiven.

Psalm 103:12

[12] As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

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Friends believe after repenting.

If you have been feeling like that repent now and believe.

Additionally, In Hosea God knew Hosea for his righteousness and good morals but He kept on sending him to join with Gomer a prostitute and immoral
person to even an extent of marriage with her unfaithful nature. The essence in Hosea, is that God was delivering a message to us. The essence in Exodus,
is that God was delivering a message to us again. By flee the Bible used it to mean stay away from doing such acts. That’s why He says, flee from such, but
if you are reaching out to the rapists aware they are and you expressly show them your fleeing, that’s ungodly. Jesus spent 99% of His life with sinners and
immorals.

Why? Because His death was to spread Love to them. Flee from the bad acts and never return and the devil will never see again. According to Gods
will, when He looks at the rapists and prostitutes, He sees a lot of greatness according to His will.

ALL I’VE SAID IS NOT TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD... IT’S OUT OF OUTMOST UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE NEEDS TO TAKE IN THE MESSAGE AND FAITH

When Jesus was turned against and treated like a rogue in Jerusalem where he was born, He never gave up on Jerusalem. He had to return to Jerusalem at
some time to finish what had started in Jerusalem and that was salvation. Before even one takes on salvation, we know the drills well as emulated in
Hebrews 10.9 to 12. To sum this up, all in all am driving us to a revelation that what happened to Jesus from Jerusalem is to be equated to rape of
someone but because that someone is of Christ and God’s will for them is to reconcile with those that did bad to them and mould them into a greater
change for the rest of the world to witness a changed character. That helps us know that the centre of the facts in each circumstance as regards the will of
God determine whether on can fall back or flee after forgiveness for the love of God. For God so loved the world, John 3.16, He never minded about how
many rapists the world has, they are too many but those are the ones He sends us into to get close to and win their hearts to him. Unknowingly of their
rapism. Now if u are aware of a rapist, that’s time for a Spiritual transformation.

Mathew 5:23-24

If you are offering your gift at the Altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

[24] Leave your gift there before the Altar and go first be reconciled to your brother and then come and offer your gift.

God prefers forgiveness to offertory, and nothing is greater than love before God

1 John4:8

Says “anyone who doesn't love does not know God, because God is love"

And what are the characteristics of love?

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Love is patient and kind, love doesn't envy or boast, it's not arrogant

[5] Or rude, it doesn't insist on its own way, it's not irritable or resentful.

[6] It doesn't rejoice at wrong doing, buy rejoice with the truth.

[7] Love bears all things, believes all things, and endures all things.

[8] Love never ends.Even in the world of sin

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave us his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

God himself exercised this by forgiving us and thru Christ we were reconciled.

What’s more than death??

Luke 23:34

And Jesus said “father forgive them for they know not what they do" and they cast lots to divide his garments.

Jesus had to forgive they that crucified him in order to have life after dead, not forgiving is sin, its murder and you can't go to heaven

Jesus forgiving them teaches us that they that wrong us know not what they are doing, it’s the devil working in them, *hence u need to understand love
and exercise it in order to be Christ like, if God forgave you why not forgive them.

Mathew 6:12

And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us

Mathew 6:14-15

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you

[15] But if you don't forgive others their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses.

Don’t let the devil trick u but giving you enough reasons not to forgive for this hinders your relationship with the Holy Spirit for forgiveness is God's power.
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And whenever u stand praying, forgive, if u have anything against anyone, so that the father in heaven may forgive your trespasses.

Have u counted how many times you wrong the lord a day, so if you aren’t forgiving how will He hear and answer your prayers, don't delay yourself
anymore, just let it go and enjoy the goodness of Christ.

Mathew 5:22

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment

Am not saying u should not be angry but hear this

Ephesians 4:26-27

Be angry and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your anger

[27] And give no opportunity to the devil

This mean anger invites the devil, and not forgiving makes u the devil's temple, does this really permit to eternity?

Romans 12:17

Repay no evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of God.

When one hurts you God expects you to forgive, and please obey

[19] Behold never avenge yourself but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the lord

[21] Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with God

Amen

Signs of unforgiveness

Feel bad when you see these people you were angry at

You over think about the wrong they have done

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You don't actually speak to them even when you have to

You smile with them but the heart is always heavy when near or think about them

You wish them negative

You can’t pray for them good prayers or blessings

WHERE AM I?

FORGIVENESS is not one way

That when someone annoys you say I have forgiven you to make them feel good

You should also feel exactly like the forgiven person

That is forgiving

Letting go after forgiving

Let go don't hold back

Isaiah 43:18 -19 says, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!"

Keep the past in the past

The past is something that should be forgotten, unfortunately, a lot of people let it define them.

They become miserable, cunning, selfish, greedy, and blame it on the past or people in their past, saying, “I am this way because of how that person
mistreated me or what so, so and so did to me.”.

God wants us to know that the past has no power over us and that we can let go of it because we have been renewed by his love, and redeeming grace.

"It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in

The Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)
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10 Bible verses that encourage us to finally let go of the past.

1. Philippians 3:12; "but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. I press toward the
goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

2. Luke 9:62; "But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

3. 1 John 1:9; "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from ALL unrighteousness."

4. Matthew 6:15; "But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

5. Ephesians 4:31-32; "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one
another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."

Stop letting your past define you

6. Proverbs 4:25; “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.”

7. 2 Corinthians 12:8-9: "Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power may rest on me."

8. Isaiah 12:2; "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my
salvation.”

In Genesis 41:51, Joseph names his firstborn, Manasseh, saying, "For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil and all my father's house."

There are a lot of Bible translations that refer to toil as troubles, and we all know how much Joseph suffered in his father's house before God blessed him.

In spite of this, Joseph still chose to let go of the past, even giving the glory to God, showing that the past can be overcome with the grace of God, which is
all we really need

BASIS OF FORGIVING YOU SHOULDN'T FORGET

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” “For if you forgive other people when they sin against
you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone

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 Let’s face it. Forgiving others (and yourself) is sometimes easier said than done. However, it doesn’t have to be. So the next time you find yourself
feeling hurt by someone’s actions or overwhelmed with frustration over a situation that occurred, turn to the Bible for advice.

That way, you won’t start to feel all the negative side effects from the stress of those situations on your mind, body and soul.

Not sure where to look for Bible verses about forgiveness? No worries, since forgiveness is found throughout the Bible. We gathered 50 of the best Bible
verses and scriptures about forgiveness that will help you in pretty much every type of situation

Get time and read every scripture your mind will be informed. On how to forgive

Let's read together

1. Romans 12:17

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

2. Ephesian 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.

3. Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

4. Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

5. Hebrews 8:12

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.

6. John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

7. 2 Chronicles 7:14

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and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

8. Luke 17:3

If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

9. Acts 10: 43

To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.

10. Matthew 5:23-24

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go.
First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Related: 51 Bible Verses about Faith

11. Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God,
for he will abundantly pardon.

12. 1 John 2:2

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

13. 1 Peter 4:8

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

14. Acts 17:30

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent

15. Isaiah 43:25

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16. Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly father will also forgive you.

17. Mark 11:25

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your father in heaven may forgive you your sins.

18. 1 John 2:12

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.

19. Psalm 32:1.

Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

20. Proverbs 17:9

Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends.

Related: 50 Bible Verses about Gratitude

21. Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too
be tempted.

22. Daniel 9:9

The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

23. Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.”

24. Hebrews 10:17

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25. James 5:16

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is
working.

26. Luke 6:27

But I say to you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.

27. Matthew 18:15

If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

28. Ephesians 1:7-8

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace, which he made to abound toward us in all
wisdom and prudence.

29. Luke 6:37

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

30. 1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

31. Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

32. John 3:16-17

For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son
into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

33. Matthew 18:21-22

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“I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”

34. Joel 2:13

Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he
relents from sending calamity.

35. Psalm 65:3

Though we are overwhelmed by our sins, you forgive them all.36. Romans 4:5

But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.

37. Luke 7:47

I tell you, her sins — and they are many — have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.

38. Psalm 103:11-12

For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth. He has removed our sins as far from us as the
east is from the west.

39. Colossians 1:13-14.

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of
sins.

40. Luke 23:34

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Related: 25 Bible Verses abut Hope

41. Matthew 12:31

And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the spirit will not be forgiven.

42. Acts 3:19

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43. Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

44. Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

45. Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs old quarrels, but love overlooks insults.

46. 1 John 1:9

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

47. Matthew 6:15

But if you do not forgive others their sins, your father will not forgive your sins.

48. 2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

49. Psalm 86:5

You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.

50. Colossians 3:12-13

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if
one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

HUMILITY

◻What is Humility?

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 It's the low self-regard and sense of unworthiness.

Putting needs of another person before your own needs, having it in mind that you’re not always right.

◻It's the quality of being humble.

◻It's deciding to shame pride and self consideration for someone else's sake. You let yourself be undignified for someone and you don't care. Submission
of God.

Biblically....

◻ It’s the solid foundation of all virtues. (Meekness and lowliness)

Humility is God's character, it's more in the heart. One can appear humble on the outside but not in the inside.

Examples of humility.

Daily life,

🔸 Letting someone go ahead of you in line if they are in a hurry.

🔸If a sportsman, crediting your success to teammates.

🔅Jesus washed the disciple's feet. (John 13:4-15)

Jesus put himself low yet he was the son of God and washed the disciple's feet, this shows humility.

🔅Jesus in the Pharisee’s house. (Luke 14.).

🔅 Mary mother of Jesus. She accepted to be pregnant when the angel approached her because she was humble.

🔅Moses, he was willing to do God's will. He spoke to God like a normal man. This was due to his meekness.

𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬

Many people have the wrong idea about God, the Bible and humility or being humble. They think being humble means grovelling in front of others
(creeping with the face on the ground) or thinking they are no good and others are better.

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you also know who you are in Christ.

𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐃𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄?

You don't need to defend yourself when you understand what the Bible says about humility, for you know who you are in Christ .You can be a peacemaker
without needing to fight for your rights. You can walk humbly in the power of the Holy Spirit, not in your own strength.

👉Godly humility is being comfortable with who you are in the Lord and therefore putting others first.

The picture of humility in the Bible is one of a strong person who loves others not someone who is a wimp.

𝖣𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘵, 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. (𝖯𝗁𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗌 2:3)

👉Humility is also recognizing that you need God's help, knowing you can't truly succeed in your own strength .It is thanking God for your talents and gifts,
and giving him credit for your accomplishments.

👉It is being comfortable with who you are in Christ and seeking to build others not yourself. It is gratefully walking in God's grace, love and forgiveness.

👉In the Bible, Jesus gives an example of humility in action. Although he was the son of God, he was gentle and humble and he was strong.

I am gentle and humble in heart. (𝖬𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗐 11:29).

Your attitude should be the same as that of 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬,𝐖𝐡𝐨, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, didn't consider equality with God something to be
grasped ,but made himself a servant being in the human likeness .And being found in appearance as a man ,he humbled himself and became obedient to
death- even death on the cross.(Philippians 2:5-8)

𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

Many people think humility means being weak or passive. That's not God's message to us. The following statements show the power in humility.

1.𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞.

You don't need to stand up for yourself in angry manner .And you don't have to win every argument.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger (Prov 15:1)

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2.𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞.

You can respond to unfair treatment without becoming bitter .Godly humility means you don't feel a need for vengeance or revenge.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each
other just as in Christ, God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:31-32).

3.𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 "𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭" 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞.

When you understand God and humility, you don't need to act like a big shot. The better you know God, the less you have to prove.

4.𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞.

When you are humble, you can respond to and learn from criticism without becoming defensive; whether it is deserved or not deserved. Likewise, you can
be aware of your failures without being emotionally devastated. (Depressed)

5.𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞.

Even when you think you are only one percent wrong, you can easily apologize for what you did wrong.

Therefore if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the
altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. (Mathew 5:23-24)

.𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞.

You can talk courteously and lovingly, regardless of the situation; even if you need to be firm or take strong action.

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs ,that it may benefit
those who listen.(Ephesians 4:29)

𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗪𝗜𝗠𝗣

A wimp is a person who fails to do something or complete something as a result of fear or lack of confidence .In other words, a weak and cowardly or
unadventurous person.

As earlier on, I stated, many people misunderstand humility. The following statements correct three inaccurate pictures of humility.

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✅𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞l𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠.

When I humble myself, I feel strong in the Lord .I don't need to be defensive.

✅𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Although we should avoid self pride, Godly humility doesn't mean we should pretend we are unaware of the gifts God has given to us. The key is to
remember that they are from God.

Although I am less than the least of all of God's people, this grace was given to me, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. (Ephesians
3:8)

I am not in the least inferior to the" superior apostles ", even though I am nothing. (2Cor 12:11)

✅𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲.

When God says to be humble, he lets us know we must examine our motives and attitudes .We also must examine how we respond to others. But there
are times when we need to take strong action.

Here are some examples of taking strong action while maintaining a humble spirit.

📌Jesus was meek of spirit, yet he chased the moneychangers out of the temple (Mathew 21:12 and Mark 11:15-16).

📌As an employer, I can discipline or fire someone, yet do quietly and gently.

𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬

1. You will usually be more successful when you practice what the Bible says about God and humility than if you are pushy or arrogant. (When you are
humble, you are likely to have more influence than when you fight abrasively)

2 .Even when you don't achieve the results you hoped for, you have the joy and pleasure of having acted in a godly manner. When you understand the
meaning of humility and put it into practice, you are a winner even if you don't "win ".

More about humility.

High level of self-control. People with humility usually know their limits, they are less to ungodly things such as sexual last, drinking alcohol. That can be a
sign of humility.

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 Benefits of humility

▪True humility produces Godliness.

▪It creates security, one gets a peaceful life.

Without humility no salvation.

2 Corinthians 5:7

[7]For our life is a matter of faith, not of sight.

Referring verses

Psalms 149:4.

[4]The Lord takes pleasure in his people; he honours the humble with victory.

Proverbs 11:2

[2]People who are proud will soon be disgraced. It is wiser to be modest.

Proverbs 29:23

[23]Arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.

John 3:30

[30]He must become more important while I become less important.”

Ephesians 4:2

[2]Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another.

Philippians 2:3

[3]Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to boast, but be humble towards one another, always considering others better than
yourselves.

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James 4:10

[10]Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Mark 10:45

[45]For even the Son of Man did not come to be served; he came to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”

Humility is not based on your feelings towards what people do to you or think about you or do to you.

“Humility does not put God in the state of understanding”

Example

Someone abuses you and you abuse them back and say God understands.

He understands nothing. God expects you to imitate Him not basing of the atmosphere.

When slapped put another side, God doesn't focus on the pain.

Example of Moses

Moses found friends (His church worshiping Idols) He felt furious and angry and destroyed the tablets of commandments that costed him more 40years
and didn't reach. God expected him to react in humility. God did not look at what they did to. Him but what he said or did to them

GOD KNOWS YOU NOT THE PERSON YOU REACT TO

More on humility

DFN to me ,Treatment and behaving with everyone as if it was God you are treating That is humility ,No love no humility

What this scripture highlights to us, is that with Humility God exalts us to higher Glories and with pride, He teaches us what Humility means. Furthermore,
PROVERBS 29.23 helps us understand that if we are Humble God shall uphold us always as emulated also in PSALM 91, Meaning Psalm 91 is a message to
the humble ....

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MATHEW 5.3 illustrates who a humble person gets in reward, as it says that blessed is the spiritually poor for they shall inherit the Kingdom of
God...Meaning, the Kingdom of God is for the Humble... To understand what spiritually poor means, we shall get to that at a later time but in short its
humility... The same is emulated in Mathew 5.5 but due to the interest of time... our sharing is time bad.... be blessed saints.

Just like earlier said, humility is the act of being humble I will simply say being so down to earth

There must not be pride nor arrogance.

It's an act of worship, knowing that everything doesn't matter but doing everything in a way of glorify God and respecting the will of God, for his will is us
to be able.

Do all things knowing that we are visitors here, this world isn't our home, and we must go back to the father

John 7:33

Jesus knew that he had to go back to the father

Today how talk about different personalities in the Bible who were humble, so we can learn something from them.

Yes so being humble is when all that matters is glorifying. God in whatever action confession, did, though well acting with a mind of the kingdom to which.
You belong too

To me I will talk about Paul have tried to study the book of Acts.

Paul as a character is a man that was down to earth that even when he was before the judges it was evident but this was because of the HOLY SPIRIT who
came. Upon Him as Ananias prayed for. Him

Humility allowed him to be humble but. Gave Him confidence to respect the will of God

He could not compromise with. His faith despite being before the leaders

Another scenario is when he was in prison. As he prayed with Silas the earthquake saw the foundations shaken and doors open. But he did not run away.
But stayed. Calm .

MY GREATEST LESSONS IN HUMILITY

💊Humility. Gives you time to make right decisions even when put on pressure

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 💊 Humility creates a sweet and open communication from. God

💊 Humility is. Opens doors for you that pride can never open

And GOD GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE BUT RESISTS THE PROUD

Joseph, the son of Isaac who was sold off by his brothers. Even when he was the prime minister and life was so good for him, he welcomed his family and
took care of them, he forgave them. Even in at Potiphar's house he still respected Potiphar's wife for God's glory.

Gen 39:9

How then can I do this great wickedness and sin to against God.

God's will matters, humility teaches it respect God who sees in secret, don't be able for people but for God's sake, let God be glorified not you. We also
see Joseph in prison he didn't claim that God had abandoned him, he still respected God's will.

God test us many time to check whether we now bear the fruit of humility.

Humility gives you a sense of faith and keeps you from grumbling and complaining to. God. But you carry the mind of God is control

Jude.1.16 - These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in
admiration because of advantage.

Humility gives you always the right words to speak to who and when you have to

Let’s look at David under Saul

He got all the chances to kill Saul but he respected the will of God.

1 Samuel 24:6-7

David rebuked his men and not permitted them to attack soul

He never attacked God's anointed even though he wanted to kill him.

This pushes us to Philippians 2:3-4

Do nothing with selfish ambition but in humility, count others more sufficient than yourself.

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[4] Let each one of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of the others.

Awesome!

Humility sees you look at the interest of the rest as important. And the kills the “me ". Spirit or the selfishness

Humility is when u don't think about yourself but minding about others goodness than yourself, this will push u help the needy, respect you spouse,
elders, parent and everyone, be it rich nor poor.

Even though you got that authority to day, kill that pride in you, don't be selfish, rem u dust and tomorrow you going to perish.

Learn to be good and have a heart like that of David, he didn't hurt they that did wrong to him but wished good for them

Imagine this man Moses though he had led the people from Israel he was so humble and respected everyone, he was listening.

One of the best character of humility is listening, don't be quick to speak but listen so attentively

Jesus himself listened to the world this he was a God he was humble, listening gives good communication, if u don't listen, God won't listen to you how
you can obey God without listening for God can use anyone to talk to you.

Jesus also interacted with the world, even though he made many miracles he was so humble knowing that it's wasn't by his power but God's grace.

Humility teaches us that u not better than anyone, we are all equal, no matter where God takes you, keep you heads down

Luke 14:11

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, he who humbles himself will be exalted

THE WORD OF GOD AND SPEAKING TO GOD

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SPEAK TO GOD

THE WORD OF GOD

Qn. What does it mean to speak to God and how do will speak to God?

Is there any other way we can speak to God!

How many of you spend a day minus speaking to anyone?

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If you can't spend a day minus speaking to anyone

How many times to you speak to. God a day?

If the number of times you speak to People exceed the number of times you speak to God

Revise yourself!!!!!

Me inclusive

We need to pray at all times

Only when you are lonely what of you are not

It's not just a saying

Ephesians 6:18

[18] Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with
strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God's consecrated people).

All time

Every occasion

All seasons

In spirit

Friends can we change our ways together

Some of us Muslims a far better.

They pray five times a day

But us, one time

I feel it's too much

The way you can defeat your mind slavery is when you meditate on Him every time
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 If you want to defeat the evil mind set

Meditate of God 24/7

How do we meditate?

Keeping the virtues of God in the mind

His goodness

How to be better like him

His word

Testimony

Marveling on creation

And more

Let us change the mind set and start communicating to God 24/7

Always

In all seasons

Al time

In spirit

It's an armour Ephesians 6.

To overcome the evil one and his virtues.

We start now

THE WORD OF GOD

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 ????

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✅ It is the manifestation of the mind and will of God.

In the Greek, it is called Theopneutos which comes from 2 root words theos meaning God, and neutos meaning spirit or breath or wind. So it means 𝐆𝐨𝐝
𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧.

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 ?

Of course!

It can mean something that God has decreed.

God's word causes things to happen.

𝐆𝐞𝐧 1:1-3; 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ,𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝,𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬,.𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, "𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 " 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬
𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

Here, we see that Light comes about because of the spoken word of God.

It may refer to God verbally addressing Humans .Personal address. An example, God personally spoke to Adam in the Garden of Eden.

𝐆𝐞𝐧 2:16-17; 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧,"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞".

This kind of address is found throughout the scripture. When the Ten Commandments were given, God personally spoke them to Moses. (Exodus 20:1-3)

It can refer to God speaking through Human prophets.

The Bible says God spoke to His people through the words of the prophets .The Lord promised that the prophets would speak His words .He said to
Moses.

𝐃𝐞𝐮𝐭 18:18-20; 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬.𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞
𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭.𝐈 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥
𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞.𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤,𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨
𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞.

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 Another verse I can give is 𝗝𝗲𝗿 1:7, the Lord assured Jeremiah that his words to the people would be God's words.

Jesus Christ is the word of God.

God the Son, Jesus Christ is known as the Word of God.

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 1:1; 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

In the book of Revelation, John describes the risen Christ as the "Word of God ".𝐑𝐞𝐯 19:13; 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞
𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

Here, we see that this description, the Word of God, is only used for God the Son, it is not used for God the Father or God the Holy Spirit.

Lastly

It also refers to God Written Word.

Finally, the "Word of God" can refer to Gods Word in written form.

Moses was told to write down God's words in 𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐬 17:14; 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬, "𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞
𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐭, so 𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧.”

And still again, we read about God telling Moses to write something down in 𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐬 34:27; 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬,"𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧
𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥".

𝗦𝗼, 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀.

𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.

John 5:40; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

👉The religious people he was talking to, searched the God given scriptures but they missed the Lord standing in front of them .They were unwilling to
come to God.

So we should never separate the Word of God from the Lord himself, especially since the Scriptures 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭; since the Scriptures testify concerning Christ, we should focus on Him when we come to the Bible.
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 In our hearts, we shouldn't separate the Lord from the Word of God.

Before we read, we can pray, “Lord Jesus, I don't want to miss you in your word. I come to you right now.

Help me see more of who you are on every page”. Amen 🙏🙏🙏

My last question is; can 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 ?

NO

"𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱 ,𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲,𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 ,𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲"

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂???

1. Works (James 1:22-25, Titus 1:16)

2 .Fruits; Galatians 5:22

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱?

The Bible, God's word is 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 .And because His word is living, it’s active and does many things both for us and for God. 𝐇𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐬 4:12.

𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝.

𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

2 Tim 3:15; and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in
Christ Jesus.

Without the word of God, how could anyone know God's way of salvation? The Bible reveals salvation is by faith in Christ. So when we read the Bible, we
are made wise unto salvation.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭; whether we are a new Christian or a mature believer, reading the Bible in a regular way makes us wise. It helps us to know how to be
saved by believing in Jesus Christ.

𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝

1 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 1:23; since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable through the living and abiding word of God.

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 👉 God's word is the incorruptible seed of life. And through this word, we are regenerated .It is God's living and abiding word of life that conveys God's
life into our spirit for our regeneration.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭; if we have been regenerated, it’s important to realize God's living word can generate life in others also .If our unbelieving friends are
open, we can read the Bible with them, not to teach them but to allow the living and abiding word of God to be conveyed into their spirit. We can also
pray for them and ask the Lord to cause them to be regenerated children of God.

𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤

1 Peter 2:2-3; Like new born infants, long for the spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

👉After babies are born, their immediate need is not to learn but to be nourished. They need milk to live and grow.

Life grows by being nourished .When we receive spiritual nourishment from the word of God, we grow in the life of God.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭; Like a new born babe longs for milk, throughout our Christian Life, we should hunger for the milk of God's word .We certainly should
study the Bible each day in order to receive spiritual nourishment.

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 4:4; But he answered, it is written,” Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God".

👉The word of God is not only spiritual milk to us as we saw above, it is also our spiritual bread of life. We shouldn't live our lives simply existing on
physical food. As believers, we should also live on the Word of God as our spiritual food.

So we need to learn to come to God's word as a feast. 𝐉𝐞𝐫 15:16; your words were found and I ate them and your words became to me joy and the delight
of my heart, for I am called by your name, Oh Lord of hosts.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭; No matter how long we have been saved, we need to "eat" God's word as our spiritual food daily in order to be healthy ,normal
Christians. Just as eating physical food is enjoyable, receiving the word of God will be our enjoyment, even bringing us gladness and joy.

𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞.

2 Tim 3:16-17; All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness, that the man
of God may be competent , equipped for every good work.

👉 God's word completes the believers, equipping us for every good work .It does this by teaching, convicting, correcting and instructing us.

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The correction we need doesn't come from mentally examining ourselves according to some outward standard. It comes to us when we contact 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝
𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭; we need the word to teach , to convict, to correct and instruct us in order to complete and equip us .As we come to God's word ,we
can pray " Lord I want your words to be profitable to me today. Correct what needs to be corrected in me .Make me more complete today than I was
yesterday".

Of course and person can be seen in a dream but just because someone could be thinking about you. Or maybe. You be close friends

MORE ON THE WORD OF GOD

Follow through

� Jesus is the word of God

� Jesus is the bread of life

� Reading the Bible is the physical fellowship with Jesus

� The word is fuel to a Christian like oil is to a car

� The word is life when it is Jesus to you but otherwise it's a letter

� Remember even moslems read the Bible and understand the words and cram them.

If there is no difference between in the actions and behavior and understanding of the. Bible with a Moslem then it is still letter to you

� Understanding a lot of scriptures is not what makes it the word of God

It manifesting on your physical life makes it the word of. God

� You are not until the word of God is

� Your spirit does not feed on the word it feeds on the revelation within the word so meditation is Godly

� Your soul feeds on the word you understand

� When the word is mature in you you become a written epistle

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 � IF you are a stumbling block to Christians then you have the word as a letter ✉️ in you ( you preach about fornication but you have a girlfriend yet not
ready for marriage )

� The best undeniable gospel is the gospel preached through actions Paul says imitate me as I imitate Christ

� YOUR ACTIONS MATTER AS A MINISTER

JESUS THE WORD

John 1:1

[1]IN THE beginning [before all-time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa. 9:6.]

This makes him the word of God.

Jesus says eat me for I am the bread of life

And some expected to freshly. Chew him like Bread

John 6:55-56

[55] For My flesh is true and genuine food, and My blood is true and genuine drink.

[56]He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.*

In this case he meant. His words the bread which by the spirit they give life

Not the fresh

John 6:67-68

[67]Jesus said to the Twelve, Will you also go away? [And do you too desire to leave Me?]

[68]Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words (the message) of eternal life.

John 6:63

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[63] It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been
speaking to you are spirit and life.

Let us take heed on listening to the word and reading the word of God for it gives life

What about the word present today

The bible says When Joel was stranded he raised his eyes unto the lord and God sent a fish to swallow him up.

Hallelujah am sure some are wondering. While others are supporting while others are not understanding anything from the above highlighted statements

Speaking things that are godly doesn't make you Christian nor speaking uncoordinated scriptures causing it to be the word of. God

Above highlighted shows Jonah who prayed which is a good act but not Biblical

Please read Bibles for yourself don't allow people to read for you

Listening to sermons is good but it can't replace reading /personal fellowship with. God don't be deceived

Can a car move without fuel

In the times of the Israelites they used to depend on manna for their daily survival and it wasn't kept for the next day and it was called to be the Bread of
life and it was the Christ they ate from heaven

Lessons

Every day you need the word of God to keep you moving (fuel)

Let's check out this

We agreed the spirit of God is the power of the word of God that gives life*_

Romans 10:17

[17] So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah
Himself).

Faith is not closing your eyes and think nooo.

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It's not a feeling

Without the word in you have no faith and faith is as a result of the spirit of God that comes as a result of the word of God

Study

Anything got from prayer is maintained by prayer.

What about the salvation we get by faith (listening to word) in Jesus Christ

How do we maintain it?

Through the word

Galatians 3:3

[3]Are you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun [your new life spiritually] with the [Holy] Spirit, are you now reaching perfection [by
dependence] on the flesh?

If you want perfection depend on the word of God

That is all

No word no perfection

No word no faith

No word no spirit

No word no Jesus

No word no God

Let us get back to the word of God

Spice

Show me a man that is lost I will show you a man that has no word of God
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 Show me a man that is broken, discouraged, failing, I will show you a man that has no word of God

Get into the word of God. For its life not as a letter but as the living word of God

All "falsefulness" come because of lack of the word of God.

Chapter four

THE GRACE OF GOD

WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE GRACE BASING ON THE QUESTIONS

💘What is the grace of God?

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💘What is meant by the general grace of God and how does it operate?

💘What is the salvation grace and how does it operate?

💘What is the purpose of Grace and how is it important in our life?

💘Does the grace of God replace the law?

💘Does the grace of God guarantee eternal life?

💘 GRACE AND LAW MISCONCEPTIONS

What the grace of God is

💡Unmerited divine assistance give to humans for their regeneration or sanctification

God's unmerited favour unto mankind.

Note

Man and his religion will never see God but God and His grace will see man

💡Grace is a rope that God uses to pull us back to Himself

Grace again is the path created by God for us to get to Him and so.

💡The grace of God operates not on human effort or Works not even beauty or looks or height or health or wealth status

The grace of God is the favour of God upon mankind as according to. His will

That is the grace

GENERAL GRACE

This is the Level 1form of Grace which we have to take note of:

Exod.33.13 - Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight:
and consider that this nation is thy people.

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 This is verse shows the two types of grace the General Grace and the saving grace of God

Moses cried to God if I have found grace in thy sight show me thy way that I may find grace in they sight

This shows that the grace He received in the first place was not enough to lead him through the way

Exod.33.14 - And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

Here God accepts to move with Moses because the grace was given to. Him

Previously when he (Moses) was in the general grace and angel was the one given over to him to lead him along the way NOT GOD

But the salvation grace availed God to move with them.

Exod.33.2 - And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GENERAL GRACE

NOTE

The general grace cannot lead you to heaven

Under the general grace;

💘Sinners are protected and in safety by. God

💘Under the general grace you can travel safely yet a sinner

💘Under general grace you can make a prayer and answered though in sin

This is the kind of grace that is like mist which covers the earth which shows no partiality or division

Shocking!!!

The devil is also under this kind of the general grace of God

That is why he is not in hell yet because he still has his time

In the same grace the devil is an intercessor whose prayers are heard

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Mark.5.12 The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them." (NIV)

God answers their prayers

Mark.5.13 He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank
into the lake and were drowned. (NIV).

Job.1.9 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

Job.1.11 - But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Job.1.12 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the
presence of the LORD.

SALVATION GRACE

Different from the general grace

Salvation grace is the grace that welcomes you, guides and keeps you on the journey of salvation

It is the same grace that instils in us righteousness by faith in. Jesus Christ

It's this grace that guarantee you as a heir with Christ

John.1.16 - And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.

The ropes of grace

Hos.11.4 - I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

Many have been given this grace of salvation but they still depend on the general grace as though that is where they belong.

This salvation grace calls out of sin

But the general grace assures us that GOD LOVES A SINNER.

REMEMBER

However much God loves a sinner, He doesn't love sin. GOD loves man but hates sin. No man will go to hell but sin will

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John.8.34 - Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

John.8.36 - If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

When you commit sin you become a slave to sin

The grace of God is not available to keep us in sin but to rescue us from sin

The salvation grace is received by confessing and believing in Christ

Romans 10:9-12

The grace of God to salvation is a free will gift that man receives by faith in Jesus Christ and no one believes and. Is denied

And when you receive Christ, the salvation grace fights sin from within

Isa.55.6 - Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Isa.55.7 - Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and
to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isa.55.6 - Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Isa.55.7 - Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and
to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Remember, the life of a Christian that falls from grace is worse

Why

Matt.12.45 - Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of
that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

This is why getting back is hardened. Because HE CAME TO STILL KILL AND DESTROY

And another thing Death awaits the child of disobedience

Remember, Lots wife. She did not plan her death but after sinning. Grace was raptured. Away likewise to Saul and also to Samson.

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 Rom.6.1 - What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Rom.6.2 - God* forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Ephesians 4:27. Says. Them that stole steal no more

That is repentance. When you disobey. Death won't fail to come

Grace is not a guarantee to our sinfulness

Grace is the assurance of our salvation

Salvation comes by faith

Jas.4.17 - Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

The wages of sin are death

The. Bible says.

The wages of sin are not salvation

They are death

Exod.33.19 - And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to
whom I will be gracious, ad will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

Do not sin because

God's grace is according to His will He has accepted you not to sin. But to work out your salvation with fear and trembling

It's a treasure

Question 5

Does the grace of God replace law?

This question has confused more and some have come to a conclusion of Law no longer exists and this has raised a generation that fears God not.

CHRIST DID NOT COME TO REMOVE THE LAW

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DON'T BE DECEIVED

Matthew 5:17.

[17] Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfil
them.

THERE IS NO SOCIETY THAT LIVES WITHOUT LAW SHOW ME ANY??

Schools have laws, hospitals, even Churches. If you want to prove get into any Church and get to the pulpit and preach.

And remember Grace has not just come grace was there from the beginning of Creation

But the salvation grace has just come with Christ

Hebrews 10:16

[16] This is the agreement (testament, covenant) that I will set up and conclude with them after those days, says the Lord: *I will imprint My laws upon
their hearts, and I will inscribe them on their minds (on their inmost thoughts and understanding),*

Laws were not removed but they cease to control them that are in Christ.

Because them that are in Christ are not under a school master

What does it mean to be in Christ?

Romans 8:1

[1]THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates
of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. [John 3:18.]

So if you still follow the desires of the fresh though Born again does not qualify you to be in Christ.

THOSE WHO SAY LAW IS NO LAW DO LIE

John 1:16

[16]For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing
upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF GRACE?

YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AND GREATNESS AND POWER OF GRACE MINUS UNDERSTANDING THE LAW.

I pray you understand this

If only you know what laws mean you can be grateful to the grace

Some reasons why people still sin even after salvation due to grace is because they don't understand the magnitude of the law

In other words the laws are there to show us value of the grace is God

For example

If you drown in the lake and someone rescues you when knew not how to swim

Qn

Would you desire to go back in the lake?

Isaiah 55:7

[7] Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have love, pity, and mercy for him,
and to our God, for He will multiply to him His abundant pardon.

If you understand what law is.

Then when you repent and you are saved by the grace of God, You will not desire to sin again.

If you sin

And sin

And sin again on same sin

As you repent

You have not understood the grace value

Does it mean you will keep on being forgiven over and over?
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Importance of Grace

✅Grace is given unto us for salvation

We were saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ

✅Grace is there to keep us from destruction because of sin when still in fresh

2 Peter 3:9

[9] The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people's conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering
(extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance.

His grace is there to draw everyone He wills to salvation

✅The grace is there to allow man's communion with God.

HIS HOLINESS Wouldn't mix with Man but the grace acts as an intermediate link between man and God

✅Grace is there to give us assurance of a forgiving God and the confidence that He died for us

That even though it were one sinner He would still die

✅Grace is there to show us the nature of God

What am going to say you won't love it?

Exodus 33:19

[19]And God said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim My name, THE Lord, before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be
gracious, and will show mercy and loving-kindness on whom I will show mercy and loving-kindness. [Rom. 9:15, 16.]

You coming to salvation it is and was by the grace of God and it's a choice of God and that is why there are Muslims, wizards but you are born again

After understanding this that you are in salvation by the grace of God which is not a fixed asset to a bad entrepreneur

If it was this verse wouldn't apply.

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[12]Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence
but much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and
trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against. temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might
offend God and discredit the name of Christ).

This means when you get the treasure of salvation jealously keep and guard it

Do not put your head in acid every time because God saves

Matthew 13:44

[44] The kingdom of heaven is like something precious buried in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and
buys that field

If only you would understand the above verse that getting the treasure by grace (salvation). You go out to buy the field (do whatever it takes to keep it)
it's not like man thinks it's like what the Bible says

DON'T BE DECEIVED

SIN AND GRACE

Many of us go ahead to sin because God will forgive us but instead HE tells us to repent (completely shun the sin you were doing)

When you do sin God forgives because He is merciful

But question.

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Wasn't He merciful in times of Lot?

Why did Lot's wife become a pillar of salt?

Because you live in the flesh we are too weak to stand without sin. But we should live with repentant hearts and also yearn to leave sin

What causes sin to be bad is because it at times lead to death like to Ananias and the wife

Why?

The devil came to steal kill and destroy

It also brings the hardening of the heart like that of Pharaoh

It also causes many to quit Christianity

Not because God can't forgive

But because the devil has though the door of sin OPENED takes over your life

Matthew 12:43-45

[43]But when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through dry [arid] places in search of rest, but it does not find any.

[44]Then it says, I will go back to my house from which I came out. And when it arrives, it finds the place unoccupied, swept, put in order, and decorated.

[45]Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there. And the last condition of that
man becomes worse than the first. So also shall it be with this wicked generation.

Many have received the grace of God but have misused it

Is it true? Saul ,Lots wife ,Samson,Jonah tried ,Samson the sorcerer,in. Acts 8

It's not something that you have to boast about but something to hold with care

It's a treasure

It is a free gift to the chosen

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The last verses shows that even in the presence of the grace of God the devil can blind you and steal you because it got a grasp and hold on you because
of Sin.

That is why a born again Christian can commit suicide in the presence of the grace

Can you choose to quit Christianity in the presence of the grace?

Ephesians 4:28

[28]Let the thief steal no more, but rather let him be industrious, making an honest living with his own hands, so that he may be able to give to those in
need.

Considering our last part about the GRACE OF GOD

There are several misconceptions about the grace of God

a) Is it true that once saved always saved?

The above statement avails the argument that once you are saved by the grace of God you have the assurance of eternal life though you sin God will still
forgive you and bring you back to Himself.

I SAY NO

Let us study the book of Romans 11:

Romans 11:17-18, 20-21

[17]But if some of the branches were broken off, while you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share the richness [of the root and sap] of
the olive tree,

We were just grafted on the tree by grace

[18]Do not boast over the branches and pride yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember it is not you that support the root,
but the root [that supports] you.

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[20]That is true. But they were broken (pruned) off because of their unbelief (their lack of real faith), and you are established through faith [because you
do believe]. So do not become proud and conceited, but rather stand in awe and be reverently afraid.

Stand in awe and afraid (working out salvation in fear and trembling)

[21] For if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], neither will He spare you [if you are guilty of the same offense].

Once saved not always saved. If you still in disbelieve because you and me are not natural branches.

Someone is still arguing!!!

Romans 11:22-23

[22] Then note and appreciate the gracious kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's gracious kindness to
you–provided you continue in His grace and abide in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off (pruned away).

The above verse emphasizes my words.

APPRECIATE HIS GRACE

CONTINUE IN

ABIDE IN HIS KINDNESS

OR YOU WILL BE CUT OFF

DOES THAT STATEMENT SUPPORT SIN ALWAYS YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN?

DOES IT SUPPORT ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED?

[23]And even those others [the fallen branches, Jews], if they do not persist in [clinging to] their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft
them in again.

PERSIST NOT IN DISBELIEF

BELIEVE ALWAYS

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Jude.1.4 For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the
grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only sovereign and Lord. (NIV)

How do they do it?

Speaking of the grace of God as the guarantee to eternal life though you sin and sin

REMEMBER

Jude.1.5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not. (KJV)

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE GOD'S OWN

But because of disbelief He destroyed them Himself because of sin

Only a handful reached the Promised Land

Matt.7.14 because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (KJV)

Having started the journey of salvation by grace doesn't mean you will end it in grace if we stay in sin.

Let us then repent genuinely and willingly and change from our old selves

THEM THAT START THE JOURNEY ARE MANY BUT A FEW END

Matt.22.14 For many are called, but few are chosen. (KJV)

Of what importance is it to boast celebrate rejoice because of the grace of God and miss out on eternal life?

b) DOES THE GRACE OF GOD GUARANTEE US ETERNAL LIFE?

FOCUS much more to understand the question first Don't rush

The whole point in this question is;

Can we obtain eternal life because of the same grace that brought us into salvation?

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This is clearer.

I would love to say NO

After we are saved by the grace of God the free will sets in to

Matthew 6:33

[33]But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken
together will be given you besides.

He says seek you first, something that you freely do

He won't force you pray but he will help you in prayer

He won't force you fast but he will help you in fasting

He won't force you to read the word but He will help you understand

He won't force you to do well but he will assist you when willing to do well

The grace brings you to the place of His will but does not force you to do His will

Remember the cow and the water

Take a cow to drink water but you won't open its mouth

Similarly, the grace of God operates in free will and when you object.

The grace of God ceases to be

This is what disturbs us

Does the grace of God end?

Yes it does when you misuse it?

Looking at Saul given grace to be the king but disobedience in his kingship did not keep Him in Kingship
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Lot’s wife given the grace to survive Sodom fire

But disobedience did not keep her safe from becoming the pillar of salt

Likewise grace given to us to salvation and external life ✅

Disobedience (sin) won't keep us from destruction

Taking an example from God Himself

And His own words through Jude….

I repeat the question ⁉

Why should we celebrate the grace of God?

Rejoice

Talk about the same

But in the end we lose out the gift of eternal life

Suggestions

Let us not only look at the grace of God.

But also defend the grace of God by doing the will of God in the grace

Let us not only looking at the saving grace of God but yearn to live right with God since the grace has been availed

How I pray someone understands this

SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND CALLING

Matthew 20:26

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as
the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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 Yes we see that to be great you must be a servant .Not to serve mortal men but be a servant to your gift.

Take example of Sinach. She is a great singer because she discovered her gift and chose to serve it she is great .

Or take example of Messi (THE GOAT) he is known, famous and great because he discovered his gift and served it accordingly. So now SPIRITUALLY you all
must have the question that, How am I supposed to know my gift or my spiritual call from God?

HOW DO I KNOW MY SPIRITUAL CALL AND GIFT?

HOW TO DISCOVER MY CALL OR GIFT

We were all created with a special purpose and gift. And each of us has a different calling from God. But the problem is that we all want to become like
others we don't want to be ourselves.

The devil always distracts us and wants to keep us, dilemmas or even make the wrong choices all the time because he knows that when we discover our
gifts we will No longer be slaves.

Now let me tell you brethren that your gift is not far. It's simply within you. YOUR GIFT IS INSIDE YOU and for this reason it is our assignment to discover
our gifts from God.

THE DIFFERENT GIFTS FROM GOD

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of
Christ may be built up

Ephesians 4:11

Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you
were influenced and led astray to mute idols. Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and
no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds
of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the
manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of
knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to
another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of
tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

1 Corinthians 12:1

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 And let me tell you if you don't know your gift you are merely wasting time. No matter what you do, you will end up doing your call from God despite
what. Take example of Saul no matter how much he sinned and persecuted the teachers of the Gospel. He still ended up as Paul preaching the gospel. I
think you see.

PRINCIPALS OF GIFTS AND SPIRITUAL CALLING

So there is what I refer to as principles of gifts and Spiritual calling

●WHAT GOD CALLS FOR, HE PROVIDES

●WHAT GOD DEMANDS, HE SUPPLIES

●WHATEVER GOD EXPECTS, HE INJECTS

●WHAT GOD ASSIGNS, HE DESIGNS

So let us take example of fish and birds. Fish are to swim and birds are to fly. No matter how much fish train to fly, they can't fly coz it's not theirs they are
born to swim.

Take example of Adam and those first people, God didn't give them chairs to sit on but he gave them trees okay, SO I WILL REPEAT ITS WITH IN YOU

You know God gave us all our gifts and He calls us for different purposes .So He knows what he expects from you.

Isaiah 55:9 NIV

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

So we don't know the thought of our Lord God .But then again God Never wants to keep those secrets from us you know and always remember also God
speaks

Isaiah 30:21 NIV

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

So we see that God speaks okay.

But I want to tell you this important thing.

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● RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE KEY

These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

1 Corinthians 2:10 NIV

What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

So we see that we can know what God wants from us by the help of the Holy Spirit.

We know the thoughts of God by the Holy Spirit.

So relationship with the Holy Spirit is the way to discover your gift and call from God. Be a friend of the Holy Spirit and he will make u know what God
requires of you

BUT DONT FORGET TO PRAY ABOUT IT ALWAYS.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Philippians 4:6

Many of us want to know I'm sure but we may not have taken time to pray you will not know if u don't ask .So pray about it constantly and you will receive
and answer.

After you have discovered your call and gift ask Holy Spirit to devise for you the best way to serve your gift.

And always ask Him to remind you everything

John 14:26 NIV

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Just a point of reminder

●YOUR GIFT IS NOT OUTSIDE IT’S WITHIN YOU

● WHAT GOD CALLS FOR, HE PROVIDES

● WHAT GOD DEMANDS, HE SUPPLIES

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 ● WHATEVER GOD EXPECTS, HE INJECTS

● WHAT GOD ASSIGNS, HE DESIGNS

God gave each one of us wisdom Job 28:28

So serve your gift accordingly and perform the duty of your call .You will see the Blessings of God.

WHEN DO WE RECEIVE OUR GIFTS

SOMEONE may imagine because you are humble cute, handsome, tall, young, faithful

Noooooo

Jeremiah 1:4-7

[4] Then the word of the Lord came to me [Jeremiah], saying,

[5] Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart,
consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. [Exod. 33:12; Isa. 49:1, 5; Rom. 8:29.]

[6]Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth. [Exod. 4:10; 6:* 12, 30; I Kings 3:7.]

[7]But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am only a youth; for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.

You leave your mother's womb with your calling on you already

It's not imparted on you

Samuel too was called still not born

Devil's need

Satan is fighting so hard to cause you live in ignorance of your calling

He came to steal kill and destroy

And even when you discover it exchanges it for its glory.

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Worshiping the devil

If a prophet it fights to cause your heart to grow proud and the calling turns to. Him

The devil calls no one but He exchanges the call of God and steals in to Himself

If you have a beautiful voice but secular is taking you know what am saying

If you have a beautiful smile instead of becoming and usher in church it will want you to seduce men for profit

If you are rich it will want you to step on the poor

If you are handsome instead of PREACHING you are on for the rest and causing the generation to suffer

Let what you have been given profit the kingdom

The calling on your life is for God and the Body of Christ

But the devil can exchange it

All the secular artists you are seeing are supposed to be on the Heavenly Band

But the devil steals

TWO PARTS OF GIFT ACTIVATING

Throughout the Gospels, specifically in Matthew 28, we learn about the call Jesus gave all of us who follow him—to be disciples, who make
disciples, to the ends of the earth.

In my research about calling. I discovered that historians call this our “general calling.” It applies to all Christians, everywhere, throughout all time.

We also have a unique personal calling, which gives each of us a unique role and purpose in God’s general disciple-making calling. The cool thing is that
Jesus and the Holy Spirit apportion our unique gifts to us. Our role, then, is to discover and embrace the gifts they’ve already instilled in us as part of our
unique DNA

As we discover and steward our unique gifts and calling, Scripture tells us that the family of believers we call our local church are then called to affirm and
activate those gifts. Our best example may be the early church at Antioch. In Acts 13:1–3, we read:
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“Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up
with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work
to which I have called them.’ So, after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.”

We get a glimpse into gift activating in these three short verses. We see an inward discernment of calling that happens between God and these individuals
(“the work to which I have called them”); and an outward affirmation of calling that’s affirmed by the Holy Spirit and happens corporately

What if your top stewardship role is to activate the gifts of people to go so that they can more fully discover and engage their unique sweet spot of
calling? What if the biggest barrier to mobilizing an army of everyday missionaries to unique mission fields in every crack and corner of society is us?

It’s a difficult question. But it’s one we need to honestly and urgently ask.

As church leaders, when we seek to define the Go for other people in an attempt to fill slots and advance our priorities, we potentially become a barrier
standing in the way of them living the life God meant for them.

The outcome of these missteps makes ripples throughout eternity. To hear the words “Well done good and faithful steward,” we must see the unique gifts
of the people we lead as precious resources ordained by God.

THE OUTWARD AFFIRMATION OF CALLING

Going back to Acts 13, we see great wisdom from the example of Paul and Barnabas being set apart and sent from the church in Antioch. There are no
prescriptive criteria, but in these three verses we do see five noteworthy characteristics at work:

1. “In the church”—the spiritual authority for setting apart, activating and sending leaders was found within the local church. The local body in Antioch did
not need to get permission from Jerusalem or some external governing body. The local leaders, in the local church, had the authority to affirm and send.

2. Guidance of the Holy Spirit—the local body took seriously the importance of “setting apart” leaders and activating their gifts. Those in spiritual
authority sought the guidance, wisdom and leading of the Holy Spirit.

3. Affirmation of calling —Paul and Barnabas had discerned their calling from the Lord. The local church in Antioch then affirmed that calling by publicly
setting them apart.

4. Prayer and fasting —we know the importance of prayer and fasting, but how often do we just give it lip service. My close friend Bobby Harrington and
co-founder of Discipleship.org is a student of disciple-making movements. In nearly every planning meeting we have for future initiatives, Bobby reminds
us of the vital and critical practice of prayer and fasting as a foundation for gift activation.

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5. Laying on of hands— While this is often a sign of imparting the Holy Spirit, this context in Antioch is like a visible, public sign of commissioning and
sending; a celebration of sorts

FIVE IMPORTANT REASONS FOR GIFT ACTIVATING AND PUBLIC COMMISSIONING

Let’s role-play for a minute.

Imagine being in the church in Antioch, but you don’t have the benefit of knowing the outcome of Paul’s and Barnabas’ missionary journey.

You are part of the team praying and fasting for Paul and Barnabas. You see the process of the local leaders seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and
then you see their prayers answered.

You attend the public commissioning where the entire assembly lays on hands, gives them words of encouragement, cries with them (they knew they
would likely not see them again this side of heaven) and sends them off with hugs of affirmation.

You know that you’re part of something bigger than yourself. You anticipate hearing amazing stories upon their return (hopefully) or in paradise. Down
deep you know they are doing something really significant, and you feel blessed to play a small role in their story.

You even find yourself wondering if there is a similar adventure for you

1. Affirmation of calling—Imagine growing up and never hearing your parents affirm what you’re good at (I realize this may be reality for many). A single
sentence of affirmation can change the trajectory of a person’s life. The church has the ability to play a special role that no one else can play in activating
the gifts of its members.

2. Blessing and permission to Go—My mentor Bob Buford often said, “Everyone needs permission and encouragement to be who God made them to be.”
In our zeal to put people into slots to grow our local thing, we can unintentionally stifle the Go. People need to receive our blessing and permission to Go.

3. Encouragement for the journey—Living out our calling, especially when it’s in the unfriendly cracks and crannies of society beyond the safe walls of the
church, requires encouragement. When we celebrate major milestones in life, we are thanking God for what he has done in the past while simultaneously
drawing encouragement for the road ahead.

4. Unifying a home base of support—when we see our mission field as the cracks and crannies beyond the safe walls of the church, a home base of
support is vital (just like it was for Paul and Barnabas). We need the prayers and ongoing encouragement of others. We need to know we are not alone on
our journey.

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 5. Inspire and challenge others to Go—Gift activating is contagious. When people see others taking great steps of faith and surrender for God, they are
also drawn into the story. They begin to see their own story as part of the narrative of God’s bigger story. Our public commissioning efforts are uniquely
positioned to inspire and draw others into the journey.

MAKING IT PERSONAL

Ask yourself and then your team these critical questions as you think about what it means to be a gift activator and purpose to do it in your context.

• How does our approach to “setting apart” and activating gifts differ from the church at Antioch? How is it similar?

• What are the potential benefits of more intentionally and publicly commissioning people for ministry in our unique context and culture?

• What obstacles and barriers would we run into (or are we running into)?

• What steps or decisions could I/we make today that would elevate the importance of gift activating within our church?

PURPOSE

Our main texts are coming from Gen. 45 and Rom.12

First Gen.45

God gave Joseph a dream when he was 17 years old and He had a destiny for him. Joseph had to go through tests to develop his character because
character supports our destiny.

The question am gonna be answering is.....

How do we know God's purpose for our life?

Let first read through this text

Genesis 45:4 And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they did so. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into
Egypt!

Genesis 45:5 But now, do not be distressed and disheartened or vexed and angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of
you to preserve life.

Genesis 45:6 for these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years more in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

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 Genesis 45:7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a posterity and to continue a remnant on the earth, to save your lives by a great escape and save
for you many survivors.

Genesis 45:8 so now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler over all the
land of Egypt.

Joseph at this point finally realizes that God had a purpose for him.

So how can you know and discover your purpose

▪️Believe you have a purpose

Do you realize that this is the number one question deep down in our hearts, what's my purpose? Does God even have a purpose for me?

Please understand that God is a purposeful God not a purposeless God.

Everything he created has a purpose.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven:

God created trees with a purpose

Man with a purpose.

Animals with a purpose

I don't know the purpose of insects though

But anyway God is a purposeful God.

The best way to discover your purpose is to look at how God made you. Because God made each of is unique.

The designer had a specific purpose for you when he designed you.

▪️Understand that God is in control

For you to fulfil your purpose, you are going to go through some difficulties, setbacks, people are going to say things and do things that are wrong.

But you got to understand that God has a purpose for u and He's in control.
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Check Gen.45:5, 7&8

Joseph says. God sent me!

What a great attitude!

Joseph was sold as a slave then wrongly accused and sent to prison but he understood that God was in control. That God had a plan for his life.

No-one can derail you from your destiny except you.

Stop believing that you aren't going to fulfil your purpose because of what someone said. Get over it!.

Romans 8:28 We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and
for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.

God has a purpose for our live and even when things seem wrong He working everything for our good.

Isaiah 55:10 For as the rain and snow come down from the heavens, and return not there again, but water the earth and make it bring forth and sprout,
that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, [II Cor. 9:10.]

Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall
accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

You what God is saying there,

...When I speak My Word will never return without accomplishing the purpose for which I sent it.

Do you believe that?

God's Word has the power to produce the purpose for which He made it.

Now here's the good news.....

God has spoken a purpose over your life and if you'll allow these character traits ....

Humility to be produced, purity, power.....etc.

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This is very important. God has given all of gifts.

Let's flip over to Romans12

Romans 12:4 For as in one physical body we have many parts (organs, members) and all of these parts do not have the same function or use,

Romans 12:5 So we, numerous as we are, are one body in Christ (the Messiah) and individually we are parts one of another [mutually dependent on one
another].

Romans 12:6 having gifts (faculties, talents, qualities) that differ according to the grace given us, let us use them: [He whose gift is] prophecy, [let him
prophesy] according to the proportion of his faith;

Romans 12:7 [He whose gift is] practical service, let him give himself to serving; he who teaches, to his teaching;

Romans 12:8 He who exhorts (encourages), to his exhortation; he who contributes, let him do it in simplicity and liberality; he who gives aid and
superintends, with zeal and singleness of mind; he who does acts of mercy, with genuine cheerfulness and joyful eagerness.

I gave the 7 gifts names to kind of describe their function.

▫️Motivator: Desires to motivate people to serve God.

▫️Servant: Desires to meet needs of people on a practical basis

▫️Teacher: Desires to study and present truths to people.

▫️Encourager: Desires to admonish and encourage people.

▫️Giver: Desires to meet people's needs on a financial basis. They wanna also give wisdom and counsel to help the person truly.

▫️Administrator: Desires to lead people through organization.

▫️Sympathizer: Desires to identify and empathize with people.

Now this is how we see these gifts working

Example
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 Now the leader of a ministry, an administrator passes out an agenda of a meeting, and in the meeting he brings up something e.g. someone at our church
lost a job........

(listen, as soon as a person is brought up, gifts go in action)

(Your gift has to deal with serving and helping people)

So the prophet says, he may have sin in his life, we got to talk to him, once he gets the sin out, God will help him.

The teacher says, well if he'll just do the 5 steps in 1Timothy 3 then he'll get a new job

The encourager is already texting the guy who lost his job... we are praying for you, don't worry about it.

The Giver says let's make an offering to help the guy

The Servant has already left the meeting to buy the guy groceries

And the sympathizer is just over in the corner crying

Joseph's gift was leadership and his gift worked everywhere he was.... in Potipher's house, in the prison, up to governor of Egypt.

He didn't wait until he got into places of authority to serve.

Many people say, when I get a position then I will minister in my gift... Nooooo.

The way you get the position is minister in your gift. You start now wherever you are.

I know you have had set backs or difficulties like Joseph had , but please keep being faithful, keep ministering in your gift because that's what will open the
door, if you remember the butler and the baker, Joseph interpreted them. That's what got him outta prison what if he was concerned about his problems
and didn't have time to minister.

So no matter what you are going through be conscious of people around you, and your ministry now will cause you to step into your destiny.

▪️Determine your direction and be faithful

I'm talking about God's purpose and destiny for your life and has given you a gift which is a direction to move in.

Here's what some of you are wondering..... you want to know the specifics of your purpose.

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Can I know the specifics of my purpose? Yes you can

When????

After you do them

You just begin moving in the direction one step at a time.

The Bible says Thy Word is a lamp to my feet and light to my path.....

It doesn't say My Word is a bright spot light that I can see way down the road.

You just take the next step and be faithful in what God has called you do and all of a sudden you'll find yourself influencing thousands of lives.

Because you simply stepped out and started moving in the gift God has called you to do.

I can't tell you your specific purpose and am not sure if God will tell us the specifics because it will mess us up.

He didn't tell Joseph his specific purpose, He just said your gift is leadership. (Joseph's dreams explain this)

And you start leading and being faithful where you are and one day you are going to have great influence. And when Joseph did what God called him to do
he told his brothers...... it wasn't you who sent me here it was God and it was his purpose to save many people

Listen, God has a specific purpose for you, find out what your gift is, don't allow setbacks to hinder you just continue walking in the gifting that God has
given you and you will find yourself in the destiny God has for you.

You cannot profit fully outside your calling

You will never find Messi playing volleyball

Nor will you ever find Louis Hamilton on a striking line with the ball

Know your calling you will fully profit.

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 Chapter five

WRONG SEX BURNS

Too many of us here you know what am talking about

One of the greatest sins that knows not the kings

Queens, ministers, Prophets, Apostles

Is actually Sex

SEX IS SWEET BUT IT BURNS THE WORST WAY

And so they are hearing it for the first time.

But to them that have heard or seen or gotten involved you know what am talking about

Sex is way beyond the physical act but more to the spiritual aspect

1 Corinthians 6:18

[18]Shun immorality and all sexual looseness [flee from impurity in thought, word, or deed]. Any other sin which a man commits is one outside the body,
but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

Sexual sin is the only sin that brings your own physical body into bondage for years

Many bareness, sickness, marriage failure, family instabilities, among others are as a result of sex

The Devil’s mission is not actually to take away your calling because that is something God gave you before you were born and it can never be taken away
from you.

The devil's mission is to Hit your character and drain your anointing to emptiness. And it has been successful several times

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 Many pastors, prophets, Apostles, Worshipers, Teachers, evangelists among the rest have been hit and they stay on pulpits preaching the gospel

Why?

Because there callings are not affected but there anointing

Here they end up speaking from experience and seeking their own profit.

IF YOU ARE READING AND YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED

In the act or anything related say watching pornography, murstabation, sex, kissing and the related what you felt in pain and emptiness is exactly what we
are talking about.

SEXUAL SIN

📌Thanks for abstaining yes

📌Thanks for saying no to relationships

📌Thanks for always running away

If you haven't done the above we ought to start by that and then we train our minds to get rid of the corrupted mind

Sex played in the mind is not different from the physical but the only best thing Is God saved us from our minds being read.

Remember whatever you feed your eyes with or your ears with

Will affect your physical being.

All the above do with draining your anointing but never touch your gifting that is why you will preach teach the bible pray and do all you can but still get
dreams in sexual sin or physical lust why

Mind

GIANTS FALL

SOMEONE HERE MAY SAY YOUARE DIFFERENT

Remember David had a heart next to that of God

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Adam was the father of faith Jacob the chosen tribe

Samson the strongest and the rest

It was only Joseph who was the least of the mentioned that was able to overcome the sexual sin

Today, pastors, ministers, choir are all gotten down to sexual sin physically but spiritually the church is not any different

What about you?

Proverbs 23:7

[7] For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost].

You and I actually our thoughts

Sex, sex, sex.

It is good in its time but out of its time it's fire

Ecclesiastes 3:11.

[11] He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working
through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the
end.

When you play sex in a wrong time it becomes bad and very bad

Food for thought

You cannot avoid sex in an (intimate) relationship

Whether married or not

Virginity

Physically we are very many virgins if they are but spiritually

There could be non, remember our previous topic we were handling out nature and that is what exactly who we are (we are spiritual beings)

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 Being physically a virgin vet a spiritual prostitute is equally bad and that is why we need to see our minds cleared

Matthew 5:27-28

[27]You have heard that it was said, you shall not commit adultery. [Exod. 20:14; Deut. 5:18.]

[28]But I say to you that everyone who so much as looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Shocking surprise

The Devil looks at man and wonders how he even be this much evil .

Ezekiel 28:16-17

[16]Through the abundance of your commerce you were filled with lawlessness and violence, and you sinned; therefore I cast you out as a profane thing
from the mountain of God and the guardian cherub drove you out from the midst of the stones of fire.

[17] Your heart was proud and lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I lay
you before kings that they might gaze at you.

This was the reason why the devil was cast from heaven

CORRUPTED MIND AND PRIDE

Not homosexuality, or Lesbianism

Not theft

Not lust

Not abusive words

Not even impregnating any female angel

But today all those things are happening

Meaning man has sinned more than the Devil did

The whole point is sex is not only physical

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Man and woman

Boy girl

Girl girl

Boy boy.

Noooooooo

Sex is way beyond to the spiritual

Reason why dreams of sexual dreams still appear is because of what you set before your eyes

Say

📌Secular music

📌 Pornography

📌Wrong literature both written and drown

📌 Vulgar texting

📌 Nudity and indecency

📌 Movies and sops

If you have not overcome the above you have not overcome sexual immorality (PLAYING SEX)

You may not be physically in the act but the spiritual act births the physical and though not birthed God reads our minds the more

EFFECTS OF WRONG SEX

📌Closes you spiritual antennas

📌Drains your anointing

📌Brings shame
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 📌Sexual related diseases

📌Bondage and slavery.

1 Corinthians 6:16

[16]Or do you not know and realize that when a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? The two, it is written, shall become one
flesh. [Gen. 2:24.])

Spiritual marriage convents that kills marriages and relationships

📌 Hatred form other people

📌Self hate

📌Wrong and false ministry

📌 ADDICTION

HOW TO GET IT OUT OF WAY

✅REPENTANCE AND PRAYER

Matthew 17:21

[21]But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.

✅ Word

The government is highly fighting the rapists. But forgetting the people raped

But I think. Things should be thought off. Very many ladies rape men

Through what they allow them to see.

To my girls here;

Dressing indecently is worse than you think.

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 Someone that has fought and persecuted the church is not different from an indecent person

In, fact, biblically it is very terrible. Let us revise our dress code

Matthew 18:6

[6] But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in and acknowledge and cleave to Me to stumble and sin [that is, who entices him or hinders
him in right conduct or thought], it would be better (more expedient and profitable or advantageous) for him to have a great millstone fastened around
his neck and to be sunk in the depth of the sea.

Whoever causes someone to stumble is that bad?

Someone here knows what enticing means

It is that bad

That is the wish to such a person

Matthew 18:7

[7] Woe to the world for such temptations to sin and influences to do wrong! It is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the person on whose
account or by whom the temptation comes!

Temptations should come but don't allow to be the tempter

Are you?

Raping should be but don't cause it

Hate should be but don't bring it

Sex should be but don't cause it.

Your words ,Your look ,Your dressing ,Your actions ,Matter!!!!

Matthew 18:8

[8] And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; it is better (more profitable and wholesome) for you
to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into everlasting fire.
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Sex is really fire

Some people just think I can get into a relationship and get a boyfriend or girlfriend and I lust not but the words you be speaking in a relationship also
themselves are evil

Your language matters

Today

Fuck

Stupid

And all related jazz is normal check this,

Colossians 3:8

[8]But now put away and rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, bad feeling toward others, curses and slander, and foulmouthed
abuse and shameful utterances from your lips!

Let's watch this

Ephesians 5:3-4

[3] But immorality (sexual vice) and all impurity [of lustful, rich, wasteful living] or greediness must not even be named among you, as is fitting and proper among
saints (God's consecrated people).

[4]Let there be no filthiness (obscenity, indecency) nor foolish and sinful (silly and corrupt) talk, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting or becoming; but
instead voice your thankfulness [to God].

Which words do you talk with your friends?

Reason why relationship is not ok are because of the words to be used there in Watch that scripture

What words do you speak?

It matters

SOUL TIES
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 🔅Soul - This is the part of us that is external.

🔅Tie - This is an attachment, experience or feeling that creates a bond between people.

SOUL TIES- Physical, spiritual connection between 2 or more people.

There are two types of soul ties.

1. Godly soul ties

2. Ungodly soul ties.

Soul ties can be created through;

Through emotions (with someone so close to you)

Through sex

THE GODLY SOUL TIES

✅This soul tie involves GOD.

✅These are soul ties that are based on the right timing, right person. It’s just the right everything.

✅They are also based to glorify God's name .Because there is bearing of fruits.

For example Right time relationships, marriages always have God's blessings on it. In such you never find cases of divorce, different misunderstandings
etc.

THE UNGODLY SOUL TIES

💣These are soul ties made in the wrong time.

💣This is where one gets connected both physically and spiritually most especially when one has sex with someone who’s not their husband or that
person is a mere boyfriend.

What some people think it’s just sex wen actually you join spiritually and you exchange even some behaviors. (That person can take something from you
and leaves you also with something from them) which is very dangerous.

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💣Because just imagine that person maybe is a night dancer or has bad attitude and have sex with that person you end up getting such things from them.

💣And it also worsens wen that person has been having sex with very many people and they land on you. You start carrying very many different soul ties
with you which need to be broken one by one.

💣Also if someone doesn't break the soul ties and gets into marriage, however much that is the right person God had prepared for you, you are
going to have misunderstandings in your marriage because of those soul ties and the very many different behaviors you got from them.

HOW TO BREAK THOSE SOUL TIES

1. Pray and confess

To God- tell Him what is going on because He sees everything. But in most cases He can be waiting for His child to be open to Him so that He can start
changing you.

Tell someone you trust about it, someone who is going to pray with you, encourage you, and teach you more on God's word. Sometimes those people
understand how you feel because they have gone thru e same situation and God too helped them.

James 5:16

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and
produces wonderful results.

3. Cut off all lines of communication

E.g. on Facebook, what Sapp (delete their contacts) not in a bad way, but it helps you more. Because even though you wanted to say hi you are unable
which helps because immediately you don't cut off communication the devil can want to tempt you to go back into the relationship. Hence going back to
zero (starting over again to break e soul tie when actually you had reached somewhere.).

4. Get rid of all related objects

Anything that reminds you of that person

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E.g. clothes they bought you

Gifts they gave you.

Photos you took with them

Just to help u not to remember your past experience with that person.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, come out from among unbelievers and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch their filthy things and I will welcome you.

SEX IS A BLOOD PACT

When a virgin has sex for the first time with a man, the fact that the rupture of the hymen causes a flow of blood which spurts on the sex organ of the
man, means that an alliance or a bond has been established between them, and only death can separate them!

Originally, when a man has sex with a virgin girl, he is expected to wash the blood of the hymen and thus bind himself to that girl by a wedding ring💍.

Many men and women will not fulfill their destiny because of the one to whom they gave their virginity.

It is because of this irrevocable covenant that God does not want you to lose your virginity before marriage.

When you have sex with your partner, this is your way of saying, "My enemies are now your enemies, and your enemies are now my enemies; My friends
are now your friends and your friends are now my friends; I will stay by your side no matter what, I will never leave you and I will never abandon you. I will
defend you to death

You now have one flesh, united soul and body! Here is what the Bible tells us:

1 Corinthians 6:16

“Do you not know that whoever becomes attached to the prostitute is one body with her? For, it is said, the two will become one flesh."

This type of alliance should only be made by those who are legally married. Whenever you have sex with a person, you make a blood pact with that
person at the same time.

When God made a covenant with Abraham, it was through circumcision which included a shedding of blood. When God gave Moses the commandments
and the covenants, the blood of animals was one of them.

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 Through sexual sin, body, mind and soul are linked. Everything that is in the man or in the woman enters the life of the woman or of the man. Through
sex, you receive all the iniquities of your partner's family in your life and even their ancestral curses because the life of a man is in the blood.

Sexual sin can turn your good and perfect destiny into a bad destiny of doom!

You see some girls or women who, after sleeping with a man who has a curse, end up with the same curse in their lives. Things don't work for many
people because of the kind of people they slept with.

Many have been initiated into things that they themselves do not understand because of sex.

Even the world of darkness recognizes that sex is a pact of blood. If you have sex with someone who is part of a sect, you are automatically initiated
spiritually and in your dreams you will find yourself taking part in gatherings with strange people/personalities. The dark forces of this sect will begin to
influence your life without your knowing it. This has happened to a lot of people.

So be careful who you sleep with because you don't know where your partner's bloodline and spirits come from.

By sex they can steal your crown, steal your throne, snatch your graces, tear your tunic, steal your gold and your silver, change your star, destroy your
projects, suck your grace, kill you, and bury you alive

Many destiny failed because of 5 minutes intercourse due to the fact that energy and spirit were exchanged.

Many have killed their future because of a blood exchange.

NEVER HAVE FUN WITH SEXUALITY

You wonder why everything is bad in your life, bad luck follows you everywhere! Why you have repeated night time diapers (Visiting a husband or wife at
night), you suffer from frigidity, you are bombarded by impure thoughts of a past relationship (fantasy) despite you are with your partner or your partner.
Yet you are the cause, you sleep with anyone. Then you accuse someone in the village and others even accuse their family members while you yourself
are the author of your curse.

The present world system demands that we struggle so much for little things, that's the devil's system.

Immorality and fornication is on the trend now... But we can get the things we desire, without much struggle by partnership with the Holy
Spirit...and partnership with God demands that we stay away from the things that defiles our body. (This is a formula... #Crack.it)

Just like we say our boyfriends or girlfriends cheats on us, having sex outside marriage is cheating on Christ. Think about it..

MARRIAGE
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 Well I know some of us are excited about the topic so let's try to get into this topic together Genesis 2:18-25.

It talks about how God wanted to make a suitable companion for man He took some soil from the ground & formed animals and birds but none was
suitable. So God made man to fall into deep sleep and he formed woman from one of his ribs.

Genesis 2:24 Explains a lot about Marriage that if a man is to marry, he leaves his father & mother & is united with his wife & they become one.

*Defn*

Marriage is when a man is united with his wife and they become one

Of course you don't have to live with your parents after marriage

In marriage, the wife has got to be capable just like THE CAPABLE WIFE in Proverbs 31:10-31

I request that we read the above scripture in your free time coz it's really long

Ephesians 5:21-33.

It talks about both husband & wife submitting to one another.

*Message to wives Ephesians 5:22

"Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord."

Ephesians 5:23

"For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

Ephesians 5:24

"And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of the husbands in all things."

*Message to husbands*

Ephesians 5:26

"So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,"

Ephesians 5:27
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"And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete."

Ephesians 5:28

"Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:"

Ephesians 5:29

"For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;".

Ephesians 5:33

"But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband."

The last verse Ephesians 5:33 talks about husbands loving their wives. So what kind of love being talked about here

Let's read

1 Corinthians 13:4

"Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;"

1 Corinthians 13:5

"Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;"

1 Corinthians 13:6

"It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;"

1 Corinthians 13:7

"Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things."

So in order for a man to marry a woman, there should be love that binds them just as the above scriptures have explained

When in marriage, both the husband and wife are supposed to be Colossians 3:12-19 Colossians 3:13.

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"Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:"

Colossians 3:14

"And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together,"

Colossians 3:15

"And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times."

Colossians 3:16

"Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God
with grace in your hearts."

Colossians 3:17

"And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him."

Verse 19 talks about husbands not being bitter/harsh to their wives.

In marriage, there shouldn't be adultery

Hebrews 13:4

"Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God."

Even the Ten Commandments talk about adultery in Exodus 20:14

"Do not be false to the married relation."

*Defn for adultery*

According to e dictionary, adultery is sex between a married person and somebody who is not their husband or wife.

In marriage, it’s not all about beautifying with jewelry, hair, etc. among wives but it’s about the conduct/behavior.

1 Peter 3:1-7

*Message to wives*
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 1 Peter 3:1

"Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behavior of their
wives,"

1 Peter 3:2

"When they see your holy behavior in the fear of God."

1 Peter 3:3

"Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;"

1 Peter 3:4

"But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God."

*Message to husbands*

1 Peter 3:7.

"And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in
the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer."

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͓̽ ͓̽ G͓̽ E͓̽???

There are many different definitions of marriage. And I have highlighted a few.

Marriage is a HOLY covenant before God.

This demonstrates that both husband and wife see marriage as more than just a physical and emotional union, but also as a moral and legal commitment(
Malachi 2:14) .

Marriage is a solemn and public covenant between a man and a woman in the presence of God, intended by God for their mutual joy, for the help and
comfort given one another in prosperity and adversity.

IS MARRIAGE DEFINED BY STATE OR BY GOD??

Well, marriage today looks a lot different than marriage in Biblical terms.
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Isaac and Rebecca, for example simply entered into a tent and then they were married with no certificate or paper work. Genesis 24:67

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS DEFINE MARRIAGE TODAY??

Well, Christians should define marriage the same way it's been defined by the Bible for thousands of years.

It's when a man leaves his father and his mother and becomes joined to his wife and the two become one flesh. Genesis 2:24.

Marriage then is a covenant relationship between a man and woman before God.

And Jesus, in fact, also fully endorses this definition

In Mathew 19:6, he quotes the Genesis, definition of marriage, because He believes it's still valid and then He adds His own commentary by saying, "What
therefore God has joined together, let no one separate."

In other words, Jesus believes marriage is a God ordained institution.

The paper or certificate filled is to register your marriage with the state .But that subsequent certificate received, doesn't make anyone more married than
what the vows already made by the couple.

Marriage starts at church.

All that we have read just point to one thing that values marriage so, so much

And as children of God, it is a blessing for us to marry or get married

REMINDER

*Whatever you are learning*

*you will be tested in it don't fail*

*Some could have started making vows and agreements at a young age with people’s ribs*

*Please you are dealing with a wrong institution*

I will love you until Lake Victoria dries

*Then Victoria disappoints you and and the guy gets another person then no one comes for you*

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Then you complain. God is unfair

*Your agreements matter*

*Vows and confessions you make count*

The bible says God performed the very first marriage on the sixth day of creation

"God created man in His own image ...male and female He created them👫. Then God blessed them and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply', fill
the earth' “(Genesis 1:27, 28)

In marriage, two become one flesh.

The Bible goes ahead to say after God created Eve, "He brought her to the man .And Adam said, 'This is now the bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh '
.Genesis 2:22-24

This account of the very first marriage highlights the Fundamental characteristic of a Godly marriage - a husband and wife become “one flesh”

Obviously, they remain two individuals, but in God's ideal for marriage, the two become one in purpose

They share the same values, the same goals, and the same outlook. They work together to build a strong, Godly family and raise their children to be good,
Godly people 🙏

God created marriage in the beginning.

It’s important to note that God initiated this very first marriage in Eden. Marriage comes from God

And His union of Adam and Eve illustrates God's ideal for marriage;

One man and woman joined together in a lifelong commitment to each other, working together to form strong, and Godly families.

Obviously, human beings haven't always followed that ideal but God's way is still the best way

*QUESTIONS*

1. What is marriage?

2. Who is supposed to get married?

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4. How is marriage abused?

5 .Courtship, Dating and Relationships

6. *Spiritual Marriage*

And Covenants

7. Who and when to marry?

BIBLE PERSPECTIVE ON MARRIAGE

Galatians 5: Feed your wives.

My Inner man my life: Genesis 2:21-23 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 him a woman, and brought her unto the man.

And Adam said, this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Stop looking for beautiful ladies, rich guys, or expensive things to enjoy marriage,

One day my dad asked me mud how many hearts do I have, and I answered one,

He again asked me, do I know it’s just one piece, I answered yes,

Then he further asked me how many pieces do want coz its one piece, I was like each, noooo!

Then he told me, Phiz, God gave you one heart and you must be careful with it,

Because when someone breaks it, then they become two pieces, and you fall in love again, they still break it, now someone guess the piece remaining, ok
it’s a quarter, now what if you fall in love with another girl, it will be a .....

Then he told me" Phiz there is nothing sweetie like finding your real RIB, its heaven on Earth"

Since then I took it as a lesson, I'm still with my full heart,

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It’s a secret, how many pieces do you want to get

**WHAT REALLY IS***LOVE**and FRIENDSHIP***

Read with me

_*1John4:10-Hereinislove, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.*_First of all, we need not look
at our traditional understanding of love to understand what love really is, because that has been erroneous. We thought that Love is that good, warm, soft
FEELING we have towards certain people close to us.

But yet not. For LOVE IS NOT a feeling. Love is not a mere emotion, even though it gets lent some credence through emotion.

As we look at God's definition and description of Love, (for He is Love) we find that the scriptural definitions and descriptions of Love are all not based on
feelings.

Consequently, Love is not a feeling or an emotion. But simply put, LOVE is" Acts of good will and benevolence, “towards*anyone*, (not only those towards
whom" you feel". LOVE is largely acts that are driven by good will towards people.

See our opening verse, and how it winds up.

_*"...not that we loved God, but that HE loved us, AND SENT HIS SON to be THE PROPITIATION for our sins."*_

The verse reveals that God's definition and description of His Love for you concludes in WHAT HE DID, not what He FELT. He sent His Son to be a Sacrifice
for you! That's what He calls love. And I guarantee you that God wasn't FEELING partyish as He sent His Son to the cross. It hurt Him. But He did it as an act
of Love.

Then we are told in_*John15:13, Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down His life for His friends.*_

Again, Jesus' description of Love is not a feeling, but an act;*"that a man LAY DOWN HIS LIFE for His friends."* Therefore Love is not recognized by how
you feel, but by WHAT you do.

God proves and demonstrates His love for you by SENDING HIS SON as a sacrifice, and the Son proves and demonstrates His love by LAYING DOWN HIS
LIFE for us!

I again assure you that Jesus was not feeling good as He went to the cross. In fact He said He FELT sorrowful unto death, but He DID a work of love in the
midst of sorrow and pain. Beloved, loving you has never been comfortable and cheap for God, It has been a painful journey for him, yet he holds on to you
till now.

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And that’s why_*John3:16*_tells you; _*for God so loved the world that he gave his only be gotten son...*_he did not so love the world that he felt...but
he so loved the world that he gave his son.

So this is the message in_*1Cor.13.*_The whole chapter describes the character and acts of Love-AGAPE. There, is where you come to realize that love is
not known by what you're feeling, but rather by what you're doing.

And this is how you're loved by God. He says_*"I will never leave you nor forsake you!"*_ because love* does not * forsake! Remember, before Peter was
perfected in love he forsook the lord, but the lord, being perfected in love, did not forsake Peter, in spite!

And this is the reason for your confidence in him. He is not just feeling towards you and doing nothing, He is determined to treat you right; to bless you, to
heal you, to protect you, to promote and preserve you, because this is what *LOVE DOES,*Not just feels, but * DOES!* Your tomorrow is secure for one
reason only; God loves you!

_(share this message and spread the love of Jesus Christ in every place, to every man!)_

SO THIS IS IT

Love is a must Jesus says I have said you * must* not may love your neighbors. But he gives no instruction on making them your friends

Love is not apperception but good works.

Love is patient, kind, corrupts not, lies not, love is not jealous, love is kind and generous

*FRIENDSHIP*

When we get to friendship here comes cases

Friendship is a choice not a must you choose on which person to be your friend not everyone surely

Because every friend you have carries a mutual agreement

*AMOS 3:3* so they have a spiritual part they play in your life that is why you ought to love all but friendship chooses wisely and those you choose should
be of your house or nature in. GOD

Why

Righteousness and unrighteousness have no relationship

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 Trouble, failure and all trouble around you are 98% due to the company around you *EDIT*now

1 Cor.6.15-know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot?
God forbid.

1Cor.6.16-What? Know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? For two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

1Cor.6.17-but he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

1Cor.6.18-Flee fornication .Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 1Cor.6.20-
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Deceive not yourself that you are there to change them the bible says you are the written epistles and through your character they will take up your God
you don't need to sacrifice yourself *Eph.4.27nor give place to the devil.(NKJV*)

God has been far from you because of his own word

If you hear this word change and get back to your person

2Cor.6.14-Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath
light with darkness?

2Cor.6.15-and what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

2Cor.6.16-And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk
in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

2Cor.6.17-*Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ;and I will receive you,*

2Cor.6.18-And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

6:17 conclusively talks of receiving you

My friend that is God's word that calls you to get out of the so called relationship, friendship you are harboring in all that is* UNGODLY *and He will
receive you

Remember

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He says do not arouse your love until......

Song.3.5 I charge you, O**ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not**up, nor awake my love, till he please.
(KJV)*

If you read again he says *my* not* your *love

*You cannot get married without being single*

Single does not mean unmarried

It means ready for marriage but not yet married

*For the high school or even university you are not single you are students*

Get there first before sowing evil seeds that you will reap accordingly

Some preachers or doctrine makes it sound Normal but courtship that is not in due time is lust to friendship

And this tend to cause many to abuse love with manifested evil acts

God is at a watch but merciful to forgive repentant hearts

*Understand lust and love*

*Differentiate Bondage from friendship*

*Having History with someone doesn't mean you have a future with that someone*

Return to Jesus by letting go of the wrong friends and get the right company

Why do you think Jesus called Lazarus a friend not everyone?

And to everyone He loves

Let's as well make and be friends to Jesus

MARRIAGE
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Well I know some of us are excited about the topic so let's try to get into this topic together Genesis 2:18-25.

It talks about how God wanted to make a suitable companion for man He took some soil from the ground & formed animals and birds but none was
suitable. So God made man to fall into deep sleep and he formed woman from one of his ribs.

Genesis 2:24 Explains a lot about Marriage that if a man is to marry, he leaves his father & mother & is united with his wife & they become one.

*Defn*

Marriage is when a man is united with his wife and they become one

Of course you don't have to live with your parents after marriage

In marriage, the wife has got to be capable just like THE CAPABLE WIFE in Proverbs 31:10-31

I request that we read the above scripture in your free time coz it's really long

Ephesians 5:21-33

It talks about both husband & wife submitting to one another.

*Message to wives Ephesians 5:22

"Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.".

Ephesians 5:23

"For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

Ephesians 5:24

"And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of the husbands in all things."

*Message to husbands*

Ephesians 5:26

"So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,"

Ephesians 5:27
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 "And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete."

Ephesians 5:28

"Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:"

Ephesians 5:29

"For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;"

Ephesians 5:33

"But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.".

The last verse Ephesians 5:33 talks about husbands loving their wives. So what kind of love being talked about here

Let's read

1 Corinthians 13:4

"Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;"

1 Corinthians 13:5

"Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;"

1 Corinthians 13:6

"It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;"

1 Corinthians 13:7

"Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things."

So in order for a man to marry a woman, there should be love that binds them just as the above scriptures have explained

When in marriage, both the husband and wife are supposed to be Colossians 3:12-19 Colossians 3:13

"Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:"

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Colossians 3:14

"And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together,".

Colossians 3:15

"And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times."

Colossians 3:16

"Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God
with grace in your hearts."

Colossians 3:17

"And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him."

Verse 19 talks about husbands not being bitter/harsh to their wives.

In marriage, there shouldn't be adultery

Hebrews 13:4

"Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God."

Even the Ten Commandments talk about adultery in Exodus 20:14

"Do not be false to the married relation."

*Defn for adultery*

According to e dictionary, adultery is sex between a married person and somebody who is not their husband or wife.

In marriage, it’s not all about beautifying with jewelry, hair, etc. among wives but it’s about the conduct/behavior.

1 Peter 3:1-7

*Message to wives*

1 Peter 3:1
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"Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their
wives,"

1 Peter 3:2

"When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God."

1 Peter 3:3

"Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;"

1 Peter 3:4

"But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God."

*Message to husbands*

1 Peter 3:7

"And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in
the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer."

W͓̽ H͓̽ A͓̽ T͓̽ IS͓̽ ͓̽ M͓̽ A͓̽ R͓̽ R͓̽ IA

͓̽ ͓̽ G͓̽ E͓̽???

There are many different definitions of marriage. And I have highlighted a few.

Marriage is a HOLY covenant before God.

This demonstrates that both husband and wife see marriage as more than just a physical and emotional union, but also as a moral and legal commitment(
Malachi 2:14) .

Marriage is a solemn and public covenant between a man and a woman in the presence of God, intended by God for their mutual joy, for the help and
comfort given one another in prosperity and adversity.

IS MARRIAGE DEFINED BY STATE OR BY GOD??

Well, marriage today looks a lot different than marriage in Biblical terms.

Isaac and Rebecca, for example simply entered into a tent and then they were married with no certificate or paper work. Genesis 24:67
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 HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS DEFINE MARRIAGE TODAY??

Well, Christians should define marriage the same way it's been defined by the Bible for thousands of years.

It's when a man leaves his father and his mother and becomes joined to his wife and the two become one flesh. Genesis 2:24

Marriage then is a covenant relationship between a man and woman before God.

And Jesus, in fact, also fully endorses this definition

In Mathew 19:6, he quotes the Genesis, definition of marriage, because He believes it's still valid and then He adds His own commentary by saying, "What
therefore God has joined together, let no one separate.".

In other words, Jesus believes marriage is a God ordained institution.

The paper or certificate filled is to register your marriage with the state .But that subsequent certificate received, doesn't make anyone more married than
what the vows already made by the couple.

Marriage starts at church.

All that we have read just point to one thing that values marriage so, so much

And as children of God, it is a blessing for us to marry or get married

REMINDER

*Whatever you are learning*

*you will be tested in it don't fail*

*Some could have started making vows and agreements at a young age with people’s ribs*

*Please you are dealing with a wrong institution*

I will love you until Lake Victoria dries

*Then Victoria disappoints you and and the guy gets another person then no one comes for you*

Then you complain. God is unfair.

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*Your agreements matter*

*Vows and confessions you make count*

The bible says God performed the very first marriage on the sixth day of creation.

"God created man in His own image ...male and female He created them. Then God blessed them and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply', fill the
earth' “(Genesis 1:27, 28)

In marriage, two become one flesh.

The Bible goes ahead to say after God created Eve, "He brought her to the man .And Adam said, 'This is now the bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh '
.Genesis 2:22-24

This account of the very first marriage highlights the Fundamental characteristic of a Godly marriage - a husband and wife become “one flesh”

Obviously, they remain two individuals, but in God's ideal for marriage, the two become one in purpose

They share the same values, the same goals, and the same outlook. They work together to build a strong, Godly family and raise their children to be good,
Godly people God created marriage in the beginning.

It’s important to note that God initiated this very first marriage in Eden. Marriage comes from God

And His union of Adam and Eve illustrates God's ideal for marriage;

One man and woman joined together in a lifelong commitment to each other, working together to form strong, and Godly families.

Obviously, human beings haven't always followed that ideal but God's way is still the best way

*QUESTIONS*

1. What is marriage?

2. Who is supposed to get married?

3. Is it ok not to get married?

4. How is marriage abused?

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5 .Courtship, Dating and Relationships

6. *Spiritual Marriage*

And Covenants

7. Who and when to marry?

BIBLE PERSPECTIVE ON MARRIAGE

Galatians 5: Feed your wives.

[8/10, 8:48 PM] My Inner man my life: Genesis 2:21-23 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 him a woman, and brought her unto the man.

And Adam said, this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Stop looking for beautiful ladies, rich guys, or expensive things to enjoy marriage,

One day my dad asked me mud how many hearts do I have, and I answered one,

He again asked me, do I know it’s just one piece, I answered yes,

Then he further asked me how many pieces do want coz its one piece, I was like each, noooo!.

Then he told me, Phiz, God gave you one heart and you must be careful with it,

Because when someone breaks it, then they become two pieces, and you fall in love again, they still break it, now someone guess the piece remaining, ok
it’s a quarter, now what if you fall in love with another girl, it will be a .....

Then he told me" Phiz there is nothing sweetie like finding your real RIB, its heaven on Earth"

Since then I took it as a lesson, I'm still with my full heart,

It’s a secret, how many pieces do you want to get

**WHAT REALLY IS***LOVE**and FRIENDSHIP***

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 Read with me

_*1John4:10-Hereinislove, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.*_First of all, we need not look
at our traditional understanding of love to understand what love really is, because that has been erroneous. We thought that Love is that good, warm, soft
FEELING we have towards certain people close to us. But yet not. For LOVE IS NOT a feeling. Love is not a mere emotion, even though it gets lent some
credence through emotion.

As we look at God's definition and description of Love, (for He is Love) we find that the scriptural definitions and descriptions of Love are all not based on
feelings.

Consequently, Love is not a feeling or an emotion. But simply put, LOVE is" Acts of good will and benevolence, “towards*anyone*, (not only those towards
whom" you feel". LOVE is largely acts that are driven by good will towards people.

See our opening verse, and how it winds up.

_*"...not that we loved God, but that HE loved us, AND SENT HIS SON to be THE PROPITIATION for our sins."*_

The verse reveals that God's definition and description of His Love for you concludes in WHAT HE DID, not what He FELT. He sent His Son to be a Sacrifice
for you! That's what He calls love. And I guarantee you that God wasn't FEELING partyish as He sent His Son to the cross. It hurt Him. But He did it as an act
of Love.

Then we are told in_*John15:13, Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down His life for His friends.*_

Again, Jesus' description of Love is not a feeling, but an act;*"that a man LAY DOWN HIS LIFE for His friends."* Therefore Love is not recognized by how
you feel, but by WHAT you do.

God proves and demonstrates His love for you by SENDING HIS SON as a sacrifice, and the Son proves and demonstrates His love by LAYING DOWN HIS
LIFE for us!

I again assure you that Jesus was not feeling good as He went to the cross. In fact He said He FELT sorrowful unto death, but He DID a work of love in the
midst of sorrow and pain. Beloved, loving you has never been comfortable and cheap for God, It has been a painful journey for him, yet he holds on to you
till now.

And that’s why_*John3:16*_tells you; _*for God so loved the world that he gave his only be gotten son...*_he did not so love the world that he felt...but
he so loved the world that he gave his son.

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So this is the message in_*1Cor.13.*_The whole chapter describes the character and acts of Love-AGAPE. There, is where you come to realize that love is
not known by what you're feeling, but rather by what you're doing.

And this is how you're loved by God. He says_*"I will never leave you nor forsake you!"*_ because love* does not * forsake! Remember, before Peter was
perfected in love he forsook the lord, but the lord, being perfected in love, did not forsake Peter, in spite!

And this is the reason for your confidence in him. He is not just feeling towards you and doing nothing, He is determined to treat you right; to bless you, to
heal you, to protect you, to promote and preserve you, because this is what *LOVE DOES,*Not just feels, but * DOES!* Your tomorrow is secure for one
reason only; God loves you!

_(share this message and spread the love of Jesus Christ in every place, to every man!)_

SO THIS IS IT

Love is a must Jesus says I have said you * must* not may love your neighbors. But he gives no instruction on making them your friends

Love is not apperception but good works

Love is patient, kind, corrupts not, lies not, love is not jealous, love is kind and generous

*FRIENDSHIP*

When we get to friendship here comes cases

Friendship is a choice not a must you choose on which person to be your friend not everyone surely

Because every friend you have carries a mutual agreement

*AMOS 3:3* so they have a spiritual part they play in your life that is why you ought to love all but friendship chooses wisely and those you choose should
be of your house or nature in GOD.

Why Righteousness and unrighteousness have no relationship

Trouble, failure and all trouble around you are 98% due to the company around you *EDIT*now

1 Cor.6.15-know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot?
God forbid.

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1Cor.6.16-What? Know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? For two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

1Cor.6.17-but he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

1Cor.6.18-Flee fornication .Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 1Cor.6.20-
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Deceive not yourself that you are there to change them the bible says you are the written epistles and through your character they will take up your God
you don't need to sacrifice yourself *Eph.4.27nor give place to the devil.(NKJV*)

God has been far from you because of his own word

If you hear this word change and get back to your person

2Cor.6.14-Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath
light with darkness?

2Cor.6.15-and what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

2Cor.6.16-And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them,
and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

2Cor.6.17-*Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing ;and I will receive you,*

2Cor.6.18-And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

6:17 conclusively talks of receiving you

My friend that is God's word that calls you to get out of the so called relationship, friendship you are harboring in all that is* UNGODLY *and He will
receive you

Remember

He says do not arouse your love until......

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 Song.3.5 I charge you, O**ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not**up, nor awake my love, till he please.
(KJV)*

If you read again he says *my* not* your *love

*You cannot get married without being single*

Single does not mean unmarried

It means ready for marriage but not yet married

*For the high school or even university you are not single you are students*

Get there first before sowing evil seeds that you will reap accordingly

Some preachers or doctrine makes it sound Normal but courtship that is not in due time is lust to friendship

And this tend to cause many to abuse love with manifested evil acts

God is at a watch but merciful to forgive repentant hearts

*Understand lust and love*

*Differentiate Bondage from friendship*

*Having History with someone doesn't mean you have a future with that someone*

Return to Jesus by letting go of the wrong friends and get the right company

Why do you think Jesus called Lazarus a friend not everyone?

And to everyone He loves

Let's as well make and be friends to Jesus

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 Chapter Six

THOUGHTS AND DECISION MAKING

IN HEAVEN THOUGHTS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS AND ACTIONS

We have a strong desire to do life well, to maximize our potential, and (most importantly) to reflect the image of our Creator.

Through our own actions thoughts words and speech

I’m not here to offer magic formulas, but I do believe there’s a particular path that ends in a life ell-lived

. That path starts (and ends) between the ears.

The Bible speaks often about the power of the mind and our thoughts . I think it’s easy to glaze over this and overlook the connection between thoughts
and transformation.

The unhealthy relationship between science and faith hasn’t served Christians well either.

More and more, science is confirming Scripture, not contradicting it.

Our minds are powerful, and our thoughts shape who we are and will become.

Proverbs 23:7

[7] For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost]

So what if my thoughts are full of theft?

Then am a thief.

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What If they are full of death?

Then am dead

What if they are full of sex?

Then am adulterous or fornicator or I am lustful

What if they are full of pornography?

Then am actually one of them involved

What do you feed your mind with???

Ears

Do not forget “Garbage in garbage out"

Whatever you listen to affects your thought

Think of the day you heard someone abuse you

Or the day they talked ill about you

Or a parent abused you

That went up in your mind

THOUGHTS

If you had time to think, what about the day you listened to the secular music or gospel

Do you think nothing happened within your thoughts?

Tame your thoughts

What you fill your mind with is what you. Become and that is what you say and think about.

Accumulate the word of God in you

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 Question

Portals of entry into our thoughts❓

*EYES

*EARS

EYES

Matthew 6:23

[23] But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that
darkness!

Your eyes and mine is something that takes in the thoughts but never takes out and this happens in different ways

Secular music

Movies

Pornography

News

Human (indecent)

Literature

The above cases are all contributing to captivity of our thoughts 😢

Psalm 101:3.

[3]I will set no base or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside [from the right path]; it shall not grasp hold of me.

What do you see?

How many girls have you had sex with or males or animals?

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Me: None

Thoughts: what of the other ones you had in a movie you watched, song or pornography

How many people have you killed?

Me: none

Thoughts: Yiyiyi what of the other movie you were busy killing characters

*OUR THOUGHTS SPEAK LOUDER

You can however tame them

God looks at the willing heart and gives you the grace to be healed in the thoughts

BIBLICAL POWER OF THOUGHTS

Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make.
Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! -

Deuteronomy 30:19

For years, this verse haunted me. I didn’t believe life — particularly love, joy, peace, etc. — were choices. I always thought circumstances played a
role. Simply choosing love and joy was too easy. But what if it’s true?

“As we think, we change the physical nature of our brain. As we consciously direct our thinking, we can wire out toxic patterns of thinking and replace
them with healthy thoughts.”

In essence,

Do not copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to
know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

- Romans 12:2

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 Changing the way you think changes your perspective which changes how you act in the world. Paul’s words aren’t new. “Change your mind” is the central
theme of Jesus’ first sermon ( Matt. 4:17).

Jesus challenged people to change their thinking because regardless how many times you read through the Bible, if your mind doesn’t change, you will
simply impose your biases and labels on the words you read.

God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

- 2 Tim. 1: 7.

Basic fear says “Hey fool, if you jump off that cliff you won’t make it. Get away from the cliff.” This type of fear is healthy and good.

But fear and distrust of life and people isn’t from God, yet it seems hard-wired into our minds. We’re afraid of being afraid. The Spirit always breathes
love. Always.

When you choose fear, your life and legacy suffers.

I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the parents up on their
children and grandchildren; the entire family is affected — even children in the third and fourth generations.

Exodus 34:7

Another haunting verse here that speaks directly to the power of our thoughts. Not only do your thoughts shaper your life. They also influence the lives of
your future kids and their kids.

Well, if we trusted God’s word, we would know it was possible.

The answer to capturing your thoughts is right there in Scripture, hidden in plain sight. Psalm 46:10

Says,

“Be still and know that I am God.” The powerful effects of prayer and meditation have been well-documented in recent years, again confirming what
Christians should already know.

Capturing your thoughts requires stillness (Humility), something and many Christians, have no time for. And as long as we have no time for prayer, our
thoughts, emotions, and feelings will continue calling the shots.

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about such things.

-Philippians 4:8

What do you think about?????

Every now and then I meet someone who is different. You know the ones. These people see the world differently. They’re calm. Nothing seems to shake
them. Ever. They’re almost impossible to offend, and they listen much more than they talk. They love everyone, even their enemies. Their joy and peace
are infectious.

When I encounter someone like this, I leave wondering what awesome food they take and where to get it

People who are different understand Philippians 4:8. They chose love. They chose to see the — God’s image — in everyone. They choose good, and
ruthlessly eliminate negativity.

What you choose to see determines your thoughts and then reality

. You have the power to change your reality by shifting your focus.

As someone thinks within himself, so he is.

- Proverbs 23:7

We are not victims of biology or circumstances.

You were created in the image of God, full of love and grace. What might happen if you started believing this?

There are many others verses in the Bible highlighting the power of our thoughts. But I hope you see the truth behind God’s timeless words. What you
allow into your mind determines your thoughts and then your reality

CHANGE WHAT YOU SEE HEAR YOU WILL TAME YOUR THOUGHTS.

God bless you

I love you family

:How many of us have slapped our parents before?

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How many of us have parents sent us to do something and you feel bad of what they tell you?

Jude 1:15

[15]To execute judgment upon all and to convict all the impious (unholy ones) of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed [in such an] ungodly
[way], and of all the severe (abusive, jarring) things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

Jude 1:16

[16]These are inveterate murmurers (grumblers) who complain [of their lot in life], going after their own desires [controlled by their passions]; their talk is
boastful and arrogant, [and they claim to] admire men's persons and pay people flattering compliments to gain advantage.

Ezekiel 18:20

[20] The soul that sins, it [is the one that] shall die. The son shall not bear and be punished for the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear and
be punished for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him only, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon the
wicked only.

The soul only sins in thoughts not actions

*you can tame your mind by feeding it with the word.

Garbage in garbage out

If you are Christian, the strongest battle you have to fight is not actually actions 😜. Its thoughts

Because. When thoughts are tamed then your actions will change why

Decision making

But let's stop fighting

Slapping

Killing our parents though they annoy us

: If you are learning you will be tested

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𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦

I believe we all know that there are majorly two types of thoughts .

1.𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗹 /𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀

2.𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 /𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀

Let's get into their meanings

𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗹 /𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 are thoughts that lead us into sin, in our hearts (spirit) or flesh (physical).

These thoughts are from the devil (Satan).

Some of the examples include; thoughts of bitterness, guilt, resentment, depression, fear, hopelessness, etc.

None of these come from God

𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 thoughts that lead us into obedience, surrender, sanctification.

It's just about thinking about; who he is, what he has done, what he will do, and what he requires of us...Hallelujah

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱.

The Bible says, in Mathew 22:37; 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆, 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖫𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖦𝗈𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋
𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗.

Considering what we have just read, about the types of thoughts, we see that the evil thoughts r actually from the devil, and they lead us to sin.

So this means we need to 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗟 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦.

But the question here is, 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢 𝗪𝗘 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦

Before, we get deeper, we have to first understand that we are not alone ,many have gone through it and many are still going through it .

They have had 𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀.

Examples of such thoughts are those we listed above.

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thoughts .

Romans 7:14-20 then verse 24.

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.

For I don't understand my own actions. For I don't do what I want but I do the very thing I hate.

Now if I do what I don't want, I agree with the law that it is good.

So now it is no longer I who live but sin that dwells in me.

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is in my flesh .For I have the desire to do what is right ,but not the ability to carry it out.

For I don't do the good I want but the evil I don't want is what I keep doing.

Now if I do what I don't want, it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me.

Let's move to verse 24;

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death???

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲 . 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 5:5

When we become 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 Christians, �

The Bible says 2Cor 5:17; Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, the 𝗢𝗹𝗱 has passed away, behold the 𝗡𝗲𝘄 has come.

But sadly, many of us, find the old man continuing to find his way back into our minds again and again...

📌𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 , 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀.

𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀.

Many will say you just need to 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆 more, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 the Bible more, be more 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵.

Yes, these are good commands from God ( not suggestions ), many people do all this with zeal but still find themselves having to deal with sins that
originate in the mind.
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These include;

𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 1

Romans 7:24-25

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death??

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord .So then , I myself serve the law of God with my mind , but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

📌Point here is "𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻".

𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗷𝗮𝗵𝗵𝗵𝗵

Just fall in love

𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 2;

Romans 12:2;

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is
good and acceptable and perfect.

📌Point here is, basically we need to do "𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁" ourselves often.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 ??�

By the word of God, prayer and guarding what we see, or listen to.

A constantly renewed mind "new mind "in Christ is of major importance.

𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 3;

Philippians 4:8;

Finally ,brothers , whatever is true , whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there
is any excellence , if there is anything worthy of praise , 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 about these things.
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 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦.

This is just a reminder to all of us,

James 4:7;

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you .𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹
𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆.

DECISION MAKING

The Devil's greatest desire is to affect your decision making and this is something that is created in it the mind

You make a decision of what you thought about.

Several times we find ourselves making decisions because we are angry, weak, in pain, lonely, desperate, curious, deceived, annoyed, tempted

The decision that you make amidst of the confusion and storm is what shows the attitude and nature of your thoughts

We look Examples

Joseph decided to run away from the hands of portifer's wife he had an option of staying

Samson decided to tell Delilah the secret of His Hair

David decided to kill Uriah

Abraham decided to accept the request of Sara to sleep with Hagar

WHAT DECISION DO YOU MAKE IN THE STORM

HOW MANY DECISIONS HAVE YO MADE THAT HAVE AFFECTED YOUR LIFE

Daily examples

You can not avoid to watch pornography even though you want to avoid???

But the decision you make after it has crossed before your eyes or ears is what makes you a Christian and of. God

Say you were searching for Notes and an ad of something evil crosses
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Someone can choose to remove the add immediately

Another will choose to tap and see more who of those are you.

You know what am saying

That video that Crosses your face or movie you find on TV or that secular song or that Christian movie with indecency

What decision do you make?

One brings the seat closes to correct prayer points

I assure you you will have alot of demons to chess

While others will turn the. TV or. Phone off

God will protect you

Joseph was not. Robotic

He had fresh and blood

He had feelings

He had eyes

He was a man of. God

But He Ran Away

Some of us a boyfriend or girlfriend or sugar Daddy. Mummy or any person starts conning you stay saying

I preach to him

I will help Him

I will be just a friend and help

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Joseph would have stayed run for your life before it's late.

It may be hard for you to get out when you are charmed or taken

MAKE A DECISION THAT HURTS BUT SAVES

NOT THE ONE THAT FAVOURS YOU BUT HURTS

Hope am still a friend to everyone here

How many times have you made up your mind to go into sin because of what you have seen

We learnt that decision making comes as a result of thoughts

You think then decide

To go to marriage

Someone thinks then decides to propose and after someone thinks then accepts (all after seeing)

How many times have you seen something and it pushes you to make a decision?

Because you have watched a series or movie or soap

You also decided to go into a relationship

Because you watched a movie you decided to change

Because you heard a song you decided to change

Because you watched pornography, lesbianism homosexuality, and murstabation came in or because you watched a certain song

DECISION MAKING BASED ON VISION

MAKE UP OUR MIND TO SEE RIGHT THINGS SO THAT YOU MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS.

But even though you happen to see wrong things

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And the indecent people will always be but the decision to ignore and you don't give them your attention is yours

Decision making

As salvation is a decision made based on hearing the word of God

So

Is sin a decision made as a result of hearing the whispers of the devil through what we see or hear?

James 4:17

[17] So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

You no to do good in your thoughts but you do it not it is sin

Check out this

If you are faced with a scenario someone abuses you and you know that you are supposed to be humble but you abuse them back that makes it sin

Let's do what we know that is right in us

STEPS OF DECISION MAKING (10)

Begin with prayer. Frame your attitude into one of trust and obedience as you commit the decision to prayer. There's no reason to be fearful in decision
making when you are secure in the knowledge that God has your best interest in mind.

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (NIV)

Define the decision. Ask yourself if the decision involves a moral or non-moral area. It is actually a little easier to discern the will of God in moral areas
because most of the time you will find a clear direction in God's Word. If God has already revealed his will in Scripture, your only response is to obey. Non-
moral areas still require the application of biblical principles, however, sometimes the direction is harder to distinguish. Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. (NIV)

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Be ready to accept and obey God's answer. It's unlikely that God will reveal his plan if he knows already that you won't obey. It is absolutely essential that
you will be completely submitted to God's. When your will is humbly and fully submitted to the Master, you can have confidence that he will illuminate
your path.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;

Do not depend on your own understanding.

Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. (NLT)

Exercise faith. Remember too, that decision making is a process that takes time. You may have to resubmit your will over and over again to God
throughout the process. Then by faith, which pleases God, trust him with a confident heart that he will reveal his will.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly
seek him. (NIV)

DESTRUCTION COMES AS A RESULT OF LACK IN KNOWLEDGE

Seek a concrete direction. Begin investigating, evaluating and gathering information. Find out what the Bible says about the situation? Gain practical and
personal information that relates to the decision, and begin writing down what you learn.

Obtain counsel. In difficult decisions, it's wise to get spiritual and practical counsel from the godly leaders in your life. A pastor, elder, parent, or simply a
mature believer can often contribute important insight, answer questions, remove doubts and confirm inclinations.

Make sure to choose individuals who will offer sound biblical advice and not just say what you want to hear. Proverbs 15:22

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. (NIV)

Make a list

. First, write down the priorities you believe God would have in your situation. These are not the things that are important to you, but rather the things
that are most important to God in this decision. Will the outcome of your decision draw you closer to God? Will it glorify him in your life? How will it
impact those around you?

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 Weigh the decision. Make a list of the pros and cons connected with the decision. You may find that something on your list clearly violates the revealed
will of God in his Word. If so, you have your answer.

This is not his will. If not, then you now have a realistic picture of your options to help you make a responsible decision.

Choose your spiritual priorities. By this time you should have enough information to establish your spiritual priorities as they relate to the decision.

Ask yourself which decision best satisfies those priorities? If more than one option will fulfill your established priorities, then choose the one which is your
strongest desire! Sometimes God gives you a choice. In this case, there is no right and wrong decision, but rather freedom from God to choose, based on
your preferences.

Both options are within God's perfect will for your life and both will lead to the fulfillment of God's purpose for your life.

Act on your decision. If you have arrived at your decision with the sincere intention of pleasing the heart of God, incorporating biblical principles and wise
counsel, you can proceed with confidence knowing that God will work out his purposes through your decision. Romans 8:28

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (NIV)

FEAR

THE FEAR OF THE LORD.

I hereby thank you for making it to tonight session of demystifying God’s WORD with the topic, THE FEAR OF THE LORD.

Sincerely speaking, the Topic on the list was included as FEAR but I feel better to share on the FEAR OF THE LORD than FEAR… Allow me to start with laying
a background of what entails the FEAR OF THE LORD as distinguished from the FEAR OF MAN.

The FEAR OF GOD is divine and it entails worship, honour and Humility to God as our Father in Heaven.etc

WHILE the fear of man entails pride, focus on threat and wanting to be recognized as powerful.

Proverb 29:25: The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whosoever (FEARS GOD) and putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

With the fear of God, we are drawn closer to Him every time and with the fear of man, we are drawn further from man and even from God.

King Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes concluded the matter at hand and advised saying in

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Commandments we shall say, keep in the Knowledge of Christ Jesus.

As our discussion and sharing progresses, the topic am going to delve into entails aspects of the topics we have already covered, so I will be looking into
them shortly for better understanding of the theme of The FEAR OF THE LORD. For instance, LOVE, HUMILITY, THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND OBEDIENCE.

PROVERBS 1.7 teaches us that the FEAR OF THE LORD is the beginning of knowledge, this hence, takes us to another aspect in PROVERBS 9.10 teaches us
that THE FEAR OF THE LORD is the beginning of Wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding. Don’t get confused already, it’s understandable.
Read both scriptures one after another you’ll see the simple difference.

What catches me is the fact that we need to literally first understand what is wisdom and what is knowledge and understanding too????.

Once we grasp that, then what happens before THE FEAR OF THE LORD????? MEDITATE UPON THIS BIT AND SEE….

Furthermore, HOSEA.4.6 we shall visit to get an understanding and proof of What is shared in PROVERBS 1.7….God says that My people are destroyed for
lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of
thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Psalms:103:11: For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

Psalms:103:13: Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Psalms:103:17: But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

Psalms:147:11: The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Proverb:16:6: By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Proverb:22:4: By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life…..The life here is Life in Abundancy…

NOTE; AS YOU READ THESE SCRIPTURE IVE SHARED PLEASE CORRELATE WITH JOHN 14.6 that’s when you’ll know that the centre of THE FEAR OF GOD is to
acknowledge who God is and His WORD spoken to us…..

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 Meaning, if we acknowledge God through keeping His WORD, God is always with us and this is all about seeking His face for His Mercy upon us and with
this we express our FEAR TO GOD and HIS knowledge increases in us always.

Some scriptures for personal reflection and reading:

Proverb 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

And what are the snares of death??? Proverb 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the forward mouth, do
I hate.

Proverb 14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Deuteronomy:10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him,
and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

That is what the People in Hosea 4.6 didn’t do, hence, they never feared God at all and God was also not pleased with them. That’s why He goes on to say
that He will go and return to His place in Heaven and wait for them to FEAR HIM…. That’s HOSEA.5.15…… LET US FEAR GOD AND NOT WAIT FOR THIS
EXTENT.

To explain something crucial in HOSEA 4.6, it highlights the effect to those that don’t FEAR GOD and they PERISH.

Let me share something revelational here brethren, we all know why Jesus came to the world and in flesh… But the amazing bit of it is that He taught also
on the reward of those who fear God and what it entails as I will expound and explain further for better view and

understanding of us all. With the wave of Salvation, Jesus in JOHN 3.16 teaches us that whoever believes in Him shall not perish as it was in HOSEA.4.6
but shall have life in abundance or life eternal. In short, I get a point that once anyone believes in Christ Jesus they recognize the FEAR OF THE LORD upon
their lives and they attain the knowledge of Christ Jesus which is Salvation and hence liable to eternal life.

Hence, whoever is in Christ possesses the knowledge of Christ as at salvation and it’s upon each believer to either increase in the knowledge of Christ
Jesus or not. Below are some of the Scriptures to help us understand more about THE FEAR OF GOD AND THE BEGINNING AND INCREASE OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST for us as believers:

Some scriptures to do further reading and reflection on;

A PROPHECY BY DAVID IN PSALM ABOUT SALVATION BEING THE BEGINNING OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST AND THE FEAR OF GOD Psalms 85:9: Surely
his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

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Psalms 86:11: Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

Philippians 3:8: Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss
of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.

Ephesians 3:19: And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians: 4:13: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of
the fullness of Christ:

e most times love to recite PSALM 23, that the Lord is my Shepherd and we shall never want……But David feared God greatly and the LORD referred to
him as a Man after HIS OWN HEART… That means a lot, the same David comes in Psalms and rectifies it further to the saints…..Psalms: 34:9: Says that….O
fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. Meaning for PSALMS 23 to become a song for you believer out there… You must
have the FEAR OF GOD INSIDE OF YOU…

For whoever is out there and you’re wondering about how your naïve in the matters of God and how can you make it,, David was able to teach the
children of the time how to fear God because He was one of the presence of God and the Spirit of God was upon Him… The Spirit of God through Salvation
teaches us to fear God when we receive Him. Psalms: 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

READ THESE SCRIPTURES IN THEIR CHRONOLOGY AND FOLLOW AS YOU LINK THE MESSAGE THEREIN;

Hebrews: 10:31: It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews: 11:7: By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the he
condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Hebrews: 11:27: By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Hebrews: 12:21: And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake :)

Hebrews: 12:28: Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and
godly fear:

Hebrews: 13:6: So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

THE FEAR OF THE LORD Stabilizes the Earth and us the believers and it also entails the aspect of reverence... as Scripture stipulates….1Chronicles:16:30:
Says that Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

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What this means is well elaborated and brought out by ISAIAH the prophet where in Isaiah:11:2, he highlights the principle of the Spirit of God being the
source of knowledge , and understanding and also who brings about fear of God………. And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

Furthermore, Isaiah goes on to prophecy on the generation our ours and confirming the word in 1Chronicles .16.30 ……As Isaiah: 33:6: And wisdom and
knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

Meaning, salvation is strong whenever believers have wisdom and knowledge in Christ through the Holy Spirit and this our times are stable… AND
TO ACHIEVE ALL THAT IT’S BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD, WITH IT YOU INCREASE AND WITHOUT IT YOU FALL… SO THAT’S WHY HE SAYS IT’S
THE TREASURE.

THE FEAR PART.2

I thank God for each one who is going through this message and I ask of the Lord to bless you with the gift of understanding and knowledge in the WORD.

Previously, we had a walk through what the FEAR OF GOD means and how can we FEAR GOD and also why is THE FEAR OF GOD essential to us as
believers in Christ Jesus with a simple distinction against the fear of man.

In this Message, I will be tackling the fear as a theme and What FEAR is? How many FEAR? Why they FEAR? And as believers WHAT IS EXPECTED OF US
WHEN WE ENCOUNTER FEAR?

What is Fear?

I will get head on with this definition and I will try to ensure that everyone gets to understand in all aspects of way... Fear literally is when anyone
apprehends to terror, threat or even shocking circumstances around.

It’s just like a physical reaction to something you have not been ready for at the heat of moment or all over a sudden. This is wholly human and of the
flesh.

Fear can also be exerted by an external force, power, control or influence by use of mechanisms or methods that promote FEAR to be observed and
realized or felt.

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To go illustrational in one way, some of us get dreams that are horrific and terrific but as we get out of those dreams, we resort to FEAR ...other than
GOD’s LOVE.

FEAR is weakness, as you cannot stand ground and face any situation with boldness but with trembling and imperfection.... Saints, with Fear, there is a lot
of assumptions and trials with failures.

NOTE ........I know someone is out there asking themselves, How come Scripture says, THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM AND
KNOWLEDGE and yet somewhere in scripture again it says, THE LORD HAS NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF POWER, AND OF LOVE, AND OF
SOUND MIND........how is this like this??????

To grant some answers to anyone out there with such a quest, please give regard to my first message Part 1 on THE FEAR OF THE LORD to be able to know
and understand THE FEAR OF THE LORD and all that is outside the FEAR OF THE LORD is not of the Lord and hence, the SPIRIT OF FEAR in Timothy is a
spirit that is not of the Lord but rather comes to drain and drag believers away from the FEAR OF THE LORD.

Paul the apostle teaches in 2CORINTHIANS:7:1: with utmost understanding and knowledge of THE SPIRIT OF FEAR and why many even fail to get to even
an inch of even one of the Promises of God and he says that.......Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all
filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

THE FILTHNESS OF WHATSOEVER KIND THAT PAUL IS REFERRING TO, OF THE FLESH AND SPIRIT THAT’S THE SPIRIT OF FEAR WHICH USES EVIL AS A
WHOLE SUIT AND GARMENT TO FLOURISH IN THE SOULS AND HEARTS OF MEN....

NOTE....The FEAR OF THE LORD perfects us in Holiness and THE SPIRIT OF FEAR perfects those it torments in evil and unholiness.

SO THAT’S WHY IN TODAYS SHARING, I WILL BE DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF FEAR AND HOW DO WE OVERCOME IT AND WE KEEP REVERENT IN THE
FEAR OF THE LORD.

To do a short recap, In DEUTRONOMY 10:12: Moses wrote and advised the Israelites of what the FEAR OF THE LORD requires and how they can do it as
scripture says that. And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him,
and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, THIS IS THE FEAR OF THE LORD...remember we have defined the fear of man too or
the Spirit of fear...

With distinction to the SPIRIT OF FEAR, scripture helps us understand when God had requested Abram to sacrifice to Him and took him into a vision and
revealed to him how the children of Israel will be into captivity for 400years which shocked Abram and the SPIRIT OF FEAR had taken over him but God

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things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

JEREMIAH:51:46: Says....And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after
that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

The Fear of the Lord is inclusive of the Spirit of Power, Love, and sound mind as 2TIMOTHY:1:7: Says that.....For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

And Similarly, Scripture further in 1JOHN:4:18: With an explanation to what THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS AS DISTINCT FROM THE SPIRIT OF FEAR as it says
that.....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. Hence, The SPIRIT
OF FEAR does away with the SPIRIT of LOVE, if anyone chooses FEAR OF MAN over the FEAR OF THE LORD....

SO WHY SHOULD WE FEAR THE LORD????

We must fear the Lord because it is Him alone to Worship and we must live Holy lives to be His because He Himself, He is a Holy God and the Holy Spirit.
JOHN.4.24

Let these Scriptures guide us further for they are clear to the point...

REVELATION 15:4: Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy
judgments are made manifest.

THE FATE AND ULTIMATE REWARD OF THE SPIRIT OF FEAR....is enlisted in REVELATION: 21:8: Where the HOLYSPIRIT revealed to us that.......For the
fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the
lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

With this message, I call upon us to acknowledge God and FEAR GOD as scripture calls upon us to and do away with THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, so that we
attain eternal life as Jesus tells us in JOHN14.6 and also to be beneficiaries of PSALMS 23 and PSALMS 91 plus all the promises of the Lord
God....FOR HIS PROMISES ARE FOR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.

To Further share some other concept as regards the FEAR OF THE LORD AND THE SPIRIT OF FEAR...we as believers must be careful and ask the Holy Spirit
to guard our Hearts and Souls jealously just as God became Abrams shield when he succumbed to the Spirit of fear in GENESIS 15...

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 DEUTRONOMY:10:12: And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him,
and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

PROVERBS: 24:14 so shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not
be cut off.

JEREMIAH: 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

JEREMIAH: 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

MORE ASSURED REWARDS FOR US WHO FEAR THE LORD GOD

And David had a revelation about the same and he says in PSALMS 115:11 that.....Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

JEREMIAH 32:40: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their
hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

Sometimes we demean ourselves and think low of oneself as regards the blessings, promises and rewards of the Lord God ....but the WORD of the Lord in
PSALMS:115:13: Says that The Lord will bless them that fear Him, both small and great. So whether you’re small and slim, big and fat or even
huge....hahahaha....Your reward for fearing the Lord exists.

YOU KNOW BELIEVERS LOVE ASSURANCE AND BENEFIT, AND THE LORD KNOWS THAT FOR HE IS BENEFIT HIMSELF

JEREMIAH 23:20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye
shall consider it perfectly.

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THE ORIGIN OF THE INNERMAN

BY THE END OF THIS YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW

🌟Where do we originate from

🌟How and why did Christ die before the foundation of the earth, before all creation?

🌟You should be able to know why and how our Names were written in the book of life before we were created.

🌟Should also be able to answer a question, does it mean when am in the book of life am ready for heaven??

🌟Should as well know why is it that we were created in the physical bodies that are mortal?

🌟Should easily tell what composition are you?

🌟Should also easily know the difference between you and angels and why?

🌟Should as well gain the knowledge about Spiritual heaven, vessels, and oil + anointing

🌟Not forgetting spiritual wounds and what happens when you separate with your body

🌟Finally about life after death

WHERE DO WE ORIGINATE FROM

To understand this you should easily know what the rock means and who the rock is.

And several verses in the Bible identifies Jesus Christ as the rock and water as the spirit.

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[1]HEARKEN TO Me, you who follow after rightness and justice, you who seek and inquire of [and require] the Lord [claiming Him by necessity and by
right]: look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the hole in the quarry from which you were dug;

This is the key Verse that shows as our origin clearly showing how we were hewn from the rock which is. Jesus

1 Corinthians 10:3-4

[3] And all [of them] ate the same spiritual (supernaturally given) food, [Exod. 16:4, 35.]

[4]And they all drank the same spiritual (supernaturally given) drink. For they drank from a spiritual Rock which followed them [produced by the sole
power of God Himself without natural instrumentality], and the Rock was Christ. [Exod. 17:6; Num. 20:11.]

This is evident that we were created as physical beings but we existed a spiritual beings

IF YOU CUT A PIECE OF MEAT FROM THE KILOGRAM EVEN THE SMALLEST PEACE IS STILL CALLED MEAT

One of the reasons you have to know who you are.

We are spiritual beings.

There is a difference between creating and forming. God created us in His likeness. But never can your formation be alike like His.

Gen.1.27 - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

“All male and female were created before man was formed”

Meaning, before God used soil to form man and Eve out of man, male and female existed, spiritually (were created already).

Gen.2.7 - And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

This is now the creation of the physical being which is not you because your soul can never be seen.

The real you is your soul and you wonder many are blinded to take care of their bodies than their souls.

Matt.16.26 - For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?

God has no physical body and but has a spiritual body in which we have the likeness if we don't allow to defile our self.

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To our origin

God speaking of creating us in his likeness that is the point to which we are hewn or cut from Christ (HIMSELF) then He put fresh on us from soil then
breathed the created man in the soil to make a living soul.

Points

We are spiritual beings.

We are gods.

We are of the same material (that is why we are defined by all the names of God) say victory, excellence, blessed and all.

You were there even before creation

Proverbs 8:24-29

[24]When there were no deeps, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains laden with water.

[25]Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth, [Job 15:7, 8.]

[26]While as yet He had not made the land or the fields or the first of the dust of the earth.

[27]When He prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there; when He drew a circle upon the face of the deep and stretched out the firmament over it,

[28]When He made firm the skies above, when He established the fountains of the deep,

[29]When He gave to the sea its limit and His decree that the waters should not transgress [across the boundaries set by] His command, when He
appointed the foundations of the earth–[Job 38:10, 11; Ps. 104:6-9; Jer. 5:22.]

We are spirits

Romans 8:9.

[9]But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls
you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God]. [Rom. 8:14.]

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Romans 8:10

[10]But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that
He imputes to you].

Why and how did Christ die before the foundation of the earth?

How

It is biblically true and right that Jesus died way back before anything was created not even man but yes we were as well there before we were created.

You are bound to get confused but may the Holy Spirit help you understand this

Jesus died way back before creation and that enough saw our names in the book of life

Remember,

Your names being in the book of life is not a guarantee for eternal life.

Remember,

Revelation 13:8-9

[8] And all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life
of the Lamb that was slain [in sacrifice] from the foundation of the world.

[9]If anyone is able to hear, let him listen:

This clearly explains that Jesus before creation

He was and He died still before creation

Him being a spiritual being

And this tells much more about what mind is

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Ps.139.16 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned,
when as yet there was none of them

This scripture identifies God as a writer and this exactly tells How God wrote every part of our Body and this as well. Doesn't rule out the fact that our
names were written in the book of life from the foundation.

To our 3rd question

Why our names were in the book of life from the beginning of Creation?

From yesterday's discussion

Don't forget we are cut from Christ that is why if you don't understand the origin of the INNERMAN

You will still argue on this

No man was created by Satan.

So all of us were created by God and from God and. his nature and likeness and no one would allow His nature to be destroyed in hell. But he avails grace
after the sin came into the world.

That them that believe Christ should get back to their original nature even them that had died Christ went to the ground to preach to them. So that they
retain the first nature that has no sin.

Understand the nature and your origin you are from God.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

[7]Then shall the dust [out of which God made man's body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it.

And the bible says we are spiritual beings meaning our nature is of God.

Remembering the scriptures in Mathew.

Matthew 7:21

[21 ]Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven.

Not everyone who says Lord, lord. Yes true because salvation is free will not for the chosen but for all but them that believe are chosen.
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[14] For many are called (invited and summoned), but few are chosen.

The door is wide open and them that find the door and the small path are a few those who chose to believe.

So, our names were in the book. But our sin causes them to be a raised but repentance restores them back.

Ezekiel 18:23

[23]Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? Says the Lord, and not rather that he should turn from his evil way and return [to his God] and live?

Exodus 32:33

[33] But the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him [not you] out of My book. [Dan. 12:1 ; Phil. 4:3; Rev. 3:5.]

Repent

4th question

Does it mean that our names being in there is the guarantee for eternal life??

Of course not

But those who are completely out have no chance either

Revelation 3:5

[5]Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not erase or blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge
him [as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels. [Ps. 69:28; Dan. 12:1.]

Overcoming the world is all we need

This simply means you are able to die in Christ

You are able to hold onto salvation fearfully and trembling.

Working out salvation seeking righteousness

EXAMPLE
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Hope we are together

And those who believe in Christ have their names in the book of life

Check out this

Matthew 13:47-50

[47]Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet which was cast into the sea and gathered in fish of every sort.

[48]When it was full, men dragged it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted out the good fish into baskets, but the worthless ones they threw away.

[49]So it will be at the close and consummation of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous (those who are upright
and in right standing with God)

[50]And cast them [the wicked] into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and wailing and grinding of teeth.

The scriptures above show there will be sorting of fish in the net

And that exactly explains how them that are called are not all chosen

Please make it a point to be the fish worth selecting

5th question❓

Why is it that we were created in the physical bodies that are mortal.

As we said as God created

He knew what was to happen and his best He would correct it.

The physical bodies we have are because they are subjects of the grace of God

There is no grace without fresh and in the absence of the fresh there is no grace

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Grace is only available in the physical bodies and physical being.

Because God knew we would sin. He created us a physical covering, box, just to be subject to. His grace. Beyond your fresh there is no grace. That is why
because the devil (Lucifer) and other angels

When they sinned because they were in their divine bodies they were not forgiven at all

Jude

[6]And angels who did not keep (care for, guard, and hold to) their own first place of power but abandoned their proper dwelling place–these He has
reserved in custody in eternal chains (bonds) under the thick gloom of utter darkness until the judgment and doom of the great day.

The reason we appear in the physical bodies

Please do this

Acts 20:24.

[24]But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have
obtained from [which was entrusted to me by] the Lord Jesus, faithfully to attest to the good news (Gospel) of God's grace (His unmerited favor, spiritual
blessing, and mercy).

An example of someone that does into a sexual sin there is no sexual sin someone goes for unknowingly

All people go in knowing its bad but they carry a mind-set of God will forgive.

Okay if a person is raped?

That is another case altogether.

The raper is in sin

The person raped is innocent.

UNLESS

Read this
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[6] But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in and acknowledge and cleave to Me to stumble and sin [that is, who entices him or hinders
him in right conduct or thought], it would be better (more expedient and profitable or advantageous) for him to have a great millstone fastened around
his neck and to be sunk in the depth of the sea.

[7]Woe to the world for such temptations to sin and influences to do wrong! It is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the person on whose
account or by whom the temptation comes!

TO OUR 6TH QUESTION❓

What is our composition?

Previous we came know that we are created from the original rock of Christ meaning the same composition that make up Christ is the same composition
that we are in the spirit

Physically we are not of any similar composition like God /Christ except the glory that covers the fresh but spiritually we are similar like. Christ

ME: God is holy

GOD: be ye holy

ME: he is righteousness

GOD: seek you righteousness

E: he is love.

GOD: be loving

WHY

He wants US to get back to US right nature and likeness

Genesis 1:27

[27]So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. [Col. 3:9, 10; James 3:8,
9.]

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Exercising our nature.

Genesis 2:20

[20]And Adam gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the air and to every [wild] beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper
meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him.

Study this carefully

Genesis 2:19

[19]And out of the ground the Lord God formed every [wild] beast and living creature of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to Adam to
see what he would call them; and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was its name.

Surprise whatever Adam called the creation it was the exact name. There was a chance of misnaming them.

Revelation

Because Adam was in the same nature of God he could discern the mind of God

Am I?

When you still call bad and evil things beautiful and expedient, get back to the nature of God

For example

Speaking things that are not of God shows am out of. His nature

Failure to love and yet God is love

Failure to give yet God is a giver

What brings us back to our nature?

Repentance brings us to our right position. But the word of God brings us back to the nature of. God.

Difference between you and angels

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No guard can be greater than the person they are guarding :

Psalm 91:11

[11]For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

HEBREWS 1

Explains much more

This is to tell you that you are much more precious that angels

They also admire and desire to be in our nature

Remember all the aeroplanes, cars, buildings, all beautiful things you see are all in you (Man) and more is still just untouched

And that is why you are not of and price

If I said give me your arm and I give you 100million shillings that is how you know you are precious

Friends let us understand we are more precious that Gold and silver.

The 10th precious stone angels that guard put on is Gold.

What are you dressed on just know your worth.

The next question is about the spiritual aspect of other created things we deal with

All physical things are spiritual?

2 Corinthians 4:18

[18]Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and
fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting.

Get informed that spiritual things are eternal including your inner man He is eternal

We will talk about the HEAVEN, Spiritual heaven

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Similarly there is spiritual heaven

And several times God has used the same physical heaven to punish the world for example

2 Chronicles 7:13

[13] If I shut up heaven so no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people,

Genesis 7:11

[11]In the year 600 of Noah's life, in the seventeenth day of the second month, that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up and
burst forth, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.

RAINBOW.

THUNDER

LIGHTENING

They are all Godly voices

Spiritually there is a heaven as well and it can as well be closed or open

Several times

When you pray and you are like hitting the rock that signifies closed heaven

Jerusalem spent 70years under closed heaven

Jacob spent 10generations under closed heaven

Until David the 10th

Psalms 122

400years of closed heaven because of idle worship

Today the coming of Jesus avails grace to open the heaven through repentance
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Repentance

OPENING THE HEAVEN IS EASY BUT MAINTAINING IT OPEN IS HARD WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD

What closes the heavens?

Sex

Thoughts.

Grambling

Disobedience

Food

Keep in repentance for the Heaven to remain Open

And do the will of God

END TIMES

There are three forms of ends;

🎗The end of man

🎗The end of Grace

🎗The end of the world

We are going to be discussing one by one

🎗THE END OF GRACE

Time will come and time is coming and time has come where the grace of God will shift from the gentiles to the Israelites and then off from the earth
(Holy Spirit)

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gentiles of which the mission is almost done or already done

Matthew 24:14

[14] And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then will come
the end.

The end referred to is not the end of the world but the end of the grace.

Let us read the passage together, you will know that we are just grafted in the olive tree by grace

Romans 11:22-26

[22]Then note and appreciate the gracious kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's gracious kindness to you–
provided you continue in His grace and abide in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off (pruned away).

Jews were cut off yet they are the original tree

(Cut off after some time from the grace if we do not get attached on the tree)

[23]And even those others [the fallen branches, Jews], if they do not persist in [clinging to] their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft
them in again.

That is only to the Jews He will avail grace to save them.

[24]For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and against nature grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to
graft these natural [branches] back on [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree.

They are the Jews talked about

[25]Lest you be self-opinionated (wise in your own conceits), I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery, brethren: a hardening (insensibility)
has [temporarily] befallen a part of Israel [to last] until the full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has come in.

🎗This is where the point is when the full number of gentiles is made the door of grace will be closed to the gentiles and open to the Jews)

My friends let us get into the boat or else when the ark's door is closed no one will open it

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This is when grace will be opened up to the Israelites (JEWS)

The time of the gentiles is about to be fulfilled

Please get into the ark. You may be waiting for the coming of Christ but make sure you are grafted in the olive tree by salvation of grace through faith in
Jesus Christ.

Luke 21:24-25

[24]They will fall by the mouth and the edge of the sword and will be led away as captives to and among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down
by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed).

Take note

[Isa. 63:18; Dan. 8:13.]

[25]And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth [there will be] distress (trouble and anguish) of nations in bewilderment
and perplexity [without resources, left wanting, embarrassed, in doubt, not knowing which way to turn] at the roaring (the echo) of the tossing of the sea,
[Isa. 13:10; Joel 2:10; Zeph. 1:15.]

All these things will happen when the time of gentiles is fulfilled so please get into the ark don't wait for signs because it may be too late.

1 Peter 4:7

[7] But the end and culmination of all things has now come near; keep sound minded and self-restrained and alert therefore for [the practice of] prayer.

That is the alarm

Whether you pray or not certain things must happen because it's the will of. God

Examples where grace was removed

You ought to know that however much it is the unmerited favour of God, the disobedience of man fights it.

Disobedience of SAUL

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1Sam.10.1 Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul's head. He kissed Saul on the cheek and said, "I am doing this because the LORD
has appointed you to be the leader of his people Israel. (NLT)

Saul found grace before the eyes of God and He chose him King over His people

But because of sin

1 Samuel 15:3

[3]Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel
and donkey.

Instructions

1 Samuel 15:3, 23-27.

[3]Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel
and donkey.

[23]For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim (household good luck images). Because you have rejected the
word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king.

[24]And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and
obeyed their voice.

[25]Now, I pray you, pardon my sin and go back with me, that I may worship the Lord.

[26]And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over
Israel.

[27]And as Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of Samuel's mantle, and it tore.

Do not obey the voice of men other than God please.

Obey the voice of God

Lot and his family had found the unmerited favour but disobedience couldn’t keep them all in it.

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[19] Behold now, your servant has found favour in your sight, and you have magnified your kindness and mercy to me in saving my life; but I cannot
escape to the mountains, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.

[20]See now yonder city; it is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape to it! Is it not a little one? And my life will be saved!

[21]And [the angel] said to him, See, I have yielded to your entreaty concerning this thing also; I will not destroy this city of which you have spoken.

[22]Make haste and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar [little].

[26]But [Lot’s] wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

We bless God for the grace of God yes but disobedience will not keep us in the grace.

Let us move and live in the will of God.

TO MY FELLOW “GRACEHOODMATES"

Read this

Hebrews 6:4-6

[4]For it is impossible [to restore and bring again to repentance] those who have been once for all enlightened, who have consciously tasted the heavenly
gift and have become sharers of the Holy Spirit,

[5]And have felt how good the Word of God is and the mighty powers of the age and world to come.

[6]If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their allegiance–[it is impossible] to bring them back to repentance, for (because, while, as
long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh [as far as they are concerned] and are holding [Him] up to contempt and shame and public
disgrace.

When Grace is away no Repentance

The good news, repent now get ready for the grace is still available to save us from our iniquities.
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HOW TO BE SAFE

Phil.2.12 - Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling.

🎗 Repentance

🎗 Obedience

🎗Study the word

🎗 PRAY

🎗Bear fruits (ASK for the Holy Spirit)

🎗Be God pleaser not man pleaser

🎗Endure in all things

🎗Guard your heart

🎗 Forgive.

🎗 Confession

🎗And all good deeds

Do not cease to do good. As the Bible says, our Home is heaven.

THE END OF MAN

This simply means death of man. This is the kind of death which no one knows the hour nor the time but it happens suddenly. Many Christian live in fear
of death but it shouldn't be like that for a Christian that fears death. Shows how unready they are for death.

Philippians 1:21

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[21] For me to live is Christ [His life in me], and to die is gain [the gain of the glory of eternity].

Paul calls death a gain because he exactly understood the value in death you come to meet the father. Some Christians desire to live longer than Christ
Himself. More that the John himself.

It's not a bad thing but remember you are a faithful believer but even the grandfather of all faith is no more. Get the burning desire to meet the creator

Job 19:25-26

[25]For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives, and at last He [the Last One] will stand upon the earth. [Isa. 44:6; 48:12.]

[26] And after my skin, even this body, has been destroyed, then from my flesh or without it I shall see God.

This kind of End Job desired it

DEATH AS THE END.

Scientists have been brave enough to create and do a lot of things but the end of man is uncontrollable death has no medication.

You should have a desire to meet the creator like the Faithful disciples had

Acts 7:59-60

[59]And while they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit!

[60]And falling on his knees, he cried out loudly, Lord, fix not this sin upon them [lay it not to their charge]! And when he had said this, he fell asleep [in
death].

This is a man that killed the aspect of the fresh by understanding that he is a visitor.

Whether king

Whether president

Whether queen

Whether professional

Nor even a Doctor

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Qn. Are you ready to get back Home?

1 Chronicles 29:15.

[15]For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope or expectation
of remaining.

NO HOPE OF REMAINING

WHEN WILL WE DIE

DEATH has no time it can appear any time to some and to the rest this kind of. End is the only end that you can know of but to a few. Paul, Jesus, all knew
about this kind of death. But the end of grace and end of the world is not predictable but understood on signs

What brings death?

🎗God wanted death

This is the kind of death where God calls you back home

🎗This is the kind of death that often came upon people because of sin and disobedience like that in NOAH'S TIME.

Death always comes when you are ready and done with all you have to do as in an assignment even if you finish now your assignment you definitely get
back home.

MY HEART'S DESIRE TO FINISH AS EARLY AS NOW

The other kind of death sets in because of the sinful nature of an individual, family or even country.

Minding about the company of people you move with. At times death can set in as a result of wrong company. People like Samson, Saul, Herod and the
rest had death set in as a result of sin.

But when you live in God, then you will live until your life is complete.

But rejoice much more to death because you come to meet Jesus.

HOW WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT FEAR FOR DEATH

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Acts 20:19, 22, 24

[19]Serving the Lord with all humility in tears and in the midst of adversity (affliction and trials) which befell me, due to the plots of the Jews [against me];

[22]And now, you see, I am going to Jerusalem, bound by the [Holy] Spirit and obligated and compelled by the [convictions of my own] spirit, not knowing
what will befall me there

[24]But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have
obtained from [which was entrusted to me by] the Lord Jesus, faithfully to attest to the good news (Gospel) of God's grace (His unmerited favour, spiritual
blessing, and mercy).

You ought to live for God not desperate of anything that may happen whether to be killed or not

NB

NONE OF THE DECIPLES LIVED FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS

It's not bad to live for long but it's good you be ready every time convinced that when you die you are going to heaven.

THOUGH YOU LIVE FOR 150YEARS YOU WILL DIE

Let us keep prepared for seat without fear but with confidence that we are going back Home.

DEATH SHOULD BE PROFITABLE TO THEM THAT BELIEVE GOD

Acts 20:19, 36-38.

[19]Serving the Lord with all humility in tears and in the midst of adversity (affliction and trials) which befell me, due to the plots of the Jews [against me];

[36]Having spoken thus, he knelt down with them all and prayed.

[37]And they all wept freely and threw their arms around Paul's neck and kissed him fervently and repeatedly,

[38] Being especially distressed and sorrowful because he had stated that they were about to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the
ship.

Let people miss you for you are and what you have been
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THE END OF THE WORLD

THERE are prominent signs that we need to look at before the end times.

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is
the last hour. (1 Jn. 2:18 NKJ)

John marked a new beginning by again addressing his readers as “children” (Παιδία; cf. 2:14)… The term suggests John’s fatherly concern for his beloved
readers as needing his guidance in facing the current crisis.

The assertion (v. 18a). “It is the last hour” (ἐσχάτη ὥρα ἐστίν) marks the crucial situation. The term “last hour” obviously was not intended as a literal
chronological assertion. Since the original does not have the definite article,

Signs of end time

🎗This Good News about the Kingdom will be preached through all the world for a witness to all people; and then the end will come." -- Matthew 24:14
(Good News Translation)

🎗Disobedience like it was in the times of Noah

🎗 Children rise against their own parents

🎗 Pestilence and sicknesses that are incurable

🎗False prophets

🎗 Antichrist rising against the church

🎗Immorality and pervasiveness in the world

🎗Blasphemy

All the above signs are not stories but reality

THE MARK OF THE BEAST

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[11]Then I saw another beast rising up out of the land [itself]; he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke (roared) like a dragon.

The antichrist

[16]Also he compels all [alike], both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription [stamped] on their
right hands or on their foreheads ,

[17]So that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name.

[18]Here is [room for] discernment [a call for the wisdom of interpretation]. Let anyone who has intelligence (penetration and insight enough) calculate
the number of the beast, for it is a human number [the number of a certain man]; his number is 666.

Read the above scripture carefully

So here they talk about the mark of the beast which will be put either on the right hand or on the fore head and it will be a BIO INPLANT.

No one knows what but it will represent 666 that means no Forgiveness at all when it's put on your forehead or right hand.

The next verse talks about someone without the mark (666) denied to trade or travel

Corona virus vaccine

Reason why it qualifies is because they are talking about denial of traveling and trade without the vaccination card something still to think about deeply
before you do because we are not sure.

In many countries like Sweden, USA, microchips for the sake of money and asset transportation is being legalized and about to become law. That shows
we are in the last times and days because if it will become compulsory to the world when rapture has happened.

Who is read?

ARE YOU?

Revelation 13:18.

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calculate the number of the beast, for it is a human number [the number of a certain man]; his number is 666.

ANYONE WITH INTELLIGENCE CAN CALCULATE THE NUMBER 666

LET’S DO IT

FROM alphabets

A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6G=7HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX=24Y=25Z=26

BIOINPLANT

B= (2*6) =. 12

I=. (9*6)=. 54

O= (15*6) =. 90

I=. (9*6)=. 54

M=. (13*6)=. 78

P=. (16*6)=. 96

L=. (12*6)=. 72

A=. (1*6)=. 6

N=. (14*6)=. 84

T=. (20*6)=. 120

Total= 666

C= {3*6} =18

O= {15*6} =90

M= {13*6} =78
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U= {21*6} =126

T= (20*6) =120

E= (5*6) =30

R=. {18*6}=108

Total = 666

To some names and titles of prominent leaders they also show 666 on calculation.

What makes these days we are in unpredictable and last days

BIBLICALLY

Evidence for the existence of the Antichrist are all present and that precedes End of Grace.

And at the same time the ruling of the antichrist (Beast) will be after. Rapture which means even though He is now he can't rule till God (Christ) has taken
us off.

The antichrist will impose the compulsory mark of the beast rule after the rapture of which the ruling is already there but not compulsory.

Now my question is,

Who of you Denys you can wake up today in a rapture?

After rapture there will be 7 years of Great tribulation the Christ will return for the Saints of tribulation (those that will endure) and then the end will be
and judgement.

I see less years than I have lived for ahead or even very less.

My friend are you ready?

Anyway as no one knows the time nor the hour but then the signs explain the times we are in.

Matthew 24:33-35

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[34] Truly I tell you, this generation (the whole multitude of people living at the same time, in a definite, given period) will not pass away till all these
things taken together take place.

[35] Sky and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

RAPTURE

Matthew 24:30-31

[30]Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and beat their breasts and lament in anguish,
and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory [in brilliancy and splendour]. [Dan. 7:13; Rev. 1:7.]

[31]And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect (His chosen ones) from the four winds, [even] from one end of
the universe to the other. [Isa. 27:13; Zech. 9:14.]

JESUS WILL MEET US IN THE CLOUDS.

HE WON’T REACH THE EARTH BUT WILL SENT ANGELS TO PICK US UP. I CANT WAIT. FOR THIS TIME

THE SCROLL, THE SEVEN SEALS AND THE 144,000(Jews)

THE SCROLL

🔅This scroll contained some writings and sealed with the 7 seals on both sides.

🔅The scroll was only to be opened by the LION OF JUDAH (JESUS).

Revelation 5:1-5

1. Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and it was sealed with seven seals.

2. And I saw a strong angel, who shouted with a loud voice. Who is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and open it?"

3 .But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll & read it.

4. Then I began to keep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll and read it.

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5. But one of the twenty-four elders said to me," Stop weeping! Look, the lion of the tribe of Judah; the heir to David's throne, has won the victory. He is
worthy to open the scroll & its seven seals.

THE SEVEN SEALS

These seals have been occurring since Jesus' time.

The first four seals are represented by the four horsemen of the Apocalypse/four living creatures /four beasts.

Revelation 6

♦The first seal➡Royalty and Victory.

This seal represented the Body of Christ because in this seal one just had to be obedient and humble then the Lord fought the battle for them.

For example;

In Jericho (Joshua)

David and Goliath

Where God fought for them.

1 Samuel 17:47

And everyone assembled here will know that the Lord rescue his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the Lord's battle and He will give you to us.

This occurred in 1400 BC.

♦The second seal ➡Wars and Slaughter.

This seal is after the battle the Lord fought for the Israelites.

These are wars occurring because of love of money for example, first wars that occurred in Rome. Revelation 6:3-5

This occurred in the 1300 BC.

♦The third seal➡Perstilence and famine.

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In USA (17 resections).

Shortage of food.

Great depression.

Revelation 6:5-6

This occurred in the 1700s.

♦The fourth seal➡Death and the Grave

I guess this is the seal we are going through now because we see many deaths of people around the world caused by diseases like; Corona
Virus,Aids,Cancer etc.

Revelation 6:7-8

♦5th seal➡Great time of anguish (pain)

In this seal we have very many occurrings e.g;

Persecution of Christians/murder

Great apostasy (people turning away from Jesus)

Revelation of Antichrist

Great deception (people being taken up by Antichrist)

Final preparation for Jesus ‘coming for the spotless church.

♦6th seal➡rapture& return of Jesus.

This is when Jesus comes back for the spotless church.

NB: We should prepare because 3 seals have occurred and the 4th seal is almost coming to an end.

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♦7th seal➡Entire Tribulation.

In this seal we are not going to be the (spotless church)

This seal didn't occur immediately after the sixth seal. There was some small time in between before it occurred.

This is where the destruction of the earth by God in this seal.eg THE TRUMPETS

144,000 people of Israel (Jews)

This is the time between the 6th & 7th seal.

It’s the very time where the remnant the 144,000(Jews) are chosen n sealed before the tribulation occurs.

This 144,000 is the number of the only Jews that got saved in the whole of Israel NOT the whole world

Revelation 7:1-8

1. Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds so they did not blow on the earth or the sea, or even on
any tree

2. And I saw another angel coming up from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. And he shouted to those four angels, who had been given power
to harm land and sea,

3. “Wait! Don’t harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants.

4. And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God—144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:

5. from Judah 12,000 from Reuben 12,000 from Gad 12,000.

6. from Asher 12,000 from Naphtali 12,000 from Manasseh 12,000

7. from Simeon 12,000 from Levi 12,000 from Issachar 12,000

8. from Zebulun 12,000 from Joseph 12,000 from Benjamin 12,000

Revelation 14:1-5
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1. Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

2. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of mighty ocean waves or the rolling of loud thunder. It was like the sound of many harpists playing
together.

3. This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders. No one could
learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

4. They have kept themselves as pure as virgins, following the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been purchased from among the people on the earth as
a special offering to God and to the Lamb.

5. They have told no lies; they are without blame

🔹 In this chapter The Jews r referred to as a special offering to God.

🔹It also shows that they are given a place right next to God as the Choir because they kept themselves pure and faultless.

🔹And these few chosen Jews will be only occupants in the New Jerusalem wen it’s created. Revelation21:9

GENTILES.

The gentiles are now representing us (all those who accepted as their Lord and Saviour).

Revelation 7:9-17

In this chapter they talk about the vast crowd no one would count which represents the people that will be saved in the whole world.

We are described as the people that went through the terrible persecution and washed our robes and made them white with the blood of the lamb
(JESUS)

Jesus also told them other parables. He said,

Matthew 22:1

2. “The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son.

3. When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were invited. But they all refused to come!

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 4. “So he sent other servants to tell them, ‘The feast has been prepared. The bulls and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to
the banquet!’

5. But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business.

6. Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them.

7. “The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.

8. And he said to his servants, ‘the wedding feast is ready, and the guests I invited aren’t worthy of the honour.

9. Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’

10. So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.

11. “But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding.

12. ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply.

13. Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

14. “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Lastly, we should know that in Heaven,

1. We will be given glorified bodies (immortal), they never die. 1Corinthians 15:51-53

2. We will always worship God in Heaven. Revelation 22:3

3. We will have responsibilities and positions of leadership. This will be according to how you live your life and handle the different assignments God has
given you will when you are still here. Matthew 25:23.

So friends let our goal be heaven because our Father is preparing for us a home (everlasting) many marvelous things we can't describe. Let's live for Him
alone.

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JUDGEMENT

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged? For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to
you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

Types

(1) Moral judgments about actions being right or wrong;

(2) Moral judgments about people being good or bad;

(3) Moral judgments about traits of character being good or bad, being virtues or vices.

Difference between human and God judgement

How does God's judgment differ from human judgment?

God's judgment is on an internal level compared to humans. Which is external

Prov.16.2 all the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart). [AMP]

Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; GOD probes for what is good. [MSB]

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighted the spirits. [KJV]

All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD. [NIV].

People may be pure in their own eyes, but the LORD examines their motives. [NLT]

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the spirits. [NKJV]

Weighs is as well judgement

IS JUDGEMENT BAD?

JUDGING others can be destructive, if it is focused on looking for the negatives in people or is in the form of gossip or adverse comments. ... When you
judge people from a negative perspective, you are doing it to make yourself feel better and as a result the judgement is likely to be harmful to both of you

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Judgments can have harmful and negative consequences. They can get in the way of fixing problems, hurt other people's feelings when you don't need or
mean to, and they can harm your own self-esteem and happiness

The words “judge” and “judgment” have negative connotations and tend to place people in a no-win situation. You don't want to be judged, yet you want
to be able to tell if someone is judging you. ... Judgment, however, is not necessarily something to worry about.

There are positive, neutral and negative forms of it.

So positive. Judgment is not bad

What is judging?

Seeing bad in others

Focusing on their negative.

By constantly seeing the bad in others, we train our minds to find the bad. This can lead to increase in stress. (Stress can weaken the immune system and
cause high blood pressure, fatigue, depression, anxiety and even stroke)

Judgement of self is good and Godly?

Judge every practice, and do the best thing. Love yourself, and don't stop just because you're judging your practices. It's OK to realize you no longer agree
with the way you used to do something. ... But you have to constantly be judging and thinking and questioning in order to know better

So judgement helps you to grow in humility

How?

If you someone praised you for being beautiful

You would look and the anger problem and turn your focus from the beauty and work on the inner beauty hence growing in. Humility

JUDGEMENT IS ONLY DONE BY THEM THAT ARE FALLEN

1Cor.10.12 wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. (KJV)

Someone here thinks they are standing?

Look at this
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 Rev.2.2 I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are
apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: (KJV)

Most of us are patient

Our works are on point

We know right and wrong people

We can avoid those who want us to fall

Rev.2.3 and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted. (KJV)

We have labored for God's sake

Fellowship everyday

No boyfriend

No girlfriend

Well done my fellow angels

But listen to this

God is not moved by all that

All this can be done by to the fallen person

Why even when fallen you can tell wrong people �

Rev.2.4 - Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

Rev.2.5 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

Check out this

When fallen you can easily see and talk about a fornicator but you can't see yourself.

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 You can easily know slept at the neighborhood though you don't talk about it

You can easily know which girl has a girlfriend or boyfriend

And this happens where you are always talking about who is falling from. God instead of praying for them

You easily know who is annoying God instead of interceding

It's when you are fallen that your eyes are open to see how fallen your neighbor is instead of praying for them and crying to God for them

LASTLY

Galatians 6:1

[1]BRETHREN, IF any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual [who are responsive to and controlled by the Spirit] should
set him right and restore and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness , keeping an attentive eye on yourself, lest you should
be tempted also.

THAT VERSE

If someone is fallen. Don't talk about them look for how to help them tell them but it is to them that are spiritual

Gently

Without superiority

Today " superiority” doesn't work in the falling church people want to show they are far above no association no humility no friendliness. They show
superiority acting like God.

He says make sure you are not tempted and you fall

How falling comes in

Selfishness in helping

Judgement instead of rebuking

Rebuking is speaking openly to someone about their physical wrong deeds with a desire for them to change

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Judging is drawing a conclusion of the fate of their wrong doing

Galatians 6:2

[2]Bear (endure, carry) one another's burdens and troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of Christ (the Messiah)
and complete what is lacking [in your obedience to it].

Galatians 6:3

[3]For if any person thinks himself to be somebody [too important to condescend to shoulder another's load] when he is nobody [of superiority except in
his own estimation], he deceives and deludes and cheats himself.

Don't think you are complete

Don't think you are not of any help

Don't think you can do it on your own

Don't be proud

Galatians 6:4.

[4] But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of
doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor.

Galatians 6:7

[7]Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or
professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only
is what he will reap.

Matthew 7:1-2

[1]DO NOT judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves.

[2]For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use
to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you.

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 BAPTISM
Baptism as according to the. Bible not (Dictionary or religion)
*Is divided into 3 forms which a christian should know and undergo as according to obligations*
*JOHN'S BAPTISM*
This is the baptism of immersion (dipping) totally of the body into the water
**Dipping... Dying*
*Removing.... Resurrection*.

This also means Washing away of Sins and total cleansing of the body from the *ADAMIC SIN* and it's the only baptism of water talked about in the Bible
And similarly was done by John on Christ in *Jordan*

Matthew 3:5-6
[5]Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the country round about the Jordan went out to him;
[6]And they were *baptized in the Jordan by him,* *confessing their sins*
That is the only baptism of removal of sin .

*What about Jesus who was baptized was he sinful* ?

Galatians 4:4
[4] *But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to [the regulations of] the Law,*
Matthew 3:14-15
[14]But John protested strenuously, having in mind to prevent Him, saying, It is I who have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?
[15]But Jesus replied to him, Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for [both of] *us to fulfill all righteousness [that is, to perform completely
whatever is right]. Then he permitted* Him.
Baptism of Jesus was to fulfill all righteousness
But remember he was immersed not sprinkled on water
*However*
Ezekiel 36:25.

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 [25]Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleanness; and from all your idols will I cleanse you.
*So sprinkling is. Biblical*
But it's not toxic to follow the steps of Christ.
*And its Godly to go get baptized again by immersion*
*BAPTISM OF JESUS*(Holy Spirit)
Matthew 3:11
[11] I indeed baptize you in (with) water because of repentance [that is, because of your changing your minds for the better, heartily amending your
ways, with abhorrence of your past sins]. *But He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, Whose sandals I am not worthy or fit to take off or
carry; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.*
The one coming will baptize with the holy spirit ( *JESUS* )
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
The Baptism of Jesus is an assurance of eternal life
John 3:3,5-7
[3]Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that *unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be
acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God.*
If anyone wants to see the heaven they must be baptized by the baptism of the Holy Spirit (JESUS)
[5]Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of *water and [even] the Spirit, he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom
of God. [Ezek.* 36:25-27.]
That verse tells it all you need to be baptized by the baptism of water and then by the spirit to enter the kingdom of Heaven.
(*Fulfill all Righteousness*).

Without water baptism and spirit

It's. Jesus teaching it's not a letter [6] what is born of [from] the *flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]*; and what is born of the *Spirit is spirit.*
[7] Marvel not [do not be surprised, astonished] at my telling you, you *must* all be born anew (from above).
Note the word *MUST*. It's not optional it's a must for you to be born again of the water and spirit

being. Born of the spirit comes to only those who have received Jesus Christ as their lord and savior
*Meaning it's for those that belong to. The Kingdom*
*WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BAPTISED BY THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT*
Acts 19:1-6
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[1] WHILE APOLLOS was in Corinth, Paul went through the upper inland districts and came down to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
[2]And he asked them, did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [on Jesus as the Christ]? And they said, No, we have not even heard that there is
a Holy Spirit.
[3]And he asked, into what [baptism] then were you baptized? They said, Into John's baptism.
[4]And Paul said, John *baptized with the baptism of repentance, continually telling the people that they* should believe in the One Who was to come
after him, that is, in Jesus [having a conviction full of joyful trust that He is Christ, the Messiah, and being obedient to Him].
[5]On hearing this they were *baptized [again, this time] in the name of the Lord Jesus*.

[6]And as Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke in [foreign, unknown] tongues (languages) AND prophesied.
*Being Baptized in water does not mean you are baptized by the Holy Spirit*

Baptism of the holy spirit is when you understand the Holy Spirit and it is by. Jesus so if you don't have Jesus you don't have the. Holy spirit

And HE is evident through speaking in tongues

Prophecy
Teaching the word
Visions
As all his visits are manifested

*But don't forget there are very many false tongues which are just human tongues*

*WHY DID JESUS EMPHASIZE BAPTISM*

Matthew 28:19
[19]Go then and make disciples of all the nations, *baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,*

When some heard this most people started preaching and baptizing even the kids with sprinkling to increase the number of believers but not
decuples.

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Qn Are you a believer or a Disciple ?
The Baptism of Christ was joined with that of John by the Blood and this is significant that the immersion signifies the washing of sins.
Hebrews 9:13-14
[13] For if [the mere] *sprinkling of unholy and defiled persons with blood* of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a burnt heifer is sufficient for the
purification of the body, [Lev. 16:6, 16; Num. 19:9, 17, 18.]
[14]How much more surely shall the blood of Christ, Who by virtue of [His] eternal Spirit [His own preexistent divine personality] has offered Himself as an
unblemished sacrifice to God, purify our consciences from dead works and lifeless observances to serve the [ever] living God?

It's the. Blood of Jesus that cleanses. Us of our sins

Baptism of the Holy Spirit which same as that of. Jesus also happened to. Him after immersion
Matthew 3:16-17
[16] *And when Jesus was *baptized, He went up at once out of the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he [John] saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove and alighting on Him.*
[17]And behold, a voice from heaven said, This is My Son, My Beloved, in Whom I delight! [Ps. 2:7; Isa*. 42:1.]

This means **BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT*

happens to only that whose sins have been washed away
*That is why repentance is key in BAPTISM*.

We have 3forms of Baptism

*Baptism of cleansing* of sins (John)
*Baptism of the holy spirit*(Jesus)
*Baptism of Suffering*(Mathew 20:20)

Physical immersion is for the removal of sin

And it was the kind of baptism John emphasized

The other baptism was talked of by John was by Jesus and it is the baptism of the holy spirit that doesn't necessarily need immersion
The last of suffering is seasonal and most of apostles faced it

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 *WE ARE ON THE SAME FOUNDATION OF APOSTLES AND PROPHETS*
we ought to go through similar trials though they come at different levels

Philippians 3:10
[10][For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him,
perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to
know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], *and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually
transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]*
Someone get ready to imitate Christ
They hated him you expect to be loved
They I'll treated Him you expect kingship treatment.

They denied, Betrayed, Fought Him ,Chased him. But for you, You expect the positive
If you want Him carry your cross follow Him
If all is well and all people love you and your family ,you’re rich and you are all well
Question yourself ?????

1 Peter 4:13-14
[13] But insofar as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory [full of radiance and splendor] is revealed, you may also rejoice with
triumph [exultantly].
[14]If you are censured and suffer abuse [because you bear] the name of Christ, blessed [are you–happy, fortunate, to be envied, with life-joy, and
satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of your outward condition], because the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, is resting upon you. On their
part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. [Isa. 11:2.]

Be expectant

*DOES GOD KNOW ABOUT THIS AND ABOUT OUR BAPTISM*

John 16:32-33
[32]But take notice, the hour is coming, and it has arrived, when you will all be dispersed and scattered, every man to his own home, leaving Me alone. Yet
I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

[33]I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence.

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 In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted *]!
For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]*
This is the confidence we have that Jesus is with us even in trials
Don't ever think time will come and you be completely free from trials.

Remember trials and *temptations are different you can’t call SEXUAL immorality trial that is sin.

HE *KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THAT* 1 Peter 2:20-22

[20][After all] what kind of glory [is there in it] if, when you do wrong and are punished for it, you take it patiently? But if you bear patiently with
suffering [which results] when you do right and that is undeserved, it is acceptable and pleasing to God.
[21]For even to this were you called [it is inseparable from your vocation]. For Christ also suffered for you, leaving you [His personal] example, so
that you should follow in His footsteps.
[22]He was guilty of *no sin, neither was deceit (guile)* ever found on His lips. [Isa. 53:9.]

*PERSECUTION IS A SPIRITUAL REWARD THAT PRECEEDS ETERNAL LIFE*

Mark 10:30
[30]Who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time–houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, *with
persecutions–and in the age to come, eternal life* .

This reward is obtained by those who have chosen to side and do with Christ and ignore whatever looks of no effect

Think about yourself being a born again who helps prays does not make noise , doesn't gossip , doesn't tolerate noise in class and you don't lie

Will Students or friends love of hate you ?

So if they love you because you do what they love then you are lost

If they love you because of God's grace well.

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SERVICE

15 Ways to Serve God through Serving Others

To serve God is to serve others and is the greatest form of charity: the pure love of Christ. Jesus Christ said:
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (John 13:34).
This list gives 15 ways in which we can serve God by serving others.
1. Serve God through Your Family
Mormon Family Praying Together

To serve God starts with serving in our families. Daily we work, clean, love, support, listen to, teach, and endlessly give of ourselves

2. Give Tithes and Offerings

online tithing and other offerings One of the ways we can serve God is by helping his children, our brothers and sisters, through paying a tithing and a
generous fast offering. Money from tithing is used to build God's kingdom upon the earth. Contributing financially to God's work is a great way to serve

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Money from fast offerings is directly used to help the hungry, thirsty, and naked,
All this service has only been possible through both the financial and physical support of many volunteer as people serve God by serving their fellow man.

Continue Reading below.

3. Volunteer in Your Community

There are countless ways to serve God by serving in your community. From donating blood (or just volunteering at the Red Cross) to adopting a highway,
your local community has great need for your time and efforts.
When you select causes to devote your time and talents and treasure to, be careful to select good causes... which will produce much joy and happiness for
you and for those you serve.
You can easily become involved in your community, it only takes a little effort to contact a local group, charity, or other community

4. Home and Visiting Teaching

Home teachers meet with injured man.For members of the Church of Jesus Christ, visiting each other through the Home and Visiting teaching programs is
a vital way we have been asked to serve God by caring for one another:
*Home teaching* opportunities provide a means by which an important aspect of character may be developed: love of service above self. We become
more like the Savior, who has challenged us to emulate His example: 'What manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am' ( 3 Ne.
27:27)...
As we give of ourselves in the service of God and others we will be greatly blessed.
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5. *Donate Clothing and Other* Goods

College volunteers hosting a food drive All throughout the world there are places to donate your unused clothing, shoes, dishes, blankets/quilts, toys,
furniture, books, and other items.

Generously giving of these items to help others is an easy way to serve God and declutter your home at the same time.
When preparing those things you are going to donate it is always appreciated if you only give those items that are clean and in working order.
Donating dirty, broken, or useless items is less effective and takes precious time from volunteers and other workers as they sort and organize the
items to, be,distributed or sold to others.
Stores that resell donated items usually offer much-needed jobs to the less fortunate which is another excellent form of service.
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 6. Be a Friend*

One of the simplest and easiest ways to serve God and others is by befriending one another.
As we take the time to serve and be friendly, we’ll not only support others but also build a network of support for ourselves. Make others feel at
home, and soon you’ll feel at home...
Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known. Kindness is a passport that
opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.
Who does not love and need friends? Let us make a new friend today!

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7. Serve God by Serving Children

Jesus with little children. All rights reserved.
So many children and teenagers need our love and we can give it! There are many programs to become involved with helping children and you can easily
become a school or library volunteer.
Former Primary leader, Michaelene P. Grassli counseled us to imagine what the Savior
...would do for our children if he were here. The Savior’s example... [Applies] to all of us—whether we love and serve children in our families, as neighbors
or friends, or at church. Children belong to all of us.
Jesus Christ loves children and so too should we love and serve them.

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God"(Luke 18:16).
8. Mourn with Those that Mourn
Old photograph of man with senior woman in background
Hero Images/Getty Images
If we are to "come into the fold of God, and to be called his people" we must be "willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; Yea, and
are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort..." (Mosiah 18:8-9). One of the easiest ways to do this is
to visit and listen to those who are suffering.

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 Carefully asking appropriate questions often helps people feel your love and empathy for them and their situation. Following the whisperings of the
Spirit will help guide us to know what to say or do as we keep the Lord's commandment to care for one another.

*Spiritual services can include individual pastoral counseling, group story time, Bible study, staff devotions, memorials and community
celebrations* .

9 *SERVICE*
Family we must know is that once we accept the gift of salvation it's our daily duty to serve others as Jesus did.
*Matthew 20:28
Like the son of man ,who did not come to be served ,but to *serve* and to give His life to redeem many people.
Jesus came to serve so if u really want to be a good minister u shud be willing to serve everyone be it anyone because Jesus isolated none.
Deuteronomy 10:12
Now ,the people of Israel, listen to what the Lord your God demands of you: worship the Lord and do all that He commands love Him serve Him
with all your heart.

In this verse Jesus tell us to do all dat He commands & one is to serve Him.
Whenever we serve to our community we serve Jesus for example ©️ helping the needy
©️ Praying with the sick
©️ Evangelising
We are serving God.

Lets now see Romans 12

Share Your Talents
helping children with crafts
Children who show up to the weekly service event have their own projects to complete
Sometimes in The Church of Jesus Christ our first response when we hear that someone needs help is to bring them food, but there are so many other
ways we can give service.
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Each of us have been given talents from the Lord

Simple Acts of Service

10. Hard work service by missionaries

God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore, it is vital that we serve each
other in the kingdom... In the

Doctrine and Covenants we read about how important it is to '...succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.' So
often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving mundane help with mundane tasks, but what glorious consequences can flow from
mundane acts and from small but deliberate deeds!
Sometimes all it takes to serve God is to give a smile, hug, prayer, to someone.

Serve God Through Missionary Work

missionaries meeting people
Missionaries engage people on the street to talk about life’s most important questions.
As members of The Church of Jesus Christ, we believe that sharing the truth (through missionary efforts) about Jesus Christ.
One of the most important and rewarding ways in which we can serve our fellowmen is by living and sharing the principles of the gospel. We need
to help those whom we seek to serve to know for themselves that God not only loves them but he is ever mindful of them and their needs.

11. *Members of the Church are called to serve God by serving in church callings* .

Most of the priesthood bearers I know... are eager to roll up their sleeves and go to work, whatever that work might be. They faithfully perform
their priesthood duties. They magnify their callings. They serve the Lord by serving others. They stand close together and lift where they stand....
When we seek to serve others, we are motivated not by selfishness but by charity. This is the way Jesus Christ lived His life and the way a holder of
the priesthood must live his.
Faithfully serving in our callings is to faithfully serve God

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 Use Your Creativity: It Comes from God
We are compassionate creators of a compassionate and creative being. The Lord will bless and help us as we creatively and compassionately serve
one another

"I believe that as you immerse yourselves in the work of our Father, as you create beauty and as you are compassionate to others, God will encircle
you in the arms of His love.

Discouragement, inadequacy, and weariness will give way to a life of meaning, grace, and fulfillment.

The Lord will bless us with the needed strength, guidance, patience, charity, and love to serve His children.

12. *Serve God by Humbling Yourselves*

I believe it is impossible to truly serve God and His children if we, ourselves, are full of pride. Developing humility is a choice that takes effort but as we
come to understand why we should be humble it will become easier to become humble. As we humble ourselves before the Lord our desire to serve God
will greatly increase as will our capacity to be able to give of ourselves in the service of all our brothers and sisters.

I know our Heavenly Father deeply loves us- more than we can imagine- and as we follow the Savior's command to "love one another; as I have loved you"
we will be able to do so. May we find simple, yet profound ways to daily serve God as we serve each other?
@. I won't highlight every where only some areas.

1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—
the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.

So some other versions specify that offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to GOD dedicated to His *service* and pleasing to Him.
Friends let's serve our community in every way you can please do because you build a lot not only in you but your community too because many
lives are being changed.

Romans 12:1

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 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will
learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Let’s not conform to this worlds standards because it's adding nothing to your life instead lets allow God transform .Let His will be done in our lives.

Romans 12:2
3 Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in
your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.
Okay let's not think just because we have this gift we are higher than the rest. This doesn't please God but whenever you humble yourself and show Him
we need Him each time He will keep filling us wherever we are empty.
Romans 12:3
4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function,

Romans 12:4

5 So it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.

We r all one body

But just because we serve different gifts but they still all come from God
Romans 12:5
6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as
God has given you.
Romans 12:6

7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.
As the scripture says if your gift is serving serve them well .don't be like this one didn't help this time why should I serve him .That’s not right because
Jesus served everyone despite the fact He knew their hearts ,thoughts all those that would turn against Him but He obeyed . We should be obedient and
suffer a little knowing great things are, ahead.
Romans 12:7
8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously.
And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
Romans 12:8
9 Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
.love all even your enemies. Hate all that is wrong even though it's your friend and He / she is wrong don't just keep quiet tell them off it's bad or you

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Romans 12:9

10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.

Romans 12:10
11 Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.
Romans 12:11
12 Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.
Romans 12:12
13 When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.
Romans 12:13
14 Bless those who persecute you. Don’t curse them; pray that God will bless them.
Romans 12:14
15 Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.

Romans 12:15
16 Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all!
please don’t, whenever you show that u know it all you are not allowing yourself learn which affects your inner man you are not allowing your spirit learn
new things

Romans 12:16
17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable.
Romans 12:17
18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18
19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says
the lord.

Romans 12:19
20 Instead, “If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals of
shame on their heads.”
Romans 12:20
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21 Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.
Romans 12:21
lets do good to people .if someone does you something wrong for you do them nice. You will be helping someone out there to change because wonder
how do you do it.

*SERVICE AND MINISTRY*

Service is the labour of body and mind, or the pursuance of duty or for the benefit of one another.
Service is voluntary or involuntary.
✓ Voluntary service is that of hired servants or of persons who spontaneously perform something for another's benefit.
✓ Involuntary is that of slaves who work by compulsion.

Ministry> Ecclesiastical function agency or service of a minister of the gospel or clergy man in the modern church or of apostles & evangelists.

Minister is to attend and serve to perform service in any office.

*Lastly*
29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:29.

30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”
Matthew 11:30
Let’s put on the yoke, let God be in charge & let’s learn from Him. Don't forget He knows us where our strength lies, our weaknesses He never gives
us situation we can't handle. Let’s trust Him and let's be obedient to His word en surely we shall bear fruits every season.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

This is the kingdom to which we belong and it's the kingdom where we have our inheritance

The Bible says the keys of the kingdom were given to us and that means the keys you have do not open the UGANDAN kingdom doors not even
Toro's kingdom doors but the kingdom of Heaven

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[19]I *will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is
already bound in heaven; and whatever you lose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven. [Isa. 22:22*.]
The above verse is clear keys given to us are to open the kingdom what if the doors have refused to open does that mean that the keys you possess
are wrong right keys to a wrong kingdom???
*Yes*
Whatever bound on earth even in heaven it is
Whatever released on earth even in heaven.

Consider what keys you have to open what kingdom

Romans 14:7,17.

[7]None of us lives to himself [but to the Lord], and none of us dies to himself [but to the Lord, for]
[17][After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a
person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Consider that
*what did Jesus and the rest preach*?
Matthew 4:23
[23] And He went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news (Gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every disease and
every weakness and infirmity among the people.

*Watch this*
Mark 1:14-15
[14]Now after John was arrested and put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God,
[15]And saying, The [appointed period of] time is fulfilled (completed), and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent (have a change of mind which issues in
regret for past sins and in change of conduct for the better) and believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to) the good news (the Gospel).
*Instructions* from Jesus
Matthew 10:7
[7] *And as you go, preach, saying, the kingdom of heaven is at hand!*.

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 I wonder how many ministers you have heard preaching anything related to the above message?????????

Ephesians 2:20
[20] *you are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone.*
the above verse means the same instruction given to the DECIPLES is the same instruction we ought to follow
Today many preach money than they preach Christ, some preach his attributes that. Himself
and the whole message should be about the King of kings.

Matthew 3:2
[2] *And saying, Repent (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.*

WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD?

[17][*After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is *~righteousness~ (that state which makes a
person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.*

the kingdom of God. Is not actually food dance drinks or anything the kingdom of God is about *righteousness* , *peace and joy* in spirit.

Could that be the key to heaven yes

*Righteousness is the key to heaven*

Reason why the door is not opening when you need it open could be the essence of wrong keys right keys are obtained through righteousness

Isaiah 1:15
[15]And when you spread forth your hands [in prayer, imploring help], I will hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear.
Your hands are full of blood!

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Matthew 16:19
[*19] I *will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already
bound in heaven; and whatever you lose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven. [Isa*. 22:22.]

Righteousness receives the keys.

*HOW DOES THE KINGDOM OF GOD LOOK LIKE*

Matthew 13:44-50
[44]The kingdom of heaven is like something precious buried in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and sells all he has
and buys that field.

If only someone understands the above verse you would afford to let go of that boyfriend that girlfriend that bad secret habit for God's sake
The Kingdom is so amazing

[45] Again the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a dealer in search of fine and precious pearls,

[46] Who, on finding a single pearl of great price, went and sold all he had and bought it.
[47]Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet which was cast into the sea and gathered in fish of every sort.
[48]When it was full, men dragged it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted out the good fish into baskets, but the worthless ones they threw
away.
[49]So it will be at the close and consummation of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous (those who are
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[50] and cast them [the wicked] into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and wailing and grinding of teeth.

Many have been received into salvation but even in those fish in the net(those of the kingdom ) will be sorted for what is for heaven and not let us
don't become Christians to *increase on the number of Christians* remember Christianity is personal.

*How do we receive righteousness*

*We seek* for it ???
Matthew 6:33
[33] *But seek (aim at and strive after*) first of all His *kingdom and His righteousness* (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken
together will be given to you Mathew 6:33

Faith brought righteousness to Abraham

Romans 4:3, 9
[3] for what does the Scripture say? Abraham *believed in (trusted in) God, and it was credited to his account as righteousness* (right living and right
standing with God). [Gen. 15:6.]
[9]Is this blessing (happiness) then meant only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? *We say that faith was credited to Abraham as
righteousness.*

It is the faith that brings righteousness

*Faith*

It is not a kind of a gal or boy or food that you eat or closing of eyes and you imagine

that is not. Faith.Romans 10:17

[17] *so faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message* that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah
Himself).

It's only through the word of God that we obtain faith not anything else.

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WHAT DOES THE KINGDOM OF GOD DO

When you let it in you don't need to fight sin , addictions, and a lot more the *kingdom of God (God)(word* ) replaces them automatically and they
are eliminated even without prayer and hustle why

John 1:1,5
[1]IN THE beginning [before all-time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa. 9:6.]
[5]And the Light shines on in the *darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is
unreceptive to it].*

Let's understand this too

Daniel 2:44
[44] *And in the days of these [final ten] kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be
left to another people; but it shall break and crush and consume all these kingdoms and it shall stand forever. [Dan. 7:14-17; Luke 1:31-33; Rev.
11:15.]*
I love the above verse when you let in the word of God (the kingdom of God) all other kingdoms are crashed to the ground.

*The kingdom of God is not for them that know Christ*

It's for them that move with Christ and imitate him.

Matthew 7:21-23
[21] Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven.
[22]Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name and driven out demons in your name and done many mighty works
in your name?
[23]And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; depart from me, you who act wickedly [disregarding my commands]. [Ps. 6:8.]

*That is why we should cease to be listeners of the word but doers of the word*

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Please be and live like Christ imitate him

Philippians2:

*The Kingdom of God we belong to*.

Chapter ten

DEATH

*REMEMBER ONE OF OUR MISSIONS AS A GROUP IS. TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR LIFE AFTER HERE*

You realize we are very many who love heaven but a handful ready. And those who are ready are not sure

*AND TO THOSE WHO ARE SURE IT’S WHEN YOU REACH AT THE POINT WHERE DEATH AN NOT SCARE YOU*

- If *they said you are to die today who is ready for it now*

- Hebrews 2:1

[1]SINCE ALL this is true, we ought to pay much closer attention than ever to the truths *that we have heard, lest in any way we drift past [them] and slip
away*

Much attention not to lose out on what we have gotten

Friends it's painful to leave RELATIONSHIPS, You ignore Boozing, You leave BAD COMPANY you leave THEFT , you leave sex and the related, you leave
disobedience, *Keep one light thing with you.*And lose out on eternal life as well It pains so.

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[12]Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but
much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own *salvation with reverence and awe and
trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness* against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend
God and discredit the name of Christ).

*LETS READ THIS STORY TOGETHER*

Matthew 21:28-31

[28]What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He came to the first and said, Son, go and work today in the vineyard.

[29]And he answered, I will not; but afterward he changed his mind and went.

[30]Then the man came to the second and said the same [thing]. And he replied, I will [go], sir; but he did not go.

[31]Which of the two did the will of the father? They replied, the first one. Jesus said to them, truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the harlots will get into
the kingdom of heaven before you.

DON'T BE A HYPOCRITE BELIEVER EITHER BELIEVE OR BELIEVE

DON'T PRETEND TO PLEASE ANYONE

DON'T ACT TO LOOK INFORMED

DON'T BELIEVE TO SEEK ATTENTION

ITS BETWEEN YOU AND GOD.

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[20] *For I tell you, unless your righteousness (your uprightness and your right standing with God) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will
never enter the kingdom of heaven.*

We do what unbelievers do and think we are any better

Let's be different

IF YOU WANT TO RENEW YOUR RELATIONSHIP REPEAT THESE WORDS

Lord I choose to accept you as the author of my salvation you who shed blood for me forgive me and make me new again make me ready so that when
you come am ready to move on with you in glory in Jesus name

AMEN

It’s not toxic to inbox and we pray together

Fell free

*Talking about death the more*

GOD CAN'T MOVE WITH SINNERS

Exodus 33:3

[3] *Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way.*.

The promise to Israelites was to the Promised Land and God was determined to take them to the Promised Land but *SIN* could not allow them to reach
the Promised Land

God's promises won't keep you in sin

Though given promises it doesn't guarantee you long life

Disobedience brings sin in place

Death in disobedience guarantees eternal PERDITION or destruction

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[5]Now I want to remind you, though you were fully informed once for all, that though the Lord [at one time] delivered a people out of the land of Egypt,
He subsequently destroyed those [of them] who did not believe [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him].

This tells us that if in the grace keep obedient

Lots wife did not survive death though she was guaranteed salvation from Sodom

*Disobedience won't keep US alive*

*DEATH*

This often happens when either you have. Finished the work you are supposed to do Or you are sinful

Isaiah 65:20.

[20] *There shall no more be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who* dies prematurely; for the child shall die a hundred years
old, *and the ~sinner~ who dies when only a hundred years old shall be [thought only a child, cut off because he is] accursed* .

This assures us that death is not until sin comes in and if death then it should be to the person who has fulfilled their years And 100years are referred to
Psalm 90:10.

[10] *The days of our years are threescore years and ten (seventy years)* or even, if by reason of strength, fourscore years (eighty years); yet is their pride
[in additional years] only labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Death with no sin is Godly

- Matthew 16:26

[26] *For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an
exchange for his [blessed] life [in the kingdom of God]?*

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*Carry a Paul spirit to put the Body of Christ right*.

Jeremiah 6:14-15

[14]They have healed also the wound of the daughter of my people lightly and neglectfully, *saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.*.

[15]Were they brought to shame because they had committed abominations (extremely disgusting and vile things)? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor
could they blush [at their idolatry]. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them they shall be overthrown, says the Lord.

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Brethren of the highest God, never will I stop acknowledging the Lord for the wisdom he gives to us Through His word.

The bible, Romans in particular addresses human nature. Talks about sin and how to control it. Sin must No longer rule in our mortal bodies
(Romans 6:12) and then also addresses the conflict within us ( Romans

7:14.......) Sin will always be part of our daily life but there is a way to fight it .confess always that Jesus is Your Lord and salvation never
isolates. Never sin intentionally just because God will forgive you. Let sin be Accidental. let’s stop doing things that belong to the dark and
take up weapons for fighting in the light ( Romans 13:12) may the Good Lord bless you.

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