Month: February 2012

Posted in LOVE

Liars on the Valentine’s Day

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Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 1 John 4:20.

God is love and He shows us this love daily. He gives us life, forgives our iniquities, heals our diseases, cleanses us from unrighteousness, etc.

The question is; what can we do to reciprocate His love?

My answer to the question is to love Him back. If that is the case, how do I love know I love God?  And my answer again is keeping His command. In John 14:15 from the NIV, Jesus said “If you love me, you will obey what I command. KJV says “if you love me, keep my commandments”.

What command was He talking about?

In Chapter 13, and verse 34 of the same John, He said “A new command I give you: LOVE one another. As I have LOVE you, so you must love one another.” In verse 35, He continued that “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” The point is clear here; what makes a person known as a follower of Jesus Christ is his or her love for the next person he or she sees. Therefore if you don’t love your brother or sister, then the LOVE of God is not in you. You are still walking in darkness.

Love is the greatest gift you could ever offer to someone. It is supreme. It is the greatest among the three giants; FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE. The reason being that GOD is LOVE: 1 John 4:8 “whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” To prove that God is LOVE, Let us get to 1 Corinthians 13:4 and replace love with God.

“4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs….”

“God is patient, God is Kind. He does not envy, He does not boast, He is not proud. He does not dishonour others, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered, He keeps no record of wrongs…”

Friends, let us take the opportunity 14th February is presenting to show our Love to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord, by LOVING everybody. 1 John 4:20 says “If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar”

Examine yourself today, cast your mind back; Is there a single soul you hate? Do you have someone you don’t like, you don’t want to see, hear from, talk to, etc? Have you opened your mouth to say “I HATE YOU” before? Hmmmm! God sees you as a murderer. “Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him” 1 John 3:15

God is not expecting you to let others know that you LOVE him. Rather, He expects you to show that LOVE to your fellow human being. “If we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us”. When you meet someone, and he bleeds red, love him generously because he is your brother or sister.

On this day, 14th Feb, if you have anything against anyone, no matter the intensity; forgive, and make peace. Don’t go about buying gifts for some people while you hate someone or other people. You would be deceiving yourself. I beseech you to let go all the pains, hurts, disappointments, heartbreak, etc and be at peace with all men.

Show some love to your wife, show some love to your husband. Love your friends, love those who curse you. Continue loving those who hate you, and say all manner of things against you. Let us all make good use of this wonderful opportunity to tell the world we are LOVE. You may not meet some of the people you see today next year. Today is the day we have. Don’t be among the LIARS because all liars will go to Hell. Instead,  Be a true disciple of our Lord Jesus.

And to the young and unmarried folks, know your limit. Satan is out there to tempt many on this day. Be self-controlled, be vigilant. If you truly love your girlfriend or boyfriend as your claim, you would save his or her soul from the day of destruction. You wouldn’t do things that would contaminate his or her body for eternal suffering.

Happy LOVE day!

 

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“THAT DAY” How can you escape?

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Repent! Jesus is coming soon
Repent! Jesus is coming soon (Photo credit: Ben Sutherland)

On 26th December 2003, over 40,000 were reported killed in the city of Bam in an earthquake. On the 26th of December 2004, approximately 230,000 people were dead or still missing in Southeast Asia. October 8th 2005, Kashmir earthquake kills about 80,000 people. I don’t want to go any further because it’s heartbreaking to see our fellow human beings killed by disasters man has no control over. The point I want to make from this is; none of these and others can be compared to what is about to happen. To be forewarned is to be forearmed

The hour is far spent and very soon, the King of kings will come for those who chose to live for him. The great day of the Lord will be a dreadful day. Who can stand it? In Malachi 4:1 God said “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire”

A child of God, that day is coming when God’s wrath would be upon ungodly people. A day that things you heart desire today would worth nothing to you. That day will come like a thief according to 2 Peter 3:10 and the heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. If God did not spare ungodly people in the days of Noah, and did not spare those who did evil in Sodom and Gomorrah, He will definitely not spare this generation, considering the fact that He sent His son so that whosoever believes in Him would not perish but have eternal life.

Life worth living when man realizes the purpose of Jesus in his daily life; When Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin. You cannot sin because the seed of sin is not found in you. Satan is deceiving many today; he is shifting people’s focus from Christ second coming. Today, people worry much about what to eat, drink, wear, etc that is why most preachers tend to focus on Prosperity messages instead of messages that would make us or keep us watching as we await the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. If you do not take care, worrying will make you do things that would hinder you from making it through the narrow gate. God has already made provisions for our needs. Worrying means; doubting God’s Power to perform.

Dear friends, in the last times, there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires. These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them.

Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.

“THAT DAY” Can You Escape?

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Heaven and Earth will pass Away

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The day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heaven will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live Holy and Godly lives as you look forward to the day of the Lord and speed its coming. 

Heaven and Earth will pass away, but my Word will never pass away.

Friends let us examine this “Heaven and earth will pass away…”; we brought nothing here, and it is certain we will take nothing away. This beautiful world we see, and everything in it will pass away. In other words, they would be destroyed. And that include my body, and your body. Everything will come to an end.

Your cars, houses, degree, achievements, everything you are struggling for today has a set time to be destroyed. You are not going to have them forever. The most important thing you should care for is your soul. Your soul will remain But where would it go? In Heaven, or In Hell? 1 peter 1:24 says “for all men are like grass, and their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers, and the flowers fall.” 

In James 4:14, the question is “…what is your life? It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” Job added in Job 14:7 that “for there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. But man dieth, and wasteth away; yea man giveth up ghost, and where is he?”

We are here for one purpose; to fear God and to keep His commandments; (Eccle 12:13)…therefore, flee the evil desires of your youth. 2 Timothy 2:22.

God will bring every deed into judgement, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. And our secret sins are in the light of His presence. Psalm 90:8. Most of us do things having in mind that no one is watching. The truth is God sees us from above. He will bring everything to light. On that day, you would know everything I did with my life, and I would know all the good and bad things you did.

It is good to go to school, have better job, buy cars, build houses, and have a wonderful family, hang-out with friends, eat, go to church, and go for holidays. But Be careful, or your heart will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.

Remember this “…but my words will never pass away.” Matthew 24:53. “…But the word of the Lord stands forever” Isaiah 40:8.  And by the same word, the present Heaven and Earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of Judgement and destructions of ungodly men. 2 Peter 3:7. Friends, the Word of God stays forever until it achieves the purpose for which it was sent. The Word says the present Heaven and Earth are reserved for fire. Ungodly men are also going to be destroyed. It is my prayer that none of us would sleep as we wait for the day when we would be changed in the twinkling of an eye.

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise (that Heaven and Earth are reserved for fire) as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. As you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming, bear in mind that our Lord’s PATIENCE means SALVATION.

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position.

The conclusion of the whole matter is Be happy young man, while you are young and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see. But know that for all these things, God will bring you to Judgement. Eccle 11:9