True Humility Comes From The Holy Spirit

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Humility is not as easy a one may think, because, in the world we live in, pride is what rules the world, while humility, on the other hand, is regarded as being foolish. But what many don’t know is that to work with God means you have to be humble, in other words, you cannot have faith without being humble.

As the scriptures explain to us that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble, [ref.: James 4:6-7; 1 Peter 5:5-6], and why is this? This is so because pride is the complete dependence on your self-efforts and achievement, which would also imply that you rely on yourself, does that mean that getting degrees and working hard is wrong? No getting degrees and working hard isn’t wrong, but it would become wrong when you are the one guiding yourself.

To elaborate further, the man was designed to be guided or mentored, which is why successful people would advise you have a mentor. Now, the chief purpose of having a mentor is to guide your dreams or ambition till it manifests successfully, but with all these, the knowledge acquired does not come with wisdom, this is why when we study to acquire great knowledge there is this pride that comes in as your then step up what you call ranks of greatness and then sideline those who were your friends before but didn’t step in knowledge or wealth as you. With all these, it is hard to know when God calls you, why? It is so because God’s pattern does not follow that which the world follows, it requires you dropping all that you “laboured” for and then following His ways. Remember, God is wiser than everyone put together even beyond eternity.

To follow God is to follow what He asks you to do with no intrusion with your human logic, because God who asked you to do what He said knows the outcome even before you do it, but the human logic is based on assumptions and probabilities and it would interrupt what God sent you to do. He is the one who would tell you what to what course to study, that is if you are to go to a formal school or what training to get or what to do generally. His aim is for you to live the life He created you to live, it all has to do with total trust in Him. Not everyone is meant to follow the trend the world has created such as the schooling and job pattern, He opens your eyes to see clearly.

Let’s not get things wrong by thinking God is a tyrant that only His way goes without us asking any questions. Nope, we serve a God who is ready to listen to you if what He sent you isn’t clear enough, and is ready to listen to your own suggestions. He explains why He has sent you to do a thing and why your method won’t work. He cares and always listens.

John the Baptists in the Gospel of John was told that Jesus was baptising and many were coming to Jesus, in other words, Jesus was stealing the show, but what did John say in John 3:27-28? “John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’” He went on further in verses 29 and 30, “He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.” It takes only a person who has completely surrendered to the will of God to say something like this, because, first of all, John was full of the spirit from birth; had the spirit of Elijah; was greater than every prophet that ever lived before him, [ref.: Luke 1:15, 17; Matthew 11:11]; he had every reason to shine, but his ministry was just till Jesus came which was just six months.

Humility is not being foolish, but letting go and letting God, not because someone just told you to do so, but because you have come to the understanding that the way of God in Christ is the true way God created you to live and to fulfil this is to allow God to take you by the hand and lead you.

Jesus should be our role model and our mentor should be the Holy Spirit, it is only through this that true humility is attained. Jesus in His glory did not even consider Himself equal with God, in showing us how to live, He humbled Himself as a servant to the point of dying on the cross, [ref.: Philippians 2:5-11]. Humility is not as easy as we think, it takes the spirit of God in us to attain true humility and allowing God to use us and unlocking the Grace God has given us through faith.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

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No Condemnation!

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Nicodemus was astonished at all that Jesus said to him about being born-again. Many of us think when a person isn’t born again, he sins terribly, but the truth is that there are those who are not born again who do not even carry out any sinful activities, these people still have the sinful nature as their spirit, in other words, they need to be upgraded to a new level. Nicodemus, for example, was a Pharisee who according to societal standards was the best you could get when it came to keeping the law of God, but Nicodemus wasn’t living the brand new life, thus had the sinful nature.

As John 3:13-15 says, “No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” Jesus came from heaven to establish a brand new life, and it is only through Him that we can gain access to the brand new life. John 3:17 says, “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved” Jesus didn’t come to condemn us, because it won’t make any sense for Him to condemn us, our entire lives we doomed, we didn’t choose to have the sinful life because we were born with it. But now that the way out of this sinful life is at our disposal, it is then left to us to leave the sinful life and be translated into the brand new life Jesus brought to us.

John 3:18 says, “He who believes in Him [Jesus] is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” Now, some may think that since the solution to this sinful nature is available then they would be condemned by God because they chose not to believe the Son of God, but that is not the case here when Jesus spoke on condemnation, John 3:19-21 made it clear what the condemnation means, “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because of their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

The truth is that we are the ones who condemn ourselves and not God because God has provided the solution, so it is left to us to choose what path we want to take, this is why the Sons of God should always be alert and active, ready to explain and show the world why there is a new life and why we need it to survive, because left to man there is no reason to change from what he is comfortable with, which is why the Sons of God need to well-grounded in the Word of God to enable everyone see the reason why they need the new life in Christ to survive. God is not a mean God, He is the very loving being, but cannot force us to do a thing without us choosing to do so, but He is always there to guide us, it is just left to you to listen and obey.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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The Advanced and Brand New Level

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In my last write-up, I looked at John 3 with emphasis on the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. After Nicodemus’ appraisal towards Jesus of how he believes all His signs, wonders, and other mighty things are from God. Jesus’ reply to the appraisal was where my write-up for yesterday focused on, where Jesus immediately responded in John 3:3 says, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Jesus’ response was a kind of reorientation to Nicodemus that all the great things are nothing compared to the real reason for His coming which is the kingdom of God.

Jesus’ response to Nicodemus was to tell him not to get carried away easily by signs and wonders by anyone without first knowing their foundation, thus knowing the true message of Love and Grace that God gave to man through the resurrection of His Son.

John 3:4-5 says, “Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”” To be born of water and the Spirit is what leads to a person entering the kingdom of God. To be born of water symbolises the washing away of the old life, thus coming into a brand new life which when better explained could also symbolise the death of your old life, and the resurrection of a brand new life, which is not enough without the Spirit, because the Spirit is what inhabits the body. The Spirit is the Holy Spirit which is the Spirit of Jesus and God. This is what clearly defines being born again, and the brand new life.

Jesus continued as I quote verses 7 and 8, “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” The use of wind was to explain a similarity with the Spirit. To buttress this point, we are limited using our five senses, which has always been that which controlled the reaction to our old bodies, but in the born-again body, it is the Spirit that dictates how we move. How we move in the born-again body is an act of faith. Now faith is not the same thing as optimism. Faith is seeing things at a different level or dimension, greater than the level the world operates in, the faith level is the God kind of level.

The ability of faith is gotten from Jesus who is the source of this faith. So, when Jesus said when the wind blows you hear the sound but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes, this is how the Spirit moves, it cannot be quantified by human logic because it is a greater level than the level man operates man. The five senses are limiting and limited, which is why it is referred to as the carnal mind, and the carnal mind cannot please God and it brings death, but to be Spiritually minded is life and peace, which is what you obtain when born again, [ref.: Romans 8:6-9].

It is quite sad that many of the Sons of God haven’t tapped into the level of the Spirit enough, but are operating at the level of the five senses, and if the church is operating at the level of the five senses, they cannot achieve the mission Christ had given them and as such cannot bring anyone to the understanding and knowledge of Christ because nothing is new.

Just as the human body goes through exercises to develop the muscles, so also are we to develop our Spiritual muscles by being transformed by the renewing of our minds, every day and every night, [ref.: Romans 12:2; 1 Timothy 4:8]. There is no time for sleeping, we must be up and alert.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Don't Be Carried Away

Hi everyone, it’s Monday again,

Recently, I went through The Gospel of John chapter 3. In my study of the chapter, it started with a private meeting between the Pharisee, Nicodemus, and Jesus. It was how Jesus responded to Nicodemus’ appraisal of Him that struck me, let’s look at it in John 3:2, “This man [Nicodemus] came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”” To many people, if an appraisal of this sort is given to them, the response would definitely flow in context with what was said, but Jesus’ response was quite different from what one would have expected. Jesus responded immediately in John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”” This most likely wasn’t the response Nicodemus would have expected from Jesus. So why did Jesus reply this way?

As I compared translations, I found out that the Message Bible made verse 3 quite clearer, which says, “Jesus said, “You’re absolutely right. Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it’s not possible to see what I’m pointing to—to God’s kingdom.” MSG. Even as clear as this could be, the question still looms, why Jesus answered this way, but the reason is simple. Jesus didn’t want Nicodemus to be so carried away from the focus of His coming, which was about the kingdom of God, in other words, even though everything Jesus did came from God, He made it clear that the miracles, signs, and wonders were not the main messages of His coming, but for one to be born anew, thus the establishment of a brand new kingdom, where only those who are born of that kingdom could belong to that kingdom.

Jesus reply was sort of saying, there could be others who are not of God who could come and deceive people that they are from God, when they are not, such as false prophets, and this was the reason why Jesus quickly chipped it in that unless a person is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Also establishing a point that true servants of God are born again, born anew.

Why did I bring this up today? The reason is that many people have been carried away by miracles, signs, and wonders from anyone who claims to be from God. A person who is from Christ carries the true message of Christ and that cannot be hidden. The message of Christ is the message of His resurrection and the victory He obtained for us, every servant of God who does these signs and wonders would always give the glory to God, and would explain to the people gathered the victory Jesus obtained for us through His resurrection, thus giving the glory to God, thereby showing to all that it was by Grace that we all received the victory of God.

The essence of any signs and wonders is to draw closer to God, and you can only draw closer to God through faith in Christ Jesus, thus believing in Him and His finished works on the cross through His resurrection, which would lead to becoming born again. This may sound very deep now compared to how Jesus responded to Nicodemus, but the world is getting more corrupt by the second and the Devil is using every means possible to deceive mankind, which is why we must know the Truth, because the Devil would never want you to give glory to Jesus even by accident.

The purpose of Jesus coming must be seen in every spiritual gift He has given us when they are used. This is the essence, and that was the essence of the signs and wonders Jesus showed us while on earth, to manifest God’s love for man and giving us a feel of the kingdom of God through the signs and wonders. He didn’t do it to gain popularity, but that the name of the Lord is glorified. This is why He would always say that all that He does is what He sees His Father do, [ref.: John 5:19; 14:10], which is a clear sign of humility. Do not be deceived, for the Devil is moving about like a roaring lion, looking for whom he may devour, [ref.: 1 Peter 5:8].

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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You Can't Deceive God.

Happy Sunday everyone,

Previously, in my write-up, I wrote on the importance practising what you preach, with reference to the Sons of God. The reason was that practising what you preach has to do with the way you live, the words you speak which are very important, your way and manner of life, showing where you stand, all these are what I laid emphasis on last time. This write-up is a continuation of the previous write-up.

God cannot be deceived, if you are honest with your stand with Him, He will know, for Apostle Paul made this clear to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:19 which says, “But the firm foundation of (laid by) God stands, sure and unshaken, bearing this seal (inscription): The Lord knows those who are His, and, Let everyone who names [himself by] the name of the Lord give up all iniquity and stand aloof from it.” AMP. The truth is that the level at which you take God seriously is also the level at which He would take you seriously when He chooses His Sons, 2 Timothy 2:20-21 says,

“But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also [utensils] of wood and earthenware, and some for honorable and noble [use] and some for menial and ignoble [use]. So whoever cleanses himself [from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences] will [then himself] be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work.” AMP.

If you think no one is watching your moves here on earth, well God is, He watches our heart because that is where the issues of life dwell, which is why He said we should give Him our heart, so that we would delight in His ways naturally, [ref.: Proverbs 4:23; 23:26]. This doesn’t have to do with blessings, like saying God selects those He blesses, no because we know that He has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places, even before we received Him as Lord. But on the other hand, He selects those He would use, those who have a willing heart to work for Him, and guess what, they enter into wealth easily because God takes care of those He uses!

To work with God is to work with God indeed because He sees your heart and knows when you are honest with Him. We should also not forget that the Holy Spirit is always with and in us for guidance and direction. To neglect the Holy Spirit and strategize on your own is like sending a blind into the battlefield to fight. The Holy Spirit knows the end from the beginning and knows every right move to take and He is never wrong because He is God! Neglect the Holy Spirit, then you’re neglecting God.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Practice What You Preach

Happy weekend everyone,

In my last write-up, I wrote on the importance of synergy in the body of Christ in order to make any true and positive transformation here on earth. I also wrote that the Sons of God have been distracted so much that they have lost focus on their mission, and as a result of that, many are losing faith in God. Today’s focus is still on synergy, but more on what we say in order to achieve our mandate.

2 Timothy 2:15 says, “Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.” AMP. The point that led to this verse is for Timothy to choose wisely, those whom he would ordain as teachers for the Word of God. So in line with that, Paul told Timothy to study and be eager to show himself approved by God, one who is not ashamed and rightfully teaching the Word of God. This is very important, but Apostle Paul did not stop there, he went further in verse 16 and 17 which says, “But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness. And their teaching [will devour; it] will eat its way like cancer or spread like gangrene…” AMP.

As Sons of God, apart from teaching the right Word of God, you are to live the Word of Truth, by walking in the spirit. This is very important because your life is a strong form of evangelism which should display an exemplary life of Christ in everything you do; also, many people get saved just by watching how you live, what you say, which is why Paul wrote to Timothy that he should avoid empty, vain, useless, and idle talk, because in order to lead people to righteousness you need to live the life of righteousness yourself.

People look at your way of life first before they listen to you, therefore the Sons of God should practice what they preach, which is shows to the world that they need another life to survive.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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The Importance of Synergy

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I always admire athletes, well those involved in sports generally, all the effort they have to put for a competition. A person would prepare for months just for a race that doesn’t last more than ten seconds. But there is one which unless there is a synergy, there is no success, and that is the relay race. Even if you’re the fastest runner, that doesn’t guarantee your success unless there is synergy. Likewise, in propagating the Word of God, there has to be synergy with every Son of God, and why is that? It is because we all have the same mandate, also we are in a revolution, so there is no time to play but to work together.

Last time, I made it clear that people don’t believe in God because those who believe haven’t been able to defend what they stand for, and this is what the devil wants. The question then was how do we stop this from happening? The better question would have been, how do we stop this? Because it is already happening.

The first thing the Sons of God need to understand is that many of them have often separated themselves away from those who don’t believe in God, thus quoting 2 Corinthians 6:14 which says, “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?” The term “yoked together” has been misunderstood; to be yoked together using this figure of speech implies working together, in other words becoming a partner with those who reject God, thus encouraging what is wrong. This is so because if you are a Son of God and are avoiding those who don’t know God, then who are you spreading the Good News to?

We are to get close to those who don’t know the Truth in order to get to know their challenges and help them solve it thereby teaching them the Way of the Lord, or how else did our Lord Jesus Christ do it? He was close to them, which made them open up to Him and He healed them of their diseases, and saved those who were oppressed of the devil, taught them the way of the Lord, which made them know more of God.

Those who don’t know God are ignorant of the Truth, and those who know the Truth should show them the Way and who He is. It is not a message that should be hoarded, rather all creation should know about this, but unless there is a synergy among the Sons of God to work together, and working with the Holy Spirit which is very important then the world would receive the message of Truth.

For the scriptures to say that the world is waiting for the manifestation of the Sons of God implies that when the world see the Truth, they would recognise it. Love is the way out and not condemnation, the life Christ brought is a new life and not a religion, it is a new era, a new dimension.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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