WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU HEARING?

WHAT MESSAGE ARE YOU HEARING?
Sunday, 29th March 2020
Pastor Victor

Numbers 13:30-31 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

In yesterday’s lesson, I shared with you about the twelve spies that went to spy the land of promise. We were told that ten of them brought an evil report while only Joshua and Caleb brought good news. There is no insignificant detail in the Bible. Every letter, word, punctuation, story, and numbers is vital for our understanding of the scriptures. In some of these seeming insignificant details are golden nuggets of truth. This is because God delights in hiding truths in these things where majority of folks are not looking into it. Hence only those who are searching will find these things.

The numbers “10” and “2” are very interesting. The number “ten” speaks of the law, the Ten Commandments which was given on Mount Sinai by angels through the hand of a mediator. The number “two” speaks of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the gospel of grace; and it is the power of God unto salvation.

Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

When the ten spies spoke, it brought distress and later on many died in the process. At the foot of Mount Sinai, where the law was given, 3000 people died. This goes on to show that the law kills.

2 Corinthians 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.

The law is called the ministration of death; it is called the ministration of condemnation. The law was not given to justify men, but to condemn men and stop the mouths of men; that no one will be able to boast before the Lord. Grace on the other hand is life; it is the spirit of the scriptures. It is called the ministration of righteousness. It is a ministry that serves righteousness to sinful men through the operation of faith in Jesus’ finished work. Grace is the gospel; and the gospel is the power of God to save your pocket, to save your marriage, to save your ministry and to save your health. Hallelujah!

Any preaching that condemns men and show man’s sins is the law, the ministration of death. Sadly, this is what most believers go to church to receive every Sunday. They are being killed slowly and softly by these sin consciousness preachers. Be sure you are listening to the two spies. They were the only ones who entered the land of promise. The ten got wasted in the wilderness and couldn’t get into the inheritance. But the other two (gospel of grace) got into the inheritance. It is only grace that can grant you the inheritance (health, joy, peace, prosperity) in Christ.

Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

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