THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION FOR YOU

THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION FOR YOU
Monday, 29th June 2020
Pastor Victor

John 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

True Christianity is from “being” to “works”; it is not “works” to “being”. Let me explain: the believer do not have to live righteously to become righteous. We were made righteous the day we became born again, having confessed the Lordship of Jesus. Thus we do righteous acts because we are righteous. This is very vital.

Many preaching in the church is all backward. Many preach that if you live right you will be made righteous and holy. I am sorry to tell you that, that is a big lie from the pit of hell; and it cannot happen. You do not live righteous to become righteous; you do not become holy by living holy. Holy people do holy things.

Our opening scripture is from a story in the Bible where they brought a woman caught in adultery to Jesus. The religious leaders who were behind this whole thing demanded of Jesus and said, Moses commanded such one to be stoned, but what do you say? This they said not to get an answer but to accuse Jesus of breaking the law of Moses, so that they can arrest Him and kill Him.

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DON'T PUT OUT FLEECES BEFORE THE LORD

DON'T PUT OUT FLEECES BEFORE THE LORD
Sunday, 28th June 2020
Pastor Victor

Judges 6:36‭-‬37 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.‬‬‬‬

It is rather unfortunate that even in this New Testament times, people still put out fleeces before the Lord. What do I mean by putting out fleeces before the Lord? Putting out fleeces means using physical scenarios as proof or confirmation of God’s leading. And this is very dangerous as it is not God’s way of leading us, for we walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).

For example, a young man has seen a lady he wants to marry. Then he says to God, Lord, if it is your will, if I visit this lady to day, let her prepare rice and stew for me. Now this man visits this lady in question and the lady prepares rice and stew for him. This guy takes this as God’s leading; this is what is called “fleece”; and it is not God’s way of leading you – this is fleshly and not of the Spirit.

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GLORY TIME

GLORY TIME
Saturday, 27th June 2020
Pastor Victor

1 Peter 1:10‭-‬11 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.‬

If you listen to what some folks are preaching around the world, you will think that the Christian life is a life of suffering. Of course I believe in suffering for Christ, where one suffer because of his faith in Jesus; I am simply saying that, I believe in persecution as a result of your faith in Christ.

But suffering poverty, sickness, lack, depression and the likes is unnecessary in this era of glory. From our opening scripture, we are told about the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow. Now that the suffering of Christ been fulfilled, it is glory time, nothing more, nothing less.

Most people perception of the “glory that should follow” is in the sweet bye and bye. But that’s not true. The essence of Christ’s death is not only for the sweet bye and bye. His death is relevant in today’s world. There is the glory to be experienced in the here now.

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DRIVE THESE BIRDS AWAY!

DRIVE THESE BIRDS AWAY!
Friday, 26th June 2020
Pastor Victor

Genesis 15:9-11 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

In Genesis 15, God instructed Abraham to prepare a sacrifice with certain animals. And upon that sacrifice God made a covenant with him. But something interesting happened while the sacrifice was on the altar. We were told in our opening scripture that Abraham drove away the fowls of the air which had come to temper with the sacrifice.

The sacrifice here is a picture of Jesus' death and redemptive work for us. The fowl here is a picture of the devil. What are the fowls here to do? They came in order to steal away the sacrifice. We were told in Mathew 13 about the parable of the seed that, the seed sown by the wayside were eaten by the birds of the air. And that speaks of satan stealing the word from the heart of men. Again, satan's target is to make void the sacrifice of Jesus. Since there is nothing he can do about the sacrifice of Jesus, his goal is to make it void in the lives men around the world.

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