Open Heavens By Pastor E.A Adeboye…30th, March 2016
converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of God. Mathew 18:3
converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of God. Mathew 18:3
But if we [really] are living and walking in the Light as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another.
1 John 1:7, The Amplified Bible
One area of our lives we believers have particularly neglected is the area of our relationships. We simply haven’t heeded the Word of God where they’re concerned. We’ve fussed with one another and criticized one another so much that we’ve hindered the forces that God has given us to make us successful in this world. That’s right! Strife causes trouble in the spirit realm.
It opens the door to the devil. It keeps our prayers from being answered. It even keeps our angels from moving on our behalf!
Peter wrote to husbands in 1 Peter 3:7 to live considerately with their wives, “with an intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God’s unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off” (The Amplified Bible). Husbands and wives. Parents and children. Co-workers. Fellow church members. All of us need to wake up to the danger of strife and start walking in love.
Shed the light of God’s Word on your relationships. Dig in to and get a revelation of the fact that we are all part of each other. Recognize that, as Ephesians tells us, we are one Body and of one Spirit, and be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of that Spirit (Ephesians 4:3-4).
Let the power of God flow in all of your relationships. Learn to walk in the light!
Scripture Reading:
Romans 15:1-7
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TOPIC: = Part 3
UNVEILING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AND ITS REWARD FOR A GLORIOUS FLIGHT OF FAITH
In Part 1&2 of this message we talked about God The Righteous Father but we need to continue to unveil why Everyone who God as created in His own Image MUST live Righteous.
ROAD TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
The simple truth is that no matter how much we try on our own we can’t possibly be perfect as God Almighty. Our Heavenly Father is a righteous God who is never going to change but who will remain Perfectly perfect and Love us even in our sinful ways and life style. it is sin that God hate not you, so for living in sin you have less privilege and attention from God even though He Loves you still.
Our own righteousness is simply not good enough and never will be, no matter how hard we try. . We don’t love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. We don’t love our neighbors as ourselves.
Confession leads to righteousness James 5:16
A Blessed man is hunger for righteousness Matthew 5:16
There is Peace Over every harvest of the Righteous Heb 12:11
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength and love your neighbor as you. This is certainly an admirable goal, but has anyone ever loved the Lord with all his heart, soul, mind, and strength and his neighbor as himself? Everything we do, say, and think has to be done, said, and thought from love for God and love for neighbor. If we are completely honest with ourselves, we have to admit that we have never achieved this level of spirituality.
BUS-STOP TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
NEW LIFE BUS- STOP: Genesis 3:3-5
Our Righteous state begins when we give our life to Christ ..this is our first move towards the mark of the high calling. no one can attain any right level in God unless you have a path with God and having a path with God can only begins by you been born again and accepting his laws, principles, His Word & His Spirit.
DISAGREEMENT BUS-STOP: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
You must not be a partner with unbelievers and this does not mean you have right to judge them or hate them. you cannot just be a partner with them because you are in Christ and they belong to Belier, you are a believer in the Living God they are not but they are anti-Christ 1John 2:22-23 & Because you are now Light and they are darkness.
FANATIC BUS-STOP John 4:24
You must now separate yourself to be with God. It is a road of lonely journey but full of the presence of God Genesis 12:1-3 and until separation your eyes is not will not be open to see the blessings ( Genesis 13:14-18) and this Kind of Blessings are just for the believers who continue to journey with God in Truth and Righteousness Amos 4:7
CHECKING OUT BUS-STOP Job 1:8
A righteous man cannot touch unclean things, live unclean life, you must be as pure as Light John 14:30. God continue to check you out and God is Happy with you striving really hard to keep attaining righteousness this same way expect the Devil and his satanic demons to check you out also Act 19:11-17 and the devil knew them not but for Paul the devil said “Paul I know”. At this bus stop of checking out you must be as pure as Jesus so you can have boldness and confidence to degree his word and salvation. It is the amount of God’s light you carry at this bus-stop that works for you in every area. John 1:4-9, Job 22:23-28.
Remain Ever Bless As we continue in this Series
Yomi Oladejo
What is Righteousness?
Righteousness is the ability to stand before a holy God without any sense of inferiority, guilt or shame of any kind
Righteousness is the justification of right deeds before God. the character or quality of being right or just Conforming to the revealed will of God. Reading from the Book of Romans 4:2-4 and Verse 4 “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth” .it simply means believing in Christ is Righteousness.
it is important to know that, God alone is excellent in righteousness, perfect in holiness and without any guilt of sin. No wonder in the book of Isaiah 64:6… “all our righteousness are as filthy rags” but this statement does not mean we cannot live a righteous life. Already, we have an advocate who stands in the gap for us which is Jesus Christ.
Therefore, believing and Confessing Jesus with faith from your heart simply qualifies you as the Righteousness of God. I Cor 1:30 … “Christ Jesus … has been made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption”. So Jesus Paid the Price for our Righteousness and All we have to do is to have a right standing with God.
GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS
God is a Righteous father John 17:25. Righteousness and judgment are the habitation (foundation) of His throne Psalms 97:2
God ‘s Love is Righteousness Psalms 33:4-5.verse 5 “He loveth righteousness and judgement”
Only God can name the Righteous Isaiah 62:2
God call people in His Righteousness Isaiah 42:6
We can see that Righteousness is God’s agenda for a change of Glory and ever winning victories. no wonder the bible say it is only when we seek the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness then only we can have access into the Glory, Riches, Honor, power , Favor and Grace of God among all other things God has promise to them that love him and walk as his righteous on this earth…
Bible Study..Proverbs 11
God Bless you and Remain Ever Bless.
Yomi OLADEJO
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A baby learns to sit first before he starts to stand and walk. The Christian life also begins with sitting. God “raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus”. (Ephesians 2:6) How well we walk after that depends on how well we sit and rest in the finished work of Christ.
The promised land was a land of rest where God promised His people “large and beautiful cities which you did not build, houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant”. (Deuteronomy 6:10–11)
But for 40 years, God’s people wandered in the wilderness because they refused to believe that God had given them a land where everything had been prepared—the work was finished. They could not believe that God had given them a land full of good things to enjoy, a land which just flowed with His abundant supply.
Today, there are believers who still cannot believe that the work of Jesus is truly complete and finished. They are trying to complete a completed work, finish a finished work and defeat a defeated devil.
There are believers today who are always working and trying to produce their healing, success and victory. God wants us to stop trying and start trusting in His love for us. He wants us to stop working and struggling, and start resting and believing in His grace toward us.
The only “work” left for us to do today is to enter His rest. We are to labor every day to enter His rest. We are to rest inwardly and believe that the work is done because it is a finished work, and trust in God’s undeserved favor toward us. We are to rest in Jesus our true ark, who will carry us through tempestuous waters.
So today, “if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts…be diligent to enter that rest”. (Hebrews 4:7, 11) Let’s enter His rest. Let’s enjoy sitting together with Christ in the heavenly places, then we will run and not be weary! (Isaiah 40:31)
How well we walk depends on how well we sit and rest in Christ’s finished work.
And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance…that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth…and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.
Deuteronomy 26:1-2
Tithing. Most Christians aren’t very excited about it. But they should be—and they would be if they understood how to do it properly.
Scriptural tithing stirs up faith. It activates the power of God in our lives when we do it in gratitude and joy, expecting our needs to be met abundantly.
In Deuteronomy 26:8-9, God told the Israelites exactly what to say when they brought their tithes. He instructed them to acknowledge the fact that He had brought them out of the bondage of Egypt and to say:
“The Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: and he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
What does that have to do with you and me? God has done the same thing for us! He’s brought us out of a life of bondage and poverty into a life that flows with the abundance of God.
So when you bring your tithe to the Lord, follow the example set by the Israelites. Make it a time of rejoicing. Make it a time of realizing anew the wonderful things Jesus Christ has done for you.
Thank Him for delivering you from a land of darkness and scarcity and bringing you into His promised land of plenty. Thank Him that it is a land of mercy, a land of joy, a land of peace and a land of prosperity.
Tithe in faith, expecting the rich blessings of that land to be multiplied to you. You may soon find it to be one of the most exciting things you can do.
Deuteronomy 26
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If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with every one.
Romans 12:18, The Amplified Bible
When I was a new Christian, it was almost impossible for me to live at peace with anyone! Almost every time I opened my mouth, I said something ugly. I was constantly hurting the people I was close to. In fact, I spoke more harshly to them than to anyone else.
I criticized Gloria’s driving so much that she nearly refused to drive while I was with her. I criticized my children so much that they began to avoid me. I didn’t want to be so insensitive, but I couldn’t help it. I had a well-developed habit of speaking harshly and didn’t know how to change it.
Then I found Ephesians 5:4. It said, “[Let there be] no coarse, stupid, or flippant talk; these things are out of place; you should rather be thanking God” (New English Bible). When I read that, I realized I needed to replace the words I was used to saying with words of thanksgiving. That would solve my problem. After all, I couldn’t speak harshly and thank God at the same time. I couldn’t criticize those around me if I had a thankful attitude about them.
I immediately decided to put this principle to work in my life. Rushing into my son’s room one day ready to lambaste him about something he had done, I recognized my old behavior pattern. I just stopped and said to myself, “The Word says this kind of behavior is out of place, so I am going to stop and thank God.” I wasn’t nearly as angry after I spent a few minutes praising and thanking the Lord.
If you’ve developed the habit of speaking harshly, start changing that habit today. When someone crosses you on the job, at school, or wherever, and you’re tempted to tear into them with cruel words, stop! Then take a few moments to give thanks and praise to God. Once you begin thinking about how good God is, more often than not, those harsh, angry words will just slip away unspoken.
Instead of using your tongue to tear people down, train it to lift God’s praises up. Then living at peace with others will come easily to you!
Ephesians 4:26-32, 5:1-4
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I am the Lord, I change not.
Malachi 3:6
The world’s order of things is unsure and indefinite. Desperate words of uncertainty are crying out daily from radio, television and newspapers. Everything around us seems to be in turmoil.
But, praise God, if you’re a believer you have something you can depend on: the unchanging Word of God!
God has no double standard. He doesn’t say one thing today and something else tomorrow. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
If you will make the Word the final authority in your life, it will give you stability when everything else around you gives way. If you’ll let what God says settle the issues of life, you’ll be confident when others are confused, peaceful when others are under pressure. You’ll be overcoming when others are being overcome!
What does it mean to make God’s Word the final authority? It means believing what He says instead of believing what people say. It means believing what He says instead of what Satan says. It means believing what He says instead of what the circumstances say.
Determine in your heart to do that today. Make up your mind to live by faith, not by sight. Fearlessly commit yourself to the authority of God’s Word and there won’t be anything in this unstable world that can steal your security from you.
Psalm 9:1-10
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The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
John 10:10
Considering how much the devil hates people and how dead set he is on destroying them, it’s no wonder we see so much tragedy and disaster in the world. In fact, it’s amazing that we don’t see more!
I asked the Lord about that one time and He told me it takes the realm of darkness a long time to set up major disasters. Take the aviation industry, for example. It’s highly regulated and works hard at policing itself because safety is its product. You take a highly regulated system like that and the devil has to work terribly hard to cause disasters.
He can’t just come roaring in and rip things up any time he wants to. If he could, he’d knock every plane out of the sky tonight. But he can’t do it.
Why? Because he’s bound. The Bible says he’s bound to things that are common to man. He has to line up certain things in this natural, human realm before he can lay a finger on you. He has to use people to get his work done.
But, bless God, we’re not bound to what’s common to man. We’re free to use what’s common to God! We fight our warfare with uncommon weapons. What does that mean? It means you ought to have the devil wrapped up and sewed up. You ought to put him in a sack with a ribbon on top.
The devil can’t cause disaster in your life unless he has been given place. He can’t come in and start destroying and stealing from you unless he can get you into a place of sin, doubt, ignorance or disobedience. So if he’s been giving you trouble, ask the Holy Spirit to show you where you’ve let those things in. Then repent and get rid of them.
Once you’ve done that, pull out the weapons God has given you and fire away with both barrels. Pull out the Word. Pull out prayer. Pull out faith and use it to tie the devil in knots. Use the uncommon power of God to keep him bound and he won’t be able to put anything over on you.
Ephesians 6:10-18
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And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from the Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds…. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always.]
Colossians 3:15, The Amplified Bible
Have you been praying that God will let you know whether a certain action you want to take is agreeable to His will or not? Let this peace of Christ be your guide. Let it help you settle the issue. If you start to take that action and you realize you don’t have peace about it, don’t do it.
Remember, though, that this inner leading of the Holy Spirit, this subtle sense of uneasiness or peace He gives you, is something you have to watch and listen for carefully. He generally won’t just come up and knock you out of bed one morning and tell you what you need to do. The primary way He speaks to you is by what the Bible calls an inward witness.
So, you have to listen. You can’t just stay busy about the things of the world all the time. You have to give Him time and attention.
Also, watch out for strife. If you’re irritated and upset about things in your life, it will be very hard to receive that quiet guidance from the Holy Spirit. So take heed to the instructions at the end of this scripture and “be thankful… appreciative, giving praise to God always.” Maintain a thankful, grateful heart. You’ll find it much easier to hear the “umpire of peace” when He makes a call.
Psalm 95:1-7
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