SALVATION BY GRACE

Ephesians 2:8-9. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

Grace is the goodness or kindness of God towards us. Grace is Gods free and undeserved gift to mankind and all he expects from us is to recieve it with gratitude. Salvation by grace thus is Gods free gift of sanctification and justification for us. He sacrificed his son JESUS on the cross so that we may be saved from our sins and have eternal life. Salvation is purely by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. We do nothing to earn it, and nothing to keep it.

We are all concieved in sin which we inherited from our forefathers ADAM and EVE. Until Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross, sin ruled mankind. In the old testament, God gave the law so that sinners may become aware of their sins and change. Back then the worshippers of God sacrificed bulls, goats and other animals, to make atonement for their sins,but they were still not made pure and were contineously bound by sin. The law brought conciousness of sin but grace brings conciousness of righteousness. Grace is taking off the burden of self and accepting the free gift of the father with gratitude.

Christ death on the cross is God’s saving grace, Grace is the reward that we dont deserve. Grace is the cross and until you rest in the finality of the cross, you will never experience the reality of the cross. Jesus laid down his life for me, so he could give his life to me, so he could live his life through me. John 5:24

We grow in grace by knowing the lord Jesus better. 2Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. Grace displays the love of God for us and the more we learn about His abundant grace , we don’t wanna sin and grief the Holy Spirit. SOME people confuse grace with mercy. Mercy is not giving me the punishment I deserve.

Lamentations 3:22-23 —

22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

GRACE on the otherhand is giving me the reward which I do not deserve. Romans 5:.20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, . THUS in conclusion, Grace is the cross and we cannot know the truth or WORD before grace. We know grace first, then the truth about JESUS.

John 1:14–The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

LAW & GRACE

God is often rightly portrayed in the old Testament as King of the Jews and all men. Over the years he has ruled his people in two principal ways, by the Law and by Grace. GOD gave the law to Moses on mount Sinai to govern his people while grace came through His son Jesus Christ’s obedience and sacrifice on the cross.

When God ruled by the law, his children did not know him personally and intimately because of their sins and disobedience. So God spoke through prophets and used his priests as mediators between him and the people. God used judges and kings to govern the people and they were all under the law. Anyone who loved God and wanted to please him back then had to keep all the laws and regular sin offerings were offered by priests when people disobeyed God and broke the law.

God’s rule by law ended with the birth of his son Jesus Christ who brought the ‘Kingdom of God’. Christ is the word of God that became flesh and he is our great high priest who rules with Grace and Mercy over all who believe and submit to his authority.

There is a huge difference between God’s rule through the law and by grace. The law was a sort of mirror that man could use to see the condition of his relationship with God. To be accepted by God , we have to be holy , perfect and righteous. The law clearly exposes how far we are from being Holy perfect and righteous. But while the law exposed our sins and drew us away from God, grace on the other hand brings us closer to God. We are humbled when we know that we are righteous and perfect and holy before God not because of our works or good deeds, but by Christ’s perfect obedience and sacrificial death on the cross. We can now have a perfect and intimate relationship with God the Father and come boldly before Him anytime we want.

In conclusion; God’s rule by grace is all about love and mercy while the law was about judgement. The law was out to expose man’s selfishness , imperfect and sinful nature while Grace exposes Gods loving, kind and perfect nature. Under the law man tried to do it all by himself, but under grace, man surrenders to God which is the natural order of things.

 

TESTIMONY FROM AN EX-MUSLIM

LIFE AND DEATH!!! HEAVEN AND HELL!!!

Life is very short here on earth. Death doesn’t scare me, but dying without knowing Christ and accepting salvation is scary. I feel sad and weep when people die in attacks like Boko Haram , tsunamis murders, disease and many others. I often wonder if they believed and accepted Jesus as their lord and savior. The bible says its appointed for man to die once and then judgment.  Hebrews 9:27.  My greatest wish and task in life is to see as many people as possible receive Christ and God’s free gift of salvation and eternal life. WILL YOU ACCEPT CHRIST TODAY AND MAKE HIM LORD OF YOUR LIFE? No body knows tomorrow , don’t wait till its too late.

       Jesus said the end of this world will be just like the days of Noah.( Luke17:26,  Matthew 24:37) Noah built the Ark for more than 50 years and everyday he went out and preached to the people to repent, but they just laughed at him. They continued living their sinful lives and called him a fool. Even on the last day, daughters were still given in marriages, and they were feasting and living normally untill the floods that destroyed the world started. Hmmmm God is not man that He should lie. Numbers 23:19 If God says Hell is real,  ( 2 Thesalonians1:8-9 ) and a place of eternal suffering and damnation for those who reject Christ , then it is so. Believe it or not, the choice is yours.

GOd has given us away out  a choise to choose life. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
    Jonh 10;10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
GOD BLESS YOU  ALL

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

                                                                                  

Dear Friends ,  i am sorry i have not written to you for a while, I have been very busy,. But I want you all to know that you have been in my thoughts everyday.  I plead the blood of Jesus upon all your lives, the blood that washes away all sin, all difficulties , all pain, and brings  love and salvation. I bless the blood upon  your busineses, I bless the blood upon your careers , your marriages and your Children.  Be Still and know that you serve a Great God, the Great God Jehovah.  The God that maketh all impossibilites to be possible. The God that loves you completly and unconditionally.  Every door that are closed against you, the God of all possibilities will open them in Jesus name.

 Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
     PSALMS  46:10

I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?  Jeremiah 32:27

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”  Matthew 19:26.

  PUT your faith in God today and know that  ”Everything is possible to the one who believes.”  Mark 9 :23
 GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

GENERATIONAL CURSES

                                                                                                                             

Our ancestors sinned, but they have died–and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!  Lamentations 5:7

 

    Have you ever wondered why certain parterns are associated with certain bloodlines?  For example your  great grand father died of cancer, your  grand father, and your father  also died of cancer, and you deffinitely know and accept the fact that you are also gonna die of cancer. ?  For some they never marry in thier family, great grandma was a single mom so was grandma, so was your mom, and now its your turn, you already have two kids with two diffrent fathers. Some never get rich or break through. No matter how hard they work, they are always trying to survive. 

 

Its called Generational Curses. Generational curses are  mostly unrepentant sins commited by our ancestors. Just like God blessed Abraham and his decendants for ever, He can also  visit the sins of ancestors for many generations.  Friends, there’s nothing God hates more than sin and especially witchcraft and idol worshiping. Check Exodus 20:4-5 below

 

You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,     Exodus 20:4-5

 

        Major indicators of Generational Curses are

– Mind problems, depressions, suicidal thoughts, scattered minds or thinking.

-psychosomatic or an illness that we develop from worry, unforgivenss, shame and it eventually manifests itself in our bodies as a disease and the doctors usually have no clue whats wrong because they can’t diagnose it.

-Lack of finance, you work hard, you are wise, but you just cant breakthrough, the spirit of poverty is upon you.

-Spiritual slumber, you  dont care about the things of God and you cant pray or study.

-Barenness, inability to concieve for both men and women.

-Sudden death, Violent death.

– Compulsive behaviors.

     THE  God News is that Generational curses can be broken if we recognise them. Contact your Pastor if you attend a Spirit filled church or pray for yourself.  Renounce your blood line and ask God to forgive the sins of your ancestors that is affecting you. Partake of the Holy Communion, the Flesh and Blood of Our Saviour Jesus Christ. There is power Mighty power inthe blood of Jesus to break any curses. Thats why He Died to set us all free. Do not let yourself be punished anymore for the sins of your ancestors.

GOD BLESS YOU  ALL.

WALKING IN LOVE!!! THE REAL MEANING OF LOVE

I have written many times on Love, but the Holy Spirit always brings it to my Spirit. Love is not just loving your family or friends or  those who are kind to you.  Love is not just doing good deeds or giving to charity. Infact many today give not out of love but so that they may be glorified by other men.

So what then is real love? and why dose the bilble say in 1Corinthians 13:2  that ”If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.”
ALSO 1 John 4:20 Says  ”Whoever claims to love God but hates a brother or sister is a liar”

So what kind of love is God talking about ? ITS simple , AGAPE LOVE   For God SO loved the world that He gave up His only beloveth son to die for our sins  so that we may have Eternal life.    

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  John 15 :13  

We can only love God  because God loved us first. 1John 4:19
         Walking in love is loving  the world like God dose, He loves all His creation dearly and wants us to do the same, we cannot go around hating and judging people for what they do or for what they are. If we really love them, instead of hating them we should try to tell them about the love of God for them, Jesus sacricifice and the promise of Eternal life.  Remember God hates sin but loves the sinner. God hates sin because it destroys us first and secondly takes us from Him, His BELOVED children.

IF you walk in love you cannot habour unforgiveness . A heart that is filled with love cant be full of unforgiveness also, its impossible. Its normal to get angry sometimes,  but Ephesians 4 :26 warns that  “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, . … this is very important because if you die with unforgiveness and sin in your heart, you will deffinitely not see God because God is love.
            SO it dosn’t really matter if you are a pastor or the  greatest preacher in the world, God is not interested in the works of man and no one that habours bitterness in his heart will enter the Kingdom of God because God is love.

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.    1 John 4:8

Do yourselves a favor and forgive , if you don’t remember all those you habour grudges against, ask the Holy Spirit for help, He will tell you. Walk in love, don’t despise the hommosexuals , the drug addicts, the alcoholics, the thieves or obnoxious peeople in your community , LOVE them because God loves them dearly.  INSTEAD share the love of God for them and Christ the hope of Glory.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

Death, Grief, Sorrow and Pain

There’s nothing that hurts more than loosing a loved one. It hurts really bad , so bad.  But the more you dwell in that pain , the more you focus on your grief and feel sorry for yourself, the more it  hurts and will eventually  destroy you.

There is no pain that the love of God cant heal, no grief or sorrow that God’s love can’t wash away. God says in Isaiah 61:3

To all who mourn in Zion, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory.  Psalm 30:5 says

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning

Jesus Himself had lots of cmpassion for suffering and pain while He lived on earth. When Lazarus died, He wept ..eventhough He did raise  lazurus from the death,  He wept because of the pain Lazarus’s death caused his loved ones.

All pain , death and sorrow comes from the devil,  John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Thank God for the blood of the lamb that has liberated us from death, grief, pain and sorrow.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

JUDGEMENT DAY!!! WHY Doing Good to others is important to God!

Matthew 25:31-46 (New International Version)

³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. ³² All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

³⁴ “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶ I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

⁴⁰ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

⁴¹ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

⁴⁴ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

⁴⁵ “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

⁴⁶ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

The above verses says it all. If  you love God, you must love your neighbors like yourselves. Whenever you do good to people, you actually do it to God.  Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love God with all your Heart and Soul and love your neighbor as yourself  (Luke 10:27).  Interestingly he says also in Matthew 7:21-23 that not all those  who call on his name will enter the Kingdom of heaven even if they did cast out demons in his name or prophesy in his name. You need more than signs and wonders for that, you need to walk in love.  In the same vein, the book of 1 Corinthians 13:1-4 says if you speak in tongues, have mountain moving faith, prophesy or even give to the poor without love in your heart,  it profits you nothing.

Pray and ask God to fill you with his love.  Amen.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

DOING GOOD

And let us not grow weary while doing good. For in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore as we have opportunities, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Galatians 6:9-10

The apostle paul in galatians 6:9 admonishes us to always do good and never complain or get tired, for our Father Who is in heaven sees our good deeds and will in due season reward us. He goes on in the verse 10 to say that we should do good at any opportunity we have, especially to our fellow christians.
You don’t have to wait to have it all, or all the money in the world to be able to do good. Start with what you have, it may just be helping that old woman orman climb some stiff steps, or just smiling and greeting other people, just showing them love.
You can do good and love other people with your words, material goods and even with your thoughts. There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing (Proverbs 12:18). Words have a tremendous impact on our lives, don’t speak words of judgment, criticism and failure to people. Like ugly, stupid, clumsy, failure, incompetent, hopeless, but speak words of life like attractive, intelligent, hopeful, blessed, creative, talented and anointed.
Do good and love people with your material goods. 1 John 3:17-18 says “But if anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother and fellow believer in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live in him and remain in him? Little children, let us not love only in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth”
The verse says it all, help people or do good by giving and blessing them with money or material goods everytime you get the opportunity.
We should always do good or love people with our thoughts. Proverbs 23:7 says “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he”. Thoughts not only affect us, they affect others too. If we think unkind thoughts, we become unkind and if we think kind thoughts we become loving. If we think angry thoughts about people we become angry at them.

Pray that God should fill you with Love.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL