Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Dispersed

Dispersed

What has Christianity become, scattered abroad, not united, and denominational, I can’t remember where in the bible Christ said and upon this rock will I build mountain of fire that the gates of hell shall never prevail against it?? Or was it ever said in the word of God “Jesus stepped into the winner’s chapel of living faith”?? NO!!!
We have left the way Christ came to show, we have turned away from the way of life Christ asked us to live….. The word of God says in Psalm 133:1 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” are we still together in unity as we were once before??
Now as a member of Chosen, I can’t go to church somewhere close to my house because it’s a celestial church. I didn’t notice somewhere in the bible where Galatians had to travel down to Greece to attend a church service. No that was because the church then was one, every Christian went to the same church, and there was no so called names as we have now for the churches back then and the church grew.
The bible said in Acts 2:1-11
“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Alamitos, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.”
Now if we read carefully all this people where in the same place that time, the disciples where in one accord, where is that one accord in these days, now peter is in Christ apostolic church, John is in Christ Embassy, Mathew is in Dunamis, James is in Foursquare, Mark is in Deeper life, and many more, nobody is together, different doctrines, different way of service, this denomination conflicting the other. One thing I believe is that the Almighty is not an author of confusion if not he would have possibly sent maybe Jesus and another guy with different doctrines or maybe he would have created two men in the beginning and they would be called Adam and Adem, no God didn’t do that, or maybe Christ would have taught his twelve disciples twelve different doctrines to teach to the world, he didn’t do that also. So why are we causing the confusion, everyone becoming founders of different ministries, some call it fulfilling purpose I call it creating more confusion. Because if we see today every denomination has a doctrine, the doctrine followed by deeper life is not the same as mfm, neither is it the same as coza, nor spirit word. Christ came to earth to teach one thing Love, Obedience and togetherness. Today a mountain of fire member would not get married to a cherubim and seraphim member yet they are both Christians why??? Or a deeper life member would look at a living faith member as a sinner in the same Christendom why??? We have become d judges, we no longer see the truth.
Even the Muslims are more organized and in accord than we so called Christians, all we can do is shout scream and dance at church, there is no single epitome of the love Christ came to build in us before, I guess the years have taken the love away from our hearts.
Probably because Christians pay offering and tithes to the church, most people have turned the word of God into business, using finance meant to help lives, money and finance meant to meet the need of the needy for self-upkeep, why??
Where was it written in the bible that Jesus Christ built a hall and gave it and name and put Jude in charge of it? Or where was it written that peter had followers that had a separate name from that of John?? Or Maybe I haven’t read my bible to that extent. We say we have eternal life after earth well I don’t think so, I hardly believe that any Christian will enter heaven... You ask why? This is why...
Acts 2:46-47
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
This is what is expected of us as Christians...
1.       Have a temple, where everyone who is a Christian should God, not a redeem church where redeem members… “EVERY CHRISTIAN”
2.       Be in one accord, not to be divided across denominations and doctrines, to be in singleness of heart, and using the law which Christ mentioned in Mathew 5.
3.       Praise God and have favor with everyone around us.
And with this, the Lord will add daily to the church. but what did we do instead, we all had visions that made us separate the church, now the broom sticks Christ tied have been separated and the devil can now break the separated broom so easily stick by stick.  Where is there a church today?
Everyone now has a doctrine he follows…. The problem is from the head of all the different denominations, Christianity is not the one body it is meant to be because they have decided to pick their doctrines from one part of the bible or the other.
The Rule is:
Love God, speak to him, Study His word and obey his commandment.

Thursday, 7 July 2016

The Call of Abram

 
 
I will bless you . . . and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.  
 
Genesis 12:2-3
Anyone who has moved knows the stress of packing up, saying goodbye to loved ones, and then transitioning into a new city, neighborhood, and home. It is one thing to move to a new city; how much harder to move to a new country!

The call of Abram was no small thing. It was a radical call to leave country, family, and friends for a foreign land. Earlier, Abram’s family had already moved from Ur to Haran. Now God called Abram to travel hundreds of miles farther to the land of Canaan. This was a time of decision. Abram could remain comfortable in Haran with his own people and customs, or he could take a step of faith in God’s call. God had promised Abram land, descendants, and great blessing—but all of this was still promise, not yet reality.

In fact, Scripture tells us that there were clear threats to God’s promises. Sarai was infertile (11:30) and the land of promise was already occupied. Moreover, a famine soon forced Abram out of the Promised Land into Egypt. There, the promise of descendants was further jeopardized by Pharaoh. Would God’s word hold true?

The early picture of Abram is a mixed one. On the one hand, as Hebrews 11 tells us, Abram was a man of great faith who believed in God’s promises, left his old ways, and embarked on a new journey in response to God’s call, erecting altars and worshiping the Lord as he journeyed (Heb. 11:8–10). Yet Abram was also a man who faltered, particularly in his dealing with Sarai in Egypt. Yet despite Abram’s weak faith at this point, God’s treatment of Pharaoh demonstrates that God was still in control. The promises of God were secure in the Lord’s hands.

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

COW - Confined Workmanship

 

 Ephesians 2:10 New International Version (NIV)

10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Matthew 9:37-38 New International Version (NIV)

37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

A cow literally is an animal that requires a herdsman to cater for it and provide its food, by taking it to where to eat and all that. Now a cow cannot decide for itself, or go on a specific direction unless it is directed by someone or something. 
in this context a cow is defined as a christian that only works for God when he/she is in an area confined by christian brethren that would watch and direct such Christian's life style.  
Confined Workmanship means a form of workmanship within bounded area only, or within a restricted area.

Why COW?

1. Lack of Knowledge of direction and the word; 
When you don't read the word, you don't listen or take time to listen to the word, the only thing left in your heart is the Sunday school lines and punchlines of your childhood, you become a cow. when you don't have the word of God in your heart, then there's nothing to enrich your soul and you don't have a direction of how to live your life.. that's when you begin to live how you will not how God wills for you as a christian. When you're in church you do the things of God and when you're alone you become a lone ranger. A cow becomes directionless once his master is not close by.

2. Lack of the Spirit of God (HOLY SPIRIT); 
Matthew 3:11New International Version (NIV)  “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 
As a christian you are filled with the Holy spirit once you have given your life to Christ, now if a man has allowed the spirit in him to die, out of not constantly feeding the spirit as in number 1 above by reading the word, then there is a high tendency that such person lacks direction, and if left alone would depart from God's way due to false doctrines.

3. Mindset; Everyone today has a mindset of what he/she believes and what he/she wouldn't believe, now a man can decide in his heart even after reading the word and knowing the rules to still depart from the right way i.e to be a cow. sometimes you feel like the gathering of the brethren is a prison he/she is also likened to be a cow.

Dangers of being a COW(confined workman):
1. Destruction: Most rampaging cows on the high way get hit by a bus or fall sick and probably die or fall into the hands of another master or group which might not be favorable. 2 Peter 2:1, here the later part says "they've put themselves on a fast downhill slide to destruction. surely a cow on a downhill can only be saved from crashing or dieing if there's a force to pull it back up no matter how it strives it cannot.
a christian that allows hm/herself to rampage out of the will and direction of God is likely to be hit by forces that would kill/destroy him/her both physically and spiritually. four things happen:
a. Spiritual Life dies
b. become physical riddicle 
c. Pushed around by different doctrines
d. Lost Eternity.
Being a cow is being a HYPOCRITE!!!

How to stop being a cow:

1. Repent: First you must accept that you're wrong, this means recognizing the fact that you have gone astray, you have left God's direction, then ask for forgiveness and change your ways. Matthew 18:17 New International Version (NIV) If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

2. Study the word: 
.....soon to be completed



The Tower of Babel



Through Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, many are finding it easier and easier to make themselves known to friends and strangers alike. And with the rise of gated communities and TSA checkpoints at airports, people are desperately seeking to find safety in an uncertain world. Notoriety and security: two things many people seek in life.

The ancient world was no exception. Recall that after the Flood, Noah and his sons were told to multiply and fill the earth. Earlier, Genesis 10 described the partial fulfillment of that command through the genealogies of Noah’s sons. This record shows how the ancient nations came about through the descendants of Japheth, Ham, and Shem. Would these increasing numbers of humanity remain faithful to God?

Unfortunately, as Genesis 11 tells us, they would not. The descendants of Noah settled in one place and then attempted to build a city with a great tower that reached the heavens. Their two-fold reason: “So that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth” (11:4). They sought for themselves notoriety in the world, and security from the uncertainty of migration. Rather than being content with God’s provision in the world, this post-Flood humanity, like Adam and Eve, attempted to take control of their own lives.

As a result, God put a stop to their designs by confusing their language and scattering them throughout the earth. It would appear that this new generation of mankind would be just as resistant to God’s commands as they were before the Flood. Nevertheless, God did not give up on humanity, for the genealogy at the end of Genesis 11 introduces for us a flicker of hope in a man God would use for His own purposes: Abram.