Lamentations from Heaven

Text: Genesis 6:5-7; Matthew 21:12-13

God laments over the lives of men whom He created fearfully and wonderfully in His image and there are several ways He expresses His grief:

       I.            Our lives as individuals: Genesis 6:5-6 says, ‘’ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.’’

     II.            Governments of the day being corrupt

  III.            The church of God:

Ø The church has been invaded by the powers of darkness. There are more fake worshipers than true worshipers. There is no genuine love of Christ where many are interested in what God will do for them and are not willing to do anything for Him. The church is divided, lacking in unity and lacking one accord.

Ø In the church, there is no discipline and the power of God is not manifesting in many churches. Many ministers are operating in the flesh. Many evil doctrines are circulating in the church peddled by false teachers that have invaded the church.

Ø The church has lost its dignity. When one should run into the church and come out relieved and rejoicing, the church places heavier yokes on him. The church has become a den of physical and spiritual thieves.

Ø The church is no longer focusing on the salvation of its members but focusing more on church numerical growth by all means without concern for their salvation. Rather than go into the world to seek for lost sheep, many church poach members from other churches.

Ø There are man-made programs for selfish interest. Teachings on holiness and salvation have been cast aside and the main interest in many churches is money.

Ø Many of the worshippers are mere church attendants and miracle seekers, not true worshippers in truth and in spirit.

Ø Many of the programs in the church are not inspired by the Holy Spirit

Ø The majority of the modern day churches have become entertainment centers. Some churches bring comedians to entertain on Sundays.

Ø Some churches focus on teaching their members how to fight witches and witchcraft rather than sin

Ø The church is no longer a safe place as there are many forces of destruction inhabiting it; occultist ministers on the pulpit, destroying the lives  of the people

Ø Many believers are playing with sin secretly and openly. Many are not preaching salvation messages and are not saying the truth.

Ø Many homes are in crisis resulting from wrong marriages and where the homes are not settled, how can the church be settled?

Ø The fire of God has been quenched by careless workers and ministers who are traders and robbers in the church; who have no positive impact in the lives of the members; who are negatively busy in other people’s affairs, and discourage others sincerely interested in serving the Lord

Ø There are too many late comers to church, too many pretenders, and too many rumor mongrels. Many ministers are not interested in the physical and spiritual welfare of the members but interested in their money

Ø Many lack knowledge of the Scriptures, yet are seeking for power and position and are ready to do anything and go to any length to achieve their aim.

Ø Many members hate the Word of God and do not love prayers. They detest hearing the truth and dislike repentance and restitution. Many despise evangelism and do not wish to do away with sin. We are thieves of time if we have no time for the things of God and do not act on the messages we hear.

How can we stop the lamentations of God over our lives?

§  Naked yourself before God

We should allow God’s searching light to show us the condition of our hearts and lives. We should acknowledge our sins and do not deny that they exist.

§  Search yourself

The life of a man is either ruled by God or Satan. We are either slaves to Satan and sin or servants of God and righteousness. If sin rules us, we need to cry out to God to set us free through Jesus Christ who came to the world to deliver us from the bondage to sin and to break the hold of the Devil over our lives. We cannot hide ourselves and sins from God who is Omniscient and sees everything. He sees all our secret thoughts and actions in our lives.

About the Author:

The author, Ayodele Adegbulugbe is a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and an Evangelist. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a Counselor; he writes and is a published author.

The Command in John 15:10

‘’ if ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I keep my father’s commandments and abide in His love (John 15:10)

By this command, Christians are expected and are under an obligation to obey the Gospel throughout their lives and not only during one brief act of faith. The command emphasizes the extent to which a Christian is expected to be obedient to God.

If we are to be righteous as Jesus was in the world (John 17:14-16), then complete obedience must be rendered. It is not possible for us to be claiming His pardoning grace without His obedient grace.

''And why call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say'' (Luke 6:46)

The command on obedience punctures the doctrine that teaches faith without further obedience, which says that a brief act of faith based on Romans 10:9-10 is adequate to assure an eternity with Christ without obedience to His commands. This doctrine is a false teaching not supported in the Bible.

It also punctures the doctrine of an unconditional eternal security.

‘’…and if thou wilt enter into life, obey the commandments (Matthew 19:17)

On the basis of Matthew 19:17, if there is no obedience, there can be no eternity with Christ.

About the Author

The author, Ayodele Adegbulugbe is a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and an Evangelist based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a Counselor, writer and a published author.

The Expected End (Jeremiah 29:11)

Jeremiah 29:11 says, ‘’ for I know the thoughts that I have towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.’’

What is the expected end that we are looking forward to as believers in Christ Jesus? Is it an earthly end or an eternal end? Are we focusing our gaze on the world and its perishing values? Is the expected end limited to the riches and pleasures of the world?

Is it not a spiritual shortsightedness when a Christian takes eternity out of his focus and views the things of the world as his main focus? Our expected end should be an eternity with Christ. We should keep eternity in our view so that our lives can be shaped by His righteousness.

‘’ What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his soul? What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26)

The multitudes that perished in the floods in the days of Noah lacked an eternal focus. They focused their lives on perishable earthly values – eating and drinking; marrying and giving in marriage; building and planting, and buying and selling (Luke 17:26-30).

Jesus says in John 14:2, ‘’ in my father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also.’’

Christ is in heaven; therefore we should have heaven in view as our focus and not allow the temporal things of the world to distract our heavenly and eternal focus as it did in the days of Noah and Lot. 

Those that perished in the days of Noah and Lot made the things of the world their chief end in life as if life on earth is forever. Eternity with Christ is the expected end that God has for us.

About the Author

The author, Ayodele Adegbulugbe is a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and an Evangelist based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a Counselor, writer and a published author.

Self-Exaltation: A Wrong Spirit in the Life of a Christian (Luke 22:24)

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Why did Jesus Wash the Feet of His Disciples (John 13:1-17)?

Jesus humbled Himself to take the place of a slave to wash feet which in those days in Israel, was considered the duty of the meanest or lowest slave.

Before the feet washing event, the disciples had argued about who would be the greatest among them (Luke 22:24). Jesus had rebuked them by setting a little child in their midst, stated that they had become as little children and were not to seek lording it over each other (Matthew 18:1-10).

By humbling Himself to wash their feet, He sought to rid them of their passion for worldly honor and dignity which would have shaken the foundation of the church after his departure.
Jesus set an example to emphasize the necessity to get rid of self-exaltation in the life of a Christian.

A Christian must rid himself of the spirit of wanting to lord it over others or he will not be saved (Matthew 18:1-10; 23:8-12) (Luke 14:7-11; 18:14). By washing their feet, He rebuked their spirit of strife over leadership.

The feet washing event was to teach Christians to be willing to condescend to render the lowest services to each other and to prefer the least in honor to themselves (Philippians 2:1-7).

It was to also inspire self-denial acts of kindness to those in need; to render service to the needy and those who are the least.

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria.

Sectarianism: A Wrong Spirit in the Life of a Christian - Mark 9:38

In Mark 9:38, the disciples of Jesus saw a man casting out demons in the name of Jesus which they frowned at because he did not belong to their group of disciples.

Likewise in Numbers 11:26-29, when the Spirit of God rested upon two men – Eldad and Melad – who prophesied in the Camp, Joshua asked Moses to forbid them.

Eldad and Melad were among the seventy men appointed to assist Moses in judgment and governance and were anointed for the task but the spirit of prophesy came upon them and they prophesied much longer than the others which Joshua frowned at out of jealousy. Moses rebuked Joshua’s act of jealousy rather than rebuke the two men.

Jesus also cautioned his disciples for this wrong spirit in them. He told his disciples that there is no one doing miracles in His name that can speak evil of Him (Mark 9:39) and that anyone who is not against Him is with Him.

If a person does not believe in God and the Holy Spirit as persons, and does not believe in the incarnation of God in human flesh; denies the virgin birth of Christ, His physical death, burial, bodily resurrection and ascension, such a person is not on the side of Jesus but on the side of the Devil.

This is an important lesson for the church today that is divided where many are more concerned about the name of a particular church than for God. They despise and disapprove of any Christian who does not belong to their particular church or group of disciples.

A true Christian will love other Christians from other churches and appreciate them and their work in the Vineyard of God, just as much as if they belonged to his church or group. Jesus prayed for the unity and oneness of all believers just as God and Christ are one (John 17:21).

If Christianity is one Jesus, one Gospel, one Body of Christ, one fold and one Shepherd and if the doctrines and tenets of the faith are the same, believing in the virgin birth of Christ, His physical death, burial, bodily resurrection and ascension into Heaven to the right hand of God the Father as the head of the church, why is there so much division in Christendom today?

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria.

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The Many Faces of Adultery

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Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:22
‘’flee all appearances of evil’’ (1 Thessalonians 5:22)

Generally, adultery is willful sexual intercourse with someone other than your husband or wife or a married person cohabiting with another who is not his or her lawfully wedded spouse.

Adultery is not limited to having real sexual intercourse with another, other than one’s husband or wife. Adultery can be committed subtly in the name of intimacy in many other ways that constitute unfaithfulness to one’s spouse.

Did Jesus Christ not say in Matthew 5:28 that if you look at a woman lustfully, you have committed adultery with her in your heart?

Therefore the thought is as deadly as the deed!
Remember that in Luke 12:16-21, the rich fool was condemned by his thoughts even before he implemented his wishes.

The many faces of adultery (marital unfaithfulness) include the following:

1. Touching any woman or man for the purpose of having sexual fulfillment

2. Allowing any man or woman to touch you for the purpose of attaining sexual fulfillment

3. Kissing the opposite sex: a man or woman secretly, on the hand, jaw or lips

4. Embracing a man or woman secretly

5. Squeezing a man’s or woman’s hand secretly

6. Touching any part of the body of the opposite sex with a lustful desire

7. Touching any part of the body of the opposite sex without a lustful desire but in ways that you would not want anyone else to know about it

8. Writing love letters or sending love text messages to a man or woman that you would want kept as a secret

9. Calling a man or woman a pet name that you do not want anyone else to know, which indicates that the intimacy is shady

10. Cherishing a love letter or text message by a man or woman that you would not want anyone else to know about it

11. Visiting the opposite sex - a man or woman - you do not want anyone to know about

12. Receiving a visit from the opposite sex - a man or woman - which you do not want anyone to know about

13. Watching porn films

14. Gazing at the photo of a naked man or woman who has sensitive parts of his/her body exposed

15. Deliberately looking at the opposite sex in nude or when dressing and sensitive parts are exposed

16. Imagine yourself having any form of sexual relations with a man or woman

17. Talking immoral words to the opposite sex

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng.
Lagos, Nigeria

Retaliation and Revenge: A Wrong Spirit in the Life of a Christian (Luke 9:51-56)

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In Luke 9:51-56, because Jesus and His disciples were not received in a Samaritan village they visited, two of the disciples asked their Master for permission to call down fire from heaven to consume and destroy the village and its inhabitants.

Jesus rebuked them for the spirit of retaliation and revenge, letting them that His mission was to save (salvation of souls) and not destruction of souls He came to save. The disciples were yet to understand the mission of their Master.

The true Christian spirit is not one of revenge and retaliation for hurt and offence and Christianity is not to be propagated by forceful and violent methods.

In the Old Testament, Leviticus 19:18 forbade grudge and vengeance against neighbors. The New Testament also commands love rather than hatred for enemies.

Matthew 5:44-45 says:
‘’ but I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use and persecute you

That you may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven; for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends His rain on the just and the unjust.’’

Though the Law of Moses and the New Testament forbade revengeful retaliation, they allow the law to take its course where sin occurred (Exodus 21:23-25) (Romans 13:1-10).

Though as Christians, we are bound to bear injuries and injustice without revengeful retaliation, we are privileged to call to question any maltreatment meted to us.

This was the example of Jesus in John 18:23 when He was struck on the face during His trial. Calling to question a mistreatment does not violate the principle on retaliation in Matthew 5:39. We are to leave vengeance for God (Psalm 94:1) to avenge for us.

Zeal is good but a zealous Christian must be self-controlled and act with knowledge else he will destroy the work he is doing (Romans 10:1-4). Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22)

In John 16:2, Jesus said that the times will come when people will persecute His followers and think they are doing service to God, indicating zeal without knowledge.

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria.

The One Accord Church

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Jesus says in John 13:35 that when Christians love themselves, it is then that all men will know that they are His disciples. Therefore, if Christians want to convince the world that their religion is of God and win their favor, they must be united as God and Christ are One (John 10:30).

Being one in accord was at the root of the recognition of the early day church of the apostles.

In Acts 1:14, the members of the early church continued to fellowship with one accord in prayer and supplication. In Acts 2:1, they were gathered in one place in one accord on the Day of Pentecost.

In Acts 2:46, ‘’they continued daily with one accord in the temple, breaking bread from house to house, and eating meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people.’’

In Acts 4:24, they lifted their voices to God with one accord when the authorities threatened them to stop preaching in the name of the risen Jesus the Christ. Acts 4:32 says that the multitude of the believers were of one heart and one soul, possessing and sharing things in common.

Acts 5:12 says that the hands of the apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people and were all with one accord.

In today’s divided Christendom, can we find these characteristics of the early day church in operation?

James 1:26 says that ‘’where there is envying and strife, there will be confusion and every evil work’’ and is this not the sad situation in the modern day churches and a far cry from the early day church of the apostles?

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria.

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Self-Righteousness: A Wrong Spirit in the Life of a Christian (Luke 18:9-14)

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In Luke 18:8-14, Jesus spoke a parable about two men – a Pharisee and a Publican – who went into the temple to pray. The Pharisee’s prayer illustrated a self-righteous attitude before God and pride in religion.

He bragged that he was not a sinner like the Publican; that he was not like other men –unjust, extortionist and adulterers. Further, he boasted about his fasts twice weekly and payment of tithes.

The Pharisee trusted in himself that he was righteous and despised others the way many Christians do today. They trust themselves and their church denomination and despise all others – fellow Christians and non- Christians – who do not have the same faith as theirs or belong to their church denomination.

Unlike the boasting Pharisee, the Publican simply humbled himself before God, expressing grief at his lost condition and acknowledged that he was a sinner. The humble Publican’s prayer illustrated himself as the sinner and God as the One to be appeased.

Contrasting the Pharisee and the Publican, their standing in society were different. Their sources of trust were not the same. While the Pharisee trusted in his self-righteous attitude, the Publican trusted in God for mercy and forgiveness.

Their prayers were also not the same. While the Pharisee’s prayer indicated hypocrisy, the Publican’s demonstrated a humble heart before God.

The results of their prayers were also not the same. Jesus said the Publican went home justified while the boastful Pharisee, who exalted himself before God, and his prayer were rejected.

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria.

Why did Jesus Wash the Feet of His Disciples (John 13:1-17)?

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Jesus humbled Himself to take the place of a slave to wash feet which in those days in Israel, was considered the duty of the meanest or lowest slave.

Before the feet washing event, the disciples had argued about who would be the greatest among them (Luke 22:24). Jesus had rebuked them by setting a little child in their midst, stated that they had become as little children and were not to seek lording it over each other (Matthew 18:1-10).

By humbling Himself to wash their feet, He sought to rid them of their passion for worldly honor and dignity which would have shaken the foundation of the church after his departure.
Jesus set an example to emphasize the necessity to get rid of self-exaltation in the life of a Christian.

A Christian must rid himself of the spirit of wanting to lord it over others or he will not be saved (Matthew 18:1-10; 23:8-12) (Luke 14:7-11; 18:14). By washing their feet, He rebuked their spirit of strife over leadership.

The feet washing event was to teach Christians to be willing to condescend to render the lowest services to each other and to prefer the least in honor to themselves (Philippians 2:1-7).

It was to also inspire self-denial acts of kindness to those in need; to render service to the needy and those who are the least.

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria.

Stress: The Silent Killer

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Stress is a killer and is the biggest silent killer in recent times. Many diseases are linked with it or are compounded by it. Stress has devastating consequences on one's health.

If you allow yourself to be killed by stress especially marital and relationship challenges, life continues and you are the loser. Do not take life too seriously.

There are 4 thought patterns that make life stressful.

1) Self-blame e.g. 'I locked my car keys in the car. How foolish i was?

2) Blaming others e.g. 'How could my wife be so callous?

3) Urgency e.g. I cannot wait for the panel beater. I have to force the car door open'

4) Worrying. Most of the things we worry about or fear about never happen. Then, why do we worry e.g. worrying whether your spouse will separate from you or divorce you?

45% will never happen because stress often results from tiredness.

25% of our worries concern old decisions that cannot be altered.

12% relate to health which gets worse through worry.

8% of worries relate to criticisms that are largely untrue.

10% of our worries are legitimate indicating that life has real challenges that can be tackled when we eliminate senseless worries and anxieties.

When you are tempted to worry, first ask yourself what percentage group your intended worry belongs and you will discover that most of the time, it belongs to the 45% group. Your worries will never change the outcome of a thing.

It will not eliminate tomorrow's troubles but will steal today's peace and rest. Stop worrying about what you can go wrong and focus on what can go right. Stress can be killed by patience and being positive.

Resist anxieties (Philippians 4:6). Do what U can do and leave the rest in God's hands. He is in control and will work out the best for you (Proverbs 3:5-6) (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.

www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng.

Lagos, Nigeria.

Prayers for a New Heart

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Prayers for a New Heart

 The heart of a man is full of evil:

Genesis 6:5 says ‘’ God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.’’

Jeremiah 17:9 says, ‘’the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Mark 7:21-23 says ‘’ Far from within, out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornication, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
All these come from within and defile the man.’’

 God assesses us by the state of our hearts:

1 Samuel 16:7 says, ‘’…for the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, for the Lord looks on the heart.’’

Jeremiah 17:10 says, ‘’ I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.’’

2 Chronicles 16:9 says, ‘’ for the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards Him.’’

Deuteronomy 5:29 says ‘’ O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever.’’

 Only those with clean hearts can see God.

Matthew 5:8 says, ‘’ blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.’’

Psalm 15:1-2 says, ‘’ Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness and speaks the truth in his heart’’

Psalm 24:3-4 says, ‘’ who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in His holy place? He that has clean hands and a pure heart’’

Psalm 51:17 says, ‘’ the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise.’’

 God has promised to give us a new heart:

Deuteronomy 30:6 says, ‘’ and the Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou may live.’’

Ezekiel 11:19 says, ‘’ and I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh.’’

Ezekiel 36:26-27 says, ‘’ a new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.’’

 King David, the only man in the entire Bible described by God as the ‘’man after My heart’’ prayed to God to give him a clean heart:

Psalm 51:10 ‘’ Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me.’’

Prayers as follows:

• Blood of Jesus, purify my heart in Jesus name (Matthew 5:8)
• Blood of Jesus that cleanses from sin (1 John 1:6-7), cleanse my heart of all evil, deceitful and ungodly thoughts in Jesus name
• Lord God, circumcise my heart and the hearts of my children to love you with our hearts and our souls that we may live (Deuteronomy 30:6)
• Lord God, give me a heart that will be perfect towards you (2 Chronicles 16:9) in the name of Jesus
• Lord God, give me a broken spirit and contrite heart (Psalm 51:17) in Jesus name
• Lord, put a new spirit within me, take away from me the stony heart and give me a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26-27) in Jesus name
• Lord God, let the power and the grace to follow you to the end with a whole heart like Caleb and Joshua rest upon me in Jesus name (Numbers 32:12)
• Lord God, give me a heart that will love and fear you all my days in Jesus name (Deuteronomy 5:29).

Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng
Lagos, Nigeria
Phone: +2348035978352

The Door (John 10:9)

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John 10:9 says ‘’ I am the Door: by me if any man enters in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture.’’

We are likened to sheep under the care of the Shepherd, Jesus Christ who is also the door for us to enter into our pen. Entering through Him, our souls shall be saved from danger, death and destruction. 

Others who claim to be doors are thieves and robbers who cannot save any soul as they cannot lay down their lives for their flock. Jesus sealed His love for us all by laying down His life.

Separation from God came through Adam’s sin but reconciliation with God comes through Jesus who died for sin and rose again from the dead and is alive forever. He is the Door to eternal life, having conquered death. 

He is the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:6) and no one can come to God the Father except through Jesus.

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.

www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng.

Lagos, Nigeria.

3 Things Men Must Do and Continue Doing to Maintain Eternal Life

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Ø To believe in Jesus Christ, implying complete and continuous obedience (John 10:26)

This expresses an act and a continuous process. One act of faith at inception of the Christian experience and having no more of it will not save the soul of any man. The faith that saves is an ever present and active faith. It cannot cease and still be yielding results. 

Therefore, a believer must always live by faith to maintain his salvation and be saved. In the Parable of the Sower, the seed that fell on stony ground is the believer who heard the gospel and believed for a while but fell away during temptation. Also 1Timothy 4:1 tells about believers who fell from the faith and believe doctrines of demons.

Other Bible verses that emphasize continuous faith and the penalty for departing from the faith include (2 Timothy 2:11-13) (Hebrew 3:6; 12-14) (Hebrews 4:11; 10:23-28) (Jude v5). 

Those who believe in the doctrines of unconditional eternal security and salvation by good works have no claim to eternal life because these doctrines are not supported by the Bible.

Ø Hearing His voice, and not be a hearer only but also a doer of the Word (John 10:27)

Jesus said that all those who hear His voice and do not obey Him are not His sheep. All those who hear His voice and obey Him are His sheep. 

Jesus knows His sheep that follow and obey Him daily. To all those who follow and are obedient to Him, He gives eternal life, and they shall never perish nor be plucked from His hands (John 10:25-29).

The only thing one must do is to come to God through free moral agency and to permit His salvation and keeping power to be manifested. God cannot keep anyone contrary to his will any more than He kept Adam and Eve who willed to sin (Romans 5:12-21).

Ø Follow Jesus Christ (John 10:27)

Following Jesus Christ is not only at the beginning of a Christian life but must be a daily occurrence and throughout life (Mark 8:34). Claiming eternal life without following Jesus is like those Pharisees who claimed to know God and have eternal life which Jesus said was not true (John 8:55).

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.

www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng.

Lagos, Nigeria.

The Bread of Life (John 6:35)

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We eat bread to satisfy our physical hunger and to sustain physical life. Likewise, we can satisfy spiritual hunger and sustain spiritual life by having a right relationship with Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life.

As we eat bread to sustain physical life, we sustain spiritual life by inviting Jesus Christ into our daily walk. He is the Bread which gives us life and preserves from death.

‘’I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes in me shall never thirst.’’ (John 6:35)

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng.
Lagos, Nigeria

Phone:+2348035978352

How Salvation Can Be Lost

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How salvation can be lost

Salvation is not an un-forfeitable possession. It can be lost through free moral agency via one’s carelessness, negligence and disobedience to God and His Word.

Demas was once a Minister and a co-laborer with Paul (Colossians 4:14) (Philemon v24) but he backslid and went back into the world because he loved the present world above God (2 Timothy 4:10).

According to 1 John 2:15-17, anyone who loves the world does not have the love of God in him and if he does not have the love of God in him, he cannot be saved (John 13:35) (John 14:15). It is inconceivable that God will allow those who do not love Him into Heaven for all eternity.

If Demas loved God at one time, how did he become separated from the love of Christ (Romans 8:35-39)? Was God responsible for him loving the world and forsaking Him?

This shows that we have free moral agency after conversion. 

We have free choice and free will powers and we alone can decide to continue with God or to backslide and fail God. We have free will to decide our destiny after salvation just as we did before salvation

There is no verse in the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelations that suggests that God forces or compels anyone to follow and serve Him. Therefore, the doctrine of unconditional eternal security that says when one is saved, he is saved forever even if he returns to willful and habitual disobedience to God and His Word is satanic, a false teaching and a horrendous fallacy from the pits of hell.

John 8:31 says, ‘’if ye continue in my Word, then ye are my disciples indeed.’’

The word ‘if’ expresses a condition. The condition for believers to remain as disciples and be free from sin is to ‘’continue in My Word’’

The doctrine of unconditional eternal security is not found in the Bible and is not of God.

Ayodele Adegbulugbe

www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng

Lagos, Nigeria.