The Compromised Christian (2)

Pharaoh told the Jews in Exodus 8:28 that;

'' I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness: only ye shall not go very far away...''

By this 2nd compromise, the Devil allows you to become a Christian but tells you not to go faraway from him. He tells you that:

''Christianity is a foreign religion, do not be mad about it.''
'' Do not be a narrow minded Christian.''
" Do not be a fanatic.'
"" Holiness is not possible."'

This 2nd compromise tells you to remain in the twilight where you can easily be overcome by darkness without resistance.

Christians whose seeds fell on rocky soil in the Parable of the Sower are victims of this compromise. They lacked deep roots.

When the Jews were redeemed by the Blood of the Passover Lamb, they were commanded to leave Egypt meaning separation from the world.

Christians are called out of the world to be a chosen generation and a peculiar people, called out of darkness into the marvellous light ( 1 Peter 2:9).

We must go very far away from the Devil. We must cross the Red Sea to enter into the Highway of Holiness ( Isaiah 35:8) to be able to reign with Christ in eternity.

Compromised Christians have no eternity with Christ. We need to examine our lives as Christians whether we are close to Egypt or very far away from it.

We shall not fall into this trap of the Devil in Jesus name. We shall not go from the church to eternal Hell in the name of Jesus Christ.

If we have fallen already, the mercy of God will restore us to the faith in the name of Jesus Christ.

Pray: Spirit of Egypt, come out of my life in the name of Jesus Christ.

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

After Death is Judgment

Once to die, then judgment ( Hebrews 9:27).

Are you ready for that judgment?
Jesus tells us those that will make either Heaven or Hell ( John 5:24)( John 8:24)

Judgment day will decide where one will spend his eternity either Heaven or Hell depending on how he lived here.

God never brings judgment without prior warning. In the days of Noah, the message of repentance was preached for 120 years before the judgment came yet multitudes perished in sin through willful disobedience.

Only one life to live and no repentance after death, no second chance in the grave.

Readiness to meet Jesus is worth more than anything in the world - money, houses, lands, career, businesses, families etc.

Repent before it is too late. Give your heart to Jesus the Saviour ( Revelations 3:20).

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

Only One Life !

Life is a gift but for a while ( James 4:14) Many are so busy that they forget how short life is.

Life has no guarantee of tomorrow. One may be alive by morning and be dead by night ( Psalm 90:9-10)

Only one life to live here and prepare for your eternity. How are you living your life now?

Is it to pursue power, riches, materialism at the expense of your immortal soul ? ( Matthew 16:26)

Do you have time for God?
How you live your life here will determine your eternal destination.

Do not listen to deceivers who say there is no Heaven or Hell. The Bible warns about Hell in so many verses including Matthew 5:22, 29,30.

It will be an eternal tragedy to miss Heaven. No man can tell how much time he has left to live.
Repent now and make your ways right with God before it is too late.

No more delay, today is the day of your salvation. Now, now, now is the accepted time to repent ( 2 Corinthians 6:2).

Confess your sins to Jesus, make Him your Lord and Savior and walk with Him on the Narrow Way to Life.

There is no salvation in any other name than Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life ( John 14:6)

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng.

Rejecting the Ark of Salvation?

Multitudes perished in sin during the Judgment of the first world in the days of Noah. Only 8 souls who entered into the Ark of Salvation were saved.

Those who perished did not perish because they sinned but they perished because they rejected God's Ark of Salvation.

God was willing to save them from their sins and eternal destruction, but they rejected the Ark preferring destruction rather than salvation.

The message of repentance was preached for 120 years in that era, yet only 8 souls were saved from that destruction.

They were saved because they heeded the message of repentance and entered into the Ark of Salvation.

Jesus Christ is now our Ark of Salvation to convey man into eternity with God. Have you accepted Him as your Lord and Savior or rejecting Him?

God forces no one to be saved or to perish because He created man with freewill.

The 8 that were saved in the world of Noah chose to be saved while the multitudes that perished chose to perish.

Choose Jesus, choose eternal life
Reject Jesus, choose eternal death.
What is your choice?
Your choice determines your eternal destination.

The Ark of Salvation is waiting and it's doors will soon be shut. Have you entered?

Enter now that you have the time and the opportunity. Further delay can cost one his eternity.

Repent now and enter into the Ark of Salvation before it is too late. God is not willing that sinners perish but He cannot force anyone to repent.

Rejecting the Ark of salvation means choosing to be separated from God in eternity and to go into the Lake of Fire.

The choice is yours !
Pray: Lord, have mercy on me, I am a sinner.

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

Remember Lot's Wife ( Luke 17:32)

She was delivered by grace from the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah but looked back and became a pillar of salt.

Are you a Christian saved by grace but now looking backwards? Examine your life whether you are still in the faith ( 2 Corinthians 13:5).

Lot's wife perished after her salvation because her heart was attached to the things of the world.

This tells us that salvation can be lost and is not an unforfeitable possession.

Do not listen to deceivers propagating the false doctrine of 'Once saved, forever saved.'

You have a role to play and a responsibility to maintain your salvation and guard it against possible loss.

Is your heart far away from Christ, merely serving Him with your lips? ( Matthew 15:8)

Do you love the world and its lusts contrary to loving the Father? ( 1 John 2:15-17).

Is the fire still burning in your heart or already quenched by the love of the world ? ( Leviticus 6:12-13)

Are you living for the flesh, minding the things of the flesh above the things of the spirit ?( Romans 8:1-13)

Check your christian life again whether you are still in the faith or already looking backwards and headed for destruction like Lot's wife?

Are you fellowshipping with the Light or mixing with the darkness in the world? ( 1 John 1:6-7)

Repent and amend your ways before it is too late. May we not go from church to Hell in Jesus name.

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng.

Sheep Christian or Goat Christian?

Matthew 25:33 says, ' and he shall set the sheep on his right hand and the goats on the left.''

Jesus is referring to the church. There are both sheep and goats in the church.

On the day of judgment, they will be separated. The sheep will be admitted into eternity with Christ while the goats will be sent to eternal Hell.

We need to have a sober reflection of our Christian lives. Are we His sheep or are we goats in the body of Christ?

Jesus recognizes only the sheep. He says in John 10:27, ' my sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me.''

We need to ponder about 4 issues from the verse in John 10:27
Are we His sheep?
Are we hearing His voice?
Does Jesus know us?
Are we following Him?

The sheep is a meek and gentle animal, not troublesome like the goat. A disciple of Jesus should be as a sheep, submissive to the shepherd, Jesus Christ and easy to rule.

A disciple as a sheep is peaceful, obedient, teachable, loving, humble and trusting.

The goat is a stubborn animal, disobedient and difficult to control. There are many goats in the body of Christ. A goat Christian will not take to correction but accuse of being judged.

He does his own will, not the will of the Shepherd. Jesus says in Luke 6:46, ' why do you call me Lord, Lord, yet do not do what I say?

Examine your life if you are still in the faith. You claim to know Jesus, but does Jesus know you? Jesus knows only His sheep, not the goats.

Are you a sheep Christian or a goat Christian? Do we manifest the characteristics of the sheep in our lives as Christians or the characteristics of the goat are manifest?

Are you following Jesus or following the world? Whose voice are you listening to? Is it the voice of Jesus or the voice of the Devil?

May we not go from the church to Hell in Jesus name.

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

Are You Ready?

Like a thief in the night

Jesus will come
Like a thief in the night
The Lord shall return

Are you ready, are you ready?
Are you ready?
For the coming of the Lord
Who died for you?

Are you ready, are you ready?
Are you ready?
For the coming of the Lord
Who died for you?

Brother, watch and pray
Sister, watch and pray

Like a thief in the night
Jesus will come
Like a thief in the night
The Saviour shall return.

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

Go and Tell Them

Go and Tell Them

Go and tell them
Go and tell them
Jesus died for every man

Go and tell them
Go and tell them
He is coming back again.

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

Prayers for Grace Not to Fall

The power of God to keep standing and not to fall, rest upon me in Jesus name ( 1 Corinthians 10:12)

The power of God not to fall in the faith rest upon me continually in Jesus name ( Luke 22:32)

The power of God not to return to the world like Demas ( 2 Timothy 4:10), rest upon me in Jesus name.

The power of God not to look back like Lot's wife, rest upon me continually in Jesus name ( Luke 17:32)

O Lord God, keep me by your power (1 Peter 1:5)

Power of God to be focused on Jesus Christ as the author and the finisher of our faith, rest upon us in Jesus name ( Hebrews 12:1-2).

The power of God to run our Christian race victoriously and be among the overcomers that Jesus is coming for, rest upon us in Jesus name ( Hebrews 12:1-2).

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng

Lagos, Nigeria

Spirit of the Fear of God

The power and the grace to serve God in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives, come upon us in Jesus name ( Luke 1:74-75)

Power to perfect holiness in the fear of God, come upon us in Jesus name ( 2 Corinthians 7:1).

The fear of God to depart from evil, come upon us in Jesus name ( Proverbs 16:6)

Spirit of the fear of God; spirit of counsel; spirit of might; spirit of knowledge, spirit of wisdom; spirit of understanding and the spirit of the Lord, rest upon us all in Jesus name ( Isaiah 11:2)

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

Preparing for Vanity or for Eternity?

' they did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.' ( Luke 17:27).

Those that perished in the Judgment of the first world in the Days of Noah devoted the totality of their hearts, energies and time to the affairs of the world but paid no attention to the afterlife and things that are eternal.

Are you currently making the same error? Are you devoted to pleasures but having no time for the matters that have a direct bearing with the eternal destination of your soul?

Are you devoting all your time and resources to make elaborate preparations for New Year Day celebration; Christmas, Easter, Birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day and many other worldly celebrations which are one day events but making virtually no preparations for your eternal destination which is everlasting and timeless, unending.

Have you repented and converted? ( Acts 2:38)
Are you born again? ( John 3:3)
Is your name in the Book of Life? ( Revelation 20:15)
Have you crossed from death to life? ( John 5:24)
Are you cleansed in the Blood of Jesus ?( 1 John 1:6-7)
Do you confess Jesus as Lord? ( Romans 10:9)
Have you inherited eternal life in Jesus Christ? ( John 3:16)

If you have not, that means you are making the same tragic error that occurred in the days of Noah. Those that perished gained the whole world but lost their eternal soul ( Matthew 16:26). They lived for their mortal bodies but neglected their immortal and eternal soul.

They lived their lives for the mortal flesh while neglecting spiritual values that are eternal. Their hearts were devoted to carnality above spirituality and made no concrete plans for their eternity.

Have a sober reflection. Are you now living your life on Earth as in the days of Noah? Running after vanity at the detriment of your eternity?

Repent now and enter into the Ark of salvation before it becomes too late. Jesus is our Ark of salvation. Those that perished in the days of Noah perished because they ignored the Ark of Noah, which was their Ark of salvation.

ayodele adegbulugbe

Lagos, Nigeria

Phone: +2348035978352

The Compromised Christian (1)

Pharaoh told the Jews in Exodus 8:25
' Go ye, sacrifice to God in the land.'

Are you a Christian sacrificing to God in Egypt?

By this compromise offered by Pharaoh, the Devil tells you that there is no need being a Born Again Christian, just be a good man and do your best.

This compromise tells you to continue worshipping God with the old Adamic nature intact.

It tells you to seek reformation of character rather than a new life in Christ ( 2 Corinthians 5:17).

Those who accept this compromise say:
' your heart is what God is interested in, not your body, therefore dress any how you like.'
' a little alcohol is not a sin.'
' God is not wicked to send one to Hell.'
' it doesn't matter.'
' God is merciful, commit sin wilfully and repent later.'
' preach about the love of God, not sin and judgment.' They want to hear about the love of God but not His judgment.

Compromised Christians have no eternity with Christ. Our repentance must be total and complete to walk with God.

Check your life. Are you still in the faith or sacrificing to God in Egypt?
May we not go from church to Hell in Jesus name.

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

Power to overcome sin

Lord Jesus, cleanse me from my sins with your Blood ( 1 John 1:6-7)

Lord Jesus Christ, cleanse me from every filthiness of the flesh and spirit ( 2 Corinthians 7:1)

Spirit of discernment to discern an appearance of sin and the power to flee all appearances of sin, rest upon me in Jesus name ( 1 Thessalonians 5:22)

Power of God to bear and to overcome temptations, rest upon me in Jesus name ( 1 Corinthians 10:13)

Anything in my life that can take me to Hell, Lord Jesus by your mercy, uproot it out of my life ( Matthew 15:13)

Spirit of Egypt and the Spirit of Sodom operating in me, be cast out in Jesus name.

Lord, keep me also from presumptuous sinning and let sin not have dominion over me, then I shall be upright and be free from the great transgression in Jesus name ( Psalm 19:13)

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

Can a Christian be lost?

Many Christians suppose that they are secure in their salvation because they repented, baptised and are taking part in christian ordinances.

They think that nothing they do can cut them off from Christ, that they could return to wilful sinning and still be saved.

The Bible warns us that God can cut off Christians from Christ if they return to a life of sin.

Therefore, after coming to the knowledge of the truth, a Christian can fall and be cut off from Christ and be lost eternally.

May this falling and eternal loss of our souls not be our portion in Jesus name.

1 Corinthians 10:8 says that 23000 Jews fell in the wilderness when they committed fornication.

John 15:6 says that a Christian who does not abide in Christ, who bears no fruit and is barren will be cast out and burned.

Revelation 3:16 says that lukewarm Christians will be spued out of God's mouth.

Galatians 5:4 says that a Christian can fall from grace.

Matthew 25:30 says a Christian can be cast out.

1 Timothy 1:19-20 says that faith can be shipwrecked.

Matthew 13, the Parable of the Sower talks about Christians who had no root, believed for a while and fell away during temptation.

The doctrine of ' Once saved, forever saved' is a false doctrine from the pits of Hell.

Christians have a role to play in maintaining and sustaining their salvation to the end. Salvation is not an un-forfeitable possession.

Those who endure to the end are the ones that shall be saved ( Matthew 24:13). Revelation 2:7 says that eternity is for the overcomers.

The Bible warns us to take heed lest we fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12 says ' let him that thinks he is standing take heed lest he fall.'

May we not fall and be lost in Jesus name. May we not go from the church to eternal Hell in Jesus name.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, keep me standing in the faith by your power ( 1 Peter 1:5).

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

Prayers for Revelations

Daniel 2:22 says:
'' He reveals the deep and secret things: he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him.''

Lord God, because you are coming for a glorious church without wrinkles, spots or blemish (Ephesians 5:27), reveal to me the hidden stains on my robe of righteousness in the name of Jesus.

Lord God, reveal to me the weights and besetting sins pulling me back and hindering my race to eternity with Christ ( Hebrews 12:1) in the name of Jesus.

Lord God, reveal to me those things in my life causing me to fall short of your expectations ( Proverbs 23:18) ( Romans 3:23) in the name of Jesus.

Lord God, reveal to me the pollutions in my life causing me to rebel against you in the name of Jesus.

Lord God Almighty, uproot out of my life the little foxes ( anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, hatred, malice, envy, covetousness, lust etc.) that can take me to Hell ( Songs of Solomon 2:15) in the name of Jesus.

Ayodele Adegbulugbe.
www.xtianrace.blogspot.com.ng

Lagos, Nigeria

Let Us Appreciate the Lord God.

Psalm 103:2 says
'' bless the Lord, o my soul and forget not all His benefits.''

Count your blessings, name them one by one
Count your blessings, see what God has done
Count your blessings, name them one by one
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.

Prayer of Thanksgiving:
Lord God Almighty, I say thank you for all benefits and blessings in my life. I appreciate you for my life and health today.

I thank you for the miracle of sleeping and waking up. I thank you for deliverance from the snare of the Fowler and the noisome pestilence, the terrors of the night and the arrows flying by day ( Psalm 91).

I thank you for deliverance from the pestilence that walks about in the night and the destruction that wastes at noon day ( Psalm 91)

I thank you for the provision, protection, preservation and your presence.. I thank you for your many mercies and favours over many years.

I thank you that I was not brought out dead this morning and was not rushed to the hospital for any reason. I thank I am not in the prison and have not been declared missing.

I thank you for family. I thank you for perfecting everything that concerns us ( Psalm 138:8)

"Father, I thank you for the night
And for the pleasant morning light
For rest and food and loving care
And all that makes the world so fair
Help me to do the things I should
To be to others kind and good
In all I do, in work or play
To love thee better day by day."
( Hymn 111).

Brethren, let us cast aside our many challenges and praise the Lord God. It is by His mercies that we are alive this morning when many elsewhere did not wake up.

God is good all the time.

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

Time for Everything

There is a time to be born and a time to die and after death is judgment ( Hebrews 9:27).

Every man will give an account of himself ( Romans 14:12)

God will bring every work into judgment with every secret thing for good or for evil ( Ecclesiastes 12:14)

Are we ready for Him?
Are our lives right with God?
Today is the day of salvation ( 2 Corinthians 6:2)

Acknowledge your sinful state
Repent of them
Confess your sins to God

Accept Jesus as your Lord & Savior
Live for God & for eternity in view
The end of all things is at hand (1 Peter 4:7)

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

Preach the Truth God Wants ( Isaiah 58:1)

We need to be preaching much more about sin and repentance; salvation, damnation and hellfire; judgement and the wrath of God. People need to realize that the present world is crumbling.

God will judge this world and the day is coming like a thief in the night.

The popular message now is how to make money and flow with the cares of the perishing world system.

This message has removed the fear of God from many and seems to have forgotten that a Day of Judgement is on the way.

The way many are living their lives is as if this place is the eternal habitation of man.

Those that perished in the judgement of the first world in the Days of Noah perished because they focused too much attention to the lusts of the flesh that is mortal and too little or virtually no attention to the things of the spirit that is eternal.

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

The Message in Romans 1:28

'' even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient.''

Why is there so much unrighteousness, corruption, injustice and wickedness in the land despite the array of churches and increase in gospel activities across the world?

It is because many do not retain God in their minds. God is immediately forgotten once they step out of the places of worship. It is when we retain God in our minds that we can have an active fear of God in our lives.

Where people do not retain God in their minds, the tendency is to live their lives anyhow contrary to the ways of God and God gives them over to perverted minds.

We need to practice the presence of God daily wherever we are, outside our place of worship. We can say short prayers, sing hymns and praises, confess the Word etc.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, give me the grace and the empowerment to retain the knowledge of You in my mind every moment in the day.

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