OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY 10th APRIL 2015...

THEME: RAPTURABLE

MEMORISE: In a moment, in the

twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:

for the trumpet shall sound, and the

dead shall be raised incorruptible,

and we shall be changed. 1st

Corinthians 15:52

READ: 1st THESSALONIANS 4:13-17

13 But I would not have you to be

ignorant, brethren, concerning them

which are asleep, that ye sorrow not,

even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died

and rose again, even so them also

which sleep in Jesus will God bring

with him.

15 For this we say unto you by the

word of the Lord, that we which are

alive and remain unto the coming of

the Lord shall not prevent them

which are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall

descend from heaven with a shout,

with the voice of the archangel, and

with the trump of God: and the

dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and

remain shall be caught up together

with them in the clouds, to meet the

Lord in the air: and so shall we ever

be with the Lord.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JOSHUA 4-6 and

MATTHEW 18:1-20

MESSAGE

To make Heaven at last will take

something extra from you. The ten

virgins in

Matthew 25:1-13 were expecting the

return of the Kings of kings. As

virgins, they were pure, sanctified,

holy, chosen and expectant. It can

be assumed that upon having all

these qualifications, they would have

automatic access to Heaven. Yet,

somewhere along the line, they all

slumbered and slept. This is

frightening and calls for

introspection. When the ten virgins

were leaving their houses, they all

had oil; otherwise their lamps would

not have been burning. The five that

made it did so because they had

extra oil. It is important we all

realise that if we are going to make

it to Heaven, it is going to take

connecting with the Holy Spirit and

tapping into everything He has to

offer.

The Almighty God is absolutely

interested in the purity of His

children. In Exodus 30:1-3, God

insisted that His altar must be

overlaid with pure gold. The words of

the Lord are pure (Psalm 12:6). His

commandments also are pure (Psalm

19:8). Everything about God reflects

purity. In 2nd Samuel 22:27, David

said this about God:

“With the pure thou will shew

thyself pure; and with the forward

thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.”

If you are pure, God will arise for

you in all your battles. Even if your

beginning is small, because you

have chosen to pursue purity, your

ending shall be greatly increased. If

you pastor a church that is very

small and you are pure, you will

greatly increase. However, I have

seen people who started pure but

did not remain pure. This is the

greatest undoing of this present age.

Those who give room for defilement

cannot make it to Heaven unless

they amend their ways before the

appearance of the Bridegroom. When

a girl desire more than what her

parents can provide, she will end up

defiling herself. When a minister of

God wants to be what God does not

yet say he should be, he will defile

himself. When you insist on

acquiring the status which God has

not yet ordained for you, you will

defile yourself. When a pastor’s wife

wants to complete with the “big

women” in the church, she will

bring defilement to the ministry that

God has entrusted to her husband.

Those who defile the temple of God

shall diminish. It does not take long

for anyone who has been defiled to

begin to diminish. It is the same

God who increases the pure that

diminishes the defiled. Do not give

the devil an inch (1st Peter 5:8). Be

highly disciplined. Do not open the

door to temptation. Keep your

distance from danger zones.

Somebody who the enemy desires to

roast should not sit near the fire.

PRAYER POINT:

Father, cleanse me and equip me

with all that it will take for me to

make it to Heaven at last.

AUTHOR: Pst E. A. ADEBOYE.