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.
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