MEMORISE: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and
to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly. John 10: 10
READ: 2 PETER 1: 1- 4.
1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that
have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that
pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath
called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped
the corruption that is in the world through lust.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ISAIAH 60: 1-63 : 14; PSALM 42.
Under normal circumstances, no human being desires to be a nonentity.
The various forces in the world however, are responsible for many
people spending their entire life amounting to nothing and dwelling in
the valley of not-well-to-do persons. The Almighty God Himself in making
man did not intend for him to be a scourge of His creation, but rather
the master piece of His creativity.
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his
own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created
he them.” Genesis 1:26-27
This passage clearly reveals love and goodwill par excellence on the
part of God toward man. Where then did the negative turn of events come
from? It is sin in the camp of man. He rebelled against his Maker; he
rejected His authority over him by choosing to obey the archenemy of God
– Satan, rather than God.
“And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of
the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the
man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the
tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this
that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I
did eat.” Genesis 3:11-13.
Since this incident in the Garden of Eden, things have not been the
same with man; until the same God who was sinned against sent His Son to
make atonement for the sin of man (Hebrews 9:22, John 3:16).
Whosoever now is in Christ is in a position to regain all that man had
lost through sin (Romans 5:17). If you are already in Christ, I want
to let you know that you are positioned to live a fulfilled life. If
you have not truly surrendered to Jesus however, even if you seem to be
making it, know that something very vital is still missing. Besides,
where it matters most in the hereafter, you will be disappointed; so
repent and turn over your life to Jesus today.
ACTION POINT:
Make sure you are truly in Christ, to be able to reclaim all your lost ground and make heaven.
AUTHOR: Pst. E . A ADEBOYE
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