CAUGHT IN THE VERY ACT
mysterious things just keep happening to teach us certain things.Am sorry to tell these sad stories.
some one told me of the dead of a pastor who died on top of a lady friend in a hotel.It reminds me of another pastor,married,respected,known to me who died committing fornication with a girl in the hotel.I began to think of another commited christian ,church leader who put a girl in the family ware,and the story shook and shocked the environment and even deterred people from associating with christians, talkless of taking "church" serious.
These remind me of the trumpet sounding "in a twinkle of an eye"Why did God decide to make it 'a twinkle of an eye issue"? what manner of christians aught we to be?
some one told me of the dead of a pastor who died on top of a lady friend in a hotel.It reminds me of another pastor,married,respected,known to me who died committing fornication with a girl in the hotel.I began to think of another commited christian ,church leader who put a girl in the family ware,and the story shook and shocked the environment and even deterred people from associating with christians, talkless of taking "church" serious.
These remind me of the trumpet sounding "in a twinkle of an eye"Why did God decide to make it 'a twinkle of an eye issue"? what manner of christians aught we to be?
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Permalink Reply by PROPHETESS CAROL on -
Yes...this was a twinkle of an eye...wasn't it?....i think sometimes we just don't understand grace...and pretending to know God is one of the worse sins of all because he can change his mind at anytime....it is really something to ponder....i am sorry too... =0(
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Permalink Reply by Evang. akanimoh raleigh on -
an another question is will these people go to heaven or hell...after a once upon a time testimony of salvation
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Permalink Reply by Evang. akanimoh raleigh on
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But sister Tammy,It shouldn't be a tough question.i know you have the Holy Spirit and your believe is not what is needed here.
then we can go ahead abusing that mercy,making the world to keep mocking the gospel and the dead of our Lord,even discourage others from coming in and say after all we have a secured eternity.
Are we not going to give account of what we have done while in the flesh.If we are,then whats God going to do with the account?
I am dealing on this because there is got to be a conclusion so that we don't miss heaven after all.
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Permalink Reply by Heather_LIBAW on -
I will share an analagy that came to me one day a couple weeks back, if you are familiar with the Taj Mahal story of how it was built basically a man loved his wife so much he wanted to build her this magnificent project, he became so enthralled with the building of it he forgot about his wife. During which time she died, their son became so angry with him that he had the fathers eyes plucked out and imprisoned in a section of the Taj Mahal, where he also died.
Sometimes, we being so passionate and in love with Jesus, have a vision or are given a vision for a ministry or church. During the "building" of the church or ministry, we begin to forget that love that it was founded on and after time that love dies out. This intern imprisons us in our own mind of what God wants and can lead to our own spiritual death if we loose focus.
I think Tammy said something right on, "I think sometimes that the pastors start out on the right track but lose focus. They become empowered by their position & people take them in their confidence. In so doing, they can see who is vulnerable & then they begin to misuse their "power"." We cannot judge where their hearts were at at that very moment but we do know they will have to answer for each and every thing just as you and I will. That is why we are to pray for our pastors, its so important, and also to make sure we are plugged in to God not man...so when man fails or falls we have lost no power because our source is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, keep plugged into God and praying for our leaders of the church today, we never know when our or their time is up.
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Permalink Reply by Evang. akanimoh raleigh on
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Bless you sisters.I am so blessed by your contributions here.Mummy Tam mad a good point indeed and that means we should be watchful,as supported by Heather.The bible says be sober and vigilant,for the devil walketh about,seeking whom he may devour....wao!He is so trickish and subtle,he can decieve even the very elect....
With all humility,people of God,I count not my self to have apprehended,neither am i worthy to loose the shoe lace of ST PAUL,but like him,I PRESS.I PRESS,and PRESS by the grace of God.i try to follow the Gospel of Christ through Him.
There is a point of excellence and that is my target by His grace.I learnt that after the much determination and pressing that characterised his christian life and faith,he,while alive attained the point of excellence and testified to the tangible (not prophesy)..."I have faught a good fight,...finished the course....kept the faith....and there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness....."
Brethren,I did not mean to judge any one...who am I? rather i think that the dead of ananias and saphira and examples as such as i have posted should be a lesson to our generation....and these things happen that we may take out time to ask the Lord some questions,study His word and open up for the Holy Spirit to teach us,emptying our selves of doctrines and believes.St PAul,said "i am the chief sinner",(pray tthe Lord give you the real understanding) well how ever u understand that, Paul kept saying Flee fornication,adultry,uncleaness etc....Because sin wars against the soul....As for furnication,let it not for once be named amongst you....as becometh saints.Do we ever ask why this strong warning? So even if he was the chief sinner and keeps telling us not to commit sin,then God forbid, to say he was a hypocrite.One thing i know is that He ended as a victor.He actually worked out His final salvation..."with fear and trembling"or however,...and gave the shout of perfection,and received a crown of righteousness.The crown for the righteous not for the christian-sinner.
Talking about the thief on the cross....i tell You.he went to heaven because after the act of forgiveness and washing,there was no unconfessed sin in His life,he died in a state of full joy of salvation.He died with his salvation in tact,undefiled,with the seal of the Holy Spirit unbroken,He never had time for sin again....and the devil had no chance to mock Christ over His life till He left this earth....what a testimony!!!
I thank God we all believe there will be judgement and we all pointed it out,then what is God going to do with the outcome of the judgment when they have already made it to paradise and are entitled to heaven (by inheritance or what ever)
My beloved Sister also mentioned consequences for sins.,for a man that was once saved to breath last while committing fornication,am sorry...i don't know but i feel...or in fact by all logics,i know that the consequence is still going to be manufactured within the 4 walls of hell.lol....yes.He is either going to be place in the hot,or hotter or hottest places in hell.For he is like "He that knoweth the masters will and doeth it not...."
talking about the condition of their heart,it was very far from that of the thief on the cross.The condition of their heat was lust,uncleanness,adultery,fornication,lasciviousness...For sure he could not be saying "thank you Lord,for this adultery...and so on.You can not be committing sin and claim to be in the holy Ghost at the same moment.Satan is a lier!We can not steal in the name of Jesus,we cannot lie,and at the moment still in the spirit...in fact we please satan and make him happy while in the act of sin....and we cause God to hide his face in shame,while satan takes the glory.
Christ dies to save us,and show us the way to salvation and eternity.If we fall out of that way.we are back to square one.You can only make heave while you are in spirit,infact in love with Christ.These Two work Hand in Hand.if i at any point am in love with sin,i obey sin and serve sin,it means i have despised the Holy spirit and no love for God.
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Permalink Reply by Evang. akanimoh raleigh on
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let me still leave some bilbe passages for us.Romans 8:13,14:Romans 11:21-23:Galatians 6:7-9:Hebrews 3:6-14:Revelation 3:5:Revelation 21:7,8
The bilbe says....seize to do evil....Have you seized to do evil?
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Permalink Reply by Evang. akanimoh raleigh on
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sister.we have an idea of the final word through the spirit.the final word is Judgment....and reward.sow to the flesh and u must surely reap corruption.
We serve one God,one Lord, and the faith is the same.we must come to agreement otherwise,through the spirit and the word of God otherwise the devil will cheat one of us.me or u.
The bible does not say keep sinning,rather seize to do evil.If you keep sinning and u are comfortable with it......
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Permalink Reply by Evang. akanimoh raleigh on
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you may as well want others to live that way....but its not good.There is a way to be free from it......wouldnt u be happy if you find your self in another level of live in Christ?....a sweeter place....i mean living in the forth dimension,in the secret place of the most High,in the mount of the Lord....basking always in the joy and presence of the Holy spirit instead of giving in to guilt and evil concience......
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Permalink Reply by Evang. akanimoh raleigh on
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no ma or sir...please i said the holy spirit can
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Permalink Reply by Evang. akanimoh raleigh on
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God bless us all In Jesus' name.Amen.Please be patient with me in this revelation>I pray God the last word in this post can activate an eternal blessing in ur life only if you obey and read from the first word down in JESUS" NAME...Amen
i dont know which bible you use,but i think king james is more acceptable to me if u mean Christianity as of old..we have so many other modern translations of the bible. because since we say a once saved but now homosexual "Christian" can be filled with the spirit and still make heaven,he can as well interpret and publish a bible.....and what do you expect....every line of that bible will interpret why everyone should be a gay>.i am not condemning any translation.....but i have seen some important words lost to interpretation or translation. Let this not distract us....but lets watch the bible we use.
Brethren, the devil is out to deceive. His aim is to win more to himself. most times we pastors promote the devils work when we try to use the word of God to achieve our selfish interests or when we don't study much or take time to listen to the Holy Spirit for explanations to some verses of the scriptures. of course the devil has also anointed and commissioned some pastors and they teach half truths, recruiting "saved" robbers, harlots, murderers and so on. I wish they can also create heaven for themselves.
Brethren, there is a big difference between what happens the moment u realise your sins, decide to repent, ask Christ for forgiveness, into your heart, and the time eternity begins. in the former, so many things happen spontaneously and simultaneously. I mean heaven celebrates, grace is showered, justified, and u are brought from darkness into light and so many things, we become heirs, in (but we have not sat on any throne pls...and many heirs don't eventually find their way to the throne unless...).....and all these are made possible and available by the death of our Lord Jesus Christ. And that doesn't have to do with your works or righteousness. but brethren, it is the Lords commandment for you saved one to continue in the light. That is what guarantees you are still saved.
What does it mean to walk in the light?....
lets begin by studying Rom 8 vrs 1(KJV pls)
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
i want us to know there are three things involved here....though some bibles have removed some parts of this verse.
1)being in Christ: this begins as soon as u accept Christ, in a little boys sence,being in Christ will mean once u into christ and start worshiping in one church or the other.that means no matter what u do,u are in Christ. It reminds me that someone in 1 cor 5 was in Christ(by the way we understand it now)and was doing abomination....commiting adultery,sleeping with his step mother, and St Pual said he should be judged and expelled from the fellowship.that means according to our level of understanding that he was chased fout of Christ. Being in Christ is more serious than this but for us all to undrstand since some of us are not are still babes in the faith.i will stop here.
2)Those that are in Christ and are not working after the flesh:Walking after the flesh mean acting or living according to the dictates and promptings of the flesh.I believe we all know what flesh is,if we go higher in maturity,flesh simply means satan!.full stop.Gal 5 verse 19 talks about the work of the flesh-end products of the flesh....things that are associated with the flesh.If you walk after the flesh,you must end up in these things....namely..Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
This means that they that "are in Christ",and do things like this WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD says the word of God! check my post here in libaw tagged "caught in the very act"
3)Walking after the SPIRIT.praise the LORD!
Jesus Christ came to show us, and is the way to salvation....He made way and provided for the SALVATION EXPERIENCE and opportunity.....and thank God we accepted it.but there is something else dear, and that is the finishing.He said I have "FINSHED" (yet heaven did not open to swallow any one that believes in Him immediately as we think we are already there as soon as we are saved)."I will go and prepare a place for you".but meanwhile, "i will not leave you comfortless.....".there are mountains to climb and valleys to cross, there will be temptations, there will be doubting tendencies, tribulations,trials,the devil will fight your believe,faith and profession,all of this will come because there is something in future and that is the marriage supper of THE LAMB and a sweet, endless and glorious eternity.(wao! satan....what do u think? no wonder you are so jealous!)
The bible says that the road to eternity is narrow....and few find it. even the 10 virgins, virgins by grace, after being made virgins (saved) through the mercies of God,5 of them did not make it to the bridegroom.So people many believe and believe in Christ(even satan),share the salvation experience but few actually find themselves meters into the Way to heaven.It tells how 'in' you are in Christ, the way. Again, St Paul the Apostle described our christian life as a race to somewhere.(1 cor 9 verse 14-27)You enter into a race as you recieve Christ.You run a distance before u get to the tape where u get the prize and you can t get the prize if the rules u are supposed to observe on the track are not followed.It doesn't end in salvation. Salvation, as important as it is, qualifies you for so many other great benefits in Christ. It is not an end but a means. if you rest there u die a baby...and in fact perish.(HEB 6 vs 1-12)
I am still talking about the third part of Rom 8 vrs 1.I am trying to usher in a VIP,pls bear with me.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Walking After the SPIRIT!
'I have finished,I am going home, i will come back to pick you to some where,but I WILL SEND SOMEBODY to You" THE HOLY SPIRIT".He will lead you into all truth, He will be your guide along the way,He is the helper,He will help you,He will speak to you,tell you about the rules,when u sin,he will convict you,do not grieve Him,He is ur seal,if any breaks the hedge,Him shall the serpent bite, the prince of this world cometh...he will speak to you,my sheep here my voice,and they follow me.He that overcometh,will igive a crown of glory.i will not blot out His name from the book of life.walk after the spirit and you will not fulfill the works of the flesh, if you don’t walk after the spirit,u will fulfill the works of the flesh and u will be condemned" He that has not the Spirit of Christ is non of His.
We have so neglected the Holy Spirit and His duties toward our salvation. This has made flesh and sin to dominate our lives that we feel sin has become a status quo. Brothers,if we decide to worship our weaknesses and imperfection, leave God out of it.
Finally let me point out 1 cor 10 vs 1-12.Its a warning to us all.
Lets talk about all the scriptures by St Paul that look as if they are contradicting since we are all quoting from the same scripture.Paul as an evangelist will always use milk to explain thing that pertain to babes.Milky-words are words and teachings that describe, relate or are aimed at pre salvation issues up to babes-in-faith-level.He uses them often used to refer to hows whys and whens of salvation. When he faces matured Christians and people that have been long in faith, he yells at their immaturity and and mistakes,pointing out the risks involved and begins to begins to unveil mysteries of the kingdom even in hard terms.
But we confuse our selves, mixing up the whole thing. He says he becomes a gentile to the gentiles and jew to the jews in other to get their understanding....but he doesn't lie in any of the situations. rather he says admonishes us to grow beyond the doctrines of repentance, baptism and so on to a more matured and important issue and that is eternity issue.I must let you know there are words ans statements an evangelist talking to sinners and and a pastor can not refer to it when talking to those that becometh saints.They are words a pastor will use in a New converts class and can not use it in the elders meetings.
Now if we dont understand this,then lets check all the words and teachings of Christ.lets base our case there and see what Jesus said about eternity.
But after reading HEB 6 vs 1-12 and 1 cor 10 vs 1-12,once again, if theres need for u to start afresh,God is faithful and gracious. He has paid for the wrongs of yesterday. Its not by good works and your sins of yesterdays have no power to stop ur salvation now.Its only your sins of tomorrow that can stop ur wedding with Jesus. Thats why He is the God of another chance.Now is the time,there is no repentance in the grave.You can start a new leave now!close ur eyes and say a prayer as you are led.You will be ushered in again into His presence and favour.God bless You!!!
I will still talk about How the Holy Spirit can make Your dream to heaven a reality
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