"THEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN, BE STEADFAST, IMMOVABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."
1 Corinthians 15:58 (NKJV)
"AND BEING READY TO PUNISH ALL DISOBEDIENCE WHEN YOUR OBEDIENCE IS FULFILLED."
2 Corinthians 10:6 (NKJV)
• A number of points on this teaching had been shared in the first part of this teaching, the concluding part is shared here.
• This is where the main problem of human beings or believers is, when It comes to being submissive to God and not fighting for yourself.
- According to the usual course of things, we would not want to be called stupid or be thought to be dense or thickheaded; thus we would want to react immediately when an issue comes up (Romans 12:19).
- We would want to fight, defend, justify or vindicate the self when being accused wrongly, or when mistreated, and when we are abused (Matthew 5:38-42).
- It is always difficult for believers to be patient and go back to God and tell the matter at hand to Him. An average believer would have reacted and taken the matter to his or her hand before It comes to their mind that they ought to tell God about It (Romans 12:17-21).
- Our minds are so carnally programmed that we react to things promptly ever before we have the thought of telling the matter to God.
• The first battle which a believer needed to win is the battle against the flesh. The flesh would want you to promptly react to whatever happens in your life, without waiting or having a time to ask from God on how to respond.
- The Holy Spirit is on the inside of you, as a believer in Christ Jesus, and If you had trained yourself in hearing from Him, and your communion with Him is sound; you would always receive an answer or a response of Yes or No, go ahead or not, whenever you want to know what to do or the step to take at any given situation (Romans 8:14).
- Thus, before you started fighting, either in the physical or in the spiritual, you would do well to know the mind of God on the matter you are fighting on. Does God want it? Did He approve it? What is His take on what you are angry with or about? Are you the one at fault or the person you are having an issue with?
- The reason for all these clarifications is, If God is not with you, or on your side, in whatever battle you are fighting, you may end up being a casualty. Your life might be at stake or in jeopardy on it!
• When an issue is cleared from God, you have gotten to know His stand on it, If He did approve it, then the battle is as good as being won.
- When God knows you are being offended and cheated on a matter, and you have made Him know about it, and He is interested in it; you would not need to be apprehensive about it again. HE would promptly take over and handle the person or people who might be the culprit or the source or cause of the problem.
• You will not fail in Jesus' name.
- Should there be any ailment in your body, I declare your healing now in Jesus' name.
- Whatever is not of God in your system is completely removed in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Peace!
STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. As you took the steps A and B your name is written in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).
- If you took the steps As highlighted above, congratulations, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!