RAPTURABLE – Friday April 10th
2015
Memorise: In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last 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, Bible in one year: Joshua 4-6, Matthew 18:1-20
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 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.
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