Open Heaven 27 August 2020: [Thursday] – Preach the whole Truth READ >> OPEN HEAVENS 28 AUGUST 2020
Memorise:
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we
speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 1st
Thessalonians 2:4
Read:
Acts 20:26-28 (KJV)
26 Wherefore
I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27 For I
have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 Take heed
therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost
hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased
with his own blood.
Message:-
If someone claims to be telling you
the truth, but you later find out he was hiding some details from you, you
would feel he/she lied to you.
Open Heaven 27 August 2020 – Preach the whole Truth
This is what Pastors do when they hide some
truth from their members so as not to appear harsh. If the sheep that God has
placed in your care get malnourished and die a spiritual death, their blood
will be on your hands.
“…He saith
unto him, Feed my sheep…”
John 21:16
Open Heaven 27 August 2020: [Thursday] – Preach the whole Truth
Many years ago, I was invited as the
main speaker at a three-day crusade. On the third day, I told my host that
since I had spent the first two days speaking about our Christian lives here on
earth, I wanted to speak on restitution, to prepare the people for Heaven. He
refused, saying “You want to scatter the people you have already gathered?”
Then he asked me to speak on prosperity. Due to ministerial ethics, I had to
oblige him, so I chose 3rd John 1:2 as the anchor scripture: “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou
mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” Thank God
for the “even as”; I ended up talking about Heaven.
Open Heaven 27 August 2020 Thursday Key Point
In the Redeem Christian Church of God,
I have been speaking the whole truth to the people, even the very hard truths,
yet the Church keeps growing. God will draw people to the place where He is
sure they will hear the truth. It is okay to preach about prosperity, blessings
and other things that being a Christian avails you, but you are a liar if you
never preach about sanctification, holiness, restitution and so on. When Jesus
was about to leave this earth, in John 17:12 He gave a report of the people He
had been discipline, saying:
“Those that
thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition;
that the scripture might be fulfilled.”
When you are about to leave also, you
will be required to give a report. What will your report be on that day?
Key
Point
God’s
word needs no sugar-coating; preach it as it is.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
one of the largest evangelical Churches in
the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
2 Comments
truly heart touching
ReplyDeleteTrue talk. Truth is bitter to the world but it is still better to preach the truth.
ReplyDeletePlease drop a comment. God bless you!