Open Heaven 2 November 2020: [Monday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – THE SAINTS AND THE WICKED
THE SAINTS AND THE WICKED – Monday November
2nd 2020
Memorise: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:
and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 2nd
Timothy 4:8
Read: 2nd Thessalonians 1:5-10 (KJV)
5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous
judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which
ye also suffer:
6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation
to them that trouble you;
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and
that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the
presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Bible in one year: Mark 11, John 12, Hymn: Sing hymn 8
Message:-
The wicked are people who do not know God and
those who probably know Him but do not seek Him (Psalm 10:2-13). Their
lifestyle shows that they don’t believe in the gospel of Christ and that they
do not have any regard for God. On the other hand, there are saints – the
people of God; those are the people who believe. Though they may suffer
persecutions and afflictions for the Kingdom, they remain faithful children of
God.
Open Heaven 2 November 2020 – THE SAINTS AND THE WICKED
Paul assures the saints who have believed and
remain steadfast even in their afflictions that God will grant them relief and
their afflictions would come to an end in due course. Christ will be glorified
in them, and they in Him (2nd Thessalonians 1:12). On the other
hand, God will repay the persecutors with affliction; He will mete out justice.
He says in 2nd Thessalonians 1:9 that the retribution will be:
Open Heaven 2 November 2020: [Monday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – THE SAINTS AND THE WICKED
“….everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;”
The wicked would not cease to exist because
of God’s final judgement, rather they would be deprived of being in God’s
presence forever.
Daniel also declared:
“And
many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Daniel
12:2
Open Heaven 2 November 2020 Monday: Reflection
Jesus described the judgment thus “Then shall he say also unto them on the
left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels: And those shall go away into everlasting punishment: but
the righteous into life eternal.” (Matthew 25:41-46). Revelation describes
the fate of the wicked thus: “…and shall
be tormented day and night for ever and ever” (Revelation 20:10).
Beloved, a life without Christ is one full of
crises – both when the fellow is alive, and even death. Too many people pay lip
service to following Christ but actually do not in the real sense of it.
Examine your life and choose to deny yourself and follow Christ daily to escape
eternal damnation,
Reflection:
Which are you: wicked or saint?
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