Open Heaven 20 December 2020: [SUNDAY] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – TRUTH AND WISDOM
Open Heaven 20 December 2020 Sunday
Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Truth and Wisdom
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Topic: Truth and Wisdom (Open
Heaven 20 December 2020)
Memorise: He that saith
unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall
abhor him: – Proverbs 24:24
Read: Proverbs
24:23-26 (KJV)
23 These things also belong to the wise. It is
not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art
righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25 But to them that rebuke him shall be
delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
Bible In One Year: Hebrews 1-6
Open Heaven 20 December 2020 Sunday MESSAGE:
Many times, we Pastors find ourselves in situations where we are faced with either speaking the truth or telling a lie to flatter someone who is influential or from whom we can get a lot of benefits.
Open Heaven 20 December 2020 – TRUTH AND WISDOM
At such times, we must ensure that we do not lie. Our God has never
been in support of respecting people to the extent of endorsing their
wrongdoings. It does not matter who the fellow is or how much you can gain from
them, never lie to get their favour. When God told Prophet Jeremiah that He
would be sending him to nations, he knew that meant that he would be
confronting some really influential people, so he responded in Jeremiah 1:6:
“Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD!
behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.”
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And God reassured him
in Jeremiah 1:7-8 thus:
“…and whatsoever I command thee
thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver
thee, saith the LORD.”
Open Heaven 20 December 2020: [SUNDAY] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – TRUTH AND WISDOM
This message is still relevant today: fear
not, God is with you to deliver you. The elders have a saying that it is not
the one who we are sent to that we must fear, but the one who sent us.
Now, when God has sent
you to correct an influential person, you need to do it with wisdom. John the
Baptist confronted Herod and lost his head, but Nathan confronted David and the
king repented, what is the difference between the way the two prophets carried
out their assignment? John the Baptist was straight and direct with Herod. The
Bible says in Mark 6:18:
“For John had said unto Herod,
It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.”
Nathan, in his own case, decided to tell the
king a fictional story about someone else who did something similar to what
David had done, so he got David to judge the case by himself and when David
acknowledged the fellow’s sin, Nathan turned it around and said “Sir, that
fellow is actually you”. Thereafter, he went on to deliver the message God had
sent him to deliver (2 Samuel 12:1-14). If Nathan had come straight to tell the
king that the sword would never depart from his house, that God would raise his
own family members to go against him and so on, he may have lost his head too.
Key Point:
Make sure you delivered message that God has
sent you with, but ask Him for the wisdom with which to present it.
Hymn 26: Stand Up, Stand Up For
Jesus
1. Stand up, stand up for
Jesus! ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss:
From vict’ry unto vict’ry, His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed.
2. Stand up, stand up for
Jesus! The trumpet call obey:
Forth to the mighty conflict, in this His glorious day;
Ye that are men now serve Him against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger, and strength to strength oppose.
3. Stand up, stand up for
Jesus! Stand in His strength alone,
The arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own;
Put on the gospel armor, and watching unto prayer,
Where calls the voice of duty, be never wanting there.
4. Stand up, stand up for
Jesus! the strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle, the next the victor’s song;
To him that overcometh a crown of life shall be;
He with the King of glory shall reign eternally.
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
Thank you daddy for today message
ReplyDeleteSir, are you saying that John has got no wisdom? Yet God said there is no man that is born that is as great as John
ReplyDeletePlease drop a comment. God bless you!