Open Heaven 8 July 2021: [Thursday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – A Witness for God or Satan?
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OPEN HEAVEN 8 JULY 2021 TOPIC: A Witness For God Or Satan?
MEMORISE: A false witness shall not be unpunished,
and he that speaketh lies shall perish. – Proverbs 19:9
READ: Mark 14:57-59, Acts 1:8 (KJV)
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And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
58
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and
within three days I will build another made without hands.
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But neither so did their witness agree together.
Acts
1:8:
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR: Psalm
54-56
Open Heaven 8 July 2021
MESSAGE:
In
Exodus 20:16 God commanded that we should not bear false witness against our
neighbours. The consequences of being a false witness are found in Proverbs
19:9 where the Bible says:
“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh
lies shall perish.”
Wicked
people rely on false witnesses to perpetrate their evil deeds. It was the false
witness of Rehum the chancellor, Shimshai the scribe and their cohorts against
the Jews that halted the rebuilding project of Zerubbabel according to Ezra
Chapter 4. These people wrote false allegations against the Jews and their
leadership, then sent the document to King Artaxerxes.
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“Then
ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto
the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.” – Ezra 4:24
The
consequences of false witness can be unimaginable. False witnessing shall not
destroy your destiny in Jesus’ name.
The
only way the Jewish leaders could get Jesus crucified was through false
witnessing. The Bible says:
“For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed
not together.” – Mark 14:56
Despite
the conspiracy, there were discrepancies in their reports. The lessons to learn
here is that, as Christians, we must live above board like our Master if we
shall not become easy prey to the accuser of the brethren. In the same vein, we
must learn to be transparent and honest. This will prevent us from being false
witnesses.
When
we engage in false witnessing and other forms of falsehood, we crucify Jesus
Christ over and over again. In what areas of your life are you being a false
witness – a fake affidavit, a false claim that you are married with so many
children whereas you are still single? May that lying spirit not blot your name
from the book of life in Jesus’ name. Be a witness to the Truth; Jesus is the
Truth personified, as clearly stated in John 1:17 and John 14:6.
Ask
yourself today: are you a witness for God or Satan?
Open Heaven 8 July 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father, please deliver me from
every lying spirit and help me to be a true witness for Jesus Christ.
Open Heaven 8 July 2021
HYMN 14: Jesus My Lord, My God, My All
1. Jesus, my Lord, my God, my
all,
hear me, blest Savior, when I call;
hear me, and from thy dwelling place
pour down the riches of thy grace.
Refrain:
Jesus, my Lord, I thee adore;
O make me love thee more and more.
2. Jesus, too late I thee have
sought;
how can I love thee as I ought?
And how extol thy matchless fame,
the glorious beauty of thy name?
3. Jesus, what didst thou find
in me
that thou hast dealt so lovingly?
How great the joy that thou hast brought,
so far exceeding hope or thought!
4. Jesus, of thee shall be my
song;
to thee my heart and soul belong;
all that I have or am is thine,
and thou, blest Savior, thou art mine.
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.
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