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Open Heaven 22 August 2021: [Sunday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A
Adeboye – Hold Fast unto Eternal Life
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OPEN HEAVEN 22 AUGUST 2021
TOPIC: Hold
Fast Unto Eternal Life
MEMORISE: Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,
whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before
many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12
READ: Matthew
24:2-13 (KJV)
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I
say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall
not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto
him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be
the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man
deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not
troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill
you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and
shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax
cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 120:1-7,
Psalms 121:1-8
Open Heaven 22 August 2021 MESSAGE:
While it is true that the devil can rob us of eternal life,
it is also true that we can ignorantly submit it to him. The reason is found in
Romans 8:31 which says:
“What shall we then say to these things? “If God be for us, who
can be against us?”
The answer to this question is that nobody can be against us
except we ourselves.
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by
the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” Romans
5:19
Here we see that there is something deeper than sin itself –
that is, disobedience. When a person is called a sinner, it means there is
disobedience somewhere in the life of such a fellow. In other words, the power
of sin lies in disobedience. According to the Scripture above, men were made
sinners through disobedience. We can conclude therefore that the absence of
disobedience is the absence of sin! Let us look at another Scripture in order
to see how God views disobedience as different acts that dishonour Him:
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“And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt
offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey
is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is
as the sin of witchcraft and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry…” 1 Samuel 15:22-23
Beloved, in simple terms, one thing that can deny one of eternal
life is disobedience to the word of God, which I regard as the father of all
sins. Are you disobedient to God who you proclaim to be your Father? How often
do you argue with His word? Are you comfortable with His dos and don’ts or do
you consider them stressful? Some members of the 21st century Church don’t take
Gods commands seriously any more. I am using this opportunity to advise you not
to join the group of such people. Eternal life is real and you cannot afford to
miss it. Hold fast unto eternal life by obeying every word of God.
Open Heaven 22 August 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father,
please give me the grace to be perfectly obedient to You in all things, that I
may have eternal life, in Jesus name.
Open Heaven 22 August 2021 HYMN Ho! my comrades, see
the signal
1.
Ho! my comrades, see
the signal,
Waving in the sky!
Reinforcements now appearing,
Victory is nigh!
Refrain:
“Hold the fort, for I am coming,”
Jesus signals still,
Wave the answer back to Heaven,
“By Thy grace we will.
1.
See the mighty host
advancing,
Satan leading on;
Mighty men around us falling,
Courage almost gone.
2.
See the glorious
banner waving,
Hear the bugle blow;
In our Leader’s Name we triumph
Over every foe.
3.
Fierce and long the
battle rages,
But our help is near;
Onward comes our great Commander,
Cheer, my comrades, cheer!
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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