Open Heaven 11 September 2021: [Saturday] Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – The God of Distinction
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Heaven 11 September 2021 Topic: The God of
Distinction
MEMORISE: So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis
1:27
READ: Genesis 1:14-19 (KJV)
14 And God said,
Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the
night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be
for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it
was so.
16 And God made two
great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule
the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them
in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over
the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God
saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR: Luke 9:1-62, Luke 10:1-42
Open Heaven 11 September 2021 MESSAGE:
Our God is the God of
distinction; He is not an author of confusion. A man chooses to be confused
when he does not want to do the right thing as ordered by God and so pretends
that he does not know what God wants from him. When God creates, He does so
with precision and purpose. He created lights for a purpose and darkness for
another. God commanded:
“And let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for
signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.” Genesis 1:14
The God of order is that God of
distinction. When He wanted to create man, for example, the Bible says:
“So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1:27
Also
Read: Open Heaven 10 September 2021 – The Creative Word of God
God, in His infinite wisdom,
created mankind as male and female, yet some people feel the need to change
their gender as though He did not know what He was doing when He created them!
God does not make mistakes. Our God is the perfect God of distinction. He
created the day for work and the night to rest. If for any reason we do not
rest in one night, the following day should compensate for the loss of rest.
Failure to observe rest produces stress, sickness and ultimately death. Little
wonder life expectancy in the last fifty years has been on the decline.
Achievements that should normally have taken forty years to accomplish are realized
in fewer than thirty, at the price of dying earlier. The God of distinction
says in His word:
Open Heaven 11 September 2021 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
“Be ye not unequally yoked
together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?” 2 Corinthians 6:14
He then commanded in 2
Corinthians 6:17-18
“Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and
I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and
daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
A lot of people have mixed many
profane things with the sacred. The God of distinction will never lower His
standards. It is our duty to live up to His standards.
Open Heaven 11 September 2021 KEY POINT:
Look into your life and see where you have compromised your values as a Christian. Repent and begin to walk in the path of righteousness again.
Open Heaven 11 September 2021 HYMN: STANDING ON THE PROMISES OF CHRIST MY
KING,
1.
Standing on the promises of Christ my king,
through eternal ages let his praises ring;
glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
standing on the promises of God.
CHORUS
Standing, standing,
standing on the promises of God my Savior;
standing, standing,
I’m standing on the promises of God.
1.
Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
when the howling storms
of doubt and fear assail,
by the living Word of God I shall prevail,
standing on the promises of God.
2.
Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
bound to him eternally by love’s strong cord,
overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
standing on the promises of God.
3.
Standing on the promises I cannot fall,
listening every moment to the Spirit’s call,
resting in my Savior as my all in all,
standing on the promises of God.
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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