Open Heaven 17 April 2022: [Sunday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Blessings From The Victory At Calvary III
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Open Heaven 17 April 2022
TOPIC: Blessings From The Victory At
Calvary III
Memorise: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may
give it you. John 15:16
Bible Reading: Mark 16:15-20 (KJV)
15. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature.
16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
17. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it
shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into
heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Kings 21:1-29, 1 Kings 22:1-53
Open Heaven 17 April 2022 Message
We shall continue to examine
more blessings from the victory at Calvary today. The first one we will
consider today can be seen in John 15:15
which says: “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not
what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have
heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
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Calvary II
The sacrifice and victory at calvary qualify believers to be called friends
of Jesus. This also makes every believer an ambassador of the Most High on earth,
as we see in 2 Corinthians 5:20: “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye
reconciled to God.”
The implication of the above blessing is in the Bible text of today. Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature Jesus commanded.
You enjoy the privilege of an ambassador for the Almighty God when you have a
divine encounter with Jesus Christ.
With this comes the assurance that He will be with us until the end of the
world (Matthew 28:20). The good thing about this assurance is that the
Scripture says, What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who
can be against us? (Romans 8:31).
Another blessing from the victory at Calvary is that every believer can
become a vessel through which God performs miracles.
This means that we can control circumstances, principalities and powers, as
we see in our Bible reading today (Mark 16:15-20). There is a lot to rejoice
over in the Scripture above.
While it is true that there is still a lot of evil in the world, there are,
however, numerous instances of devils being cast out of people, of persons in
one form of bondage or the other being set free and so on. More and more people
are baptised with the Holy Spirit, and we are constantly slaying spiritual
giants.
Even when we eat deadly things, they cannot harm us, and when we lay our
hands on the sick, they are healed. The only way to be part of these blessings
is by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.
If you haven’t done so already, surrender your life to Him today, so that
the blessings from the victory at Calvary can become yours, also.
Open Heaven 17 April 2022 PRAYER POINT:
Father, please give me a full portion of the blessings of Calvary.
Open Heaven 17 April 2022 HYMN: WHEN WE WALK WITH THE LORD
1. When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way,
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
CHORUS
Trust and obey,
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.
2. Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away,
Not a doubt or a fear,
Not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.
3. Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay,
Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.
4. But we never can prove
The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay,
For the favour He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.
5. Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way,
What He says we will do,
Where He sends, we will go,
Never fear, only trust and obey.
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 kleinanzeigen in the world and
also the President of Christ the
Redeemer's Ministries.
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