Open Heaven 13 May 2022: [Friday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Don’t Join Yourself to an Harlot
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Open Heaven 12 May 2022 TOPIC: Don’t Join Yourself to an
Harlot
Memorise: What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is
one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 1 Corinthians 6:16
Bible Reading: Numbers 25:1-18 (KJV)
1. And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom
with the daughters of Moab.
2. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the
people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3. And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Israel.
4. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang
them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may
be turned away from Israel.
5. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye everyone his men that
were joined unto Baalpeor.
6. And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his
brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the
congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
7. And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw
it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
8. And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of
them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague
was stayed from the children of Israel.
9. And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned
my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake
among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12. Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13. And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an
everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an
atonement for the children of Israel.
14. Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with
the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house
among the Simeonites.
15. And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the
daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
16. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17. Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
18. For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.
BIBLE IN YEAR:
2 Chronicles 32:1-33, 2 Chronicles 33:1-25, 2 Chronicles 34:1-33, 2 Chronicles 35:1-27
Open Heaven 13 May 2022 Message
Of all the sins that God considers
destructive, sexual immorality is the worst. This is the type of sin that is
done against the body. It is like a man putting fire under himself and then
sitting on it. He will surely be burnt.
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1 Corinthians 6:18 says: “Flee fornication.
Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth
fornication sinneth against his own body.”
In Numbers 22 to 24, Balaam the
prophet was asked to curse the people of Israel. Each time he opened his mouth
to curse them, only blessings came forth. There was no way he could curse the
blessed people of God.
However, by the time you get to Numbers
25:1-18, the people had by themselves walked into a curse by committing
fornication and adultery.
Anyone who commits adultery has placed a curse on his own head. Proverbs 6:26 says: “For by means of a
whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt
for the precious life.”
Oh, the person may seem so good and difficult to resist because of his or
her good looks and tenderness; you had better run.
This is what the Bible says about a strange woman: “For the lips of a
strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her
end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to
death; her steps take hold on hell. Proverbs
5:3-5”
Beloved, run away from sexual immorality. If you are married, let your wife
or your husband be enough for you. If you are experiencing challenges in your
marriage, you should go to God in prayer, pleading for His intervention.
See your pastor or a godly counsellor for advice on what to do. In no way
should you join yourself to another because this kind of sin will only lead to
death and destruction.
Open Heaven 13 May 2022 KEY POINT:
Father, no strange woman (or man) after my destiny will succeed, in Jesus
name.
Open Heaven 13 May 2022 HYMN:
ALL TO JESUS I SURRENDER
1. All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
CHORUS:
I surrender all,
I surrender all;
All to Thee, my blessed Saviour,
I surrender all.
2. All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow;
Worldly pleasures all forsaken,
Take me, Jesus, take me now.
3. All to Jesus I surrender,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.
4. All to Jesus I surrender,
Now I feel the sacred flame;
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory to His name!
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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