Open Heaven 2 July 2022: [Saturday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – If Our Gospel is Hid
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Open Heaven 2 July 2022 TOPIC: If Our Gospel is Hid
Memorise: For we preach not ourselves,
but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. 2 Corinthians 4:5
Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:1-7(KJV)
1. Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we
faint not;
2. But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in
craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of
the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
3. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4. In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image
of God, should shine unto them.
5. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves
your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined
in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ.
7. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
BIBLE IN YEAR: Psalms 83:1-18, Psalms
84:1-12, Psalms 85:1-13, Psalms 86:1-17
Open Heaven 2 July 2022 Message
The Bible says it expressly
that in the last days, many will be deceived by false prophets (Matthew 24:11). Deception is when you
present something that is fake with some attributes of the original, or you
omit or remodel some truth into something completely different while ensuring
that it still looks like the original.
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There are many Preachers today who doctor the truth to fit the message that
they personally want passed without thinking about the consequences. What they
don’t know is that they have been recruited by the devil to spread wrong
doctrines.
1 Timothy 4:1 says: “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils;”
If people depart from the true faith of the Lord because of your message,
then you are one of those spreading the doctrine of the devil. Always tell the
whole truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Don’t tell your congregation that because Romans 8:1 says there is no
condemnation for those who are in Christ, once they answer the altar call to
surrender their lives to Jesus, they can continue committing sins and still be
on their way to heaven.
Add the rest of that verse to your message. The complete verse says: who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 1 John 3:6 says: “Whosoever
abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known
him.”
Thus the first part of Romans 8:1 means that those who will not be
condemned are those who are in Him. According to 1 John 3:6, those who are in
Him don’t sin and whoever sins has not even known Him at all. Don’t lead people
to hell with your fake doctrines.
Don’t tell them to disregard the Old testament and only pay attention to
the New Testament when Jesus Christ clearly said that He did not come to
abolish the law but to fulfil it (Matthew 5:17). Speak the whole truth to
everyone you have the opportunity to preach the gospel to.
Open Heaven 2 July
2022 KEY POINT:
Preach the message of Christ, not that of the devil.
Open Heaven 2 July
2022 HYMN: O GOD OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
1. O God, our help in ages
past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy
blast,
and our eternal home;
2. Under the shadow of Thy
throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure.
Sufficient is Thine arm
alone,
and our defence is sure.
3. Before the hills in order
stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting Thou art
God,
to endless years the same.
4. A thousand ages in Thy
sight
are like an evening gone,
short as the watch that ends
the night
before the rising sun.
5. Time, like an ever-rolling
stream,
bears all its sons away.
They fly forgotten, as a
dream
dies at the opening day.
6. O God, our help in ages
past,
our hope for years to come,
be Thou our guard while
troubles last,
and our eternal home.
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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