A Splendid New Year to you, you and you and yeah… to you too!

To start off the new year we have got to pay attention to some basic truths so as to get the year rolling with a great start…

First, the moment you have an understanding of God as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords some things just stop bothering you because the devil is no match for Him. This is why we need to continually work on our minds to accept the truth of the bible even more and to absolutely live it because in doing this we will definitely always have victory over the devil. You see, devil has no real power. All that we see as manifestations of evil is actually the power of God misused but if the people of God who have original rights to this power will begin to live in the consciousness of it then there is no limits to the power made available. To live in this consciousness however we have to get our mind regenerated and thinking right by taking the Word and reading it over and over again. Paying attention to the fact that these are not just words but are power containers of which when we realize them we access immense power.

This battle that rages on between us and the devil is one that exists primarily in our mind (2 Corinthians 10:3-5). So it’s like this; Continue reading →

Let me begin by saying our spirit (heart) is constantly exposed to God’s Spirit, because at new-birth experience, it becomes one with the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.” Our spirit is our innermost being. Our spirit is quickened in the Holy Ghost when we sincerely give our life to Jesus Christ.

Whereas our mind still continues to have contact with this present wicked world. No matter how repented we have been and how holy our heart has become, our mind will still continue to have romance with this world, through our physical senses (tasting, smelling, touching, seeing and hearing), which have direct contact with the physical world.

This is the reason why we must take the renewal of our mind very very serious. We must give it all it takes, as long as we remain in this mortal body, even by the help of the Holy Spirit. For without the Holy Spirit we can do nothing.

Now if we give up renewing our mind every time, we stand the danger of falling into our old sinful way and life, even with our regenerated heart (the new spirit given us).
Here is even the main danger: if we don’t still get our mind renewed, we will come into a place, where sin will begin to serve as cancer, spreading from our mind to our heart, which has become new in Christ Jesus. And as this continues, there may or will come a time when our heart will become so bad, that we will begin to make expensive wrong choices again. And since God always respects every man’s choice, we may happen to make a wrong choice that will cost us eternal life with God, and not repent or even get a chance to, turn back from it until death catches up with us. (God forbid we end up in hell.)

And since God is called the “I AM THAT I AM,” meaning, He is the God of now, and not of the past, nor future. He doesn’t have past, nor future, but only now. Then it means, it is the present choice, which we have made, that we will be judged upon. Then shall Ezekiel 33:13 and 18 be fulfilled, which says,
“When I (God) shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.”
“When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, he shall even die thereby.”

Ephesians 5:5-6 says,
“For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.”

This is why it is possible for somebody that is saved today to wind up in hell tomorrow. In 1 Corinthians 9:27, Apostle Paul says, ” But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast away.”
And that is why Jesus Christ said, we have to deny ourselves, carry our cross and then daily follow Him, Luke 9:23.

And how do we follow Jesus? We follow Him by following His mind that we have received in us. 1 Corinthians 2:16 says, “… But we have the mind of Christ.” And this mind of Christ can only be properly effective when we have the Word of God abiding in us. “Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee,” Psalms 119:11.

Prayer:
O God, help me remain in You to the very end. Let the Mind of Jesus overrule in me always. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

God bless
Adebayo Funmi
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1 Corinthians 2:11-16 (verse 16 emphasized)

The mind of Christ is the very mind of God the Father. Jesus said, “I and My Father are One.” John 10:30, 14:8-10.

By way of introduction: The state of our mind determines what comes forth of us. We can’t be better than the state of our mind. A better life begins with a better mind. A transformed life begins with a transformed mind, Romans 12:2. And a life that will end well is a function of an ending-well projecting-mind. (Note, this cuts across every sphere of life.) If you can’t be certain of you ending well in your mind, you may never end well, save for God’s mercy.

What your mind permits, your life permits.

Let me say further, an ending-well mind is a mind that is proactive in nature. That is, it controls situations by making things happen, rather than merely responding or reacting to the happenings. This is how our God operates, as the only One that has the supremacy over everything and all.

An ending-well projecting-mind thinks positively into a lasting and an enduring solution ahead of time. It is a mind that has things well planned out from the very outset. I want to tell you again, that’s my God! God makes no mistake. Isaiah 46:9-11.

If only we will tune in to operate in this realm, we will always put the devil where he belongs, bruised under our feet. But we are too preoccupied with a lot of things that don’t count toward the kingdom of God. Our priority is just so wrong. And we keep on suffering for it…

To be continued next week.

Grace!
Adebayo Funmi
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Why do people find it difficult to provide for honest things, both before God and men?

Why do people tell lies?

People tell lies to hide the real situation about whatever matter of concern. They lie to defend themselves, so they claim.
Hmm…
But what about transparency, I mean being absolutely sincere? For sure, transparency is the true and complete defence. Outwardly, transparency may look unbearable and peace-sabotaging at the beginning, but it’s certainly peaceful in the end, and a freedom-giver from every manipulation and oppression of the devil it is.
In a nutshell, I will say, God is a defence and lies are also a defence (according to liars’ belief). But in reality, lies don’t defend in the end.
So, I ask you, Who is your defence, God (transparency) or the lying spirit (a demon)?

Psalm 94:22
“But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.”
Psalm 89:18
“For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our King.”

Let this be the sincere declaration of your heart and mouth henceforth, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

CONSEQUENCES OF LIES

1. It complicates issues. Abraham’s, Isaac’s and David’s cases. Gen. 12:10-20, 20:1-18, (emphasis on 11-12), 26:6-11, 1 Sam. 21:1-2, 22:6-23.
David told a lie that cost the lives of a whole city of priests, both men and women, children and sucklings, and animals alike.

2. It does not actually defend in the end. It rather exposes and brings shame. It makes people lose their trust in us. So, lies doesn’t help, contrary to our belief. Proverbs 12:19.

3. It cuts life short. Rachel’s story. Gen. 31:25-35, 35:16-20. Ananias and Sapphira’s story. Acts 5:1-10.

Let me also tell you that, Lying spirit (demon) is one of the seducing spirits of the latter times, in which we are. 1 Tim. 4:1-2. And God passionately hates lie. His warning against this demonic habit, like a scroll, runs through the pages of the Bible, from the Old to the New Testament. Zechariah 8:12-17, Psalm 12:1-3, Ephesians 4:25.

Let me say further,
As followers of Jesus Christ, when we tell a lie and claim is for a defence, it only suggests to me that we have not yet fully come to the end of ourselves. We have not died the worthy death expected of us in Christ Jesus. Because if we have truly given our life to Jesus, what life are we then trying to defend? It is either we have not given our life to Jesus, or we don’t know who we are in Christ Jesus, or yet we gave Him our life and we are now quickly borrowing it from Him.

I tell you, the last case is actually the situation with many of us. We just love borrowing our life from Jesus for a while, to satisfy our fleshy desires with it. And some are more frequent in this act than the others.
And though God is merciful and forgiving in nature, yet surely the Bible says all liars (that is, all categories of liars) shall have their part in the everlasting fire. Revelation 21:8. So, irrespective of how you look at it, a lie is a lie and attracts the same judgment as other sins. If you love making lies and you don’t stop it now and choose to passionately hate telling lies in your heart and mind, without may be your place in the end, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. You can’t ever come into the city of God. Revelation 21:23-27, 22:14-15. But the Blood of Jesus is available today for cleansing.

In close, let’s read Romans 6:14, Galatians 2:20 and Colossians 3:3-4, even as we pray.

PRAYER: Thank You Father for Your Word of life. We receive Your Word by faith and as the only truth for us. Therefore, we say, our sins of telling lies and the rest are forgiven us in Christ Jesus. His Blood cleanses us from all sins and unrighteousness.
We say with God’s faith in our heart that,
-Sin, lying spirit shall not have dominion over us: for we are not under the law, but under grace.
-We have been crucified with the Lord Jesus: Nevertheless we live, yet not we, but Christ lives in us: and the life which we now live in the flesh, we live by the faith of the Son of God; Who loved and still loves us and gave Himself for us.
-We are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory. Amen.

So, we stand to defend Christ always. While our Lord Jesus defends us always in all things. We are not trying to defend ourselves by telling a lie anymore. The Owner of our life, our Lord Jesus Christ, defends it. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Grace!
Adebayo Funmi
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Understand this: Your finishing strong in every aspect of life, and ultimately in the heavenly journey, is dependent on how positively thoughtful you are. Some people are only negatively thoughtful.

Generally in life, you can’t rise above your thinking-capacity development.
Proverbs 23:7, 28:19, 4:23, 2:10-17 (emphasis on verses 16&17)

Remember, thorough thinking in line with the Word of God brings you into a deep understanding, and thereby produces you with wisdom to guide you through life’s adventures.
-Even in the academic world, a student that is not deeply thoughtful academically can’t be excellent, nor ultimately finish strong academically.
Read Deuteronomy 32:29 again.

Other things thoughtfulness does:
-It brings one into moderacy and humility.
-It helps one cut off extremes of all kinds. 2 Peter 3:8-14
-It helps one retain God’s fear always. Proverbs 2:16. (The woman being referred to here forgets her covenant -fear- of her God, because she is not thoughtful.)
Joseph was a very thoughtful man, the reason why he was able to escape lying with Portiphar’s wife. Joseph said, ‘… how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? Genesis 39:9. That’s a thoughtful fellow indeed!

Brethren, let’s learn to be deeply thoughtful in the Lord. That we may constantly retain God’s fear all the days of our life, both in our hearts and minds, and before our faces, as to make our finishing strong in every aspect of life a reality. The Psalmist says, “Thy word have hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee.” Psalm 119:11.

And remember, when we walk in sync with the Holy Spirit, He helps us to be thoughtful in line with God’s Word and brings into our remembrance every word we need to help us constantly enjoy the best of God in our heavenly race. John 14:26.
So, basically, to be thoroughly thoughtful we only need to recognize the Person of the Holy Spirit, and keep a deep fellowship with Him always.

Now unto Him that is able to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Grace!
Adebayo Funmi
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