Gospel
Every day, troubles and situations beset us, trials and temptations hunt us, our known world is filled with newer challenges than our fore fathers had ever imagined. Our life is in danger. When we turn left we see people, events and situations that never should have been, same on the right and round about us we see negativity and we are drowning in a swamp with the whole world laughing at us.
Who are this Christians anyway? Where did they come from? How do they breed? They ask these questions like we are some strange being from another planet- funny enough to their uttermost disbelieve: God is Our Father, Our Home is in Heaven our King is Christ! Our message is Christ and HIM crucified!
Why will they not just leave us alone? They will ask, the world had always been a better place before they came-sorry miss, wrong bus! We were here before you did. For your information our Father Built this place called earth [Gen 1:1 In the Beginning God created the heavens and the earth]. So we have as much right as you do to occupy it. [Gen. 1:26 And God said; Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.] That’s what my father told me.
With all this troubles and pain and sorrow, God’s plan was not to have us go through it without his protection, love and care.
[Isa. 45:13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.]
[Isa. 57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.]
[Isa. 57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.]
Our Father (GOD) will never let us fail in this world where even the system has failed in its obligation to its people.
We are from a place where the Blood of Christ cleanse us from all our sins and guilt, where men and women no matter how vile they are, get redemption and pardon.
And you will still ask: do you not have your fair share of the world’s troubles? Why then do you not feel God in or around you? Who is to be blamed for all this?
Here is what the scripture teach:
[1cor. 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.]
[Luke 22:46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.]
[Deuteronomy 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.]
I thank God that he is My Father, I Love him because he knows my pain and my sorrows, a times when I get confused and run out of ideas, times when I look around me and my faith drowns in my fear. His love for me overcomes my fear.
The only way for a doctor to really treat a sick man is to run some test on him. Here is our test folks “the new world Christianity!” and people say I was the only one who is crazy! Just wait until I tell you all I’ve seen then you can take me to the madhouse and luck me up.
I look out of my window and I see lots of people going on all directions, for whatever reason I’m sure it is for the common good of the world. Then I stop to think to my self, what is good for the church at this time when the world has had a better part of it?
Here is what I told myself: we hide our faces to the things that are introduced into the church (idolatry, the worship of mammon, the preaching of personalities and dignities, extortion and vainglory) and behave as though it is for the expansion of the gospel… what gospel? Are we talking of the same gospel that Christ preached and handed over to the 12 and on the day of Pentecost 120 men preached the gospel to the whole world where it was handed over to our fathers and our fathers to us? I don’t think so! Because what we have here is a deviant of what was handed down to us by our fathers.
That’s why we have so much adulterations and no one is standing up against it!
Where are the Paul, Timothy and the others who have the commission to talk down the false teachers?
Do we have to run away from them while they take over the work of God from us and do it with deceitfulness? NO SIR! [1 peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:] they will always ask and we should be ready to give answers to them.
Out there is not only where the problem is. There is a lot of problem in here also if you want to know I will tell you.
[James 1:14-16 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16Do not err, my beloved brethren.]
We get drawn by what we desires…ever so often you hear preachers tell you that “the desires of your heart shall be granted”, did anyone really stop to ask, “What really are my desires and how do they fit into the plan of God for me?”
If my desires are weighted in a scale, will they be found wanting? Can there really be a good and unselfish desire in my human heart?
You still think I need to be locked away in a mad house?
Are you not guilty of having your way all the time?
Are there no self-sins still living in your heart?
[James 1:21 & 25 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.]
Dearly beloved I encourage you to stand fast even when you do not feel your faith. Hold on when all hope seems lost. Be an evangelist even in a world where all men have forgotten the words of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Share the good news of his death that brings about salvation. Share about his life that brings about truth and life.
God Bless you.
Pastor O’Sam Nsa
Upper Room Christian Ministry Minna-Nigera
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The bible tells us to 'delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.' What are we to do? Delight ourselves in the Lord. If we do that, then our desires will not be selfish, but will be for Him and His will for us. Thank you for this article.
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