Wao, I am amazed by this new revelation that the Spirit of God just dropped in my spirit this morning. Glory be to God in the highest who alone gives revelations that are TRUTHS and TRUE. Praise the Lord!
The Holy Spirit of Christ that is within me remained me this morning that:
1. God in Christ is the ALPHA and the OMEGA. (Revelation 22:12,13).
2. God in Christ is the BEGINNING and the END. (Revelation 1:8).
3. God in Christ is the FIRST and the LAST. (Revelation 1:17).
4. God in Christ is the AUTHOR and the FINISHER. (Hebrews 12:1,2).
And He went further to reveal to me that ALL that happens (good or bad) to you and I as the Children of God in Christ in this World MUST BE BY GOD'S PERMISSION. That is,
1. It must ALPHA with God's permission and OMEGA with God's permission. True!
2. It must BEGIN with God's permission and END with God's permission. True!
3. It must FIRST with God's permission and LAST with God's permission. True!
4. It must AUTHOR with God's permission and FINISH with God's permission. True!
No wonder the Bible counsels and reveals to us thus:
Wherefore LET him that think he STANDS take heed lest he FALL. There has 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 you are able; but will with the temptation ALSO make a way to ESCAPE, that you may be able to bear it. (1 Corinthians 10:12,13; 1 Thessalonians 5:24).
Halleluyah!
However, although God will always make a way of ESCAPE for you and I from every TEMPTATION He permitted for us to TRY and TEST our FAITH in Him, you must also know and note that IN BETWEEN every divine BEGINNING (Authored) and END (Finishing line) of a trial and test permitted, you and I are expected to make the right CHOICES and take the right DECISIONS in line with the Word, Way and Will of God in Christ for you in this World at such time to be seen as FAITHFUL and VICTORIOUS in Christ in the sight of God in Heaven. True! Take note, take heed!
That is why the Bible reveals to us thus:
BLESSED is the man that ENDURES TEMPTATION: for when he is TRIED, he shall RECEIVE the crown of life, which the Lord had promised to them that LOVE Him. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God CANNOT be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man: BUT every man is tempted, when he is DRAWN AWAY of his OWN LUST, and ENTICED. Then when lust had CONCEIVED, it brings forth SIN: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth DEATH. (James 1:12-15; 1 Peter 1:1-9; Romans 8;26-28; 1 John 2:15-17).
Now, it is clear from the above scriptural reference and other Bible passages that God will NOT TEMPT you with evil, but He will PERMIT the TEMPTER, the Devil, to tempt you par time in line with your LUST and PRIDE to see if you will faithfully OBEY or unfaithfully DISOBEY His Word, Ways or Will in Christ for you in this World par time. True! Take note, take heed! (Luke 4:1-21).
Now, know and note that:
1. If you DO NOT allow your LUST and PRIDE to take control and rule over you at your time of TEMPTATION (trial and rest) because you LOVE God and want to truly honour Him (God) in Christ in this World, you are FAITHFUL and VICTORIOUS in the sight of God in Heaven and He (God) will REWARD your faithfulness to Him. True!
The Bible reveals this truth to us thus:
HUMBLE yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: CASTING all your care upon him; for he CARES for you. Be sober, BE VILIGANT; because your adversary the DEVIL, as a roaring lion, walks about, SEEKING whom he may devour: Whom RESIST steadfast in the FAITH, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, AFTER that you have suffered a while, make you PERFECT, ESTABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE you. (1 Peter 5:6-10; John 10:1-10; Hebrews 12:1-14).
Temptations (TRIALS and TESTS) permitted by God are meant to PERFECT, ESTABLISH, STRENGTHEN and SETTLE you in Christ in this World on Earth now and are meant to qualify you for Heaven someday as well as to REWARD you there. True! Take note, take heed! (1 Corinthians 12:1-12; Revelation 22:12,13).
That is why the Bible counsels us thus:
My brethren, COUNT it all JOY when you fall into divers TEMPTATION; Knowing this, that the TRYING of your FAITH works patience. But LET patience have her perfect work, that you may be PERFECT and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you LACK WISDOM, let him ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him. But LET him ASK in FAITH, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let NOT that man think that he shall RECEIVE any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. (James 1:2-8; Hebrews 11).
Do you get it?
Take note, take heed!
2. If you DO allow your LUST and PRIDE to take control and rule over you, you are UNFAITHFUL and DEFEATED in the sight of God in Heaven and He (God) will NOT REWARD your unfaithfulness to Him because you do not love Him, therefore, you dishonored Him at such time. True!
However, as His Child in Christ, He will DISCIPLINE (Chastise) you because of His love for you in Christ, so that next time you will be in CHARGE of yourself to take CONTROL over your LUST and PRIDE and not your lust and pride taking control of you in Christ in this World when you have the Word of God and the Holy Spirit of Christ within you in this World to help you overcome SIN in the area of your lust and pride. True! Take note, take heed!
The Bible reveals this truth to us thus:
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, LET US LAY aside every WEIGHT, and the SIN which does so easily beset us, and LET US RUN with patience the race that is set before us, LOOKING unto JESUS the AUTHOR and FINISHER of our FAITH; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that ENDURED such contradiction of sinners against Himself, LEST you be wearied and faint in your minds. You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto CHILDREN, My son, despise NOT you the CHASTENING of the LORD, nor faint when you art rebuked of Him: 6. For whom the Lord LOVES He CHASTENS, and SCOURGES every son whom He receives. If you ENDURE chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not? But if you be WITHOUT CHASTISEMENT, whereof all are partakers, then are you BASTARDS, and NOT SONS. Furthermore we have had FATHERS of our FLESH which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we NOT much rather be in subjection unto the FATHER of SPIRITS, and LIVE? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but He for OUR PROFIT, that we might be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it YIELDS the peaceable FRUIT of RIGHTEOUSNESS unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore LIFT UP the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. FOLLOW peace with all men, and holiness, without which NO man shall see the Lord: LOOKING diligently lest any man FAIL of the grace of God; LEST any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; LEST there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For you know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. (Hebrews 12:1-17; Hebrews 5:8-10; Luke 18:1-8; Galatians 5:16-26).
Do you get it?
So, consciously and consistently GO for the LOVE of God no matter what:
1. Which means you humbly, sacrificially and selflessly think, speak and live for the Word, Way and Will of God in Christ for you ONLY par time par your situation in this World. True!
2. Which means you humbly delaying and denying yourself the pleasures of your LUSTS and profits of your PRIDES in this World because you want to please God in Christ in this World. True! Take note, take heed! (1 John 2:15-17; Romans 8:28; Mark 12:28-31; James 4:6-10).
If you do, it is living in HOLINESS (maintaining the RIGHTEOUSNESS of Christ upon you) before God in this World and He (God) will be pleased with you and faithfully SATISFY YOU with ALL things that pertains to LIFE and godliness that you need in Christ in this World par time. He will ANOINT you with the OIL of GLAD above your fellows in this World. You shall be the head and not the tail. True! Take note, take heed! (Matthew 5:6; Hebrews 1:9; Matthew 6:9,10,24-34; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 1 Peter 1:13-25; Hebrews 11; 2 Peter 1; Deuteronomy 28).
Do have a SIN FREE weekend.
God bless you.
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
@ The Purpose-costal Movement (TEPUM)
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