THE HORRORS OF SIN (2): DESTRUCTION

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Tuesday August 15, 2023

THE HORRORS OF SIN (2): DESTRUCTION

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
III John 1:2 (KJV)

It is a confirmed fact that iniquity always ends in calamity. This should not be difficult to grasp because the instigator of sin is Satan and the Lord Yahushua referring to Satan says in John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” If Satan is coming to steal, kill and destroy, it is important to ask what is the legal tender of Satan? Sin is the thing that gives Satan an inroad into your life to steal, kill and destroy. Sin’s ultimate is destruction. Beloved, you must internalize this fact that sin is not your friend, it is an arch enemy. Your destruction is sin’s mission. Are you going to allow sin to achieve its mission in your life? Sin removes you from the place of your safety which is the presence of Yahweh. In His presence, you are dwelling in a secure fortress. What sin does is to remove you from that hollowed presence because Yahweh’s eyes are purer than to behold iniquity (see Habakkuk 1:13). The Bible says sin separates us from Yahweh and hinders us from experiencing His help and blessings. ‘Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear, but your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.’ (Isaiah 59:1-2). Sin keeps us from knowing Yahweh and makes us blind, deaf and insensitive for the Holy Spirit. Therefore, most people will say there is no Yahweh, because they don’t experience Him. In their reality Yahweh does not exist. Sin has destroyed the presence of Yahweh from their lives.

THE HORRORS OF SIN (1): SHAME

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Monday August 14, 2023

THE HORRORS OF SIN (1): SHAME

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Genesis 3:10 (KJV)

Shame is a function of nakedness. Sin makes you naked in the realm of the spirit. It is only a mad person that can be naked and not ashamed because there is no more mind to understand what is going on. Sin strips you of every form of covering, leaving you naked. Sin destroys the presence of Yahweh that forms a covering for the man, thereby, exposing him/her to attacks of the wicked. Sin is a barrier to honour in anybody’s life, whether white or black, literate or illiterate, young or old. No matter who you are, sin will never allow you to see honour. Wherever sin reigns, shame reigns. Wherever sin reigns, reproach reigns. Wherever sin reigns, men have no future. When the first man, Adam, sinned in the Garden of Eden, he was stripped naked. Yahweh called out to him, “Adam, where art thou?” Sin obscures you. Sin destroys your visibility confining you to the background of ignominy. Sin will strip any man naked of all honour, dignity and glory. Adam fell from grace to grass; he became a labourer where he was once the king. So sin must die for your glory to rise; sin must die for you to walk in holiness. No honour or glory awaits the crooked, because Proverbs 28:13 warns that “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper.”

MACHINERIES OF SIN (3): REBELLION

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Sunday August 13, 2023

MACHINERIES OF SIN (3): REBELLION

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
I Samuel 15:23 (KJV)

Rebellion is demonic. Let us quickly make a scriptural connection to show that rebellion is another form of witchcraft and by the judgement of Yahweh, the witch is not permitted to live. Exodus 22:18 says, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” Our opening text tells us that rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft. That is saying that a rebellious person is a witch and by divine judgement, not permitted to live. That is how deadly rebellion is. It has terminated the lives of precious talented people. In the wilderness, it had the third mortality rate after immorality, and the menace of the god of gold. In Numbers 16:1-3, 28-33, rebellion claimed the life of a whole family. That was how Dathan, Korah, Abiram, and 250 others, and all their families perished! Rebellion destroyed an estimated one thousand people in one day! Friend, rebellion is of the devil, don’t give in to it. Rebellion is a deliberate reaction against order, targeted at leadership at all levels in the Church of the Lord Yahushua. Any church or establishment you find yourself in and you have doubts about the leadership, it is not a place where you can be blessed. So check out of the place, before you’re checked out. Rebellion is risky. Don’t expect to survive if you reject Yahweh’s order. To wish leadership evil is mental disorder, as heaven is a city of order. Leadership is required for human society to survive, whether in the secular world or in the Church.

HOW TO CONQUER THE GOD OF GOLD (3): BE FAITHFUL

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Thursday August 10, 2023

HOW TO CONQUER THE GOD OF GOLD (3): BE FAITHFUL

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
I Corinthians 4:2 (KJV)

Luke 16:9-12 says, “9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness? that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?” The number one way covetousness is expressed is through unfaithfulness. But unfaithfulness will ground you and make you unfruitful! Unfaithfulness means playing out the other person, with the aim of taking advantage of him/her. You don’t go places that way. From what the Lord Yahushua said, you’re bound to fail. He said, “that when ye fail…” Unfaithfulness guarantees failure in our covenant walk with the Father. For instance, you’re a driver, and you are given some money to fill the fuel tank, but you then buy half tank and collect receipt for a full tank, because you know no one is likely to check the car to see if that was actually what you bought. You have only succeeded in cutting down your life by half! You have signed to end a driver or even lose that job. You have cut down your blessings. Unfaithfulness is a trap of the devil to make you a failure; don’t let him, because Yahweh wants to promote you!

HOW TO CONQUER THE GOD OF GOLD (1): CONTENTMENT

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Tuesday August 8, 2023

HOW TO CONQUER THE GOD OF GOLD (1): CONTENTMENT

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Luke 12:15 (KJV)

The hold of the god of gold is very strong in this generation that it demands siting down to see how to be delivered from its grips. When you go after the god of gold, you become a fool. Beware of covetousness! I Timothy 6:3-8 says, “3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness? 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” Contentment is the answer to covetousness. Until you are contented, you will remain covetous. Godliness with contentment will lead to the realms of great gain in life. Covetousness is ungodly. It is a sin! It corrupts godliness. But contentment will discipline and subdue it. Covetousness is one of the major ministries of the god of gold. Beloved, if you can arrest the god of gold, your beauty will emerge from heaven! The moment money is what determines your mood, you’re already enslaved by it! Look, if money is your reason for seeking Yahweh, you’ll be disappointed, because the scriptures cannot be broken.

MACHINERIES OF SIN (2): FINANCIAL CORRUPTION

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Monday August7, 2023

MACHINERIES OF SIN (2): FINANCIAL CORRUPTION

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Jeremiah 17:11 (KJV)

The god of gold is the chairman of the sin of financial corruption. This is the the crave for money no matter the means. This is the love of money in full manifestation. Financial corruption is getting money in ways that contradict the Word. Sin of financial corruption is a killer. It has the ability to terminate the life of the possessor. In the wilderness, the sin claimed the second largest number after the sin of immorality. This is the sin of making a god of gold. The sin of financial corruption is the outworking of the spirit of covetousness. It has the ability to dislodge your destiny to the grave. Covetousness bought Gehazi, Elisha’s servant leprosy when his destiny was to carry the double portion of Elisha’s anointing. 2 Kings 5:20-22 says, ‘20 ¶But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.” See what happened to him on his return from his covetous trip. 2 Kings 5:25-27 says, “ 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.”

THE NATURE OF SIN (2): OFFERS TEMPORAL PLEASURE

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Friday August 4, 2023

THE NATURE OF SIN (2): OFFERS TEMPORAL PLEASURE

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season?
Hebrews 11:25 (KJV)

Sin can be pleasurable. This is the hook that sin has used to trap many and to destroy their destinies. There is pleasure in using your pen in stealing from the government, then using the money to buy expensive ride and cruising around town. There is pleasure in taking a sexual partner to a five star hotel and having a full week of sexual experience. The pleasure of sin is the trap that sin uses to get its victims. This is also where the deception of sin comes in. It shows you pleasure and tells you that, that is all there is to it. But listen to our opening text again. The pleasures of sin are for a season. The Greek word translated ‘for a season’ is proskairos meaning ‘for the occasion only’. The pleasure of sin lasts for just the occasion only. But the consequences lasts into eternity. Why are you giving in for fleeting pleasures and exchanging it for eternity in hell? Why are you focused on the moment while ignoring the ultimate? The pleasures of sin are just for that occasion only which afterwards leaves you bitter and ultimately destroys one. It is your desire that draws you away to sin. James 1.14-15 says, “14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” This is what sin does not tell you that once it is finished, you are now a walking corpse. When the occasion of the pleasure is over, you are no longer the same person. You are now a corpse with hands and legs still going around.

THE NATURE OF SIN (1): SIN IS DECEPTIVE

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Thursday August 3, 2023

THE NATURE OF SIN (1): SIN IS DECEPTIVE

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day? lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 3:13 [KJV]

The problem with sin is the nature thereof. Sin is deceptive. It causes one to believe what is not true or to fail to believe what is true. Sin is death in disguise. But sin will make you believe that it is enjoyment and pleasures without consequences. Sin cause one to believe that there is nothing that will happen. But we have seen that sin kills. Sin destroys whatever it comes into contact with. Sin is at the root of destructions of marriage, business, career, education, etc. A man that drinks believes that he is enjoying but that is deception of sin because he is destroying his liver and vital organs with alcohol. A young woman that is jumping from one bed to another, from one hotel to another thinks that she is happening, without knowing that she is a walking corpse, according to the Bible (see I Timothy 5:6). In plain terms a person who is deceived by definition does not even know they are deceived! And this is the deadly effect of sin in our lives – sin so alters our thinking that we do not even realize we are deceived when we sin!

PROPHETIC FOCUS FOR AUGUST 2023

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Tuesday August 1, 2023

PROPHETIC FOCUS FOR AUGUST 2023

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Hebrews 12:14 [KJV]

Happy New Month Beloved! Welcome to the month of August 2023, the second month of the third quarter. Remember that in the second day, He will revive us! This month being the second day of the third quarter, get set for a revival that will completely revolutionalize your world. We are most grateful to the Dependable Yahweh for His mercies which has been super abundant over us all from January till date. To Him alone be all the glory in the wonderful name of the Lord Yahushua HaMashiach Amen! We hope you are flowing in the grace of supernatural prosperity by the baptism of the Word of Prosperity we received in the preceding month. We started with knowing that our prosperity is the will and pleasure of the Dependable Yahweh and then explained the technicalities of His Will, then progressed to look in-depth at the definition of prosperity as given by the Word. We explored the foundation of kingdom prosperity, then the purpose of kingdom prosperity, then the pillars of kingdom prosperity, then we examined the place of the Word, Faith, and Integrity in Kingdom Prosperity. We examined the covenant of Kingdom prosperity which is the law of seed-time and harvest. We explored the mystery of the hundredfold returns on kingdom givings. We looked at the role of angels in our prosperity. We saw that Kingdom Prosperity is sorrow-free. The long lingering question: When am I due? was examined. We saw that being spiritually minded is essential to our prosperity and that ultimately it is our choice that gives us a chance in Kingdom prosperity. What a month! It is the will of Yahweh that all of us in the body of HaMashiach are embodiments of prosperity. Choose to take your place in kingdom prosperity today. An end has come to the siege of penury, lack and want in your life and lineage forever in the wonderful name of the Lord Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

YOUR CHANGE IS YOUR CHOICE

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Sunday JULY 30, 2023

YOUR CHANGE IS YOUR CHOICE

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Deuteronomy 30:19 (KJV)

There is an adage that says that you can take the horse to the stream but you cannot force it to drink water. Change in life is a choice. Until you make that choice, you remain where you are. Until you leave the shore, you cannot discover new islands. The essence of Yahweh’s Word is to effect changes. Just a Word from Yahweh can change the entire course of your world. Change is a choice. It is your reaction against the present that creates a future. Judas Iscariot heard the Word, just as much as all the other disciples did; but it did not produce a change in him, because he did not choose change. When you are resistant to change, you remain in chains. When you don’t respond positively to the Word of Yahweh, you remain in captivity, whereas the Word is meant to set you free. John 8:32 says: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Judas heard the most direct message in the world (from the Word Himself), but he didn’t give room for a change. So he stayed on in chains, until he arrived in hell! That won’t be your case, in Yahushua’s name! Change is a choice! What information does is to provide opportunity for a change. But your response to the information is what determines your choice for either change or chains. Having gone through the teaching on Kingdom Prosperity this month, what is your choice?

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