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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 (5): GIVE

#WordForTodayDevotional Saturday August 12, 2023 HOW TO CONQUER THE GOD OF GOLD (5): GIVE Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.I Timothy 6:18 (NET) The only authentic way to disable the god of gold in your life is a lifestyle of giving. If you …

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HOW TO CONQUER THE GOD OF GOLD (4): AVOID DEBT

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Friday August 11, 2023

HOW TO CONQUER THE GOD OF GOLD (4): AVOID DEBT

The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Deuteronomy 28:12 (KJV)

Another way in which covetousness expresses itself is in debt. When you have a flair for owing, you’re a victim of covetousness. The moment you have a strong flair for owing, the god of gold has held you captive; because whatever your eyes see, and you long for and you don’t have the money for, you will want to borrow to get it. For instance, what is a man borrowing to ride a car for? The spirit of debt is a terrible one! The moment you start taking steps that are larger than your own strides, you’re cutting down your life without knowing. Let me tell you this: there’s always something available, which you can buy with the money you have in your hand. Whatever I don’t have now is not a need, it’s a want. And El-Shaddai is committed to meeting my needs according to His riches in glory by Yahushua HaMashiach, because I walk in the covenant (see Philippians. 4:19). There’s a size for your present status, all you need is to locate it and be satisfied with it. Discontentment brings down your speed and makes you defenceless. There’s no level where you are now that Yahweh has not made provisions for your size of food, house, clothes, etc, so you can be contented and live a happy life.

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 (2): LAY IT UP

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Wednesday August 9, 2023

HOW TO CONQUER THE GOD OF GOLD (2): LAY IT UP

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew 6:20 (KJV)

If you want to defeat the god of gold and the love for money in your life, you must lay up your treasures in heaven because your heart aligns in the direction of your treasure. Matthew 6:21 says, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” The key to your freedom from the trap of the god of gold is laying up your treasures in heaven. If you stack it up here, you will worship it. But if you lay it up there, it creates a future for you. When the El-Shaddai is out of your riches, it becomes risky. When Yahweh is kept out of your means, you’re already in a pit! When you’re not rich towards Adonai, no matter what you have, you’re a poor man! When you have no account with Yahweh, no matter where you get to on this earth, you’re on the floor! Oh yes! How do you lay it up? It is by giving. To conquer covetousness, you must be addicted to the giving life. I Timothy 6:17 says, “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy?” The love of money is conquered when you are in good works, willing to distribute, ready to let go. Every form of giving helps you lay up treasures in heaven. I Timothy 6:19 says, “Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.” That is to say that when you give, you are laying up in store for yourself a good foundation against the time to come. Whatever you give, is stored in heaven and is withdrawable on earth in due time.

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.”

MACHINERIES OF SIN (1): IMMORALITY

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Sunday August 6, 2023

MACHINERIES OF SIN (1): IMMORALITY

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
I Corinthians 10:8 (KJV)

Sin is not just sin; it is in grades and categories. When Israel left Egypt and journeyed to the Promised Land, the highest number of people slain was through sexual immorality. Paul in his writing in our opening text told us that 23,000 men fell in one day because of fornication. From Bible records, this was the highest number of casualty throughout their journey from Egypt to Canaan. Immorality will take its toll among people this end-time also. It is, therefore, important to choose this day where you will be.