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  • THE NATURE OF SIN (2): OFFERS TEMPORAL PLEASURE

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    Saturday, July 4, 2026

    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 pleasures of sin would have made permanent the slavery of Joseph. He would have continued to receive favour both from Potiphar and his wife, being the second husband even though unknown to Potiphar. That sin of sleeping with Potiphar’s wife, would have gained him the favour of Madam Potiphar. But he would have forfeited his destiny of being a prime minister of Egypt. Whenever you are giving in to sin, you are forfeiting destiny. The pleasures of sin that is for a moment is always an exchange for the plans and purposes of the Father for you. Whenever you are being lured by the pleasures of sin which in any way is for a moment, you should remember that the cost of that pleasure is the great and mighty purpose and plans of the Father for you. Can you imagine the position of a head-boy in Potiphar’s house and the position of a prime minister of the whole Egypt. That is always the price of the pleasures of sin. Its opportunity cost is the greatness of the Father’s plans and purposes.

    Beloved, if it is sin, the end result is death. Even if you cannot see death; even if you can only see pleasures now, please understand that the end therefore is death (see James 1:14-15). Selah!

    REMEMBER: The pleasures of sin is for the occasion only afterwards it results in death.

    CONFESSION: My desire is to please the Father. My heart is to know the Father. What sin calls pleasure is repulsive and utterly disgusting to me because the nature of righteousness is at work in me. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree today that the taste of sin dies in your life. That sinful appetite is destroyed now in the name of the Lord Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Matthew 10:28

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Psalms 94:1-98:9; Acts 10:23b-48

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  • HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (5): GOOD WORKS

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    Sunday, May 24, 2026

    HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (5): GOOD WORKS

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, …
    James 3:17 (KJV)

    Good works are simply actions that are good. Yahweh is the creator and definer of good. It is good to do everything He says is good. For example, the Bible tells us that Yahweh’s law is good and is given for our good: “Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good” (Romans 7:12). “Keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good” (Deuteronomy 10:13). Some examples the Bible gives of good works include keeping the commandments and giving to the poor (see Matthew 19:16-21); giving alms secretly (see Matthew 6:3-4); and even just giving someone a cup of cold water (see Matthew 10:42).

    Let us see more biblical examples of good works. In Matthew 25:34-36 Yahushua gives several specific examples in His parable of the sheep and goats: “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’”

    The book of Acts celebrates the good works of a woman who died in the early years of the Church. “At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. … And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them” (Acts 9:36, 39). Paul explained that Christians should not only stop doing bad things, but should do the opposite. In Ephesians 4:28 he wrote, “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.” Before we are converted, our “old man” does the works of the flesh, but our “new man” should do good works, reflecting the fruit of the Spirit. Everything that we do that is good can be called a good work, so studying and applying passages like Galatians 5:22-23 and Colossians 3:12-14 can help us grow in good works.

    James even defined right religion in terms of good works. “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world” (James 1:27). James 2:16 demonstrates the importance of filling people’s physical needs, such as for clothing and food. Good works are the evidence of living faith, as James pointed out (James 2:14-26). When this Wisdom from above is at work in your life, you will surely overflow in good works.

    REMEMBER: Good works is the manifestation of the Wisdom from above.

    CONFESSION: I am from above. I came with divine Wisdom making me overflow in good works everywhere I go. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that good works makes way for you this day for favour untold in the name of the Lord Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Hebrews 13:21

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    1 Chronicles 17:1-19:19; Luke 12:22-40

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  • DIMENSIONS OF THE WORD (4): THE WORD IS PROPHETIC

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    Sunday March 24, 2024

    DIMENSIONS OF THE WORD (4): THE WORD IS PROPHETIC

    We have also a more sure word of prophecy? whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
    II Peter 1:19 (KJV)

    The Word of Yahweh is prophetic. This means that the Word foretells the events of the future. We have the glimpse of the end by the Word of the Lord. The Word of the Lord speaks to our future and to our moments. Until you are in the Word, you would not have idea of what the future looks like. Everything happening today is already prophesied in the Word. We know that the Word does not fail because what it foretold of old had come to pass, so what it foretell of the end shall come to pass. Anybody that refuses to take warning that the Word has already given has him/herself to blame. The Word shows you the picture of your future. When you come into terms with that, then you will begin with walk in paths preordained for you. Romans 8:29 says, ‘For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.’ Even your salvation is a function of divine foreknowledge. It is because you were marked for salvation that irrespective of your past wickedness, somehow, salvation found you and when you heard the Word, you believed.

    We must take heed to the Word of Yahweh because not doing so is behaving like Esau who despised his birthright (see Hebrews 12:16). The Word is our light into the future, we are admonished in our opening text to take heed to it. There is a prophetic Word concerning your life in the Word, you must discover it, connect with it and run with it. Habakkuk 2:2 told us to run with the vision. The Word is the vision of our future already written down by the Lord, our job is to discover and run with it. For instance, when you were born again, you arrived in spiritual mount Zion. Isaiah 33:24 says, ‘And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.’ Hebrews 12:22 says, ‘But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,’ In Zion where you now spiritually reside, no inhabitant says “I am sick.” That should settle your future without sickness and pain. The prophetic Word says that you shall not say, you are sick.

    That is how the prophetic scriptures settles our moments and our future. In this moment, you are not permitted to be sick because you have come unto mount Zion, and in the future, when you finally starts living and reigning in the millennium from the physical mount Zion with the Lord Yahushua. Same is application in all other areas of your life. In Deuteronomy 28:1-13, the Word prophetically placed you above all the nations of the earth, as you hearken and obey the Lord, He lifts you on the top. That means you are not permitted to be under in life; existing in one corner of the earth; obscure and without visibility to the nations of the earth. The prophetic Word has spoken concerning your future. As you read and discover what is written about you, you begin to take your place on the altar of prayer to enforce the will. That is how it works.

    REMEMBER: The prophetic Word speaks to our moments and future.

    PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word to me today. I receive the grace to connect with the prophetic Word in my life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that things align according to the Prophetic Word in your life now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    II Peter 1:19-21

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Numbers 30:1-31:54; John 4:1-26

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  • TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (5): A FIGHTING SPIRIT

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    Wednesday, February 21, 2024

    TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOUL-WINNING (5): A FIGHTING SPIRIT

    No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
    Mark 3:27 (KJV)

    A fighting spirit is a spiritual disposition of not taking a “NO!” for an answer. It is developing a victor’s mentality. It is coming to a point of only having triumphs or nothing. Instead of not winning, let the fight continue – that is a fighting spirit. What we are saying today is that it takes a fighting spirit to be successful in the soul-winning business. This is so because our text associates the unsaved as the captives of Satan, the strong man. To let go his captives, you must put up a fight that will result in binding him. II Corinthians 4:3-4 says, ‘3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of HaMashiach, who is the image of Yahweh, should shine unto them.’ The god of this world being referred to is Satan. He is responsible and behind every unbeliever’s blindness to the light of the glorious gospel. For you to succeed in letting the unsaved to see the light of the gospel you must take care of the strong man Satan. This is done in intense intercessions.

    A fighting spirit is the answer to the attack of discouragement. In the harvest field, you will come across things and behaviours that will try to put you off and discourage you. It is at that point that a fighting spirit comes to your rescue because it would not accept a no. Until victory is achieved, a fighting spirit fights on. It knows no discouragement. Apostle Paul is a very good example of a fighting spirit. They stone him, beat him and in some cases he was left as dead but as soon as strength comes into him, he gets up and off to the next town to preach. He laid necessity upon himself for the gospel. He is either preaching, following-up or praying for souls. Never tiring, never depressed! The work of the gospel is a task that must by all means be executed even if it means to lay down his life, Apostle Paul was willing. At a point he said that he was not just willing to be bound in Jerusalem but to die for the name of the Lord Yahushua (Acts 21:13). That is a fighting spirit, beloved.

    How do you come about a fighting spirit? It comes by a baptism of fire of the Holy Spirit. There is a baptism of fire beloved. It is an experience where the Holy Spirit sets your spirit, soul and body on fire of enthusiasm for the gospel. That fire came upon Jeremiah that even when he does not want to speak the word, it begins to burn in his bones that he cannot be at peace until he speaks out the word (Jeremiah 20:9). When that fire lands upon you, it intoxicates your spirit making you restless until you are running with the gospel. That fire imparts on you a fighting spirit. Even in your personal affairs, you are guaranteed to win when the fighting spirit is in operation in your life. No circumstance overwhelms you. You are so dogged until you weary every devil out of your affairs. Beyond excelling in the gospel, a fighting spirit helps you win at every turn of life. Go for it.

    REMEMBER: A fighting spirit is the answer to all assaults of the devil in the harvest field and in your personal life.

    CONFESSION: I triumph in every place by the power of the Holy Spirit. No situation overwhelms me because greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world. Halleluyah!!!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree the release of a fighting spirit in your life today in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    I Corinthians 15:32; I Timothy 6:12

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Exodus 34:27-36:7; Mark 2:23-3:19

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  • SCRIPTURAL FASTING

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    Friday, January 5, 2024

    SCRIPTURAL FASTING

    Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
    Matthew 6:16 (KJV)

    There are three activities that are non-negotiable for the believer. They are a matter of when and not if. First is giving. Second is praying and the third is fasting. These activities are a matter of living for the believer. You cannot live the life of HaMashiach (Christ, Messiah, the Anointed one) without giving, praying and fasting. So many have chosen giving and praying and forsaken fasting and that accounts for the powerlessness in the Church today. With all that Yahushua is, he needed to fast for forty days, that should tell you that fasting is a must, it is a matter of when and not if. Until you fast, you cannot connect the power to fulfill your destiny on earth. Until you fast, there are what Yahushua called “this kind” that cannot be solved in your life (see Matthew 17:21). You should be fasting as often as you are praying and giving. Everybody in all ages that have connected with power with Yahweh fasted. Fasting does not change Elohim but fasting changes you.

    One of the things that stops our access to Yahweh is the workings of the flesh. The carnal nature of man works against him in connecting with Yahweh. Romans 8:6-8 says, ‘6 For to be carnally minded is death? but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.’ What fasting does is to deal with the flesh so well that your spirit can rise to connect with the Spirit of Yahweh. A 21-day fast will help you crucify the flesh and give you access into the horizon of communication with Elohim that you never knew was possible.

    Isaiah 58:6-8 implies that fasting must of necessity go with prayer. Verse 6 says, ‘Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?’ This is done as you pray to loose the bands of wickedness. So acceptable fasting includes prayer. Fasting without prayer is hunger strike. Isaiah 40:31 describes fasting as waiting upon the Yahweh. This means that most times of your fast should be in quiet expectation in His presence for what the Elohim might say or show to you. This is waiting upon Yahweh; fixing your gaze upon Elohim in expectation. Major part of this waiting on Elohim is reading, studying and meditating on His Word. As you do this during your fast, you are illuminated. Psalms 119:105 says, ‘Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.’ Elohim’s word begins to enlighten your feet, showing you what to do on pressing issues of your life. This is what scriptural fast is all about.

    REMEMBER: Scriptural fast is crucifying the flesh, praying, waiting and being enlightened by the Word.

    CONFESSION: I am a product of the Word of Yahweh therefore, I am conscious that therein lies my life, future and development. As I wait upon Elohim, my paths are enlightened. Glory be Yahweh.

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: From today fasting shall be the delight of your soul in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Isaiah 58:6-8

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 1:1-3:26; Matthew 4:18-5:16

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  • THE WAY IS BORN – MERRY CHRISTMAS

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    Monday DECEMBER 25, 2023

    THE WAY IS BORN – MERRY CHRISTMAS

    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
    John 14:6 (KJV)

    Luke 2:6-7 says, ‘6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.’ The groping in the dark was finally over. The Way was born. Angels heralded it with joy. Luke 2:8-15, ‘8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising Yahweh, and saying, 14 Glory to Yahweh in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.’

    Beloved, our search came to an end the day HaMashiach was born. Throughout all ages, people had desired to related with Yahweh in a more personal intimate ways but it was impossible because of sin. Humanity lost Eden the place of Yahweh’s presence (Emmanuel) and unfortunately we didn’t know how to get back there. We lost the way. Oh! but what is this sound the angels just heralded now? It is joy that the way to the Father was born. We just got back the way to Eden.. This is something to shout about. No wonder, the angels could not contain their joy. Humanity just got back the way to the presence of Yahweh. This means beloved, that you should never miss your way again in life because Christ the way is born and today we are remembering and celebrating this good tidying of great joy. Halleluyah!

    Divine direction should not be a mystery any more. Nothing in life should be a mystery any more because the demystifier is born. Best of all, we are now in Him. I am now at home with the Father living right inside of me. Yahweh is no more a mystery to me, all because of Yahushua HaMashiach. Beloved, hope you know Him. Hope you are in Him. Hope you have surrendered your life to Yahushua HaMashiach and living in love with Him. Rejoice if you have done that because you are the most blessed and favoured on earth. Rejoice today and share with someone that the way is born. The Way to the Father, the Way to life and peace. The Way to eternity in the Kingdom of Yahweh. The Way that has separated us from eternity in the lake of fire. Halleluyah! Merry Christmas!

    REMEMBER: The way to the direction we are looking for is Yahushua HaMashiach.

    THANKSGIVING: Dear Father, thank you for the birth of Yahushua HaMashiach. Thank You for loving us so much that You brought us back to the place of Your presence, to Eden. Thank You for saving me and I ask that someone somewhere who has not known You would see the light today in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Today shall mark the beginning of unending celebration in your life and family in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Matthew 2:1-12

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    2 Peter 3; 1 John 1:1-3:12

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  • HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (5): GOOD WORKS

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    Tuesday October 24, 2023

    HOW TO RECOGNIZE THIS WISDOM (5): GOOD WORKS

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, …
    James 3:17 (KJV)

    Good works are simply actions that are good. Yahweh is the creator and definer of good. It is good to do everything He says is good. For example, the Bible tells us that Yahweh’s law is good and is given for our good: “Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good” (Romans 7:12). “Keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good” (Deuteronomy 10:13). Yahweh is the creator and definer of good. It is good to do everything He says is good. For example, the Bible tells us that Yahweh’s law is good and is given for our good. Some examples the Bible gives of good works include keeping the commandments and giving to the poor (see Matthew 19:16-21); giving alms secretly (see Matthew 6:3-4); and even just giving someone a cup of cold water (see Matthew 10:42).

    Let us see more biblical examples of good works. In Matthew 25:34-36 Yahushua gives several specific examples in His parable of the sheep and goats: “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’”

    The book of Acts celebrates the good works of a woman who died in the early years of the Church. “At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. … And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them” (Acts 9:36, 39). Paul explained that Christians should not only stop doing bad things, but should do the opposite. In Ephesians 4:28 he wrote, “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.” Before we are converted, our “old man” does the works of the flesh, but our “new man” should do good works, reflecting the fruit of the Spirit. Everything that we do that is good can be called a good work, so studying and applying passages like Galatians 5:22-23 and Colossians 3:12-14 can help us grow in good works.

    James even defined right religion in terms of good works. “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world” (James 1:27). James 2:16 demonstrates the importance of filling people’s physical needs, such as for clothing and food. Good works are the evidence of living faith, as James pointed out (James 2:14-26). When this Wisdom from above is at work in your life, you will surely overflow in good works.

    REMEMBER: Good works is the manifestation of the Wisdom from above.

    CONFESSION: I am from above. I came with divine Wisdom making me overflow in good works everywhere I go. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that good works makes way for you this day for favour untold in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Hebrews 13:21

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Mark 12:13-14:11

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  • THREATS TO HOLINESS (A)

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    Tuesday August 22, 2023

    THREATS TO HOLINESS (A)

    That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive?
    Ephesians 4:14 (KJV)

    Satan is the architect of sin. When Yahweh made man, He communicated His Spirit to man which had all the attributes of Yahweh. So, man was a holy and perfect being at creation. Lucifer, an angel of Yahweh’s, did not get enough of Yahweh perfection and holiness. He wanted it all. He rebelled against Yahweh and lost all of what Yahweh gave him. He became Yahweh’s nemesis – renamed Satan. Ever since, Satan wishes for holiness’s ruin. He elicited the fall of Adam and Eve, depriving them of holiness. He continues on his rampage against holiness. He wants our help; he wants co-conspirators. And humanity is altogether too quick to comply, but that’s our nature because of the fall. Yahweh’s enemy employs five methods to ruin holiness: relativism, tolerance, liberty, contextualization and legalism.

    Relativism conveys that there are no absolutes. This perspective legitimises innumerable truths contradicting one another. Relativism ruins holiness because there is no longer a supreme authority. One is not wholly other. Satan deceives people into thinking multiple acceptable authorities exist. Ironically, all options outside of Yahweh point to Satan. He is the only other authority people submit to. Yahweh rescues holiness from relativism’s ruin by what He says in John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

    Tolerance. Relativism leads to tolerance. If you do not accept multiple world-views, you must be intolerant, leading to the intolerance of intolerance. If you tolerate multiple world-views and authorities, holiness is diluted as Yahweh’s glory is shared. Yahweh cannot be altogether wholly other because He shares his holiness with other world-views and authorities, diminishing his glory. Yahweh rescues holiness from tolerance’s ruin by what He says in Isaiah 48:11, “My glory I will not give to another.”

    Liberty, otherwise known as antinomianism (against law), says that Yahweh’s law is entirely abolished by grace. Humanity is no longer expected to cherish and keep Yahweh’s law. This makes way for license to abuse grace. Our enemy would like to see grace abused. Where relativism dilutes holiness, liberty dirties holiness. Liberty is fostered by foolishness. Yahweh rescues holiness from liberty’s ruin by what He says in Romans 7:12, “So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.” Though we are incapable of keeping Yahweh’s law, it does not mean that we should not long to keep it. Here we are prone to ruin holiness with another abuse.

    We shall continue tomorrow to examined the threats to holiness.

    REMEMBER: Beware of every wind of doctrine that water the Word down.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. I receive the grace to walk in the highest realm of holiness in my life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Your struggle against sin and iniquity is over today. Receive grace to function in holiness where sin is no longer mentioned in and around you in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    II Corinthians 4:2

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Isaiah 66; Jeremiah 1:1-2:25

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  • WHAT IS HOLINESS?

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    Monday August 21, 2023

    WHAT IS HOLINESS?

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

    Holiness in the Old Testament is the Hebrew word ‘qodes’ a word that highlights the realm of the sacred in contrast to everything common and profane. The adjective ‘qādôš’, “holy,” refers to Yahweh and what belongs to him. In various places in the Hebrew Scriptures, Yahweh is called by the title the “Holy One of Israel.” Whatever that belongs to Yahweh is holy. Time, space, objects, and people—all can become holy if they belong to Yahweh. The temple in Jerusalem was considered holy space, and the objects used in worship holy objects. The Sabbaths and feasts of Israel were considered holy days or seasons. And the Israelites were called Yahweh’s holy people by virtue of belonging to Him. The New Testament uses the words ‘hagiazo’, to “make holy” and ‘hagio’ “holy” or “sacred.” Yahushua is called “the Holy One of Yahweh”(see Mark 1:24, Luke 4:24). And those who acclaim Yahushua as Lord are called ‘hagioi’, or “saints.” As believers, we are literally set apart, made holy, because of our relationship with the one who bridges the gap between a holy God and sinful human beings.

    The priests in the Old Testament were separated unto Yahweh and they were consecrated and holy. Their calling is an example of what our lives should be like today in terms of living a separated holy lives. The priesthood was a high calling just as being born again is a high calling. Philippians 3:14 describes our faith in Yahushua as a high calling of Yahweh. At the realm of righteousness, we talk of your walking in right standing with Yahweh and sin is dealt with. But in holiness, we talk about coming into the realm of Yahweh; that realm of holiness, of separation from the world and unto Him; of consecrating every department of our lives to align with His holiness. This is higher in operation to the mentality of just complying with the commandments. In holiness, every aspect of your life comes under divine scrutiny. What others are permitted to do is prohibited for you. In the Old Testament, a priest is not expected to mourn the dead, that is known as defiling himself. The priest that has the holy anointing oil poured upon Him cannot defile himself without consequences of death. He cannot mourn except for his father, mother, and sister who is not married. Why? Because he belongs to Yahweh. His relationship is now with Yahweh.

    At the realm of holiness which every believer is called to, sin and iniquity is not even to be mentioned. We are talking about the pleasure of Yahweh and standards that are high. With this high calling Yahweh watches into everything you do. Beloved, you are called to holiness and sin and iniquity is not mentioned and is not supposed to be mentioned around you. You are higher than that.

    REMEMBER: You are a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar person. Come alive to that.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word to me today. I thank You for this high calling upon my life. I align my world to holiness in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that today’s Word swallow every form of sin and iniquity in your life and bring you to shine his holiness in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    I Peter 1:13-17

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Isaiah 60:10-65:25

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  • DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS

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    Sunday August 20, 2023

    DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS

    Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
    I John 3:7 (KJV)

    Do you notice that our opening text says “let no man deceive you?” That is because there was and still is a teaching that once saved is always saved no matter the kind of life you lead. The teaching says that you have the nature of righteousness therefore, you can never be wrong or unrighteous. Our opening text is saying that such teaching is deceptive. If the nature of righteousness you claim to have does not manifest in practical righteousness, then it is fake. The nature of righteousness makes people to do righteousness. It does not engender to sin and iniquity. You cannot be swimming in iniquity while still claiming that you have the nature of righteousness because by their fruits we shall know them (see Matthew 7:16, 20). If it is grape fruit that you are producing, you cannot claim that you have the nature of orange. Never! What shows us who you are is the fruit that you are bearing. At least that is what the Lord Yahushua taught us. So, there is a doing of righteousness. You are standing right with Yahweh by redemption and that not of anything that you could ever do. It is a gift of Yahweh because of what the Lord Yahushua did for us at Calvary.

    Then, after you have received this gift of righteousness, it empowers you to stand on the Word of Yahweh rightly. You are empowered by the nature of righteousness to rightly divide the Word of truth and do it (see II Timothy 2:15). Your overwhelming desire now is to please Yahweh with every step of your life. You are obsessed with being on key with the Word of Yahweh. The pleasure of the Lord becomes your sole objective for living. This is doing righteousness. It is conforming your lifestyle to the Word indeed. It is being rigid on following the detects of the Word. Practical righteousness is implementing the Word in your day to day operations. It is doing the will of Yahweh which is His Word.

    Is there anything in it for you if you start doing righteousness as a lifestyle? Absolutely yes! Firstly, until your obedience is complete, you cannot avenge any disobedience of the enemy. II Corinthians 10:6 told us so, “And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.” Doing righteousness is the only way to have our obedience to the Word complete. Beloved, the devil is not your problem, sin and unrighteousness is. When the issue of sin is sorted in your walk with Yahweh, then you can see practically how weak and inconsequential the devil is. Secondly, doing righteousness engenders boldness. Proverbs 28:1 says, “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.” Your confidence intimidates the devil and paralyses him.

    REMEMBER: Doing righteousness is the authentic proof of the nature of righteousness within.

    CONFESSION: My glory is in what HaMashiach did for me at Calvary and the result is the unfolding of practical righteousness in my everyday life. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I see you walk in wholeness as you begin to engage practical righteousness in your everyday life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    I John 3:10; I John 2:29

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Isaiah 55:1-60:9

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