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POWER OF EXEMPLARY LIFE
MONDAY JUNE 26
TEXT: MATTHEW 5: 13-16
Key Verse: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light” 1 Peter 2: 9
The Lord is calling you to a life of example and that life is called the life of light. You are a light to the world, you are a city built on a hill, a light lighted and put on top of a table that men may see, and be helped, and follow, your life is an example. There is a story told of a muslin student in a university who told his class mate of a person passing by and said if that person preaches Jesus to him, he will believe because he has seen the life of that person, he is living exemplary life. Again, a children teacher was teaching and describing whom Jesus was in character, life style and behaviour, how loving Jesus is as he was describing Jesus, a child raised up his hand and said “I have seen that Jesus, he is my neighbour”. The child has a true Christian in his community whose life was the life of Jesus and the description given about Jesus resembled him. That is what made that child believed he has seen Jesus with his eyes.
Another story was told of a preacher who went to preach and played a film for people to watch. After a muslin woman watched the film, she said she believed in the gospel and would have submitted her life to Jesus but she is afraid her daughters would spoil because of dressing of women in Christianity, the nakedness she saw among many Christian women. She was afraid that if she and her family become Christians her daughters will begin to expose their bodies, so she decided not to become a Christian even though she can see the message is right. Such is the negative power of exemplary life. Show an exemplary life that will take others to heaven not that which destroys and condemns. Get a very good Christian husband, he is a message to the wives to preach to their husbands. Again, get a good wife, a godly Christian wife, holy, humble, sanctified, such is a message to husbands and they will preach her to their wives. An industrious child, obedient and submissive, that child will be a message to parents who will preach him to their children.
Thought for the day: Be an example that will lead others to heaven not that which destroys.
Song for the day: My life shall be a testimony
Bible reading for the day: Job 7-9; Acts 7:44-60
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For taking your time to study remain blessed. August Tuesday 27th TOPIC: CORRECT WATER BAPTISM TEXT: Mark 16:15-16 KEY VERSE: Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The believer requires water baptism. The baptism that Jesus commanded is in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. It is done by immersion in water because the three Persons are One. In Acts of the Apostles, the people were baptizing in the name of Jesus. They used the phrase “in the name of Jesus” to indicate that the baptism was carried out as authorized by Jesus, and the baptism authorized by Jesus is that which is done in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. It is not to say that they dip people in water and say, “I baptize you in the name of Jesus.” The name of Jesus cannot represent the Godhead. The Father is not Jesus, the Holy Spirit is not Jesus, Jesus is God who be
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