TOPIC: GOING TO HEAVEN IS NOT ON THE BASIS OF FAMILY BUT INDIVIDUALS

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DATE: MONDAY AUGUST 5, 2024

TOPIC: GOING TO HEAVEN IS NOT ON THE BASIS OF FAMILY BUT INDIVIDUALS 

TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 30:15-20 

15. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. 

16. And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; 

17. Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 

18. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

19. All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

20. Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and Thy household. 

KEY VERSE: EZEKIEL18:4 “Behold all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die” 

Central to the Christian life is Individualism. Going to heaven is not on the basis of family, nation or tribe but as an individual. We see many areas of the scriptures pointing to the right of an individual. The scripture says “the soul that sinned it shall die”-Individualism.

Jesus said “And if I go and prepare a place, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, ye may be there also”. This also involves individual’s choice. 

Believers are expected to see themselves as an entity running a race to achieve a goal, heaven. If they see themselves on the basis of individualism, many things will be avoided. For instance, a family member will not stage a protest against church leadership on why should his or her relation be accused of witchcraft or of embezzlement? Or consent to any member of the family or tribe that is on discipline to leave a holy ministry like Holiness Revival Movement.

God called people individually. When one received the Lord Jesus Christ as His Lord and personal savior, he must care for his or her soul because he or she is called alone and will either go to heaven or hell alone. Let nothing be allowed to stern your garment as a child of God, so intelligently exercise the right of choice in matters of your salvation. If you get lost, you will be alone. 

We shall stand before God individually. Employ the Berea Christians principle in your Christian life. Subject every church, mister and ministry to scriptural judgment to know whether you see the presence of God, the holiness of God in them and the seriousness of the teaching that can qualify you to enter heaven. 

If you noticed sin in them such as any form of immorality, Lesbianism, Homosexuality, lying, worldliness in attire, bleaching, attachment etc, know that you are lost and need to intelligently exercise your right of choice on where best to serve God and go to heaven.

Thought for the day: You are called alone, if you get lost, you are doomed alone.

Song for the day: I will see Jesus, someday, sometime, in the sky.

Bible reading for the day: Jeremiah 6-8

#Horemow.