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August Sunday 25th
TOPIC: EXAMINING PRACTICE OF SOWING SEED OF FAITH
TEXT: Psalm 66:13-20
KEY VERSE: Isaiah 1:12 When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Some ministers prompt people to make vows or sow seeds of faith, that is, give in advance to God, so that God can meet their needs and prosper them. These ministers do not bother to know whether the people they are prompting to make vows are born again or not and whether they are living in Christ's righteousness or not. All they tell them is Give and God will multiply it back to you. God has no covenant with sinners to bless them. He is not more interested in their material resources than in their souls. They cannot buy salvation and God's blessing with their money and material resources. Ministers of the gospel must be careful not to compel or lure the people into giving grudgingly or in sin.
The following should be understood about vows and seed faith.
(I) You are not commanded to make a vow to the Lord when in trouble before the Lord will save or bless you. The salvation and blessings of God are free by the sacrifice of Christ on condition of faith, Ephesians 2:8, 9.
(II) The scriptures show that God allows those who want to make vows to Him in their trouble to do so, as we notice in the account of the Psalmist.
(III) The person making a vow must be personally persuaded or assured of what he is doing. He must make the vow willingly. He must not be forced or tricked into it by anyone else. God wants every service done to Him to come out from a willing heart and not by force or trick of men. He will reward that which is done willingly and not forcefully.
(IV) The person making a vow to the Lord must be born again and should not be living in any known disobedience to the doctrines of God's word. There must be proper self examination. This is because the sacrifice and prayer of a sinner are abomination to the Lord. A sinner cannot buy the favour of God with his material resources and money.
(V) The vow made to God by the believer, should be according to his faith and power of redemption. It is sinful to vow what you cannot pay, Ecclesiastes 5:1, 2.
(VI) After vowing the believer must continue to follow scriptural instructions on how to receive answers from God. He must continue in meditating on God's promises, in faith, prayer, fasting; in righteousness and in waiting persistently on God. Vowing does not absolve the believer of his Christian responsibility for getting his problems solved.
(VII) When God has demonstrated His faithfulness by answering your prayers, it is expected that you also demonstrate your faithfulness by paying your vow promptly.
Thought for the day: The salvation and blessings of God are free by the sacrifice of Christ on condition of faith
Song for the day: What shall I render? (3x) To You O Lord....
Bible reading for the day:
Psalms 124-127; 1 Corinthians 7:1-24. #Horemow.
August Sunday 25th
TOPIC: EXAMINING PRACTICE OF SOWING SEED OF FAITH
TEXT: Psalm 66:13-20
KEY VERSE: Isaiah 1:12 When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Some ministers prompt people to make vows or sow seeds of faith, that is, give in advance to God, so that God can meet their needs and prosper them. These ministers do not bother to know whether the people they are prompting to make vows are born again or not and whether they are living in Christ's righteousness or not. All they tell them is Give and God will multiply it back to you. God has no covenant with sinners to bless them. He is not more interested in their material resources than in their souls. They cannot buy salvation and God's blessing with their money and material resources. Ministers of the gospel must be careful not to compel or lure the people into giving grudgingly or in sin.
The following should be understood about vows and seed faith.
(I) You are not commanded to make a vow to the Lord when in trouble before the Lord will save or bless you. The salvation and blessings of God are free by the sacrifice of Christ on condition of faith, Ephesians 2:8, 9.
(II) The scriptures show that God allows those who want to make vows to Him in their trouble to do so, as we notice in the account of the Psalmist.
(III) The person making a vow must be personally persuaded or assured of what he is doing. He must make the vow willingly. He must not be forced or tricked into it by anyone else. God wants every service done to Him to come out from a willing heart and not by force or trick of men. He will reward that which is done willingly and not forcefully.
(IV) The person making a vow to the Lord must be born again and should not be living in any known disobedience to the doctrines of God's word. There must be proper self examination. This is because the sacrifice and prayer of a sinner are abomination to the Lord. A sinner cannot buy the favour of God with his material resources and money.
(V) The vow made to God by the believer, should be according to his faith and power of redemption. It is sinful to vow what you cannot pay, Ecclesiastes 5:1, 2.
(VI) After vowing the believer must continue to follow scriptural instructions on how to receive answers from God. He must continue in meditating on God's promises, in faith, prayer, fasting; in righteousness and in waiting persistently on God. Vowing does not absolve the believer of his Christian responsibility for getting his problems solved.
(VII) When God has demonstrated His faithfulness by answering your prayers, it is expected that you also demonstrate your faithfulness by paying your vow promptly.
Thought for the day: The salvation and blessings of God are free by the sacrifice of Christ on condition of faith
Song for the day: What shall I render? (3x) To You O Lord....
Bible reading for the day:
Psalms 124-127; 1 Corinthians 7:1-24. #Horemow.
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