REMAIN BLESSED AS YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AMEN.
SATURDAY 12 MARCH
PROMOTING LOVE AND HOLINESS IN
CHRISTIANITY
TEXT: Ephesians 4: 3
– 7;
Key verse: 1 Peter 1: 22 “Seeing ye
have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned
love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart
fervently:”
If we don't promote love, our holiness is vain. If we lack
love, our faith is vain. Satan will like to put hatred in your heart against
each other. The women caused hatred between David and Saul by their song. That
brought lasting enmity between David and Saul. The mismanagement of this
information led King Saul to hell. When the disciples reported to Jesus the man
they saw casting out demons in His name to provoke jealousy in Him, rather He
rebuked them. Joshua suggested Moses should stop the two people among the
seventy prophesying in the camp, Moses instead was optimistic of the
development and wished all God's children were prophets. To promote love, we
must adhere to the following:
1, We must see others as ourselves; We must see ourselves
and churches in Christ as one; not as a denominational church but as those in
Christ having one body (Christ), one Spirit (Holy Spirit), one hope (heaven),
one Lord (Jesus Christ), one faith (the word), one baptism (baptism of
regeneration) and one God and father of all. In southern Nigeria, we have
petroleum deposit that is used by all Nigerians and other nations. Similarly,
God sees only one church. God has made us one. We have this seven oneness; we
will promote one body.
2. We must be ready for the LORD to cleanse us; Ezekiel 36:
33 -36; Defilement
was going on among the Israelites; the hatred among them bred bloodshed upon
the land; many hated without a cause. God wants to sanctify them and remove
uncleanness from them. He promised He will cleanse and renew them to serve His
purpose. Anyone wanting to bring the darkness of hatred among believers, God will
judge him for bringing defilement among the children of God. They are polluting
the name of God for lack of love and bringing shame to the name of the Lord.
God wants to give you a new and soft heart that can be subordinate to
Him.
3 We must judge ourselves so we could be judged by no man;
Don't allow separation in the leadership. Pair up yourselves in prayer to get
any ugly situation arrested. Where things are not happening well, take it to
God in prayer. Your love for one another should be without pretence. The heart
is a difficult part of man but if taken to God in prayer, He circumcises it.
When the body is Esau's and the voice is Jacob's among brethren; something is
wrong. See that you love one another with a pure heart. Perfect one another in
love and holiness.
Thought for today: Love is central to the unity of the body;
let's promote it
Song for the day: Though we are many, we are one body………
Bible reading for the day: Deuteronomy 17-19; Mark 14:1-25
#Horemow.
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