The Holy Spirit is Not a Liar: Teaching by Illustration Part 1

I have read and heard so many teachings on the topic, Holy Spirit.  Some have really written and preach about it extensively. How ever, I really appreciate their piece as it has helped me to gain more insights.

The Holy Spirit, thou we cannot see it with our optical eyes but it is at work in life of every believer. We know it when we have it. The presence of the Holy Spirit makes a whole lot of difference in the life of a believer. We can not actually the sons and daughters of God without the Holy Spirit being at work in us. For every act of worship (service to humanity, praises etc) we render to God without the Holy Spirit it is usually not acceptable. For they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. It also the Holy resident in us that differentiates us from those in the world.

Illustration: One faithful day, during a church service, the choir ministration was a great one and the house was filled with a kind of anointing but you will tell the kind later on. Not too long in the ministration, a woman who has lusting after a young man who seats at the corner everyday started shouting and screaming. She staggered like a drunkard to where the man was and said, the Holy Spirit said I should marry you. Immediately, the church kept quiet and was happy about the ministration as both of them where single.    

A moment later the pastor ordered the choir to continue in their ministration promising that God will do more great miracles same day. It was just a few minutes later during the second part of the worship that the brother behaved as if he was now in the spirit walked to where the lady was and told the sister, “the Holy Spirit said I should not marry you”. Laughs!  Permit me to laugh at this point. Is the Holy Spirit an author of confusion? No.

If He says a thing then it shall come to pass. Test every Spirit if it is the Spirit of God.

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THE MIND, BREAST PLATE AND YOU.

Every action starts with the mind. The mind though not seen, is very powerful and is limitless in how far it can travel. The content of our mind is revealed through our actions. For the mind to be productive it needs to be fed with the right information. The food of the mind – information is got through two out of the five senses, the ear and the eye. Every good and well structured life has its origination from the mind, the decisions we make/take and the words of our lips prove the worth of our mind. If the ear and the eye are corrupt the wholeness of the body is lost. Our utterances create our world.  “A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Pro 18:20-21”

We are also enslaved by our mind. There is no slavery/prison greater than that of the mind. Folks are caged perpetually because their hearts (mind) are yet to be liberated though they be shown born again – enslavement of the Spirit.

The kind of mind we have determines how far we can go with our dreams. Positive minds like the woman with the issue of blood will always overcome obstacles. However high the level at which we have been caged, there is still an opportunity for freedom. “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Rom 12:2.” The expresses Apostle Paul’s advice for Christians to have a renewed mind. Your donkey years of being a Christian do not guarantee that you have a renewed mind.

Paul says in Gal 3:1 “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?” You might have seen this happening yet, you are still like  the Galatians. They have been with Paul yet unbelief rocks their minds. For a renewed mind and personality we need light (knowledge) to shine in our heart. Hos 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children” The knowledge we lack has often enslaved us as in the above scriptures, Hosea 4: 6.

Joh 10:10 Says“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly”.

Notice that the first thing the devil does is to steal before he kills and destroys. He steals the truth you have learnt. The truth is your personality in Christ. He makes you believe that the name, Jesus is no longer a strong tower. He makes blur the clear vision you have about yourself from Christ. Then disbelief sets in.  Hosea 4: 6 confirms that the only reason why God’s people are destroyed is because they lack knowledge (truth). Some think he steals your property. Far from it, he is after the heart. When he succeeds with the above, the individual begins to loose his right standing with God, begins to be killed and destroyed. It is then just about now that he begins to affect your properties because he has succeeded in disconnecting you from your source (God). The pride of the devil is to see Christians falling and deprived of their inheritance.

But there is a seasoned secret which we can use to withstand and protect ourselves from the flying darts of the enemy, it is the breast plate. Like the man in a battle field, we need to have our breast plate on at all time. Even when our shield fails us the breast plate of righteousness remains. The devil is always on the watch for a shift of our breast plate. If he finds one, he penetrates if not immediately adjusted. A shift results when we loose focus and sin begins to rule over our lives. He then throws the arrow of unbelief to corrupt all you must have known about God. The devil being wicked won’t stop at working to destroy a believer. We therefore need to check and be conscious of our breast plate of righteousness always.

The breast plate is righteousness. For us to be and live a righteous life, we need to study the bible very well so that we will not tossed about by every wind of doctrine. The bible is the sword of the Spirit. Being knowledged means you having the sword of the Spirit.  No wonder Paul urged Timothy his spiritual son to study the scripture always. The devil is always afraid of the word of God because he (devil) understands the efficacy of the word. The breast is not prayer. Jesus did not overcome by when the devil tried the firmness of His plate. The breast plate of righteousness will always protect us from falling.   Gal 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”  

Breast plates are also of different  dimension/sizes. The more thicker a breast plate is the more effective it is in protecting the individual. Paul being a father discovered Timothy breast plate was not hard enough, he then instructed him to study more. How thick is your breast Plate? Get yourself soaked in the word.

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The power of knowledge

Knowledge is good. No doubt. It also helps to build our mindset. Knowledge is very powerful. Knowledge is light. Whatever you are not knowledge at might make you go stagnant and from observation spend more.  Being rooted in knowledge is the first step to overcoming. There is an important thing we all need to know. This is what am about to unveil.

The kind of knowledge we seek after determines our actions. Our actions are usually the product of our mind or mindsets. And our mind cannot think in any line of direction if it had not being feed with information concerning what it is acting on. We are either made or crippled with the kind of knowledge we seek. The world is seeking for knowledge like never before. No wonder the bible says in the last day’s knowledge shall increase. It is really evident now. Eve was carried away her quest for knowledge. Yes! She acquired the knowledge but where did it land her and the family. People who seek the wrong knowledge always get wrong things. Majority are running after acquiring knowledge for fraudulent acts. Yes! You might get it. But guess what? It can land you into an everlasting regret. A lot of passages in the bible talks about knowledge especially in proverbs, ecclesiastics and some selected biblical passages. One major thing we need to put in order is to help people understand how to acquire the right knowledge. I will make a request here that pastors, teachers, evangelist and apostles should educate sheep in their care.

Sometimes, I marvel at the level of negative confessions among men of God. And a look at the congregations this folks are mentoring- the product of his confessions (negativity). Please if you still find yourself under the tutelage of men like this, its time you take to your heels. There are powers in confessions. Confess negatively and you would see negative things all around you. The bible makes us to understand that “He (GOD) has said that we might boldly”. And also “they overcame by the testimonies of their mouth”. You do not experience good things by closing your mouth. The bible says with mouth confessions are made unto salvation (deliverance). Your confessions can deliver you from the pools of the devil. All through Jesus’ temptation He did not fight or pick up quarrels with the devil but He quoted the scriptures – He had the knowledge. Paul told Timothy, “Study to show thyself approved before God” He only wanted Timothy to acquire knowledge for overcoming.  Your problems should not stop you from saying what God has said. For every situation in life, God has provided an answer for it. Hosea says “my people perish but for the lack of knowledge”.

 How far are you ready to run after knowledge? It also determines how much dominion you want to have. Because the knowledge of God will never land you in bondage.

CHRISTIAN RIGHTS

In my years of studying the bible, I have found so many truths that Christians are yet to embrace. This newsletter is poised to bring you this truth and the facts about successful life from the bible. First, it is worth knowing that truth is a liberator. You cannot come in contact with the truth and remain the same or retrogressive. Sometimes, the knowledge (truth) we lack is reason we live in lack.  The truth we shall be learning in this edition is our privileges we ought to be enjoying as Christians.

 Now we have received, not the Spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.   (1 Cor. 2 vs 12). From the day I came across the above scripture through the help of the Holy Spirit my life has changed drastically.

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world but the spirit which is God; tell us that God has His marvelous of Spirit that He gives to His children. You cannot have this Spirit from God unless the seal of sonship of God is upon you. Nevertheless the foundation of the Lord standeth sure, having this seal, the Lord knoweth them that his. And let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. “When sin leaves your life good signs will flow” David Oyedepo, Winner’s Chapel. Until you are clean and good smelling you can’t attract God’s presence. A lover of purity is God’s delight. Presenting your body pure and holy before Him is best offering you can offer to God. A shift out of righteousness is embracing the devil and its problems. A righteous man no matter how little his faith is has a 24/7 access to heaven. Heavens will always listen to him because of the purity connection. “Cleave to the source that you might become a success”. The source is God. The connecting power is purity. Being born again is an spiritual exercise with earthly evidences. Being born again distinguishes you from the natural man; so you can’t suffer affliction like an ordinary man. The bed rock for every successful living is righteousness. Righteousness exalts a nation…He has therefore given us this great gift of  salvation through the death of His son, Jesus Christ, so you can enjoy a stress free life. The scripture further tells us that we were not given the spirit of the world-  wickedness, hatred, anger, adultery, fornication, lying stealing but the spirit which is God – Holiness, Joy unlimited, peace, gentleness, goodness, faith and of sound mind. It is the person who hates evil who is be endowed with the Holy Spirit. This helps him to know how to do well and escape the consequences of sin.

The word “received” tells us that a gift has been given to us. Holy Spirit reveals to us those things that have been freely given to us by God. “… that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God” in my years of studying as a student, I have learnt that “freely given” things are not to be paid for the person offering them already made all the necessary sacrifice to make you happy. So God has made us happy by giving us these free gifts like healing, “by his stripes ye are healed”; freedom, “The thief has tome to steal, kill and destroy but I have come that ye might have life and have more abundantly”;   security, “I am your shield and buckler”; joy, “I will give joy for your sorrow”; victory, “be of good cheer, I here am to calm the sea”; and so many more. Sickness, diseases, frustration, agony, depression therefore are not part of God’s plan for your life. I have an agreement with God that I will not be sick not because I hate drugs or frightened at the sight of needles but because it is my right in Christ to enjoy good health. You too can make an agreement with God today. I therefore challenge you to stand up now and curse that sickness, barrenness, problem, situation to come to an end in Jesus name. God says I can do far above exceedingly all that you can ever ask or think about. Your faith can make it work when it is activated. Don’t let the devil be your boss. God has made you to be in charge.  A lady once said that somebody step on spiritual poison and his leg is swollen. Immediately I was angry and then asked a question, what have you done about it in place of prayer? Without waiting for response, I quickly said “you package it back to where it came from”. With that faith we prayed and couple of days by God’s grace the legs were restored to normalcy. The devil does not have access or authority over your life unless you allow him. Understand that you are a miraculous child of a miraculous God. No wonder the Psalmist said “Am fearfully and wonderfully made that is why the devil tremble whenever he hears me say am God’s own and the apple of His eyes.” So God is never happy to see His children suffering.  You only suffer when you don’t know your right. Your problems or challenges cannot make God to change His name; it will not make Him leave His throne. He cannot deny Himself or what He says He is. He is never tired of hearing our prayers. Whatsoever ever is born of God (a carrier of God kind of life) overcomes the world. If we have the life that Christ has, we should have proofs He had. You cannot be a victim when your father is Jehovah.

PATTERNS: OVERCOMING THEM.

Patterns are laid down procedures or structures. A set pattern will always produce the same result when followed. Those who set pattern can always determine the end results of the followers before they get to the end. You cannot follow a pattern and don’t end up in line with the results of the pattern. If you must achieve a different result in the midst of set patterns you need to do a different thing. Like the saying goes, it is insanity to do same thing over and over again expecting different result. Results are for those who work for it. And how you work could also determine your results.  A pattern could be physical or spiritual.

Physical pattern could be visible structures. These structures can easily be dealt with physical combat sometimes. But there are times it requires a spiritual force. On the other hand, spiritual forces are not seen but can be felt. Unlike the physical pattern which is often at a particular place, spiritual forces are always hovering around. An evidence of this is in the book of Job when the sons of God gathered and the devil (symbol of evil spirit) came also with them. God saw him and asked him from whence cometh thou? The reply: From going to and fro the earth. He is never sited in a particular place. No wonder the Bible referred to him like a roaring lion looking for whom to devour.

Spiritual patterns are often negative which I call negative circles thou they are sometimes positive. These negative circles are re-occurring decimals. They can also be referred to as satanic forces.  These patterns could be marital, societal, financial, premature deaths; educational patterns etc that runs in the family from one generation to other. They could be generational curses. The bible made mention of visiting the inequities of His sons upon generations. This alone is evidence that it exists. Until you break out of these negative circles where it is affecting you, you might not be able to experience victory over that particular situation.

This circle brings stagnation, retardations, and all kinds of negative results. But I thank God for the great name; Jesus He has given to us to overcome every plans of the enemy at the mention of that name and the prevailing blood of the son.

There was a time when the children of God use to go to Jerusalem to worship but Jesus came and broke that pattern. The pattern of offering burnt sacrifices existed but it was this Jesus that changed the pattern. Patterns do exist. Those who want to break this pattern will always need to do extra. I mean go extra mile. Some family, late marriages is other but some folks say it sometimes like that. There are families who live on mortgage from one generation to the other. For some, it could be a familiar kind of sickness but the good news is that at the name of Jesus we will be able to overcome.

Breaking out of these patterns requires you to know the kinds that exist in your life or family. Hosea says my people perish for the lack of Knowledge. Patterns sometimes does not require prayer, some need mere application of knowledge. Actually, not everything requires payer some requires mere application of knowledge. Just like Jesus, He did not pray when the devil tempted three times after His forty days prayer and fasting.  Thank God for the bible that helps us to know our right in Christ. No power is able to destroy except you allow it.

Patterns are there, don’t think they otherwise. I know some folks might overlook this.

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APPRECIATION: THE WHEN, HOW AND WHY.

Some days back I listened to a message that has inspired me to write on the above subject.

Irrespective of our gender, age we all want to be appreciated or praised for whatever good we have done. But one thing that we must know is that it should be done at the right time and cheerfully and not out of necessity.  There is also this need for us to know when to do. 

We tend to appreciate people better when we hear of their death or see their casket at the time of eulogy.  At this point you hear people say all manner of kind words about him. Some folks write book in memory of the dead. Some write pages of praises about the dead. I tag it the wrong time because at this point it is irrelevant. Wouldn’t it be better if the person was alive to read about his praises? 

Appreciation is meant to propel a living person not the dead into doing more good. Why appreciate a dead man when he can’t tell you thanks. Imagine if he/she were there to take all the praises at this particular time, he/she certainly would be happy. I have never seen a man who hates to be praised. 

Then do it why the person is with you. We also see people cry about the death of a beloved one, spouse, brother or friend. Death can come at any time but we do not pray to die unfruitful or premature. Did you ever express love to the beloved why he was alive?  Was he valued by you while he was here with you? How did you cherish the moment you shared together or you never did. Stop waiting for people to die to show them how you care about them. You may decide to offer a befitting burial ceremony. Did you ever offer him a befitting Birthday ceremony? Now is the time.

There is this tendency of postponing our expression of gratitude. I called it wickedness. Those who do this I think them unthankful and heartless. Whoever shows us a little kindness no matter the status of the person, there is need for appreciation. Some parents are guilty of this as they often fail to appreciate their children for their good job at home.

Some people still have this character of “never showing appreciation”. They think it is not important. Unthankful nature can break a relationship. If you want to keep your relationship be thankful. Those who are thankful always get more and are happier. 

It is wrong for those around you to beg you for encomiums. Don’t let them gasps for it especially when they deserve it. Be generous with it and do it cheerfully. Do not procrastinate about it. Always do it immediately whenever you notice an act of kindness shown towards you. It opens rooms for more and releases energy for excitement.  It will make you feel great and increase your integrity. 

KEYNOTE:

Do not wait for the casket to show appreciation.

Encomiums are meant for everybody irrespective of age or gender.

Always do it at the right time; never procrastinate about it.

Be generous and cheerful about it.

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE

Every physical temple is laid by human hands with bricks and cement etc. Yes it is usually beautiful. We all admire it. We go in there to have a worship service. That is the temple made by human (flesh). No matter how beautiful and maintained the physical temple is it will go rust someday. But there is this temple owned, furnished and well patterned/structured by God, beautiful and mobile.

Our bodies are the temple of the living God not only that, we are also Gods. Wow! TEMPLE + GOD = Divinity, that is what we are. Don't let tell you otherwise. You have being configured and structured Like a God; let us make man in our own Image and after our likeness-Just like GOD himself. What a privilege to be called his SON. His seal of SONSHIP has made us JUST like him.

Another beautiful thing about the being the temple of God is that sickness, diseases, pain and frustration can not dwell in that body because God has no relationship with the devil. The devil brings illness and anguish but Christ brings’ healing. Which would you rather choose? Even Christ advised us to choose life and blessing. For what communion has light with darkness. When Christ comes in every negative thing gives way. All you find is Joy, happiness etc. He becomes the caretaker of our body.

What makes our body the most beautiful temple?

Originally, if not for the fall of Adam, the first man there might not have a question of beautiful temple because all the temple would have being beautiful. When the bible says our body is the temple of the Lord, it is actually referring to those who are working in accordance with the scriptures, those who are born again. From the moment you give your life to Christ through faith he comes down through the Holy Spirit and fill (dominates) your body.  The Spirit now empowers you to work towards the edification of His name, Jesus.

Not until your body is the temple of the Lord you are not saved. Being saved (born again) makes you a sweet smelling savour unto God. So, all you need to do is to make that confession with your mouth and believe in your that Jesus is Lord then you will be save. Being saved is making is act of making your body the temple of the living God. IF YOU, I mean You are reading this and you are yet to Give your life to CHRIST, then u are missing a big time it is the greatest gift without a THREAT. So make up your mind today. Where do you want to spend eternity, Hell or Heaven? Don’t be deceived they are both REAL.

Your body is the temple of the Lord when you are saved.

How does this temple get stained?

“A man is tempted when he is drawn away out of his own lost”, that is what the bible says. SIN stains the temple.  If don’t run after inequity every day your life God will continue to make you beautiful. Every day you remain Holy and Faithful, He will continually beautify you.   Like Joshua I challenge you, choose you this day whom you will serve.

We often spend a lot of time feeding this physical bodies of ours neglecting the spiritual body. The physical body requires our cash, time we spend in front of the mirror and shopping and many more other activities. One question I won’t to ask is this: How many minutes do you spend with God? Folks are always in a haste to leave the presence of God because of the cares of this world. Some time we often complain of about the preceding pastor/priest of testing taking too much of out time. We no longer want to attend services more than two hours. This gradually stains the temple.

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THE FOCAL POINT OF THE CHURCH AND CHURCH LEADERS (2)

In the house of the poor, there are always alot of prayer points. Pastors bind, lose, and raise fire. But is that actually the problem? Poverty will continue if there is no shift in mindset and opportunity created. Majority of the blind men we have in Nigeria and in the world are beggars and in the same countries some are employers of labour. Being blind physically is bad but it is worst when it is the blindness of the mind. With physical eyes you can only see little but with the eyes of the mind you see beyond your next neighbour(s). However in praying for these fellows we should remember that the problem is not always demons or witches but physical hunger. The right kind of teaching should be enforced in our churches today. Some are sick may be the mind kind of sickness. What do you really think is the cause of their sickness? I sometime wonder why teachers of the gospel would see the needy in the church and won't dare to help but keep praying for God's divine help upon their lives. The bible says when we see our enemy hunger and we ask to them to pray, were then is the love of God? I wrote some time ago about the first Church at Antioch (the part 1). We are drifting away from the old landmark. But we have to understand that the church ought to be a place of refuge  for the helpless and the poor.

The time has come for us to live above just preaching to living out the word. People now add to the Bible by teaching contrary things. The bible is not a constitution made by man that can be amended    but the good news is that the bible is the book of life. Stop "painting" the words of God. Stop twisting the bible. The word of God according to the Bible is Yea and Amen; it means it is complete on its own. God did not make mistake about any thing in the bible. Folks may tag me the "old fashioned Christian" for what am about to unveil this year as the spirit leads.

Recently, God drew my attention to something now very common in the society. A pastor will place his and his wife's picture on the church Sign Post. Who are they advertising, the church, themselves or both?  God remains the owner of the church and Him alone. These things never existed before now.  I thinks it just doesn’t matter will be thought of some people. But I think it does that why God drew my attention to it.

There are men who stand on the pulpit only to talk ill of other ministers’ just like I heard this morning a man of God ridiculing a prophet of God. Let’s be careful.

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