GOD, MY GUIDE

  “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints – Jude 1:3.”   Faith is on trial. Let no one deceive us that all is well. Everything is contending for our faith. The contention is not ordinary. Its purpose and aim is to rid us of the faith. THE MOMENT A MAN LOSES FAITH, LIFE BEGINS TO SLIP AWAY. There are issues of life that are targeted at us just to make us lose the faith. Battles aren't lost unless teh faith is lost. Likewise, no man wins a battle except the faith is won.   When Christ Jesus was asking a question about faith – “…Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? – Lk. 8:18” Do we think He was joking? Never! It is a soul-searching question. Are you still in faith sir? The question is not whether or not you are doing good. The question is not abou...

“A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment – Proverbs 17:23.”   Do you have a clean hand? Who can justify himself in this? When the Psalmist was praying in the twenty-fourth chapter, one of the criteria needed for ascending the hills of the Lord to see Him is said to be clean hands. Are your hands clean, I ask you again? Are they? As you know that the word of God cannot be broken, going by this standard, many people will not see God. Why? The hands are not clean.   You call yourself a medical doctor or whoever you claim to be in medical field, all you know to do is abortion. There is no kind or level of abortion you cannot successfully carry out. When the saints are saying “With God nothing shall be impossible” , in your case it is right to say, with you no abortion is impossible. The money you receive for the operation is bribe – that is the worth of a soul to you, right? How much does a soul worth to you? How much is the cost and val...

“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so – Matthew 19:8.” Marriage is endorsed by God when speaking in the book of Jeremiah – “ Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion – Jer. 3:14.” Jesus Christ spoke more about marriage that some of the subjects we now focus upon nowadays. Marriage was among the top three messages of Christ Jesus – The Kingdom of God, Money and Marriage. In fact, when Christ was speaking about the Kingdom of God, He used the concept of marriage often. This should tell us that there is an important message God encodes into marriage. Let’s start with Genesis. Having created all things with the stamp of “very good – Gen. 1:31,” God had to say this about man – “And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help m...

  “Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food – Job 23:12.” Food, as intended by God, was created to serve some purposes one of which is strength. The plants and herbs created were for food, in fact, it was written that they were good for food. It is therefore imperative that God made food for strength. For instance, in the book of first kings, it was said of Elijah that – “And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God – 1Kgs. 19:8.” We see that food is a channel of strength. Note this and mark it clearly, food is not the source of strength. It is only one of the means or channels to it [strength]. When Apostle Peter was writing about food, he noted – “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby – 1Pet. 2:2.” In this case, we see that food is also a kind of requirement for gr...

“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made – Genesis 2:3.”   That God rested on the seventh day does not mean He was weak or tired. It was an allowance God had to create to teach man the necessity and principle of rest. There are theories where people assume (defintely, it is not a belief; it must be an assumption) that the reason God rested was because He got tired. To those set of people, what the Word of God has for you is – “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?... – Is. 40:28.” Therefore, it was not lack of strength or want of it that made Him to rest. Then, it is a question to us now: what was the original reason for God to have rested on the seventh day?   First, He had finished His work. Therefore, He created an order for man to follow that there is need for rest af...

  “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger – Proverbs 15:1.” Words are powerful and those who are wise in using them have known what it means to say “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones – Pro. 16:24.” The application of word goes a long way to settle or unsettle, mar or make the life of any man. And come to think of it, by THE WORD, God created and made all things. Do you now think such Word is to be trivialized or taken for granted? Think not so. Therefore, we are to consider the use of our words henceforth. There are some examples we shall consider both applicable to God and unto men. First, we shall consider the use of grievous words unto God. There was a man called Cain who killed his brother but before then he first hated his blood brother. You see, God knows the thought of all men even before those thoughts become words and words turn into actions. As for Cain, it was first in his thought. And the Lord ...

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work – John 9:4.” Today, by God’s grace, we shall commence with a series on man and his duties as fashioned by God. However, we shall not expound on all the duties of man but it shall be summarised under three headings. It is true the writer of Ecclesiastes concluded the whole duty of man as two: fear of God and keeping His commandments (obedience) – Ecc. 12:13. As a matter of simplicity, for the next two days beginning from now, we shall trust God to give us precepts concerning man. Remember the commandment which says – “Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work – Ex. 20:9.” This tells us the intention of God for man. There is work for every man. Every man ought to and is expected to work. It is a command. In the beginning, reading through the scriptures, you will have to agree with me that God had man in mind all the while He was creating the world and everything in it. The reason Go...

 “Though he were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered – Hebrews 5:8.”  Obedience is not automatic; it is must learnt. There is a way to learning it. It is for the sons to learn as the Father teaches. Before we proceed into the teaching proper for today, it is necessary to note that for Jesus to have learnt obedience, there must be something to pay due diligence. Naturally, we were all disobedient. By fall and according to the nature of the old man in us, we are prone to easily disobey and break rules. In fact, this is the reason all men excluding those who are in Christ are called or known as “ children of disobedience. ” This tells us that another mind, man and power is in control of the heart and mind of man different from the will, power and Spirit of the Father. It seems the only thing that does not necessary need learning is disobedience, evil deeds and wicked acts. They seem to be inbuilt or inborn. Even at that people still learn to do them on...

  “And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. – Philippians 2:8.” Previously, we concluded that obedience is not automatic. This is true; it must be learnt. Again, from the teaching we learnt that every good and perfect thing or lesson must be learnt because by nature we were all children of disobedience. Meaning, what we know how to do best is to disobey until Christ Jesus came to give us understanding and translation into the original intended-nature God created for us or created us for. Now, today we shall see one of the ways to aid and speed up learning is humility. Christ Jesus is the only man on earth who needed not to learn yet His was a way to show us the path to grow in God. One thing that we must know is that being in human form entails a lot of things. To be made in this fashion is a sign of humility. We aren’t made in angelic form about which we have it thus – “For thou hast made him a little...

“They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: - Psalms 115:5.” It is wickedness to serve other gods. Why would a man turn from the Most Merciful, Gracious, Compassionate and Loving Father only to turn to the one whose mission is to steal, kill and destroy? I know must people will say it is because of ignorance or foolishness. This is more than foolishness or ignorance. It is wickedness. An undiluted one at that. And you see, because this is wickedness, there are woes attached to being wicked such as   no peace – “There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked – Is. 48:22.” There is another in Psalms 7:11, the anger of God; – “God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.” There is no peace for the wicked. Since it is the wicked that yields to idolatry, one of the woes is no peace. Ah! It is a fearful thing to be in a state of no peace. A state of restlessness and chaos, a state of pandemonium and unrest. A state of tormen...

  “For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly – Deuteronomy 7:4.” The first part of this topic focused on the ways and reasons idolatry appeals to man’s interest and desire. It didn’t necessarily mention or show the woes of idolatry. But beginning with this and for the next two days, we shall consider some of the woes or dangers of idolatry. I don’t want to water it down by using dangers. Let us stick to the woes to know and show how serious this is. Yes, it is that serious. The text used yesterday in the book of Psalms 16:4 states that – “Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.” Mind the multiplicity of the word “sorrow.” It is in plural form, meaning, they are more than one. Like legion, they are many. Since we have them multiplied, it means we ca...

  “Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips – Psalms 16:4.” The first commandment given to us by God is “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me – Exodus 20:3.” Have you ever asked yourself, why did God bring this in? He knows there is every possibility and tendency for man to do so. You see man, that creature called man, he always loves to try something new. You can see that in his taste, desire, pursuit and feeling. The old does not always make sense to him. As it is written in Deuteronomy 32:17 – “They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.” God knew that there were other things that would come newly which would appeal to man’s interest and pleasure. To this end, the Lord had warned us beforehand. And you see, to before warned is to before harmed. It is possible we aren’t going to...

  “Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land – Exodus 1:10.” In the book of James, the Lord made it known to us in the scriptures that there four kinds of wisdom, namely: devilish, sensual, earthly and that which is from above. “This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish – James 3:15.” With this it should be settled in our heart that there seems to be diverse kinds of wisdom in this world. It is important to know the true wisdom. We must exercise our heart in Spirit to know what kind of wisdom is in operation. What the world calls wisdom is different from what God calls wisdom. Remember, Jesus Christ once said – “…for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light – Luke 16:8.” This is not to commend the world or the generation therein to mean the...

  “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men – Romans 12:18.” A story was told about a kingdom where there was peace and serenity within its walls and among the inhabitants therein. It was full of order and decency until there was an uproar of war and uneasiness. This development displeased the King that He had to make diligent search about the origin of this. It was discovered that one of his delegates took the honour to himself to rule the people. Rebellion! Having known this, a decree was made to deal with that subject who caused the kingdom to experience such pandemonium. The culprit was found and sent on exile. Sadly, this subject and his cohorts were sent packing from this kingdom only for them to go the other kingdom which the King already gave to another one his subjects to rule. These rebels came to cause unrest. The event narrated above is found in the account of Revelation chapter twelve. God is the King, the devil is the rebellious subj...

  “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap – Psalms 69:22.” Food has been the major medium and means of making many a mighty man to fall. Spiritually speaking, even when it comes to how principalities, powers and rulers of darkness operate, some of their activities are often carried out through prepared table (food). Some people’s origin of ailment and diseases is traceable to a form of concoction or delicacy prepared for them either physically or spiritually (through dreams). And as long as they believe in this, it comes to pass in their life. Have you been told that there are cases where glories and destinies are exchanged and changed at the table of food prepared? If you haven’t come by any, take the incidence between Esau and Jacob for example. Consider the ways of the wicked and see how many people food has been used to cage or set as a trap. Let every Naboth take heed to see to the welfare of th...

  “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over – Psalms 23:5.” Table in must cases signifies an object or place where meal is set. So ideally, we can say it is where members of family gather to eat. Scripturally, almost every passage where table is mentioned is attached to food. Where it is divinely used, then sacrifice is substituted for food. When there is a table made by men for God, such table is said to accept or accommodate sacrifice. In this case, we can therefore infer that table can be prepared by man for man or God and God can also make table for man. The table man makes for God is used for sacrifice while the one prepared by God for man is said to be full of all blessings according to the need of the moment. It is the table prepared by God for man we shall speak of today. In the text above, we shall consider three points. First the beneficiary of the prepared table. The state and position of t...

  “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.– Psalms 23:5.” Previously, we have discussed on this topic. It was based on the table God prepared for His people. This is important and very essential to our daily living. We discovered that the table God prepares is full of His blessings and it is meant for His people and not all men. Yes, God loves all men. He creates all men. Nevertheless, there are some special benefits that are reserved for His own. The table prepared was made for His children before their enemies. This means the table and the provisions it contained are not meant for all men. Having examined the first table, it is necessary to consider the second table prepared. This form of table is that which a man made for God. Recall, the first was prepared by God for men but this is prepared by men for God. It is a table of sacrifice unto the Lord. We said earlier that the table prep...