DIE BY FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very many of us Christians (Me included) are MURDERERS! 

We pray some 'wonderful' prayers like -

"LORD, LET ALL MY ENEMIES DIE BY FIRE!
LET THEM DIE! LET THEM DIE! THEY MUST DDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

Whether you like it or not, knowingly or unknowingly - you are somebody's enemy and they are also praying 'DIE BY FIRE' so the question now is this - WHOSE PRAYER SHOULD GOD ANSWER?
Your own or their own?!

DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF MANKIND, DEVELOPMENT AND THE GREAT FALL (Pt. 2)

This is a continuation of the series we started yesterday.
Here is Part 1 in case you missed it - 

DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF MANKIND, DEVELOPMENT AND THE GREAT FALL (Pt. 1)

3. God is the Ultimate Tailor!

Dear reader I tell you the truth, when I got light of this particular mystery, I got up from my chair and began clapping to the Lord God Almighty! Creator of the Universe, The I am that I am, The Holy One of Israel, The Bright Shinning Star, The Omnipotent God, The Omniscient God, The Omnipresent God! JEHOVAH is His name! WWWWHOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAA!!!

I tell you, you cannot outdo this God! He is TOO MUCH for our comprehension! I will advice you do same. Just take time now to Praise Him, not for what He has done for you but for who He is! It is a rare privilege to serve this God! WOW!

Now to what is making me go crazy! 

DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF MANKIND, DEVELOPMENT AND THE GREAT FALL (Pt. 1)

Hello Everyone...

Firstly let me apologize for my long hiatus from writing. The need to find purpose, zeal and drive in any and everything you do is needed for longevity and continuity. That is something like what I have been doing. Anyways I hope your weeks have been great? I just concluded a 21-day fast in my church and the spiritual invigoration cannot be over-emphasized. Fasting and prayer like my spiritual father Bishop David Oyedepo will always say is not punishment but 'Spiritual Discipline'. It weakens your body, dissipates cravings of the flesh but empowers you Spirit man. It was an exciting encounter and in the morning of the first day after the fast, I forgot to eat! :)

Anyways to today's topic, I will be explaining some commonly misunderstood Bible stories, revealing some major Biblical mysteries and debunking a few myths. It would be a two or three part series, all depending on the leading of the Holy Spirit. So without further ado let us begin.

THE GREAT FALL, MANKIND & DEVELOPMENT
For basic understanding I will give a brief introduction to the 'Great Fall'. It is believed that the Earth has been in existence for a couple billions of years and man-kind, a couple million. God decided to make man 'in His own image' after 're-creation' of the World then He put man in charge of everything in the Garden of Eden including all plants and animals. God gave the first man and his wife (Eve) everything they needed and could ever ask for but told them never to eat of the 'Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil'. Fruits from this tree were later termed as 'Forbidden Fruit' by mainstream theologians because God forbade Adam and Eve to eat it, but the term 'Forbidden fruit' is not Biblical or from the Bible. Some days passed, probably weeks, months, years and Eve fell into Satan's trap to eat the fruit from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (Genesis 3:1-7). Painful is the fact that she also tempted (probably seduced) Adam into eating the fruit also. Not long after, God came down from Heaven in his routine visit  to Eden and discovered they had eaten the fruit He expressly forbade them to eat. Well He cursed everyone  and everything that was involved in this great treachery including man, woman, serpent even the ground was cursed! Well man and wife were driven from the Garden of Eden. This in summary if the Great Fall of man... from God's grace.

A great myth however surrounds the story of the Great Fall. It is believed by a majority that if Eve had not eaten the fruit man kind will not have developed up to where we are today! I asked a number of people and all of them concurred with this belief. However, my dear reader... the FACT is this - if Eve had not eaten the fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil we will be not where we are today in terms of development. We would be HIGHER! We would have reached the apex of civilization. We will all be as gods in our planetary system with super technological innovations, equal high standards of living for everyone. There will be no wars, poverty or suffering. It would have been Heaven on Earth. That was the original plan of God for this Earth... to be a second home to Him. Do you know that before the Great Fall God was visiting Adam and taking strolls with him in the Garden of Eden? This same God who 'no man can behold and live' was once a regular visitor on this Earth! I am now going to list and explain to you some factors that point towards the fact that we would be higher, bigger and better if man had not fallen.

MARRIAGE 301 - MARRITAL SEPARATION AND DIVORCE (CHAPTER THREE)

'she can't cook', 'he loves sex too much' (reasons for divorce)

 Marriage is the oldest institution known to man. The first marriage was conducted in Eden by the Almighty God Himself. After He had created Adam and discovered that he was 'alone', He decided to give him (Adam) a 'help meet' [KJV] or as the Amplified version states 'a helper'. The Lord God Almighty removed a rib from Adam and used it to create Eve - the first woman ever. Now please note that that was NOT marriage! Genesis 2:22 states

"And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of his side and closed up the [place with] flesh. And the rib or part of his side which the Lord God had taken from the man He built up and made into a woman, and He brought her to the man."

The last bit 'brought her to the man' is MARRIAGE! That was World's first marriage and it was officiated by the Almighty Himself! WOW! Dear readers, that short phrase summarises the main theme of this article and its predecessors:

MARRIAGE 101 - GOD'S MARITAL PLAN FOR YOU (CHAPTER ONE)

MARRIAGE 201 - ATTITUDE TO YOUR MARRIAGE PARTNER (CHAPTER TWO)

"ENSURE YOUR PARTNER IS GODLY & GOD'S CHOICE!"

MARRIAGE 201 - ATTITUDE TO YOUR MARRIAGE PARTNER (CHAPTER TWO)

Hello everyone... 

It's been a while since my last post. Please accept my apologies as this was due to a sequence of major activities occurring in my life at the time, most importantly finishing and submitting my Masters thesis! Hallelujah! I'm FREE!!! (LOL) 
This blog post is a continuation of the piece:

MARRIAGE 101 - GOD'S MARITAL PLAN FOR YOU (CHAPTER ONE)

I started it last month and promised to finish it, but its been a long time coming. Today, I will be rounding it up!Inspiration for this series came from the my study of Malachi 2:11-16 however, we will be looking at verses 12-16 today - 

12. The Lord will cast out of the tents of Jacob to the last man those who do this [evil thing], the master and the servant [or the pupil] alike, even him who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts.

13. And this you do with double guilt; you cover the altar of the Lord with tears [shed by your unoffending wives, divorced by you that you might take heathen wives], and with [your own] weeping and crying out because the Lord does not regard your offering any more or accept it with favor at your hand.

14. Yet you ask, Why does He reject it? Because the Lord was witness [to the covenant made at your marriage] between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously and to whom you were faithless. Yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your marriage vows].

15. And did not God make [you and your wife] one [flesh]? Did not One make you and preserve your spirit alive? And why [did God make you two] one? Because He sought a godly offspring [from your union]. Therefore take heed to yourselves, and let no one deal treacherously and be faithless to the wife of his youth.

16. For the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I hate divorce and marital separation and him who covers his garment [his wife] with violence. Therefore keep a watch upon your spirit [that it may be controlled by My Spirit], that you deal not treacherously and faithlessly [with your marriage mate].

(AMP)

ATTITUDE TO YOUR MARRIAGE PARTNER
As I stated in the Part I of this series, I draw up this model of marriage from exactly what the Bible dictates that marriage should be. In Colosians 3:18-19, Paul states "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them." This singular verse has caused a lot of rancour within the Church. A lot of husbands expect their wives to bow down before them, kiss their feet and even call them "Abba Father"! Please dear readers, (especially us men)... please note that the Bible said wives should SUBMIT themselves to you. Now in some other versions, it says SUBJECT. Women it did not say EQUATE, Men it did not say SUBJUGATE! It said SUBJECT/SUBMIT! 

The Holy Spirit, Tongues and A Misconceptionalized Hullabaloo

Firstly, I would like to use this medium to wish you all my dearest readers, a Happy New Year! 2013 came and went just like a minute ago. So many challenges, trials & temptations but we thank God for His grace, mercy, blessings and most of all, His love! 

I was moved to write this piece after my devotion today. I had my personal study from the 11th and 12th chapters of 1 Corinthians. From the 8th-11th verse of the 12th chapter, Apostle Paul enlisted the GIFTS of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 states - 

For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another diverse kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

According to the verses above,  the Gifts of the Spirit include: 

1. Word of Wisdom
2. Word of Knowledge
3. Faith
4. Healing
5. Working of Miracles
6. Prophecy
7. Discerning of spirits
8. Tongues
9. Interpretation of tongues

MARRIAGE 101 - GOD'S MARITAL PLAN FOR YOU (CHAPTER ONE)

This post is a continuation of former Apocalyptic blog-posts such as:  
THE RACE TO HEAVEN - YOU MAY BE IN DANGER!  
BORN TO BURN!  and the most recent 
I NEED YOUR SOUL - Satan
 
It continues the series focused on Satan's ploy to ensnare the whole world with sin and pit us against our creator - The Almighty God on the last day! 

...enchanting bliss of Marriage

Today, we will be looking at a God-inspired institution which the Devil just like so many others has infiltrated, polluted and disrupted - MARRIAGE. I was perusing the book of Malachi 2:11-16 when I came across a section of verses that struck me as 'God's ORIGINAL plan and purpose for marriage'. Please take your time to read the following verses, even if that is all you gain from this piece.

11. Judah has been faithless and dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah [that is, Jewish men] has profaned the holy sanctuary of the Lord which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god [having divorced his Jewish wife].

12. The Lord will cast out of the tents of Jacob to the last man those who do this [evil thing], the master and the servant [or the pupil] alike, even him who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts.

13. And this you do with double guilt; you cover the altar of the Lord with tears [shed by your unoffending wives, divorced by you that you might take heathen wives], and with [your own] weeping and crying out because the Lord does not regard your offering any more or accept it with favor at your hand.

14. Yet you ask, Why does He reject it? Because the Lord was witness [to the covenant made at your marriage] between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously and to whom you were faithless. Yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your marriage vows].

15. And did not God make [you and your wife] one [flesh]? Did not One make you and preserve your spirit alive? And why [did God make you two] one? Because He sought a godly offspring [from your union]. Therefore take heed to yourselves, and let no one deal treacherously and be faithless to the wife of his youth.

16. For the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I hate divorce and marital separation and him who covers his garment [his wife] with violence. Therefore keep a watch upon your spirit [that it may be controlled by My Spirit], that you deal not treacherously and faithlessly [with your marriage mate].

(AMP)

Three key issues concerning marriage were discussed in the verses above - 'Your Choice of Marriage Partner', 'Attitude to Marriage Partner', 'Marital Separation and Divorce'.