Wednesday October 29th, 2025
« Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in »
3 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord ? Or who may stand in His holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face.
The Bible tells us in Psalm 100:4 that the entrance into God’s presence has a gate.
When you see a gate in a place, you know it is there so as to restrict access.
Whatever is inside the place must be so valuable that they don’t want any unauthorized person to have access to it.
- There are many treasures in the presence of God and not just anybody can enjoy them.
One of such treasures is fullness of joy Psalm 16:11 and liberty 2 Corinthians 3:17.
- Anyone who has entered the presence of God will tell you that it is a place that you don’t want to ever come out from.
In 2 Corinthians 5:8NLT, Apostle Paul said
« Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord »
The first criterion for accessing God’s presence is holiness.
God cannot stand sin.
If you have any form of sin in your life,
the gate into His presence will be shut against you. Psalm 24:3-4GWT says
« Who may go up the Lord’s mountain? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart and does not long for what is false or lie when he is under oath »
Only those with clean hands and a pure heart can be allowed to ascend into the presence of the Lord.
If your hands have been soiled with sin, forget about it.
If your heart is not pure, if you habour impure thoughts in that heart, the gate into God’s presence will be shut against you. Psalm 118:19KJV
« Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter »
The gates into the presence of God are called the gates of righteousness;
if you are not righteous, you cannot go through.
The One whose presence you want to enter is a holy God; you must be holy before you can get in there.
Joseph had to shave and change his clothes before appearing before Pharaoh, Genesis 41:14; how much more when you want to enter the presence of the King of kings.
Application – To enter the presence of God, you must be holy.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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