Sunday December 15th, 2024
« Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead, put it into practice. »
21 So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.
24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.
25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
Life, like a coin, has two sides.
You are either stingy or generous, proud or humble, hardworking or lazy.
In the same vein, you are either a mere hearer of the word of God or a doer.
A hearer is one who listens to the word of God with rapt attention only to later forget and revert to his/her normal way of doing things.
He/she may even have resolved to change during the course of the teaching; however, the hearer would not change because he/she would not make a conscious effort to initiate the change process.
With every word which convicts your heart, you must make the change immediately, or else you would be a mere hearer of the word.
Don’t begin to analyze it, just make the change. In the process of analyzing, you will give the devil the opportunity to suggest why you should not make that necessary change.
If after listening to a sermon, you realize the need to repent from committing adultery, you must immediately break the evil relationships that make you open to the sin, before you even think about it.
Send a message to your partner in sin and delete his/her contact immediately.
If you delay, the devil would tell you how hurt the person would feel; he would also remind you of the sinful pleasures that you would be missing.
At the end of the day, if you entertain the thoughts of the devil, you may eventually return to adultery and end up in hell. John 15:14 NKJV says:
« You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. »
Once I hear a word that touches me, I act on it immediately without hesitation.
When I heard that worldly music invites evil spirits into your home, I immediately destroyed everything connected to worldly music in my home.
I did not even look at many of the cassettes (cd, music file) for the fear of seeing one or two that might make me reconsider my resolve.
I acted on the word immediately and became better afterwards.
Your mind is a battlefield.
If you give the enemy the opportunity to re-strategize, you could eventually lose the fight.
Key point – Delay may be dangerous. When God’s word convicts you, act on it immediately.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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