Open Heavens 26 December 2016: Monday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – No Treacher
Open Heavens 26 December 2016: Monday
daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – No Treacher
Topic: No Treachery [Monday 26, December 2016
Memorise: Wherefore they are no more
twain, but one flesh. What therefore God
hath joined together, let not man put
asunder. – Matthew 19:6
Read: Malachi 2:11-16 (KJV
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and
an abomination is committed in Israel
and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath
profaned the holiness of the LORD which
he loved, and hath married the daughter
of a strange god.
12 The LORD will cut off the man that
doeth this, the master and the scholar,
out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him
that offereth an offering unto the LORD
of hosts.
13 And this have ye done again,
covering the altar of the LORD with
tears, with weeping, and with crying out,
insomuch that he regardeth not the
offering any more, or receiveth it with
good will at your hand.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the
LORD hath been witness between thee
and the wife of thy youth, against whom
thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she
thy companion, and the wife of thy
covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he
the residue of the spirit. And wherefore
one? That he might seek a godly seed.
Therefore take heed to your spirit, and
let none deal treacherously against the
wife of his youth.
16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith
that he hateth putting away: for one
covereth violence with his garment, saith
the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed
to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Bible in One Year: Leviticus 26:14-27:34, Psalms 136
MESSAGE:
Today’s devotional is meant to remind
children of God of the fact that sexual
immorality is ravaging promiscuous
youths and careless married people in
the body of Christ. Many are facing
unexplained challenges as a result of
their illicit sexual activities. I often tell
my spiritual children that if anything
God has given to you is precious to you,
then keep satanic offers billions of miles
away from it. John 10:10 says
whenever the devil comes, forget the
promises he makes; it is to steal and
destroy what you already have. If he
cannot steal from you, he will not waste
his time coming in the first place. How
then could you think that when you give
in to the devil, in committing adultery or
fornication you will not lose something?
You are so greatly deceived! The
greatest losers are those who engage in
sexual sins, especially because their
bodies are involved, they drive God out
of their hearts and welcome in the devil.
Oh! If only you knew what you lost by
that single act of sex, you will never do it
again! If you are still living in fornication
or adultery, you are a big time loser.
Repent and the Lord will deliver you by
His mercy today in Jesus’ name. The
book of 1 Corinthians 6:15 says
“Know ye not that your bodies are the
members of Christ? shall I then take the
members of Christ, and make them the
members of an harlot? God forbid.”
Proverbs 6:26 says it is the precious
thing you have that the devil targets
when he tempts you with sex. While you
are relishing in ecstasy for a few
minutes of pleasure, you are losing what
it took you several years of agonising
prayer, fasting, seeking God’s face and
self-denial to obtain. It is like pulling
down a house. Some people build their
house for up to six months, one year,
five years or even more. But bring a
bulldozer or let there be a fire outbreak
in that house and the house is down in a
matter of minutes. Fornication razes you
down even below your foundation in a
matter of minutes! Every fornicator is a
loser. Fornication or adultery does not
allow its victim to have permanent
blessings. When God gives such victims
a blessing that they are expected to
secure through righteousness, the
moment they fornicate, the blessing is
eaten up and before they realize it,
everything is gone. Are you secretly
fornicating or committing adultery even
as a Christian worker, or minister? You
are undoing yourself. Repent and stop it
now before it takes your life and sends
you to hell!
Prayer Point: Father, please cleanse
your Church from every form of sexual
sin in Jesus’ name.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional guide
was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the
General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical church in the world
and also the President of Christ the
Redeemer's Ministries.
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