WEIGHT, DIET AND GYM – PHASE 2

From Sam-Best Ewruje, an able minister of the New Testament, not of man nor by man, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but by the will of God through the Grace and Mercy of Christ given unto me. Abundance of Grace and Gift of righteousness by Grace be unto you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please be patient to read. It will set you free for life!

Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free

You can diet and exercise but I beg you in the mercies of God, do not use it as important doctrinal matter. A Christian who is hungry for God, waiting on the Lord in fasting and prayer will not only renew their strength and reap the benefit of 1 Tim 4:8 but according to Psalm 103, God will renew his or her youth like the eagle. Also, this disciplines the flesh and therefore stops you from indulging in gluttony or letting food dominate you. Note that some illness like Diabetes can cause people to eat much more than they should normally consume. We pray for deliverance and healing from this but do not stand in condemnation if you have diabetes. God will help you. However many times, we try to solve spiritual matters by the flesh. Note from 1 Tim 4:8 says that when you fellowship with the Lord daily, it profit unto ALL things including weight problem which bodily exercise can do little about. Paul knows what he is talking about because in the ancient days of gladiators and strong men, well built muscular and strong men are a relish and they can spend considerable time training to acquire big muscles. However spiritual exercise during the day, wherever you are and whatever you are doing will take care of even your diet and weight issues.

EVERY CREATION OF GOD IS GOOD. Let no man, whatever calibre deceives you. All foods that have been identified are good but you do not have to eat all things. If you feel that you cannot eat something try not using it as a yardstick for all others or go condemning those who eat what you have chosen not to eat. However, eat with thanksgiving to God before and after meal or drinks if you can. I have put 1 Timothy 4:1-8 in KJV, Message and Amplified for people to emphasise and make clear the salient truth about diet and gym. Note that God’s ways in Christ are foolishness to worldly wisdom. To the pure all things are pure. So walk by faith, not by sight. Wait for Phase 3

1 Timothy 4:1-8 - KJV

¹Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

²Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

³Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

⁴For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

⁵For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

⁶If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

⁷But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

⁸For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

⁹This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

The message bible nails it on the head

1 Timothy 4:1-8 – The Message Bible

^{1 -5}The Spirit makes it clear that as time goes on, some are going to give up on the faith and chase after demonic illusions put forth by professional liars. These liars have lied so well and for so long that they’ve lost their capacity for truth. They will tell you not to get married. They’ll tell you not to eat this or that food—perfectly good food God created to be eaten heartily and with thanksgiving by believers who know better!!! Everything God created is good, and to be received with thanks. Nothing is to be sneered at and thrown out. God’s Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy.

^{6 -10}You’ve been raised on the Message of the faith and have followed sound teaching. Now pass on this counsel to the followers of Jesus there, and you’ll be a good servant of Jesus. Stay clear of silly stories that get dressed up as religion. Exercise daily in God—no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. You can count on this. Take it to heart. This is why we’ve thrown ourselves into this venture so totally. We’re banking on the living God, Savior of all men and women, especially believers.

1 Timothy 4:1-8 - Amplified

¹BUT THE [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach,

²Through the hypocrisy and pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared (cauterized),

³Who forbid people to marry and [teach them] to abstain from [certain kinds of] foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and have [an increasingly clear] knowledge of the truth.

⁴For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be thrown away or refused if it is received with thanksgiving.

⁵For it is hallowed and consecrated by the Word of God and by prayer.

⁶If you lay all these instructions before the brethren, you will be a worthy steward and a good minister of Christ Jesus, ever nourishing your own self on the truths of the faith and of the good [Christian] instruction which you have closely followed.

⁷But refuse and avoid irreverent legends (profane and impure and godless fictions, mere grandmothers’ tales) and silly myths, and express your disapproval of them. Train yourself toward godliness (piety), [keeping yourself spiritually fit].

⁸For physical training is of some value (useful for a little), but godliness (spiritual training) is useful and of value in everything and in every way, for it holds promise for the present life and also for the life which is to come.

⁹This saying is reliable and worthy of complete acceptance by everybody.

Praise God! I am not sure why people will so clearly see a picture from the word of God and choose their own interpretation either because of position or influence or status or whatever their position. The word of God is not for private interpretation and cannot be explained away by philosophy or science or psychology or any such things. Please believe what God says and walk in it.

Halleluya. How can you neglect so great a salvation! If you are not saved, why don’t you receive what Jesus says.

Check this link to help you know Jesus and give your life to him

http://www.gracecovenantministries.org.uk/2010/10/08/salvation-a-simple-mystery/

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GOD FOOD IS GOOD FOOD

WEIGHT, DIET AND GYM – PHASE 3

From Sam-Best Ewruje, an able minister of the New Testament, not of man nor by man, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but by the will of God through the Grace and Mercy of Christ given unto me. Abundance of Grace and Gift of righteousness by Grace be unto you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please be patient to read. It will set you free for life!

Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free

BIBLICAL LAWS JESUS SHOWED THE DISCIPLES ABOUT FOOD THAT WILL AMAZE YOU

We will have to go line upon line precept upon precept to get it. This ensued from a scenario when the Pharisees condemned the disciple for eating without washing their hands.

Matthew 15

¹⁰And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

NOTE: THIS MESSAGE IS FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION!!! He spoke to the multitude not disciples or some special groups. He spoke to those who may not be able to afford healthy foods. THIS IS GRACE IN ACTION. GOD is Grace On Duty.

¹¹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

¹²Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

Now, this still happens today to try to dispel the message of the extravagant grace of God. No grace, no salvation. Some today still get offended at the message of GRACE in Christ because they feel it encourages people to do what they like. NO!! It is only grace and not your will power that will help you overcome any vice or sin. Grace also enables you to do God’s will. Not only that, where sin abound, grace much more abound ie Grace will be so much that it will be stronger than any sin or vice when you trust God. Grace is the message that the bible asked us to constantly affirm (Titus 3:1-8) but it is the least preached or taught today but the Church is coming back to basics. Instead, we spend all our time preaching works and legalism eg 10 ways, 13 steps to getting things from God or 14 ways to holiness etc

¹³But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

¹⁴Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Note plant not plants. Without grace, most things will be impure, dark and blinding. The gospel without grace  brings legalism. It is either the plant of grace or the plant of works. Now see the perpetual GRACE Jesus laid down about food and drink including poisons. I believe this is why our Lord said if you mistakenly take in poison or any deadly thing, it will not harm you because He made that perpetual spiritual decree that altereth not and cannot fail. We need understanding here.

¹⁵Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

¹⁶And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

¹⁷Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Peter as usual wanted to understand better how something can enter the body and not defile it – I don’t know, ask Jesus as Peter did, but I take this word hook, line and sinker! You also just do the same. Vs 17 says WHATSOEVER ………………. is CAST OUT. So every excess food you think you have eaten that will defile your body, make you fat or ugly, Jesus says it is cast out. Have faith and trust Him. If he said it then it is so. That is not to say you should be greedy or over eat, but that grace is there for you to be at peace to eat what our God has created to be eating freely.

¹⁸But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

Now get the understanding here. Jesus places more emphasis on the words we speak from our mouth than what we eat. It is the words ( I am fat, there is too much fat here, I am short, my breast is not big enough, I am too tall, too fat, too thin etc) that is the major problem. Jesus says such things come from your heart which has not been renewed by the word I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE. If it is not the word of grace, then it is evil thoughts, don’t say them!!! Do not take the thoughts and say them even when outward evidence is contrary!! Whom the Son set free is free indeed – Glory to God!

¹⁹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

²⁰These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Halleluya. How can you neglect so great a salvation! If you are not saved, why don’t you receive what Jesus says.

Check this link to help you know Jesus and give your life to him

http://www.gracecovenantministries.org.uk/2010/10/08/salvation-a-simple-mystery/

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MINISTER

GOD’S PLAN IN WEIGHT, DIET AND GYM

From Sam-Best Ewruje, an able minister of the New Testament, not of man nor by man, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but by the will of God through the Grace and Mercy of Christ given unto me. Abundance of Grace and Gift of righteousness by Grace be unto you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please be patient to read. It will set you free for life!

To really grasp the issue of food diet and gym from this try read phases 1 to 3.

So now that Jesus has made the perpetual decree how do we deal with the weight diet and gym issues:

ACCEPTANCE OF YOURSELF IN CHRIST:

First accept yourself as you are now and see yourself as God sees you in Christ and His love – fearfully and wonderfully made including all your members. No need to enhance any part of your body. Some of us look down on people doing body jobs to enhance themselves, but you fall into the same condemnation when you do your bits and bobs to shape your body because you think you are too fat, too thin, too tall etc because it is exactly the same motive.

It is only human that do not like the way God created them. The short want to be tall, the big want to be small, the cuddly (what the world call fat) want to be thin. I am yet to see a hippopotamus as fat as they are want to lose weight. Animals just do what they are created to do. It is the domesticated ones we call pets that become obese. I have seen most Jews, it is rare to see a practising Jew that is very obese because I believe their act of praying alone bopping back and forth in prayer can make them lose any fat. When we do things of God actively (eg passionate vibrant praise, passionate boisterous prayer (Jesus in Hebrews 5:7) and eat in moderation, we will be healthy and fit. For instance try active fasting (not this present day cop out psychedelic miss a chocolate or TV modernised fasting) and you will see how wonderful it is. He renews our youth – Ps 103. Godly exercise profiteth unto all things. I am not saying gym is not good but being in the gym with the Holy Ghost in prayer, praise, fasting etc will profit you better the word of God says.  Scripture is not of any private interpretation, I take God’s word as it says, They are his thoughts and the Holy Spirit will get it inside us very well as we meditate on it not to change it or interpret it our own way. It is good to say like Paul – “not I but the Lord” or “not the Lord but me” because once God says it, no more private interpretation or analysis but it is as God said it and the Holy Spirit will give your personal revelation (not interpretation of that word. Some of the things we do like diet and physical exercise are in themselves borne out of fear of dying, fear of weight gain, fear of sickness, but if we focus on loving God, His perfect love will cast out fear of dying because we are in His presence and His love by spiritually exercising daily in God’s gym with the Holy Spirit – Amen!!

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE:

Engage in daily fellowship with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit through the Word and prayers, thanksgiving, Praise etc.  Note that going to gym is not bad but God says spiritual exercise will profit you more when you rather exercise unto Godliness.  Vs 9 below also says worthy of all acceptation. So everyone should accept this scripture as it is hook, line and sinker.

1 Timothy 4

⁷But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

⁸For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

⁹This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

SPEAK THE WORD ONLY:

In Mark 7 vs 6-23 note words like all, any and cannot. God has programmed it as default. I choose to believe God’s word, God now commands us to eat everything eatable, nothing to be refused but the key is it must be with thanksgiving in moderation and nothing should overtake us or put us in bondage that we become addicted to it.

Speak – that is how God created and he has not changed, Catholic got it right. “As it was in the beginning so it is now ever shall be …. Gospel is simple. Speak good words only not because you deserve good but because Jesus paid for the good. Speak to your body that you are fearfully and wonderfully made. Speak good about the food you eat and not curse it even before it goes into your body.

Philemon 1

⁶That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus

BE MODERATE

Do all things eg eat in moderation

Philippians 4

⁵Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

1 Corinthians 10

²²Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

²³All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

Some may stone me if I say this – Drinking in moderation is not bad – Paul said “take a little wine for thy stomach” (The French do this with their meals) – Don’t think this is ordinary grape juice. There were not many medications in those days and alcohol was used for medicinal value. Might as well tell the French to throw their food out of the window or say that the French will go to hell because they drink wine with their food.

However I am a teetotaller with a difference as I do not also smoke because I respect the temple of God which is my body not because God will condemn me if I drink in moderation

LIVE LONG – SPEAK GOOD THINGS ONLY

See long days. Keep your mouth from speaking guile and speak well of the Lord, yourself and others

Psalm 34

¹¹Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

¹²What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

¹³Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

¹⁴Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Halleluya. How can you neglect so great a salvation! If you are not saved, why don’t you receive what Jesus says.

Check this link to help you know Jesus and give your life to him

http://www.gracecovenantministries.org.uk/2010/10/08/salvation-a-simple-mystery/

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NOTE: THOSE WHO ARE ILL SHOULD TAKE TREATMENT, LET GOD HEAL.

This is the end of the series on Weight, Diet and Gym. Be loosed from the bondage weight, diet and gym. Trust the God and walk in His truth.

THE PROOF OF GOD

MINISTER

From Sam-Best Ewruje, an able minister of the New Testament, not of man nor by man, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but by the will of God through the Grace and Mercy of Christ given unto me. Abundance of Grace and Gift of righteousness by Grace be unto you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please be patient to read. It will set you free for life!

Introduction

When you mention the proof of God, theologians and Bible scholars flex their muscles for a long drawn eternal debate and write volumes trying to prove or disprove the existence of God. I have very good news for you so be patient to read and it will set you free for life.  There are some things in life like achievement, success, fulfilment, progress, which we call testimonies or proof of the works of God in our lives which are sometimes tainted by our old mindset of modern world eg happy marriage, job, career, big house, the car, money, children, happy family etc. These are the things we experience in life that we sometimes give as proof of God in our lives. That may be true that the Lord gives these things to us and to even those who do not believe but those are the very things the Lord said are additions to seeking the Kingdom. The old trick that Satan used on Jesus which is to paraphrase “if you are the Son of God, prove yourself” is still the same today. Even ministers try to prove that there is God in their lives and further make their followers to follow suite always trying to prove God in their lives everyday rather than rest by believing Him absolutely and trusting Him.

Matthew 4

¹Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

²And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

³And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

What about Doubters and Sceptics

This is the truth. When the devil try to tempt the Lord Jesus saying “if you are……..”, Jesus simply referred the devil back to God who said in the first place “you are my beloved Son”. He said man does not LIVE by BREAD alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God!!!!! In other words I live by what God has spoken about me not what I can prove by some show. God does things for His glory and for the salvation of the soul of man rather than any proving game. It is an eternal declaration which cannot be changed not just one momentary gratification of the flesh just to turn stone to bread because of hunger in the flesh let alone as a proof that He is the Son of God. God has said, and it is so. I am not showing that I am the Son of God! No! I AM!!! I am not a wanna be, or going to be, I AM the Son of God. My daddy told me so. I rely, depend, breathe and live in that realisation. I do things in the Kingdom not because I am the Son of God. I do things because that is what my Father wants done, not to prove my self.   Moreover, even many try to hold God responsible especially when there are disasters, or suffering or acts of evil that is beyond human explanation often saying “if there is God why did so and so happen”. In some context, some even refer to disasters as “Acts of God”. There it is. The word “if” shows outright that you do not believe He is. As you will see later, a major pre-requisite to walking with God is that you must believe that He exists. That is one major aspect of faith – Believe whether you see or do not see Him with your natural eyes!! This is exactly what Jesus told the man we call doubting Thomas today! He told Thomas, you believe because you have seen, and He concluded that “BLESSED are they who have not seen but yet believe”. Amazing! So we who believe and did not see Jesus in the flesh like the apostles are more blessed than the apostles who saw Him in the flesh. Trust Him. Jesus knows what He is seeing because He knows that the trich the devil used on Him and on Thomas can be used on anyone.

God does not need to prove Himself. He is God. God says Men already can discern that He exist just from the works of His hands around us and in the heavens. He says though men already know, they have refused to believe, acknowledge or accept Him. They cook up philosophy, psychology, theories, some aspect of science and vain jangling to explain Him away and follow other convenient ways instead of accepting what He, the only true God has done in Christ Jesus for all mankind. Rather, the Lord says people preferred to respect men’s opinion than the Almighty God, so He left them to their own depraved minds.

Romans 1

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

¹⁷For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

¹⁹Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

²⁰For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

²¹Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

²²Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

²³And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

²⁴Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

²⁵Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

So you did not need to prove God to any man, not even a Christian. God says all His children will eventually know Him. What we need to do is to seek God together to know Him for personal and corporate relationship and be privileged to be a part of what He is doing in our lives and on earth today Halleluya! Jesus concluded that this is eternal life – that they may know you the only true God and Jesus Christ you have sent.

Hebrews 8

¹⁰For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

¹¹And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

¹²For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Please read part 2 of this series.

How can you neglect so great a salvation! If you are not saved, why don’t you receive what Jesus says.

Check this link to help you know Jesus and give your life to him

http://www.gracecovenantministries.org.uk/2010/10/08/salvation-a-simple-mystery/

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Comments, questions, love motivated corrections.

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THE PROOF OF GOD

GROW IN GRACE

From Sam-Best Ewruje, an able minister of the New Testament, not of man nor by man, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but by the will of God through the Grace and Mercy of Christ given unto me. Abundance of Grace and Gift of righteousness by Grace be unto you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please be patient to read. Kindly read part 1 of this again so you can flow with it. It will set you free for life!

In part one of proving God we see that God does not need to prove Himself but we shall see what He does in our lives and on earth today. There is none like Him, He is before all. He is above all. However, God has tried to reveal Himself to man in various ways and in diverse manners in the past as He works to reconcile man back to Him, which is His ultimate purpose. This is so that man can know Him, that He exist, that He is our Creator for good not for evil and to fellowship with man eternally. Having tried to do this in many ways, He finally at the appointed time decided to reveal Himself in the flesh in the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. While God Almighty does not need to prove Himself, He does reveal Himself to man doing things in our lives and on the earth to fulfil His original plan, purpose and objective not for the self aggrandisement of anyone but for His glory alone. He does it so we He can restore that original relationship He so wanted with man in the Garden of Eden. As He does these things we become beneficiaries of these mercies, favours and manifold grace. Ours is simply to be grateful for such mercies and manifold grace lavished on us through Christ. This is necessary so that all can see the great mercy of God in Christ Jesus and receive and accept such mercies so we can be saved from sin and its consequences of hell and eternal damnation. Jesus is the infallible proof of the person of God in the flesh.

Hebrews 1

¹God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

²Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

³Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

Romans 9

¹⁵For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

¹⁶So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Romans 11:32:

³²For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

The only infallible proof of God is Jesus though He has manifested Himself at various times in diverse ways on the earth. Jesus said no man has seen God the Father except the Son. God revealed the Son and the Son revealed the Father. No man has been given the power to do that. Jesus said the Father reveals the Son and the Son the Father and to whosoever He wills. When Peter knew that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God, Jesus told him that flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but the Father in heaven. The manifestation of Jesus in the flesh by a virgin birth is the one sign that God said He will show to Israel.

Hebrews 1

³Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

Isaiah 7:14:

¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 16

¹⁵He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

¹⁶And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

¹⁷And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

¹⁸And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

This old trick of Satan challenging God to prove Himself has crept in to the church and we tell people, God did it for me and He can do it for you. Some parts of science, philosophy, atheism, religion, have tried to prove God or to prove that there is no God for ages. We as Christians have also bought into this by advancing our achievements, successes, fulfilments and progress what we call testimony as proof or evidence of God in our lives eg happy marriage, job, career, big house, children, happy family etc. This makes our gospel to be self obsessed rather than Christ centred. So people go around looking for miracles so they can prove that God is in their lives. Please get the point here. Those things are good and the Lord does them in our lives but that is not the gospel. The Gospel as Paul stated by the Holy Spirit in Romans 10 is CHRIST. The gospel which is the good news is Christ, who he is, what He did, what He is doing and what He will do. The gospel or good news is that Christ died on the cross for our sins, He was buried, He rose the 3rd day and that He is coming back again. In this gospel of Christ we find ourselves and by it we encourage the whole world to be aware and partake of this. It is the same Gospel that saved you and will continue to save you and keep you until Christ comes. Never deviate from it as Paul warned the Galatians who after they received Christ began to follow their works because some men came from Jerusalem trying to prove circumcision, their works and their own righteousness.

1 Corinthians 15

¹Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

²By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

³For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

⁴And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Some people have left fellowship and even stopped following Christ because they ask for something and did not get it or tragedy happened to them when they expected “God’s goodness or intervention”. God is God all the time. He is good all the time. He is good when it seems pleasant and smooth, He is good even in rough and thick. He is good in the valley, He is good on the mountain top. He is good all the time and everywhere. The question is do you believe Him? He does not have to prove Himself. Will you let your circumstances disprove Him. Will you let the burning furnace disprove Him or you will take your stance like Shedrack Mishack and Abednego. He does things in our lives and on the earth because He has plans, purposes and objectives. He does not just do things because He wants to prove Himself, but rather He wants to reveal Himself to us for an eternal relationship through Christ Jesus His Son. He also wants to reveal Himself on earth by His children who are in Christ Jesus not to prove Himself as if in a contest but through His children to restore the earth. God is not for debate or analysis or argument. He is God. He is to be declared, preached and proclaimed. Jesus said we are responsible for what we hear and what we do with what we hear. Every one great or small will appear before God at the end and give account to Him. You don’t need to prove Him. Do not tempt the Lord your God. Then every man will be for Himself. Such proving God gospel has not only turned people to freedom fighters, but has made many to be merchandised. Rather than stand and rest in the victory of Christ, they go on to quote “the battle is the Lord’s” yet taking the battle from the Lord and fighting daily for themselves and their lives. The main thing for every man on earth at judgement before God is this.   Did you hear the gospel or good news of Jesus Christ and the FREE salvation He purchased for us by His blood? If so what did you do with it? God is a just God, that is why Jesus said that the Gospel MUST be preached until everyone on the earth hears it. This is a major key to the end time. Though Jesus gave hints about disasters, wars, famine, earthquakes as sign of the end time, but the ultimate one He homes on is that everyone will have opportunity to hear about Him, the good news, the gospel so there will be no excuse. Yes those things are happening but He says when you see these things, it means the time is short so go out there and preach and preach, then preach to the ends of the earth because the time is short.

Isaiah 49:6:

⁶And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

So what is my role?

This is good news for you my friend who believe in my Lord Jesus Christ. You can rest on this revelation. So you do not have to argue with any one about what they believe or do not believe. You don’t have to force any one to believe what you believe. Just tell them the Gospel of Christ as you have the opportunity. Let them hear it. God is not to be proved or made to prove Himself but He is to be proclaimed or declared or preached in Christ Jesus. He is to be believed in or trusted in. Trust that He is and that He is good always, He has done all things well and make all things beautiful in its time. He is active on the earth today more than He has ever been trying to save souls from the hold of Satan. He is a Spirit. He does not come by observation to be seen by our five senses. He is doing things daily that we do not acknowledge Him for. Those who want Him must first believe that He is. That is a pre requisite for experiencing God and He will do everything in His power to let you know that He is but you must believe it.

Hebrews 11:6:

⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Hebrews 11 is what is popularly called the hall of fame. However it says that all these people, our fathers, the prophets and all of them who believed did not receive that promise. In other words, they were looking for the time of Jesus. This tells me that Jesus was the undisputable and infallible proof of God. However what we have today in Christ they embraced by faith from far. Christ is now here with us fulfilling His name Emmanuel or Immanuel.

Hebrews 11

¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

¹⁴For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

¹⁵And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

¹⁶But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

³⁸(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

³⁹And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

⁴⁰God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

So what is God or Christ for?

Good question. Christ is not a means to an end but He is the end. He is not a way maker, He is the way. The summary is that God has a plan, a purpose, an objective in mind before we were even formed in the womb and that is to bring all things under Christ. So He does some things in our lives and on the earth not to prove Himself but to FULFIL these plans. The major one is salvation so that the totality of what you do as a Christian should be targeted towards this. Not that we should go Bible bashing but that we should walk in and with the Holy Spirit and be conscious of this until God’s purpose is fulfilled and come to light. It is very essential to grasp this. God was not pleased with some of His people in the wilderness when they left Egypt because He said they tempted and provoked Him to perform mighty signs and wonders such as has not been seen on earth today apart from Salvation. Though the Lord performed so many signs and wonders which they even testify of by themselves and to their children, the Lord was not pleased with that generation because they hardened their hearts and tempted God and did not hear His voice. God says this generation that experienced so much power of God did not know Him!!! Wow!! God says this generation tempted Him and provoked Him to do so many unimaginable miracles – parting the red sea, manna, water from the rock, crossing Jordan etc. God used some serious and powerful words to describe this generation that experienced so many miracles. God says that this generation, provoked, PROVED, TEMPTED, grieved Him and harden their hearts to Him because they were incessantly demanding proof of the God who saved them and took them out of Egypt by mighty signs and wonders. He said their hearts were far from Him, probably dwelling more on His performance than knowing Him intimately, that they erred in their hearts and that “they have not known my ways”. Wow! This is serious. In summary our faith is the person of CHRIST or Christ is the basis of our faith. There is no other foundation and nothing to prove. No other ground. All other ground is sinking sand. Rather, kindly believe, receive,  accept God and His Christ and begin to fellowship with Him daily, and walk with Him. As you do this He will begin to fulfil his eternal purpose in you and through you. He will begin to reveal Himself (not prove Himself) and it such revelation of Him that you preach and it will impact or transform the hearers because of the faith of Christ that will come through such preaching or messages. Pleas note again that God Himself (not even the people) confirms and testifies that He did mighty works in that generation that left Egypt and for that generation but He concludes that they did not know Him. Wow!! Enter the rest of Christ. Hold fast only to the confidence and rejoicing and hope in Christ. If some people felt goose pimples or heat in  church today and did not feel the same next service, they automatically believe the presence of God was not in service today. This is because we have tried to box God to particular past experiences and if God does not move that way, then God did not prove Himself. Do you know the deep work the Lord is doing in men’s heart? Just believe that God is at work always and rest, trust and flow with him daily.

Hebrews 3

⁶But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

⁷Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

⁸Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

⁹When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

¹⁰Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

¹¹So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

So we can see that Christ is the ultimate of God and our faith should be grounded in Him. Indeed while we are the flesh, he is our faith. We live by the faith of the Son of God who gave Himself to substitute for our sinful old nature. We now have the Mind of Christ and we are the body of Christ. Praise God.

Halleluya. How can you neglect so great a salvation! If you are not saved, why don’t you receive what Jesus says.

Check this link to help you know Jesus and give your life to him

http://www.gracecovenantministries.org.uk/2010/10/08/salvation-a-simple-mystery/

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