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Deliberate Dominion

  “ Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.” Romans 6 : 12 - 14 KJV Just as Adam and Eve pawned the garden of Eden on the platters of their endowment as free moral agents, New Testament saints could readily pawn the privileges of grace on the altar of dormant dominion. While the grace of God has appeared to all to teach godliness and righteousness; the redeemed of the Lord have to be deliberate to exercise this dominion. Otherwise, the deceiver is still very much around to provide convenience through compromise, comfort with corruption, and capital from concessions. Even though convenience, comfort and capital represent a token of dominion...
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Fool’s Flavour

  “ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, Seeing he hath no heart to it? He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: And the father of a fool hath no joy. Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.” Proverbs 17 : 16 , 21 , 24 KJV When a fool says there is no God, he doesn’t actually mean the absence of the evidence of fact; it just implies the abandonment of favour for flavour. “ Seeing he hath no heart to it ” is simply the fool’s flavour for the embrace of all forms of ungodliness. Despite the numerous display of the deeds of kindness and righteousness, some people have the nerves, arrogance and flavour for the dividends of unrighteousness, wickedness and all forms of evil. “ But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth” suggests the wishful thinking and attraction of wisdom in wickedness, rewards for ruinous disposition, and wealth in wastefulness. While favour applies the open revel...
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Glory Gift

  “ Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform .” Romans 4 : 16 , 20 - 21 KJV Abraham has remained every believer’s father of faith for a reason: “ he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God ”. Our glory gift to God is always the best expression of appreciation for His love. Therefore, every believer’s faith and persuasion on the fulfillment of God’s promises is a glory gift. And just as Abraham did, we can endure pain, persecution, and pressures against pleasure for the sake of holding unto the promises of God. It implies that the alternatives to a persuasive f...
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Right Relationship

  “ For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ” Romans 4 : 3 - 5 KJV If all we can do for good relationships at home, workplaces, and the society is dependent on us, everyone would attest to the Herculean burden of maintaining the right relationship in life. For Abraham, the options would definitely include believing in Sarah, Lot and their extended families…and attending the consequences of their childlessness throughout the period of residence in the waiting room would be great. But “ For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness ”. Faith is simply about believing God for who He is and not what He does. Even when surrounded by doubt, difficulties, denials, disappointment and decep...
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God’s Grace

  “ Truth shall spring out of the earth; And righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; And our land shall yield her increase. Righteousness shall go before him; And shall set us in the way of his steps .” Psalm 85 : 11 - 13 KJV While there is no hiding in the place of God’s grace in relation to the affairs of man, God’s grace is readily mistaken for gifts. Just as rain falls on the wicked and the godly alike, God’s gifts of good health, material wealth, and social worthfulness can abound without commensurate riches in God’s grace. His dealings for grace are often measured by the people's exposure to the challenges of life, wilderness experiences, and precarious circumstances. For example, when God responded back to Apostle Paul’s struggle with infirmities that “ My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12 : 9 )”, it wasn’t because of God’s weakness but His wisdom towards the apportio...
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Lying Lips

  “ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: Much less do lying lips a prince. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.” Proverbs 17 : 7 , 14 KJV One of the greatest surprises to fools is that long life is not synonymous to lying lips. Also, a fool can be fooled into believing that wealth is the same as health. No, they are not the same. Unfortunately, lying lips can fit the rooms of political diplomacy, the arsenal of business savvy, and the pride of administrative authorities. For example, Ananias and Shapphira would have had long life, if they didn’t agree together to adopt the lying lips for popularity and polarization. Likewise, those who previously ply the road of deceit could have seen the benefits of duplicity, without considering the ends of the means. Short fame and transient recognition at the most, coupled with eternity of shame, suffering, and separation from God, is always the end of lying lip...
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Fruitless Fears

  “ And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. ” Jonah 1 : 9 - 10 KJV The understanding of God as someone who goes after the righteous for compliance and spare the wicked in their complicity is no doubt the story of Jonah. Unfortunately, this story is the foundation of fruitless fears exhibited by many believers today. Whereas, God is love who goes after both the righteous and wicked with compassion; and He does not delight in the destruction of any of His creatures. That we can safely disobey God and run away from His revealed counsels is nothing else but false and fruitless. Unfortunately, instead of delivering the message of repentance to the people of Ninevah, Jonah was staged to deliver the gospel message to the mariners enroute Tar...
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