Open Heaven 8 January 2018 (Monday) –
PREACH THE WORD
MEMORISE:
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Matthew 28:19
Open Heavens 8th Jan 2018 Bible Reading: 2 Timothy 4:1-5
1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of
thy ministry.
Open Heaven 8 January 2018 Daily Devotional Message With Hymn
You will observe that parents often pass across their most important instructions to their children at the time they are about to leave the world.
In like- manner, our Lord Jesus Christ, when He was about to leave this world, gave us the instructions contained in our memory verse today. Open Heaven 7 November 2018
The Body of Christ refers to this set of instructions as The Great Commission. Due to the place of this mandate in the heart of God, I always encourage my spiritual children to be guilty of the error of neglecting to act upon it.
Not only must we do the work of The Great Commission, we must also do it right.
We must be like a certain torch bearer at a railway crossing, whose responsibility was to warn people from crossing the rail lines whenever a train was approaching.
He indeed waived the torch at the sight of an approaching train, but alas, the torch had no light in it. You can be sure the result of such error of omission would be catastrophic.
It is terrible to not engage in
evangelism, but it is much more terrible to engage in it as an empty routine.
On the other hand, it is life-giving when we engage in it with all due diligence. Open Heaven 9 January 2018
In 2 Timothy 4:2, the Holy Spirit gave us a template for what the mode of our evangelism and content of our message should be: “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
From this scripture, we understand that the gospel should be preached when it is convenient (in season), and also when it sounds offensive to the society we live in (out of season).
We also understand from this scripture that our gospel message should contain reproof, rebuke, exhortation and doctrine.
Many preachers today chose not to dabble into doctrinal issues because they would not want to be caught in controversies. You hear them saying, “I am sent to preach prosperity or deliverance and not
doctrine!”
Open Heaven 8 January 2018
One wonders whether they are preaching the same message given by the Holy Spirit to the early disciples, which put Stephen and James to death.
Are they preaching the same gospel that landed Paul and Silas in the
midst of controversies and ultimately in jail?
Should we, because of the fear of controversies,
imprisonment or even death, fail to preach the word as we ought to? God forbid (Revelation
2:10)!
I encourage you, if you have encountered the saving grace of Jesus Christ, to rise up for the salvation of others, in season and out of season, by preaching the unadulterated word of God to them. Read Open Heaven Prayer Points for 8th January 2018
Open Heaven 8 January 2018 ACTION POINT:
Organise a line of action on evangelism in your local assembly and ensure that the undiluted word of God is preached regularly through it.
Open Heaven 8 January 2018 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 19-20 and
Revelation 7
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
Open Heaven 8 January 2018 HYMN 7: WONDERFUL STORY OF LOVE
1. Wonderful story of love;
Tell it to me again;
Wonderful story of love;
Wake the immortal strain!
Angels with rapture announce it,
Shepherds with wonder receive it;
Sinner, oh, won’t you believe it?
Wonderful story of love.Chorus:
Wonderful! Wonderful!
Wonderful, wonderful story of love.2. Wonderful story of love;
Though you are far away;
Wonderful story of love;
Still He doth call today;
Calling from Calvary’s mountain,
Down from the crystal-bright fountain,
E’en from the dawn of creation,
Wonderful story of love.3. Wonderful story of love;
Jesus provides a rest;
Wonderful story of love;
For all the pure and blest,
Rest in those mansions above us,
With those who’ve gone on before us,
Singing the rapturous chorus,
Wonderful story of love.
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CORRECTION: The word “NOT” is missing in the 3rd paragraph, 2nd statement of 2nd Sentence, between the words “children” and “to be guilty”, giving the overall wrong message. Thank you. Great facility, though. Keep it up.
It is high time we as an individual rise to the occasion of studying the word deeply and preaching d gospel wholeheartedly cos this days most of our so called pastors are not even giving the word of salvation, sanctification but due solely on prosperity. God will uphold the church
I stay in USA where it’s difficult for me to get this devotional. A Christian man used to send this devotional to me and many other souls that would have been lost on a daily basis. He has enriched my prayer life through this. But he stopped on the strength of a circular from the Church forbidding the sharing of this devotional on social media. My take is that this action will help in letting many souls stray from the gospel.
I am not a member of the RCCG, but used to receive the devotional and daily bible log from friends via whatsapp. I fear that the recent ban on publication would make it harder to consistently read and apply the daily insight. I speak for the greater majority. Hoping that there would be a positive review! Blessings!