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*DAILY DEW 24TH/ OCTOBER/2021*
*A GAMBLER OR AN INVESTOR*
_Key Bible Text:_
*Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.* (Galatians 6:7 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
We fail to do a lot of things but we still expect things to work out well, claiming that God will just have mercy on or favour us, that's a gambling spirit.
When we ought to pray or read our bible daily, but let other things take that time, and still assume that all will be well, with our spiritual growth, that's a gambling spirit.
When we ought to go out and do evangelism with the rest of the church, or even alone, but we allow other activities to take that place, and we just assume that God will understand, that's a gambling spirit.
When we ought to save for the rainy day, or read well and prepare hard to pass an exam or test, but we do otherwise, and hope that somehow God will take control, that's a gambling spirit at work.
The will of God for you as a son, is that you are wise enough to do all things decently and in order, putting priority in the right things, and taking no responsibility for granted.
Are you a gambler or an investor? An investor does what he or she needs to do because of a certain outcome they are expecting. You can't plant laziness and reap prosperity.
MEDITATION:
*For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.* (Galatians 6:8 (KJV))
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*DAILY DEW 23RD/ OCTOBER/2021*
*Faith And Works*
_Key Bible Text:_
*Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.* (Romans 3:20 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
This passage deals with true faith and counterfeit faith.
Counterfeit faith is dead (v.17). Why is it dead? It does not have works. And the works James is talking about is works of love (v.15-16). Jesus talks about such faith in Matthew 25 in the parable of sheep and goats. People who enter God’s kingdom don’t just claim to have faith, but demonstrate this faith by compassion and love. True faith results in good works and bears fruit (John 15:5-6).
Counterfeit faith is deceptive (v.18). True faith is not just intellectual, theoretical or some kind of feeling. It is accompanied by a transformed life. Even demons believe and fear God. Our pious life, good intentions, religious duty, and church attendance can be deceptive if not accompanied by a transformed heart and life. Jesus says we have to be born again.
True faith is illustrated by Abraham and Rahab. In v.21, Abraham was justified by works and in v.24 Rahab was also justified by works. Does this contradict Ephesians 2:8 and Romans 3:20 which says no one will be justified by works?
Paul and James are not contradicting each other. Paul is talking about justification and James is talking about demonstration. You cannot be justified by works, rather we are justified by grace alone, through faith alone and in Christ alone. However, this justified faith is never alone, but accompanied, validated and demonstrated by works of love.
Abraham believed in the promise of God, and it resulted in his act of offering Isaac on the altar. Rahab believed in the promise of God, and it resulted in providing refuge for the spies and risking her own life.
True faith is trusting God’s means to save us through Christ. True faith results in putting our life, hopes, dreams and decisions on the line and choosing to trust and obey God, even when it does not make sense or it's inconvenient to us.
MEDITATION:
*How do we know if we are being transformed by the gospel? What can be the evidence for our genuine walk with Christ? How do we know our faith is real?*
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*DAILY DEW 22ND/OCTOBER/2021*
*Warning Against Favoritism*
_Key Bible Text:_
*My brethren, show no partiality as you hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.* (James 2:1 (RSV))
_Bible Insight:_
Showing favoritism was as much a problem back then as it is today, even in the church. We constantly judge people based on external appearances. Our culture celebrates those who are rich and famous, it reveres those with power, worships those with success and listens to educated elites. We see this even in the church. Authority and recognition are given to people with money, status, education or even holding key positions in the government or corporate world. There is nothing wrong with success in this world, but why do we show favoritism?
These signs of favoritism show a deeper heart issue. It is an issue of glory. Favoritism reveals what we truly glorify in our hearts. We esteem power, sex, money and fame more than anything in this world. We are ready to exchange anything for what we glorify. We tend to compromise, around the values we hold high.
He was born in a manger, a feeding trough for animals. He was poor and did not have a home. He was rejected by the religious and social elites. Jesus became unattractive so we can be made attractive through His righteousness. Jesus was rejected so we can be accepted. Jesus became poor so we can become rich in Him. When the gospel takes deep root in our hearts, it rids us of any root of favoritism in our hearts.
MEDITATION:
*If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,†you do well. But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.* (James 2:8â€-‬9 (RSV))
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*DAILY DEW 21ST/OCTOBER/2021*
*SIN NO MORE**
_Key Bible Text:_
*Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.* (John.5.14 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
*We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny He has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!* (Ephesians 2:10)
This is the plan of God for each and everyone's life, according to Ephesians 2:10, but there is a state in which a man needs to be that will make the man (both gender) to accomplish this promise God has for us.
It is not enough to hear or know about Jesus but have you been saved? Is your salvation genuine to the extent of leading to transformation to the likeness of God?
*In Gen.1.26(KJV), And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. *
Although the flesh will want to manifest its sinful desires in human life, this is why we have been recreated in Jesus as the only way, the truth and life. It not just to confess it, but has it really formed in you and transformed your mindset?
There is still a tendency that sin will want to surface that is why Jesus made it clear to the man which had an infirmity for thirty-eight years after he was made whole that he should sin no more lest a worse thing come unto him. (John 5:5&14).
The statement Jesus made is still directed to a lot of people today. It is possible to sin no more when you allow the Holy Spirit and the Word of God (Bible) lead you at all times and empower you to live above sin and have victory indeed.
*He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.* (1John.3.8 (KJV))
Sin No More!
You can do this through the help of God's spirit in you. Develop more intimacy with God, to the extent of you having the mind of Christ fully formed and activated in you.
The Lord is so much interested in this. Allow Him to turn your life to a testimony of His presence indeed.
God will strengthen you as you willingly allow Him into your life and seek Him more.
*MEDITATION*
*He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.* (Prov.28.13 (KJV))
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*DAILY DEW 19TH/OCTOBER/2021*
*NOT NATURAL* (II)
_Key Bible Text:_
*A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.* (John 13:34-35 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
The love Christ laid down for us to emulate is not natural- a love that cares for the loveless and unlovable. Christ did not die for some group of nice people who wanted to do some good in the world. Actually, the reverse was the case. Christ died for a bunch of people who do nothing but some evil in this world. And in case, you're wondering, that includes you and I.
It would have been probably easier to die for some bunch of jolly good fellows who wanted to do some good in the world. But how do you die for folks who did nothing but sin and careless about God? Such is the love that Christ set for us to emulate.
The Love Jesus gave us is one that cares for those who do not care; one that forgives those who do not forgive; one that respects those who do not respect
A love that prays for one's enemies and sincerely desires good for them. This is not a love that says, love your neighbour as you love yourself. That is a limited version of love. This love says, love your neigbour first, before loving yourself. How else did Jesus love us?
*"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you..."*
This love is never natural! It is supernatural!
*MEDITATION*
*Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].* (1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (AMP))
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