FREE FROM HARM
MEMORISE
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Acts 28:5
READ
Acts 28:1-6
Acts 28:1 And
when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
Acts 28:2 And
the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and
received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Acts 28:3 And
when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there
came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
Acts 28:4 And
when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among
themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the
sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Acts 28:5 And
he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Acts 28:6 Howbeit
they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but
after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed
their minds, and said that he was a god.
MESSAGE
While some
servants of God are becoming cold, a few others are remaining hot, steaming
hot. May you be hot for God! Sometime ago, there was this particular physician
who became a missionary. Where he went to preach the Gospel soon experienced a
plague which killed people like flies. Through the plague, germs were
transferred to others and they too soon became victims. The doctor was busy
treating the victims of the plague but he did not die. This amazed some
scientists who decided to carry out a test. They took the saliva of one of the
plague victims full of deadly germs and placed it on the hand of this
physician, and watched the reaction under a microscope as instructed by the
doctor. Then they saw that a few second after the germ landed on his skin, they
died. That is an example of a firebrand!
Many of us
are not what we ought to be because we have failed to carry the divine fire we
were designed to carry. Some time in 1977, we went to Ilorin (Nigeria) for a
Redeemer’s Congress. There was scarcity of pipe-borne water at that time. The
brethren went to a river in the town and fetched me a bucket of water which was
green in colour as that was the best they could find. Then they brought a
disinfectant to apply to the water. As I opened it, I heard God saying, “My
son, which is more powerful – my blood or the disinfectant?” I replied, “Your
blood”. So He asked me to put back the disinfectant and cover the water with
His blood because he would send me to a location with water challenges and
there would be no disinfectant to apply. Beloved, germs are supposed to die
when they come in contact with you but what is the situation today? Is your
body harbouring sicknesses? Are germs developing inside your body that was
created to destroy them? If there is one thing you need now, it is the fire of
the Most High God. Ask for it until you truly become a firebrand like Paul that
no snake bite could harm.
KEY POINT
According to
Mark 16:18, believers are free from harm, but this does not include situations
where somebody becomes foolish or presumptuous by tempting God.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
2 Samuel 16-18
God. Please make me your fire brand, such that sicknesses and diseases will have no effect on me any longer.
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