Wednesday 19 March 2014

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - THURSDAY - 20/03/2014 - THE WAY OF ESCAPE BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE


THE WAY OF ESCAPE

MEMORISE
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 2:21

READ
Matthew 24:29-30

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

MESSAGE
The Bible predicts that a lot of problems and calamities will befall the world as the judgment day approaches. For example, Prophet Joel in Joel 2:30-31, predicted that the Lord will show divers wonders in the cosmos and on earth:

“And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.”

Our Lord Jesus Christ also did not hide this reality from us, as we read in today’s Bible passage. The apostles also were not kept in the dark concerning the pending doom that is to come upon the earth and its inhabitants. Peter in 2 Peter 3:10 wrote that:

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”

The fact therefore is: there shall be tribulation.

The question then is: “Is there no way of escaping these calamities since the word of the Lord cannot but come to pass?” We may need to ask another question and that is: “What can one do to escape these inevitable disasters that are not only gathering momentum but are already here with us?” Glory be to God Almighty, who is full of tender mercies and loving kindness. He provides a way of escape in Joel 2:32a:

“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered:”

The onus therefore is on us to cry to him for pardon if we do not want to be part of the terrible happenings in these last days. How then should we call upon the Lord? We should call upon the Lord in repentance and holy living. Every man and woman, boy and girl must repent to escape from the wrath to come. The Bible in 2 Peter 3:11 says that:

“Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,”

PRAYER POINT

Father, I don’t want to perish with the world. Help me to live right, and spare me the affliction of the ungodly.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Ezekiel 7-9; 
Psalm 66:10-20

6 comments:

  1. FATHER LORD, FORGIVE ME OF ALL MY SINS AND MAKE ME TO BE HOLY IN UR PRESENCE OH LORD.

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  2. Lord help me not to perish with the world,give me the grace to do right and to stay away from sin,Amen

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  3. Lord help me to be Holy before You always IJN.

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  4. Science and tech should move us closer to God "cos we are only getting to know Practically what the Bible had predicted.

    Lord pls spare me when you visit the earth with fury.

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  5. Bb shud be use well for the spreading of the Gospel" I thank God for his mercy and his gudnes, this tech of mobile bible has impart a remarkable change and spiritual nuorish and blessing to my soul! By daily reading and studyin the word of God ! I now have acess to the word 24/7 without carrying the bible along with me! Am so glad :alleluyah

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