...how a city buried its self.
Pastor E.O.Adeboye
Posted by
Ambassador T. Brikins
Nigeria is still a country because of the grace of God. People
should not take the grace of God for granted. The General Overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God [R.C.C.G.], Pastor Enoch O. Adeboye, said at the
13th edition of the Abuja Special Holy Ghost Service of the Church
on November 15, 2014.
Similarly, Roselyn Oduyemi,
the Founder of Roselyn Oduyemi Global Outreach [R.O.G.O] is calling Nigerians
to a concentrated prayer for one month in January 2015 to dislodge the
stronghold of the enemy’s plan for Nigeria. She is mobilizing
Nigerians in a prayer campaign tagged “1-1-1 Prayer Movement”.
Rev. Mrs. Roselyn Oduyemi leading positive action for change through "1-1-1PRAYER MOVEMENT come January 2015
Citing among other things the
horrendous realities of war she said, “When there is war on the streets, you
will not enjoy the luxury of free movement, free association or free religion
that we take so much for granted”.
She also cited Ukraine, Russia
and Chechen as examples “for those
who think that breaking Nigeria
up into little sectional pieces may not be a bad idea, and no country in the
world has successfully broken up without countless loss of lives, even in cases
where the breakup started out peacefully by agreements.
Adeboye said Nigerians should
not have the impression that God is not hearing prayers, as a result of the
current security problems in Nigeria.
He also warned citizens not
to overstretch the grace of God on the land, adding that any country that
wallows in wickedness would have itself to blame.
Grace in the Christian
context is God’s kindness and love shown to man, though he may not have
deserved it. It is God’s free and unmerited favor.
Unfortunately, grace can be
misused. “What shall we say [to all this]? Are we to remain in sin in order
that God’s grace [favor and mercy] may multiply and overflow? [Romans 6:1]
Amplified.
Since we can only be what we are and
have been what we are already by grace,”
But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor [grace]
on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than all the other
apostles, yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.” NLT
[1 Corinthian 15:10],
and can indeed fall away from grace.” For if you
are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been
cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.
NLT [Galatians 5:4],
we
can stand in grace, “Because of our
faith, Christ has brought us into this place of highest privilege where we now
stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory”, [Romans 5:2] NLT
by
approaching God’s throne of grace,” So
let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his
mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it”.
NLT. [Hebrew 4:16].
These dangerous and wicked
require that we live before the throne
of grace.
The dark places of the earth are full of cruelty
The
word wicked simply means a sinful person.
Two
characteristics of the wicked are shown below from the Bible.
“My enemies cannot speak one
truthful word.
Their deepest desire is to
destroy others.
Their talk is foul, like the
stench from an open grave.
Their speech is filled with
flattery”.
Psalm 5:9 .NLT, and “They
will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no
self-control; they will be cruel and have no interest in what is good . . .
They will betray their
friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God
. . .
They will act as if they are
religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. You must
stay away from people like that”.
2 Timothy 3-5.NLT
One of the consequences of the wicked is that they die
before their time. “But Er was a wicked man in the Lord’s sight, so the LORD
took his life.
”
Genesis 38:7. NLT. The King
James Version said, the Lord slew him.
Corporate wickedness has its
place too. In Luke 17:29, “… until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained
down from heaven and destroyed them all.”
NLT
Adeboye who condemned the
recent attacks by insurgents on schools in the north of Nigeria, said, he was tempted to cancel the Holy Ghost
Service, as a mark of honor to the bereaved parents.
Helpless?
“I said to myself, how I can
continue with the service when innocent children are being murdered, but the
Lord encouraged me to go ahead with a promise that He will answer prayers
speedily tonight”.
Monday November 11, 52
students died and 79 injured in Potiskum
school blast when a suicide bomber dressed in a school uniform, burst onto the
student’s assembly ground of Government Science Secondary School[GSSS]],Potiskum,
Yobe State, Nigeria.
Adeboye said the greatest
gift of God to mankind is the gift of Jesus Christ, noting that Nigeria
would do itself a lot of good by accepting this gift and desisting from acts
that could incur divine wrath.