Are you STANDING OUT/SHINING BRIGHTLY for Christ or COMFORMING/LIVING IN DARKNESS?

Because of Jesus, we no longer have to approach God through a priest, as the israelites did in the Old Testament. Christ's work makes God available to all who have faith in him.

*RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS or RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH? -PART 25 of I BELIEVE IN GOD vs I OBEY GOD | TO CHURCH vs TO GOD.

Many people think blessings are only about material things. But true blessings begin from within. *WHEN YOU HAVE PEACE THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN, THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF ABUNDANCE*

THE TRAGEDY OF OUR GENERATION IS THAT WE HAVE EXCHANGED TRUE SALVATION FOR CHEAP GRACE.

*We have embraced a gospel that promises:*

“CROWNS” without “CROSSES“.
HEAVEN without HOLINESS.
BLESSINGS without BROKENNESS.

*But:*
NO CROSS, NO CROWN.
NO Death to self, NO RESURRECTION.
NO REPENTANCE, NO REDEMPTION.

*REMEMBER:* Faith is NOT proven in ABUNDANCE. It is proven in LACK/SILENCE. We "BELIEVE TO SEE", not "SEE TO BELIEVE". So, *NEVER GIVE UP!*

*Good things* come to who "Believe"
*Better things* come to those who are "Patient"
… but The *Best Things* come to those who "NEVER GIVE UP."

*ARE YOU MOVING TOWARDS CHRIST AND THE LIFE HE TAUGHT, OR IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION?*

The *Truths* of God's word changes the *Facts.* For we work by *Faith NOT by Sight*

SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE! SAY IT AND BELIEVE IT.

*WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR JESUS TO BE BORN AND SHARE OUR HUMANITY?*

1. So that, in dying, he could free us from the power of death (Hebrews 2: 14-15)

2. So that, by becoming the final sacrifice for sin, he could reconcile us to God (Hebrews 5: 8-9)

3. So that, in experiencing temptation, he can better help us with our own temptations (Hebrews 2:18).

Because of Jesus, we no longer have to approach God through a priest, as the israelites did in the Old Testament. Christ's work makes God available to all who have faith in him. All WHO REPENT AND RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Watch your thoughts. They become *Words* …

Watch your words. They become *Actions* …

Watch your actions, they become *Habits* …

Watch your habits, they become *Character* …

Watch your CHARACTER. *IT BECOMES YOUR DESTINY*

Happy Positive Thinking!

*RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT BY YOUR POWER OR MIGHT/WORKS BUT BY THE POWER AND PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU! SO REPENT AND RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT*

God no longer dwells in an elaborately designed temple; we have become his house, his work of art. *WE HAVE BECOME THE BODY OF CHRIST* (That's if you REPENT and receive/allow/surrender to the Holy Spirit to dwell within you).

Which has greater honor, the builder of the house or the house itself? Obviously, the builder has more honor; the house is just one expression of his genius!

*Nor be who dey go church dey follow Jesus. NA WHO REPENT OOO! DONT BE DECEIVED.*

Church Attendance IS NOT CHRISTIANITY. It is RELIGION. 1000 people in a church building WITHOUT CHRIST IS NOT A CHURCH BUT A COVEN or CULT!!!

1. Are you following "JESUS" or "CHURCH"?

2. Are you "BORN AGAIN" or "CATHOLIC, BAPTIST, ANGLICAN, PROTESTANT etc"?

3. Are you STANDING OUT/SHINING BRIGHTLY for Christ or COMFORMING/LIVING IN DARKNESS?

4. Are you a "CONVERT" to a Religion called Christianity or a "DISCIPLE" of our Lord Jesus Christ?

5. Are you a "RELIGIOUS PERSON" or do you have a close "daily PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT"?

*Did Jesus selling Holy Water, Anointing Oil, or even collect Tithes?* NO!

Repentance is the PURPOSE of Christianity, NOT RELIGION.

*PURPOSE FIXES PROBLEMS while RELIGION CURSES PROBLEMS.*

Jesus didn’t die to give us a “Religion“. A religion is what MAN made out of his death.

He died to restore our “Relationship With God” With the help of the Holy Spirit.

All this Harvest and bazaar in churches would Jesus do it? What did the Bible say jesus did when he went to the temple and saw people buying and selling? HE SCATTERED THE CROWD. *Read Matthew 21:12*

Jesus entered the temple, made a whip, and drove out the sellers and changers, overturning their tables condemning the practice for prioritizing profit over true worship.

Religion selects a day of worship such as Fridays for Muslims, Saturdays for the Sabbath people, and Sundays for Christians. *BUT A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS AN EVERYDAY AFFAIR.*

Religion and Legalism is man’s *attempt* to accomplish *by his works* what can only be accomplished through *Christ Jesus* with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Sugar resembles Salt but NEVER THE SAME. Church Attendance resembles Christianity!

AS SUGAR SWEET REACH YOU NOR FIT USE AM COOK POT OF SOUP! Meaning: NOT everything the Devil gives you is good for you!

Choose Wisely!

*BORN AGAIN is NOT A RELIGION.* It is a life that accepted Jesus and is changed/transformed by God through the presence of the Holy Spirit.

*A CONVERT KNOWS THE TEACHINGS BUT DOESN’T LIVE BY IT, WHILE A DISCIPLE LIVES BY IT, BEARING MUCH FRUIT*

*They say the churches are full, but heaven is NOT.*

They ATTEND CHURCH, but only to *SOOTHE THEIR GUILTY CONSCIENCE.* And appear religious.

Going to church has become a performance, a mask, a religious TRADITION without any TRANSFORMATION.

A show of HOLINESS that ends at the CHURCH DOOR.

*ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST, BECOMING BORN AGAIN AND BEING LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SUPERIOR TO ANY RELIGIOUS SYSTEM.*

The churches Jesus and his disciples built were PEOPLE, not BUILDINGS. *REMEMBER THAT* People that chose the Jesus Way, repenting and receiving the Holy Spirit as a *TEACHER, & COMFORTER*

Romans 7:4; 2 Corinthians 11:2; and Ephesians 5:22–33 indicate that the wife of the Lamb is the Church. In light of these identifications, it is evident that Revelation 19:7–9 refers to the marriage of Jesus Christ to the Church and the subsequent marriage supper.

Consistently, ‘the bride’ is a metaphor or an image that refers to the people of God, more specifically the people belonging to Jesus.

The bride herself is a figure for those very saints who do the righteous acts through faith in the Lamb and who together make up the church of the Lamb (Body Of Christ).

*YOUR COMFORT AND YOUR CALLING CANNOT COEXIST.*

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