OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-MONDAY-04/04/2016-THE ELECT OF GOD-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
And shall not God avenge his own elect,
which cry day and night
unto him, though he bear long with them? Luke 18:7
Read
Colossians
3:12-17,
12 Put
on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one
another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so
also do ye.
14 And
above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And
let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in
one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord.
17 And
whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God and the Father by him.
KJV
MESSAGE
An
elect is a chosen or preferred person. In Christian parlance, an elect is
someone God, by His grace, has chosen to be qualified as righteous before Him.
The Bible says:
“Who shall lay anything to the charge of
God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right
hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”
Romans 8:33-34
It
is a pleasant thing to be an elect of God, because He watches over His elect.
He is not ashamed of them even among His holy angels, because they are doing
Him proud in this pervert generation.
“But now they desire a better country, that
is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he
hath prepared for them a city.”
Hebrew 11:16
In
the light of the above scripture, therefore, the elect of God has both a moral
and scriptural obligation to live in accordance to the commandments of God. The
elect is more mindful of eternal life than the ephemeral things of this life.
At times he suffers trials of cruel intimidation, marginalization, and poverty
because he cannot sell his conscience for a loaf of bread. This certainly made
Jesus Christ assure us in Luke 18:7
“And shall not God avenge his own elect,
which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?”
The
above assertion of Jesus Christ is pleasantly reassuring to the elect of God
who has turned his back against all forms of godlessness and wickedness. The
Almighty God will always be there for all His elects provided they cry to Him
in the days of trouble (Psalms 50:15).Beloved, are you an elect of God? If not,
all it takes is for you to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and
Saviour, repent of your sins and begin to live your life ad approved by Jesus
Christ in the gospels. I pray that the benefits of the elect shall be your
portion in Jesus’ name.
Action Point
Act upon John 3:3-5 and ask God to make you one of
His elects.
Bible in one year
1st Samuel 10:17-13:7, Proverbs 4:20-5:6
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