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DARE THE DAY 

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DARE THE DAY: START STRONG TO FINISH WELL AND FINISH STRONGLY IN CHRIST JESUS’ STEAD! 

“Know ye not that they which RUN IN A RACE RUN ALL, but one receiveth the prize? So RUN, that ye may OBTAIN. 25 And every man that STRIVETH FOR THE MASTERY is TEMPERATE in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; BUT WE AN INCORRUPTIBLE. 26 I therefore so RUN, not as UNCERTAINLY; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. 

I learnt early in Christ Jesus pertaining to DOING LIFE and LIVING GODLY in GRACE that if you want to make a difference and be uniquely impactful, and to express the best of the good and goodness that’s available in life through you, then you must come to know and understand these simple phrases to greatness, and that is: 

YOU CAN’T POSSESS WHAT YOU ARE UNWILLING TO PURSUE OR TAKE ON — AND LIFE WILL NOT GIVE TO YOU WHAT YOU ARE UNWILLING TO PUT A DEMAND UPON AND TOWARD IT, IN ORDER FOR IT TO GIVE BACK TO YOU CORRESPONDINGLY AND MORE, IN THE MEASURE OF YOUR SUPPLY TO IT, TO OBTAINING YOUR DEMAND FROM IT. 

It thus means that you cannot expect and demand a SEED of CORN to give you a BUNCH of it, if you don’t put a SEED in the ground (soil) to enable you to command, order and ensure a demand for a BUNCH from that seed while it is in the ground — and if you look inward and examine, that’s true to life in all dealings. 

This knowing and understanding is important, otherwise you will be like many who only have and receive on the platform of the general or common good or goodies that are available, whilst making no difference to keep them unique from the crowd as God’s own especially. 

It is upon this context that I have always endeavoured to PURSUE anything with MASTERY in view, no matter how long it takes and what it takes to get there, and to possess my possession of BLESSEDNESS, in life and grace, in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

“Know ye not that they which RUN IN A RACE RUN ALL, but one receiveth the prize? So RUN, that ye may OBTAIN. 25 And every man that STRIVETH FOR THE MASTERY is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; BUT WE AN INCORRUPTIBLE. 26 I therefore so RUN, not as UNCERTAINLY; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. 

It’s a gracious DAY with a graceful beginning and another opportunity to triumph that is before you. You can make good and bring forth goodness in your day without prejudice. I pray that you dare to take up any matter, especially beyond the usual, and end the DAY strong, thereby finishing well in Christ Jesus. Amen.  

I challenge you to DARE TO TRIUMPH COLOURFULLY IN EVERY PLACE THAT YOUR FEET SHALL TREAD UPON IN LIFE AND GRACE today, tomorrow and always. 

“Now thanks be unto God, which ALWAYS causeth us to TRIUMPH IN CHRIST, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in EVERY PLACE” 2 Corinthians 2:14. 

“EVERY PLACE that the SOLE OF YOUR FOOT shall TREAD upon, that have I GIVEN unto you, as I said unto Moses” Joshua 1:3. 

Know and understand full well, for sure and in truth, that there is no MAGIC or MIRACLE with God that bypasses His Word. God will always and only COMMEND what He COMMANDS — which is always of His WILL for us, and that is ALWAYS in His WORD, in His BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus. Amen. Therefore, DARE THE DAY. START STRONG TO FINISH WELL AND FINISH STRONGER IN CHRIST JESUS. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me” Philippians 4:13. 

“Know ye not that they which RUN IN A RACE RUN ALL, but one receiveth the prize? So RUN, that ye may OBTAIN. 25 And every man that STRIVETH FOR THE MASTERY is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; BUT WE AN INCORRUPTIBLE. 26 I therefore so RUN, not as UNCERTAINLY; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. 

“Now thanks be unto God, which ALWAYS causeth us to TRIUMPH IN CHRIST, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in EVERY PLACE” 2 Corinthians 2:14. 

“EVERY PLACE that the SOLE OF YOUR FOOT shall TREAD upon, that have I GIVEN unto you, as I said unto Moses” Joshua 1:3. 

“But upon MOUNT ZION shall be DELIVERANCE, and there shall be HOLINESS; and the house of Jacob SHALL POSSESS THEIR POSSESSIONS” Obadiah 1:17 (Hebrews 12:22-24). 

SUMMARY: 
The message is titled DARE THE DAY: START STRONG TO FINISH WELL AND FINISH STRONGLY IN CHRIST JESUS! 
It is a prophetic call to excellence rooted in grace. The message teaches that greatness and impact do not happen by accident or by “magic miracles.” God only COMMENDS what He COMMANDS, and that is found in His WORD. Therefore, as believers, we must RUN like people striving for mastery — with discipline, demand, and pursuit. Using the principle of seed and demand, it shows that you cannot possess what you are unwilling to pursue. God has given us every place for our feet to tread Joshua 1:3, and He always causes us to triumph in Christ 2 Corinthians 2:14. The call is to start the day strong, finish well, and finish stronger, colourfully triumphing in every place in life and grace. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. THE MINDSET: DARE THE DAY
  • “It’s a gracious DAY with a graceful beginning and another opportunity to triumph that’s before you.” 
  • Do not drift through the day. Take it up deliberately, go beyond the usual, and end strong in Christ Jesus.
  1. THE PRINCIPLE: PURSUIT AND DEMAND
  • YOU CAN’T POSSESS WHAT YOU ARE UNWILLING TO PURSUE OR TAKE ON. 
  • LIFE WILL NOT GIVE TO YOU WHAT YOU ARE UNWILLING TO PUT A DEMAND UPON. 
  • Like a SEED of CORN: you must put a seed in the ground before you can demand a bunch from it. 
  • No demand = no supply. No pursuit = no possession. This is true in life, ministry, career and grace.
  1. THE STANDARD: RUN FOR MASTERY
  • “Know ye not that they which RUN IN A RACE RUN ALL, but one receiveth the prize? So RUN, that ye may OBTAIN” 1 Corinthians 9:24 
  • “Every man that STRIVETH FOR THE MASTERY is TEMPERATE in all things” 1 Corinthians 9:25 
  • Discipline, subjection of the body, and focus are required. We run not uncertainly, for an INCORRUPTIBLE crown.
  1. THE TRUTH: NO SHORTCUTS WITH GOD
  • “There is no MAGIC or MIRACLE with God that bypasses His Word. God will always and only COMMEND what He COMMANDS” 
  • His COMMAND is His WILL, and it is ALWAYS in His WORD and in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus.  
  1. THE PROMISE: TRIUMPH IN EVERY PLACE
  • “Now thanks be unto God, which ALWAYS causeth us to TRIUMPH IN CHRIST, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in EVERY PLACE” 2 Corinthians 2:14 
  • “EVERY PLACE that the SOLE OF YOUR FOOT shall TREAD upon, that have I GIVEN unto you” Joshua 1:3 
  • “Upon MOUNT ZION shall be DELIVERANCE… and the house of Jacob SHALL POSSESS THEIR POSSESSIONS” Obadiah 1:17 
  • You are called to DARE TO TRIUMPH COLOURFULLY today, tomorrow and always. 

 CALL TO ACTION 

  1. START STRONG AND DARE THE DAY 
    Wake up with purpose. Do not settle for the common or general. Take every matter up beyond the usual and determine to finish well. 
  2. PURSUE WITH MASTERY AND PUT A DEMAND 
    Identify what God has placed in your hand. Sow the seed — time, skill, prayer, faith. Put a demand on life, on grace, on the Word. Refuse to be like those who only receive common goodies. 
  3. RUN WITH DISCIPLINE IN THE WORD 
    Keep your body under. Be temperate. Run to obtain. There are no shortcuts. Only what God COMMANDS in His WORD will He COMMEND and bless. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE BELIEVER’S CHARACTER ATTRIBUTE 

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THE BELIEVER’S CHARACTER ATTRIBUTE: IT IS ‘THE FRUIT’ OF THE SPIRIT! 

Your Believer’s in Christ Jesus character attribute is the FRUIT of the SPIRIT. And it is paramount that you LIVE and WALK in the Holy Spirit for you to fully, totally and wholly actualise the character essence of God in Christ Jesus, in life and godliness, as it is written: 

“This I say then, WALK in the Spirit, and ye shall not FULFIL the lust of the flesh . . . 25 If we LIVE in the Spirit, let us also WALK in the Spirit” Galatians 5:16, 25. 

Until one begins to WALK in the Spirit as one LIVES in the Spirit, the true CHARACTER realities of the Spirit cannot be ACTUALISED in the FULLNESS of God’s given grace. 

Meaning, you cannot just lay claim to have LOVE, for example, if you cannot WALK IN LOVE, Or have goodness, peace, patience and such like more within you, if you cannot WALK in goodness, peace, patience and such like more with others. 

One needs to both LIVE and WALK the WALK within and not just the TALK, in the Spirit. 

So, as we take on the day and the week, and it turns into another day and week, it’s time to translate your God-given FRUIT of the Spirit by walking in them as you live consciously in them. That’s how the character attributes are FORMATTED and SYNCHRONISED within us. 

Enjoy your day and week folks, because ‘A NEW DAY FOR A NEW YOU HAS DAWNED’ for a BETTER you and the BEST life, for a GREATER you. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“This I say then, WALK in the Spirit, and ye shall not FULFIL the lust of the flesh . . . 22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we LIVE in the Spirit, let us also WALK in the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:16, 22-25). 

“For as many as are LED by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” Romans 8:14. 

SUMMARY: 
The message is titled THE BELIEVER’S CHARACTER ATTRIBUTE: IT IS ‘THE FRUIT’ OF THE SPIRIT! 
It teaches that the true mark of a believer in Christ Jesus is not gifts or talk, but the FRUIT of the Spirit. To actualise God’s character in life and godliness, we must both LIVE in the Spirit and WALK in the Spirit. Until our inner life matches our outward walk, the realities of love, joy, peace, patience and the rest cannot be fully expressed. The call is to consciously translate the God-given fruit by walking in them daily, so that our character is formatted and synchronised. A new day has dawned for a new, better and greater you. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. THE BELIEVER’S IDENTITY IS CHARACTER
  • “Your Believer’s in Christ Jesus character attribute is the FRUIT of the SPIRIT.” 
  • Character is not manufactured. It is the natural product of the Holy Spirit in us. Galatians 5:22-23
  1. THE TWO-FOLD DEMAND: LIVE AND WALK
  • “WALK in the Spirit, and ye shall not FULFIL the lust of the flesh… If we LIVE in the Spirit, let us also WALK in the Spirit” Galatians 5:16, 25 
  • LIVE in the Spirit = your position, your nature, your source. 
  • WALK in the Spirit = your practice, your conduct, your daily expression. 
  • One without the other is incomplete. Both are needed for character to be actualised.
  1. FRUIT MUST BE WALKED, NOT JUST CLAIMED
  • You cannot claim LOVE if you do not WALK IN LOVE. 
  • You cannot claim goodness, peace, patience and such like if you do not WALK in them with others. 
  • “One needs to both LIVE and WALK the WALK within and not just the TALK, in the Spirit.”
  1. HOW CHARACTER IS FORMED
  • It is by consciously translating the God-given FRUIT of the Spirit in daily life. 
  • That is how the character attributes are FORMATTED and SYNCHRONISED within us. 
  • “For as many as are LED by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” Romans 8:14 
  • Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires Galatians 5:24
  1. THE PROPHETIC DECLARATION
  • ‘A NEW DAY FOR A NEW YOU HAS DAWNED’ for a BETTER you and the BEST life, for a GREATER you. 
  • This is a call to align with the season of fresh grace for character growth. 

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. CHOOSE TO LIVE AND WALK IN THE SPIRIT DAILY 
    Don’t settle for just knowing the fruit. Make a deliberate decision today to be led by the Spirit in your thoughts, words and actions.
  2. TRANSLATE THE FRUIT INTO PRACTICE 
    Pick one fruit this week — love, peace, patience, kindness etc. — and walk in it with people around you. Character is proven in how you treat others.
  3. RULE OVER THE FLESH 
    Refuse to fulfil the lust of the flesh. Crucify fleshly reactions. Allow the Spirit to format and synchronise your character to match Christ. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

ENACTING YOUR REDEMPTION REALITIES AND PRIVILEGES 

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ENACTING YOUR REDEMPTION REALITIES AND PRIVILEGES: NO MORE FINGERS POINTING AND MIDDLEMAN/MEN FOR US TOWARD GOD IN CHRIST JESUS! 

“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into this GRACE wherein we STAND, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God“ Romans 5:1-2. 

My dearly beloved believing child of God, it’s time you rise up with head up, shoulders high and on the high and higher heels of faith in Christ Jesus — it’s because there is no more place or opportunity for blame-gaming. 

For in our redemption, there is NO MORE FINGER POINTING, MIDDLE-MAN AGENCY or RELIGIOUS GAME-PLAYING on our behalf by any man TOWARD OUR FATHER GOD IN CHRIST JESUS — our Saviour and Lord, and soon-coming King for all eternity. 

“Neither is there SALVATION in any other: for there is NONE other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be SAVED” Acts 4:12. 

“For there is one God, and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time” 1 Timothy 2:5-6. 

In consequence to the scripture of Romans 5:1-2; and these other following scriptures — [2 Corinthians 1:20-22; Romans 8:28-30; Colossians 1:12-14 Amplified; 1 Corinthians 1:9 etc], and however not being limited in respect to our redemption in Christ Jesus, we have and can have a standing to express earnestly and declare that Jesus Christ has become our REDEMPTION. 

And in our REDEMPTION, we can boldly say without sentiment, prejudice and dissimulation all these and more that:

  • He has REDEEMED us back to God.
  • He has JUSTIFIED us in God
  • He has CALLED us to God
  • He has RECONCILED us to God
  • He has GIVEN us ACCESS to God
  • He has QUALIFIED us
  • He has CHOSEN us
  • He has BLESSED us
  • He has DELIVERED us to God
  • He has GLORIFIED us
  • He has PREDESTINED us
  • He has TRANSLATED us from the KINGDOM and DOMINION of darkness to God, so that we are no longer REFURBISHED and REFORMED people
  • He has ANOINTED and SEALED us
  • He has EMPOWERED us
  • He has LOVED us
  • He has ABOUNDED toward us
  • He has MADE us ACCEPTED in the Beloved
  • He has OBTAINED an INHERITANCE for us
  • He has ESTABLISHED and CONFIRMED us
  • He has APPROPRIATED us and CERTIFIED us
  • He has GIVEN us the Blessed Holy Spirit in our hearts as a PLEDGE, a SECURITY DEPOSIT to GUARANTEE the fulfilment of His promise of eternal LIFE in and to us
  • Much more and ABOVE all else that we ARE — FORGIVEN, ACQUITED and RECEIVED by our Father God in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

Therefore, there is no more CONDEMNATION in God in Christ Jesus — Romans 8:1-2. No more FINGER-POINTING and MIDDLEMEN to rob you of your REDEMPTION REALITIES and PRIVILEGES in God, because of what Jesus Christ has done and is doing, who now has become and is our REDEMPTION in God. 

And you can now ENACT and AUTHENTICATE your triumph, your victory, your overcoming realm and your more-than-conqueror testimony of God, in Christ Jesus — Romans 8:1-2; Acts 4:12; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 John 5:4-5; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 1:1-23; 1 Corinthians 15:57; Romans 8:37. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Giving thanks to the Father, who has QUALIFIED us to share in the INHERITANCE of the saints (God’s people) in the Light. 13 For He has RESCUED us and has DRAWN us to Himself from the DOMINION of darkness, and has TRANSFERRED us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have REDEMPTION [because of His sacrifice, resulting in] the FORGIVENESS of our sins [and the CANCELLATION of sins’ penalty].” Colossians 1:12-14. AMPLIFIED. 

“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is MADE UNTO US wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and REDEMPTION: 31 that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:30-31. 

“For he hath MADE him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be MADE the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in him” 2 Corinthians 5:21. 

“That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be MADE heirs according to the hope of eternal life” Titus 3:7. 

“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into this GRACE wherein we STAND, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2. 

“There is THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION to them which ARE in Christ Jesus, who WALK not AFTER the flesh, but AFTER the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath MADE me FREE from the law of SIN and DEATH” Romans 8:1-2. 

“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he LOVED US, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins . . . We love him, because he first LOVED US” 1 John 4:10, 19. 

“. . . 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED US with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 according as he hath CHOSEN US in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 having PREDESTINATED US unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath MADE US ACCEPTED in the beloved . . . 8 wherein he hath ABOUNDED TOWARD US in all wisdom and prudence . . . 11 in whom also we have OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE, being PREDESTINATED according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will . . .” Ephesians 1:1-11. 

11For as many as ARE the promises of God, in Christ they are [all answered] “Yes.” So through Him we say our “Amen” to the glory of God. 21 Now it is God who ESTABLISHES and CONFIRMS us [in joint fellowship] with you in Christ, and who has ANOINTED us [EMPOWERING us with the gifts of the Spirit]; 22 it is He who has also put His SEAL on us [that is, He has APPROPRIATED us and CERTIFIED us as His] and has GIVEN us the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a PLEDGE [like a security deposit to GUARANTEE the fulfillment of His promise of eternal life]” 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 AMPLIFIED. 

“And you hath HE QUICKENED (MADE ALIVE), who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his GREAT LOVE wherewith he LOVED US, 5 even when we were dead in sins, hath QUICKENED US together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 and hath RAISED US up together, and MADE US sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness TOWARD US through Christ Jesus. 8 FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: 9 NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST. 10 For WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ORDAINED that we should walk in them. 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 that at that time ye were WITHOUT Christ, being ALIENS from the commonwealth of Israel, and STRANGERS from the covenants of promise, having NO HOPE, and WITHOUT God in the world: 13 but NOW in Christ Jesus ye who SOMETIMES WERE FAR OFF ARE MADE NIGH BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. 14 For HE IS OUR PEACE, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 for through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now therefore YE ARE NO MORE strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21 in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit” Ephesians 2:1-22 (Emphasis Mine). 

“Neither is there SALVATION in any other: for there is none other NAME under heaven GIVEN among men, whereby we must be saved” Acts 4:12. 

“For there is one God, and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the man CHRIST JESUS” 1 Timothy 2:5. 

SUMMARY: 
The message is a triumphant charge titled ENACTING YOUR REDEMPTION REALITIES AND PRIVILEGES: NO MORE FINGERS POINTING AND MIDDLEMAN/MEN FOR US TOWARD GOD IN CHRIST JESUS! 
It declares that because of Christ’s finished work, every believer now has direct access to God with no blame-gaming, no middle-man agency, and no religious game-playing. Anchored in Romans 5:1-2, the message lists 20+ redemption realities we now possess in Christ — justification, access, qualification, inheritance, sealing, etc. It teaches that Jesus alone is our Salvation, Mediator and Redemption, and therefore there is now NO CONDEMNATION. The call is to rise up, boldly profess these realities, and ENACT and AUTHENTICATE our victory, triumph and more-than-conqueror testimony in Christ Jesus. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. THE FOUNDATION: JUSTIFIED, PEACE, ACCESS
  • “Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into this GRACE wherein we STAND” Romans 5:1-2 
  • Redemption has given us a legal standing before God. No more fear, no more guilt.
  1. NO MORE MIDDLE MEN — CHRIST ALONE
  • “Neither is there SALVATION in any other: for there is NONE other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be SAVED” Acts 4:12 
  • “For there is one God, and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” 1 Timothy 2:5-6 
  • In redemption there is NO MORE FINGER POINTING, MIDDLE-MAN AGENCY or RELIGIOUS GAME-PLAYING. We go directly to the Father in Christ Jesus.
  1. OUR REDEMPTION REALITIES IN CHRIST
    Because Jesus has become our REDEMPTION 1 Corinthians 1:30, we can boldly declare:
  • REDEEMED, JUSTIFIED, CALLED, RECONCILED to God 
  • ACCESS, QUALIFIED, CHOSEN, BLESSED, DELIVERED, GLORIFIED 
  • PREDESTINED, TRANSLATED out of darkness into God’s Kingdom — we are no longer just REFURBISHED people 
  • ANOINTED, SEALED, EMPOWERED, LOVED, ACCEPTED in the Beloved 
  • INHERITANCE OBTAINED, ESTABLISHED, CONFIRMED, APPROPRIATED, CERTIFIED 
  • GIVEN THE HOLY SPIRIT as a PLEDGE and SECURITY DEPOSIT guaranteeing eternal LIFE [ZOE] 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 
  • ABOVE ALL: FORGIVEN, ACQUITTED, RECEIVED by the Father Colossians 1:12-14
  1. THE RESULT: NO CONDEMNATION & VICTORY
  • “There is THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION to them which ARE in Christ Jesus” Romans 8:1-2 
  • “For BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES: IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD” Ephesians 2:8-9 
  • We have been QUICKENED, RAISED UP and MADE TO SIT together in heavenly places Ephesians 2:4-6 
  • The middle wall of partition is broken down. We are NO MORE strangers but fellow citizens Ephesians 2:13-19
  1. GOD’S PART IN US
  • He BLESSED us, CHOSEN us, PREDESTINATED us Ephesians 1:3-5 
  • He ABOUNDED toward us, MADE US ACCEPTED, OBTAINED an INHERITANCE for us Ephesians 1:6-11 
  • He ESTABLISHES, CONFIRMS, ANOINTS, SEALS and CERTIFIES us 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. RISE UP AND TAKE YOUR POSITION 
    “It’s time you rise up with head up, shoulders high and on the high and higher heels of faith in Christ Jesus.” 
    Stop blame-gaming. Stand boldly because your standing is in Christ, not in man or religion.
  2. BOLDLY PROFESS AND DECLARE YOUR REDEMPTION 
    “We have a standing to express earnestly and declare that Jesus Christ has become our REDEMPTION.” 
    Without sentiment, prejudice or dissimulation, announce daily: I am redeemed, justified, accepted, sealed, anointed, forgiven.
  3. ENACT AND AUTHENTICATE YOUR REALITIES 
    “You can now ENACT and AUTHENTICATE your triumph, your victory, your overcoming realm and your more-than-conqueror testimony of God, in Christ Jesus.” 
    Live from your redemption. Walk in the access, peace and privileges Christ bought. Refuse to let finger-pointing or middlemen rob you of what is yours. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

SPIRITUAL FAMINE 

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SPIRITUAL FAMINE: ARE YOU IN DROUGHT TO THE HEARING OF THE WORD! 

“Behold, the DAYS come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a FAMINE in the land, not a FAMINE of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD: 12 and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east,they shall run to and fro to SEEK THE WORD of the Lord, and shall NOT FIND IT. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst” Amos 8:11-13. 

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do ERR (MISTAKEN, ERROR), not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29. 

Dear friend, are you living in a spiritual drought? Are you desiring the Word of the Lord that leads to daily salvation and deliverance [Romans 10:8-13] but it seems all you see around to feed from are fables, dogmas, sectarianism, traditions, methods, creeds, shows and self-created, denominationalised doctrines? [Matthew 15:1-6; 1 Peter 1:17-18] 

And worse, when you cannot find the principles of the Word and the process, instead you see craft, fraud and scams to extort you in the name of grace? [Philippians 1:15-18] 

It is time to do something about the drought of the hearing of God’s Word, for your own good, as an antidote to restore healthy spiritual sensitivity in the grace [Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:3-4; 1 Timothy 1:18-20]. 

And you need to know that you cannot blame people or anyone for your spiritual drought when there are opportunities to be informed — as you are now reading — to safeguard against error and being mistaken in the faith. It is also to make you do something about your spiritual wellbeing in the grace, as you desire to do life and live godly by the WORD, in Christ Jesus. 

Your becoming for today and tomorrow is within your decision — and you need to make it happen in the grace, without blaming anyone. You have been given the opportunity in the grace to stop every form and signal of spiritual drought about you. 

Don’t live in SPIRITUAL DROUGHT, I beg you — it will short-circuit your path in DOING life and LIVING godly in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus. 

There is nothing as dangerous and deadly as FAMINE — be it physical or spiritual. FAMINE is the extreme — scarcity, shortage, drought, unavailability, lack, insufficiency, undersupply, deficiency, impoverishment, shortfall and such like, of the basic necessity(ies) of life — e.g. FOOD — resulting in HUNGER, whose consequences are unprecedented fatalities. 

“MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children” Hosea 4:6. 

“Therefore MY PEOPLE ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled” Isaiah 5:13-15. 

In life we know how people suffer and die in horrible conditions when there is physical famine. We don’t have to look far to see the dire physical hunger and needs in our NEIGHBOURHOOD, COMMUNITIES, SOCIETY, NATION and WORLD today. Hunger because of FAMINE is a severe and terrible condition for anyone to experience. Yet, many in our WORLDS are suffering and dying daily as a result of this monster called — FAMINE. 

Unfortunately today, many do not fully know and realise that SPIRITUAL FAMINE does exist. And there are implications of its existence in one’s life and in our society and world. It could even be the DE FACTO cause of the physical condition we experience today as — INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, SOCIETY and NATION. 

A SPIRITUAL FAMINE indicates NO SPIRITUAL FOOD, or insufficient and inadequate provision, resulting in severe hunger — leading to spiritual suffering and or death. NO FOOD means NO WORD, which is the FOOD of the SPIRITUAL man — the spirit being. 

Man in HUMAN [Hu-Man] is a being, that is, a spirit being [subconscious place], has a soul [conscious mind, reasoning faculty, will] and lives in a body [physique, physical structure]. 

NO WORD for the human well-being means NO FAITH. And NO FAITH is consequential; for FAITH comes by the HEARING of the WORD of God [Romans 10:17], and with NO FAITH, none can PLEASE God [Hebrews 11:6], and not pleasing God makes one vulnerable to the enemy and cohorts against our faith in the grace [Proverbs 16:7]. 

And to live a life wherein God is not PLEASED with you, and rather, you cannot PLEASE God for lack of faith by the Word is sinful and has consequences [Romans 14:23]. And such consequences can be dire and result in fatalities just as physical hunger does [Amos 8:11-14; Genesis 41-47]. SELAH — PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT IT! 

One of such consequences is to have no MEANINGFUL nourishment and fulfilment in LIFE and GODLY LIVING with God, as a result of NO FELLOWSHIP to enhance one’s RELATIONSHIP with GOD. It takes FAITH to FELLOWSHIP with God. For we are CALLED to FELLOWSHIP with God in order to ENHANCE our RELATIONSHIP with Him, for therein is the PATH of LIFE [1 Corinthians 1:9; Psalms 16:11; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:11]. 

When one is IMPOVERISHED and MALNOURISHED within one’s being, there is no amount of WEALTH and PHYSICAL POSSESSION that can FULFIL such emptiness within [Luke 12:15]. 

And there is no scientific or medical act such as SCAN, X-RAY, STETHOSCOPE, CHEMOTHERAPY and such like that can and will be able to detect the essence of the human spirit that makes man a being. For God has put a default of ETERNITY in the human spirit, with which in His infinite nature only He can relate to every being [Ecclesiastes 3:11 Amplified; Proverbs 20:27; Job 32:8; Job 33:4]. 

Therefore, SPIRITUAL FAMINE, as with PHYSICAL FAMINE, has consequences. And with RESOLUTION for an ANSWER to SPIRITUAL FAMINE, PHYSICAL FAMINE can be RESOLVED effortlessly in grace [2 Chronicles 7:12-15]. For GOD will ensure that FAMINE of ALL SORTS is RESOLVED for the good of all [Psalms 33:18-20; Psalms 37:18-19; Genesis 26:1-14; Psalms 105:16-24/Genesis 41-47]. 

It is time to RESOLVE to give yourself to FEED HEALTHILY on the WORD of God; firstly on a PERSONAL level and from other platforms and ONLINE opportunities, in order to avoid FAMINE. More so, to triumphantly thrive and be meaningfully fulfilled over any form of FAMINE that may tend to affect you in LIFE, GRACE and GODLY LIVING [Job 23:12; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Matthew 22:29; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalms 1:1-3]. 

Don’t live in SPIRITUAL DROUGHT — it will short-circuit your PATH IN LIFE and GODLY LIVING in the grace. 

THE SPIRITUAL IMPACT OF THE FAMINE OF HEARING THE WORD IS ENORMOUS AND INDESCRIBABLE. 

Therefore, with many facing ENORMOUS life challenges and circumstances, which are as a result of THE FAMINE OF THE HEARING OF THE WORD, there is the need to be built up in FAITH. And the need to kick-start your own avenue on a personal level is now — TO THE HEARING OF THE WORD — in order to STEADFASTLY RESIST IN THE FAITH the FEAR of the monster that has befallen or is intending, long before it gets to your vicinity [Amos 8:11-14]. 

It is time to feed HEALTHILY your spirit and wellbeing with the living WORD in order to STEADFASTLY RESIST IN FAITH the fear of the monster that has gripped and crippled the world’s health and economy to a standstill and downward curve for a while now [1 Peter 5:8-11]. 

And when you feed healthily, our God of all wisdom, speed and love will make you perfect, establish, strengthen and settle you in life and grace in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And I will GIVE you pastors according to mine heart, which shall FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15. 

“Behold, the DAYS come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a FAMINE in the land, not a FAMINE of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD: 12 and they shall WANDER from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall RUN to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men FAINT FOR THIRST. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again” Amos 8:11-14. 

“So then FAITH cometh by HEARING, and HEARING by the WORD of God” Romans 10:17. 

“Neither have I gone back from the COMMANDMENT of his lips; I have ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH more than my NECESSARY FOOD” Job 23:12. 

“Wherewithal shall a young man CLEANSE his way? by taking heed thereto ACCORDING to THY WORD . . . 105 Thy Word is a LAMP unto my FEET, and a LIGHT unto my PATH . . .130 The ENTRANCE of THY WORDS giveth LIGHT; it giveth UNDERSTANDING unto the SIMPLE” Psalms 119:9, 105, 130. 

“STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED unto God, a WORKMAN that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING [APPLYING] the word of truth” 2 Timothy 2:15/Emphasis Mine. 

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, MAKE YOU PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE YOU. 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” 1 Peter 5:8-11. 

“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 and that from a child thou hast KNOWN the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is PROFITABLE for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 that the man of God may be PERFECT [COMPLETE, WHOLE, MATURED], throughly furnished unto all good works” 2 Timothy 3:14-17/Emphasis mine. 

“Thy WORDS WERE FOUND, and I did EAT them; and thy WORD was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts” Jeremiah 15:16. 

SUMMARY: 
The message is a prophetic alarm titled SPIRITUAL FAMINE: ARE YOU IN DROUGHT TO THE HEARING OF THE WORD! 
It contrasts physical famine with spiritual famine and warns that the greatest famine of our day is “not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD” Amos 8:11. The message teaches that a lack of the Word produces a lack of faith, which leads to spiritual death, captivity, vulnerability to the enemy, and even manifests as physical lack in individuals, families, and nations. The antidote is to personally and deliberately feed on the Word, build faith, and restore fellowship with God so that both spiritual and physical famine can be resolved in Christ Jesus. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. THE PROPHECY OF SPIRITUAL FAMINE IS FULFILLED TODAY
  • God warned of a day when there would be a famine “of HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD”. People will run to and fro seeking the Word and not find it. Amos 8:11-13 
  • Error and spiritual destruction come from “not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29 
  • “MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE” Hosea 4:6 “…GONE INTO CAPTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE” Isaiah 5:13 
     
  1. SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL DROUGHT IN OUR TIME
  • Feeding on fables, dogmas, sectarianism, traditions, creeds, shows and self-created, denominationalised doctrines instead of the Word. Matthew 15:1-6; 1 Peter 1:17-18 
  • Craft, fraud and scams extorting people in the name of grace. Philippians 1:15-18 
  • The result: loss of healthy spiritual sensitivity. Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:3-4; 1 Timothy 1:18-20 
     
  1. WHAT SPIRITUAL FAMINE DOES TO MAN
  • Man is tripartite: spirit, soul and body. NO WORD = NO FOOD for the spirit. 
  • NO WORD = NO FAITH, NO FAITH = CANNOT PLEASE GOD [Hebrews 11:6]. CANNOT PLEASE GOD = VULNERABLE TO THE ENEMY [Proverbs 16:7]. This is sin and has consequences [Romans 14:23]. 
  • Consequences can be dire — spiritual suffering, death, captivity — just as physical hunger causes fatalities [Amos 8:11-14; Genesis 41-47]. 
  • No meaningful nourishment or fulfilment. Wealth and possessions cannot fill the emptiness [Luke 12:15]. 
  • No fellowship with God, and therefore no enhancement of relationship with Him. Yet we are CALLED to fellowship, for therein is the PATH OF LIFE [1 Corinthians 1:9; Psalms 16:11]. 
     
  1. SPIRITUAL FAMINE AFFECTS THE PHYSICAL
  • Spiritual famine can be the DE FACTO cause of the physical conditions we face as INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, SOCIETY and NATION. 
  • With resolution to spiritual famine, physical famine can be resolved effortlessly in grace [2 Chronicles 7:12-15]. God will resolve famine of all sorts [Psalms 33:18-20; Genesis 26:1-14]. 
     
  1. THE WORD IS OUR FOOD, LIGHT AND DEFENCE
  • The Word is necessary food [Job 23:12], a lamp and light [Psalms 119:105, 130], and gives understanding to the simple. 
  • Faith comes by HEARING the Word [Romans 10:17]. We must study to show ourselves approved, rightly applying the Word [2 Timothy 2:15]. 
  • All Scripture is profitable to make the man of God PERFECT, complete, matured [2 Timothy 3:14-17]. 

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. RESOLVE TO FEED HEALTHILY ON THE WORD 
    “It is time to RESOLVE to give yourself to FEED HEALTHILY on the WORD of God; firstly on a PERSONAL level and from other platforms and ONLINE opportunities, in order to avoid FAMINE.” 
    Esteem the Word more than necessary food [Job 23:12]. Eat it like Jeremiah [Jeremiah 15:16].
  2. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY — STOP BLAMING 
    “You cannot blame people or anyone for your spiritual drought when there are opportunities to be informed — as you are now reading.” 
    Your becoming for today and tomorrow is within your decision. Use the grace and opportunity given to stop every signal of spiritual drought.
  3. BUILD FAITH TO RESIST THE ENEMY 
    “Kick-start your own avenue on a personal level is now — TO THE HEARING OF THE WORD — in order to STEADFASTLY RESIST IN THE FAITH the FEAR of the monster…” [1 Peter 5:8-11] 
    Be sober, be vigilant. God of all grace will then make you perfect, establish, strengthen and settle you in life and grace in Christ Jesus. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

BE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS 

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BE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS! 

“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A SCEPTRE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS, and HATED INIQUITY; therefore God, even thy God, hath ANOINTED thee with the OIL of gladness ABOVE THY FELLOWS”  Hebrews 1:8-9. 

To start with, our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ is not only our RIGHTEOUSNESS in grace, but He clothed Himself in RIGHTEOUSNESS while in humanity. He did this in humanity in order to enact, authenticate, ensure and assure that the kingdom purpose of God which He came to establish and fulfil was unadulterated and undistorted. 

And for this cause in grace, you and I who are REDEEMED in His grace ought to know that it is by living only by the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in Christ Jesus that one can be delivered and emancipated, triumphant and an overcomer, victorious and more than a conqueror, from religious dogmas, bondages, the make-believe of denomination, man-made traditions, ordinances and such like doctrinal bondages. 

“For he hath MADE him to be SIN for us, who knew no sin; that we might be MADE the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in him” 2 Corinthians 5:21. 

“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is MADE unto us wisdom, and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and sanctification, and redemption” 1 Corinthians 1:30 

“. . . 3 For they being IGNORANT of God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS, and going about to establish their own RIGHTEOUSNESS, have not submitted themselves unto the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God. 4 For Christ is the END of the law for RIGHTEOUSNESS to every one that believeth . . . 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto RIGHTEOUSNESS; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” Romans 10:1-10. 

Sin does not only make a person cheap, ugly, dirty, filthy and worthless before God, it brings reproach. It also drives one to steal, to kill and to destroy — the individual, the family, the generation, the community and the nation. That is why Satan is likened to it. 

“The RIGHTEOUSNESS of the upright shall DELIVER them: but TRANSGRESSORS shall be taken in their own NAUGHTINESS” Proverbs 11:6. 

But RIGHTEOUSNESS, which is of God in Christ Jesus, enables one to stand before God without shame, fear, guilt, or any form of inferiority complex. It establishes and fortifies the individual, the family, the generation, the community, and the nation. It is a defence and delivers in the days of trouble and in godly challenges of every sort. 

“Righteousness EXALTS a nation: but SIN is a REPROACH to any people” Proverbs 14:34. 

“Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is NO RESPECTER of persons: 35 but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh RIGHTEOUSNESS, is ACCEPTED with him” Acts 10:34-35. 

Righteousness is the bedrock, framework, and structure of all that pertains to the Kingdom of God in grace. You cannot afford not to have right-standing with God whilst you seek to explore the gains in His Kingdom plan, purpose, and pursuit. 

Pursue RIGHTEOUSNESS and be found living in and through it as you live life and live godly, so that you may enjoy the peace, quietness, and joy of the Holy Spirit within, even in the face of overwhelming challenges where many would have given up. I know this to be true and real in the grace of Christ Jesus. Amen. 

For the Kingdom of God is not about PLEASURING [eating and drinking]; hence the need to be ESTABLISHED in RIGHTEOUSNESS. And being established in RIGHTEOUSNESS must be ensured as your day-to-day default and de facto in all that concerns you in the grace of Christ Jesus. It is this that assures you to thrive and synergise by the indwelling Holy Spirit of promise toward all that is good and godly in the Kingdom. 

“For the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but RIGHTEOUSNESS and PEACE and JOY in the Holy Spirit” Romans 14:17/NKJV. 

“The WORK of RIGHTEOUSNESS will be PEACE, And the EFFECT of RIGHTEOUSNESS, QUIETNESS and ASSURANCE forever” Isaiah 32:17/NKJV. 

“. . . 14 In RIGHTEOUSNESS shalt thou BE ESTABLISHED: thou shalt be FAR from oppression; for thou shalt NOT FEAR: and FROM TERROR; for it shall not come near thee . . .” Isaiah 54:14 [13-17]. 

Therefore, RECONNECT yourself, your family, your generation, your community, and your nation back to the RIGHTEOUSNESS which is of God in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

For in God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS in Christ Jesus, nations — with your family and community inclusive — are exalted and built up for the good of humanity, to the glory of God in Christ Jesus. 

“But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and his RIGHTEOUSNESS; and all these things shall be ADDED unto you” Matthew 6:33. 

“RIGHTEOUSNESS exalts a NATION [INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, COMMUNITY], But SIN is a REPROACH to any people” Proverbs 14:34/NKJV/Emphasis mine 

Now, today is the moment to synchronise our faith in God in RIGHTEOUSNESS, to ensure and assure our justification in the grace. 

You need to pause now, and connect and synchronise to God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS, to move forward in all you do in life and in living godly in Christ Jesus, in the grace. 

Be BLESSED in EVERYWAY in CHRIST JESUS. AMEN. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into THIS GRACE wherein WE STAND, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2. 

“But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and his RIGHTEOUSNESS; and all these things shall be ADDED unto you” Matthew 6:33. 

“And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In RIGHTEOUSNESS shalt thou BE ESTABLISHED: thou shalt be FAR from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord” Isaiah 54:13-17. 

SUMMARY: 
The message is a prophetic charge and teaching on BEING ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. 

It contrasts the destructive nature of sin with the life-giving, establishing power of God’s Righteousness in Christ. It calls every believer to reject self-righteousness, religious bondage and sin, and to fully reconnect to God’s Righteousness as the foundation for individual life, family, community and nation. The central truth is that Jesus Christ Himself is our Righteousness, and only by living in Him can we experience deliverance, peace, victory, exaltation and the true Kingdom life. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. CHRIST IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
  • Jesus clothed Himself in Righteousness in humanity to establish God’s unadulterated Kingdom purpose. Hebrews 1:8-9 
  • He was made sin for us so that we might be made the Righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21 
  • In Christ we are made wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. 1 Corinthians 1:30 
     
  1. THE DANGER AND FRUIT OF SIN
  • Sin makes a person cheap, dirty, filthy and worthless before God, and brings reproach. 
  • Sin drives one to steal, kill and destroy the individual, family, generation, community and nation. That is why Satan is likened to it. 
  • “Righteousness EXALTS a nation: but SIN is a REPROACH to any people” Proverbs 14:34 
     
  1. THE POWER AND BENEFITS OF GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS
  • It enables us to stand before God without shame, fear, guilt or inferiority complex. 
  • It establishes and fortifies the individual, family, generation, community and nation. 
  • It is our defence and delivers us in days of trouble. Proverbs 11:6, Isaiah 54:14 
  • It brings peace, quietness, assurance and joy of the Holy Spirit. Isaiah 32:17, Romans 14:17 
  • In every nation, he that fears God and works righteousness is accepted with Him. Acts 10:34-35 
     
  1. THE KINGDOM FOUNDATION
  • Righteousness is the bedrock, framework and structure of the Kingdom of God in grace. 
  • The Kingdom is not about pleasurable things, but “RIGHTEOUSNESS and PEACE and JOY in the Holy Spirit” Romans 14:17 
  • We must not be ignorant and try to establish our own righteousness. Christ is the END of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Romans 10:3-4 
  • Justification comes by faith. “Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have PEACE with God” Romans 5:1-2
  1. FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE
  • Living in God’s Righteousness delivers and emancipates us from religious dogmas, denominational make-believe, man-made traditions and doctrinal bondages. 

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. RECONNECT NOW – “Therefore, RECONNECT yourself, your family, your generation, your community, and your nation back to the RIGHTEOUSNESS which is of God in Christ Jesus. Amen.” 
  2. PURPOSE TO LIVE IN IT DAILY – Make being established in Righteousness your day-to-day default and de facto in all that concerns you in the grace of Christ Jesus. 
  3. SYNCHRONISE YOUR FAITH TODAY – “Now, today is the moment to synchronise our faith in God in RIGHTEOUSNESS, to ensure and assure our justification in the grace. You need to pause now, and connect and synchronise to God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS, to move forward in all you do in life and in living godly in Christ Jesus, in the grace.” 
  4. SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM – “But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and his RIGHTEOUSNESS; and all these things shall be ADDED unto you” Matthew 6:33 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE BEAUTIFUL YOU 

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THE BEAUTIFUL YOU: YOU ARE MADE TO THRIVE AND NOT BE A SURVIVAL IN THE GRACE! 

“He has MADE everything BEAUTIFUL and APPROPRIATE in its time. He has also planted ETERNITY [a sense of DIVINE PURPOSE] in the HUMAN HEART [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified. 

It is time to COLOUR YOUR WORLD by what God made you to be in Christ Jesus’ stead — otherwise it is ADULTERATION and a COUNTERFEIT: FAKE, MAN-MADE and MAKE-BELIEVE. And that will make you less than God’s definition of you and for you, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION: old things are passed away; behold, all things are BECOME NEW” 2 Corinthians 5:17/NKJV. 

“God [in His ETERNAL PLAN] CHOSE to make KNOWN to them how GREAT for the Gentiles are the RICHES of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in and among you, the HOPE and GUARANTEE of [realizing the] glory” Colossians 1:27/Amplified. 

Beloved Friends, here is another gracious opportunity to remind you to lift your head, square your shoulders, and walk on your high heels of FAITH in Christ Jesus’ stead, knowing that you are — fearfully, wonderfully and colourfully — MADE to THRIVE and not to SURVIVE, in grace and in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

You need to embrace the New You in Christ, live it and enjoy it. You are made to THRIVE and not to SURVIVE as an OVERCOMER of the world system, in doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

You ARE defined to be TRIUMPHANT, VICTORIOUS, MORE THAN A CONQUEROR and an OVERCOMER in Christ Jesus’ stead, in the face of all odds and ends in life and godliness, simply because of what God HAS DONE in you by Christ Jesus. Amen. 

[1 John 5:3-5; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 15:57] 

Be Blessed in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION: old things are passed away; behold, all things are BECOME NEW” 2 Corinthians 5:17. 

“. . . I will praise thee; for I am FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY MADE: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well . . .” (Psalms 139:12-18). 

“. . . that our SONS may be as plants GROWN up in their YOUTH; that our DAUGHTERS may be as corner stones, POLISHED after the SIMILITUDE of a PALACE . . .” Psalms 144:11-15. 

“And God said, Let us MAKE man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God CREATED man in his own image, in the image of God CREATED he him; MALE and FEMALE created he them. 28 And God BLESSED THEM, and God SAID unto THEM, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth . . . 31 And God saw every thing that he had MADE, and, behold, it was VERY GOOD. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day” Genesis 1:26-31. 

“. . . 4 WHAT IS MAN that You are mindful of him, and THE SON OF MAN that You visit him? 5 For You have MADE him a little lower than the angels, and You have CROWNED him with glory and honour. 6 You have MADE him to have DOMINION over the works of Your hands; you have put all things under his feet, 7 All sheep and oxen— even the beasts of the field, 8 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas. . . .” Psalms 8:1-9. 

“Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. 12 I have MADE the earth, and CREATED MAN upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded” Isaiah 45:11-12. 

SUMMARY: 

The message is a charge to embrace your God-given identity in Christ: THE BEAUTIFUL YOU — MADE TO THRIVE AND NOT TO SURVIVE. It calls every believer to reject counterfeit, man-made versions of themselves and to walk in the grace, beauty and divine purpose God ordained from eternity. Through Scripture, it reminds us that we are fearfully, wonderfully and colourfully made, new creations in Christ Jesus, chosen and crowned to have dominion, and empowered by the Holy Spirit to live triumphantly in God’s blessedness. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. YOU ARE GOD’S MASTERPIECE 
    “He has MADE everything BEAUTIFUL and APPROPRIATE in its time… and planted ETERNITY in the HUMAN HEART” (Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified.) 
    You are FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY MADE (Psalm 139:14), created in GOD’S IMAGE IN CHRIST (Genesis 1:26-27) and called VERY GOOD by God Himself (Genesis 1:31).
  2. NEW CREATION IDENTITY 
    “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION: old things are passed away; behold, all things are BECOME NEW” (2 Corinthians 5:17). 
    Christ in you is the HOPE and GUARANTEE of glory (Colossians 1:27). You are no longer defined by the world system, but by grace.
  3. THE DANGER OF ADULTERATION 
    To live outside what God made you to be is ADULTERATION and a COUNTERFEIT: FAKE, MAN-MADE and MAKE-BELIEVE. 
    That makes you less than God’s definition of you and for you, in Christ Jesus’ stead.
  4. CALLED TO THRIVE, NOT SURVIVE 
    You are MADE to THRIVE and not to SURVIVE. Lift your head, square your shoulders, and walk on your high heels of FAITH. 
    You are defined as TRIUMPHANT, VICTORIOUS, MORE THAN A CONQUEROR and an OVERCOMER (Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 15:57) because of what God HAS DONE in you by Christ Jesus.
  5. CROWNED WITH PURPOSE AND DOMINION 
    God has CROWNED man with glory and honour and given DOMINION over the works of His hands (Psalm 8:5-6). 
    Sons are to be like plants grown in youth, daughters like corner stones, POLISHED after the SIMILITUDE of a PALACE (Psalm 144:12).
  6. GRACE AND BLESSEDNESS 
    God’s commandments are not grievous (1 John 5:3-5). In Christ we live and do life godly, in God’s BLESSEDNESS, not by striving. 

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. COLOUR YOUR WORLD by what God made you to be in Christ Jesus’ stead. Refuse adulteration and counterfeit living.
  2. EMBRACE THE NEW YOU IN CHRIST — live it and enjoy it.
  3. WALK IN FAITH — lift your head, walk as an OVERCOMER, knowing you are eternally defined and crafted with God’s Spirit within.
  4. PONDER THE WORD — meditate on Scriptures about your identity: 2 Corinthians 5:17, Psalm 139, Psalm 8, Genesis 1, Isaiah 45.
  5. THRIVE IN GRACE — receive God’s grace and blessedness, and walk out your divine purpose daily. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE HOLY B-I-B-L-E: THE BLESSED-INFORMATION-BRINGING-LIFE-ETERNAL!

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THE HOLY B-I-B-L-E: THE BLESSED-INFORMATION-BRINGING-LIFE-ETERNAL! 

“For whatever was WRITTEN in earlier times was WRITTEN for our INSTRUCTION, so that through ENDURANCE and the ENCOURAGEMENT of the Scriptures we might have HOPE and OVERFLOW with CONFIDENCE in His PROMISES” Romans 15:4/Amplified. 

THE HOLY BIBLE — which is the written Word, the testament, the will and the covenant document of God to mankind — is the only place of THE TRUTH that brings truthful information for transformation, and the knowledge for deliverance, complete freedom, restoration and emancipation to all, in God, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

The Holy Bible may seem mysterious to some, but it is not a MYSTICAL book, but the PRACTICAL book of inspiration, revelation and empowerment. It is not A TRUTH that you CONJURE, but THE TRUTH that you PRACTISE — in doing LIFE and LIVING GODLY by God’s enabling grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

Unlike every other book ever written or to be written, the HOLY BIBLE is not burdensome, irksome, grievous or a taskmaster as some claim or acclaim it to be, but it is the LIBERATING BOOK for and of complete and wholesome freedom. It is God’s Holy written document that both INFORMS and TRANSFORMS the reader and user without prejudice, sentiment and discrimination. 

And it is the only written document whose AUTHOR is ever PRESENT to help one know and understand the content amicably and with ease, with NO ADULTERATION and CONFUSION. 

Every other BOOK you READ, but the HOLY BIBLE is the only authentic and living BOOK that READS you, knows you, assesses you and sets you free, to give inner peace and tranquillity at the same time, at no cost, on faith in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

The Holy SCRIPTURE [The BIBLE] is God-breathed, given by divine inspiration and is profitable for instruction, for conviction of sin, for correction of error and restoration to obedience, for training in righteousness — learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately — and in behaving honourably with personal integrity and moral courage; so that the believer in God through Christ Jesus may be complete and proficient, outfitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work in the grace. 

And this is made possible because the Holy Writ is not binding nor does it lead to bondage, but it SETS everyone that comes to it in faith and in their quest with FREEDOM from all forms of addiction, bondage and captivity, at no charge in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“But you must CONTINUE in the things which you have LEARNED and been ASSURED of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the HOLY SCRIPTURES, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 ALL SCRIPTURE is given by INSPIRATION of God, and is PROFITABLE for DOCTRINE, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be COMPLETE, THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED for every good work” 2 Timothy 3:14-15/NKJV. 

“For this is the LOVE of God, that we KEEP his commandments: AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT GRIEVOUS [BURDENSOME, IRKSOME, OPPRESSIVE, or TASKMASTER]” 1 John 5:3. 

“Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT BOUND.” 2 Timothy 2:9. 

What THE BIBLE means to me — (B)BLESSED (I)INFORMATION (B)BRINGING (L)LIFE (E)ETERNAL: 

I therefore urge and plead with you to earnestly desire to — LOVE IT, READ IT, STUDY IT, MEDITATE ON IT and PRACTISE IT, for your good and for your goodliness. And you will find PEACE and FREEDOM that no man can price or prize you with. 

Hence, I am wholeheartedly RECOMMENDING and COMMENDING the Holy Writ [BIBLE] to you right now as a friend, because I know that the inspiring, revealing and empowering, gracious Word that is within will ANSWER that QUESTION that still hangs over you — that long-standing mountain, valley, crooked road and rough places — and make them a plain, exalted, straight and smooth path by the grace in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. 4 Every VALLEY shall be EXALTED And every MOUNTAIN and HILL brought LOW; The CROOKED places shall be made STRAIGHT And the ROUGH places SMOOTH; 5 The GLORY of the Lord shall be REVEALED, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken” Isaiah 40:3-5/NKJV. 

“Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might DELIVER US FROM THIS PRESENT EVIL AGE, according to the WILL of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.” Galatians 1:3-5/NKJV. 

The Holy Writ, THE BIBLE, will CHANGE your life and wellbeing for good, but you must primarily READ it for yourself — first-hand — in order to know and understand it in context; to safeguard you from external perversion, adulteration and confusion; and to make it bring forth good and godliness in your life without prejudice. 

“And now, brethren, I COMMEND you to God, and to THE WORD OF HIS GRACE, which is ABLE TO BUILD YOU UP, and to GIVE YOU AN INHERITANCE among all them which are SANCTIFIED” Acts 20:32. 

I do LOVE the Holy Bible, more and more with each passing moment of READING… hence I INTENTIONALLY and DELIBERATELY RECOMMEND it to you now. 

It is my highly recommended TRUTH for you — you need to make an effort to READ, KNOW and UNDERSTAND the HOLY BIBLE. 

The Author is always present — the Blessed Holy Spirit — to help you as you read, study and meditate upon it, so that you may have answers to your quest and experience emancipation at no cost whatsoever, as you have faith in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

The Holy Bible is an ASSURED book of God’s prophetic WORD without prejudice, for the good of all, irrespective. 

“So we have the PROPHETIC WORD made more certain [ASSURED]. You do well to pay [close] attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and light breaks through the gloom and the morning star arises in your hearts. 20 But understand this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of or comes from one’s own [personal or special] interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God” 2 Peter 1:19-21/Amplified. 

The Holy Bible — The Holy Writ — The Holy Scripture — The WORD of God — is God’s enabling VOICE for your yesterday, today and tomorrow. 

READ, SEARCH, PONDER and FIND YOUR LIFE PURPOSE IN IT. 

I sincerely and wholeheartedly RECOMMEND it to you now. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK – Every grace! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“For this is the LOVE of God, that we KEEP his commandments: AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT GRIEVOUS [BURDENSOME, IRKSOME, OPPRESSIVE, or TASKMASTER]” 1 John 5:3. 

“Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT BOUND.” 2 Timothy 2:9. 

“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I HAVE ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD.” Job 23:12. 

“O HOW LOVE I THY LAW! IT IS MY MEDITATION ALL THE DAY. 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I HAVE MORE UNDERSTANDING THAN ALL MY TEACHERS: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I UNDERSTAND MORE THAN THE ANCIENTS, because I keep thy precepts.” Psalms 119:97-100. 

SUMMARY: 

The message is a heartfelt commendation of THE HOLY BIBLE as God’s living, liberating, and practical Word for every believer. It declares that the Bible is not mystical or burdensome, but the blessed source of truth, freedom, purpose, and empowerment through Christ Jesus. The writer urges every reader to personally engage with Scripture — to read, study, meditate and practise it — because the Holy Spirit, the Author, is ever present to teach, deliver and transform. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. THE BIBLE DEFINED 
    B.I.B.L.E = BLESSED-INFORMATION-BRING-LIFE-ETERNAL. 
    It is the Holy Writ, the Holy Scripture, the WORD of God — His covenant, testament and will to mankind. It is God’s enabling VOICE for your yesterday, today and tomorrow. 
     
  2. THE PURPOSE OF SCRIPTURE 
    “For whatever was WRITTEN in earlier times was WRITTEN for our INSTRUCTION, so that through ENDURANCE and the ENCOURAGEMENT of the Scriptures we might have HOPE and OVERFLOW with CONFIDENCE in His PROMISES” Romans 15:4/Amplified. 
    Scripture gives instruction, conviction, correction, training in righteousness so the believer may be complete and thoroughly equipped (2 Timothy 3:16-17). It brings deliverance, restoration, emancipation, inner peace and tranquillity. 
     
  3. THE BIBLE IS PRACTICAL, NOT MYSTICAL 
    It is not burdensome, irksome or a taskmaster (1 John 5). It is the LIBERATING BOOK that informs and transforms without prejudice, sentiment or discrimination. 
    Unlike any other book: every other book you READ, but the HOLY BIBLE READS you. It knows, assesses, and sets you free. 
     
  4. THE AUTHOR IS PRESENT 
    The Blessed Holy Spirit is always present to help you know and understand the content with NO ADULTERATION and CONFUSION. The Word is God-breathed and profitable for every good work. 
     
  5. THE POWER TO CHANGE LIFE 
    The Bible turns mountains to plains, crooked places straight, and rough places smooth (Isaiah 40:3-5). It delivers us FROM THIS PRESENT EVIL AGE (Galatians 1:4)   and builds us up with an inheritance among the sanctified (Acts 20:32). 
     
  6. A PERSONAL TESTIMONY 
    The author loves the Bible more and more with each passing moment of READING and therefore INTENTIONALLY and DELIBERATELY RECOMMENDS it. It is their “highly recommended TRUTH” that brings answers at no cost whatsoever, on faith in Christ Jesus’ stead.  

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. LOVE IT, READ IT, STUDY IT, MEDITATE ON IT and PRACTISE IT — first-hand, in context, for yourself. 
  2. CONTINUE in what you have learned and been assured of (2 Timothy 3:14). 
  3. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION to the prophetic Word as a lamp in a dark place until Christ arises in your heart (2 Peter 1:19). 
  4. FIND YOUR LIFE PURPOSE IN IT — READ, SEARCH, PONDER. 
  5. COME IN FAITH — the Word sets free from all forms of addiction, bondage and captivity at no charge in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

BE A BEREÄN BELIEVER – EXAMINE BEFORE YOU SAY AMEN 

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BE A BEREÄN BELIEVER – EXAMINE BEFORE YOU SAY AMEN: IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO SPEAKS OR WRITE! 

“Jesus answered and said to them, “You are MISTAKEN, not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES nor the power of God” Matthew 22:29/NKJV. 

It is high time not to be MISTAKEN any more in any matter of DOING LIFE and LIVING IN GODLINESS, in Christ Jesus’ stead; it is time to be SCRIPTURALLY certain in CONTEXT, before saying — AMEN! 

Otherwise, you will walk erroneously and have only yourself to blame for such ignorance. 

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be SWIFT to HEAR, SLOW to SPEAK (ACT), SLOW to WRATH: 20 for the WRATH of man WORKETH not the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God” James 1:19-20/Emphasis Mine. 

To say ‘AMEN’ is gracious and graceful if you understand the INTENT and CONTEXT. 

For to ‘AMEN’ is to spiritually agree within you to a CAUSE with your spirit, in affirmation of God’s WORD by the Holy Spirit concerning a matter, spoken or written by you or by someone else. 

An “AMEN” is more than a mere word; it carries spiritual implication and assertion. Hence it is not for a joke or for wishy-washy affirmation statements. 

Therefore, saying “AMEN” to everything before you hear and read, or whilst you hear or read the handwriting on the wall, without knowing and understanding the SCRIPTURAL context, is erroneous. 

For many have become CAPTIVES of their own erroneous making and have SUFFERED severely for their ignorance, in taking up an instruction that was not EXAMINED SCRIPTURALLY before ACTING upon it. 

“MY PEOPLE are DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I will also REJECT thee, that thou shalt be NO priest to me: seeing thou hast FORGOTTEN the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children” Hosea 4:6. 

“Therefore MY PEOPLE have gone into CAPTIVITY, Because they have NO KNOWLEDGE; Their HONORABLE men are FAMISHED, And their MULTITUDE dried up with THIRST. 14 Therefore SHEOL has enlarged itself And opened its mouth beyond measure; Their glory and their multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it. 15 People shall be brought down, Each man shall be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled” Isaiah 5:13-15/NKJV. 

Sometimes when I read and examine the content and context of what people are saying “AMEN” and “BLESS ME” to, I wonder what kind of generation is being raised in the Body of Christ. 

At times one wonders, with the availability of information and accessibility to God’s Word in various formats today, why is it that God’s people, who ought to make a difference by the WORD, with the illumination of the Holy Spirit that is given to us, will just be affirming anything because of allegiance to a man or a creed they ignorantly look up to? 

For some, it is because of their own selfishness or self-centred hype and applause they can get, irrespective of the errors, because of the kind of ignorant people they are influencing. 

These, and more that are not mentioned, are what truly give me cause and make me very concerned about the darkness that is hovering over God’s heritage through ignorance, stupidity and foolishness. 

And if I may ask: What GENERATION do you class yourself in? 
Is it a GENERATION of “BLESS ME”? 
Or a GENERATION of “AMEN”? 
Or a GENERATION of “BLESS ME and AMEN”? 
Which one are you, my reader? 

Or are you the GENERATION that EXAMINES to ENSURE that God’s WORD RULES REIGNS SUPREME, no matter who SPEAKS, WRITES or has WRITTEN? 

I am just pondering how people simply say “AMEN” and “BLESS ME” to every form of post, whether written or spoken in various media formats, simply because someone regarded as important said it. 

Did the people ever READ the CONTENT? DID THEY LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND THE STATEMENT? 
And much more, did they affirm if it is SCRIPTURALLY written or recorded, and what it truly means in grace? 

There is the need to be like the BEREAN Christian Believers in Christ Jesus’ stead, who SEARCH and EXAMINE in order to ENSURE and be assured that their FAITH in a CONTEXT is scripturally believable and affirmable. 

“And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more NOBLE than those in Thessalonica, in that they RECEIVED the word with all READINESS of mind, and SEARCHED the SCRIPTURES daily, whether THOSE THINGS were so. 12 Therefore many of them BELIEVED; also of HONOURABLE women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few” Acts 17:10-12. 

When you say ‘AMEN’ as God’s child to what only makes common sense, and there is no INSPIRATION, REVELATION and EMPOWERMENT of the Holy Spirit of grace by the WORD in such a CONTEXT, it becomes a joke. 

And a joke does not bring about God’s grace to anyone, nor does it enable you to become what that statement is in grace, wherein you can stand to access God’s enabling in all things that pertain to DOING LIFE and LIVING GODLY. 

  • For example: someone says, “God wants to make you a millionaire. Come forth and give a millionaire offering.” You jump up and say, “Amen.” That is falsehood. God never promised that in the Scriptures. Besides, if you become a millionaire overnight by being hastened, and your problems become multiplied, what difference does it make in you? Would it not have been better to live by God’s gracious act of prosperity as in the Scriptures — 3 John 2 / Deuteronomy 8:18 — than by the sudden millionaire spell and syndrome that is unscriptural? 

The great Apostle and Emeritus Paul, who wrote by the INSPIRATION, REVELATION and EMPOWERMENT of the Holy Spirit of grace more than a third of the epistles of the New Testament Bible which we all read to DO LIFE daily, was EXAMINED daily concerning the SPOKEN or WRITTEN epistles — Acts 17:10-13; 2 Peter 3:14-18. 

All the more, there is the need to SEARCH and EXAMINE in these last days of accreditation, with people accustomed to mere titles, adulteration, falsehood, photoshop, self-imaging and mere words coated with the philosophy of common sense rather than WORD affirmation. 

There is the need for more examination to cleanse the Church and society of such menaces, perverts, wickedness and evils we see today — Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:3-4; Philippians 1:15-18. 

There is the NEED to EXAMINE what you read or hear for your own good in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS, before you become a joke with the joker. 

Therefore, THINK and LEARN from the BEREAN BELIEVERS concerning Apostle Paul, as it is written. 

Don’t be MISTAKEN anymore in any matter of life and godliness — Be SCRIPTURALLY certain in CONTEXT, before saying — “AMEN”. 

I pray you tread scripturally in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they RECEIVED the word with all readiness of mind, and SEARCHED the SCRIPTURES daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them BELIEVED; also of HONOURABLE women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few” Acts 17:10-12. 

“Jesus answered and said unto them, YE DO ERR, not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor the power of God” Matthew 22:29. 

“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou OUGHTEST TO BEHAVE THYSELF in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:15. 

“Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be DILIGENT that ye may be found of him in peace, WITHOUT SPOT, and BLAMELESS. 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things HARD TO BE UNDERSTOOD, which they that are UNLEARNED AND UNSTABLE WREST, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the ERROR of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18 But GROW IN GRACE, AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen” 2 Peter 3:14-18. 

“And now, brethren, I COMMEND you to God, and to THE WORD OF HIS GRACE, which is able to BUILD you up, and to GIVE you an INHERITANCE among all them which are SANCTIFIED” Acts 20:32. 

“STUDY to shew thyself APPROVED unto God, a workman that NEEDETH not to be ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING (APPLYING) the word of truth” 2 Timothy 2:15 Emphasis Mine. 

“We have also a MORE SURE WORD of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a LIGHT that shineth in a DARK place, until the DAY DAWN, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of the SCRIPTURE is of any PRIVATE INTERPRETATION. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the WILL of man: but HOLY men of God SPAKE as they were MOVED (LED) by the Holy Ghost” 2 Peter 1:19-21/Emphasis Mine. 

“I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who CALLED you in the grace of Christ, to a DIFFERENT gospel, 7 which is NOT ANOTHER; but there are some who TROUBLE you and want to PERVERT the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, PREACH any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be ACCURSED. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone PREACHES any other GOSPEL to you than what you have received, let him be ACCURSED” Galatians 1:6-9/NKJV. 

“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to CONTEND EARNESTLY FOR THE FAITH which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For CERTAIN MEN have crept in UNNOTICED, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, UNGODLY men, who turn the grace of our God into LEWDNESS and DENY the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ” Jude 1:3-4/NKJV. 

“Some indeed PREACH Christ even from ENVY and STRIFE, and some also from GOODWILL: 16 The former PREACH Christ from SELFISH AMBITION, NOT SINCERELY, supposing to add affliction to my chains; 17 but the latter OUT OF LOVE, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in PRETENSE or in TRUTH, Christ is PREACHED; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice” Philippians 1:15-18/NKJV. 

“Truly, these TIMES OF IGNORANCE God OVERLOOKED, but now COMMANDS all men everywhere to repent, 31 because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead” Acts 17:30-31/NKJV. 

SUMMARY: 
The message is a charge to BE A BEREAN BELIEVER — EXAMINE BEFORE YOU SAY “AMEN”. 

It warns that saying “AMEN” without SCRIPTURAL knowledge, CONTEXT and the INSPIRATION of the Holy Spirit is dangerous. It leads to error, captivity and spiritual destruction. True godliness in Christ Jesus’ stead demands that we test every word spoken or written, no matter who said it, and only affirm what is founded on GOD’S WORD.

KEY POINTS 

  1. “AMEN” is a Spiritual Agreement, Not a Casual Word
    To say ‘AMEN’ is to spiritually agree in your spirit to a CAUSE, in affirmation of GOD’S WORD by the Holy Spirit. It carries implication and assertion. It is not for jokes or wishy-washy affirmations — 1 Corinthians 14:16.
     
  2. Ignorance of Scripture Leads to Error and Captivity
    Jesus said, “You are MISTAKEN, not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES” — Matthew 22:29.
    God’s people are DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE — Hosea 4:6. 
    They go into CAPTIVITY because they have NO KNOWLEDGE — Isaiah 5:13-15. 
    Saying AMEN to what is not examined scripturally makes you a captive of your own error. 
     
  3. The Berean Standard: Search and Examine Daily
    The Bereans were more NOBLE because they RECEIVED the word with READINESS and SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY to see if those things were so — Acts 17:10-12.
    Even Paul’s epistles were EXAMINED — 2 Peter 3:14-18. 
    We must not affirm by allegiance to a man, title, creed, or hype, but by the WORD. 
     
  4. The Danger of This Generation: “BLESS ME” and “AMEN” Culture
    Many affirm anything because of self-centred hype, applause, or loyalty to personalities.
    They say “AMEN” and “BLESS ME” to posts without READING, LISTENING, or UNDERSTANDING if it is SCRIPTURALLY true in grace. 
    This opens the door to falsehood, adulteration, philosophy and “millionaire syndrome” that is not in Scripture — Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:3-4; Philippians 1:15-18. 
     
  5. The Test: Inspiration, Revelation and Empowerment by the Word
    If there is no INSPIRATION, REVELATION and EMPOWERMENT of the Holy Spirit by the WORD in the context, then saying AMEN to it is a joke.
    And a joke does not bring God’s grace or enable you to live godly — 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Peter 1:19-21. 
  6. God Commands Us to Grow in Knowledge
    We are to BEHAVE OURSELVES in the house of God — 1 Timothy 3:15.
    We must STUDY to show ourselves APPROVED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING the word of truth — 2 Timothy 2:15. 
    We are to GROW IN GRACE AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE of our Lord Jesus Christ — 2 Peter 3:18. 
    The WORD OF HIS GRACE is able to BUILD you up and GIVE you an INHERITANCE — Acts 20:32.

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. EXAMINE BEFORE YOU AFFIRM 
    Be SWIFT to HEAR, SLOW to SPEAK/ACT — James 1:19-20. 
    Search the Scriptures daily concerning every teaching, post, or prophecy before you say “AMEN”.
  2. CHOOSE YOUR GENERATION 
    Ask yourself: Are you a GENERATION of “BLESS ME”? A GENERATION of “AMEN”? Or a GENERATION of “BLESS ME and AMEN”? 
    Or are you the GENERATION that ENSURES GOD’S WORD RULES and REIGNS SUPREME, no matter who SPEAKS or WRITES?
  3. REJECT ERROR AND CONTEND FOR THE FAITH 
    Do not be MISTAKEN anymore in DOING LIFE and LIVING GODLY. 
    Contend earnestly for the faith once delivered — Jude 1:3-4. 
    Cleans the Church of menaces, perversion and falsehood by testing all things.
  4. LIVE BY SCRIPTURAL CERTAINTY 
    Be SCRIPTURALLY certain in CONTEXT before saying “AMEN”. 
    Tread in the grace in Christ Jesus’ stead. Grow, be built up, and walk blameless. 

Final Charge: 
Don’t be a joke with the joker. 
BE A BEREAN. EXAMINE. THEN SAY AMEN. 
AMEN. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

FOLLOWING GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT IN YOUR LIFE 

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FOLLOWING GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT IN YOUR LIFE: IT GIVES MEANINGFUL FULFILMENT IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD! 

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED to the MINISTRY [ASSIGNMENT, MANDATE, COMMISSION] which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL [COMPLETE] it” Colossians 4:17/Emphasis Mine. 

“Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not DISOBEDIENT unto the HEAVENLY VISION [ASSIGNMENT, MANDATE, COMMISSION]” Acts 26:19. 

“Jesus said to them, My FOOD [NOURISHMENT] is to DO the WILL [PLEASURE, ASSIGNMENT, MANDATE, COMMISSION] of Him Who SENT Me and to ACCOMPLISH and COMPLETELY FINISH His work” John 4:34/Amplified Classic Edition. 

There is the CHOICE of being FULFILLED in life and godliness [godly LIVING] — and the CHOICE of being MERELY A SUCCESS AND SUCCESSFUL in life, as many have found themselves when they pursue it passionately and are driven with such enthusiasm to become it. 

The quest in the above concept is this: Can you afford to move from a place of GLAMOUR SUCCESS to a DESERT PLACE in life when it is GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for you? 
And especially when you know that GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT could be your place of meaningful FULFILMENT in the grace. 

I want you to know for sure that doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus is all about FOLLOWING GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for your life in grace; and possibly in ministry, rather than just having the mere glamour of SUCCESS or being SUCCESSFUL for men’s applause and hype while you remain unfulfilled in God’s intent for your life and wellbeing. 

Following GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for your life is the only guarantee for GOD’S APPROVAL and your meaningful FULFILMENT in Him, just as He exemplified for us to follow and walk in His steps as disciples of Him, in the Father God by the Holy Spirit of grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this PURPOSE the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” 1 John 3:8 (John 18:37) 

“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man APPROVED (ACCREDITED , ATTESTED) of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know” Acts 2:22/Emphasis Mine. 

“And we know [with great CONFIDENCE] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] CAUSES all things to work together [as a PLAN] for good for those who love God, to those who are CALLED according to His PLAN and PURPOSE” Romans 8:28/Amplified [Ephesians 1:11]. 

“Study and do your best to present yourself to God APPROVED, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth” 2 Timothy 2:15/Amplified. 

Know for the truth that any person who is keen on a MERE glamour SUCCESS inclination and attachment will not see the need to leave such a GLAMOUR place and position to attend to a single-person business or a Gospel Ministry — especially to go to such a place in the DESERT [REMOTE], as was accomplished by Philip the Evangelist — who saw OBEDIENCE to GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS [PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT] as far higher and more fulfilling, as written in Acts 8:26-29. 

“. . . 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere PREACHING THE WORD. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and PREACHED CHRIST UNTO THEM. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 AND THERE WAS GREAT REJOICING IN THAT CITY . . . 26 But an angel of the Lord SAID to Philip, RISE and PROCEED southward or at midday on the road that runs from Jerusalem down to Gaza. This is the DESERT [REMOTE]. 27 So he GOT UP and WENT. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship. 28 And he was [now] returning, and sitting in his chariot he was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the [Holy] Spirit SAID to Philip, GO FORWARD and join yourself to this chariot . . .” Acts 8:1-8, 26-40. 

And such obedience of Evangelist Philip to DIVINE order and command is only possible in a person whose objective is not about being successful or having global or glamour success, but about being in OBEDIENCE and FULFILMENT in Christ Jesus’ stead in God. 

That is someone whose goal is to be a follower of GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT — and who truly believes in the WHOLENESS of God’s leading. Such a person will go WHEREVER the Lord LEADS, as Philip did in Acts 8. 

That is what I call and consider as one who is OBEYING THE HEAVENLY MANDATE or ASSIGNMENT, irrespective of the norm and prejudice that is about the person. 

Hence I am asking you today: WHAT IS YOUR WORTH IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS? 
Or how do you VALUE yourself in life and godly living in Christ Jesus? 
Is it by material achievement called SUCCESS, or by being ACCOMPLISHED in God’s given vision and mission called FULFILMENT in His assignment, irrespective of the norm about you? 

Are you just a mere glamour SUCCESS-driven person, or a person of FULFILMENT in the heavenly assignment? 

Note for sure that SUCCESS is good, and it is relative and it is of God. However, GOD’S desire is for us in Christ Jesus’ stead to have and achieve SUCCESS — but far beyond just being successful. 

For we are blessed of God, and He wants the best for us. He wants us to be successful in our life’s endeavours, but not at the EXPENSE of His eternal PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for our wellbeing in Him. Amen. 

So, there is the need to balance the pursuit for success with being fulfilled in God by following His PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for us respectively. 

“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may SUCCEED and PROSPER and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually]” 3 John 2/Amplified. 

“BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ: . . . 5 having PREDESTINATED us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, . . . 11 in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” Ephesians 1:3, 5, 11. 

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way PROSPEROUS, and then thou shalt have GOOD SUCCESS” Joshua 1:8. 

Unlike SUCCESS which is relative, FULFILMENT is not only of God, but it is a place of being readily, willingly and obediently set to accomplish in the wholeness, completeness and fulfilling of the Lord’s given and driven PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT — in LIFE and GODLY living. 

And it is about doing this God’s given and driven mandate in an unhindered and uncompromised way, without any sort of deviation outside God’s intent, just as our Lord Christ Jesus did — 1 John 3:8; John 18:37 — and as Apostle Paul did in obedience — Philippians 3:1-16 — and exhorted, admonished and charged Archippus to likewise do also, as written: 

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED to the MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it” Colossians 4:17. 

“Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not DISOBEDIENT unto the HEAVENLY VISION” Acts 26:19. 

BEING FULFILLED in life and godliness [godly living] is about living a GOD-GIVEN and GOD-DRIVEN PURPOSE LIFE; that is what brings about MEANINGFUL FULFILMENT in GOD’S BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

And it is far beyond just being a merely SUCCESSFUL person by material accumulation that has no heavenly implications under GOD’S assigned PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT. 

Therefore I urge you today to follow GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for your fulfilment in Him, in Christ Jesus’ stead, because success is RELATIVE in matters of doing life and living godly. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this PURPOSE the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” 1 John 8:3. 

“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this CAUSE came I into the world, that I should bear WITNESS unto THE TRUTH. Every one that is of THE TRUTH heareth my voice” John 18:37. 

“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. TO THIS END WAS I BORN, AND FOR THIS CAUSE CAME I INTO THE WORLD, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice” John 18:37. 

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his PURPOSE. 29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he called, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he justified, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30. 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ: . . . 5 having PREDESTINATED us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, . . . 11 in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” Ephesians 1:3, 5, 11. 

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED to the MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it” Colossians 4:17. 

“Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not DISOBEDIENT unto the HEAVENLY VISION” Acts 26:19. 

“Philip [the deacon, not the apostle] went down to the city of SAMARIA and PROCLAIMED the Christ (the Messiah) to them [the people]; 6 And GREAT CROWDS of people with one accord listened to and heeded what was said by Philip, as they heard him and watched the miracles and wonders which he kept performing [from time to time]. 7 For foul spirits came out of many who were possessed by them, screaming and shouting with a loud voice, and many who were suffering from palsy or were crippled were restored to health. 8 AND THERE WAS GREAT REJOICING IN THAT CITY . . . 26 But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Rise and proceed southward or at midday on the road that runs from Jerusalem down to Gaza. This is the DESERT route]. 27 So he GOT UP and WENT. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship. 28 And he was [now] returning, and sitting in his chariot he was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the [Holy] Spirit SAID to Philip, GO FORWARD and join yourself to this chariot . . .” Acts 8:1-40 [Kindly read the entire chapter for context]. 

“And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. 8 And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Cæsarea: and we entered into the house of PHILIP THE EVANGELIST, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE SEVEN; and abode with him. 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy” Acts 21:7-9. 

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way PROSPEROUS, and then thou shalt have GOOD SUCCESS” Joshua 1:8. 

“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may SUCCEED and PROSPER and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually]” 3 John 2/Amplified. 

SUMMARY 
The message is a charge to pursue MEANINGFUL FULFILMENT in GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT above GLAMOUR SUCCESS. 

It teaches that true godly living in Christ Jesus is found in OBEDIENCE to the HEAVENLY MANDATE God has given you — even if it means leaving places of applause, crowds and success to go to a “DESERT PLACE”. Your worth and fulfilment are measured not by material achievement, but by completing God’s assignment in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. The Two Choices: Fulfilment vs Mere Success
    There is a choice between being FULFILLED in life and godliness, and being MERELY SUCCESSFUL for men’s applause and hype. Success is good, relative and from God — 3 John 2, Joshua 1:8 — but it becomes empty when pursued outside God’s PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT.
     
  2. Biblical Patterns of Purpose
  • Christ: “My FOOD is to DO the WILL of Him who SENT Me and to COMPLETELY FINISH His work” — John 4:34. He came FOR THIS PURPOSE — 1 John 3:8, John 18:37. 
  • Paul: “I was not DISOBEDIENT unto the HEAVENLY VISION” — Acts 26:19. 
  • Archippus: “TAKE HEED to the MINISTRY… that thou FULFIL it” — Colossians 4:17. 
    Fulfilment = completing what God assigned.
  1. The Philip Example: From Samaria to the Desert
    Philip was in Samaria with GREAT REJOICING, miracles and deliverances — Acts 8:4-8. Yet when God said “ARISE and go to the DESERT road to Gaza” — Acts 8:26, he GOT UP and WENT.
    He obeyed and won one soul, the Ethiopian eunuch — Acts 8:27-29. This proves that a God-driven person values OBEDIENCE over crowd, position, or global success. They go WHEREVER the Lord LEADS. 
     
  2. God’s Plan Guarantees Approval and Blessing
    We are BLESSED with all SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS and PREDESTINATED according to His PURPOSE — Ephesians 1:3, 5, 11.
    “All things work together for good to them CALLED according to His PURPOSE” — Romans 8:28-30. 
    God approves those who rightly handle the Word — 2 Timothy 2:15, Acts 2:22. He wants us to SUCCEED and PROSPER, but not at the EXPENSE of His eternal PLAN for us. 
     
  3. The Question of True Worth
    WHAT IS YOUR WORTH IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS?
    Do you measure yourself by material achievement called SUCCESS, or by being ACCOMPLISHED in God’s given vision called FULFILMENT? 
    BEING FULFILLED is living a GOD-GIVEN and GOD-DRIVEN PURPOSE LIFE in an unhindered and uncompromised way.

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. Identify and Fulfil Your Assignment 
    Take heed to the MINISTRY [ASSIGNMENT][MANDATE][COMMISSION] you have RECEIVED in the Lord and FULFIL it completely. Do not be disobedient to the HEAVENLY VISION. 
  2. Choose Obedience Over Applause 
    Be willing to move from GLAMOUR SUCCESS to a DESERT PLACE if that is GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for you. Heaven values obedience more than crowd. 
  3. Balance Success with Surrender 
    Pursue excellence, prosperity and good health — 3 John 2 — but only within God’s PLAN. Meditate on the Word day and night so your way may be PROSPEROUS — Joshua 1:8. 
  4. Live a God-Given, God-Driven Life 
    Commit to doing God’s mandate without deviation, just as Christ did. Present yourself APPROVED to God as a workman. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

POSSESSING YOUR REDEMPTION POSSESSION IN CHRIST JESUS

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POSSESSING YOUR REDEMPTION POSSESSION IN CHRIST JESUS: THE “DEED OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES” MADE POSSIBLE BY YOUR FAITH COMMUNICATION! 

“That the COMMUNICATION of your FAITH may become EFFECTUAL [PRODUCTIVE, RESULT ORIENTED, EFFECTIVE] by the ACKNOWLEDGING of every GOOD THING which is IN you IN Christ Jesus” Philemon 6/Emphasis mine. 

Beloved in Christ, enough of the self-defeated mindset of complain-hallelujah lifestyle you live – day in and day out; and much more, as you have proclaimed by way of a stamp over these years in circles and circuses. It is your time in Christ Jesus to ENACT, ENSURE and ACTUALISE the essence of being born of God in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

There is the DEED OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES IN REDEMPTION with your name ENGRAVED in it by virtue of being born of God in Christ Jesus; but it is your prerogative to ASK, SEEK and KNOCK after it in order to make it a reality for you. You ASK, SEEK and KNOCK to obtain because you have ACKNOWLEDGED this good deed of God in Christ Jesus’ stead concerning you. God knows you have a need, but He wants your fellowship participation to make the deal yours and not someone else’s. Hence the call to ASK, to SEEK and to KNOCK that you might RECEIVE in the grace: 

“ASK, and it shall be given you; SEEK, and ye shall find; KNOCK, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that ASKETH receiveth; and he that SEEKETH findeth; and to him that KNOCKETH it shall be opened” Matthew 7:7-8 

You need to know also that your REDEMPTION reality can only be made possible by these, but not limited to: 

  • FIRSTLY, through the ACKNOWLEDGING of your DEED OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES IN THE KINGDOM as a result of what Christ Jesus – His FINISHED WORK – has DONE for you and for all who are in Him.
    “. . . the ACKNOWLEDGING of every GOOD THING which is IN YOU in Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:6. 
  • AND SECONDLY, by your UNDERSTANDING of the KNOW-HOW of COMMUNICATING your KNOWN FAITH in Christ Jesus to matters of LIFE and GODLINESS in ALL areas of living life, even as it is written: 

That the COMMUNICATION OF YOUR FAITH may become EFFECTUAL (productive, result oriented, effective) . . .” Philemon 1:6. 

And until you can ENSURE, ENACT and ACTUALISE the essence of the REDEMPTION of Christ in you and for you, the COMMUNICATION of your FAITH in Christ to life matters will always be a struggle, strange, tasking and burdensome in many ways – which is contrary to God’s gracious WORD in 1 John 5:3. It is because of these limitations that there are many, unfortunately, ‘AMEN’, ‘HALLELUJAH’ ‘I RECEIVE’ and ‘BLESS ME’ Christians around, despite their long-standing efforts in the Churches of Christ, their unending fasting and prayers, and the various set traditional dogmas, creeds, and religious steps they might have taken to make the essence of REDEMPTION real in EVERY AREA of doing life. Beloved in Christ Jesus, these OUGHT not to be so, knowing and understanding all that Christ Jesus has BECOME to us in Him by REDEMPTION. 

You can only APPROPRIATE and ENACT it through PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING of your REDEMPTION in Christ – of all that God has DONE IN YOU, DONE FOR YOU, DONE WITH YOU and is DOING THROUGH YOU by His WORD through the promised and given HOLY SPIRIT. 

Here are a few REASONS to seek for KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING of all that God — His FINISHED WORK — DID for you in Christ Jesus, in order to APPROPRIATE your REDEMPTION into reality as a POSSESSION: 

That a man’s ignorance is his own mountain, but the KNOWLEDGE of the truth gives freedom and dominion — John 8:32 

That KNOWLEDGE will deliver you from life and scriptural errors, and helps you engage with God’s power to save, deliver and restore — Matthew 22:29 

  • That your dominion in life is a product of your KNOWLEDGE — Daniel 11:32
  • That a man’s value for KNOWLEDGE determines his ultimate worth — Isaiah 33:6 
  • That KNOWLEDGE is power, freedom and dominion, while religion is imprisonment and bondage — Luke 11:52
  • That the GRACE that determines our status is a function of KNOWLEDGE — 2 Peter 1:2
  • That when you run after KNOWLEDGE, goodness and mercy run after you — Proverbs 1:22, 29-33
  • That people who hate KNOWLEDGE cannot secure heaven’s favour — Proverbs 13:15; Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 5:13-15
  • That age is not equal to KNOWLEDGE, and should not be taken for KNOWLEDGE — Job 32:7-9
  • That if your thoughts are not updated, your life will be outdated — Proverbs 24:5
  • That when you add a little MORE KNOWLEDGE to your life daily, you live a little better — Proverbs 4:18
  • That whatever you have no value for, you have no access to — Mark 6:5-6
  • That studying for KNOWLEDGE is not a transferable responsibility — 2 Timothy 2:15
  • That the only authentic proof of KNOWLEDGE is freedom and liberty — John 8:32
  • That when you don’t grow in the spirit of KNOWLEDGE, you end up groaning in life — 2 Peter 3:18 
  • That those who seek to know men, don’t know God; when you seek to know God, people will seek to know you — Jeremiah 17:5-8; Matthew 6:24
  • That your KNOWLEDGE of Jesus makes you absolutely sure of tomorrow — John 17:3; Isaiah 33:6
  • And that you cannot POSSESS a lasting POSSESSION with unsecured KNOWLEDGE — Proverbs 25:2; Job 23:12; Matthew 22:29  

“That the COMMUNICATION of thy FAITH may become EFFECTUAL — productive, result-oriented, effective — by the ACKNOWLEDGING of every GOOD THING which is IN YOU in Christ Jesus” — Philemon 1:6 Emphasis mine 

Further Scriptural Reading: Hebrews 6:10-12; Obadiah 1:17; Deuteronomy 1:6-8; Galatians 3:6-9, 13-14, 26-29; Genesis 12:1-3. 

SUMMARY: 
The message is a call to POSSESS your REDEMPTION in Christ Jesus by KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, and EFFECTUAL FAITH COMMUNICATION, so that the “DEED OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES” already engraved in your name becomes a lived reality. 

It confronts the cycle of religious striving, complaint and empty confessions, and insists that REDEMPTION is a FINISHED DEED. Our responsibility is to APPROPRIATE it through personal KNOWLEDGE and active partnership with God. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. REDEMPTION is a DONE DEED with a DEED OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES 
    In Christ Jesus, God has already secured your rights and privileges. Your name is ENGRAVED in that deed by virtue of the new birth. But possession requires your participation.
  2. Faith must be COMMUNICATED to become EFFECTUAL 
    Philemon 1:6 — “That the COMMUNICATION of thy FAITH may become EFFECTUAL by the ACKNOWLEDGING of every GOOD THING which is IN thee in Christ Jesus.” 
    Faith is productive and result-oriented when you ACKNOWLEDGE what Christ has DONE IN YOU, FOR YOU, WITH YOU and is DOING THROUGH YOU.
  3. ASK, SEEK, KNOCK is the pattern of appropriation 
    God knows your need, but He requires fellowship participation. Matthew 7:7-8 shows that receiving, finding and open doors come to those who ASK, SEEK and KNOCK. This is how you make the deed yours and not someone else’s.
  4. Two pillars that make REDEMPTION reality: 
  • ACKNOWLEDGING the DEED OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES IN THE KINGDOM because of Christ’s FINISHED WORK.
  • UNDERSTANDING the KNOW-HOW of COMMUNICATING your KNOWN FAITH to matters of LIFE and GODLINESS

Ignorance is the enemy of possession 
18 reasons are given, but the core is: Ignorance builds mountains. KNOWLEDGE gives freedom, dominion, grace, and access. Religion without KNOWLEDGE produces bondage, groaning, and a “complain-hallelujah” lifestyle of AMEN and BLESS ME Christians. 
 
KNOWLEDGE is personal and non-transferable 
Age does not equal KNOWLEDGE. Studying is your responsibility — 2 Timothy 2:15. The proof of true KNOWLEDGE is liberty — John 8:32. When you seek God in KNOWLEDGE, your life is secured and people will seek you — Jeremiah 17:5-8; Matthew 6:24. 
 

Without ENACTING, ENSURING and ACTUALISING REDEMPTION, faith becomes burdensome 
This contradicts 1 John 5:3. Fasting, prayers, dogmas and creeds cannot replace PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING. 

Call to Action 

  1. STOP the self-defeated, complain-hallelujah cycle. Choose to grow beyond empty confessions. 
  2. ACKNOWLEDGE every GOOD THING that is IN YOU in Christ Jesus. Consciously declare and agree with the DEED OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES you have in Him. 
  3. PURPOSEFULLY PURSUE KNOWLEDGE — Study the Word, 2 Timothy 2:15. Update your thoughts daily so your life does not become outdated — Proverbs 24:5. 
  4. COMMUNICATE YOUR FAITH EFFECTUALLY — Take what you KNOW and apply it to LIFE and GODLINESS. ASK, SEEK and KNOCK until you RECEIVE. 
  5. ENACT, ENSURE and ACTUALISE what Christ has FINISHED for you. Move from knowing about REDEMPTION to POSSESSING your POSSESSION. 

Final charge: Redemption is FINISHED. Possession is by KNOWLEDGE. What you ACKNOWLEDGE, you APPROPRIATE. What you APPROPRIATE, you POSSESS. AMEN. GO AFTER KNOWLEDGE AND ENFORCE WHAT IS YOURS! 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI