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RESENTMENT – The Beautiful And Colourful Lesson Learnt From My Wife: To LOVE And PRAY For Those Whom You Tend To RESENT And Who RESENT You! 

“When a man’s ways PLEASE the Lord, he MAKETH even his ENEMIES to be at peace with him” Proverbs 16:7. 

“If thine ENEMY be HUNGRY, GIVE him bread to EAT; and if he be THIRSTY, GIVE him water to DRINK: 22 for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee” Proverbs 25:21-22. 

RESENTMENT is BITTER INDIGNATION at having been TREATED UNFAIRLY and BADLY; and it is a mixture of DISAPPOINTMENT, ANGER, WRATH and FEAR. It comprises the three basic emotions of DISGUST, SADNESS and SURPRISE — the PERCEPTION of INJUSTICE. 

If you must live COLOURFUL, FREE, PEACEFUL and ENJOY the FULNESS of Christ’s REDEMPTION for you, you must CULTIVATE the acts of LOVE, and to PRAY for the one you tend to RESENT and the one who is RESENTING you. 

It is the gracious, beautiful and colourful lesson I heard and learnt from my wife years ago to deal with human DIFFERENCE and INDIFFERENCE. And it CERTAINLY has worked and keeps working for all who have been COUNSELLED along it, in dealing with various matters of life in human relationships: Family, Spouses, Friends, Workplace Colleagues, Leadership, Gospel Ministry and such like. 

I can boldly affirm that it works because Christ Jesus, in one of His SERMON ON THE MOUNT TEACHINGS, made similar statements to us about LOVING, RELATING and PRAYING for our ENEMIES and those who DESPITEFULLY mistreat us in every respect of doing life and godly living. [Matthew 5:38-48]. 

The best way to OVERCOME and TRIUMPH in beauty and colour over RESENTMENT is to LOVE, and to PRAY for the one you ARE RESENTING or who is RESENTING you. For you cannot be ABLE to RESENT the PERSON you LOVE and you are PRAYING for and about without expecting results, except you are playing and unserious — and especially if you truly WANT, BELIEVE and EXPECT God to ANSWER such PRAYERS of yours. Otherwise you are making a mockery of yourself before God, because God cannot be mocked [Galatians 6:7-10]. 

And in the same way, you will ALWAYS RESENT the PERSON you DO NOT see the NEED to PRAY for, much less to LOVE, as the Scriptures earnestly require and put a demand on us to love, in order to be God’s genuine DISCIPLE, in Christ Jesus’ stead. [John 13:34-35; John 15:12-14]. Amen. 

Therefore, SET YOURSELF FREE WITH LOVE AND PRAYER — It’s the ANTIDOTE to RESENTMENT. 
Give it a goal to do today, and you will witness peace and joy indescribable and incomprehensible, both for yourself and for the good of all, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. [Romans 5:5-11]. 

Set yourself FREE with LOVE and PRAYER — it’s the ANTIDOTE to RESENTMENT, at least for your own innermost peace and quietness. Give it a goal today and you will witness peace and joy indescribable for yourself. 

I pray you know and understand that LOVE and PRAYERS will work for you to deal with RESENTMENT today and always. 

You need to PLEASE God to make your enemy and cohorts to be at PEACE with you [Proverbs 16:7]. And you can only PLEASE God by FAITH [Hebrews 11:6]. And FAITH only WORKS by LOVE [Galatians 5:6, 13]. 

And God’s LOVE is without sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation — and it is the antidote to deal with enemy and cohorts Scripturally [Romans 12:9-21; Proverbs 25:21-22; Matthew 5:36-48]. 

Hence, you can deal with resentment in the way Scripturally laid out in the context of this discussion if you want solutions God’s way and path and not your self-seeking way and path. 

And BLESSED regards in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS as you BEGIN to enjoy the needed and resultant PEACE born from acting in DIFFERENCE instead of INDIFFERENCE from the norm — “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” — the golden rule. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US, IN THAT, WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US. 9 Much more then, being now JUSTIFIED by his blood, we shall be SAVED FROM WRATH through him. 10 For if, when we were ENEMIES, we were RECONCILED to God by the death of his Son, much more, BEING RECONCILED, we shall be SAVED BY HIS LIFE. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now RECEIVED the atonement” Romans 5:5-11. 

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR, and HATE THINE ENEMY. 44 But I say unto you, LOVE your ENEMIES, BLESS them that CURSE you, do GOOD to them that HATE you, and PRAY for them which DESPITEFULLY use you, and PERSECUTE you; 45 that ye may be the CHILDREN of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye LOVE them which LOVE you, what REWARD have ye? do not even the PUBLICANS the same? 47 And if ye SALUTE your BRETHREN only, what do ye more than others? do not even the PUBLICANS so? 48 Be ye therefore PERFECT (Complete, Whole, Mature), even as your Father which is in heaven is PERFECT (Complete, Whole, Mature)” Matthew 5:43-47 (Emphasis Mine). 

“If thine ENEMY be HUNGRY, GIVE him bread to EAT; and if he be THIRSTY, GIVE him water to DRINK: 22 for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee” Proverbs 25:21-22. 

“Dearly beloved, AVENGE not yourselves, but rather GIVE place unto WRATH: for it is written, VENGEANCE is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine ENEMY hunger, FEED him; if he THIRST, GIVE him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not OVERCOME of evil, but OVERCOME evil with good” Romans 12:19-21. 

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 for the WRATH of man WORKETH not the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God” James 1:19-20. 

“When a man’s ways PLEASE the Lord, he MAKETH even his ENEMIES to be at peace with him” Proverbs 16:7. 

“But WITHOUT FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE to PLEASE him: for he that cometh to God MUST believe that he is, and that he is a REWARDER of them that DILIGENTLY seek him” Hebrews 11:6. 

“So then FAITH COMETH BY HEARING, and HEARING by THE WORD of God” Romans 10:17. 
 
SUMMARY 
The message teaches that RESENTMENT is a bitter, destructive emotion, and the only Scriptural ANTIDOTE to OVERCOME and TRIUMPH over it is to LOVE and PRAY for the person you resent and who resents you. This was a lesson learnt from the author’s wife and it mirrors Christ’s teaching on the Sermon on the Mount. When we choose LOVE and PRAYER over retaliation, we walk in God’s peace, redemption, and become genuine DISCIPLES of Christ. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. DEFINITION AND ROOT OF RESENTMENT
    What it is: RESENTMENT is BITTER INDIGNATION at having been TREATED UNFAIRLY and BADLY. 
    What it’s made of: A mixture of DISAPPOINTMENT, ANGER, WRATH and FEAR. It comprises DISGUST, SADNESS and SURPRISE — the PERCEPTION of INJUSTICE. James 1:19-20 “the WRATH of man WORKETH not the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God”  
  1. THE GODLY SOLUTION: LOVE AND PRAYER
    Christ’s Command – Matthew 5:43-48 
    “LOVE your ENEMIES, BLESS them that CURSE you, do GOOD to them that HATE you, and PRAY for them which DESPITEFULLY use you, and PERSECUTE you” so that you may be CHILDREN of your Father in heaven. 
    The Test of Genuine Love – You CANNOT RESENT the PERSON you LOVE and are PRAYING for, expecting God to ANSWER. To do otherwise is mockery before God. Galatians 6:7-10 
    The Test of Discipleship – We MUST LOVE and PRAY, even for those who don’t deserve it. This is the demand of Scripture to be God’s genuine DISCIPLE. John 13:34-35; John 15:12-14  
  1. THE BIBLICAL PATTERN AND PROMISES
    God’s Example – Romans 5:5-11 
    “BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US, IN THAT, WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.” 
    When we were ENEMIES, we were RECONCILED to God by the death of His Son. 
    Practical Action – Proverbs 25:21-22; Romans 12:19-21 
    “If thine ENEMY be HUNGRY, GIVE him bread to EAT; and if he be THIRSTY, GIVE him water to DRINK… Be not OVERCOME of evil, but OVERCOME evil with good.” 
    Divine Result – Proverbs 16:7 “When a man’s ways PLEASE the Lord, he MAKETH even his ENEMIES to be at peace with him.”
  1. WHY THIS WORKS
    Personal Testimony: This is the gracious lesson learnt from the author’s wife. It CERTAINLY has worked and keeps working for those COUNSELLED in Family, Marriage, Workplace, Leadership, Ministry and such like. 
    It Sets You Free: SET YOURSELF FREE WITH LOVE AND PRAYER — It’s the ANTIDOTE to RESENTMENT for your own innermost peace and quietness. 
    God’s Love is the Key: God’s LOVE is without sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation — and it is the antidote to deal with enemy and cohorts Scripturally. Romans 12:9-21.  
  1. THE CHOICE: DIFFERENCE VS INDIFFERENCE

Instead of the world’s norm of “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth”, we are called to act in DIFFERENCE — responding with LOVE, PRAYER and GOOD instead of INDIFFERENCE and retaliation. 

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. IDENTIFY RESENTMENT: Acknowledge any BITTER INDIGNATION, ANGER or WRATH you are holding toward anyone today.
  2. CHOOSE LOVE AND PRAYER: Make it a GOAL TODAY to LOVE and to PRAY for the one you ARE RESENTING and the one who is RESENTING you. Pray sincerely, believing God will answer. 
  3. ACT IN GOOD: If your enemy is hungry, FEED them. If thirsty, GIVE them drink. Do good to those who despitefully use you. Proverbs 25:21-22; Romans 12:20 
  4. WALK BY FAITH AND LOVE: PLEASE God by FAITH, knowing that FAITH WORKS BY LOVE. This is how you overcome evil with good. 
  5. EXPECT PEACE AND JOY: As you do this, you will witness peace and joy indescribable and incomprehensible, both for yourself and for the good of all, in Christ Jesus’ stead. And God will make even your enemies to be at peace with you. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

EXPRESSING LIFE BY LOVE 

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EXPRESSING LIFE BY LOVE: FOR LOVE IS THE GREATEST – THE MORE AND MOST EXCELLENT WAY TO DO LIFE AND LIVE GODLY! 

“But COVET EARNESTLY THE BEST GIFTS: and yet shew I unto you A MORE EXCELLENT WAY . . “ 1 Corinthians 12:31 – 1 Corinthians 13. 

What an awesome BLESSEDNESS, to hear Jesus saying now and always — “GO AND DO LIKEWISE”. This means GO and express LIFE through the EYES of LOVE and CARE; even when you are too busy — because as His set standard, if you are truly going to be His Disciple, love like Jesus. 

In other words — DON’T BE SO HEAVENLY MINDED [MINDFUL] AND OF NO EARTHLY GOOD. 
That is the message to all in Luke 10:25-37, the parable of the Good Samaritan. 

Let nothing come between you with distinctions of persons, as the following did to the man in need through indifference, sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation: 

The PRIEST 

The LEVITES [Leadership Associate/Assistants] 

And YOU [In and of any Capacity — Position, Status [Leadership] 

Know henceforth that Jesus was and is endorsing the need of the hour and moment for all times — LOVING and LIVING BEYOND WALLS and BOUNDARIES of Creed, Colour, Tradition, Denomination, Culture, Tongue, Belief/Faith, Nations, and more, as in our redemption 

“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast REDEEMED US to God by thy blood out of every KINDRED, and TONGUE, and PEOPLE, and NATION; 10 and hast MADE US unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth” Revelation 5:9-10. 

“Christ hath REDEEMED US from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith . . . 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is NEITHER Jew NOR Greek, there is NEITHER bond NOR free, there is NEITHER male NOR female: for ye ARE ALL ONE in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” Galatians 3:13-14, 26-29. 

For ALL humans are God’s, irrespective of geography, colour, gender, tongue, looks, belief, and such like, even as written — though not limited to — in these further Scriptures: Acts 17:24-28; Galatians 5:6, 13; Galatians 6:14-15 / 2 Corinthians 5:17; Romans 10:11-13; John 13:34-35; John 15:13-14; 1 John 3-5:3. 

Therefore — “GO AND DO LIKEWISE” — Jesus said to ALL. 

Do this by expressing LIFE through LOVE and CARE, even when you are too busy — for therein is God working out His PURPOSE in you and through you in His grace. 

MAY YOU BE BLESSED IN GOD’S GRACE AND BLESSEDNESS AS YOU “GO AND DO LIKEWISE IN CHRIST JESUS’ STEAD”. AMEN. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“But covet EARNESTLY THE BEST GIFTS: and yet shew I unto you A MORE EXCELLENT WAY.  “ 1 Corinthians 12:31 – 1 Corinthians 13. 

“And, behold, a certain LAWYER stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, WHAT SHALL I DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE? 26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how READEST thou? 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt LOVE the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy NEIGHBOUR as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: THIS DO, AND THOU SHALT LIVE. 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR? 30 And Jesus answering said, A CERTAIN MAN went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, AND FELL AMONG THIEVES, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him HALF DEAD. 31 And by chance there came down a CERTAIN PRIEST that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And likewise A LEVITE, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a CERTAIN SAMARITAN, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had COMPASSION on him, 34 and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, TAKE CARE OF HIM; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. 36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was NEIGHBOUR unto him that fell among the thieves? 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, GO, AND DO THOU LIKEWISE” Luke 10:25-37. 

“The God who CREATED the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, because it is He who gives to ALL [people] LIFE and BREATH and ALL THINGS. 26 And He MADE from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth, having DETERMINED their appointed TIMES and the BOUNDARIES of their LANDS and TERRITORIES. 27 This was so that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grasp for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. 28 FOR IN HIM WE LIVE and MOVE and EXIST [that is, in Him we actually HAVE OUR BEING], as even some of your own poets have said, ‘FOR WE ALSO ARE HIS CHILDREN” Acts 17:24-28 Amplified. 

Further Scriptural Reading Text: 1 Corinthians 13. 
 
SUMMARY: 

The message is a call for all believers to live out the Christian life through love and care, following Jesus’ command to “GO AND DO LIKEWISE”. It teaches that love is the most excellent way, transcends every human barrier, and is the practical proof of discipleship. 

Key Points: 

  1. Love is the Most Excellent Way 
    Quoting 1 Corinthians 12:31–13, the message emphasises that of all spiritual gifts, love is the greatest. To “express LIFE by LOVE” is God’s set standard for godly living.
  2. The Parable of the Good Samaritan as Our Pattern – Luke 10:25-37 
    Jesus answers “Who is my neighbour?” by showing that a neighbour is anyone in need. The Priest and Levite failed through indifference, prejudice and religion without compassion. The Samaritan showed mercy across cultural and religious boundaries. The command is: “GO, AND DO THOU LIKEWISE.”
  3. Discipleship Means Loving Beyond Walls and Boundaries 
    We must not be “so heavenly minded and of no earthly good.” True discipleship means loving and living beyond Creed, Colour, Tradition, Denomination, Culture, Tongue, Belief/Faith, Nations, and more.
  4. Redemption Makes Us One in Christ 
    Supported by Revelation 5:9-10 and Galatians 3:13-14, 26-29, the message declares that Christ redeemed people “out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.” In Christ there is NEITHER Jew NOR Greek, bond NOR free, male NOR female — for we ARE ALL ONE and heirs of the promise.
  5. All Humanity Belongs to God – Acts 17:24-28 
    God made from one man every nation, determined their times and boundaries so that they would seek Him. “IN HIM WE LIVE and MOVE and EXIST.” Therefore ALL humans are God’s, irrespective of geography, colour, gender, tongue, looks, belief, etc. See also Galatians 5:6, 13; Galatians 6:14-15 / 2 Corinthians 5:17; Romans 10:11-13; John 13:34-35; John 15:13-14; 1 John 3-5:3.
  6. Practical Expression of Love 
    Express LIFE through LOVE and CARE, even when you are busy. This is how God works out His PURPOSE in you and through you by His grace. 

Call to Action: 

  1. GO AND DO LIKEWISE – Let Jesus’ command be your daily practice. 
  2. Express Life by Love – Intentionally show love and care to people, especially when it is inconvenient or crosses boundaries. 
  3. Remove Barriers – Do not let distinctions of position, status, creed, colour, or denomination hinder you from showing mercy. 
  4. Be a Good Neighbour – Like the Samaritan, stop, see the need, and meet it. 
  5. Live as One in Christ – Remember our redemption has made us one family, kings and priests to God. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

OCCUPY TILL I COME – IN LOVE 

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OCCUPY TILL I COME – IN LOVE: LOVE ENHANCES EARTHLY USEFULNESS AND HEAVENLY MINDEDNESS!  

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because THE LOVE of God is SHED (LAVISHED) abroad in our HEARTS (SPIRIT-BEING) by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . . 8 But God commendeth His LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:5, 8. 

Talking about LOVE! 
Here is a didactic measure, so that we don’t just say we “have love”, but that we go onward to LIVE IN LOVE and WALK IN LOVE. 

We must know that LOVE IS OF GOD. Love is the lubricant for our New Creation life in Christ Jesus, and for all human relationships. Upon this knowledge, we can OCCUPY IN CHRIST UNTIL HE COMES by BEING EARTHLY USEFUL AND HEAVENLY MINDED. 

Love is an ATTITUDE. 
It is a deliberate and intentional choice, an exercise of the will, a choice of life. It is not just a feeling. It is an expression of the nature of God. It is spiritual, divinely inspired and embedded in the very hearts of all God’s human creation, and more importantly in the very nature of the redeemed child of God. Hence it is not a doctrine, creed or dogma. It has outlived generations because it is timeless and of God. For GOD IS LOVE. 

“Beloved, let us LOVE one another: for LOVE is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; FOR GOD IS LOVE. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins… 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love” 1 John 4:7–10, 16-18 

Love is a FRUIT and not a GIFT. 
FRUITS are GROWN while GIFTS are IMPARTED. Genuine Bible love — AGAPE — is born and is a product of the Holy Spirit who indwells us — Romans 5:5, 8; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 5:9.

DEFINING THE THREE KINDS OF LOVE: 

  1. PHILEO: Grk — of the soul 
    Family love — between parent and child. Also love toward friends and colleagues. 
    It means to be fond of. It is based on FEELINGS and not on PRINCIPLE. It is never used of man’s love to or for God. This is human or natural love. Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Genesis 18:19; Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21. It is however essential and crucial for family bonding and wellbeing.
  2. EROS: Grk — of the physical body 
    Sexual love, purely reserved for marriage — within the bond of marriage. 
    It is based on PHYSICAL ATTRACTION. It is neither fornication nor adultery. Lust and immoral desires have perverted it, hence we see great PERVERSION in our societies today — and we are paying heavily for the consequences. Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:1-9; 1 Corinthians 6:15-20
  3. AGAPE: Grk — of the spirit 
    God’s kind of love — unconditional, limitless, divine, spiritual. 
    It transcends race, gender, generation, culture, family and self. 1 Corinthians 13. It is built on PRINCIPLE. Agape love strengthens and maintains both Phileo and Eros in all life endeavours. Notably, Phileo and Eros must be governed by Agape, or they will hinder our fellowship with God and lead to SIN. Example: EROS — 1 Corinthians 13:5, PHILEO — 1 Samuel 2:22-36 

Let us not just say we have love. LET US LIVE AND WALK IN LOVE, for love is of the Spirit —Romans 5:5. IT IS TIME TO LIVE AND WALK IN LOVE. LET US MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
For the charge — OCCUPY TILL I COME — in LOVE enhances EARTHLY USEFULNESS and HEAVENLY MINDEDNESS. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“If we LIVE in the Spirit, let us also WALK in the Spirit” Galatians 5:25. 

“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 and WALK IN LOVE, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour” Ephesians 5:1-2. 

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being ROOTED and GROUNDED IN LOVE, 18 may be able to COMPREHEND with all saints what is the BREADTH, and LENGTH, and DEPTH, and HEIGHT; 19 and to KNOW THE LOVE OF christ, which PASSETH (TRANSCENDS, SURPASSED) KNOWLEDGE (SENSE), that ye might be FILLED with all the FULNESS of God” Ephesians 3:17-19. 

“But the FRUIT of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law” Galatians 5:22-23/NKJV  

“For the FRUIT of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth” Ephesians 5:9/NKJV. 

SUMMARY: 
The message is a didactic charge to LIVE IN LOVE and WALK IN LOVE as the defining mark of the New Creation, because love is of God and it is what makes us EARTHLY USEFUL and HEAVENLY MINDED until Christ comes. 
KEY POINTS 

  1. The Foundation: LOVE IS OF GOD 
    “The LOVE of God is SHED abroad in our HEARTS by the Holy Ghost” — Romans 5:5 
    “GOD IS LOVE” — 1 John 4:8, 16 
    Love is not a doctrine or feeling. It is the nature of God deposited in the redeemed. God demonstrated it by sending Christ while we were yet sinners — Romans 5:8.
  2. Love Is A FRUIT, Not A GIFT 
    FRUITS are GROWN, GIFTS are IMPARTED. 
    Agape love is the FRUIT of the Spirit — Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 5:9. 
    It is cultivated by walking in the Spirit and it grows in us.
  3. We Are Commanded To LIVE AND WALK IN LOVE 
    “WALK IN LOVE, as Christ also hath loved us” — Ephesians 5:1-2 
    “If we LIVE in the Spirit, let us also WALK in the Spirit” — Galatians 5:25 
    Love is an ATTITUDE, a deliberate choice of the will, not just an emotion. To walk in love is to walk in the Spirit.
  4. The Three Kinds Of Love Defined 
    PHILEO — of the soul: Family and friendship love. Based on FEELINGS. Essential for bonding — Deut 6:4-9; Eph 6:4 
    EROS — of the physical body: Marital, sexual love. Based on PHYSICAL ATTRACTION. Reserved for marriage — Heb 13:4; 1 Cor 7:1-9 
    AGAPE — of the spirit: God’s unconditional, divine love. Built on PRINCIPLE. It transcends all and governs the other two. Without Agape, Phileo and Eros will lead to sin — 1 Cor 13; 1 Sam 2:22-36
  5. The Effect of Walking in Love 
    Earthly Usefulness: Love makes us responsible, sacrificial and beneficial to mankind. 
    Heavenly Mindedness: Love roots and grounds us in Christ so we comprehend the breadth, length, depth and height of His love — Eph 3:17-19 
    Boldness: “AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD” — 1 John 4:17. Perfect love casts out fear — 1 John 4:18 
  6. The Occupation Mandate 
    OCCUPY TILL I COME — IN LOVE — Luke 19:13 
    Our assignment on earth is carried out through love. This is how we remain useful here and minded toward heaven.  

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. CHOOSE LOVE DAILY. 
    Make love an intentional ATTITUDE and exercise of the will. Don’t just profess it — LIVE IT and WALK IT — Romans 5:5. 
  2. GROW THE FRUIT. 
    Yield to the Holy Spirit. Water Agape love so it matures. Remember: fruit is grown, not just received. 
  3. GOVERN PHILEO AND EROS WITH AGAPE. 
    Let God’s principle-based love regulate your family affections and marital relationships so they do not become sin — 1 Corinthians 13. 
  4. BE ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE. 
    Study and meditate on Ephesians 3:17-19, 1 John 4, 1 Corinthians 13, Galatians 5:22-23 until you know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. 
  5. OCCUPY IN LOVE. 
    Be EARTHLY USEFUL through acts of love to people, and HEAVENLY MINDED by reflecting God’s nature. Love is how we fulfil “Occupy till I come.” 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

NO MORE FISHING ON YOUR HURT 

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NO MORE FISHING ON YOUR HURT: FORGIVENESS AND FORGETFULNESS – MADE POSSIBLE IN THE JUSTIFICATION OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS’ STEAD – IN OUR REDEMPTION! 

“When a man’s ways PLEASE the Lord, He MAKETH even his ENEMIES to be at PEACE with him” Proverbs 16:7. 

Are you struggling to FORGIVE and FORGET? Are you one of those who CAN FORGIVE but CAN’T FORGET, or who CAN’T FORGIVE and CAN’T FORGET? Do you still go FISHING in the PAST to hunt and hurt the PRESENT? I mean cutting off your nose to spite on your face? Do you want to live WHOLE again – free from bitterness, anger, wrath, revenge, rancour and such like? There i is hope in REDEMPTION. You can POSSESS your WHOLENESS in Redemption again; For it i is all MADE possible in OUR REDEMPTION RIGHTS and PRIVILEGES in CHRIST JESUS’’ stead. AMEN. 

In today’s society – individuals, families, businesses, communities, and nations, government and governance – are being ruined every day and every way because of the inability to FORGIVE and to FORGET; and to move FORWARD, which is an ONWARD and UPWARD trajectory, in God’s given grace to succeed. 

The ability to forgive YOURSELF, forgive OTHERS and accept GOD’S forgiveness will guarantee you the graciousness and gracefulness to live WHOLE in FORGETFULNESS and become free from the cancerous monster of BITTERNESS, RANCOUR, REVENGE, WRATH, WICKEDNESS and such like. You can set yourself FREE from nursing and living on hurt, through God’s unconditional LOVE that surpasses and transcends human comprehension and understanding as displayed in Christ Jesus’ LOVE – a love that is without sentiment, prejudice and dissimulation. You can then take the step of love in faith to INTENTIONALLY and PRAGMATICALLY hand over the hurt and haunting of not forgiving and not forgetting to God in Christ Jesus, who has justified all – including you – in love. This is the pathway to deal with the spirit of not forgiving and forgetting – and this is applicable to all, in all matter of doing life and living godly in the context of the scripture, and not according to our own wish or intention that results in revenge, evil and wickedness. 

“May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality], [17] so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in LOVE, [18] be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His LOVE [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; [19] and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the LOVE of Christ which far SURPASSES [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself]” Ephesians 3:16-19/Amplified. 

“There is NO FEAR in love; but PERFECT love casteth out fear: because FEAR hath TORMENT. He that FEARETH is not MADE perfect in love” 1 John 4:18. 

I make bold to say that to be WHOLE in spirit, soul and body, the antidote to forgive and forget with ease is to let JUSTIFICATION in God’s love in Christ Jesus play the means, the definitional route and the role in all forms of FORGIVENESS. That is the gateway to FORGETFULNESS in moving FORWARD – that is, ONWARDS and UPWARDS – on what God DID in Christ Jesus for us all to be WHOLE again in Him. 

“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. 

He did not only FORGIVE us IN our sins and shortfalls – –  evils and wickedness and more – but He JUSTIFIED us, which is the antidote, so that we CAN now access Him in our UPWARDS, INWARDS and ONWARDS day to day life of grace. 

To JUSTIFY is to declare you guiltless, discharged and free -that is, to be ACQUITTED, as if you’ve never done what you’ve been accused of or have done. This is what God accomplished by the eternal DONE DEED of Christ in our REDEMPTION; to set us free with NO FISHING NET of REMEMBRANCE attached; in order to erase our PAST, wherein our iniquity has been buried in the sea of FORGETFULNESS. 

“Who is a God like unto thee, that PARDONETH iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he RETAINETH not his anger for ever, because he DELIGHTETH in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have COMPASSION upon us; he will SUBDUE our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their SINS into the DEPTHS of the sea” Micah 7:18-19. 

Hence to say that the New Creation in Christ has no PAST. And when you act in the same spirit towards others, you will live free of BITTERNESS, ANGER, WRATH, FEAR, WORRY, REVENGE and such; otherwise it hunts and hurts as a cancerous disease in the one who refuses to both FORGIVE and FORGET. 

NO MORE FISHING ON YOUR HURT – FORGIVENESS and FORGETFULNESS ARE POSSIBLE IN REDEMPTION! 

I pray God’s grace and blessings upon you in this light. 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. 

“Who is a God like unto thee, that PARDONETH iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he RETAINETH not his anger for ever, because he DELIGHTETH in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have COMPASSION upon us; he will SUBDUE our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their SINS into the DEPTHS of the sea” Micah 7:18-19. 

“Therefore if ANY man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATURE (CREATION): old things are PASSED away; behold, all things are BECOME NEW. 18 And all things are of God, who hath RECONCILED us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of RECONCILIATION; 19 to wit, that God was in Christ, RECONCILING the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we ARE AMBASSADORS for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye RECONCILED to God. 21 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 5:17-21. 

“If thine ENEMY be hungry, GIVE him bread to eat; and if he be THIRSTY, GIVE him water to drink: 22 for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee” Proverbs 25:21-22. 

“Therefore if thine ENEMY hunger, FEED him; if he THIRST, GIVE him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not OVERCOME of evil, but OVERCOME evil with good” Romans 12:20-21. 

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH: 39 but I SAY unto you, THAT YE RESIST NOT EVIL: but whosoever shall SMITE thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt LOVE thy neighbour, and HATE thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, LOVE your ENEMIES, BLESS them that CURSE you, DO good to them that HATE you, and PRAY for them which DESPITEFULLY use you, and PERSECUTE you; 45 that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” Matthew 5:38-48. 

“There is NO FEAR in love; but PERFECT love casteth out fear: because FEAR hath TORMENT. He that FEARETH is not MADE perfect in love” 1 John 4:18. 

“When a man’s ways PLEASE the Lord, he MAKETH even his ENEMIES to be at PEACE with him” Proverbs 16:7. 

“But without FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE to PLEASE him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a REWARDER of them that DILIGENTLY seek him” Hebrews 11:6. 

SUMMARY 
The message is a redemptive declaration and call to wholeness through the JUSTIFICATION we have in Christ Jesus. It teaches that FORGIVENESS and FORGETFULNESS are not human striving, but the direct fruit of God’s DONE DEED in REDEMPTION. When we embrace our identity as a NEW CREATION with no PAST, we are set free from BITTERNESS, WRATH, REVENGE and every cancerous hurt, and we begin to walk UPWARDS, INWARDS and ONWARDS in God’s grace.

KEY POINTS 

  1. THE FOUNDATION: JUSTIFICATION IN CHRIST
  • God did not only FORGIVE us, He JUSTIFIED us. To JUSTIFY is to declare you guiltless, discharged and ACQUITTED, as if you’ve never sinned. 
  • This was accomplished by the eternal DONE DEED of Christ. In REDEMPTION there is NO FISHING NET OF REMEMBRANCE attached. Our iniquity is buried in the sea of FORGETFULNESS – Micah 7:18-19. 
  • Because of this, the New Creation in Christ HAS NO PAST – 2 Corinthians 5:17. We now have ACCESS into GRACE and PEACE with God – Romans 5:1-2.
  1. THE PROBLEM: “FISHING ON YOUR HURT”
  • Refusing to FORGIVE and FORGET becomes a cancerous disease that hunts and hurts the one carrying it. 
  • It produces BITTERNESS, ANGER, WRATH, FEAR, WORRY, REVENGE, RANCOR and WICKEDNESS. 
  • Many can FORGIVE but CAN’T FORGET, or CAN’T do either. Going back to the PAST to hurt the PRESENT is like “cutting off your nose to spite your face.”
  1. THE ANTIDOTE: GOD’S LOVE AND REDEMPTION RIGHTS
  • The antidote to forgive and forget with ease is to let JUSTIFICATION in God’s love in Christ Jesus define all forms of FORGIVENESS. 
  • God’s love in Christ Jesus is unconditional, without sentiment, prejudice or dissimulation. PERFECT LOVE casts out FEAR and TORMENT – 1 John 4:18. 
  • We are to intentionally hand over hurt to God, and walk in our REDEMPTION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES in Christ Jesus.
  1. THE CALL TO ACTION: LIVE WHOLE AND RECONCILED
  • Forgive YOURSELF, forgive OTHERS, and accept GOD’S forgiveness. This guarantees you graciousness to live WHOLE in FORGETFULNESS. 
  • Act in the same spirit towards others. When a man’s ways PLEASE the Lord, He makes even his ENEMIES to be at PEACE with him – Proverbs 16:7. 
  • OVERCOME evil with good: FEED your enemy, GIVE drink to the thirsty, BLESS those who curse you, PRAY for those who persecute you – Romans 12:20-21, Matthew 5:44. 
  • Be AMBASSADORS of RECONCILIATION, not carriers of revenge – 2 Corinthians 5:18-20. 
  • Be rooted and grounded in LOVE, and experience the width, length, height and depth of Christ’s LOVE – Ephesians 3:16-19.
  1. THE RESULT: WHOLENESS AND FORWARD MOVEMENT
  • Wholeness in spirit, soul and body comes when we move FORWARD — ONWARDS and UPWARDS — on what God DID in Christ. 
  • Individuals, families, businesses, communities and nations are ruined daily because of the inability to FORGIVE and FORGET. Redemption offers the way out. 
     

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. STOP FISHING ON YOUR HURT.
    Make a decision today: NO MORE digging up the PAST. Let God bury it in the sea of FORGETFULNESS.

  2. RECEIVE AND WALK IN JUSTIFICATION.  
    Declare daily: “I am guiltless, discharged and free in Christ.” Let that truth govern how you treat yourself and others.

  3. CHOOSE LOVE IN ACTION.  
    Pray for those who hurt you. Bless them. Feed them. Refuse revenge. Let God’s love through you be the proof of your redemption.

  4. BE FILLED AND ENERGIZED BY THE SPIRIT.  
    Ask God to strengthen your inner man so Christ can dwell in your heart and you can comprehend His love – Ephesians 3:16-19. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

FORE-Telling And FORTH-Telling 

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FORE-Telling And FORTH-Telling: The Difference As To The OLD And NEW TESTAMENT – PROPHETS And PROPHECY! 

Don’t be deceived and mistaken again by anyone — because YOU ARE your own PROPHET. 

Meaning therefore, that you can EXAMINE, that is, JUDGE the spirit before you AFFIRM any PROPHECY blindly — for the Holy Spirit of God LIVES in you to ASCERTAIN the TRUTH that assures, ensures, and sets one FREE. 

FEAR NOT THEREFORE ANYMORE! 

“Let the PROPHETS speak two or three, and let the other JUDGE (EXAMINE)” 1 Corinthians 14:29 (Emphasis Mine). 

For a while now, the majority of innocent Christians have ended up in more bondage in their curiosity to obtain miracles or blessings from SO CALLED PROPHETS, who unknowingly are more like FORTUNE TELLERS operating by SPELLS. 

I have used the word “SO CALLED PROPHETS” because such are not genuine in respect to the genuine PROPHETS of God, by the obvious unscriptural acts and vices they have exposed people to in their vulnerability. 

For God’s GENUINE PROPHET is CALLED and SENT FORTH as a MESSENGER with His message, which does not take advantage of people’s vulnerability. 

Firstly, the Scriptures accredit the essence of the PROPHET and PROPHETIC Ministry in both the OLD and NEW Testaments — Ephesians 4:11-16. 
Unfortunately, their acts of OPERATIONS, ADMINISTRATIONS, and MANIFESTATIONS are not the same. They are contrary across both TESTAMENTS — 1 Corinthians 12:4-7. And unfortunately, many are exerting and exercising the intents of the OLD TESTAMENT in the NEW TESTAMENT. 

In the OLD TESTAMENT there were three classes of LEADERSHIP: 

The KING — To oversee, protect, and defend in civic governance of the people. 

The PRIEST — To minister to God on behalf of the people. 

The PROPHET — To HEAR and RECEIVE the WORD from Father God for the people. 

And more importantly, none of them, or the people of that TESTAMENT assigned to LEAD, were BORN AGAIN, BAPTISED, AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT living within, in order to authenticate the WORD of God as it is today — John 3:3-8, 16-18. 

For the Holy Spirit came UPON these three sects as and when needed to accomplish the purposes in their jurisdiction of obligation under God. He came UPON them ONLY. He did not LIVE in them. 

And the PROPHET, as per this context, in the OLD TESTAMENT was to HEAR the WORD from God by the Holy Spirit that came UPON them ONLY to minister to God’s people. Hence the purposeful function was to FORETELL — FORE-TELLING — in ministerial UTTERANCES. 

And to FORETELL, which is a verb, means to predict as instructed; to tell the future as instructed before it occurs, and to prophesy about God’s intended plan in solving the immediate or future purpose of God to His people. 

And in each case God did not leave His people in limbo, but gave direction for their journey to fulfil His intended RIGHTEOUS plan and purpose. 

And God did all the intended doings in the OLD TESTAMENT as a process of carrying out His PLAN, PURPOSE, and PURSUIT towards human REDEMPTION, which was to be fulfilled in Christ Jesus — Luke 24:44-45; John 1:45; Galatians 3:23-25. 

NOW WE HAVE CHRIST JESUS, THE RESULT AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 

The NEW TESTAMENT PROPHET, unlike the OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET, differs in many respects. Firstly, REDEMPTION has been fulfilled in Christ Jesus for humanity. 

And the people of God today are born of God in grace within, baptised and filled with the indwelling Holy Spirit to guide and guard the respective individual and collective body; and are also given the right to access God unhindered individually and collectively, with no need for a bypass through any person or persons. 

And by the indwelling Holy Spirit through God’s WORD, one CAN make JUDGEMENT on any form of PROPHECY or PROPHETIC UTTERANCES of any SORT, to ascertain if it is of God or not. 

It thus means that the NEW TESTAMENT PROPHET is ONLY in a position to SPEAK FORTH, that is, to FORTH TELL — FORTH-TELLING — in ministerial UTTERANCES. 

And to FORTH TELL is a verb, and it is to tell forth; that is, to publish abroad, make known, spread, shout out, and broadcast the GOSPEL — the Good News of that which has been fulfilled in Christ Jesus on our behalf in REDEMPTION — which result is EDIFICATION, EXHORTATION, and COMFORT — 1 Corinthians 14:3-4. Wherein there is no fear, threat, complex, or unnecessary sentiment used to appeal to anyone at all. 

And since we live in the sphere and realm of the Holy Spirit to REVEAL and AUTHENTICATE God’s PLAN, PURPOSE, and PROMISE in Christ Jesus in us by the WORD, we need no such ACTS of the OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET — 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. 

Genuine PROPHETIC PROPHECY of God will point one to JESUS and not to self, ego, and personality — Revelation 19:10. 

And anyone who claims to have a PROPHETIC PROPHECY and does not submit it to be EXAMINED indicates error, ignorance, pride, rudeness, and self-egoism, and such like — Acts 17:10-13; 1 Corinthians 14:29. 

Every PROPHECY must be EXAMINED in the LIGHT of God’s WORD — Isaiah 8:16, 19-20; 2 Peter 1:19-21. 

It is unfortunate that some sects of ministers have assumed to become PROPHET or to have a PROPHETIC message — whom I call ‘SO CALLED PROPHETS’. They go about taking advantage of God’s precious people in their ignorance of not being ardent searchers of the SCRIPTURES as BEREAN Christians — Acts 17:10-13, and are exerting and exercising OLD TESTAMENT prophetic ministerial acts on NEW TESTAMENT Believers in Christ Jesus, which is absurd. 

These dubious acts being practised are unbiblical and unscriptural, and they result in FORTUNE TELLING — FORTUNE-TELLING/TELLER. This is the act of a person who is supposedly able to predict a person’s future by palmistry, using a crystal ball, or similar methods such as sorcery, spells, witchcraft, and the like — Acts 8:1-25; Acts 19:8-20. 

This is FRAUD and FALSEHOOD. And many who do not care to READ, KNOW, and UNDERSTAND God’s WORD by the Holy Spirit have become victims, and are lured into such bondages with all forms of fear and phobias in order to consent to these sentiments. 

Dear Believers in Christ, you have the right in Christ Jesus to make JUDGEMENT — to EXAMINE — without being judgemental, on any prophecy no matter who SPEAKS or is SPEAKING — Acts 17:10-13, before you commit your life to it. Otherwise, the consequential error is yours and not God’s, for God is not the AUTHOR of CONFUSION — 1 Corinthians 14:26-33; Matthew 22:29.  

THERE’S NO ROOM FOR THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, THREAT, INTIMIDATION AND TORMENT ON GOD’S PEOPLE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT PROPHETIC MINISTRY. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, BUT RATHER THAT YE MAY PROPHESY. 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 3 But he that PROPHESIETH speaketh unto men to EDIFICATION, and EXHORTATION, and COMFORT . . . 26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. 27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 29 LET THE PROPHETS SPEAK TWO OR THREE, AND LET THE OTHER JUDGE (EXAMINE). 30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. 31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. 32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33 For God is not the AUTHOR OF CONFUSION, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints . . .” 1 Corinthians 14:1-40 (Emphasis Mine). 

“Wherefore I put thee in REMEMBRANCE that thou STIR UP THE GIFT OF GOD, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:6-7 

“Herein is our LOVE MADE PERFECT (COMPLETE, MATURE, WHOLE), that we may have boldness in the DAY OF JUDGMENT (PREDICAMENT, CHALLENGES, QUESTIONING): because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no FEAR IN LOVE; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love” 1 John 4:17-18 (Emphasis Mine). 

“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. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people” Acts 17:10-13. 

“To the LAW and to the TESTIMONY: if they SPEAK NOT ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, it is because there is NO LIGHT IN THEM” Isaiah 8:20. 

“And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY” Revelation 19:10. 

“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 BY THE HOLY GHOST” 2 Peter 1:19-21. 

Further Scriptural Reading: Ephesians 4:7-16; Revelation 19:10; Isaiah 8:20. Revelation 12:11; Hebrews 10:23. 1 Corinthians 14:36-40. 1 John 4:1-3. 1 Corinthians 14:31-33; 1 Corinthians 14:2-4; Joel 2:28-29; John 7:37-39; John 14:15-17; Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; Acts 2; Romans 8:14-16, 26-27; Ezekiel 11:19-20; Ezekiel 36:26-27 

SUMMARY: 
The message is a scriptural warning and teaching on FORE-TELLING vs FORTH-TELLING: the difference between OLD TESTAMENT and NEW TESTAMENT Prophets and Prophecy. 
Because Christ has come and the Holy Spirit now LIVES IN us, YOU ARE your own PROPHET. You have the right to EXAMINE and JUDGE every prophecy. Do not be deceived by “SO CALLED PROPHETS” who operate like FORTUNE TELLERS. New Testament prophecy must point to Jesus and produce EDIFICATION, EXHORTATION, and COMFORT — not fear, bondage, or manipulation. 

Key Points: 

  1. YOU ARE YOUR OWN PROPHET 
    1 Corinthians 14:29 — Let the PROPHETS speak two or three, and let the other JUDGE 
    The Holy Spirit LIVES in you to ASCERTAIN TRUTH. 2 Timothy 1:7 — For God hath not given us THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 
  2. OLD TESTAMENT = FORE-TELLING 
    The Spirit came UPON them as and when needed. 
    Offices: KING to govern, PRIEST to minister to God, PROPHET to HEAR and RECEIVE the WORD for the people. 
    None were BORN AGAIN or FILLED with the Spirit living within John 3:3-8 — Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 
    Function: To FORETELL — predict as instructed, to tell the future and God’s plan. 
    Purpose: To lead Israel toward REDEMPTION fulfilled in Christ Jesus Luke 24:44-45 — all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
  3. NEW TESTAMENT = FORTH-TELLING 
    REDEMPTION is FULFILLED in Christ. We are BORN OF GOD, BAPTISED and FILLED with the indwelling Holy Spirit John 14:16-17 — And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth. 
    We have direct access to God with no bypass. By the Spirit and the Word, one CAN make JUDGEMENT on any PROPHECY 1 Corinthians 14:29 — let the other JUDGE | Acts 17:11 — they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 
    The New Testament Prophet SPEAKS FORTH — to publish, make known, and broadcast the Gospel. 
    Result: 1 Corinthians 14:3-4 — he that PROPHESIETH speaketh unto men to EDIFICATION, and EXHORTATION, and COMFORT. No fear, threat, or intimidation.
  4. HOW TO SPOT “SO CALLED PROPHETS” / FORTUNE TELLERS
    They exercise OLD TESTAMENT acts on NEW TESTAMENT people. This is unbiblical and leads to bondage.
    FORTUNE TELLING is like sorcery, spells, palmistry, witchcraft Acts 8:9-11 — But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery | Acts 19:19 — many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together. This is FRAUD and FALSEHOOD.
    Revelation 19:10 — FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. Any true prophecy will point to Jesus, not to self or ego. 
    THE WORD IS THE FINAL TEST 
    Isaiah 8:20 — To the LAW and to the TESTIMONY: if they SPEAK NOT ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, it is because there is NO LIGHT IN THEM 
    2 Peter 1:19-20 — We have also A MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY; whereunto ye do well that ye TAKE HEED… knowing this first, that NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURE IS OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION 
    Be like the BEREANS Acts 17:11 — they searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 
    1 Corinthians 14:33 — For God is not the AUTHOR OF CONFUSION, but of peace. 

Call to Action 

  1. STIR UP THE GIFT IN YOU: 2 Timothy 1:6 — Stir up the gift of God, which is in thee. Stop depending blindly on men. 
  2. EXAMINE EVERYTHING: No matter who speaks, JUDGE it by the Word before you commit your life to it 1 Corinthians 14:29 — let the other JUDGE | 1 John 4:1 — believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God. 
  3. BE A BEREAN: READ, KNOW, and UNDERSTAND God’s WORD daily Acts 17:11. 
  4. REJECT FEAR AND MANIPULATION: 1 John 4:18 — There is no FEAR IN LOVE; but perfect love casteth out fear. Walk away from threats, spells, and fortune-telling. 
  5. DESIRE FORTH-TELLING: 1 Corinthians 14:1 — desire spiritual gifts, BUT RATHER THAT YE MAY PROPHESY — to edify, exhort and comfort 1 Corinthians 14:3. 

Final Charge: 
NOW WE HAVE CHRIST. The Spirit is IN you. Test all things. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Be free. Be informed. Be fulfilled. 

YOU ARE BORN OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS TO THRIVE 

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YOU ARE BORN OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS TO THRIVE: YOU ARE NOT BORN TO SURVIVE AND YOU ARE NOT A SURVIVOR! 

“GIVING THANKS to the Father who has QUALIFIED us to be PARTAKERS of the INHERITANCE of the saints in the light. 13 He has DELIVERED us from the power of darkness and CONVEYED us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have REDEMPTION through His blood, the FORGIVENESS of sins” Colossians 1:12-14/NKJV. 

It’s time to live and speak well of who you ARE in God in Christ Jesus’ stead, and not of what life circumstances and situations want you to be, or define you by, or class you as – when you know it contradicts who and what you are and have become in the New Creation Testament of God’s BLESSEDNESS. 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has BLESSED us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He CHOSE us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having PREDESTINED us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will” Ephesians 1:3-5. 

Therefore, don’t just EXIST – LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING – LIVE it then – make it HAPPEN – make each day count and account for your good and goodness, according to God’s Word, by God’s divine power, in God’s BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“GRACE and PEACE be multiplied to you in the KNOWLEDGE of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His DIVINE POWER has GIVEN to us ALL THINGS that PERTAIN to LIFE and GODLINESS, through the KNOWLEDGE of Him who CALLED us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been GIVEN to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be PARTAKERS of the DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” 2 Peter 1:2-4/NKJV. 

And know for SURE today, that living is about the bonding and abiding within us of these elements of God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus: 

  •  HOPE 
  •  FAITH 
  •  LOVE 

“And now abide FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, these three; but the greatest of these is love” 1 Corinthians 13:13. 

“Remembering without ceasing your WORK of FAITH, and LABOUR of LOVE, and PATIENCE of HOPE in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father” 1 Thessalonians 1:3. 

And in Christ Jesus, it is in our applying these elements in the principles of the context, as we do LIFE and live GODLY in God’s graciousness and gracefulness, that we THRIVE and BECOME in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead – and not to SURVIVE or be a SURVIVAL by any means in the world. 

  •  By BEING PATIENCE in whatever you are so keen to pursue and achieve in HOPE; 
  •  By endeavouring to live through LOVE in all you set to LABOUR to achieve; 
  •  And by ensuring FAITH as a living currency in your process of WORK to achieve that desired intent. 

Our God in redemption has not only delivered us and translated us [Colossians 1:13-14] in Christ Jesus but has promised to DELIVER us daily from the evil that is in this our present world. The evil and wickedness of all sorts that creates the effects which have made some to be under the shadow of the survival of the fittest, as the saying goes. God knows that His WILL in His WORD can cause us to access His promises for our inheritance – that which is available and set ready for all whom He has SANCTIFIED – set apart in redemption in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

“Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might DELIVER us from this PRESENT EVIL WORLD, according to the WILL of God and our Father: 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen” Galatians 1:3-5. 

“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 urge you in Christ Jesus, to always MEASURE your living WORTH by the ingredients of HOPE, FAITH and LOVE even as in God’s Word. I PRAY that our God of HOPE, FAITH and LOVE may abound with you more and more in every way in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

Have a BLESSED day as you THRIVE in grace by the Word, and NEVER on the badge of survival or of surviving while in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And now abide FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, these three; but the greatest of these is love” 1 Corinthians 13:13. 

“Remembering without ceasing your WORK of FAITH, and LABOUR of LOVE, and PATIENCE of HOPE in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father” 1 Thessalonians 1:3. 

“Now FAITH is the SUBSTANCE of things HOPED for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT. 3 Through FAITH we UNDERSTAND that the worlds were FRAMED by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear” Hebrews 11:1-3. 

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision AVAILETH any thing, nor uncircumcision; but FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE” Galatians 5:6. 

“Now the God of hope FILL you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may ABOUND IN HOPE, through the POWER of the Holy Ghost” Romans 15:13. 

SUMMARY: 

This message talks about declaring your identity in Christ. The whole charge is: Stop living from circumstances. Start living from who God says you ARE in the New Creation. 

  1. YOUR IDENTITY & INHERITANCE IN CHRIST
  • YOU ARE BORN OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS TO THRIVE — not to survive, and you are not a survivor. 
  • God has QUALIFIED us to be PARTAKERS of the inheritance of the saints in light [Colossians 1:12-14]. 
  • He DELIVERED us from darkness and CONVEYED us into Christ’s Kingdom. In Him we have REDEMPTION and FORGIVENESS. 
  • God BLESSED us with every spiritual blessing [Ephesians 1:3-5]. He CHOSE and PREDESTINED us for adoption as sons before the foundation of the world. 
  • We have been SANCTIFIED — set apart in redemption in Christ Jesus. Our inheritance is already available and set ready. 
  1. GOD’S PROVISION: DIVINE POWER FOR LIFE & GODLINESS
  • His DIVINE POWER has GIVEN us ALL THINGS that pertain to LIFE and GODLINESS [2 Peter 1:2-4]. 
  • We are partakers of the DIVINE NATURE through His exceedingly great and precious promises. 
  • He daily DELIVERS us from this present evil world [Galatians 1:3-5] and from the mindset of “survival of the fittest.” 
  • The WORD of His grace is able to BUILD you up and GIVE you an INHERITANCE among all who are sanctified [Acts 20:32]. 
  1. THEWAY WE THRIVE: HOPE, FAITH, LOVE IN ACTION 

Living is about the bonding and abiding of 3 elements within us: HOPE, FAITH, LOVE [1 Corinthians 13:13]. 
You apply them as a 3-fold lifestyle: 

  1. By BEING PATIENT in HOPE — “patience of hope” [1 Thessalonians 1:3] 
  2. By LABOURING in LOVE — “labour of love” [1 Thessalonians 1:3] 
  3. By WORKING in FAITH — “work of faith” [1 Thessalonians 1:3]. Faith is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for [Hebrews 11:1-3] and it WORKETH BY LOVE [Galatians 5:6]. 

When we apply these principles as we do LIFE and live GODLY in God’s graciousness, we THRIVE and BECOME in God’s BLESSEDNESS. We refuse to wear the badge of survival. 

  1. THE CHARGE & BLESSING 
  • MEASURE your living WORTH by HOPE, FAITH and LOVE, even as in God’s Word. 
  • Don’t just EXIST — LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING. LIVE it. Make it HAPPEN. Make each day count for your good and goodness. 
  • Prayer: That the God of HOPE, FAITH and LOVE may abound with you more and more in every way in His BLESSEDNESS [Romans 15:13]. 
  • Benediction: GRACE and PEACE be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God [2 Peter 1:2-4]. 
  1. FINAL CALL: SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK

The message ended with a call to ponder the scriptures and to choose thriving over surviving. 

In one sentence: 
God has delivered, qualified, blessed, and empowered you in Christ Jesus with everything for life. Therefore, reject a survival mindset, and daily live, speak, and thrive by HOPE, FAITH and LOVE as a sanctified partaker of His inheritance. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

FORE-Telling And FORTH-Telling 

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FORE-Telling And FORTH-Telling: The Difference As To The OLD And NEW TESTAMENT – PROPHETS And PROPHECY! 

Do not be deceived and mistaken anymore by anyone – because you ARE your own PROPHET. Meaning therefore, that you can EXAMINE, that is, JUDGE the spirit before you AFFIRM PROPHECY blindly – for the Holy Spirit of God LIVES in you to ASCERTAIN the TRUTH that assures, ensures and sets one FREE. FEAR NOT THEREFORE ANYMORE! 

“Let the PROPHETS speak two or three, and let the other JUDGE (EXAMINE)” 1 Corinthians 14:29 (Emphasis Mine). 

For a while now, the majority of innocent Christians have ended up in more bondage in their curiosity to obtain miracles or blessings from SO-CALLED PROPHETS, who unknowingly are more like FORTUNE TELLER on SPELLS. 

I have used the word “SO-CALLED PROPHETS” because such are not genuine in respect to the genuine PROPHETS of God, by the obvious unscriptural acts and vices they have exposed people to in their vulnerability. For God’s GENUINE PROPHET are CALLED and SENT FORTH as MESSENGERS with His message, which does not take advantage of people’s vulnerability. 

Firstly, the Scriptures accredit the essence of PROPHET and PROPHETIC Ministry in both the OLD and NEW Testament (Ephesians 4:11-16). Unfortunately, their acts of OPERATION, ADMINISTRATION and MANIFESTATION are not the same, meaning they are contrary in each TESTAMENT (1 Corinthians 12:4-7); and unfortunately, many are exerting and exercising the patterns of the OLD TESTAMENT in the NEW TESTAMENT. 

In the OLD TESTAMENT there were three classes of LEADERSHIP :  
    The KING (To oversee, protect and defend in the civic governance of the people),  

     The PRIEST (To minister To God on behalf of the People)   

     The PROPHET (To HEAR and RECEIVE The WORD from Father God for the people).  

And more importantly, none of them, nor the people of that TESTAMENT assigned to LEAD, were BORN AGAIN, BAPTISED AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT living within, in order to authenticate The WORD of God as it is today – (John 3:3-8, 16-18). For The Holy Spirit came upon these three sects as and when needed to accomplish the purposes in their jurisdiction of obligations under God. It came UPON them ONLY. It Never LIVED in them.  

And the PROPHET, as per this context, in the OLD TESTAMENT was to HEAR The WORD from God by The Holy Spirit that came UPON them ONLY to minster to God’s people. Hence the purposeful function was to FORE TELL – that is, FORE-TELLING – in Ministerial UTTERANCES. 

And to FORETELL, which is a verb, means to predict as instructed; to tell the future as instructed before it occurs and to prophesy about God’s intended plan in solving the immediate or future purpose of God to His people. And in each case God did not leave His people in limbo but gave direction for their journey to fulfill His intended RIGHTEOUS plan and purpose. And God did all these in the OLD TESTAMENT as a process of carrying out His PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT towards human REDEMPTION, which was to be fulfilled in Christ Jesus – (Luke 24:44-45; John 1:45; Galatians 3:23-25). 

NOW WE HAVE CHRIST JESUS –THE RESULT AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 

The NEW TESTAMENT PROPHET, unlike the OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET, differs in many respects. Firstly, REDEMPTION has been fulfilled in Christ Jesus for humanity. And the people of God today are born of God, in grace within, baptised and filled with the indwelling Holy Spirit to guide and guard the respective individual and collective body. We are also given the right to access God unhindered, individually and collectively, with no need to bypass any person. And by the indwelling Holy Spirit through God’s WORD, one CAN make JUDGEMENT on any form of PROPHECY or PROPHETIC UTTERANCE of any SORT – to discern if it be of God or not. 

It thus means that the NEW TESTAMENT PROPHET is ONLY in a position to SPEAK FORTH, that is, to FORTH TELL – FORTH TELLING – in Ministerial UTTERANCES. And to FORTH-TELL is a verb and it means to tell forth; that is, to publish abroad, make known, spread, shout out and broadcast the GOSPEL – the Good News – of that which has been fulfilled in Christ Jesus on our behalf in REDEMPTION, the result of which is EDIFICATION, EXHORTATION and COMFORT – (1 Corinthians 14:3-4). Wherein there is no fear, threat, complex or unnecessary sentiments to appeal to any at all. 

And since we live in the sphere and realm of the Holy Spirit to REVEAL and AUTHENTICATE God’s PLAN, PURPOSE and WILL in Christ Jesus in us by The WORD, we need none of such ACTS of the OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). Genuine PROPHETIC PROPHECY of God will point one to JESUS and not self, ego and personality (Revelation 19:10). And anyone who claims to have a PROPHETIC PROPHECY and does not seem to be open to EXAMININATION indicates error, ignorance, pride, rudeness, self-egoism and such like. (Acts 17:10-13; 1 Corinthians 14:29). Every PROPHESY must be EXAMINED in the LIGHT of God’s WORD (Isaiah 8:16, 19-20; 2 Peter 1:19-21). 

It is unfortunate that some sects of Ministers have assumed to become PROPHETS or to have a PROPHETIC message which I call ‘SO-CALLED PROPHETS’. They go about taking advantage of God’s precious people in their ignorance of not being diligent searchers of the SCRIPTURES as BEREA N Christians (Acts 17:10-13) and are exerting and exercising the OLD TESTAMENT Prophetic Ministerial acts on the NEW TESTAMENT Believers in Christ Jesus, which is absurd. 

These dubious acts being practiced are unbiblical and unscriptural and they result in FORTUNE-TELLING – FORTUNE-TELLING/TELLER. This is the act of a person who is supposedly able to predict a person’s future by palmistry, using a crystal ball, or similar methods such as sorcery, spells, witchcraft and such likes (Acts 8:1-25; Acts 19:8-20). This is FRAUD and FALSEHOOD and many unfortunately, who do not care to READ, KNOW and UNDERSTAND God’s WORD by the Holy spirit, have become victims. They are lured into such bondages with all forms of fear and phobias in order to get them to consent to these sentiments. 

Dear Believers in Christ, you have the right in Christ Jesus to make JUDGEMENT – that is, to EXAMINE – without being judgemental, on any prophecy no matter who SPEAKS or is SPEAKING (Acts 17:10-13), before you affirm your life to it, otherwise, the consequential error is yours and not God’s, for God is not the AUTHOR of CONFUSION – (1 Corinthians 14:26-33; Matthew 22:29). 

THERE IS NO ROOM FOR THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, THREAT, INTIMIDATION AND TORMENT ON GOD’S PEOPLE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT PROPHETIC MINISTRY. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, BUT RATHER THAT YE MAY PROPHESY. 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 3 But he that PROPHESIETH speaketh unto men to EDIFICATION, and EXHORTATION, and COMFORT . . . 26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. 27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 29 LET THE PROPHETS SPEAK TWO OR THREE, AND LET THE OTHER JUDGE (EXAMINE). 30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. 31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. 32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33 For God is not the AUTHOR OF CONFUSION, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints . . .” 1 Corinthians 14:1-40 (Emphasis Mine). 

“Wherefore I put thee in REMEMBRANCE that thou STIR UP THE GIFT OF GOD, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:6-7 

“Herein is our LOVE MADE PERFECT (COMPLETE, MATURE, WHOLE), that we may have boldness in the DAY OF JUDGMENT (PREDICAMENT, CHALLENGES, QUESTIONING): because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no FEAR IN LOVE; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love” 1 John 4:17-18 (Emphasis Mine).. 

“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. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people” Acts 17:10-13. 

“To the LAW and to the TESTIMONY: if they SPEAK NOT ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, it is because there is NO LIGHT IN THEM” Isaiah 8:20. 

“And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY” Revelation 19:10. 

“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 BY THE HOLY GHOST” 2 Peter 1:19-21. 

Further Scriptural Reading: Ephesians 4:7-16; Revelation 19:10; Isaiah 8:20. Revelation 12:11; Hebrews 10:23. 1 Corinthians 14:36-40. 1 John 4:1-3. 1 Corinthians 14:31-33; 1 Corinthians 14:2-4; Joel 2:28-29; John 7:37-39; John 14:15-17; Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; Acts 2; Romans 8:14-16, 26-27; Ezekiel 11:19-20; Ezekiel 36:26-27; 

SUMMARY: 

This is a doctrinal charge and warning to the Church on how to discern true prophecy and why the New Testament believer is not meant to be deceived by counterfeit prophetic acts. 

  1. THE CORE WARNING: YOU ARE YOUR OWN PROPHET

The opening charge is that you are not to be deceived. Because the Holy Spirit LIVES IN YOU, you have the responsibility and right to EXAMINE, THAT IS, JUDGE THE SPIRIT before you blindly affirm any prophecy. 
Scripture: “Let the PROPHETS speak two or three, and let the other JUDGE” — [1 Corinthians 14:29]. 
Fear has no place. The Spirit in you assures, ensures and sets free. 

  1. THE PROBLEM: SO-CALLED PROPHETS AND FORTUNE-TELLING

Many innocent Christians have ended up in bondage chasing miracles from SO-CALLED PROPHETS. These are not genuine prophets of God. Their unscriptural acts and vices expose people in their vulnerability. 
Their operation is closer to FORTUNE-TELLING — palmistry, crystal balls, sorcery, spells, witchcraft [Acts 8:1-25; Acts 19:8-20]. This is FRAUD AND FALSEHOOD. 
People are lured with fear, phobias, threats and intimidation because they do not READ, KNOW AND UNDERSTAND GOD’S WORD. 
God’s genuine prophet is called and sent as a messenger with God’s message and does not take advantage of people’s vulnerability. 

  1. OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET: FORE-TELLING

Scriptural Basis: The essence of prophet and prophetic ministry is accredited in both Testaments [Ephesians 4:11-16], but their OPERATION, ADMINISTRATION AND MANIFESTATION are not the same [1 Corinthians 12:4-7]. 

OLD TESTAMENT STRUCTURE: 
There were three leadership offices: 

THE KING — to oversee, protect and defend in civic governance. 

THE PRIEST — to minister to God on behalf of the people. 

THE PROPHET — to HEAR and RECEIVE THE WORD from God for the people. 

KEY DIFFERENCE: None in the Old Testament were BORN AGAIN, BAPTISED AND FILLED WITH THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT [John 3:3-8, 16-18]. 
The Holy Spirit CAME UPON them only when needed to accomplish God’s purpose in their jurisdiction. It never LIVED in them. 

FUNCTION: The Old Testament prophet was to FORE-TELL — to predict as instructed, to tell the future before it occurs, and to declare God’s plan for immediate or future purposes. God did not leave His people in limbo; He gave direction for their journey. 
All of this was part of God’s PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT TOWARDS HUMAN REDEMPTION, which was fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS [Luke 24:44-45; John 1:45; Galatians 3:23-25]. 

  1. NEW TESTAMENT PROPHET:FORTH TELLING

NOW WE HAVE CHRIST JESUS — THE RESULT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Redemption is fulfilled. 

KEY DIFFERENCES: 

Indwelling Spirit: Believers today are born of God, baptised and filled with the indwelling Holy Spirit to guide and guard us individually and corporately.
Direct Access: We have the right to access God unhindered, with no need to bypass any person.
Discernment: By the indwelling Spirit and the Word, every believer CAN MAKE JUDGEMENT on any prophecy to discern if it is of God. 

FUNCTION: The New Testament prophet is ONLY IN A POSITION TO SPEAK FORTH — FORTH-TELL. 
To FORTH-TELL means to publish abroad, make known, spread, and broadcast the GOSPEL — the Good News of what Christ has fulfilled in Redemption. 
The result of genuine New Testament prophecy is EDIFICATION, EXHORTATION AND COMFORT [1 Corinthians 14:3-4]. 
There is no fear, threat, complex or manipulation. 

Because we live in the realm of the Holy Spirit to REVEAL AND AUTHENTICATE GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE AND WILL IN CHRIST [1 Corinthians 2:9-10], we do not need Old Testament prophetic acts. 
Genuine prophetic prophecy will always point to JESUS, not to self, ego or personality [Revelation 19:10]. 

  1. THE TEST: EXAMINE EVERY PROPHECY

Any prophecy that is not open to EXAMINATION shows signs of error, ignorance, pride and self-egoism [Acts 17:10-13; 1 Corinthians 14:29]. 
Every prophecy MUST BE EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF GOD’S WORD [Isaiah 8:16, 19-20; 2 Peter 1:19-21]. 
Be like the BEREAN CHRISTIANS who searched the Scriptures daily to verify if things were so [Acts 17:10-13]. 

  1. THE FINAL CHARGE

It is absurd that some ministers are practicing Old Testament prophetic patterns on New Testament believers. These dubious acts lead people into bondage and fear. 
Dear Believer: You have the right in Christ to JUDGE WITHOUT BEING JUDGEMENTAL. If you affirm error, the consequence is yours — God is not the AUTHOR OF CONFUSION [1 Corinthians 14:26-33; Matthew 22:29]. 
THERE IS NO ROOM FOR THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, THREAT, INTIMIDATION AND TORMENT IN NEW TESTAMENT PROPHETIC MINISTRY. 
“For God hath not given us THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” — [2 Timothy 1:6-7]. 
“There is no FEAR IN LOVE; but perfect love casteth out fear” — [1 John 4:17-18]. 

THE BOTTOM LINE IN ONE LINE: 

Old Testament prophecy was FORE-TELLING by the Spirit UPON men. New Testament prophecy is FORTH TELLING the finished work of Christ by the Spirit IN men. Test everything by the Word, point everything to Jesus, and reject fear. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

STOP CRYING AS ONE WITHOUT HOPE, FAITH AND LOVE IN GOD 

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STOP CRYING AS ONE WITHOUT HOPE, FAITH AND LOVE IN GOD: FOR IN YOUR DARK AND DARKNESS – THERE IS GOD’S GLORY AND BEAUTY! 

“Therefore we do not become DISCOURAGED [spiritless, disappointed, or afraid]. Though our OUTER self is [progressively] wasting away, yet our INNER self is being [progressively] RENEWED day by day. 17 For our MOMENTARY, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]! 18 So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Amplified. 

I know what tears and pain and disappointment FEEL and LOOK like. I know what setbacks with hopelessness, faithlessness, lovelessness LOOK like. I know how it feels when it seems there should be no tomorrow. I know how it feels to wish the morning was night and the night was day; and when the day and night SEEM so long that you wish you could BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND LIKE AN OSTRICH INSTEAD OF SOARING LIKE AN EAGLE; And when the darkness seems so dark that nothing in life matters anymore and all you think about is to stop living because you are overwhelmed with the matters of life. I know how it looks when all one can see is DANGER and such like, and nothing meaningful, purposeful and fulfilling anymore. I have seen it in many forms to know it is ONLY by God and THROUGH God in Christ Jesus’ stead that we can come through under the Sun in humanity. 

“In the beginning God CREATED the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without FORM, and VOID; and DARKNESS was UPON the FACE of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, LET THERE BE LIGHT: AND THERE WAS LIGHT. 4 And God SAW the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called THE LIGHT Day, and THE DARKNESS He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day” Genesis 1:1-5. 

And I have come a long way and grown to know that God does not shine light UPON darkness but causes light to shine OUT OF darkness for His glory and our BLESSEDNESS. As He spoke to the void and formless earth that light should come forth out of the darkness that was overpowering the earth, and there was – and there is – light. The light became the order for the day [morning and evening] and the dark and darkness became the order for the night. That’s what OUR CREATING GOD can do in the midst of anything that’s overwhelming us in life and grace. 

“For God, who commanded THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, hath SHINED in our hearts, TO GIVE THE LIGHT of the knowledge of the GLORY of God in the FACE of Jesus Christ” 2 Corinthians 4:6. 

And I want you to know what else I know – God DOES bring forth LIGHT OUT OF EVERY DARK and DARKNESS that shows up in our day-to-day challenges. The dark and darkness that show up momentarily, or as long-standing obstacles in metaphorical form as MOUNTAIN, VALLEY, CROOKED ROAD and ROUGH PLACES, in our path of doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus’ stead. I am very certain and assured that God will not OVERSHADOW that darkness with light just to keep you in CIRCUS but will BRING FORTH LIGHT OUT OF that seemingly impossible DARK PLACE and the DARKNESS with the needed and needful graciousness and gracefulness in His BLESSEDNESS. For God’s intent is to see you GLOW, REJUVENATE, REFRESH and BLOSSOM out of “THAT” dark and darkness you are dealing with right now. I know it without a shadow of a doubt, because every river of challenge that I have seen, walked through and gone through has made me BETTER than BITTER – because I know the essence of LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS in doing LIFE and LIVING GODLY. 

“But the PATH of the JUST (RIGHTEOUS) is like the LIGHT of dawn, that SHINES BRIGHTER and BRIGHTER until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the PERFECT (DAWN) day” Proverbs 4:18 Amplified. 

Therefore be at peace with yourself today, for the DAYSTAR in you, which is Christ Jesus the Saviour and Lord for today, tomorrow and always, will shine again in you and through you, and many in darkness will come to your light in Him to share in your joy and testimony of grace. For darkness CAN’T OVERSHADOW light. Light will always be superior to any darkness. The darker the case, the more the glow in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

Stop CRYING as one without hope in God; for in that your DARKNESS – therein is God’s GLORY and BEAUTY of you in Christ Jesus. I pray that you will take on a new look and a leap of faith in life, that your onward and upward trajectory in Christ Jesus CAN’T BE STOPPED by any level of darkness, no matter the momentary lapses and delays in the now.  

HAVE FAITH IN GOD – and be BLESSED in God’s GRACE and BLESSEDNESS.  

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“For God, who commanded THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, hath SHINED in our hearts, TO GIVE THE LIGHT of the knowledge of the GLORY of God in the FACE of Jesus Christ” 2 Corinthians 4:6. 

“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 by the Holy Ghost” 2 Peter 1:19-21. 

“The VOICE of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye 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 shall be MADE LOW: and the CROOKED shall be MADE STRAIGHT, and the ROUGH PLACES PLAIN: 5 and the GLORY of the Lord shall be REVEALED, and all FLESH shall see it together: for the Mouth of the Lord hath spoken it” Isaiah 40:3-5. 

“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. 

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was WITHOUT form, and void; and DARKNESS was UPON the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the FACE of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day” Genesis 1:1-5. 

“STOP CRYING AS ONE WITHOUT HOPE, FAITH AND LOVE IN GOD: FOR IN YOUR DARK AND DARKNESS – THERE IS GOD’S GLORY AND BEAUTY! 

“Therefore we do not become DISCOURAGED [spiritless, disappointed, or afraid]. Though our OUTER self is [progressively] wasting away, yet our INNER self is being [progressively] RENEWED day by day. 17 For our MOMENTARY, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]! 18 So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Amplified. 

“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God” Psalms 42:1-11. 

SUMMARY 

This message is a prophetic encouragement and testimony to anyone walking through dark seasons. 
God does not abandon us in darkness — He brings LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS for His glory and our BLESSEDNESS. 
What looks like hopelessness, pain, and delay is actually the place where God’s GLORY, BEAUTY, and RENEWAL are being produced in you. 
In Christ Jesus — the DAYSTAR in you — your trajectory is ONWARD and UPWARD, and no darkness can stop it.  

KEY POINTS 

GOD’S PATTERN: LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS

  • Creation Pattern: God spoke light out of formless void and darkness. Genesis 1:1-5 
  • New Creation Pattern: “God, who commanded LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, hath SHINED in our hearts, TO GIVE THE LIGHT of the knowledge of the GLORY of God in the FACE of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6 
  • God does not just OVERSHADOW your darkness — He BRINGS FORTH LIGHT OUT OF IT with graciousness and gracefulness. 

THE REALITY OF THE DARK SEASON

This message knows what it feels like:: 
Tears, pain, disappointment, hopelessness, faithlessness, lovelessness, setbacks, feeling like there’s no tomorrow. 
Darkness shows up as MOUNTAIN, VALLEY, CROOKED ROAD, ROUGH PLACES — long-standing obstacles in life. 
But these MOMENTARY, LIGHT troubles are producing for us an eternal WEIGHT OF GLORY beyond measure. 2 Corinthians 4:17 

WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST

Because of Christ, you are NOT without hope. 
The DAYSTAR — Christ Jesus — lives in you. He WILL SHINE AGAIN in you and through you until others in darkness come to your light. 
The PATH OF THE JUST IS LIKE THE LIGHT OF DAWN, THAT SHINES BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER until the perfect day. Proverbs 4:18 
Every valley shall be exalted, every mountain made low, the crooked made straight, and the rough places plain — and the GLORY of the Lord shall be revealed. Isaiah 40:3-5 

THE RESULT OF GOING THROUGH

Challenges are meant to make you BETTER than BITTER. 
God’s intent: to see you GLOW, REJUVENATE, REFRESH and BLOSSOM out of that dark place. 
“ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD” Romans 8:28 

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. STOP CRYING AS ONE WITHOUT HOPE, FAITH AND LOVE IN GOD. 
    For in your dark and darkness — THERE IS GOD’S GLORY AND BEAUTY! 
  2. DON’T LOOK AT WHAT IS SEEN. 
    Look at what is unseen. What is visible is temporal. What is invisible is everlasting. 2 Corinthians 4:18 
  3. BE AT PEACE WITH YOURSELF TODAY. 
    Your onward and upward trajectory in Christ Jesus CAN’T BE STOPPED by any level of darkness, lapses, or delays. 
  4. TAKE ON A NEW LOOK AND A LEAP OF FAITH. 
    Let the Daystar (Christ Jesus) arise in your heart. 2 Peter 1:19 
  5. HAVE FAITH IN GOD — and be BLESSED in God’s GRACE and BLESSEDNESS. 
    Hope thou in God, for you shall yet praise Him. Psalms 42:11 

 PAUSE AND THINK on these Scriptural truths: 
2 Corinthians 4:6, 2 Peter 1:19-21, Isaiah 40:3-5, Romans 8:28-30 

FINAL DECLARATION: 
Darkness CAN’T OVERSHADOW light. Light will always be superior. 
The darker the case, the more the glow in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. AMEN. 

MIRRORING YOUR WELLBEING BY GOD’S LOVE 

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MIRRORING YOUR WELLBEING BY GOD’S LOVE: LOVING THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IN THE EYES OF CHRIST JESUS! 

“And [that you may come] to KNOW [practically, through personal experience] the LOVE of Christ which far SURPASSES and TRANSCENDS [mere] SENSE knowledge [without experience], that you may be FILLED up [throughout your being] to all the FULLNESS of God [so that you may have the RICHEST experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely FILLED and FLOODED with God Himself]” Ephesians 3:19/AMP. 

Mirroring God’s LOVE in our lives should be every believer’s earnest desire and expectation as we live in grace – in our day-to-day endeavours and in our walk with God in Christ Jesus’ stead. The questions that come to mind are: 

  1.  How have you been applying it in your day to day living thus far?  
  2. How will you start to do it now?  
  3. How do you go about doing it in order to sustain it, with an onward and upward trajectory that does not stop?  

Will it be through the lens of your DENOMINATIONAL and DOCTRINAL Church, sectarian by-laws and creeds?  

Or through the World’s definition?  

Or will you choose to DO life through the EYES and FACE of Christ Jesus, in the LIGHT of the KNOWLEDGE of God as revealed in the Holy Scriptures? 

“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has SHONE in our hearts to give us the LIGHT of the KNOWLEDGE of the glory and majesty of God [clearly revealed] in the FACE of Christ” 2 Corinthians 4:6 Amplified. 

LOVING through KNOWLEDGE, in the EYES and FACE of JESUS, by the Holy Spirit that is GIVEN to us, is the essence of FULFILING scripture and being FULFILED in God, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is SHED abroad in our HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . . 8 But God COMMENDETH his LOVE toward us, in that, while we were YET sinners, Christ DIED for us” Romans 5:5-8. 

If you mirror your life through the eyes of DENOMINATIONAL and DOCTRINAL Church by-laws and creeds, or through the WORLD’S definition as seen today, I tell you this truthfully: You will be stigmatised, locked in dogmas and creeds, and become self-centred. More so, you will end up full of RELIGION-MADE, SECTARIANISM, SELF-MADE and MAN-MADE practices – with their bondages and captivity.  

They may seem good in human eyes, but they are full of sentiment, prejudice and dissimulation (hypocrisy) in every perception and life dealing.  

Worst of all, it is not healthy and gracious for godly living before the God of LOVE, in the knowledge of Christ Jesus’ stead as SCRIPTURALLY enjoined. Amen. 

“And [that you may come] to KNOW [practically, through personal experience] the LOVE of Christ which far SURPASSES and TRANSCENDS [mere] SENSE knowledge [without experience], that you may be FILLED up [throughout your being] to all the FULLNESS of God [so that you may have the RICHEST experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely FILLED and FLOODED with God Himself]” Ephesians 3:19/AMP. 

For when you mirror God’s love from and through the saving, gracious KNOWLEDGE of Christ Jesus – in His EYES and on His FACE – in order to do life and live godly, I can verily promise you this:  

You will be LIBERATED from all forms of bondage and captivity. You will eventually experience WHOLEHEARTED WHOLENESS in your triune being: spirit, soul and body. And God’s love in Christ Jesus will take hold of you in every way, to do life and live FULFILING scripture – BLESSEDLY, MEANINGFULLY, and PURPOSEFULLY. Amen. 

“Love is to be sincere and active [the real thing—without guile and hypocrisy]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another with [authentic] brotherly affection [as members of one family], give preference to one another in honor; 11 never lagging behind in diligence; aglow in the Spirit, enthusiastically serving the Lord; 12 constantly rejoicing in hope [because of our confidence in Christ], steadfast and patient in distress, devoted to prayer [continually seeking wisdom, guidance, and strength], 13 contributing to the needs of God’s people, pursuing [the practice of] hospitality . . .” Romans 12:9-21 Amplified. 

Genuine freedom is seeing God’s love through the EYES of Christ Jesus – if you dare to desire to truly live free in GRACE and in God’s KNOWLEDGE: wholesomely, purposefully, and meaningfully. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Beloved, let us LOVE one another, for LOVE is of God; and everyone who LOVES is born of God and knows God. 8 He who DOES NOT LOVE does not know God, for GOD IS LOVE. 9 In this the LOVE of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON into the world, that we might LIVE THROUGH HIM. 10 In this is LOVE, not that we LOVED God, but that He LOVED us and sent His Son to be the PROPITIATION for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so LOVED us, we also ought to LOVE one another” 1 John 4:7-11. 

“And the very God of peace SANCTIFY you WHOLLY; and I pray God your WHOLE spirit and soul and body be PRESERVED blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Thessalonians 5:23. 

“Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having LOVED his own which were in the world, he LOVED THEM UNTO THE END . . . 34 A NEW COMMANDMENT I give unto you, That ye LOVE one another; as I have LOVED you, that ye also LOVE one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have LOVE one to another” John 13:1, 34-35. 

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 LOOKING UNTO JESUS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” Hebrews 12:1-2. 

“God, who at SUNDRY TIMES and in DIVERS MANNERS SPAKE IN TIME PAST unto the fathers by the PROPHETS, 2 hath in these LAST DAYS SPOKEN UNTO US BY HIS SON, whom he hath APPOINTED heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of his glory, and the EXPRESS image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they” Hebrews 1:1-4. 

“. . . 16 May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality], 17 so that Christ may DWELL in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] ROOTED and [securely] GROUNDED in LOVE, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His LOVE [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to KNOW [practically, through personal experience] the LOVE of Christ which far SURPASSES and TRANSCENDS [mere] SENSE knowledge [without experience], that you may be FILLED up [throughout your being] to all the FULLNESS of God [so that you may have the RICHEST experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely FILLED and FLOODED with God Himself]” Ephesians 3:14-19 Amplified. 

SUMMARY: 

This is a theological charge + devotional call centred on one truth: To live free, whole, and godly, believers must mirror God’s love through the EYES and FACE of Christ Jesus, not through religion, denominations, or the world. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. THE CENTRAL THEME & SCRIPTURE FOUNDATION

Theme: MIRRORING YOUR WELLBEING BY GOD’S LOVE 
Core Verse: Ephesians 3:19 AMP 
“…to KNOW practically, through personal experience, the LOVE of Christ which far SURPASSES knowledge, that you may be FILLED up…to all the FULLNESS of God.” 
The goal is experiential knowledge of God’s love that leads to being FILLED and FLOODED with God Himself. 

Supporting verse: 2 Corinthians 4:6 AMP – God has shone the LIGHT of the KNOWLEDGE of His glory in the FACE of Christ. 

  1. THE QUESTION & THE 3 OPTIONS FOR LIVING

The message poses 3 reflective questions about daily application, consistency, and sustainability. 
Then it gives 3 paths to choose from: 

  • DENOMINATIONAL & DOCTRINAL Church – by-laws, creeds, sectarianism 
  • THE WORLD’S definition – human standards 
  • THE EYES AND FACE OF CHRIST JESUS – in the LIGHT of the KNOWLEDGE of God from Holy Scriptures ← The only correct path 
  1. THE WARNING: LIFE OUTSIDE CHRIST’S EYES

If you choose Option 1 or 2: 

  • You will be stigmatised, locked in dogmas, and self-centred 
  • You will become RELIGION-MADE, SECTARIAN, SELF-MADE, MAN-MADE 
  • Result: Bondage, captivity, sentiment, prejudice, and hypocrisy 
  • It is not healthy or gracious for godly living before the God of LOVE. Romans 5:5-8 
  1. THE PROMISE: LIFE THROUGH CHRIST’S EYES

When you mirror God’s love through the saving, gracious KNOWLEDGE in Christ Jesus: 

  • You will be LIBERATED from all bondage and captivity 
  • You will experience WHOLEHEARTED WHOLENESS in your triune being: spirit, soul, and body 1 Thess 5:23 
  • God’s love will lead you to live FULFILLING Scripture — BLESSEDLY, MEANINGFULLY, and PURPOSEFULLY 
  • LOVING through KNOWLEDGE by the Holy Spirit is the essence of fulfilling Scripture and being fulfilled in God. 
  1. WHAT THIS LOVE LOOKS LIKE PRACTICALLY

From Romans 12:9-21 AMP: 
Sincere love, no hypocrisy. Hate evil, hold to good. Brotherly affection, honor, diligence, rejoicing in hope, steadfast in distress, devotion to prayer, generosity, hospitality. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS TO PONDER – SELAH
1 John 4:7-11 – God IS LOVE. We love because He first loved us and sent His Son. 

John 13:34-35 – The NEW COMMANDMENT: Love one another as Christ loved us. This is how the world knows we are His disciples. 

Hebrews 12:1-2 – LOOKING UNTO JESUS, the Author and Finisher of our faith. 

Hebrews 1:1-4 – In these last days God has SPOKEN TO US BY HIS SON, the EXPRESS image of His person. 

Ephesians 3:14-19 – Rooted and grounded in LOVE, to comprehend the width, length, height, depth of God’s love.

THE FINAL DECLARATION

Genuine freedom is seeing God’s love through the EYES of Christ Jesus — if you dare to desire to truly live free in GRACE and in God’s KNOWLEDGE: wholesomely, purposefully, and meaningfully. 

In One Sentence: 

The message calls every believer to reject religion and worldliness, and to instead mirror God’s love by seeing life through Christ Jesus — because only that path brings liberation, wholeness, fulfillment, and the fullness of God’s presence. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE LOVING OF GOD 

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THE LOVING OF GOD: WILL CAUSE ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD AND PERSONAL REVELATION! 

“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” Romans 8:28. 

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the HEART of man, the things which God hath PREPARED for them that LOVE him. 10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the DEEP things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 

Love is the working essence of all things for your good with God. If you want all things – good [good times] or bad [challenging and difficult times] – to work together for your good, then start loving God in spirit [in hearts hearts] and in truth [in His Word]. That’s the earnest way to offer to God worship that’s worthily and services that’s acceptably in the grace. 

“The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit [hearts] and in truth [the word]” John 4:19-24/Emphasis Mine. 

Loving God should be a deliberate and intentional, conscious act from your heart [human spirit] and not from your head; and you need to know full well, with understanding, that God’s love is only poured out and shared abundantly in the human spirit by the Holy Spirit for a genuine expression of God’s love — Romans 5:5, 8. 

And the acknowledgement of this knowing and understanding will cause all things to work together for your good, because you can only offer meaningful worship to God from a heart of love toward Him. 

That is how God can cause you to live with purpose and reveal the real you to you, for meaningful and purposeful living and loving in His grace. 

For the Spirit of God gives man the breath of life and the understanding of life — Zoe, the eternal being of man toward God in humanity. 

“But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding” Job 32:8. 

“The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life” Job 33:4. 

Material instruments like a Stethoscope, Scan devices, X-ray and the like may be useful in human endeavors, yet you cannot detect the human spirit with them, because the human spirit is eternal and not earthly, though it dwells in your body.[bodily] 

Simply put, the spirit of man is the candle or lamp of the Lord, searching and searching out all the inner depths of his heart. Hence, it is only by the spirit that man can truly worship God. 

For the man within the human is a spirit being, he has a soul [the seat of will, intuition, and intellect], and he lives in a body.[eternal][flesh] 

And only by God’s Word can the tripartite being — spirit, soul, and body — be detected, separated, and discerned together at the same time.[triune]  

“The spirit of man is the candle [lamp] of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly [being]” Proverbs 20:27/Emphasis mine. 

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Thessalonians 5:23. 

“For the WORD of God is quick [alive], and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do” Hebrews 4:12-13/Emphasis mine. 

For Faith pleases God and Faith only functions by Love, and when Faith towards God is essence by Love, you’ve gotten hold of God for the release of His blessings upon you. It’s by the faith that pleases God working through love, is the hallmark way to live beyond walls by God in spirit and truth. And the faith that overcomes and brings about victory and triumph in the grace becomes one’s realities in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. 

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by [through] love” Galatians 5:6/Emphasis mine. 

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” Hebrews 11:6 

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5. 

If you are desiring God’s BLESSEDNESS – just LOVE God; for ALL THINGS will work together for your GOODNESS, GRACIOUSNESS and GRACEFULNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

Beloved reader, I encourage you in the now and today, to start Loving God. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“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. 

“For in Jesus Christ NEITHER circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; BUT FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE” Galatians 5:6. 

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God . . .” 1 Corinthians 2:9-16. 

SUMMARY: 
This message centres on THE LOVING OF GOD and how it unlocks God’s goodness, purpose, and revelation   

  1. God’s Promise to Those Who Love Him
    Romans 8:28 — ALL THINGS work together for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are CALLED according to His PURPOSE.  
    1 Corinthians 2:9-10 — God has prepared things for those who love Him, and by His Spirit He REVEALS the deep things of God to us.  
  1. Loving God the Right Way
    Love for God must be deliberate and intentional — from the heart [human spirit], not just the head.  
    Romans 5:5 — God’s love is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.  
    John 4:23-24 — True worship is in spirit and in truth. It is from a heart of love that we offer worship that is acceptable and pleasing to God.  
    That is how God causes all things to work for your good and reveals the real you for purposeful living.   
  1. Understanding the Human Spirit 
    Man is a spirit, has a soul, and lives in a body 1 Thessalonians 5:23.  
    The spirit is eternal and cannot be detected by stethoscopes, scans, or X-rays. Proverbs 20:27 calls it “the candle of the Lord.”  
    Only the Word of God can divide and discern spirit, soul, and body Hebrews 4:12-13.  
    It is the Spirit of God that gives breath and understanding — Zoe, eternal life Job 32:8; 33:4. 
  1. Faith That Works by Love 
    Galatians 5:6 — Faith works by love.  
    Hebrews 11:6 — Without faith it is impossible to please God.  
    1 John 5:4-5 — This is the faith that overcomes the world and brings victory.  
    When faith is activated by love, you have hold of God and His blessings are released.  

Final Word:  

If you are desiring God’s BLESSEDNESS — just LOVE GOD.  
For ALL THINGS will work together for your GOODNESS, GRACIOUSNESS, and GRACEFULNESS in Christ Jesus.  
Start Loving God now and today. Amen. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI