SEED OF DESTINY BY DR (PST) PAUL ENENCHE Sunday, 11 January 2015 l HOW TO BENEFIT FROM THE WORD OF GOD OVERVIEW SCRIPTURE: But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 2 Cor. 4:3-5 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Insight answers to uprightness. How do we encounter the Spirit of the Word? How do we encounter insight from the Word of God? One of the ways to encounter insight from the Word is by maintaining uprightness. Uprightness brings insight. James 1:21 says, ‘Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which isBable to save your souls.’ Insight answers to uprightness. There can be no insight in iniquity. Filthiness of the spirit prevents the revelation of the Word of God. Defilement of conscience denies you access to insight in the Word of God. Anything that holds your conscience in guilt is preventing you from seeing what God is showing you and from hearing what God is saying. Iniquity frustrates spiritual sensitivity and arrests receptivity. It is not possible to be iniquitous and be spiritually receptive. That is why a sinner can be in a spirit-charged atmosphere where people are jumping, dancing and worshipping and be wondering what is happening. Until God breaks through to him, he will feel nothing. According to our anchor Scripture, every sinner is only reading the Bible with blind eyes. The Bible remains a closed book to the sinner; whether it is a sinner lost in sin in the world or a compromising Christian. It is not that God is trying to deny anyone access to the Word, but such people’s lifestyles have blinded their eyes from seeing the Word of God. In case you are saying, ‘Pastor, I am not seeing the things that I am meant to see from the Bible; I read the Bible but it looks like ordinary literature to me,’ check yourself. Is there any area of compromise in your life? Is there something you are doing that God does not expect you to do? That is what may be blinding your spiritual eyes to insights from the Scripture. Spiritual blindness will not be your portion, in Jesus’ Name. Remember this: insight answers to uprightness. ASSIGNMENT(S): 1. Ensure that you are not compromising in any way in your walk with God. 2. Immediately ask for mercy whenever you make any mistake. FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: ACCESSING AND PROFITTING FROM THE WORD – PT. 3 PRAYER: Oh Lord, open my eyes to see treasures from Your Word in Jesus’ Name. DAILY READING: MORNING: Gen. 24:52-26:16; Mt. 8:18-34 EVENING: Ps. 10:1-15; Prov. 3:7-8 QUOTE: Once a person sins, his defences are broken, then satan can attack such a person’s life. Culled from 15 KINGDOM STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL by Dr Paul Enenche. PROPHETIC PARENTAL BLESSING FOR THE WEEK: The time for captivity has expired and God’s Word to you is about to be performed, in Jesus’ Name!
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