Saturday, 17th December, 2022
Bible Reading: 2 Timothy 4: 3-4, Matthew 24:24
Memory Verse: A little leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church]. Galatians 5:9 (AMP)
I celebrate the grace of God upon Apostle Christian Nwoke. There is a massive spiritual attack from hell against the media space, and the social media in particular. As Bible teachers, we shouldn’t be oblivious. Satan is throwing darts of divorce and many hearts are getting pierced. Undoubtedly, marital abuse in all its ramifications – physical, emotional, verbal, financial and sexual are totally forbidden as Christians. If husbands are to love their wives, and wives are to submit to their husbands, then, there is no place for such things. Nevertheless, there is a place for tolerance, patience, and counselling as married couples who are from different backgrounds and are striving to be more like Jesus in everything they do, even in their marriage. If we do not strike a balance, then at the slightest provocation, the spirit of divorce may set in.
Dear Christian, who is your model? Christ or “social media trending false Bible study teachers”? Satan threw the dart of polygamy also in recent times. Notably, polygamy has no place in the New Testament. The covenant in Christ demands more consecration than the Old which Patriarchs like Abraham, David, and Solomon lived by. In the Old Testament, committing fornication as an act is a sin, but in the New Testament, just sexually lusting after a woman in your heart is sin already (Matthew 5: 27-28). If David could marry many wives, Peter could not because Peter was under the New Covenant domiciled in the Blood of Jesus, more powerful than the covenant of bulls and rams the former operated under.
Quote: Lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices – 2 Corinthians 2:11
Prophetic Decree: I break the grip of false teachers over your heart, in Jesus name
Prayer Focus
1. My Father, please shield my heart from the corruption of this world, in Jesus name.
2. I receive great grace to guard my heart with all diligence for out of it flows the issues of life, in Jesus name.
3. Lord, help me to fix my eyes on You, as the author and finisher of my faith, in Jesus name.
4. Any attempt to make the conviction of the Saints docile through the social media space shall not stand, in Jesus name.
5. I receive grace to guard my eyes, ears, and heart with all diligence for out of it flows the issues of my life, in Jesus name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Philippians 1-4