13/03/2021
HAPPY BIBLICAL NEW YEAR.
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. (Exodus 12 vs 1)
The month of Abib is the first month of each biblical year and also the month of deliverance. It was in this month that the almighty gave the law of Passover upon which he delivered the tribe of Israel from bo***ge.
Are you in bo***ge of any kind? Is there anything that has being troubling your life and you want the almighty to deliver you from it? What’s your expectation about that deliverance coming your way as soon as possible? My dear, the truth is no one puts a new wine in an old wine skin. Sir / ma, if there is a deliverance you seek, then there is a sin or bad attitude you need to drop.
When the Almighty asked the Israelites to observe the first Passover, he asked them to make sure that the animal for the Pascal meal is without blemish representing the family where it is killed. The without blemish, simply means no error or deformity. Simply put, it means without SIN. Our messiah Jesus Christ (blessed be he) made it more explicit when he said, "Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.” (Mathew 5:23 – 24).
If any sin / error is found on the Pascal animal then it won’t be accepted for sacrifice unto the almighty. Alas!!! How do we expect the almighty to deliver us from bo***ge while there is big time error in us?
Truly, “Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach to any people”. (Proverbs 14:34).
No father will be happy to give his child blessing knowing fully well that the said child goes contrary to what the father asks him or her to do. This is how it is with the Almighty. Our God is a jealous God.
True repentance is "to turn away from evil, and to turn to the good.". Three times Ezekiel included God's call to the people of Israel: "Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!" "Repent! Turn away from all your offenses", "Turn! Turn from your evil ways" (Ezikiel 18 : 20).
Repentance is NOT asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intent to sin again.
Repentance is an honest, regretful acknowledgement of sin with commitment to change.
Repentance leads us to cultivate godliness while eradicating habits that lead into sin.
Brethren lets confess our sin and forsake our evil ways that the Almighty will hear our prayers in this year’s feast of Passover and bless us mightily. Amen
“From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the Lord drives along.
“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord. ( Isaiah 59 : 19- 20).
HAPPY BIBLICAL NEW YEAR .