21/07/2021
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
DATE: WEDNESDAY 21ST JULY, 2021.
THEME: DON’T BE WORLDLY.
MEMORIZE:
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15
BIBLE READING:
1 JOHN 2:15-17
15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
MESSAGE:
In todays memory verse, Apostle Paul enjoins us not to love the world and warned that we cannot love God and the world at the same time.
He urges further that we should not engage in the works of darkness as listed in Ephesians 5:4-5, and Ephesians 5:12
“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient… For ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God…for it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.”
Why however, are there thieves in the congregations of Churches today?, Why are harlots in the Choir?, Why are extra-marital affairs now commonplace among believers?.
The answer is simple: worldliness has become the order of the day!, The get-rich quick spirit is holding sway among believers who have forgotten Paul's counsel to be content with what they have (1 Timoth 6:6-11).
The end justifies the means philosophy growing in the Church today is contrary to the word of God that says everyone shall give account for his or her actions (Romans 14:12).
Another reason for the growth of worldliness in the Church today is that the children of light have made our places of worship comfortable for evildoers.
Many believers are now living l