Matthew 24:10-13: “And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” 2Timothy 3:10-12, “But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long suffering, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
” Every child of God must realise that the world can never be heaven. As long as we are in the world, suffering affliction or trial, is inevitable for the real children of God. The reason is that,the enemy who was cast down into this world has corrupted it.
Because he has lost heaven, he is now in this world working tirelessly to hinder believers from making it to heaven. It is through much tribulation we will enter heaven. If you are not ready to endure, then you are not fit for the kingdom of God.
The rough road will enable us to pray and depend only on God. If we don’t pass through the rough road, we will only be a little god and begin to think that we have arrived, but God does not want us to this way at all.He wants us to depend on him.
God he wants us to know that this world is not our own, he wants us to know that we are strangers in it and must not relax.We should never think that we have made it. God wants us to know that persecution or trial is a must.
If you do not suffer persecutions and trials and you are relax, you will backslide and go to hell. If you think this world is a final place, you will never have time for God. God wants us to understand that, as long as we are here now, that we are brethren and we are not the owners of God’s power.
Whatever power we are using is God’s power and it is given by His grace. Matthew 7:13: “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:” Convenient road where there is no trial, no affliction, no persecution, everything is right, leads to destruction. If you want to make heaven, endure; and if you minus endurance, minus heaven as well, because every true child of God must be tested, tried and persecuted.
You must pass through affliction before you can be perfected, otherwise you cannot enter there. Job 23:10: “Therefore, snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee.”Hebrew 4:9: “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
” If you are resting now you are wasting your time, as long as you have not entered the final rest, there is no rest and there is no point for us to relax now. It is when we cross over to heaven, shall we rest forever. Therefore, we are on a journey and when afflictions come our way, we must endure and keep on enduring until we get to our final destination, which is heaven.
Tribulation and persecution are the instruments that will carry us to heaven. God must take something from you before giving you something. What have you given to God? Give him patience and allow Him to make use of you.
Job 1:13-22:“And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:and there came a messenger unto Job, and said, the oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:and the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee...
then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,and said, ‘naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.’In all this, Job sinned not nor charged God foolishly.” Endurance will not allow you to speak anything against God, believing that no matter the situation the Lord will see you through, no matter the suffering or trials or afflictions, in everything say, God I give you the glory, no matter the delay in marriage and poverty.
No matter the problems coming upon you, be ready to do the will of God in the face of opposition. When there is delay, will you endure? When people are finding fault with you even when you did nothing, will you endure? Matthew 24:13:“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” If you will endure, it will provide the fruit of righteousness, remember something is ahead of us and that thing is incomparable heaven.
Everything we are passing through,will play a role in our life and all of them are instruments for our perfection. Romans 4:17-22 reads: “(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, so shall thy seed be.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And, therefore, it was imputed to him for righteousness.” Abraham received God’s promise, he endured patiently, waited without murmuring and instead of murmuring, he was praising God and the Lord made the promise to come to pass and today he is in the bosom of the Father in heaven.
Even our Lord, Jesus Christ, passed through some afflictions and trials and he said it is finished after he was killed on the Cross of Calvary because of you and me. Without that cross, the whole world would never have been saved.Why are you murmuring and complaining? He that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Revelation 21:3-4 says:“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Whatsoever you are passing through shall pass away and you shall meet with your father and you shall part no more.
You will meet your Father, where there shall be no sorrow or tears. In this world, no matter what you have, there must be sorrow and death. John 14:1-5:“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Revelation 21:7:“He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.” You have to endure and wait upon the Lord, great benefits await all that will endure to the end. Let us endure like Job, our Lord Jesus Christ and all the apostles.
They endured without sin and we shall enter into glory forever and ever in Jesus’ name. If you endure, at the end of this life, we shall meet in heaven. Testimony Of The Lord’s Doing No One Can Give Above God My name is Brother Justice Odogwu, I joined The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries in 2011 and I worship atOkota branch of the church.
I thank God for His favour upon my life. About three weeks ago, our branch pastor called for pledges and l participated in it. At the end of the pledge, there was a short fall of N90,000 to make up the total sum of money needed.
I volunteered to complete the money. After that, God swung into action and blessed me with N4,000,000. P-r-a-i-s-e, the Lord! Moreover, at the end of the just concluded crusade, “.
..And The Enemies Submitted.
..”our General Overseer called for pledges.
l pledged the sum of N200,000 and redeemed it the next day being Monday. God blessed me with N5,000,000. God of Chosen is so great.
May his name be glorified in Jesus’name. By the grace of God, l have paid my tithe atour branch in Jesus’ name..
.Amen! I pray for our G.O and all Chosen members Worldwide, that heaven will be our portion at the end of this life in Jesus’ name.
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