DO ALL BLESSINGS COME FROM GOD?
Yesterday, I and a Pastor friend with his family
went via a commercial transport to a church program and the transport man at
the end was trying to extort money from us. When we made him realise he was
trying to cheat us, the man replied us saying that was how God had decided
(chose) to bless him. Then my friend told him never to lie in the name of God,
paid him and allowed him to go. The transporter insisted that what he did was because
God had brought that opportunity as a way of blessing him. He called cheating
and extortion God’s blessing. It means that to him, all blessings, whether by
hook or crook, are from God.
Just this morning, the Spirit ministered to me to
write about this serious error of our generation; men HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS, BUT DENYING THE POWER THEREOF. May God
dissolve every wrong concept of blessing and prosperity from our lives.
It is easy for men to teach about Judas Iscariot
today, but many do not realise that they are not better than Judas. Judas was
associated with Christ, but the Bible says, “This he said, not that he cared
for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was
put therein” (John 12:6). He was a thief. Who is a thief? Simple; ‘A
person who takes something that belongs to somebody else.’ Then Judas “Purchased
a field with the reward of iniquity” (Acts 1:18).
Today, many have built houses, bought cars, opened
business, etc, with the reward of iniquity (their shares from criminal
conspiracies, portions from bribery, policemen extorting money on the highways,
politicians embezzling constituency funds, preachers consuming church funds,
etc). Unfortunately, these people will say to themselves, “The Lord has blessed
me.” They will be given the best seats in worship places and will have
unrestricted access to the man of God, whereas the “poor” widow in church
cannot even come near her Pastor for physical walls and barriers of protocols.
Is it not true that many of these wrong blessings
receive prophetic back-ups?! A prophet can now easily look away from a man’s
sinful ways of life and prophesy increased financial inflow to him. And the man
who was not told about Heaven, Hell, Rapture, Holiness, will set out in the
pursuit of more money whether by hook or crook. Then in the end, the man will
come and testify about “God’s blessings” in confirmation of a prophetic
utterance, after which he may drop a ‘prophet’s offering’ for the man of God.
But when Heaven X-rays the so-called blessing, it is built on falsehood,
corruption, compromise, etc. Many of the people the man cheated and extorted
are in pains, but the man is organising thanksgiving service and celebrating a
prophetic word. Error!!!
By God’s grace, I operate in the prophetic so I am not
speaking against the office of the prophet. But I say this, prophets are first
and above all God’s mouthpiece in causing men to seek Heaven first and above
all, then other things follow. Today, we are helping iniquity to abide. It is
written, “And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that
wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there”
(Ecclesiastes 3:16). Iniquity/corruption has reached a boiling point
that its steam has entered the hitherto holy places, and iniquity has reached
the place where righteousness should dwell. “Having a form of godliness, but
denying the power thereof” (2 Timothy 3:5).
There is a boutique close to where I once lived, and
on the signpost of that boutique is the inscription: “REAL MEN LOVE JESUS”. This inscription would send a message across
to a lay passer-by into thinking that the owner and chief executive of that
boutique is a ardent lover and follower of Jesus. However, that may not the
case (and that is not the case...I judge no man, but by their fruits they shall
be known).
What does it mean to love Jesus? Jesus Himself gave
the meaning in John 14:15; “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” So, our love
for Jesus is demonstrated by keeping His commandments – living for Him in truth
and holiness. Now, when we print on boards for everyone to see for example
inscriptions like the one above (REAL MEN LOVE JESUS), but we live opposite to
His commandment, the scripture completes who we are:
“For with their mouth they shew much love, but their
heart goeth after their covetousness” (Ezekiel 33:31)
“Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth,
and they lied unto him with their tongues” (Psalm 78:36)
“Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people
draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have
removed their heart far from me” (Isaiah 29:13)
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power
thereof: from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3:5)
“They profess that they know God; but in works they
deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work
reprobate” (Titus 1:16)
We can go on!
To have a form of godliness and to deny the power
thereof comes in many ways, some of which include:
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To claim to be a
Christian but not born again and living holy
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To claim to
belong to a Church or even a worker in the Church but see no wrong in keeping
malice with another person within or outside the church
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To talk about
God with others only to leave there and go and drink alcohol or fornicate
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To even take up
on others when they talk against God but not to be born again
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To believe that
smoking/alcohol is a sin but not to see any wrong in falsifying figures so as
to make money.
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To be a trader,
share tract to one customer, and then cheat another customer
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To be a worker
in church and still live in corruption in your place of secular work
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To claim to be a
Christian but to cheat others anyways
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To come and
share testimony in the church about God’s blessings, but knowing deep in you
that the testimony came after you compromised
It is to be like Samson; he was a Nazarite
(dedicated to God) and there were laws guiding them. Some of these laws
include; not touching dead things and having no razor come on their heads. But
Samson chose the ones he would obey. He kept his head intact from razor (initially),
but he saw nothing wrong in eating honey from the carcass of a lion. He was so
committed to preventing razor from coming on his head, but he saw nothing bad
about touching a dead animal. It is like someone who preaches that it is a sin
to do homosexuality, and even condemns those who do so, but this same man
preaching sees nothing wrong in committing fornication and premarital sex. He
will condemn smoking but at work he will forge figures. This is what the
scripture calls, “Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof”.
There is a power that comes with godliness. Paul
called it “the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth” (Roman
1:16). It is power that accompanies salvation and helps us to live
holy, godly and soberly in the times we are. If this power is at work in you,
it worketh onto holiness and truth. It destroys the stronghold of iniquity and
the person just hates sin and love righteousness. “Thou hast loveth righteousness,
and hateth iniquity” (Hebrews 1:9). Many of us had our days of
struggling with some habits and sinful ways, but the power of God unto
salvation destroyed the power of sin and death, and the dominion of sin was broken
and the altar of righteousness became exalted. “The snare is broken, and we are
escaped” (Psalm 124:7). Amen.
So, if you still think cheating people, stealing the
money of the government and the people (the one people call “our” money), and
forging figures to make wealth are the blessings of the Lord, then you are
wrong. These blessings among other wrong ones will cause you eternal sorrows in
hell at the end, whereas, “The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich,
and he addeth no sorrow with it” (Proverbs 10:22).
God will bless you, and this is pure prosperity,
void of forgery, corruption, iniquity, compromise, and all evil manipulations.
Any money/wealth you get on the altar of bribery, corruption, stealing,
cheating, and the likes, such money/wealth IS NOT FROM GOD! STOP SAYING IT IS
GOD WHO BLESSED YOU THAT WAY...THAT WILL BE LYING AGAINST GOD AND LYING IN HIS
NAME.
This is the end of all such people who get
wealth/money wrongly:
“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst
of his days, and at his end shall be a fool” (Jeremiah 17:11).
Finally, please know that NOT all money, open doors,
opportunities, and blessings are from God. Only “good and perfect things are from
God” (James 1:17).
If you have never given your life to Christ, it
means you are not saved and hence not safe. Prosperity or celebrity status will
never open the gates of Heaven, only holiness will. And the way to walk in this
narrow way is to take the first step to accept Jesus into your life. If you
want to accept Jesus as your personal saviour and Lord, here is an opportunity,
please pray this prayer genuinely:
“Lord
Jesus, I know I am a sinner, but I come to you today...I confess my sins and I
am ready to forsake my sinful and odd way of life. I ask that you will forgive
me my sins, cancel my name from the book of death, and write it in the book of
life. I receive eternal life into my spirit. Give me abiding and sustaining
grace over sin and help me live my rest for you until I see you face to face
and inherit life eternal. Thank you for accepting me today...in Jesus’ name I
pray.”
If you prayed the prayer, congratulations and
welcome to God’s family. Join a Bible believing Church where the complete word
of God is preached with emphasis on eternal truths and holiness. You can also
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NB: I have done some teachings in the past about
this and related issues. You can visit my blog and search for these teachings: www.drwilliamsbukola.blogspot.com. Or send me an e-mail
request for any of them via drwilliams4j@yahoo.com
1. BREAKING
NEWS: GOD WANTS YOU TO BE BLESSED PARTS 1 & 2
2. THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF GOD’S BLESSINGS
3. WHY GOD HAS DECIDED TO BLESS
4. NOT EVERY OPPORTUNITY IS OF GOD
5. WHEN FAITH ASSASSINATES
FAITHFULNESS; ETERNITY DIES!
6. ACTIVATING THE
DEFENCE PROFILE OF YOUR MONEY
