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Title: Are you trapped? – February 10, 2021

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Post date March 18, 2021
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Series: Youth for Jesus, Number: Vol. 3, No. 39

“Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.” (Judg 16:4NIV)

The bible story of the fall of Samson is one the most instructive stories ever told on how important it is for us not to surrender to destructive desires. Samson, as bible account shows, was most likely the strongest man that ever walked the face of this earth. There may have been stronger men. But the things that are recorded about his exploits show that only few people could have been stronger than him, if there were any.

For instance, we are told of how, on one occasion, he caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs in order to punish the Philistines. Just think about that. This man caught three hundred foxes, not hens, not goats, and even tied them tail to tail in pairs. How did he do that? Only God knows. Then he went on to kill in one day one thousand trained armed men of the Philistines with just a jawbone of a donkey. How stronger could anyone else get to be? (Cf. Judges 15)

On another occasion, this man, with his bare hands, removed the doors of a city gate, with its two posts, bar and everything else, and carried them on his shoulders to the top of a hill (Judges 16:1-4). You don’t even want to imagine how heavy those doors and their posts must have been. Yet removing them with his hands and relocating them all by himself seemed to mean nothing to Samson. And that was because he was specially blessed by God with unusual might.

Unfortunately, even though Samson had more than enough physical strength to protect himself and his people from any kind of physical assault, he lacked the inner strength to protect himself from his desire for ungodly women. God had already warned His people, the Israelites, against having any form of sexual relationship or marriage with the pagan nations around them. That was because He did not want them to be polluted by these people and so come under His wrath. And if there was anyone that ought to take this instruction very seriously, it was Samson, for he was born as a Nazirite (special messenger) of God. (Cf. Deut 7:3-4)

But that was not the case for him. His very first love was a Philistine. And he put so much pressure on his parents about getting the lady for him that they gave in to his demand. Yes, of course, God used the occasion to punish the Philistines at that time for their hostility towards His people, Israel. Nevertheless, that did not change the fact that He did not want His people intermarrying with their pagan neighbours. And Samson ought to have use that occasion to learn that their own ways were different from the ways of these people. At least, from the way he and his so-called fiancée were shamefully treated, he should have seen that there was no way light could fellowship with darkness.

Yet Samson could not just get over falling in love with these pagan women, including their prostitutes. Perhaps it was the way they dressed and carried themselves that caught him. We are not told in plain terms in the bible. But it is clear there was something about these women that held him in love bondage to them. Eventually, he fell into the hands of one of them that care nothing for his love but for the money she could make on his head. And even though it was very clear to Samson that this woman, Delilah, did not really love him but only wanted an opportunity to hand him over to his enemies, he did not stop loving her or going to her. So, it was not because he did not know what Delilah could do to him that he gave in to her but because he had become a slave to the wrong love he had for her. And that, of course, was what led to his fall. (Cf. Judges 16:4-31)

In like manner, there are many today that are in love with things or people that they know will ultimately destroy them. They just know that what they are involved in is something that will definitely ruin their lives and that it is only a matter of time before it does. But why will anyone stay involved in something that he knows will certainly ruin him? Often, the reason is that they think they cannot help doing so. That means they have been trapped; they have been enslaved. And if they are not set free on time from this enslavement, they will certainly be destroyed.

Perhaps that is your situation now. You feel trapped in this thing or with this person that you are in love with but that is equally destroying you. I want you to know that you don’t have to go down this way. You don’t have to be led to the slaughter house like a helpless sheep and have your life wasted. That is because you can get help from God, if you will cry out to Him. The bible says, “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” So, cry out to Him today, if you truly want to be set free, and say, “Oh Lord, Jesus Christ, save me from this thing (person) that is bent on destroying me.” And He will save you, for He has done this for many in the past and will not make an exception in your case, if your cry to Him is genuine. (Cf. Rom 10:11-13)

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Title: What about wine and party? – February 17, 2021

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date March 18, 2021
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Series: Youth for Jesus ,Number: Vol. 3, No. 40

“Absalom ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Have not I given you this order? Be strong and brave.”” (2Sam 13:28NIV)

Recently, I saw a viral video of a young man that cleverly put some substance in the cup of drink of another young man when they were all dancing together in a party. Why he did that or what became of the person whose drink he dropped that substance in, nobody knows? But something is clear, and it is that he could not have succeeded in doing that, if his victim had not been in that party and also in high spirits from the wine or beer or whatever it was that he was drinking.

Now this, of course, reminds me of the bible account of how Amnon, the first son of King David, was assassinated in cold blood. Of course, he was killed because of his own evil act. Nevertheless, killing him would not have been an easy thing for his murderers, if he had not attended Absalom’s party at all or got drunk there. Is that to say that it is wrong to attend parties? No! It all depends on the kind of party you want to attend. What is it about? What kind of individuals will be there? And what will they be doing there? If you go to a party where ungodly things are bound to be done or one that will be loaded with your enemies or those who want your fall, then, you can expect ungodly or wicked things to happen to you there.

Also, am I saying it is wrong to drink wine or beer? No! The bible never says it is wrong for people to drink wine or beer or anything alcoholic, even for pleasure. But it warns severally against drunkenness (Prov 23:29-35; Eph 5:18; 1Tim 3:3; Titus 2:2). It also warns against drinking or doing anything else that can destroy other people’s life or faith in God or our own very lives. So, you can drink wine or beer if you are confident that you won’t get drunk by doing so and that you will not be endangering your life or another person’s life or faith through it. (Cf. Rom 14:20-21; 1Cor 8:13)

But then, why does the bible warn us in particular about drunkenness? It is because it takes away our self-control and our ability to think clearly and make sound judgment. And once this happens, we become vulnerable to disgrace and all kinds of terrible things. For instance, the first recorded case of drunkenness in the bible was that of Noah. And though this man did not get drunk deliberately, he got drunk nevertheless and lay naked in his tent, unconsciously exposing himself to disgrace. Only God, then, knows the number of people who daily subject themselves, their families and other people in their lives to public shame because of drunkenness. (Cf. Gen 9:20-23)

Also, as we see in our opening text, the instruction that Absalom gave to his men was for them to wait until Amnon was high in spirits from drinking wine or drunk before they would strike him. Why? It was because he knew that killing the man, who was most likely a soldier himself, when he was in his right frame of mind may be an impossible task for them. So, he asked them to wait until wine took charge of him before attacking him. And because they followed his instruction, they succeeded in carrying out their wicked plot.

Why am I sharing all this with you? First, it is so that you will begin to watch closely where you go and the company you keep. Second, it is so that you will never again give yourself to anything that makes you lose your self-control or your ability to think clearly and judge wisely. These two things, of course, represent God’s wisdom for your safety. So, take them very seriously, and there are some miracles of protection you may never need in life.

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Title: Don’t despise the gift of God – February 03, 2021

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date March 18, 2021
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Series: Youth for Jesus, Number: Vol. 3, No. 38

“Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom. Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?” But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.” (Gen 25:29-34NIV)

Have you ever despised something or someone or judged them as worthless, only to later found out that your judgment was wrong and that the very person you despised, ignored and rejected was someone that would have contributed greatly to your advancement or satisfaction in life? If you have never done that, then, I pray that you don’t ever do it. That is because the regret or pain that may come with it may be for an entire lifetime.

Now such was the case with Esau. Esau was the elder of the twins of both Isaac and Rebekah. And as the bible tells us, he was a skilful hunter, who also went on to have under his command four hundred warriors (Gen 25:27&33:1). So, we are looking at a strong, brave and intelligent man and leader. Yes, we are looking at a very confident man, one who believed in what his intelligence and might could achieve for him.

But Jacob, Esau’s younger twin brother, was unlike him. He was not an impressive person like his elder brother. Rather, he was a quiet person that prefers to stay indoors. That, however, does not mean that he was a stupid person. On the contrary, he was a very clever person, who knew how to use what he had to get what he wanted.

Well then, being an indoor person, one who was always interacting with everyone at home, especially his parents and their servants, it was not long before he learnt about a special blessing from God that was running through their family and which naturally was meant to go to his elder brother. And the moment he got to know about this blessing and what it could do to his life and the lives of his descendants after him, he began to covet it and think of ways to make it his. (Cf. Gen 12:1-3, 22:15-18 & 26:2-5)

Now a day came when his dream came true. Esau came home that day, hungry and fainting and desiring to eat something very fast. And to make things easy for him, he met his younger brother in possession of what he loved best, red stew. So, he asked him to quickly give him some in order that he may quench his hunger with it and renew his strength. But Jacob, who was a very shrewd person, saw an opportunity in that situation to make his brother give up his right as the elder of the two of them and so asked him to sell it for the price of his red stew. Why? It was because he felt that would give him the opportunity he needed to be the inheritor of the blessing of God that was given to their grandfather, Abraham.

How, then, did Esau respond to that? He responded by saying, “Look, I am about to die here. What good is the birthright to me?” So, without giving much thought to what he was about to do, he sold his birthright on oath, collected the food he wanted to eat, ate, drank and then got up and left. And the bible says that by doing that, he despised his birthright. Think about it. That man despised something that only God could give a man, something that no amount of money could ever buy. And by despising his birthright, he also despised the blessing given by God to Abraham and proved himself to be unworthy of receiving it. So, today, hundred of years later, the descendants of Jacob still stand as a recognised nation in the world, but the descendants of Esau are nowhere to be found.

But why did Esau do what he did? He did it because he was a godless man, as the bible notes (Heb 12:16-17). He was someone that did not believe in spiritual things and the roles they play in determining how life goes. Remember I said that he was a very confident young man. But his confidence was not in God but in himself and what he could accomplish for himself. Unfortunately, all that he could accomplish for himself could not give him and his descendants a permanent place in God’s scheme of things.

In like manner, we need to watch never to put confidence in ourselves or our abilities to take care of ourselves. Is that to say it is wrong to be a confident person? No! But our confidence must not be in ourselves but in God without whom we cannot accomplish anything. This, of course, will keep us humble and also from despising people or things that He has given as gifts to fulfil us in life.

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Fire in my Bones

Title: Why do people commit crimes so readily? – January 27, 2021

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Post date March 18, 2021
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Series: Youth for Jesus, Number: Vol. 3, No. 37

“Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.” (Eccl 8:11-12GNT)

According to the Scriptures, the natural man is naturally delinquent and so will readily do wrong things, especially if the opportunity is there to do so (Rom 3:9-18). But then, it is not only because human beings are naturally prone to do evil that they readily do wrong things; it is also because wrong things are often not quickly punished by those in a position to do so.

For example, we have in the bible an account of how Amnon, the eldest son of King David, raped his half-sister, Tamar, and also threw her out of his house (2Sam 13:1-19). And what did the law of the land say against that kind of atrocity? First, the law says that is wrong for a man to marry his sister, even if she is his half-sister, not to talk of having sexual relations with her (Leviticus 20:17). People who do such things must be cut off from the assembly of God’s people. Second, the law says if a man rapes a virgin that is pledged in marriage to someone else, and the virgin is absolutely in a helpless situation when this happens, one in which no one could rescue her, that man must be put to death (Deut 22:23-27). Third, the law says if a man rapes a virgin that is not pledged in marriage to anyone, he must be made to marry the girl, and he cannot divorce her as long as he lives (Deut 22:28-29).

Therefore, if Amnon’s case were to be judged, the most merciful judgment he could get was a lifetime married life with his sister, Tamar, a married life away from the royal house and away from the land of Israel. Unfortunately, even though King David heard about this matter, as bible records show, he only got furious with Amnon; he did not judge his crime or sentence him in any way. Yes, he may have called him and reprimanded him. But if that young man were not a prince, would he only reprimand him and not make him face the full wrath of the law of the land? I don’t think so. (Cf. 2Sam 13:21)

Now that, of course, was not the first or only time David, a God-fearing man, would be reluctant to judge an obvious crime because of his relationship with the one involved. For instance, when Joab, his nephew and army commander, murdered Abner, Israel general, who had come in peace to him in order to end the war between his house and Saul’s house, he only wept and fasted for Abner. He did not punish Joab in any way. And that only strengthened the man to commit more acts of wickedness, for, years later, he would murder in cold blood another Israel’s general, who was even a cousin of his and whose only crime was that he was made his senior in the army. Yet what did David do about this? Nothing! He simply passed the matter on to Solomon, who became king after him. (Cf. 2Sam 3:17-39; 2Sam 19&20; 1Kings 2:5-6)

In like manner, because Amnon was his son, his eldest son and perhaps the one he was grooming for kingship at that time, he overlooked his crime. And because he overlooked his crime of rape, he unconsciously encouraged Absalom, another son of his and brother to the raped girl, Tamar, to take matters into his hand and murder Amnon, who was his own brother as well. So, Solomon, who was aware of all this, says to us in our opening text, “When we fail to judge and punish people’s crimes on time, we are strengthening wickedness in the land.” And when we strengthen wickedness where we are because we will not use our position or authority to judge it, lawlessness will at some point take over. Then there may come a time in which we too will become victims of it.

Therefore, regardless how little your authority to judge or punish evil may be where you are, make sure you are using it appropriately and adequately, without partiality. That way, you will be discouraging those around you from giving themselves to wickedness.

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Fire in my Bones

Title: What can set your life on fire? – January 20, 2021

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Post date March 18, 2021
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Series: Youth for Jesus, Number: Vol. 3, No. 36

“The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.” (James 3:6NIV)

Self-control is a major virtue that everyone who does not want his life ruined before it even gets started needs to possess. And one area of our lives in which we need to cultivate self-control is that of the way we use our tongues. In other words, we need to learn to control what we say with our tongues. Otherwise trouble will never be far from us.

To say the fact, one major reason some people will never have any moment of peace in this life is that they do not know how to control their tongues. They just say anything that comes into their mind and in exactly the way it comes into it. It is true that we may not always be able to control what thoughts come into our mind. But we surely can control what we do with those thoughts. I mean that we can determine which among the thoughts of our hearts we give expression to with our mouths and which ones we are going to remain silent about. And that is because it is not everything we think in our hearts that will do us or others good, if we should express it with our mouths.

Unfortunately, some people don’t even think at all before they open their mouths to speak. Once they are angry, depressed, happy or excited, they will just say anything that enters their mind, without considering how it may affect them or others. So, they end up putting themselves, others or even generations of people in some difficult situations or in some path of destruction.

Look, for example, at the case of one Herod of bible days (Mark 6:17-29). This man on a particular birthday of his gave a banquet for his high chiefs, army commanders and the leading men of Galilee. And was anything wrong with that? No! But when the daughter of his wife, Herodias, got him excited with her dance, he did not know when he, on oath, promised to give her anything she wanted, even up to half of his kingdom. And who does that? Even if that young lady was the most tender person in the world, was she capable of managing a household, not to talk of a kingdom? Had she been proved worthy of managing her own life, not to talk of managing an entire half of a kingdom that probably took several years of hard labour, diligence and wisdom to build?

Yet because this Herod got carried away in his moment of excitement, he made a promise to that girl that her mother took advantage of to get rid of John the Baptist, a righteous man that she considered to be her enemy. And because of his oath, there was nothing he could do about it. So, even though he did not deliberately kill John the Baptist, he would someday have to take responsibility for his death before God. But how did he find himself in this mess? It was through the careless use of his tongue.

Now there are several other examples both in the bible and in life of how people got themselves into trouble and set whole lives on fire because they could not tame their tongues. You yourself may even be able to speak of cases in which you got into trouble or lost some good things because you did not use your tongue wisely and carefully. Did you learn anything from such cases? If you didn’t, then, take advantage of these words that are coming to you now to learn the relevance of taming your tongue.

See, as apostle James makes very clear to us in our opening bible text, it is true that the tongue is a very small part of our body. However, it is also a fire that is capable of setting someone’s entire life of fire and devouring it. And the truth is that it has devoured many lives. I am saying there have been lives, homes and even nations that have been set on fire and ruined because of some people’s careless or foolish words. You may even know some of them. And if you don’t want to set your own life or other people’s lives on fire with your tongue, if you don’t want to shut the door of God’s favour against yourself or continually get trapped in problems that are never meant to be yours, you need to begin to consciously and consistently control the way you use your tongue.

Look at what the bible says to us about this: “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.” (1Peter 3:10NIV) Did you see that? If you want to enjoy your life and see many good days, what do you need to watch? The way you use your tongue! And may God enable you to tame your tongue to be blessing to you and others and not a curse of fire that will burn down your life and every good thing you have.

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Fire in my Bones

Title: Don’t add it to your own – January 06, 2021

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Post date March 18, 2021
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Series: Youth for Jesus , Number: Vol. 3, No. 34

“The LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.”” (Josh 7:10-12NIV)

The bible is very clear about the fact that God hates stealing. In other words, He does not want us to take anything that does not belong to us or that is not given to us by its owner and add to our own things. And it does not matter how we do this, whether it is force we are using or tricks, stealing is stealing before God.

Now stealing, apart from the fact that it exposes us to the danger of eternal judgment, is also able to expose us and even those in our lives to all kinds of afflictions here on earth. For instance, look at what God says to Joshua in our opening text. He says he and the people he is leading are vulnerable to destruction. But why? It is because one of them stole certain items that God had given them instructions to destroy. (Cf. Joshua 7:1)

Just think about that. The things the man, Achan, stole were not anybody’s properties. Rather, they were just items that God said that they should destroy. So, he must have said to himself, “Since these are mere items and not people, they cannot report to anybody that I took them or rise up to fight us back. More so, they are not anybody’s properties. Why, then, can’t I take some of them and keep for myself?” And that was exactly what he did. He took some of those things devoted to destruction and made them his own.

Unfortunately, what Achan did not know was that it was God he was stealing from. And the presence of those items he had stolen in the camp of his people, not just in his own house, turned God against them and made them vulnerable to destruction. So, when they went out to fight their enemies, enemies that were not as powerful as the ones they had initially conquered, they could not stand before them. Instead, they were soundly defeated. And as Joshua prayed about the matter, God told him that they had stolen items devoted to destruction and added them to their own possessions and that unless they got rid of those items and destroyed them, He would not be with them and they would remain vulnerable to defeat and destruction. So, the man had to do what he had to do – he found Achan, made him confess his sins and made sure that he, family and the things he had stolen were utterly destroyed. And that was the salvation of that nation. (Cf. Joshua 7)

Now perhaps the reason you too do not have peace in your life and are constantly defeated is that you have taken what belongs to God or to other people and added them to your own. Whatever your reasons may be for taking them, the fact remains that those things are not yours and so should not be in your possession. And because they are not yours, they can open the door for God’s judgment or demonic afflictions to come into your life, if you are not shown mercy. So, if the Lord is leading you to return such things, you should by all means do so. And if He is not, you should ask that He should, in His mercy, destroy whatever wrong influence those things have brought into your life or relationships.

Then it may be that what you need to experience progress or soundness of body is to pay what you have refused to pay certain people for the work they did for you. See, from what we are shown in Scriptures, other people’s properties that we have wrongly taken or added to our own can cry against us. And when they begin to do this, God’s judgment will certainly manifest against us. What forms this will take is not what I or anybody can say. But it is never going to be something you want or wish for. So, inasmuch as it is still within your ability to pay up what you owe, do so and free your life from unnecessary limitations or troubles. (Cf. James 5:4)

As we are shown in the bible, God, at two different times, punished two very powerful kings for taking the wife of Abraham to be theirs. But these two kings acted in complete ignorance. I mean that they acted on Abraham’s lies. Yet God was ready to destroy them and their households, if they would not return the man’s wife. But in what way were they wrong? They were wrong because they did not make enough findings about the woman before taking her in. Their lust for her beauty would not allow them to do so. And they got punished for that. (Cf. Gen 12 & 20)

Therefore, we can also get into trouble for ignorantly, foolishly or carelessly adding to our own what does not belong to us. That is because we may not be able to tell what sort of grief we are bringing to the owner of what we have ignorantly taken for ourselves. So, we need to be very careful in all our dealings with people in order for us not to unconsciously add to our own things that do not belong us and open the door for wrong influences to work in our lives. Then we need to learn to pray to God to continually open our eyes to see those things that don’t belong with us and that we need to send out of our lives and to recognize every satanic trap that may lead us into adding to our possessions things that don’t belong to us. And may His hand of mercy continue to keep us safe from every trap to steal and get into trouble, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Latori tabili Paitor Yoruba (Fire in my Bones)

Ona lati ma fi aye re sofo

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Post date June 17, 2020
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Olufe: ki ore-ofe, aanu ati alaafia ki o je tire titi lailai lati odo Olorun baba wa ati Jesu Kirisiti Oluwa wa. Inu mi dun lati ki o kabo sinu ose miran ninu osu Okudu 2020. Adura si ni pe ki okan re kun fun imo ife Olorun to ti o ye koro ni gbogbo ona aye re ni ose yi ati ni eyi ti o ku ninu odun yi, ni oruko Jesu. Amin.

Nje ki ni idi ti o se se pataki ki o mo ife Olorun fun o ninu ohun gbogbo ti o n se? Idi ni ki o ma ba gbe igbe aye alailoye. Poolu so ninu leta re si awon ara Efesu pe, “Nitori naa e ma se je alailoye, sugbon e maa moye ohun ti ife Oluwa ja si.” (Efesu 5:17) Se iwo na ri bayi? Ailoye gba a ni o je lati ma mo okan Olorun nipa igbe aye lapapo ati bi o se ye ki a lo ni ibamu pelu ife re. Ti a ko ba mo ero Olorun nipa aye yi ati iha ti o ye ki a ko si, ko si bi a se le gbe aye wa lati te lorun. Ti a ko ba si gbe aye wa lati dun Olorun ninu, ati fi aye wa sofo ni yen.

Woo, Olorun ko da wa lati lo aye fun ara wa. Ko si enikeni ti yo seda nkan ki nkan na le lo aye re bi o ba se wu. Dipo be, ti a ba se eda ohunkohun (yala irin ise ni, ile ise ni, eto ise sise ni, ona ise sise ni ati bebelo) a se eda re lati wulo fun wa ni. Ti nkan na ba si ko lati wulo fun idi ti a fi seda ra, o di dandan ki a mu wa si opin. Be e gege na ni o se ri pelu Olorun. Olorun da wa ki a le gbe aye fun ni; O da wa ki a le gbe aye wa lati mu inu re dun ni. Nkan kan pataki ti o si ye ki eniyan kokan ti o n gbe aye yi ni lati mo niyi. A ko da o lati gbe aye fun ara re. A ko da o lati gbe aye fun oko tabi aya re. A ko da o lati gbe aye fun awon ore re, aladugbo re tabi akegbe re ni ile ise tabi ile iwe. Ni kukuru, a ko da o lati gbe aye fun eda kankan. Eni kan soso ti a da o lati gbe aye re fun ni eni ti o da o. Eni na si ni Olorun. (Woo: Roomu 14:7-8; Ifihan 4:11)

Ti o ba wa gbagbo pe Olorun ni eleda re, nje nkan ti o gbodo je pataki julo si o ni bi o se gbe aye re lati dun ninu. Lotito, bi o ba se n dun ninu na ni o ma dun awon miran ti o wa ni aye re ninu. Sugbon, pataki julo ni pe a da o ki o le dun Olorun ninu. Ti o ko ba si gbe aye re lati mu inu re dun, o ko gbe aye re lati mu idi ti o se da o wa si imuse niyen. Nitorina, o n fi aye re sofo niyi, o si wa ninu ewu pe ki Olorun pa o ti patapata ati titi ayeraye.

O wa se ni laanu pe opolopo ni o n fi aye won sofo loni laimo rara. Won n fi aye wo sofo nitoripe won ko gbe aye won fun Olorun. Won n fi aye won sofo nitoripe won ko gbe aye won ninu ife Olorun. Lotito, won le je eniyan daradara ati oniwapele, ti won si n gbiyanju lati je ki aye derun fun ara won ati fun awon miran. Sugbon niwon igba ti won ko ba gbe aye won lori igbagbo ninu Olorun ati itaara lati se ife re, aye ti ara won ni won gbe. O wa sese o ki won ma gba pe aye ti ara won ni awon n gbe, ki won ma so wipe nse ni awon gbe aye won fun igbadun awon elomiran. Otito ibe ni wipe tori itelorun ati idunnu ara won na ni won se n se gbogbo awon nkan ti won se fun awo elomiran. Niwon igba ti o si je pe itelorun ara won ni won gbe aye fun, won ko fi aye won mu ife Olorun se. Won kan n fi sofo lasan ni. Ko si si bi won yoo se gba oriyin lati odo re ni ojo ti o ba n pin ere fun gbogbo eniyan.

Nibayi emi o fe fi aye temi sofo ninu aye yi. Dipo be, mo fe gbe aye mi lati gba oriyin lodo eni ti o da mi. Mo si mo pe iwo na o ni fe ki aye re sofo sugbon ki o ni itumo niwaju Olorun nigbati ti gbogbo nkan ba wa si opin. Amo nse ni a o fi aye wa sofo ti a ko ba gbe won ninu ife re. Ti a ko ba si fe gbe aye wa laisi ninu ife Olorun, o je dandan ki a ma ife re. Eyi si tun mu wa pada lo sinu oro ti Poolu so. O so wipe, “Nitori naa e ma se je alailoye, sugbon e maa moye ohun ti ife Oluwa ja si.”

Bawo wa ni a se le mo ife Olorun fun wa ninu aye yi? Akoko, a le mo nipa biba soro ninu adura pe ki o fi ife re han won (Kolose 1:9-12). Niwon igba ti o ti so fun wa pe awon ti won bere n rigba, a won na le ni idaniloju pe ti a ba so wipe ki o fi ife re han wa, yoo fi han wa gege bi aimo wa ba se po to. Ekeji, a le mo ife re nipa fifi ara wa jin fun iwe mimo. Poolu so wipe gbogbo iwe mimo ni imisi Olorun lati ko wa, to wa sona, ba wa wi ati lati ko wa ni ona ododo, ki a ba le mu wa ye lati mo ati lati se ife Olorun ni gbogbo ona (Timoti 3:16-17). Nitorina, fi ara re jin fun iwe mimo.

Eketa, a le mo ife Olorun nipase ibalopo pelu awon omo re miran. Olorun ko pe wa lati da gbe aye sugbon lati gbe aye ninu ebi re. Bi a ba si se ba awon omo ebi re lopo lotito si ni a o se tete di pipe ninu imo Olorun ati imo ife re. Nitorina, mu ibalopo re people awon omo Olorun miran, paapajulo awon ti ijo ti o wa, lokunkundun. Bi o si se n fi ara re jin fun awon nkan wonyi, mo gba ladura pe ki imo pipe ife Olorun ninu ohun gbogbo ma fi gbogbo igba ya bi omi odo sinu okan re, ki o ma ba fi aye re sofo. (Woo: Efesu 4:9-16)

Ki o ni ose to ga.

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