CAC LIVING WATER - WRONG EXAMPLES TO AVOID 3

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Wrong examples to avoid (3)

2ND , AUGUST 2022 

 

EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:  Isaiah 41-43

READ:  2 Kings 5:20-26

 

20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving from his hands what he brought. But as the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.

21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him and said, Is all well?

22 And he said, All is well. My master has sent me to say, There have just come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. I pray you, give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments.

23 And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of garments and laid them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before Gehazi.

24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands and put them in the house; and he sent the men away, and they left.

25 He went in and stood before his master. Elisha said, Where have you been, Gehazi? He said, Your servant went nowhere.

26 Elisha said to him, Did not my spirit go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money, garments, olive orchards, vineyards, sheep, oxen, menservants, and maidservants?

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MEMORISE: “He went in and stood before his master. Elisha said, Where have you been, Gehazi? He said, Your servant went nowhere.” - 2 Kings 5:25

 

 

 

EXPOSITION

It is very dangerous to prove we are smarter than God. This was the mistake of Gehazi, the personal assistant of prophet Elisha. Shall He who created the eyes not see? Or hear, Who created the ears? A lie is a statement that deviates from the truth. Lying is a deliberated act of such that is meant to mislead one from the Way, Truth and the Life--JESUS. It was the brainchild and creation of Satan (Jn.8v44).

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           Lying has become fashionable in our time, especially among the people of God and the clergy. We brazenly equate our Faith with domestic lies. Some try to justify themselves, saying that after all, father Abraham lied in the matter of His wife, Sarah. They are ignorant. Abraham didn't lie. Sarah was actually his sister, a cousin. Sadly so many of us falsify information about our ages, careers, communal relationships, marriages, tithes, offerings, civic and spiritual responsibilities, etc. May God save us.

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       Lying is one of those terrible satanic natures we are advised to put off as Christians (Eph. 5v22-25; Col.3v9). Had Gehazi, as well as Ananias and Sapphira known the serious implications of their masterly deceptions, maybe they would have reconsidered their actions before they executed it.

 

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         Don't joke with God! Lying is a weighty and dangerous sin before Him, just like others. In the final words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to His Church in Revelation 21v8 and 22v15, He makes it very clear that all liars, that is, all those who love and make lies, shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone-the second death. Repent today before it is too late.

 

 

PRAYER POINT:

1. Acknowledge God's faithfulness to His people and covenant, and ask for His grace to follow suit.

2. Repent of all lies, and ask God for forgiveness.

3. Rebuke and curse every spirit and tongue of lying to dry up. Receive a sanctified tongue that speaks the truth always.

 

 

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

 

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