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Your Attitude Toward Church Will Help To Preserve God’s Grace In Your Life
Your Attitude Toward Church Will Help To Preserve God’s Grace In Your Life
(by pastor Sunday Adelaja)
At the evening service parishioners of the Embassy of God Church heard
a strong warning that God’s grace could be lost! Therefore each of us
must make every effort to preserve it!
The key passage in pastor Sunday’s sermon was the message ofHebrews 12:15-18, 22.
"See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root
of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become
defiled”, (verse 15)
The Apostle Paul warned the church members not be defiled and lose
God’s grace. Many of us know people who once went to church, rejoiced
of personal repentance, lived pure life, then decided to "relax ..."
and gradually lost their grace! God forbid!
That evening Pastor Sunday warned the church to be careful, to watch
themselves, to walk with trembling before God, keep God’s grace and
appreciate it, not forgetting that you can lose everything if you do
not keep awake!
One cannot undervalue the role of God’s Church - the only structure
that Jesus created. And if we undervalue the church role (get used to
her, take her as an ordinary everyday thing, visit the services as
usual) – then we lose something very important! Attending the services,
we should aim ourselves at not meeting people or hearing the anointed
of God, but at meeting with God Himself! Only our thirst and the state
of our hearts determine what we receive in each service. After all,
everybody listens the same message, but individuals hear and receive
differently! Someone may be irritated with the sound of the music,
while another with the singing. At the same time another man could be
so dissolved in God’s presence that he could not even move because of
the glory of God! At church services we are all in one place, but we
can be in different dimensions, depending on the level of our thirst
and, most importantly, how we honor God and walk with trembling before
Him!
Pastor Sunday called members of the church to "inspire" themselves when
intending to visit any church service. Inspire yourself to be focused
on God and run to meet Him. This is not the time for fuss: mobile
phone’s calls, talking during the service - it is time to give your
heart to Jesus!
"Usually we protect what is special to us. Beware of people who want to
steal the grace of God from you! KEEP FIGHTING FOR YOUR SALVATION!" -
Pastor Sunday appealed to the church of God.
At the service pastor Sunday drew church attention to two important things:
Firstly, under what circumstances a person may be deprived of God’s grace:
- If one neglects the role of the church;
- If one has inner "root of bitterness" (temptation etc);
- If one deliberately rejects his "birthright", that is to exchange God’s grace for temporary pleasures.
Secondly, the correct understanding and attitude toward Church. Church is:
- a place of exalting, where one rises above the circumstances and difficulties (Isaiah 2:1-3);
- a holy City of the living God, a meeting place with the living God (Hebrews 12:22);
- Heavenly Jerusalem.
At the end of the service Pastor Sunday urged members of the church to
repent before God for the wrong attitude towards the Church of God.
Also he reminded that anyone who considers himself a member of the
Embassy of God Church, must go to the three-day retreat with the Lord
monthly!
"The best thing I can do for you is to "tie" you to God through your personal retreats " - Pastor Sunday said in conclusion.
Dear brothers and sisters! After all we have heard, let us be more
trembling before the Lord and His holy presence! Let us not change our
birthright for anything else! Let us love the Lord and honor Him so
much that it will become evident to Him!
