OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 2015 BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE.
DATE: TUESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2015.
THEME: STEALING BY LIES : NOT ALLOWED.
MEMORISE:
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable,
and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers,
and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 21 : 8.
READ: REVELATION 21:7-8.
7.He that overcometh shall
inherit all things; and I will be his
God, and he shall be my son.
8.But the fearful, and
unbelieving, and the abominable,
and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers,
and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death.
MESSAGE
In a particular church, some children and teenagers were
asked to contribute some money
for a specific purpose to their
coordinator. After a while, the
money contributed disappeared
into thin air, and what was
promised was never delivered.
That is stealing! Such fraudulent
actions can take Heaven away
from its perpetrators. If you are
guilty of such an act, go back and
restitute, even if you have moved
from that place to another. Do
you know that some people need
to restitute some items (for
example, church-owned hymn
books) and money to the
churches they once attended in
the past? Wherever you have a
restitution to make, go and do so
for the sake of making Heaven.
Moreover, stealing comes in
different shades. Have you lied
while filling your tax forms by
declaring less than what you
earn? You have defrauded the
government. Do you have
something that belongs to the
government in your custody?
Return it! Did you join others to
share the proceeds of bribery,
illegitimate deals and extortion in
your office? Return it! Have you
stolen a position from the
rightful candidate through lying
or mudslinging? Go and restitute
your ways. Anything you
fraudulently acquired must be
returned to the rightful owner.
"The getting of treasures by a
lying tongue is a vanity tossed to
and fro of them that seek death."
Proverbs 21 : 6 :
As a dealer in used cars, do you
tamper with the mileage figures
of cars you sell just to deceive
potential buyers? Repent. When
asked to supply some goods in a
contract, do you look for fairly
used ones, refurbish them and
present them as brand new?
Restitute! When you go for a
course outside your place of
residence, do you lie that you
lodged in an expensive hotel,
whereas you stayed in a cheaper
hotel or even lodged with a
friend or relative? Do you falsify
figures? Some pastors
manipulate attendance to
enhance their periodic
performance assessment. If you
can deceive man, can you deceive
God? Even if you succeed with
that deception and get what you
wanted, does God's silence equal
divine approval? Restitution is
putting to rest something that is
experiencing unrest. Until you
restitute a pending matter, there
can never be rest, no matter
what else is done. God wants you
holy. It must be His way and not
yours.
KEY POINT:
Every lie told is not gone into oblivion; rather, it is only waiting somewhere to implicate the liar.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
DEUTERONOMY 21:15-23:14 AND PHILIPPIANS 3:1-4:1.