OPEN HEAVEN 9 MAY 2024 MEMORIZE: All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 1 Corinthians 6:12
Open Heaven, May 9, 2024, Bible Reading Romans 6:1-23
1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Daily Confession: I confess today that in the name that is above every other name, Jesus, I will not be a prey to any fowler and to the chief of all fowlers, in the mighty name of Jesus
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OPEN HEAVEN 9 MAY 2024 MESSAGE
Today, I will discuss the second quality that makes the devil’s baits effective. The devil uses baits which are pleasant to the eyes and taste to get people in his trap.
For example, Eve considered the forbidden fruit to be pleasant to the eyes and good for food when the devil tempted her with it (Genesis 3:6).
Presenting sin as if it is pleasant is an old trick of the devil to trap man, and every believer must be wary of it.
If a fellow is controlled by physical senses, he or she becomes vulnerable to the devil’s bait. This is why you must be dead to the flesh.
When people always want to satisfy their flesh, they will not be able to control their sexual desires, eating habits, and so on.
The very dangerous thing about the devil’s bait being pleasant to the taste is that if a fellow tastes it once, it can become difficult to stop, just as I described three days ago.
The key to avoiding the bait is not to taste it at all. Yes, it looks attractive, but you must not go near it at all. An African proverb says, “What you should not eat, you should not sniff.”
Ask anyone who is addicted to something bad, and they will tell you it all started with a taste. Those who mast*rbate only tasted it once, and when they saw that nothing happened to them, they did it again and again until they found out that they had become addicted.
Those who are addicted to alcohol usually start out as casual drinkers before becoming heavy drinkers. When the trap snaps shut and many of these people look back at their lives, they regret the first day they ever tasted the enemy’s bait.
If a snare is prepared by the fowler and you stay away from the bait, you will not be caught in it.
During the Nigerian civil war, there was a slogan used by one side of the conflict: “The price of safety is unresting vigilance.”
Please, my beloved, stay as far away from the devil’s bait as you can.
If you are addicted to a sinful habit, you need the power of the Most High God to break free from it.
Seek help from a spirit-filled man of God and you may also consult a Christian professional counsellor to break free from that addiction.
By the grace of God, you will not become the devil’s prey, in Jesus’ name.
OPEN HEAVEN 9 MAY 2024 KEY POINTS
Don’t taste the devil’s bait at all.
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OPEN HEAVEN 9 MAY 2024 HYMN
HYMN 7: I AM THINE O LORD
1I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to Thee.
Refrain:
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
2Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine. [Refrain]
3Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend! [Refrain]
4There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee. [Refrain]
OPEN HEAVEN 9 MAY BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 2 Chronicles 8-11
AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE
