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August 2007 AFD

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AUGUST 2007

 

An Awesome Month of: ADDING TO YOUR FAITH in Christ JESUS in achieving your desired goals in life.

 

2 Peter 1:1-11

1. Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like PRECIOUS FAITH with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

2. Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

3. According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

5. And beside this, giving all diligence, ADD to your FAITH virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

6. And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

7. And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

8. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

10. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

11. For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  

The above scriptures highlight some spiritual additives. These spiritual additives in verses 5 – 7 i.e. virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and charity, are vital in our faith in Christ Jesus in order to partake fully in the blessings of verses 1 – 4 and 8 – 11. As Achievers with a great destiny in and ahead of us, we cannot afford to be lukewarm in our faith walk in an ungodly, unbelieving and spiritually decaying world as the Laodicea’s did.

Revelations 3:14-19  And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, Iwill spew thee out of my mouth.

17. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.

19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

 

The scriptures say that Jesus came to deliver us from the evil of this world.

Galatians 1:3-4 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

 

Luke 1:68-75 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

 

Colossians 1:13 ‘’Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son’’

 

Hebrews 2:14-15 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

 

 This is a done work but we need to enact our faith with some spiritual principles that enhance our faith in order to achieve our desires in life.

 

Therefore arise and ADD to your FAITH these spiritual additives to enable you to avert avenues of spiritual barrenness, blindness etc, that hinder one from achieving goals in the knowledge of Gods’ Word for ones blessings. It is when man sleeps spiritually that the enemy of our faith comes in to sow tares, leaving one spiritually blind and ignorant to ones position, rights and privileges in Jesus Christ.

 

Matthew 13:24-30, Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

25. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

26. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

27. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

28. He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

29. But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

30. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

 

 Proverbs 13:15 Good understanding gives favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

 

Its time to make our calling in Christ Jesus sure, in order to enable our access into the abundance of the Kingdom of God and the promises in:

 2 Pet. 1:1-4 ‘’Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like PRECIOUS FAITH with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,  According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust’’ 

 

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 2 Pet. 1: 8-11 ‘’For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.  But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:  For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’’

 

This is your month to reign form your POSITION in Christ Jesus and not from your CONDITION.

 

Be Augustly Blessed!

 

 

In His World For His Glory

Pst Chukie MORSI

 

Publishing The WORD . . . REDEEMING The Whole-man

From The Chains of POVERTY, SICKNESS & SPIRITUAL DEATH

 

Note: All scriptures are in King James Version except otherwise indicated.

 

 

AFD MAY 2007

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A month to “Maximize Time and Opportunity’’ towards the cause wherein you are born

Ecclesiastes 9: 11-12 ‘’ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them’’

Ecclesiastes 3:1 ‘’ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven’’

Ecclesiastes 8:5 ‘’Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment’’

Time and Opportunity are God given gifts to man and must be wisely utilised to enhance us in achieving our life goals and aspirations. Like everyone under the sun, you have equal year, month, week, day, hour, minute and second. What you do by the given time and opportunity (chance) that comes your way, makes you become much more towards Gods given cause for your life. Although you are of God, born of the spirit to – Reign in life, Live in victory, Triumph, Succeed, be a Winner and more than a Conqueror – in all battles of life, yet there are many victims, wandering and wondering Believers’ today in that they have not applied wisdom to time and opportunity that comes their way. May I remind you that:

  • Time is God’s given gift to man
  • You cannot save time
  • You cannot collect time
  • You cannot bank time
  • You are only committed to use time wisely, otherwise foolishly
  • You must do something with time
  • You can either invest time or waste it
  • Your daily agenda (routine) is your life.
  • Time is your life, you can make it happen positively to achieve your desired goals.

I John 5: 1-5 ‘’ Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?’’

1John 4: 4, 6 ‘’ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error’’

2 Corinthians 2: 14 ‘’Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place’’

Why are they many believers wandering and wondering today? First many do not know their CAUSE of being born of God, while some who do know their CAUSE, have no definite understanding in the fullness of it, hence the lack of Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding has made them become a prey to the enemy.

 

Hosea 4:6 ‘’My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children’’

Isaiah 5:13-15 ‘’ Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled’’

Proverbs 4:5, 7 ‘’A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction’’.

Ephesians 5: 13 -17 ‘’But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is’’.

I Chronicle 12: 32 ‘’And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment’’.

Colossians 4: 5 ‘’Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time’’

Psalm 90: 12 ‘’So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom’’

In the Bible days as in Numbers, there is divine grace to meet people at the time of their life. The victory that overcomes the world – Our Faith (I John 5: 4) has a time limit to rule and reign. Therefore for time to be effective, we need to redeem our time. Examples:

  • At 30 years Joseph ruled and reign (Genesis 41: 46, Psalm 105: 17- 22)
  • At 30 years David ruled and reign (2 Samuel 5: 4)
  • At 30 years Jesus began His Ministry (Luke 3: 23)

At 20 years of age you would go to war (Numbers 1: 3, 18, 22, 24, 26), while at 30 years (Numbers 4: 3-23) you are destined to begin a new phase of your purpose on earth. This is how it was in the Bible days – The shadow Church in the wilderness on Redemption process.

TIME TO AWAKE FROM SLEEP

Romans 13:11 ‘’And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed’’

Ephesians 5:4 ‘’Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light’’

It’s time to awaken from sleep and get challenged to redeem and maximise your time and take every chance to make you become what God has destined for you. Salvation is free but the Crown – ruling and reigning in life is time tagged, if it costs – its price tagged. This is why the world says, Time is Money, ‘no pain no gain’.

Hebrews 5:5-10 ‘’ So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Called of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek’’.

For this Cause, I challenge that this month you take time to know and understand the cause for which you are born into the Kingdom. Furthermore with your heart of wisdom, you can maximise your time, take every chance of all God given opportunity to live your life in full as a victor and not as a victim. Understanding time will restore lost years in life. Knowing full well how valuable time and opportunity are vital to our walk in life, it’s wise to develop strategies to redeem, buy back out time and plan to enhance the future (Ephesians 5: 13-16, Colossians 4:5). This is what David earnestly prayed for (Psalm 90: 12, 39: 4, 119: 84)

We can’t be complacent in our time and opportunities as we can see in the main text that life depends on it. Success is based on it. Having skills is not enough. Its time to maximise time and opportunities, for the days are evil and great wisdom is required to deal with it (Luke 2: 15-21; Mark 8: 36; Psalm 90: 12; Psalm 39: 4)

Likely Areas to Maximise your Time and Opportunities:

  • Spend quality and quantity time to build a personal relationship and fellowship with God. (Psalm 16: 11, 84: 1-12). Know God for yourself, through studying His Word and Prayers. Maximise the time and chances when you have them so that when you don’t have it due to circumstances you know you have saved that day or season of life until you return and come back to it again.
  • Spend quality and quantity time with your family. Maximise every single period to do something profitable with your family. It is such time family destinies are founded, moulded and evolved to generations born and unborn. We can’t just manage it we need to create and maximise time and opportunity for it. Don’t be too busy or pre occupied not to have time for your family. (Ephesians 5: 25-27, 6: 1-4).
  • Maximise every given time and opportunity to make a difference in your place of work – one of the means where the daily bread comes to life obligations- its relevant whether you like it or not. Never take it for granted. You may be there for only a short while but it can be the spring board to the fullness of your great desires and achievable heartfelt goals and aspirations. Read Joseph from rags to riches (Genesis 34: 26, 39: 1-6, 20-23, 41: 1, 9, 12-16, 37-44, Isaiah 2: 6-10, (Ephesians 6: 5-6/Colossians 3: 22-25, 4: 1).
  • Maximise every time and opportunity to keep a healthy friendship and relationship as you start to take a walk of life daily. A healthy friendship is not CHEAP. Most of the blessings that God will bring you in your way of life will be through people that you meet in life more especially friends. Hence being friendly to keep a healthy relationship and fellowship is wisdom. (John 11: 1-11, 17, 23-26, 39-45, Proverbs 17: 17, 18: 24, 27: 10, James 2: 23).

If we must achieve goals and make great changes or differences in our generations, we must value time and take our chances in life. In the book of – Numbers 1: 3, 18, 24, 26 and Psalm 90: 12 – we can foresee the power and effect of time in people’s life and generation destiny.

I challenge you this month and pray also that the good Lord grant you entrance to maximise your time and opportunity for your triumph and testimony depends on them.

Dare to be diligent . . . dare to value time and opportunity . . . overflowing life will be yours

 

In His World For His Glory

Pst Chukie MORSI

Publishing The WORD . . . REDEEMING The Whole-man

From The Chains of POVERTY, SICKNESS & SPIRITUAL DEATH

Note: All scriptures are in King James Version except otherwise indicated.

Doctrinal FAITH Tenets

Achievers FAITH Digest is of CEFMORSI MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL. Our concept of Faith values are multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-generational in Ministry and Ministering, and trans-denominational in Doctrine. We are unified in our diversity by our faith in whom we believe, love, serve and worship – Jesus Christ! Our  Lord and Saviour King. He is our REDEMPTION. As a charismatic and dynamic body of Christ, the doctrinal basis (tenets) of faith will be the fundamental truth of Christianity as revealed in the Word of God including:

1. The unity of the eternal Godhead of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 1 John 5:7; 2 Corinthians 13:14

2. The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scriptures as originally given and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conducts i.e. we stand for the whole Bible as the revelation of God in Christ and is every true believers heritage. 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:19-21; 2 Timothy 3:14-17.

3. The sovereignty of God in creation, providence, revelation, redemption and in all and the final judgement as in the Holy Scriptures. Ecclesiastes 12:14; Acts 17:30-31.

4. The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the fall, rendering man subject to God’s wrath and condemnation. Romans 6:23; Ecclesiastes 7:20.

5. The redemption from guilt, penalty and power of sin is by the grace of God and is SOLELY through Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death as our representative and substitute and as the saviour of mankind. Salvation is by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and righteousness as a free gift of God. Ephesians 2:8-9; 2 Corinthians 5:21.

6. The virgin birth, sinless life, the works, teachings, crucifixion, atoning death, burial, triumphant resurrection from the dead, visible and literal ascension of Jesus Christ. We believe In the abiding intercession of our Lord Jesus Christ, His second coming visibly and literally as in His ascension, millennial reign, the judgement seat of Christ, white throne judgement, the new eternal heaven and the new eternal earth. Isaiah 9:6; Romans 4:24-25; Acts 1:9-11; John 14:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 1:7; John 5:28-29; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 20:4-15; 22:12.

7(i) The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Christ effective to the individual sinner enabling repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ. Acts 20:21

(ii) That repentance is godly-sorrow for sin and it is an inevitable experience preceding the regeneration and justification of the sinner by the grace of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Proverbs 28:13; Acts 20:21, 2 Corinthians 7:9-10.

(iii) That he who does not believe in the only begotten Son of God is already condemned to eternal death. John 3:18-19, 1 John 5:10-13

8. The baptism, indwelling and work of the Holy Spirit with the supernatural evidence of speaking in other tongues as a promise to every believer to enrich and equip them with spiritual gifts for God’s service and to bring forth the fruit of the spirit in their character; and endowed with power for effectiveness in the Lord’s vineyard. Acts 1:8, 2:1-4, Mark 16:17 and the operation of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit for the edification, exhortation and comfort of the church which is the Body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:8-11; 14:3, 12.

9. The one Holy Universal Church, which is the Body of Christ, to which all true believer’s belong and in which the Holy Spirit freely distributes His gifts as He wills for the benefit of all and Jesus Christ is the head and Lord of the Body. 1 Cor 12:13, 27; Revelation 5:9.

10. The Miracles of the book of Acts are to be perpetuated and divine healing is for us in the sense of its being part of the atonement through faith. Isaiah 53:4-5; 1 Peter 2:24; Matthew 8:16-17

11. The new kind of love that Jesus brought to the law of the brethren and we are to walk in that love. John 13:34-35; 1 Corinthians 13; 1 John 4:7-21.

12. We Believe that the OLD TESTAMENT Scriptural Ministry which is of the Father God was/is fulfilled in Christ Jesus in the GOSPEL Scriptural Ministry of the NEW TESTAMENT(Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) and are written FOR us, while the NEW TESTAMENT Epistles (The Acts of the Apostles of The Holy Spirit to Revelation Book) which is of the Holy Spirit, are written TO us as of the HOLY SPIRIT. (Therefore, The OLD TESTAMENT is of – God The Father, The GOSPEL (of The NEW TESTAMENT) is of – God The Son while The EPISTLES (of The NEW TESTAMENT) till date is of – God The Holy Spirit) 1 John 5:6-7; John 1:1-5, 12-14; Hebrews 1:1-4; John 1:45; Luke 24:44-45; Romans 10:3-5; Galatians 3:629; Galatians 5:6, 14; Galatians 6:14-15; James 2:8-13; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21; 1 Timothy 3:16; Revelation 19:10; Revelation 12:11; Isaiah 8:20.

13. The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ is for us to obey as a command not as an advice. An Intensive and extensive World Evangelism and Missionary work in accordance with the great commission with signs and wonders following. To establish people in Christ  and to establish Christ in people. Matthew 24:14, 28:18-20, Luke 14:23 Mark 16:15-20.

MISSION FOR CHURCH GROWTH AND BLESSINGS TO MANKIND

“Our Global, Inescapable & Supreme task”

“CRUSADING The WORD . . . EQUIPPING The CHURCH . . . REDEEMING The WHOLE-MAN”

“Ministering Wholeness To . . . The Thirst And Hunger Of Nations” (Matthew 5:6; Matthew 24:14; I Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12)

14. We believe in church governance by apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, elders, deacons and deaconesses etc. Ephesians 4:7-16, 1 Corinthians 12:28-31, 1 Tim 3:1-15, Titus 1:5-9, Romans 16:1-3

15. We believe in the possibility of falling from grace. Galatians 5:4, Romans 9:31-32, Hebrews 12:15; 6:1-9

16. Others:

  • We believe in the obligatory nature of tithing, offering and faith seed   to prove God’s power in supply and our love for Him, His kingdom plan, purpose and pursuit on mankind. Malachi 3:10-18, Galatians 6:7, Genesis 8:22, Matthew 23:23, 2 Corinthians 8: 1-12, 9:1-15, 1 Corinthians 16:1-2.
  • We believe in the sacraments of water baptism by immersion for all who are born again as in the example shown by our Lord Jesus Christ. Matthew 3:13-17. However, we do not believe in infant baptism but do present and dedicate them to God until they come to knowledge of salvation. Luke 2:1-52.
  • We believe that marriage is binding for life, except for fornication and if the unbelieving partner departs applies. 1 Corinthians 7:1-16
  • We believe that Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper as an ordinance or sacraments and so should be observed by the church during this present age. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 6, Matthew 26:26-28
  • We believe in all the redemptive acts and processes – justification, restitution, sanctification, regeneration, glorification, forgiveness, imputation, propitiation and grace.
  • We believe that: In essentials – to pursue unity, In non-essentials – to allow liberty and in all things – to ensure charity (love).

“PROCLAIMING & PUBLISHING The WORD . . . SAVING The LOST . . . EQUIPPING The CHURCH . . . MINISTERING To The WHOLE-MAN: Spirit, Soul & Body From The Chains of POVERTY, SICKNESS & SPIRITUAL DEATH . . . And AWAITS Christ Jesus RETURNS”