Open Heaven Topic for Today 31 October 2024 – STAND FIRM
Memorise:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; - Ephesians 4:14
Read: Daniel 1:8-16
31st October 2024 Open Heaven Daily Devotional
Open Heaven Topic for Today 31 October 2024 – STAND FIRM
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and from, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive - Ephesians 4:14
From the passages above, it is clear that strong men stand fast in their faith; it is children that are tossed by every wind of doctrine.
When people change their beliefs just because of what one ‘man of God’ said or because their pastor announced that he had changed his beliefs, without them going to search for the truth in God’s word themselves, I know that they are baby Christians or Christians with stunted growth.
Once you find the truth in God’s word, don’t let what people say shake your faith.
Don’t let your walk with God be dictated by what people say. You must know God for yourself and let your walk with Him be dependent on your personal relationship with Him.
There is nothing compared to having a first-hand experience of who God truly is. Once you start to relate with Him personally, it becomes difficult for anybody to deceive you because you know your God.
In John 16:13, Jesus Christ said that the Holy Spirit will guide into all truth. So, to know the truth about the word of God, you you need to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
It is your relationship with the Holy Spirit that determines how much truth you know.
1 John 2:27 says that the anointing in you will teach you all things, and according to Acts 10:38, the anointing comes with the Holy Ghost and power.
Peter, for example, was too fearful to stand on his belief of Jesus being the Messiah and to identify with Him before his baptism in the Holy Spirit.
After he experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit, Peter became an entirely different person.
In Acts 11:1-18, after he had gone to Cornelius’ house and the congregation gathered together to query him for going to a gentile’s house, he stood firm as a rock and said, “The Spirit bade me go.”
He was no longer scared to stand on what he believed.
Get filled with the Holy Spirit, and you will know the truth of God’s word so much that it will be difficult to be deceived by false doctrines.
Open Heaven 31 October 2024 Key Point
Stand firm in your godly beliefs.
Hymns: Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus
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