LIVING A SANCTIFIED LIFE
Salvation is a process but it can
be subdivided into these three steps. The first step, Justification, occurs
when we repent of our sins and are baptized. For most of us, that’s in the
past. We can consider that to be something that occurs in a moment at time. We
have been forgiven of our past sins, and we can go on from there. The third
step Glorification takes place on the day Messiah returns from heaven in power
and glory and resurrects us from our graves. We can look on glorification as
something that takes place in a moment in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet so there is point A in the past for most of us , and point C off in the
future, when Christ comes.
The second of these three things
SANCTIFICATION, is the period of time between point A and point C. We could
call it point B or the WAY of living the sanctified life Matthew 7:13-14.
God has given us a road to walk.
It will take us from point A to point C. All we need to do is to stay on that
road, and keep moving forward. If we start at justification, and go down the
road sanctification, we have every expectation of reaching glorification at the
resurrection if we stay off the road of righteousness, if we fall off the path,
if we fall into one ditch or the other, if we grind to halt why should we
expect to be glorified when Christ comes. We have lost out on our salvation.
Salvation is a process, God starts the process by watching us, getting to know
what kind of people we are, what kind of potential we have, seeing it we might
actually respond to the call if He calls us.
Before He ever calls, He looks us
over, to see what we will do. Then He calls us to an understanding of His plan
and purpose. Then it is our turn. We can respond to our calling by coming to
repentance by being baptized.
We can then continue to respond
to our calling by living the sanctified life and trying to live up to live up
to the awesome future God has invited us to have, until the day we die.
GIRL ON SHELF
Now we are back to the chronicles
of Daniels and the effect it has on we the modern Christians of this time...
It pleased my master Daniels to
set the kingdom into an hundred and twenty princes and I was the first
president (for we were three presidents at that time, for I had an excellent
spirit) to the envy of my colleagues. So they sort to discredit me and tarnish
my image but they saw how faithful I was to the service of my God and set about
to use this against me.
Then my ‘friends’ went in the
king and together they set up a plan. This plan was as to the worship of their
gods. This was a royal statute that all persons were to worship the king and
only the king for thirty days of which failing that, he would be cast into the
lion’s den.
Then the king signed this into
law. To be frank I was truly troubled about this and when I spoke to God about
this and when I was through with Him I being in His presence I had peace. After
this meeting, I finally resolved within me that no matter what may befall me or
my fate.
What did I do? I went home,
opened the windows facing the east, there I knelt before the windows and prayed
before my God. I did this for some days i.e three times in the day.
These ‘friends’ then assembled,
saw me and went into the king, reported and requested that due process be
followed ie I be thrown into the lion’s den.
The king tried so much to avert
the law but he couldn’t.
To
be continued
OPC
TATAFOOO KORNA
Finally we don show for this
semester. Una good morning ooooo....., welcome to our first edition of Tatafoo
kornna for this new semester, hope say una dey fine? Sha hope say una break
make sense as my own sef make sense. Today being the 5th of may 2013
na USHERING and DRAMA day although eno suppose be so but due to some reasons
dem go celebrate their day together. We believe say them get enough blessings
for us.
I believe say una know say door
still dey open for una to join the departments wey dey available sake to say to
be worker for God’s vineyard get enough blessings wey dey attached to am. So I
go urge una make una pray to God make He direct una to the department of Him
choice. As una know clearance dey start dis month and I believe say God go
surely provide for our parents so as to pay our fees on time. Exam don dey draw
near be that oh so make we begin dey prepare because like play like joke July
go surface.
So as these two departments dey
celebrate today make we put our mind together accept the message wey dem get
for us and hold on to the promises of God. Though many things no too happen sha
but make we Thank Baba say the suspension ban don commot from him children
head, that na correct and making sense news too oh and clearance cards don
begin locate their various owners. All glory to Baba God. With all the
happiness and joy wey full our heart we say God love una and we ma sef care
well well.
TATAFOO KORNA
ORGANISED PRESS CREW.
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