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Open Heaven September 11, 2023 SUBJECT: The works of grace 6
MEMORIZE: “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a corrupt tree produce good fruit. » – Matthew 7:18 (KJV)
READ: Galatians 5:22-25 (KJV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: there is no law against such things.
24 And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with affections and lusts.
25 If we live according to the Spirit, let us also walk according to the Spirit.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Daniel 4-5
MESSAGE from Open Skies of September 11, 2023
As we continue our lessons on the works of grace, we will study a manifestation of the Holy Spirit in believers called “the fruit of the Holy Spirit.” If a Christian has the gifts of the Holy Spirit but does not have the fruits of the Holy Spirit mentioned in our Bible reading today, such a person is heading toward destruction. An example of this is when a believer becomes proud because God performs miracles through him. Matthew 7:22-23 says, “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name you cast out demons? and in your name you have done many wonderful works? And then I will declare unto them, that I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” They had the gift of prophecy and working miracles, but God did not even know them. Indeed, even if the gift was present in their lives, the fruit was absent. This is why you must never be satisfied with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The fruit is more important than the gift, so you must make sure that you experience this important work of grace.
According to Galatians 5:22-23, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and temperance. Even if you are already doing miracles, God is asking you to go higher. You may work miracles, but you are difficult to live with; you might receive the gifts and end up in hell. How will it benefit you if you are a powerful evangelist but are left behind when the rapture occurs? What good is your anointing if you end up in the same place as the devil? The anointing is a good thing and I love it, but I don’t want to be anointed and then become a candidate of hell; God forgives. Jesus Christ said that if you want to know those who will go to heaven, seek in them the fruit of the Holy Spirit, not gifts.
It is thus by their fruits that you will recognize them. As many as say to me, Lord, Lord, shall not enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. – Matthew 7:20-21
Don’t be fooled by God’s anointing already at work in your life. If you do not manifest the fruit of the Spirit, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
PRAYER POINT of Open Heaven from September 11, 2023:
Father, please let me begin to bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit from today, in the name of Jesus.
Open Heaven September 11, 2023 HYMN 30 – When we walk with the Lord
1 When we walk with the Lord,
In the light of his word,
What glory he spreads on our path!
While we do his good will
He remains with us always,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Believe and obey!
Because there is no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But trust and obey.
2 But we can never prove
The delights of his love,
Until we’re all at the altar,
For the favor He shows,
And the joy He grants,
Are for those who will trust and obey.
3 Then in gentle companionship
We will sit at his feet,
Or we will walk beside him on the path,
What He says we will do,
Where he sends we will go,
Do not fear, only trust and obey.
The Open Heavens 2023 Daily Devotional Guide was written by Pastor EA Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical churches in the world and also President of Christ the Redeemer Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional app is available on all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC. Open skies for today 2023