The best life is a life that is approved of God. This life is a life that is a living sacrifice and a lifestyle of unreserved obedience. One disobedient action of a man can put his entire generation into jeopardy. The most important thing God gave man is the gift of will i.e. the ability to choose. You can’t claim to obey God if you don’t obey the man God has placed over you.

OBEDIENCE TO GOD BY GENUINE LOVE

My understanding of God’s love propels my obedience to Him. The price of product is proportional to its worth. You have been bought with a precious price – the blood of Jesus; so why won’t you obey God. Truly, sin is not simply forgiven someone’s got to pay. You can’t afford to disobey someone who has forgiven you so much. A story was told about a young man whose elder brother died in his place after he was caught in murder.

The level of commitment you give to God is determined by the value you place on Him. Your love for God propels your obedience to Him. Any form of consideration before you obey god is a limitation. When you come to the end of yourself you don’t consider anymore before you obey God.

Scriptures: 2 Peter 1:4, John 8:4-11, Exodus 4:24-25, Luke 14:26, mark 14:3

Prayer line: Father, increase my love for you so that I will obey you totally forever in the name of Jesus. Amen!

Every problem you are facing is a lack of wisdom problem. Your willingness to accept the gospel determines how your life will rise. The wisdom you need which God is willing to give you is downloaded from heaven. Through you, the nations of the world will bow to Jesus but that will only happen when you are totally sold out to the gospel. The gospel of Jesus is the solution to every problem: academic, health, family or national problems hence you must embrace this gospel fully.
WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
1. It is the hidden age-long wisdom of God: when man fell, he became a prey to sickness and death but God’s wisdom made provision for man’s deliverance through the introduction of the gospel.
2. It is the introduction of Light (Jesus) into the life of a person, people or nation. The Gospel power is the life of Jesus i.e. wisdom and power wrapped up in one (1 Corinthians 1:24).
3. It is the vision statement of Jesus which is to destroy the works of Satan (1 John3:8). If you still struggle in any area of your life and still call pastors for liberation in your home you have not yet introduced Jesus.
ACCESSING THE POWER IN THE GOSPEL
1. It is the solution to poverty, financial lack or want. The reason the northern states of Nigeria seem retarded is because they don’t have Jesus. Once Jesus is introduced in any community, development follows. The greatest inventors received inspiration in the church or rather they were church people e.g. Michael Faraday
2. It is the solution to sickness and disease
3. It is solution to academic failure.
4. It grants me speed in destiny (Ephesians 3:20)
5. It makes me an international personality (Acts 1:8)
6. It gives me trans-generational relevance e.g. the woman that broke the alabaster box on Jesus is still remembered today
7. It opens doors to you (2 Corinthians 2:12)
Further scriptures: 1 Corinthians 2:6-8, Luke 2:8-11, 14, 2:52, 5:17, John 1:5.
Important quotes:
 You will die a bloody civil servant until you embrace Jesus
 Yes gospel, yes advancement. No gospel, no advancement
 Every village that rejects God’s word will remain local
 The gospel of the kingdom gives me access to long life.
 The more I embrace Jesus the I embrace power
Prayer line: O lord, give me a great passion for the gospel. Father I crush any work of Satan in my life preventing the gospel from having access in my life in Jesus name! Amen!

Believers have ignored the mysteries of the Gospel and that is why the gospel seems to have no impact in their lives. The gospel refers to the life and acts of Jesus and once you have a full grip of it, you will walk in wisdom and power. For example: in Matthew 16:16-17, Peter accessed wisdom because of a revelation of the mystery of the gospel. There are secrets in the gospel that we must know in order to access wisdom. Once we access God’s wisdom hidden in the gospel, we will be launched into

Study Scripture:

Rom 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (KJV)

THE MYSTERIES OF THE GOSPEL

1. Divine health and longevity: what Jesus has taken away is not permitted to remain in your body. The bible makes us understand that Jesus took away our infirmities. Sickness is a spirit and Satan is the one behind any spirit of sickness. The mystery is that you cast out sickness like you cast out demons. You must see sickness as a temptation the same way you are tempted to sin and hence must overcome it. (Jeremiah 8:22, Matthew 16:16, Luke 13:16)
2. Mental Power: the Holy Spirit teaches us and also reminds us of what He has taught us. Testimonies of those whose mentality have been improved by their coming to Christ are unlimited. It is an error for a believer to fail exams or be slacking in any intellectual activity. (Acts 4:13, John 14:26)
3. Right living and eternal judgment: it is wrong to assume that life ends at this stage. Don’t jeopardize your 70 years on earth for eternity. Jesus did not fail to instruct us concerning eternity. Your life on earth determines whether you end up in hell or heaven for eternity. (Matthew 24:44-47, Revelation 21: 7-8)

Important quotes:

• With the coming of the gospel came civilization
• When you accept Christ you open up your spirit for illumination

Further scriptures:

Job 32:8, James 3:13-17, 2 Corinthians 4:3

Prayer line: O lord grant me revelations from the scriptures so that I can manifest wisdom and power in the name of Jesus. Amen!

During the time of Emperor Nero, Christians were fed to lions. One of those days, an old man was tied up to a tree to be burnt because he believed in Jesus. He was given five minutes to denounce Christ and be set free but he declared his faith in Jesus once more. He even told the soldiers that they shouldn’t bother about tying him to the tree that he would stay still and be burnt for Christ. You see, many people before us paid the price for this gospel we are enjoying now to be preserved. A life that must be approved by heaven is the life that is will to be destroyed because of Christ. You must come to the point where nothing can stop you from serving God (Romans 8:35-39). Remember what Jesus told his disciples that if they loved their lives more than Him, they would lose it (Luke 9:24). Our lord Jesus wants to be first in all our affairs, bear that in mind! (Matthew 6:33)

The life that will be approved by heaven is the life that has escaped the corruption of this world. From 2 Peter 1:4 we find the whole world is full of corruption and everyone present is at the risk of being a victim of this corruption. The only way to escape the corruption that is always in the world is through constant spiritual check-up. The spiritual check-up for every believer is the principles of God’s word. You must always check that your life is in accordance with what God’s word says. The greatest wickedness you can do to yourself is to allow pride stop you from receiving correction from the word of God.

 

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LIFE APPROVED BY HEAVEN

1. A lifestyle of a living sacrifice (John 12:23-27)
2. A lifestyle of unreserved obedience (2 Corinthians 10:6)

 

Pillars that provoke the lifestyle of obedience

1. Genuine love for God
2. Honor for God
3. Intimate relationship status with God

 

The reason for disobedience is the voice-of-God deficiency. Before you can obey God you need to hear from His voice. It is not enough to hear God’s voice but you need to understand what He is saying. It is not enough to understand Him but you also need to obey what He has asked you to do for positive results.

The easiest way to access God’s voice is through a solid relationship with the Holy Spirit (the custodian of God’s voice). Whatever you want to do, submit it to the laboratory of God’s voice where the chief lab scientist is the Holy Ghost. For a life to be valid you must know how to hear from God. The only not to offend God is to hear from God. Wherever in the bible to you find God’s voice, ‘obey’ follows.

 

Jeremiah 42:6

Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the Lord our God. (KJV)

 

Important quote:

• The costliest commodity on earth is divine direction and you cannot enjoy divine direction until you obey and you cannot obey until you hear
• Show me a man that is a great treasure and I will show you a man that obeys God.

 

Further Scriptures:

John 10:4, Jeremiah 12:16, Exodus 19:5, 23:21,Deutronomy 27:10, 30:20, Joshua 24:24, 1 Samuel 12:14

 

Prayer line:

Holy Spirit grant me intimacy with you. Draw me closer to yourself so that I can access God’s voice in the name of Jesus. Amen!