READ: ACTS5:1-11
We need to
go back t the good old days when purity was every believer’s watchword. In
those days there was no room for even an appearance of sin. There was no room
for ordinary lies, not to talk of fornication and adultery. Our text leads us
to the story of Ananias and Sapphira. They sold their own land and brought half
of the money to the church. Peter asked them whether it was the exact amount
they sold the land for and they answered in the affirmative. What was the
result? They died for telling lies. Ordinary lies could kill in those days.
Now, Christians tell all kinds of lies, including white lies and business lies,
assuming that God would not mind. God have mercy. If you want the power of God
to flow into and through you, you have to be pure. If the power begins to flow
in you and you are not holy, you will get burnt. If divine current meets an obstruction
on the way, there will be short-circuiting. When this happens, there is always
a disruption in the flow of electricity. If you lie as often as you like and
the Holy Spirit lets you go, you have a serious problem. I hope the Holy Spirit
has not forsaken you completely. If you want the power of God to flow into you,
you better get into communion with Him. After you established fellowship with
God, you need to go into praise and worship. As a member of the church, we
worship God with dancing and singing and drumming. In those days guitars were
not allowed in our church as guitars were thought worldly, yet we worshipped
the Almighty God and things happened. Now, however, the guitar has been
accepted because the Almighty God says we should praise Him with stringed
instruments. Now we know that drums are not of the devil because the Lord says
we can beat drums (Psalm 150). Now that we know we can clap because the Bible
says, “OH, clap your hands, all you peoples!”I think we should be able
to worship and praise Him far better than we are doing. The quality of our
worship and praise should increase because we are more enlightened as regards
what constitutes real worship. God’s power flows through praise and worship. If
you want the divine current to flow into your life, you must spend meaningful
time in praise and worship.
MEMORIZE:
MATTHEW 5:8 –Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
