Open Heaven 2 August 2018 – Are you in the number?

Open Heaven 2 August 2018 – Are you in the number?
Open Heaven 2 August 2018 – Are you in the number?

Open Heaven 2 August 2018 – Memorise:
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter the kingdom of God.  Acts 14:22

Read Revelation 19:5-9

5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Open Heaven 2 August 2018 Bible in one year – Esther 8-10, Matthew 12:33-50
Based on the erroneous understanding of the scripture in Revelation 7:4, a certain religious group claims that only one hundred and forty four thousand people will qualify to be in heaven. This cannot be further from the truth because the bible says in verse 9 of that same chapter

“After this I  beheld, and, lo, a great multitude which no man could number , of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;”

Further debunking this wrong teaching, Apostle John on today’s Bible reading heard the voice of a great multitude shouting Alleluia in worship of the omnipotent God. They were rejoicing because they were numbered among the participants at the marriage super of the Lamb. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 1 August 2018
The question for our consideration today is, what qualifies them to be numbered among this very important guest at the marriage super of the Lamb? The answer to this question is found in Revelation 7:13-14

“And one of the elders answered , saying unto me, what are these which are arrayed in white robes?and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said unto me, these are they which came out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

Open Heaven 2 August 2018
Our Lord Jesus Christ came to shed His Blood for the remission of our sins, so that we can qualify as citizens of heaven and be numbered among he saints. What is required of us to accept the offer of his atonement and live by the articles of the new covenant, which He sealed with His Blood.
Doing his will surely attract persecution and tribulation in this world. The challenge with some contemporary Christians is that they don’t want to experience persecution or undergo tribulations for the sake of their faith in Christ. They want the world to accept them and so they adjust their message to what the world likes. We often forget this words of Jesus in John 15:20

“If they have persecuted me they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying they will also keep yours also.”

In other words, just as the world did not like the teachings of the Master, they will also not like ours. However when we introduce gimmicks not found in the teachings and lifestyle of Jesus Christ and His apostles into our message, the message loses its power. How shall we have numbered among the guest at the marriage super of the Lamb? The answer lies in these words from Acts 14:22

“we must through tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” There is no other way.

Open Heaven 2 August 2018 – Prayer point
Father, please grant unto me the grace to endure tribulations.
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Open Heaven 2 August 2018  Hymn 5
The great physician

The Great Physician now is near,
The sympathizing Jesus;
He speaks the drooping heart to cheer,
Oh, hear the voice of Jesus!
Sweetest note in seraph
Refrain:
Sweetest name on mortal tongue;
Sweetest carol ever sung:
Jesus, blessed Jesus!
2 Your many sins are all forgiv’n,
Oh, hear the voice of Jesus;
The veil ’twixt you and God is riven,
Redemption wrought by Jesus.
3 All glory to the dying Lamb!
I now believe in Jesus;
I love the blessed Savior’s name,
I love the name of Jesus.
4 His name dispels my guilt and fear,
No other name but Jesus;
Oh, how my soul delights to hear
The charming name of Jesus

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