AT
a very colorful welcome ceremony last night, the General Overseer,
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who had resolved to limit his messages during the
ongoing 63rd annual convention to a maximum of 25 minutes, urged
Christians to strive to remain pure as the light.
Speaking at the first plenary of the convention, Pastor Adeboye said
this year’s convention will be different in all ramifications; in signs
and wonders, miracles and breakthrough.
Drawing inspiration from Bible book of James 1:17, on a topic titled:
“Pure as light,” the general overseer took time to introduce the theme
of the convention,
All Sufficient God, emphasising the need for people to acknowledge that God is the father of light.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye
According to the man of God, anyone who embrace Him as his/her father
and “He is the father of light, it shows that you are light. You must
be light if you are a child of God because God is the father of light.
“There are two forces controlling the world and affairs of men: they
are forces of darkness and forces of light. Forces of darkness have
various names including demons, devils, witches, wizards, herbalists,
liars, fraudsters. All those evil names are appellations of forces of
darkness,” he stated.
He said the characteristics of darkness include shame—anything that
can produce shame, you want to do it in darkness. The bible said human
beings love darkness than light because their works are evil, pointing
out that the characteristics of darkness include sorrow, defeat,
failure, losses, death, destruction amongst others.
“On the other hand, characteristics of light include; glory, joy! You
remember how people used to shout when the electricity authority used
to be called NEPA, when they take off light, darkness comes and people
will shout their disappointment and when the light comes on the people
shout for joy.
“Victory comes when there is light, the Bible says they overcame the
devil by the word of their testimony. Sucess is one of the
characteristics of light, progress, abundant life, breakthrough and so
on,” he added, asking the large crowd of worshippers if they prefer
light or darkness.
And the crowd responded with a loud shout of “Light!”
The former mathematician explained the meaning of “As Pure As Light”,
saying he wrote a book about 30 years ago on this same topic where he
explained that every child of God must be pure as light, stressing that
whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
“If you want to be a Christian, you must be a Christian thoroughly.
You must be a Christian in the same way that Jesus Christ said, ‘the
prince of this world came to me and found nothing in me.’ Tonight after
the service, you will pray until you are satisfied, at least, for almost
one hour.
“God is expecting you to take a decision tonight especially all of
you that are Christians that from now, no matter how others lived their
Christian lives, I want to be pure as light; no more lying of any
type—no black, white or red lies. No matter the situation at all be pure
as light. No more stealing of any type, no more doing things in a wrong
manner simply because others are doing so because our God says you must
not follow multitude to do evil,” he counseled.
The holiness preacher proceeded to give three reasons why Christians
must live as pure as light. 1. An opportunity to see God on the last
day, (Matthew 5:8).
“Pure not just outside, not just pretending but from the heart
because the bible said out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth
speaks. If the heart is pure, one’s speech and life will be pure. I will
not lie, cheat, if I am committed to purity as pure as light, if I tell
a lie no matter how small, the spirit of the Almighty God will not
allow me to rest,” he stated.
He, therefore, counselled Christians to resolve to be in line with
almighty God and make a commitment not to take anything that does not
belong to him/her, noting, “there is no need calling yourself a
Christain when you are not a son or daughter of the Almighty God.
“Some years ago, when I was a lecturer at the University of Lagos, I
wrote a letter and I used the school official envelop for the letter but
the spirit of God told me that the envelop did not belong to me and I
replied how much is an envelop and God spoke to me and said ‘son, if it
was so cheap why can’t you buy your own?’
“No impurity, no lie, no picking what is not mine because I want to see God on the last day,” he stated.
The second reason, he further stated, is that “I want to marry Jesus
and Jesus said clearly in Ephesians 5:25-27, that Jesus is going to
marry a bride without spot, wrinkle and blemish. As pure as light, no
blemish, spot, no wrinkle. No blemish of any type”.
Adeboye noted with regret that there is no diffrennce between those
who profess Christinity and those who do not; “some say you can be born
again and live any kind of life; well if you decide that you will not
see Jesus and also marry him on the last day.”
Reason number three “why I want to be pure as light and want you to
join me in living as pure is because I want to dwell with Jesus Christ
in heaven. Isaiah 35:8 tells me that in my husband’s kingdom in heaven,
there is no unclean thing of any type will be found or allow there.
“I want to be as pure as light becaue I want to see my God, marry
Jesus and dwell with Jesus in heaven. Are you wondering why forces of
darkness are still disturbing you, why is it that elements of darkness
are always attacking you, it is because they are still seeing some
elements of darkness in you that they are attracted to,” Adeboye
maintained.
Pastor Adeboye was of the opinion that God wants to put an end to
every attack of the devil in our lives. The enemy must be able to come
and examine you from top to bottom, look at your stand in the office,
home, take a look at your speech and ability and discover he has nothing
in you.
He emphasized that God has power not only to wash every individual
clean from every sin and give the ability, from now, to live as pure as
light.
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AT
a very colorful welcome ceremony last night, the General Overseer,
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who had resolved to limit his messages during the
ongoing 63rd annual convention to a maximum of 25 minutes, urged
Christians to strive to remain pure as the light.
Speaking at the first plenary of the convention, Pastor Adeboye said
this year’s convention will be different in all ramifications; in signs
and wonders, miracles and breakthrough.
Drawing inspiration from Bible book of James 1:17, on a topic titled:
“Pure as light,” the general overseer took time to introduce the theme
of the convention,
All Sufficient God, emphasising the need for people to acknowledge that God is the father of light.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye
According to the man of God, anyone who embrace Him as his/her father
and “He is the father of light, it shows that you are light. You must
be light if you are a child of God because God is the father of light.
“There are two forces controlling the world and affairs of men: they
are forces of darkness and forces of light. Forces of darkness have
various names including demons, devils, witches, wizards, herbalists,
liars, fraudsters. All those evil names are appellations of forces of
darkness,” he stated.
He said the characteristics of darkness include shame—anything that
can produce shame, you want to do it in darkness. The bible said human
beings love darkness than light because their works are evil, pointing
out that the characteristics of darkness include sorrow, defeat,
failure, losses, death, destruction amongst others.
“On the other hand, characteristics of light include; glory, joy! You
remember how people used to shout when the electricity authority used
to be called NEPA, when they take off light, darkness comes and people
will shout their disappointment and when the light comes on the people
shout for joy.
“Victory comes when there is light, the Bible says they overcame the
devil by the word of their testimony. Sucess is one of the
characteristics of light, progress, abundant life, breakthrough and so
on,” he added, asking the large crowd of worshippers if they prefer
light or darkness.
And the crowd responded with a loud shout of “Light!”
The former mathematician explained the meaning of “As Pure As Light”,
saying he wrote a book about 30 years ago on this same topic where he
explained that every child of God must be pure as light, stressing that
whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
“If you want to be a Christian, you must be a Christian thoroughly.
You must be a Christian in the same way that Jesus Christ said, ‘the
prince of this world came to me and found nothing in me.’ Tonight after
the service, you will pray until you are satisfied, at least, for almost
one hour.
“God is expecting you to take a decision tonight especially all of
you that are Christians that from now, no matter how others lived their
Christian lives, I want to be pure as light; no more lying of any
type—no black, white or red lies. No matter the situation at all be pure
as light. No more stealing of any type, no more doing things in a wrong
manner simply because others are doing so because our God says you must
not follow multitude to do evil,” he counseled.
The holiness preacher proceeded to give three reasons why Christians
must live as pure as light. 1. An opportunity to see God on the last
day, (Matthew 5:8).
“Pure not just outside, not just pretending but from the heart
because the bible said out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth
speaks. If the heart is pure, one’s speech and life will be pure. I will
not lie, cheat, if I am committed to purity as pure as light, if I tell
a lie no matter how small, the spirit of the Almighty God will not
allow me to rest,” he stated.
He, therefore, counselled Christians to resolve to be in line with
almighty God and make a commitment not to take anything that does not
belong to him/her, noting, “there is no need calling yourself a
Christain when you are not a son or daughter of the Almighty God.
“Some years ago, when I was a lecturer at the University of Lagos, I
wrote a letter and I used the school official envelop for the letter but
the spirit of God told me that the envelop did not belong to me and I
replied how much is an envelop and God spoke to me and said ‘son, if it
was so cheap why can’t you buy your own?’
“No impurity, no lie, no picking what is not mine because I want to see God on the last day,” he stated.
The second reason, he further stated, is that “I want to marry Jesus
and Jesus said clearly in Ephesians 5:25-27, that Jesus is going to
marry a bride without spot, wrinkle and blemish. As pure as light, no
blemish, spot, no wrinkle. No blemish of any type”.
Adeboye noted with regret that there is no diffrennce between those
who profess Christinity and those who do not; “some say you can be born
again and live any kind of life; well if you decide that you will not
see Jesus and also marry him on the last day.”
Reason number three “why I want to be pure as light and want you to
join me in living as pure is because I want to dwell with Jesus Christ
in heaven. Isaiah 35:8 tells me that in my husband’s kingdom in heaven,
there is no unclean thing of any type will be found or allow there.
“I want to be as pure as light becaue I want to see my God, marry
Jesus and dwell with Jesus in heaven. Are you wondering why forces of
darkness are still disturbing you, why is it that elements of darkness
are always attacking you, it is because they are still seeing some
elements of darkness in you that they are attracted to,” Adeboye
maintained.
Pastor Adeboye was of the opinion that God wants to put an end to
every attack of the devil in our lives. The enemy must be able to come
and examine you from top to bottom, look at your stand in the office,
home, take a look at your speech and ability and discover he has nothing
in you.
He emphasized that God has power not only to wash every individual
clean from every sin and give the ability, from now, to live as pure as
light.
