Bible In One Year-Day 299 (Saturday, October 26, 2013) GOD’S SERVANT

Commentary: Isaiah41-44. The calling of the Lord is in His righteousness and not in our righteousness. It is as He delights and not as the weight of our zeal. His assignment is according to His will and not of our will. The execution is by His Spirit and not in our ability. He makes us fit for the job He has for any of us. Whatever is of the Lord must be done by His Spirit; anything else will amount to nothing. No man on earth can do His work pleasingly and rightly without the help and the strength from His Spirit. If God calls you for an assignment, He rests the Spirit of that assignment on you.

Isaiah 42:1 “Behold my servant, whom I uphold (strengthened); mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put My Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.”

We can only know God’s servant by the fruit of His Spirit. The working of the Holy Spirit through us is what pleases God and not the work of righteousness of our flesh. To do good or to do evil, if it is of the flesh, it is not pleasing to God. However, to receive the Spirit of God to do ‘good’ but refusing to do it will be counted as sin before the Lord; this is rebellion. A servant of God will allow the Spirit of God to work through Him or Her; otherwise such will be called a rebellious servant. The term ‘servant’ could be used as a general term. But the presence of the spirit in that servant suggests whose servant he or she is. That spirit is expected to carry the likeness of the owner of that assignment to fulfill the assignment. That is, the spirit knows what the goal is and is prompting the recipient towards accomplishing the goal.

In the scripture above, the choosing of a person for a work in God’s vineyard is as a result of God’s delight; this is favor. When God fills such with His Spirit, this is grace. And by this grace such a person’s work is no more ordinary but divine and whoever fights against Him is fighting God. This was the message of Gamaliel in the book of Acts.

Acts 5:38-39 “And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.”

Many works look like that of God, but they aren’t but men’s’ wisdom; they don’t last even though they pull the crowd. The preaching could be full of wisdom, the teaching could be loaded with knowledge, but once it is not genuinely of the Spirit of God, it will not give life and will not last the test of time. Dr. Gamaliel in the Book of Acts (chapter5) made us to understand that there were many works that look godly and pulled the crowd, but never lasted.

Acts 5:36-37 “For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.”

If the work is of God, people may succeed in killing the man, but cannot succeed in killing the project or assignment; as a matter of fact, it will ignite the fire (Spirit) of continuity in people just as Jesus said.

John 12:24 “Verily, verily, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”

The gospel grew after the death of Jesus. It further exploded as the Apostles were being killed one after the other; none of them died well, but their works lived after them. These are genuine servants of God.

What spirit are you using to work? If deception is found in your work, definitely, God is not in it but the father of liars, Satan.

John 8:34 “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”

The Servant referred to in Isa42:1 received the Spirit to carry out justice on the gentiles. By what follows in that passage, he could not be discouraged but persistently press forward until the assignment is accomplished. Servants with the Spirit of God don’t please the world because they don’t have that spirit. It is not for Him to announce Himself in public or advertise His work; rather, His work cannot keep silent but will announce Him. As much as the rulers tried to kill the work of Jesus, it grew prevailingly, even in the hands of the Apostles.

Acts 19:20 “So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.”

Perhaps you have been known for notoriety or for other bad things, all you need is God’s delight and your story shall change. Perhaps you have been known for somebody to avoid and nobody wants to identify with you because of your past, all you need is the unforgettable ‘journey to Damascus’ (Acts9). Saul of Tarsus engaged on that journey and His life never remained the same. At the border of Damascus, Jesus was waiting for him with a life changing package. The light that broke the back bone of darkness in his life ushered him into the city of Damascus. He had no sight but was full of light (a life different from what he used to have had entered into him). Hitherto, the zeal in him was without light and life and that was why he was killing innocent people about. But after this glorious encounter, his zeal received light and life and he began to minister life to the dying soul. By this, he was able to fulfill Isa42:1. This is the light you need and darkness will never have a place to stay in your life anymore. Paul was able to fulfill it because he followed Jesus. If you follow Jesus genuinely with your heart, you will fulfill all that Jesus fulfilled.

John 8:12 “Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

Without the Spirit of God, a person gets tired, frustrated and disappointed. One cannot be contented in doing the work of God without His Spirit. Such gets easily offended while doing God’s work. He seeks for the praise and approval of men. It is not difficult for such to quit the race.

Let us seek for the old path where we could find rest. Let us listen to the trumpet’s sound, wherewith we could escape the calamity to come. Our reading for today is Isaiah45-48. Keep the fire of burning and alive.

Supo Abayode

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Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries

Delaware, USA

Bible In One Year-Day 298 (Friday, October 25, 2013)

Commentary: Isaiah37-40. King Hezekiah went through two difficult times; the threat of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, and the message of death from the Lord. He showed His mightiness to Sennacherib because of his blasphemy.

Isaiah 37:36-38 “Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.”

On the other hand, He showed His faithfulness to Hezekiah as a God that does not despise the prayer of a righteous heart.

Isaiah 38:2-5 “Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.”

The trials of the righteous are not the same as that of the wicked though it looks alike. That of the righteous always ends well but that of the wicked ends in destruction.

Proverbs 24:16 “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”

God is watching over men and He knows those who are His.

Let us seek for the old path where we could find rest. Let us listen to the trumpet’s sound, wherewith we could escape the calamity to come. Our reading for today is Isaiah41-44. Keep the fire of burning and alive.

Supo Abayode

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Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries

Delaware, USA

Bible In One Year-Day 297 (Thursday, October 24, 2013)

Commentary: Isaiah33-36. To plunder and be treacherous without any cause is a great sin before the Lord. Doing these as work is like piling up loans in advance and the payback is very painful; only the mercy of God can give grace during payback. You could be born again after these practices and repented doing them, the payback is still sure because God will not despise the cry of the righteous; especially if the act of plundering was towards the righteous.

Isaiah 33:1 “Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.”

To explain this verse, we need to look at it using a biblical example. Let’s consider Jacob’s attitude towards his brother, Esau. That was an unrighteous way of plundering and treachery. He escaped from his brother’s wrath for 20 years; as he grew bigger, so Esau also grew larger in size. After 20 years, they had to meet, Jacob paid back the hard way; he gave out almost all he had. He even subjected his household members to danger which they knew nothing about. He called Esau his Lord, Gen32. He was plundered by his uncle, Laban. His peace was plundered through treachery by his own children at old age.

Genesis 37:34-35 “And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.”

Jacob’s plundering was an unrighteous plundering which he had to payback. Employees cheating employers, employers cheating employees will payback. Friends practicing treachery will pay back the hard way. Citizens that are disloyal to the nation will payback.  Those cheating their countries by evading tax will payback. Citizens cheating through false tax return claims will payback. Pastors cheating the congregation will payback the hard way. You cannot be doing this and expect to prosper in the same country.

Galatians 6:7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

The only thing that is able to remove the consequence of unrighteous plundering is the mercy of God; this is purely of God’s discretion. To forgive is different from to have mercy. Forgiveness will only give grace to go through the payback period and on the last day there will not be the remembrance of it; though the punishment might still be there.

1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

On the other hand, God’s mercy is superior to forgiveness; it will remove the consequences as well as forgive and one becomes totally free. However, this issue of mercy is absolutely of God’s discretion.

Exodus 33:19 “And he said, …; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.”

Truly the Lord is merciful, but it is absolutely at His discretion. The state of your heart determines which way to go. He is still faithful to all His words.

Hebrews 8:12 “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”

Genuine repentance is really needed to instigate His goodness towards us. SIN NO MORE.

Let us seek for the old path where we could find rest. Let us listen to the trumpet’s sound, wherewith we could escape the calamity to come. Our reading for today is Isaiah37-40. Keep the fire of burning and alive.

Supo Abayode

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Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries

Delaware, USA

Bible In One Year-Day 296 (Wednesday, October 23, 2013)

Commentary: Isaiah29-32. The voice of WOE fell on the city of Ariel. The assignment of the voice was to cause serious distress on the city. God declared that He was going to supervise the troubles that would befall this city because of their hypocritical worship. This voice will call for surrounding nations to besiege it. The voice will even make their dreams to deceive them.

Isaiah 29:8 “It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.”

The voice carried spiritual power that sent their prophets and seers to deep sleep. The voice called for judgment instead of blessings.

Hypocritical worship includes doing the things of God without God in it. It is for the heart to be far from God. It is to honor God with the lips and not the heart. It is to draw near to God with the mouth but the heart is far off in darkness. It is to preach what is not actually practiced. It is to try to use religious laws to please God. It is to fear God after the pattern of men, i.e. according to man’s teachings such as doctrinal restrictions; eat this and not eat that, wear this and don’t wear that, etc.

Isaiah 29:13 “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:”

Beloved, what is identified as indecent as a Christian should not be stopped by any doctrinal law but by grace, i.e. by the power of the Holy Spirit. To expound this better, let us look at Isaiah29:24.

Isaiah 29:24 “They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.”

Every unholy act is as a result of error in the spirit; a woman who lies has received a lying spirit. Verse 10 of Isa29 makes us to understand that a man can receive a spirit of deep sleep which is responsible for loss of spiritual sensitivity or alertness. Therefore, many things which are physically unimaginable actually take their roots in the error in the spirit. Since the problem is from the spirit, then it has to be dealt with spiritually and not by law. Though the law is good, but it is for the spiritually dead; only grace gives life and light to the spirit, Therefore, to deliver a woman with lying spirit, you need the power of the Holy Spirit. In this view, all sinful acts should be dealt with by the power of the Holy Spirit; this is deliverance. Once that root is destroyed, the urge to do the sinful acts dies out as well.

Romans 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”

This means that the man under the law of bondage (i.e. sin and death) needs to be set free by another law of deliverance (law of the kingdom of God which says “be free”). This was what Jesus made us to understand in Matt12.

Matthew 12:28 “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come to you.”

If you now want to make somebody to worship God without deliverance from demonic spirit, that person’s worship becomes hypocritical and, of course, a sin before the Lord. Unfortunately, we have many false worshippers in the churches nowadays; they operate under another spirit which is not of God. These evil spirits can cause manifestations in the congregation and one will think God is in it. As a matter of fact, the spirits do not stop eloquent speeches.  However, instead of promoting internal liberty, it leads into deeper bondages; troubled sleeps, dark and confusing dreams, etc. Anything spiritual that is to be done in the name of the Lord should be led by the Spirit of God, otherwise, it becomes sin before the Lord and this is what summons the voice of WOE from heaven. God cannot identify Himself with darkness.

Isaiah 30:1-2 “Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!”

The true worshippers are those who worship in the spirit and whose heart draws near to God. They are led by the Spirit into the presence of the Lord.

John 4:23 “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.”

We are only complete by grace and not by the law of righteousness. Grace is the working of the Holy Spirit in us despite our frailty. Ask for more of grace.

Let us seek for the old path where we could find rest. Let us listen to the trumpet’s sound, wherewith we could escape the calamity to come. Our reading for today is Isaiah33-36. Keep the fire of burning and alive.

Supo Abayode

+1-302-230-6792

Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries

Delaware, USA

Bible In One Year-Day 295 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)

Commentary: Isaiah25-28. Whenever God is prepared to gladden a man’s heart to the dismay of his adversaries, He sets the person at the table of assorted splendors. Not only that, but on a mountain top.

MLB Isaiah 25:6 “On this mountain the Lord of hosts shall make for all peoples a feast of rich food; a feast of well aged wine, of rich beef full of marrow; a feast of old wine well refined.”

David’s experience in this wise is expressed in Psa23.

MLB Psalms 23:5 “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my adversaries; Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runs over.”

There are two sides to trials and difficult times; your faith is put to test and the enemy is prepared for shame. A Christian should remain steadfast in his faith to God in all situations because when the day of the Lord comes it would be like a dream. In times of trial, the hand of the Lord is working out things beyond our imagination. Though the trying time could be painful, it is a moment in which God’s hand is filling you with spiritual power to be able to confidently eat at the table to be set before you in the presence of the enemy. To eat before the enemy, you need the anointing. This anointing comes through the pains of the trials.

1 Peter 5:10 “But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”

The hand of God never stops working until it gets to the mountain of rest where a buffet is set for His own who endures to the end. The Lord’s buffet is His settlement to those who remain steadfast through thick and thin. The Lord’s buffet is the joy that comes in the morning after the night’s weeping and crying.  It is the glory that comes after suffering. It is the testimony that cannot hide itself after many retreats. It is the likeness of Joseph’s dream fulfillment. It is the promotion of Daniel in the land of Babylon. It is the elevation of Mordecai after the book of remembrance was opened.

In order to get to that set table of the Lord’s buffet, remaining steadfast in faith is non-negotiable. This means ‘DON’T GIVE UP’; rather keep the fire burning and  alive.

Let us seek for the old path where we could find rest. Let us listen to the trumpet’s sound, wherewith we could escape the calamity to come. Our reading for today is Isaiah29-32. Keep the fire of burning and alive.

Supo Abayode

+1-302-230-6792

Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries

Delaware, USA