Justice Osei

THE DIFFENRECE IS CLEAR! There are clear differences between a church members and a disciple of Jesus Christ: A disciple of Christ is somebody who genuinely comes to Jesus Christ for the salvation of his soul and eternal life and keeping following Him for the bread of life. John 6: 63-67. But a church member may have other purposes like problem solving, prosperity, prophecies, healing, etc. A disciple of Christ is somebody who comes to Jesus and repents from all his sins, forsake them and continuing in the Word of God. Acts 14:21, 22. A church member does not necessarily need to be genuinely saved; they may just answer altar call and be committed and faithful to the church ordinances. Are you a disciple or a church member? To make disciples, Christ, and Him alone must be preached with the sole aim of leading people to salvation in Christ and helping them to grow and live in holiness, truth and righteousness, and to make heaven. To make members, no need of priority of genuine repen...

THE SNARES OF FEAR Proverbs 29:25, "The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe." Fear is opposite of faith. Fear is so terrible that it destroys life here on earth and in eternity. There are two major snares of fear people usually fall into, which Satan uses to ruin lives: Majority of sins people commit are as a result of fear; Satan ensnares people with sin through fear. Why have you not totally surrendered your life to Jesus? It is because of fear of what people will say and how it will go with you. Why are you still covering a particular sin of your past? It's because of fear of what people will say. Why have you not done the necessary restitution till now? It is because of fear of what will happen after. Why are you still in a sinful relationship or in ungodly profession or company? It is because of fear of uncertainty. If you should be sincere with yourself, why do you tell lie? It is because of the fear of how people will respon...

DO YOU REALLY LOVE GOD OR YOU JUST LIKE HIM? Yes you are a Christian, devoted and doing fine in the church, but do you really love God? Let’s check this: “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” John 14:21 Loving God is not just believing that God exists or going to church, it’s not just praising and worshiping God with a longing heart or loud voice; loving God is not evidential because you love praise and worship unto God, because you are devoted to the work of God or you like talking about God. And giving money to God’s work or seriously and zealously committed to God’s work is not the yardstick of love for God. The only genuine evidence and prove of your love for God, first and foremost, is keeping all His commandments, not some of them – living in holiness and righteousness of life to please God; without this, you d...

LIFE UNDER THE SUN VS LIFE UNDER THE SON Ecclesiastes 1:2, ““Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher;“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” The book of Ecclesiastes is an unusual book in the Bible. The Bible is Word of God which instructs about spiritual walk and living under God, but this book of Ecclesiastes talks mostly about life under the sun, that is natural life, without the influence God. Life under the sun is a free thinking, natural life. A life controlled by men’s wisdom, freewill with the philosophy of man. The preacher, as the writer of Ecclesiastes, expressed such a life as a vanity and grasping of wind. King Solomon was a great king in the land of Israel, beloved of God but at a point, he was lured into sin and he became as natural as everybody without the influence of the spirit of God. During this period, he wrote this book of Ecclesiastes. He began to search for satisfaction and meaning under the sun, what could give meaning to life...

DON'T GIVE IN I Corinthians 9:27, "But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection" After you are saved, even for many years, Satan will still bring sinful thoughts, feelings, ideas, and pressure; your unsaved body will want to over ride the Spirit of God. The addicted sin to smoke, drink, masturbate, etc; the pressure for sinful pleasures will come back in an overwhelming manner; the tendency to get angry, lie, drink, fight, or to do other sinful stuffs will come back; the people for sinful activities will still come back to you. Sometime the pressure will be so heavy as if you can't survive it. Satan will say, "Look, don't pretend, this thing is part of you and your salvation in Jesus can't stop it. You can't stop doing this thing, even if you don't do it now, what about tomorrow, next week, and next month? Just give in and God will understand." My dear, that is the deception of pit of hell to make you feel helpless as if you can...

Fighting my sinful flesh is a battle many days. I’ve been studying Romans 8 and God has been speaking to me about specific things in my life that Satan uses to push my buttons. You see, we all have very vulnerable flesh patterns. We all struggle with different things that can pull us out of operating in the spirit…..and instead…operating in the flesh. So as I looked at this over and over, it occurred to me that – first we got to get it through our minds – to remember that at salvation – the old self was crucified. (Romans 6:6) Therefore the Holy Spirit lives in us…and seeks to fill (control) our entire person. If I truly believe HE changed me at salvation – I will live like I believe it. I accept by FAITH….that the old self was crucified….and believing is half the battle my friend. So here’s what it says in Romans….. “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what...