We welcome you to Healing Hour Evangelical Mission where we proclaim the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is the gospel of the KINGDOM OF GOD. “And He said to them, “Go into the entire world and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15
HAVING PH.D. DEGREE IN THEOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS ARE NOT EQUIVALENT TO THE MIND OF CHRIST.
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the acclaimed “dangerously wealthy” Bishop David Olaniyi Oyedepo, and many other “dangerously wealthy” Isaac seed, tithe increment, and first-fruit collectors’ deceptive religious leaders delved into dangerous religious politics, scriptural manipulations, hypocritical acts, and wickedness. Gradually but steadily, the harvest of their deception is festering and swiftly turning to the South. God, we sincerely stand in the gap for the Nigerian remnants; in your wrath, remember your mercy.
1. Thus says the Lord, Nigerian Christians don’t need extraordinary prayer to be delivered; what your leaders need is urgent repentance and immediate action to revoke their evil agreement with the heathen.
2. The Lord said I should remind CAN, PFN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, Bishop David Olaniyi Oyedepo, and their cohorts to urgently revoke their evil agreement from where they used their spiritual son, Pastor Yemi Osibajo, as collateral, and Nigeria will be free.
Importantly, the citizens of Nigeria must stay away from every street protest and wait patiently for divine intervention for total restoration. The fear of God has plummeted in Nigeria, and the citizens will suffer the consequences for a long time if those God has called are heading to “Tarshish” or hiding throughout the Redemption Camp and Shiloh Camp real estate business centers.
DADDY G.O. AND BISHOPS, INCLUDING PASTOR ADEBOYE, PLEASE, STOP CRYING FOUL PLAY WHERE THERE IS NONE. BE COURAGEOUS AND MAKE A BOLD STEP TOWARDS CONFESSION, REPENTANCE, RESTITUTION, AND REORIENTING YOUR INNOCENT SONS AND DAUGHTERS ABOUT THE WAY OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS PRINCIPLES.
Tighten up! Because the worst is about to happen. The so-called men and women of God have been deceiving innocent people for so long; now that the harvest of their deception is ripe, it’s not only the deceivers who will be eating it.
Why fear of the Lord?
To fear the Lord is to obey Him, and to obey is the foundation of wisdom–Psalm 111:10.
In John 13:17, Jesus said, If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.
The fear of the Lord is your readiness to act and make the required changes.It’s not when you decide but when you decide and do. So it is about being a doer, not just a talker.
The Lord gave me this message, which was posted at the inception of the Healing Hour Ministry. We must repost it again because the Lord says He will carry out His judgment on the Churches. History tells us about the first Missionaries or Christians who arrived in various nations, especially in Africa. The New Testament accounts also give us an example in Acts 8:26-3 of how Philip evangelized and baptized the Ethiopian eunuch. Ethiopia experienced vibrant Church growth in the early centuries after Christ, with historical links established by Philip’s converts.
Apostle, Bishop, Pastor, how are the fruits of your converts affecting their generation?If you look around the world today, especially in African nations and the United States of America, particularly in Nigeria, you will see significant disparities. You will find out that almost every government tier has notable anointed Christians with prominent church titles and Church denomination logos working in multiple departments.
Nevertheless, stealing, bribery, corruption, wickedness, immoralities, and other sins that were not common in believers in Christ’s lives in the past are rapidly growing and increasing daily without remorse or restrictions in various religious Redemption camp business centers; it is alarming.
The difference between the United States of America and Nigeria in crime is that the United States of America practices its crime legally, without forgetting the poor people. If a corrupt citizen in the United States of America doesn’t tie their corruption ends appropriately, or they find any loophole in their deal, such a fellow will pay the price, even in arrears.
Undoubtedly, such a type of justice will not happen in Nigeria unless God intervenes, because once such a person pays their tithe, gives a prophet offering, and “appreciates” Nigerian judges, lawyers, and other necessary people in authority, their cases will die a natural death. Why is it like that?
I might not be able to answer your question, but you can ask their secular and spiritual leaders yourself when you have the opportunity to meet one of them. Many Churches and their spiritual gurus love to bombard the drug addicts, thieves, homosexuals, evil politicians, kidnappers, fraudsters, and many other visible sinners daily. I don’t think anyone needs to add “evil” to Nigerian politicians’ accolades; their attitudes and the party names they chose are enough to explain who Nigerian politicians are without consulting a seer.
Ninety-nine percent of Nigeria’s Pastors, general overseers, and bishops continue to manipulate and rob their church members through under duress tithe increments payment, Isaac’s seed sowing, Faith seed, and various covenant sacrificial offerings, all of which are fallacies in Jesus Christ’s kingdom. Some of them will even go the extra mile to continually abuse their members physically and spiritually for not giving enough tithe and sacrificial offerings. Many of these so-called Daddy g.o. and Bishops enjoy cursing ignorant Church members by using updated portions of the Bible. For example, A pastor called Rev King in Nigeria went so far as toburn one of his Church members with fire, as alleged.
Another Pastor or general overseer manipulatively embezzled the shares his members bought in his Church business. This results from a lack of fear of God among the tithe-increasing pastors, mainly due to the poverty of spirit among many of their followers. In the year 2010, thus says the Lord, by 2015, Nigeria’s remnants shall laugh again. Remnants mean the remaining quantity of a group. Ask God to count your family and me among those who will remain in March 2016, especially for those in Nigeria.
Who Is A Christian Missionary?
The Lord commissions Christian missionaries to make disciples and followers of Christ. However, Jesus Christ commanded Christians to share the good news of His birth, death, and resurrection that conquered the penalty and power of sin.
Matthew 28:19-20 contradicts many people’s opinion that a missionary is not a “white man” who leaves his abode and job in America, England, or other parts of Western countries to head on to Africa to save them from sin and poverty.
That is the mentality that most missionaries from the Western world still carry up to today. Yet, crimes and poverty around them in Western countries are escalating more than any human being can fathom.They’re only helping fraudulent individuals and a few privileged mega-churches’ pockets and wallets in the name of helping the needy on mission fields.
Countless Western missionaries still focus on Africa, even though one of their Isaac’s seed-sowing Churches in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, can buy many tithe-increment payments and faith-seed collectors’ Churches in Western countries. Are the Westerners spiritually blind? Not at all! They are not. It’s just that many of them have misplaced their priority of Jesus Christ’s kingdom in religious business centers.
What do you mean by saying “they have misplaced their priority?” If you look around the world today, you will see that most Western countries’ Churches’ missionaries prefer to go to Africa more than to many other nations; however, many of them might not visit less-privileged places or attend to their hospitals. Most of the time, they buy souvenirs, play golf, and take pictures with animals. Why? Because it’s an excursion trip.
Moreover, many of them imitate the terrible attitudes of African general overseers and bishops’ business partners. In the Western world, Churches are not accessible to fake miracles freely, although some of them are doing it to addicted spiritual gamblers. However, they are not entirely free to abuse their members like the ones in many other countries do without facing the consequences of their atrocities, except for those hypnotized and paralyzed in the spirit, or who prefer to worship human beings.
Religious leaders in Western countries can’t embezzle their church members’ money at will without being investigated, either by the Church governing body or the government. But in Africa, especially in Nigeria, many supposed special anointed Bishops and General overseers are more than free to embezzle Church members’ money at will, and believe me, they are doing it with all their special anointing, influences, and shenanigans, all in the name of the “touch not my anointed” fallacy.
Prophet Samuel said, ”Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the LORD and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.” 1 Samuel 12:3.
If ninety-nine percent of Bishops, General overseers, Prophets, Prophetesses, and Pastors in Africa, particularly Nigeria, are asked the type of questions above by their congregations, without doubt, they will go bankrupt. Those are the attitudes that fascinate many ministers of God in Western countries; they love such blanket freedom and lucrative migration.
Where Is The Godly Standard?
Many Churches, especially those in the Pentecostal fold in Nigeria, will ordain a confirmed and unrepentant thief in one parish, but they will excommunicate a tithe defaulter in another parish. It depends on how precious a bountiful giver you are or the type of ATM you are in their camp. Many churches in Africa will terminate the appointment of divorced pastors. Still, they will ordain a divorced and adulterer as a zonal pastor or coordinator in the foreign countries’ franchise parishes, which many people are calling Churches.
Again, it depends on how wealthy or influential you are in their camp, especially if you registered their franchise parish, which they call a Church. They may bring in gays or lesbians to come and play instruments for their church programs, even pay them with erroneous tithe money they collected from the innocent ones when they want to use and dump them. But they will refuse to accept a poor divorcee as a worker in their supposed Church of God gathering; what a confusion.
Men and Women of God,are you preaching the good news or fooling innocent Believers in Christ and the poor people?
In Western countries, many people run their Churches under at least two organizational names. It is not because they love God, but it is a strategy to trick government grants in the name of helping poor people. Also, to use one of the business names as a secular entity to crucify Jesus Christ again and at will by preaching and supporting immorality. Many Churches are only using the name “missionary” to do their tricks to legalize stealing. Many “missionaries” are harvesting from their so-called mission fields to build themselves business headquarters in the homes of other missionaries. May I ask, who is helping whom?
What Is The Work Of A Christian Missionary?
“Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Mathew 28:19.
“It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. Romans 15:20.
”But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Book of Acts 1:8.
Who Is A Christian Missionary?
A Christian missionary is an ambassador of Jesus Christ who must always yield to the Lord’s instruction, loving him with all his or her heart, soul, mind, and strength. A missionary is one whom God sent through the support of a church to the unreached, even though all Christians are called to preach the Gospel.
Does it mean someone can’t be a missionary unless sentthrough a Church?
Convincingly, you can! However, suppose the environment you want to reach is not your territory, and you don’t have the necessary resources. In that case, you may need the support of others, but not in the same way as a franchise parish establishment. In today’s churches, obtaining support often requires assurance of the financial returns on investment, typically through franchise fees or remittances.
To them, how many souls are saved is none of their business in franchise headquarters. That is your headache to worry about. Since many people don’t want to lose their parish, they will start watering down the gospel of Jesus Christ to attract more people and help cover the expenses of their franchise headquarters. One of the reasons more people in the building means more tithe and various sacrificial offerings collection is that it’s the only way to maintain your franchise parish.
Are You Sure God Called You?
If you are sure that the Lord has called you into His assignment, and you want to answer His call, sell all your worldly things, step out by faith, and believe Jesus Christ to return them to you in a hundredfold. “Step out to where? Asking such questions may mean God doesn’t call or send you anywhere. This advice may be too extreme for those sure that God called them; yes, it may, but that is the acid test to know if God is the one who is calling you or if the love of money is drawing you toward the Redemption camp.
Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Matthew 19:21.
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. Matthew 10:37-39.
“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. Matthew 10:9-10.
Believers in Christ, Now Is the Season of Understanding. Don’t Miss It—endeavor to go and read the book of Acts 8:1-8.
Money and positions are currently persecuting many Christians and churches, but you can take a stand. Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. In the city where God has placed you, what is your impact?Hunger drove many people from Africa to Western countries; now that many can successfully eat three square meals.
Many of them are far worse than the people they migrated with to their countries, due to immorality. Even their immoralities are of a higher standard, from pulpits to pews. Do you still remember what Lot became to the human race? Now is the time for believers in Christ to witness the truth of Christ and repent, but if you are not yet born again, you can do so now by saying the following prayer:
Lord Jesus, I come to you because I am powerless and cannot help myself. I am a sinner, forgive me my sins. From today on, I accept you as my Lord and my Savior.Thank you for saving me!
1. In 2014 the Lord said, in fifteen years to come, very large percentage of ARAB COUNTRIES will be won for Christ. The Christ followers will not need to follow them fight deceptive war around the globe anymore. Either against Isis nor Boko-Haram, if we turn back our focus more on God and our assignment of preaching the truth of Christ and not playing with people’s lives by making money from bomb makers.
“As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
In other words they will continue to see mighty power of God like that of Christ that calm the storm with tangible testimonies that will make many of them to make u turn to Christ way.
Does it sound like impossible mission to you? Start counting down the days, but it’s not by gimmick.
2. The Lord said, there is a lady in Columbus Ohio, you’re light in complexion and hefty, you works with a government organization. Your parents has 2 children, you and your younger sister, they Left inheritance for both of you, but you and the family lawyer collided together and manipulated some documents to favor you.You did that when you were in the world, but now you profess that you’re born again but you’re still battling with the truth.
Your conscience is constantly urging you to make things right, but your accomplice lawyer has so much hypnotized you and put you in bondage of kind of “love” that you only need prayers, boldness and courage to free yourself from.You’re also set to marry that same lawyer in 6 weeks time. The Lord asked me to tell you, repent and turn around because the enemy has decided to strike both of you on your marriage day. If you don’t change you ways, both of you will not see the end of March 2016.
3. The Lord has revealed, there is a female Pastor in Columbus Georgia, “wealthy” you’re in your third marriage, you have a 16 years old son and 13 years old son that calls himself a girl, I am very sure you know that he’s not a girl, but your secret life style is contagious. You have a female sin partner in Atlanta Georgia, she comes to your house often and your husband know and call her a minister. He’s right, she’s a minister but in the kingdom of darkness. Any time you inform your husband that you’re going to a seminar out of town you ends up in the house of your sin partner.The Lord asked me to tell you to repent! Because both of you may not see year 2016.
4. The Lord says we should pray for Aflac company and her subsidiaries for God to calm the storm of unseen situation that may want to overwhelm them in 2016 and cause them to lay off 90 percent of their staffs.
5. “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
PRESIDENT MUHAMMODU BUHARI, The Lord said beware of the United States of America and President Barack Obama. Note: The United States of America is not the problem, but President Barack Obama is. Until President Barack Obama leave office, any Nigeria alliance with the United States of America will not succeed, it will bring more tears and havoc to the nation of Nigeria.
PRESIDENT MUHAMMODU BUHARI, THE LORD SAID WHAT YOU’RE DOING PRESENTLY IS JUST PLAYING A DECEPTIVE ROLES THEY’VE ASSIGNED TO YOU. HOWEVER, YOU STILL HAVE LIMITED TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND.
PRESIDENT MUHAMMODU BUHARI, THE LORD SAID YOU HAVE TO STEP ON “TOES” TO ESCAPE THIS WRATH YOU KNOWINGLY INVOLVE YOURSELF.
PRESIDENT MUHAMMODU BUHARI, The Lord said, Stop inviting The United States of America or their close allies to add more to Nigerians woe.
The same negligence and nonchalant attitude that removed the ex-President Jonathan from the office; You’ve started demonstrating the same attitudes, and it will not only remove you, Mohammodu Buhari and Osibajo from the office, but wipe you out totally from the universe, if you refuse to urgently step on “toes”.
Finally! PRESIDENT MUHAMMODU BUHARI, do not take any ethnic issues with levity, because the ones you’re calling “nonentities” are 99.9 percent capable of leveling the Nation of Nigeria in your tenure.
Why? Because of the deceptive alliance that Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye and his cohorts has with your government. I pray that you will have a heart of flesh to be able to listen and turn around 360 degree to make amendment by stepping on “toes”.
The season of the remnants is here already!!!
Released: November 9th 2015 11:40 am.
YEAR 2016 PROPHECY
6. Nigerian need to pray seriously for God to save them from coming catastrophe before March 2016.
President Mohammadu Buhari was a set up on Nigerians without his (Buhari) knowledge.And the vice president Yemi Osibajo was equally a set up to bring down the government of president Buhari as planned by the political guru’s, with the connivance of Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye. However, their plans will boomerang and this government will hit the rock before March 2016 if they refused to repent and make u turn.
November: 29th 2015 9:45 pm
YEAR 2016 PROPHECY
7. Madam Remi Tinubu The Lord asked me to tell you to reconsider your ways.
8. Americans wake up and Pray fervently for the United States of America, there may be too much havoc for the government of the United States to handle From the white house to the citizens in 2016.
December:26 2015 5:45am
YEAR 2016 PROPHECY
9. Nigerians will laugh again in Year 2016 However, there will be turbulence and lot of death in all areas in Nigeria, particularly in Lagos State come the year 2016, but there is nothing to worry about as the shake up is to the favor of the remnants in the country.The rich people either wicked or “righteous” in Nigeria will cry.Please let the less privilege people be warned don’t take vengeance, be ready to assist any of them that ask for it in any capacity you have…
Matthew 7, Jesus said that anyone who hears his words and puts them into practice is like a man who built a house on solid rock. So integrity starts with listening to the words of Jesus and doing what he says? Thank You, Jesus! To know the right path to take is wisdom to accept it is Integrity.
Why the fear of the Lord?
To fear the Lord is to obey Him and to obey is the foundation of wisdom–Ps111:10.
In John 13:17; Jesus said if you know these things, happy are you if you do them.
The fear of the Lord is your readiness to act and make the required changes. It’s not when you decide but when you decide and do. So it is being a doer and not a talker only.
Why Courage?
Job 27:5 says; till I die, I will not remove my integrity from me. I will have the moral courage to make my actions consistent with my knowledge of right and wrong in God’s word.
Today We will start by discussing the Intent or Purpose.
Why Intent?
Why Purpose?
Developing a lifestyle of Integrity is to adopt a lifestyle of making a godly stance purposely. You don’t live honestly and truthfully by chance or accident! You do so by intention. Intentionality precedes a routine. So self-examine, deal with yourself on the subject and conclude by deciding to live a life of integrity. It is purely by personal choice and nothing else. You can’t walk and maintain integrity without having proper deliberation first.
From the Scripture, in the book of Daniel 1:8a– But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat.
Daniel and his companions are excellent biblical examples of men who adjusted their lives to make godly decisions.
With every decision comes responsibility, the responsibility that comes with living in integrity is a personal adjustment.
These include changes in your values, mindset, principles, and life structure to name a few.
Daniel 1:3-8: Integrity in the Kitchen
Daniel 3:13-19: Integrity in the Face of Fire
Daniel 6:1-13: Integrity in the Face of Lions
Questions for you to reflect on
Do you know that integrity is a matter of personal decision?
What adjustments have you made in your integrity walk lately?
I pray that as you begin to walk in the integrity of your heart, you will start to attract the blessings of God and the favors of men in Jesus’ Holy name.
What Must I Do To Strengthen My Integrity?
We have been called by God through Jesus Christ to increasingly, continually pursue truthfulness, righteousness, and honesty to develop and maintain a lifestyle of integrity.
How can I achieve this?
Understanding
Submit to Christ’s Lordship
Build, Value, and Maintain Godly Relationships
Acknowledge Your Errors
You need Understanding! What is understanding? Understanding is the knowledge of the Holy, the knowledge of God, Proverbs 9:10b.
Understanding comes from reading and living by the word of God alone. We must align our thinking with God’s Word and not compromise.
Submit to Christ’s Lordship.
Jesus is the only one to do that which pleases God, the earlier we know and accept this truth the better for us.
Build, Value, and Maintain Godly Relationships.
When you build, value, and maintain godly relationships, it helps strengthen us in our dedication and obedience to God.
Acknowledge Your Errors
Everyone misses the mark at times, and as believers we are accountable, we should not blame others for our mishaps but rather accept, learn and amend our ways. Proverbs 22:28 says, Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
We live in an era that approves of ungodly values and behaviors, and because God knows our struggle, He sent His Holy Spirit to guide and teach us how to live with integrity. Ask Him to help you to become more like the person described in Psalm 15.
What Are The Benefits of Integrity?
Let’s be clear that since we are not of this world, neither are the reward or benefits which flow from walking in integrity.
The benefits are made clear to us in Psalm 24. Who shall ascend to the hill of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who does not lift up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully He shall receive the blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Psalm 24:3-4 (KJV)
Let’s Examine The Answers!
1. He Who Has “Clean Hands”.
The phrase as used does not speak of the dirt on a person’s physical hands but speaks of the purity of their deeds. Speaks of what a person does!
Let’s Digress A Little!
In the court of law, especially in Western law today. When a plaintiff goes into a court of equity and asks the judge to do something on his behalf, the judge has the right to examine that plaintiff’s conduct in the matter.
The plaintiff must be free of any guilt or contributing acts if he is to win over the defendant. This is referred to as the “clean hands” doctrine.
In other words, the plaintiff must have clean hands to prevail. The clean hands’ approach is apparent in the Bible and secular law. Praise the Lord!
2. He Who Has … “A Pure Heart.”
The phrase “a pure heart” is used to describe what a person thinks. It is directed at inward thoughts. Whether our impure thoughts come from our fallen nature or a demon, they are in either case, not pleasing to God.
As soon as we become aware of them, we must reject them and put them out of our minds by exercising mental discipline hundreds or thousands of times as we develop the integrity of a pure heart.
Why is God so concerned with our thoughts? Because He knows that thoughts proceed to action. So, to act with integrity, you must think with integrity. As water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man in Proverbs 27:19 (NIV)
3. He Who Does Not “Lift Up His Soul to Vanity.”
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. Matt 6:20 (KJV)
Here Jesus Christ our Savior, warns us to remain heaven-minded, heaven-bound. We should not take too seriously the world and the things therein because everything that can be seen shall be faded away but it is the unseen that can never fade. All is Vanity!
In addition Philippians 4:8 (KJV) states; Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
4. He Who Does Not “Swear Deceitfully.”
The phrase “swear deceitfully” means to swear by what is false, to lie, a false witness. God is calling us not only to tell the truth under the oath of law but to tell the truth at all times!
A false witness speaks lies. Proverbs 6:19a (KJV) is one of the things the Lord hates. A truthful witness gives honest testimony, but a false witness lies” Proverbs 12:17 (NIV)
This is an area that which knowing the scriptures by heart, songs of truth, and worship are so important. Jesus said: “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matt 12:34 (NIV) if we fill our minds, our hearts, and then our mouths with the Word, songs of praise & worship what comes out of our heart is nothing but purity and truth.
I pray that you and I will enjoy the reward of living a life of integrity toward man and God.
I trust that by now we understand why God so delights in integrity. God is concerned with the little things no less than with the big ones. It’s stunning to think that God views everything we do or think in life as either an abomination or a delight!
Let me ask you this: Do you regard minor misrepresentations in deeds and words as only part of the game everyone plays?Or, do you regard them as an abomination to God?
Job must have understood this because he was so upset at the prospect of losing his. He protested, ”… till I die, I will not deny my integrity.” (Job 27:5 NIV)
I have observed that those who have attained a high degree of integrity like Job, carefully guard it because they know that they were not born with it.
It was gained by ongoing and continuous righteous living, it takes so long to acquire!
It takes years, decades, even a lifetime to reach that state in which a child of God walks in godly integrity.
There are no shortcuts!
Now let me ask you this question, “Can we lose our integrity?” The answer to this is obviously, “Yes.” We may lose our integrity through sin! What kind of sin?
Every kind of sin is a sin! But the enemy is much more subtle in its approach to Christians with true integrity. The sin the enemy uses most effectively is COMPROMISE.
I observed that both in the body of Christ (the Church) and in the Scripture compromise is Satan’s most effective weapon against Christians with true integrity.
Let’s examine the lives of King Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-10) & King Asa (1 Kings 15: 9-24)
King Solomon walked before the Lord with integrity until he began to compromise his worship of the Only True God with that of pagan gods. King Asa walked blameless before the Lord until, in his old age, he began to compromise his reliance on God.
Scripture Balance!
Will An Act of compromise Strip You of Your Integrity? A single act of compromise MAY not rob you of your integrity before God.
Let’s study Galatians 2:11-15
We see here that, Apostle Peter compromised his integrity when he refused to eat with Gentile Christians when other Jewish leaders from Jerusalem showed up in Antioch. This single act of compromise did not rob him of his integrity before God. I don’t think that Peter’s behavior was enough to strip him of his integrity before God. However, a habitual compromise of integrity starts with that first decision to compromise!
What Do I Mean?
When Peter compromised, Paul admonished him about his behavior. That is why we are directed to admonish one another according to Romans 15:14. When we are admonished, we avoid beginning that pattern of compromise. But when we aren’t corrected, the problem now arises as compromise becomes a habit and custom. It is then that the Christian is on the brink of losing his or her integrity.
Perhaps you read this and think, what about those with less-than-perfect integrity? I have good news for you, God desires to see every one of His children fully sanctified, walking in true integrity. So, if you find yourself measuring short and want to change, prayerfully study and meditate on Psalms 15:1-5 and Psalms 24:3-5 and begin to apply these scriptures.
Every Christian should strive to develop clean hands, and a pure heart, have no other idols before him, and never be a false witness. As you begin to diligently apply these truths to your life, the Holy Spirit will surely help you to make it a lifestyle.
Will Occasional Failure Occur?
Yes, it will! Don’t give up when it occurs, God honors perseverance. This must be a permanent change of lifestyle. Never revert back to the old ways. As the months turn into years, that priceless godly integrity will become obvious to all, including yourself!
Let’s Pray!
Lord, I know that you have called us to a life of godly integrity. And I know that there are areas in our lives that fall short. I ask you now, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to begin to develop in us clean hands and a pure heart. May we forever turn from all idols in our lives and never again bear false witness.
I trust you, Lord to continue that sanctifying work you have begun in us so that one day we will be able to stand before you with the godly integrity you so treasure. In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.
Remember, a habitual compromise of integrity starts with that first decision to compromise!