MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 15 January 2019 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Are You Real? (I)
TOPIC: Are You Real? (I) (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 14 January 2019)
FIRE SCRIPTURE: John 18:1-11
Bible In One Year: Genesis 26-38; Matthew 10:21-42
MEMORY VERSE: “And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.” – Matthew 26:50
The MESSAGE:
Judas welcomed Jesus with a kiss and a hug as a sign of affection and friendship. That was a demonstration of the subtlety and deceit of the serpent. It is a show of the vulpine cunning of the fox. His outward manifestation was completely different from the evil that was locked up in his heart. Is your heart pure? Are you real? At this point, Judas was under the influence of evil spirits. One of such spirits was mammon. Judas was planning to betray and sell his Master, Jesus, for 30 pieces of silver. He was an unfriendly friend. He was so close to Jesus, yet he was the Jonah in His boat, an enemy in His camp.
According to the Gospel of Matthew, Judas Iscariot was a disciple of Jesus. Before the Last Supper, Judas went to the chief priests and agreed to hand over Jesus in exchange for 30 pieces of silver. Jesus was then arrested in Gethsamane, where Judas revealed Jesus’ identity to the soldiers by giving him a kiss.
Treachery is an ungodly attitude. A believer should not have anything to do with double-dealing, perfidy and treachery. They are the sins and guilt of satan, and anyone found practising them belongs to satan not God.
Are you real, reliable and faithful? Judas wasn’t. He was a double-faced personality. He was deceitful. He said one thing and did another. His character was really not Christ-like and will only lead anyone who imbibes it to the kind of horrible end he had. Be wise!
Every organisation has core values that show its true ideals and set it apart from other organisations. If your acts and ways are contrary to the core values of the organisation you belong to or work for, you are not better than Judas. You are a bad team player. You are also guilty of treachery and betrayal. You must turn a new leaf today. If you have all along been double-faced and double-dealing in your relationship with close friends and associates, though others are unaware, you have to repent and steer clear of Judas-like traits and ungodly acts today. The pain and shame will be worse than the ones Judas had to face.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IN YOUR “BOAT” IS ROWING AND NOT DRILLING HOLES WHEN YOU’RE NOT LOOKING. KNOW YOUR CIRCLE.
PROPHETIC WORD:
Every agenda of deceitful and unfriendly friends in your life shall backfire.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
- O Lord, let my heart be pure, in the name of Jesus.
- Every unfriendly friend, depart from me, in the name of Jesus.
- I shall not be a double-faced personality, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
- I refuse to be guilty of treachery and betrayal, in the name of Jesus.
- Every spirit of deceit and unfaithfulness in my life, die, in the name of Jesus.
- Every Judas-like trait in my life, die, in the name of Jesus.
- Any power assigned to disgrace me, die, in the name of Jesus.
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MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)
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