THREATS EXPOSED
By Elder Barnabas Apau Manu
Altar Today, April 26, 2019
@Christ Temple, Nyamekrom
Elder Barnabas Apau Manu speaks on THREATS
Acts 4:13-31
Background
Apostles Peter and John were preaching Jesus in whose name they had just healed a well known cripple. They were arrested and severely warned with threats to desist from preaching in the name of Jesus. They reacted appropriately, and that has become a guide to us concerning how we should deal with threatening challenges as Christians.
Definition and Description
Threats consist in public embarrassment and apparent demonstration of superior power against and above that which is in us! They can come in the form of misrepresentations, sicknesses, debts, death of loved ones, etc., that appear to expose our 'impotence'.
Intended Effects of Threats
1. Make us stop serving the Lord fully and sincerely
2. Make us deny the power of the Lord and His ability to make supernatural interventions
3. Make us challenge or contradict the word of God in order to be right in the eyes of men
The Powerlessness of Threats
They do not have real power over us who are in Christ, unless we allow them to make us go into hiding. These are how we deal with them:
1. If it's not right in the sight of God, correct it, and don't submit to it.
2. Determine very clearly and with all your heart that your fire will not be quenched.
3. If it stems from a known error from you, address your error and rise again.
4. Uphold your commission in the name of the Lord: never switch allegiance. Pray to the Lord to uphold you and His work through you.
5. Ensure that your reaction doesn't ultimately target another human being, though they be the agents of threats.
Once again, we prayed the Apostles' prayer for the entire church, and also that those who have been put down by any threat will rise again.
Altar next Friday is at Central, with Elder Seth Kwabena, Deacon Enoch Boahene and Deaconess Gladys Thompson on Duty
Altar Today, April 26, 2019
@Christ Temple, Nyamekrom
Elder Barnabas Apau Manu speaks on THREATS
Acts 4:13-31
Background
Apostles Peter and John were preaching Jesus in whose name they had just healed a well known cripple. They were arrested and severely warned with threats to desist from preaching in the name of Jesus. They reacted appropriately, and that has become a guide to us concerning how we should deal with threatening challenges as Christians.
Definition and Description
Threats consist in public embarrassment and apparent demonstration of superior power against and above that which is in us! They can come in the form of misrepresentations, sicknesses, debts, death of loved ones, etc., that appear to expose our 'impotence'.
Intended Effects of Threats
1. Make us stop serving the Lord fully and sincerely
2. Make us deny the power of the Lord and His ability to make supernatural interventions
3. Make us challenge or contradict the word of God in order to be right in the eyes of men
The Powerlessness of Threats
They do not have real power over us who are in Christ, unless we allow them to make us go into hiding. These are how we deal with them:
1. If it's not right in the sight of God, correct it, and don't submit to it.
2. Determine very clearly and with all your heart that your fire will not be quenched.
3. If it stems from a known error from you, address your error and rise again.
4. Uphold your commission in the name of the Lord: never switch allegiance. Pray to the Lord to uphold you and His work through you.
5. Ensure that your reaction doesn't ultimately target another human being, though they be the agents of threats.
Once again, we prayed the Apostles' prayer for the entire church, and also that those who have been put down by any threat will rise again.
Altar next Friday is at Central, with Elder Seth Kwabena, Deacon Enoch Boahene and Deaconess Gladys Thompson on Duty
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