The atmosphere was festive and hearts full of hope as those in
the auditorium and the overflows of The SCOAN joined together to worship
Jesus Christ – the centre of Christmas! The congregation comprised
those from all over the world who had chosen to spend the Sunday before
Christmas in God’s presence. Time with Jesus Christ is time well spent.
Prophet T.B. Joshua enlightened the congregation about the importance
of worshipping God in Spirit and truth: “God is Spirit and His
worshippers must do so in Spirit and in truth. I promise you that the
best Christmas gift is to take you back to God because we have not been
worshipping God in Spirit and if it is not in Spirit, it is not in truth
and so it is all nothing.” He further explained the transformative
power of the Word of God, saying, “If God’s Word is Spirit, it means it
has ability to quicken us spiritually, animate us spiritually – to give
new blood and take out the old one. Since God’s Word is Spirit, it has
the ability to develop a spiritual force within our hearts called faith.
In that Book of John 6:63, it says, ‘My Word is Spirit and life’. That thing called faith is developed within our heart.”
Encouraging his listeners that faith comes naturally when we focus on
God, he said: “You will agree with me that if you pay attention to
God’s Word, you will spontaneously have faith, naturally have faith. If
it is natural, it means you don’t need greater faith but a greater God.
You just need to know His faithfulness and trustworthiness. What we are
lacking is not greater faith but a greater God.”
Earlier, the church had been blessed and strengthened by a message from Evangelist Bolaji, titled, “Keep Your Solid Front.”
She said, “Many change their perspective about their Creator when
things around them tend to go contrary to their expectations. The
believers in the first century church faced intense opposition,
rejection and even violent persecution but they never allowed their
situation to derail them from their focus on God. They kept up the
profession of their faith even in the face of overwhelming odds against
them.” Inspiring the congregation and viewers to stand firm in trials,
she said, “Don’t give up – keep your solid front. In time of troubles,
don’t give up; keep your solid front for it is written that trials
cannot impair you but improve you.”
She concluded her message by emphasizing that we should never doubt
our position as children of God: “Never doubt your salvation because of
challenges, I mean your situation. Once you become a Christian, satan
can never snatch you away from God. He will try but he will not succeed
for the Lord has given an overcoming victory to every person who is born
again.”
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