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Joy In Heaven by ElCount: 8:29pm On May 22, 2016
Who wants to cause a great joy in heaven today?
Luke15:10, “likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth”
That’s all you have to do, repent and return back to God, His arms are always open waiting for you to make that life-changing decision.

I would like to tell you that God made everything perfect and beautiful including the devil but he chose the path of evil and was subsequently thrown down from heaven along with all other angels who towed that rebellious path (2 Peter 2:4). That act by the devil is reason why things seem to have readjusted, but that notwithstanding God still found a way to make things right.

After the fall of man in the garden of Eden which was a direct consequence of disobedience engineered by the devil, which brought sin into the world, God had to device a means to bring man back to his crowned glory and honor. God initially established the first covenant which was the Law of Moses.
This law was given so that we could realize our shortcomings and the presence of sin in the world which came by the act of disobedience of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Think of the first covenant this way: when one is ill and goes to the doctor, the doctor will first tell the person what he/she is suffering from before commencing treatment.
Gal 3:19 “why then was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised…”
Gal 3:24 “let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.”


God already knew that He had to send Jesus to bring man back to his crowned glory and honor right from the beginning. Under the law, no one could be made right by keeping this law hence the reason why in the Old Testament we saw cases of instant punishments when one transgressed. But Jesus Christ which is the promise has come and died for our sins He was the sacrifice for our sins.

Back in the Old Testament, animals had to be sacrificed but these weren’t enough because Gods’ fiery judgment was always greater. A good illustration was Elijah and the prophets of Baal at Mt. Carmel. Elijah’s sacrifice comprised of 12 stones, 12 large jars of water, a bull and wood. 1 Kings 18:38 tells us that the fire representing Gods’ fiery judgment came down and consumed everything and nothing was left not even the stones. Compare this with Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross in John 19:28 when He cried out am thirsty, that was the same fiery judgment befalling Him at that point, but in end the sacrifice was not totally consumed like in the case of Elijah, which tells us that Jesus’ sacrifice was an overpayment for our sins.

Now Jesus’ death and resurrection marked the establishment of a new covenant whereby all we have to do is believe in Him and have FAITH. In Rom 1:7 we are told that we have been justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is Christ Jesus. Rom 5:2 we are told that we can access this grace through faith. Rom 4:13 also tells us the need to have faith in God so as to obtain the promises of God.
What are you waiting for? He is ever ready to accept you back into His arms and just like in the story of the prodigal son there will be lots of celebration because you are very special in His sight, no matter how bad your past may have been just know that God has not given up on you. We are mere passengers in this life with nothing more than a dash between two dates (19_ - 20_). What are you going to do with this dash?
Give it to God and attain the expected end he has prepared for you or keep it for yourself and get attacked by the devil and subsequently get destroyed, the choice is yours. You claim that God is your problem but you are the one misusing the life He gave you.
Imagine a car company say Mercedes, invented a car and somehow the car gets destroyed accidentally before it could make it to the display room where it can be advertised. Who do you think will be hurt more? The inventor right?
God doesn’t want you to get destroyed, He knows the heights that you can attain and unlike the car, you have a mind of your own to decide against getting destroyed and God will definitely be with you all through the way, because He loves you and will always do. Give Him a trial and you won't regret it. Remain Blessed.

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