GIVE GOD A CHANCE TODAY… Part 1.
[1]Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth.
[2]And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
[3]Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him.
[4]I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.
[5]As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
[6]When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
[7]And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
[8]Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”
[9]Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.” He said, “I am he. ”
[10]Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
[11]He answered and said, “A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”
[12]Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.” John 9:1-12.
In this text we see a man born blind. What really happened in the womb? No one can tell.
The disciples made a beautiful analysis and came out with a conclusion: if this man was born blind, it is because of sin. Either he sinned to get it or his parents sinned, and it fell on the child before he was born.
It is true that many people are victims of sins and of their living or dead parents, and others suffer due to their own acts, but this is not always the case.
The answer of Jesus Christ leads us to understand that certain painful and undesirable problems or situations in our lives are just an opportunity for God to work in us and prove to others that He is still God; the only living God capable of everything. Yes, the One who created us and the One who can recreate us, reshape us, and rebuild our lives whatever the case.
Jesus therefore replied: “This blindness is so that the work of God may be revealed in him”. Whenever we encounter problems or oppositions, let us bring to Jesus Christ, He wants to work in us proudly. Whenever we encounter disappointments and failures in marriage, in business, in our health, our studies, families, professions, jobs, spiritual lives, concerning our children, or even in the church, let us not despair, do not run towards the marabouts, gods of the Village or towards the ancestors, let us lead to Jesus Christ. Every day Jesus Christ expects work from every human on earth, unfortunately, we do not trust Him enough or fully to lay all our burdens at His feet. Others deposit well, but resume two days later, 1 month later for lack of faith and perseverance.
This man had the chance to meet Jesus Christ and trust him completely, obeying the Word that Jesus Christ spoke to him, blindness and begging left him at the point people were amazed.
Every time you take your problem to Jesus Christ and give Him time to work, you are giving Him permission to work in His life and He will be glorified in and through you.
On the contrary, when you run towards the marabouts, ancestors and other gods (yet they did not create you), you thus give permission and access to the devil and his demons in your life and family, and you do not will never have a purpose. Since the devil takes you with your left hand and takes the double with your right hand, if he solves a problem, it is temporary, even more he creates three problems to always keep you his slave.
Besides, we understand in the scriptures that the sacrifices that are made every day in our villages are made to demons. In reality these “village gods” do not exist, the ancestors are nowhere to listen to us or grant our consent, it is the demons who answer in their places and receive the sacrifices through which they enter into an alliance with their followers. Don’t be angry at what I just said, let’s listen to this: “Look at the people of Israel: those who eat the sacrificed victims are in communion with God to whom the altar is consecrated. Do I mean Does this mean that an idol or the meat offered to it in sacrifice has any value? No, but I affirm that what the pagans sacrifice is offered to the demons and not to God. that you are in communion with demons You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons at the same time, you cannot eat at the same time at the table of the Lord and at the table of the demons”, 1 Corinthians 9:18-21.
We clearly understand that when you offer sacrifices somewhere and eat from it, you enter into communion or connection with the spirit to whom the altar has been consecrated.
May the Holy Spirit open our minds and deliver us from every hold of the devil in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
[TO CONTINUE PART TWO LATER]
[Apostle Tatang D. H. R ]