Sunday, October 6, 2024
Apostle Billey.
1 Corinthians 6.20
For you were bought at a price; Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
We are spirits and we connect to God in spirit. God’s Word is in a book, but we don’t connect to the book, but to the spirit, what’s inside, what’s being said.
We don’t need to see God physically, because we build ourselves up from the spirit, not the physical. The Christian must therefore know that God has told him that he is always there, and the moment he becomes aware of this, he will be able to benefit from God’s presence.
In a troubled world, the child of God must not be troubled, for he sees God when people see trouble. This was Daniel’s secret.
He was left untouched when he was thrown into the lion’s den. He kept faith with God, for God’s presence with him was more real than the presence of the lions.
Daniel learned to see God before this trial, so much so that when he was in the lions’ den, he won the test.
Victory is won before the war.
Daniel learned to rely on God, his Rock, his Pillar. He knows God is with him, so in the face of adversity, he doesn’t tremble.
Wherever we go, in storm or joy, we must stay on the rock.
Every day, we must live with God every day, every minute, every second.
You mustn’t love the world, because if you do, the world will take your heart. Then you’ll go after the things of this world and you won’t be able to stand on the Rock, every day.
Daniel was thrown into the lion’s den, and the whole country thought it was all over for him.
But the next day, instead of the announcement of his death, it was his victory and the defeat of his enemies.
His secret: he put his hope in God, his Rock. He kept his trust, his absolute faith in God.
It was the Holy Spirit who built Daniel up, so that he would always be strong. So well, in fact, that it held firm through the storm.
The one who loves God will continue to love God through difficulties.
And not with the mouth, but by practicing his commandments.
John 14.21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me…
God doesn’t want the heathen to die, but to be converted.
Before the church is raptured, there will be difficult times of compromise. We have to stay on the Rock.
We have been redeemed by God.
When the subway stops, everyone heads in its direction.
Where do they go? What makes them choose one street over another?
They head for a house. There’s something that gives them the right to go into that house with confidence.
Why?
Because, one day, they went to see the owner to rent or buy it. The latter received the money and gave the papers for the house.
So when someone steps out of the metro, the proof they hold gives them the confidence, the authority to go into that house.
And when he’s the owner, he has the right to do what he wants with the house.
Jesus has redeemed us, He has the right to do what He wants with our lives.
The Christian who understands this will grow rapidly in his communion with God, for he does not resist his owner.
If you resist, your transformation will be very slow. That’s why someone can convert, but still stay in the same place.
We no longer have the right to glorify, to exalt the devil with our thoughts by accepting that the devil is greater than God.
There is conflict in the Christian’s thoughts, when his position is not total for God. So when he leaves the church, the devil picks him up and manipulates him. And yet this Christian is a prince, the name of Jesus is written on him, but he doesn’t take advantage of it.
Beloved, The day the president of the republic buys a house in a neighborhood, the price of the houses all around will systematically rise.
This means that the value of the surrounding houses will increase because of the new owner.
When Jesus redeemed us, our values changed. We are the light of the world. Those around us must also receive light, life.
Jesus must be known through us, for Jesus’ name is upon us. This is the strength of the Christian.
The day Jesus redeemed you, your value changed. Are you taking this seriously?
The material has taken over so much from the spirit that man no longer sees his spiritual value.
Our value is not according to the world. Jesus, who redeemed me, is the Son of God, is God himself, and he rules over everything in heaven and on earth.
The value of a house is known by its owner. And it’s when you’re looking to buy the house, that its value is revealed by its owner.
Between the house Jesus bought and the house the President of the Republic bought, which is more valuable?
This is the house Jesus bought.
Jesus does not buy according to money, according to the flesh, according to the material; man is limited in his valuation of the material.
This is the man who decided that a million dollars is rich, a billion is a billionaire, but in heaven it’s not like that. A billionaire on earth is a pauper in heaven.
If Jesus bought us for money, that would mean we have no value, or that our value is a value according to the world. But Jesus is not in the world.
Jesus redeemed us with the value of heaven, which surpasses all the values of this earth.
Beloved, your value exceeds the value of Satan, it exceeds the value of the whole world.
When you don’t take this seriously, the enemy will try to manipulate you into believing that you are poor, unhappy, lacking this or that…
Unfortunately, others accept these thoughts and become sad and weak, because their thoughts are on the material and they seek that. That’s how they’re manipulated.
But when you know your value, you know that your value isn’t material, it’s spiritual, it’s heavenly, which means that my value exceeds anything the world can offer me.
So if someone offers you thousands of dollars or euros, you shouldn’t tremble as if they were offering you God.
You must know that your value is above all else.
Beloved, Jesus has redeemed you, your value has changed. When you pray, it’s a child of God who prays, so it has enormous value.
Consider this:
If a pagan is asked to choose between the title of child of God and a million dollars, what will he choose?
Certainly the million dollars, he’ll spend it and end his life in hell. And unfortunately, that’s the devil’s work.
But as a Christian, if you were offered a choice between a million dollars and being a child of God, what would you choose?
Search your heart deeply and choose:
The conflict you feel in your heart is the work of the world.
And that’s what we need to work on to perfect God’s love in our hearts.
The principle of scarcity in the world has been established in relation to money.
If we give everyone a billion, the value of money will plummet.
That’s why the conditions are set up for people to get their money’s worth.
To be delivered from this, you must receive God’s word in your heart. If you live like this, the material will follow you, because it’s no longer manipulated.
Gold is rare, which is why it’s expensive. The world manipulates things in this way, but the Christian must learn to be above it all. We must not let ourselves be controlled by the system of this world.
From Adam to the time of Noah, they didn’t need money to live, because he knew the earth was for them. But nowadays, things have changed and money has become too important.
Some people think that if you don’t have money, you can’t live, you can’t pay your bills… it’s designed to prevent you from following Christ, from understanding his message.
The devil also uses money to manipulate Christians, because they work a lot and don’t have time to pray, to serve God. And the most precious thing of all has been stolen from them: time. So they have no time to commune with God.
Now, if a Christian takes the time before the Lord, so that God restores his value, because it’s not normal to spend so much time serving others… He would allow God to act.
Unfortunately, many don’t pray except to ease their consciences.
Yet it’s important to pray, to cry out to God: “I refuse to be where I am, I want to live the light, to enlighten others, to be the light of the world, so that they may know that the God who visited Abraham is still alive, that the God who rescued Daniel is still alive…”
Jesus didn’t just redeem us to go to heaven, but also to be the light of this world.
When God brought Joseph to Egypt, he became a minister of Pharaoh. The Lord raised him in Egypt, when he hadn’t even mastered their language. Even in Potiphar’s house, as a slave, everything Joseph touched worked out for him.
Joseph always stayed on the rock, knew his worth and sought to please God at all times. The Lord had revealed his destiny to him and he took it seriously, not compromising himself. And God’s grace was upon him.
Meanwhile, his whole family was starving. And when the time was right, he was able to rescue them all and they were all able to migrate to Joseph’s home.
Beloved, what’s important is your value, what is the value you know about yourself, that you maintain every day, in prayer, in worship, in everything.
Our work on earth is far from our worth. Understand and do what you need to do, so that you can see God’s greatness. There’s a reason you’re in the country you live in, it’s a door for you. Grace is given to us by the one who redeemed us, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, Let Us Pray… →
Lord Jesus, you are the foundation of my life.
You spirit of Mammon, I reject you.
You love money, you’re not my god,
I reject you, you’re not my god.
You can’t take God’s place in my heart.
You’re worthless.
You money, dollar, euro…
I’m more valuable than you.
You’re under my feet.
Your manipulations are destroyed.
For Jesus has redeemed me.
My value is more than the whole world.
Lord Jesus, you are my Owner, my Redeemer.
I praise you, be exalted forever.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.