“God Forbid”
Sunday, August 25, 2024Key Verse
“God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.” Job 27:5
Text — Job 27:3-6
Message
God forbid” is a statement used to express one’s dislike for actions that God hates and disallow. If we are children of God then we
must hate what God hate. Job refused to accept the wrong things his friends said about him. He also later repented from his poor understanding of God’s righteous doings. Our world is ungodly and sinful because most people living here accept and practice the things God forbids. True friends of Jesus must be careful so that they do not do what God forbids when things are good or difficult with them.
There are many things that are forbidden in your life as a friend of Jesus. Sin in all forms and sizes are forbidden by God. Though we are living in the so called “free world”, we are not free to accept and do anything that God forbids. It is a sin for you to justify evil, whether it is you, your brother or friend that is doing it. Separate from evil doings and rebuke the evildoers. Run away from what God forbids.
Further Reading
1 Corinthians 6:15-18
Prayer for today
Lord, help me to quickly turn away from all things that You forbid.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
