JEHOVAH REDEEMS THE SOUL OF HIS SERVANTS; AND NONE OF THEM WHO TRUST IN HIM SHALL BE GUILTY.
Psa 34 : 22
Those who trust in Jehovah and serve Him, will not be found guilty. Even when they sin, the Lord forgives them and write it off.
In the book of Genesis we read an incident like this.
“And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are about to die, for the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man’s wife. But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, will You also kill a righteous nation? Did he not say to me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother. In the sincerity of my heart and innocency of my hands I have done this. And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the sincerity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me. Therefore I did not allow you to touch her. Now therefore, restore his wife to the man. For he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live. And if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours. And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears. And the men were greatly afraid.”
Gen 20:2-8
The Lord did not allow Abimelech the Philistine king, to touch the wife of Abraham because Abimelech was a man who feared God.
The Lord appeared in a dream to Abimelech and told him, “Restore his wife to the man. If you do not restore her, …..you shall surely die, you and all that are yours. (20:7)
For taking another man’s wife, the punishment given is death. Death of not only one man, but all that belonged to him.
If he happens to be a leader, when he sins, all that he has under him, i.e. his people, servants, business, workplace, contacts, his party, growth, reputation, progress he made in any field, properties, trees, crops, rivers, plants, everything undergo death.
When the sin is acknowledged and confessed before Jehovah, He forgives and restores everything back to life. He regains all that is lost.
“And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his slave women, and they gave birth. For the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.” Gen 20:17,18
Abimelech confessed his sin not only to God but even to his servants. They all were greatly afraid because all of them were going to die. We see Abimelech as a sincere king, even though he did not know the Lord Jehovah.
In the book of Jeremiah, the Lord accused His own people, the Israelites, like this:
“And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled My land and made My inheritance an abomination. The priests did not say, Where is Jehovah? And they who handle the Law did not know Me; the shepherds also rebelled against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things not profitable. Therefore I will contend with you, says Jehovah, and with your son’s sons I will enter into judgment.” Jer 2:7-9
Not only those who sinned, but even their grandchildren were accused and found guilty because they never acknowledged their sins nor repent.
Find some time today to acknowledge and confess the sins of adultery of our people, especially of the people of your Constituency. Can you take a count of all that are dying away in your family, house, workplace, street, the Government, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Judiciary, Schools, Colleges and other educational institutions, the MN Companies, in the religious centres, Churches, tourist centres, forests, etc? We can restore all of them by acknowledging and Confessing.
While I was claiming the BFF students back to their zeal, the same day I received a phone call from one of them. He called me and said, “I was going through the monthly magazine Ezuchikural of January and was excited to know all that the Lord did in the year 2021 through His Army. I felt sad for not associating with AOJ for the past few years. Kindly add me.” He came forward to take up the responsibility of SMLA. Next week 4 more persons were brought through him. One was quite new . He wanted to attend BFF. Glory be to God for restoring them.
Lord, Abba Father, help all the AOJ soldiers to restore everything they have lost with satan in the past years because of negligence, sluggishness, spiritual lethargy and spiritual sleep. We beg your pardon. Amen.
Sr. Roger AOJ