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” Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your Pearls before Swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you.” Matthew 7 : 6

Here again is a phrase from the sermon on the Mount  (Mathew 5:1- 2)which most of us, even non -Christians have heard.

     The above Bible verse warns not to ” cast…… your pearls before swine.” It’s easy to focus on the derogatory  imagery of dogs and pigs and miss the real point, which is not meant as an insult. The message is about wasting things of value on those who not only won’t appreciate them, but might even be angered by the offer.

      The long-promised Messiah, Jesus, came to preach that the Kingdom of heaven was near (Mathew 4:17). Those who believed these and followed Him where eager to tell this fantastic news to others. Of course, not everyone believed it. Israel’s religious leaders, notably would reject Jesus’ claim to be the Messiah. They would accuse Him of heresy and blasphemy (Mark 14:61 to 65) what Christ said was true (John 14:6) and incredibly valuable (John 10:28), but the response of these men was rejection and hatred.

      In Jewish culture,  dogs were rarely pets.  They were wild animals who roamed the streets in packs looking for food and attacking weaker animals. Dogs were symbols of immorality, barbarism, vulgarity and ignorance. Pigs were officially unclean, according to the Lord’s law (Leviticus 11:7) and likely also scavenged for food. Yet pigs can become aggressive when hungry, giving a herd of pigs something inedible when they expect food merely antagonizes them.

      To be called a dog or a pig was a great insult in Jesus’ culture, still, He does not hesitate to compare those who reject Him as Israel’s Messiah to dogs and pigs, Crucially, though, His purpose is not to degrade anyone. The emphasis is not on other people, but on Lord’s people. This verse is a warning to all of us, don’t waste time or invite harassment from those who are obviously hostile.

      ^{Scripture embraces the value of seeking to convince others of the truth (Matthew 28:19, 1 Peter 3:15, Acts 17:2). However, there is a difference between speaking to the willing, versus wasting time on the hard hearted. In this verse Jesus tells His followers to be aware of this difference. At times, we may not realize this until we’ve already tried to reach them.(Matthew 10:14) sometimes such as pearls and pigs – we should know in advance that what we offer will be rejected. Spiritually speaking,  “casting pearls before swine” isn’t an act of love towards the unbelievers (Matthew 5:16) It’s simply a waste of Lord’s given resources.}

Prayer:

      Heavenly father give us wisdom to know when you have opened a door for us to reach out to our friends,  family and neighbours and when  to move on to others.  We don't want to give up too quickly on those who might respondm but neither do. We want to simply try to be more hardheaded than those refusing to hear and further annoy them by continuing to try.  Please lead us to those who are ready to hear of your grace. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Sol. Dr. Mohan Parmar

Results of Justification

Therefore, having been justified by Faith ,we have peace. With GOD through our Lord  Jesus Christ. Romans5:1

    But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been Manifested being witnessed by the Law and Prophets.

The righteousness of God through Faith in Jesus Christ for all those Who believe, for there is no distinction, we are justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.

We having now been justified by His Blood,we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him,

         ‘Death through Adam, life through Christ ‘ Therefore, just as through one man Sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men ,because of all sinned

          The gift is not like which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in Justification.

       Nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the  Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, So that we may be Justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; Since by the works of the Law no flesh, will be justified (Galatians2:16)

 Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for.

“ The RIGHTEOUSNESS   MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH “.(Galatians 3:11)

       ^{Abraham justified by   the Faith He believed God, and it was credited to him as Righteousness. For if while we were enemies we are reconciled to God through the death of His Son ,much more ,having been reconciled, We shall be saved by His life. We can please God by faith and a transformed mind . Amen}

          Prayer

O  Lord  Help us in our Justification. We are unable to keep our justification Ourselves. Pour out your Grace and Spirit that we surrender to you Without Reservation. Thank you Lord For all your Loving Kindness and Compassion. Thank you. In the Name of Jesus We Pray . Amen

         Sol Shylaja Satheesan

Faith

Faith is the basic content and concept of Christian life. The Bible teaches what faith is, how faith works, how to develop faith and how faith blesses lives. Though life can be hard , having faith in God and Jesus can help us get through anything

Hebrews 11:1 says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen . For we walk by faith , not by sight

• How do we Develop Faith:

Many times Satan shakes our faith, through worldly life , burdens and our life style. But Faith is the root we should not give chance to Satan . Instead we should develop faith.

Romans 10:17 says So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

Continue reading & Hearing the word of God is very important to develop our faith

Hebrews 11:6 says But without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God must believe that He is and that He is rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

When we seek God intensively with full heart our faith develops , even so faith , if it hath not works , is dead being alone James 2:17

• Only with Faith we feel close to God?

Hebrews 11:6 says and I Corinthians 4:2 says

“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful

• What can faith Do?

Mathew 17:20 And Jesus said into them , because of your unbelief , for verily I say unto you, if he have faith. as a grain of mustard seed, he shall say unto this mountain , move from here to there and it will move. nothing shall be impossible into you.

I John 5:4 says For whatsoever is born of God , overcometh the world , and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith.

Romans 5:1 says Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

^{Faith is the Basement of our life and we should make it strong. Then only we build the building of our spiritual life}

We have our eternal life , to reach that faith is the key. We procure this key with word of God,Amen

Sol.Arokia

ADD TO THE CHURCH

Today in the early hours I woke up to pray and then sat down to write an article for Daniel Academy. The Holy Spirit reminded me of the mighty deeds of believers in early churches. The church grew from small groups to an influential majority.

Rapid conversion took place. Growth was numerical, ethical and spiritual. It spread out like wildfire.

3000 people were saved and added to the church in one day . If we read acts 1:1-14

We can find out the characteristics of the early church which we can apply.

In ACT 1:8 we read what our lord asks us to do.

“YOU WILL BECOME MY WITNESS IN JERUSALEM ,IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA AND TO THE ENDS OF EARTH.”

In early church

1. God spoke to the believers .They heard the voice of God and they obeyed.
2. They were united.and one minded. Their passion was for the kingdom of God .Everything else they put aside.
3. New believers were taught and made disciples and sent out to preach the kingdom of God. They were not tied like our petty animals . The preachers allowed them to go out of the church to make disciples and to multiply the church.

No tithe. No building and no money offerings .no full time pastors or evangelists. Everyone was involved in building the true church.

They shared everything they had in common and real love ruled them all. They had goals to achieve.

Apostles and others set a goal to achieve and they went wherever the Holy Spirit asked them to go and preach the gospel and multiplied the church.

Now it is our turn.

The Army of Jesus was formed by our Lord with a specific purpose of multiplying true churches. Let us act according to the direction of the Holyspirit to prepare the world for kingdom of God on earth and for eternal life.

After much prayer and as per the guidance of

The Holy Spirit, a goal of 234 troop churches was set in September 2022.soldiers worked sincerely and achieved the goal before the end of December 2022.

Now the goal for AOJ is 4123 troop churches before the end of October 2023. We should conduct 4123 troop churches for 8 weeks continuously and complete the task .

Are we passionate about our goals?

Our goal should be meaningful to us and provide us with a sense of pride once we meet them.

We should spare many hours for prayers . we should be in constant touch with all the members of our troop churches

Let us write down names of members and call them to join the troop church. From today onwards.

Specific and challenging goals have been set to AOJ.

Time-bound program has been announced by the Holy Spirit.

Deadline has been set for launching 4123 troop churches in all assembly segments .

We should be prepared to offer 4123 troop churches to our Lord Yeshu on 11:11:2023.during silver jubilee celebrations in Madurai. It should be a memorable day for all the 4123 troop leaders in India .

If all troop leaders are willing to participate in silver jubilee celebrations God will provide food and accommodation to all of them. The meeting pandal will be expanded to accommodate 5000 participants.

Our eyes should be kept on the goal., goals should be put in a place we visit regularly so that we are constantly reminded of where we want to be.

This could be a bulletin board or It can be incorporated in online groups software . Let us pray and plunge into action.

Goals aren’t going to achieve themselves.

Let us put our plan into action. Even the smallest act makes us one step closer to our goal. Let us Identify potential obstacles and remove them. Let us Keep ourselves close to the Holy Spirit and share our experiences anytime with Him. We should never feel defeated, let us review our goals and see what we can change.

As a member in the national coreteam for troops churches I have to motivate all soldiers to achieve our goal. We should start our troops churches before 17th sep 2023. We will complete 8 weeks on or before 5th november2023.

^{May God guide every soldier in transforming the church. LET US ADD TO THE CHURCH EVERYDAY Amen.}

Sol.Subramanian

Beware of Unbelief.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1

There is nothing great in depending on situations and things which are available before one’s reach. Faith is believing on the unavailable and the invisible. Abraham started his journey when the Lord told him about a land which He was going to show him. He believed God and that was considered righteous on his part. He lived by faith and got his son Isaac back from the altar of sacrifice, .at Mount Moriah. He believed God who said that Abraham’s children would be numberless as the stars of the sky. He trusted God to the extend of obeying Him whatever was told. Chapter 11 of Hebrews give a list of faith heroes of the Bible.

The third chapter of Hebrews clearly warns : “Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin
Hebrews 3:12-13

Unbelief comes from an evil heart and it is a sin to lose faith in God who is the author and finisher of faith.

The first sin in Eden was disbelief. God set them to remain in Eden to have dominion by obeying his commandment of not eating the forbidden fruit. They doubted the goodness of God because of the evil heart of disbelief. The woman looked at the fruit and considered it good to become wise like God.

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Genesis 2:16‭-‬17

But Adam and Eve didn’t trust God
Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Genesis 3:4‭-‬5

Man did not believe what the Lord God said. They became suspicious of the intentions of God. The enemy told them that God didn’t want them to be wise like Him. They started thinking of becoming like Him by eating the forbidden fruit. This made them audacious to try the fruit and they dared to disobey God. Disbelief made them disobedient. That’s the reason disbelief is mentioned as wicked. One who comes to God should believe that God is there and He listens to prayers.

It’s not desirable to believe everybody and follow whatever one says. But we have to trust God and listen to His Word. Faith comes by hearing, hearing the Word of God. We have to believe the truth .And what’s the truth? Word of God is truth.

Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,
Hebrews 3:12‭-‬14

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:32
Sanctify Jesus prays to the Father, Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
John 17:17
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:6

Jesus talks about the Word of God which alone is true

Faith in God is the prerequisite for getting saved. . For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
Romans 10:10‭-‬11 It’s by faith alone we are saved and this faith comes by grace.

Moses brought law, but grace upon grace came through Jesus. Let’s hold on to the name of Jesus which is the name above all names in the world. Unflinching faith in the cross and resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of our eternal life. It’s not by action and deeds of law that we call Him Abba Father. We become heirs of the Kingdom of God by faith. We cannot please God by our deeds.. All our actions are like filthy rags as our intentions are sinful. We can please God by faith in Him alone and our actions follow faith and a transformed mind.

Prayer:

O Lord God help us in our unbelief. We are unable to keep our faith going by ourselves. Pour out your grace and Spirit on us that we surrender to you without reservation. Thank you Lord for all your loving kindness and compassion. Thank you. In the Name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

Sol. Salomi Kurian

THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH

Job 28:7-8… “There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen: The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it” (KJV)

I received this word in my spirit one day & the Lord said study it & this is my little revelations I received which can help us understand how to walk in holiness.

The fowl does not know this path. The word “fowl” as used here refers to the birds of prey. They fly and watch only to snatch away the word (Matthew 13:19). The vulture does not know this pathway. The vulture has keen eyes, screams a lot, and feeds on death, but there is a place that it cannot see.

The lion’s whelps do not know this pathway. The word “whelps” refers to young carnivorous lions, taught by the lioness to hunt and to lie in wait for their prey. It’s their nature to walk in the wilderness pathways and to sink their teeth into a victim to satisfy their appetite.

The lion does not know this pathway. 1 Peter 5:8 teaches, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (KJV). He is the father of the “whelps,” and the father of lies. His sole purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy. Peter says the devil “walks”; i.e., he takes his time before he catches someone to devour. If you are in his territory, you are free meat for him, but there is a pathway he knows nothing about (the secret place of the Most High from Psalm 91:1).

Please note Isaiah 35:8-9… “And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there.” The devouring lion is unable to walk in holiness. The path of holiness is your path. If you want to be safe from satanic attacks, walk in holiness. Lions feed on death; so do a lot of Christians. Many preachers give people a small portion of truth but a whole lot of men’s ideas and teachings.

“The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life” (2 Corinthians 3:6). There is a place of revelation where the word that you receive comes from the Lord alone. Seek that pathway, the pathway that the devil doesn’t know about. This is the day to find that pathway for our very survival. This pathway, according to Psalm 24, is a lifestyle. It’s learning to live “in the Spirit,” the path the devil knows nothing about.

Was God leading Job to seek out the pathway that the devil knows nothing about? Was God wanting Job to taste and see the “revelation knowledge” that comes from abiding in His presence? The Lord wants us to seek out that pathway. The Lord wants His people to come up into a higher realm where the devil has no access–the secret place of the Most High (Psalm 24:3-6, 91:1). The devil may huff and puff all he wants as the accuser, but there is a place where he simply has no access. That place is reserved for you & me. Psalm 24:3-6 tells about that place.

Hebrews 4:16 reads, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (KJV). Come boldly to the throne of favor. Come boldly to the throne where God’s operating power never stops. There is nothing the devil can do to stop what God has called you to do.

Sol. Joan

Psalm 22:2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.

David who had to face many challenges says in great agony that, he is going through a night season and he feels as if God is silent. Are you going through a night season in your life?

Let us look at our life manual as to what God has to say about this. Psalm 42:8 The LORD will command His loving kindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me. So, this means that in the night God shall give you a song in your heart and you shall sing it through your dark days.

Acts 16:26 It was during midnight that Paul and Silas who were imprisoned sang and Suddenly there was a great earthquake!! The very foundation of your closed doors will be shaken and instantly the doors will open and every chain that holds you from progressing will be loosed when you sing in the night season.

Psalm 63:6 During our night seasons we are asked to remember God and meditate on Him, not on our situations. In 1 Samuel 3:10 Now the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” that the LORD called Samuel. And he answered, “Here I am!” So, in the night season the Lord will call out to speak to you.

In Acts 23:11, the Jerusalem Jews were intending to kill Paul for preaching the gospel, surely he must have spent a sleepless, fearful night, like any of us, the Lord didn’t leave him to suffer but said that night standing beside him, “Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.

” Do you have any promises given to you and your family? Declare it in the night season for it shall come to pass and the night cannot hold you back. Gen 31:24 After years of slavery, Jacob left Laban’s home, God came to Laban, in a dream of the night and said to him, “Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad.”

God will show up and warn against those who plot against you or the enemy who works against you to retreat. Daniel 2:19 says the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So it’s during your night season that God can show you vision and reveal mysteries that you end up blessing the God of heaven.

Are you challenged with something then do this Luke 6:12 It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. The result would be

1) Psalm 107:13-14 He saved them out of their distresses bring you out of darkness and the shadow of death and brake your bands apart.

2) Isaiah 9:2 The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; and the light will shine on them. Jesus is that light!

3) Psalm 30:5 You will have favour for a lifetime; weeping will last only for the night, a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Sol.Lalitha Menon

1 Thessalonians 4:9,10 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

BROTHERLY LOVE

Two things in particular marked off the Christians of New testament days from contemporary society: the purity of their lives and the love that they practiced so fully. Brotherly love (Philadelphia) is not the same as agape of God. It is to be exercised by the Christians towards all the people. But in the above verse it says he should also exercise a special brotherly love to those united with him in the household of faith.

Paul assures his friends that there is no need for him to exhort the command love others as it is already been taught by God. theodidaktoi in Greek means to love one another. Jn 6:45.

In verse 10 many he mentions ; it is one thing to know what to do and quite another to do it. The Thessalonians constantly practiced brotherly love; the present tense in the verse “you do love “has the full force of continuous action. ” you habitually do”.

Finally Paul tells here “to do more and more” . Paul comes back repeatedly to the thought of abounding love. The primary meaning here is that of abounding love.

Following the word to abound in love for one another, Paul exhorts his readers to humble themselves. That is the way love acts.

Prayer

Dear loving heavenly Father, thank you for teaching us not simply to take heart, but to actively encourage each other with brotherly love. Help to continuously love one another in Christ and be a church united stronghold in the Army of Jesus.. Amen

Sol. Celin Portia

GOD WHO HEARS US

One of the names given to our Lord Jesus Christ is “One who hear Prayers” In Job 22.27, it states thus “When you pray, He will answer you and you will keep the vows you made” So, when we look at Him and pray, we will succeed what we ask in prayer.

          Proverbs 28.13 says, “You will never succeed in life, if you try to hide your sins. Confess and give them up. Then God will show mercy to you”. From this, we understand that when we set ourselves right by confessing our sins and repent, then God will hear us when we call upon him.

          Again Proverbs 28.9, Says, “If you do not obey the law of God, God will find your prayers too hateful to hear”. When one does not listen to the words of God, and do not meditate them day and night, his prayers also will not be granted by God.

          In 1 John 5:14, we see that we have courage in God’s presence because we are sure that he hears us if we ask Him for anything that is according to His will.

          So we infer that when we pray and give our petition according to His will, surely God will listen to our requests and grant them with all His fullness”.

          In Acts 13.22, we see that after removing King Saul from throne, God anointed David as the King of Israel. This is what is said about him in the Bible “I have found that David son of Jesse is the kind of man I like, a man who will do all I want him to do”

          David subjected all his deeds to the will of God. He did with all prayers and supplications. So he made David “As King and detained Saul. Thus our God of Gods witnessed about David as a kind of man. I like, a man who will do all I want him to do

“What a great privilege to King David! So whenever we go to pray, let us subject ourselves to the will of God and pray as David did. Definitely God will grant our petitions. Amen Glory to God

Sol. Pushpa Dennison

Pride vs Humility

” God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble”1 Pet 5:5

In Isiah 14:12-15 speaks about the fallen angel Lucifer. In verse 13; it says that I will rise my throne above the stars of God

In verse14; I will make myself like the most high. It was just a thought and the angel who was with God fell into the pit ( HELL)   

Proverbs 16:18 warns

          “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS

In I Samuel we see a series of stories about David’s flight from Saul, and Saul making every effort to kill David. Inspite of David knowing that Saul is hunting for him to kill him.

David show KINDNESS to Saul; we see David’s HUMILITY before Saul in 1Sam 24: David spares Saul’s life we find David’s  HUMILITY in the following discussions.

I Sam 24: 8 David calls Saul ” My Lord the king and bowed with his face to the ground and did obeisance Verse10 we find David spares Saul’s life said “I will not raise my hand against my lord for he is the Lords anointed”

Verse 11 David again calls him ” My father” in all the above verse we see David lifts king Saul thou Saul is not good to him. But in verse 14 David calls himself a A dead dog? A single Fleo? David Humbles himself before Saul

” Humility is a choice; its not a chance” James 4:10 says

Humble yourselves before the lord, and he will lift you up. II Chronicles 7:14 says

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then I hear from heaven and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Luke 18:9-14 speaks about the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector.it speaks about pride of Pharisee and humility of tax collector.

Story:

There was a scientist who discovered “CHLORO FORM ” his name was James Simphon, in his last talk before his death his students asked him a question, what is your greatest discovery in your life? He answered my biggest discovery in my life is that “I discovered that I’m a sinner and Christ died for this sinner.

Do you want to be great in heaven? Mathew.15 says. ” Those who humble himself is called great in heaven” John the Baptist said

” He ( Jesus) should increase

I must  decrease “ he also says

I’ m not worthy to untie his sandals . Are we like him? Many times in life we steal Gods glory and claim it as our glory .We intentionally express our Pride in words, deeds, and in our body language. All our proud acts goes unrecognised by us. We fail to realise our pride in our behavior. We are not conscious of our acts. When we are not recognizing, realizing or conscious of our pride in our daily life scenario’s. How can we repent for them, and shift to humility for this we ask the help of Holy spirit

Prayer:

Holy spirit fill me and guide me. Help me to choose to be humble, for I know you guide the humble in what is right and teach them your way , Amen .

Sol.Annapurereddy Balareddy