DAVIDIC DEVOTIONAL

12th April, 2019

MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION

David Abankwah

SERIES: Day 3

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

-Luke 16:29 | KJV

Apart of Noah and Abraham who were given the ministry of reconciliation, God was not done with the people of the Old dispensation. This ministry of the Old dispensation, was the shadow of the original Mediation that would be attained by Jesus Christ. God chose Moses as a prophet, a Minister of reconciliation who would propagate the Gospel to the people of Israel in order to deliver them from the bondage of Egypt – representing the nature and actions of sin. When the Israelites looked at the 430 years of imprisonment in the world of darkness, they needed a Saviour.

They needed a Mediator. They needed a Minister to reconcile them back to God. For this reason, God chose Moses for this purpose. First, the Israelites needed to have faith in God which was a prerequisite for salvation. That was why Moses wanted the word of reconciliation or Gospel from God to tell the people whom He was. In the midst of this tug of war, Satan who represents Pharaoh didn’t want Israel to be saved to serve God well. Pharaoh’s stubbornness, relentlessness, rebellion and perseverance not to release the Israelites and pursue them after their salvation, was a version of what Satan also does against us.

The fact that you have become born again Christian, doesn’t mean you are done with faith. Satan and evil spirits will keep coming to get you back. He will remind you of your previous boyfriends who used to cater for your needs without you lacking by having their way through your legs. But because of Christ, you can no longer indulge in such acts and get money. Some of the Egyptians who were agents of Satan, joined the Israelites on their way to the promised land. These people were called ‘Mixed multitudes’. They started weakening their faith through murmuring.

These murmurings were about the food they used to eat in Egypt. These agents of Satan are in the church now. They are also among your friends and family. They are strategically placed to create loopholes in your faith so that the word of reconciliation in you, will be adulterated. For this reason, your faith in God and works will start retrogressing. This is when you should realise you are backsliding. You don’t need anyone to alert you. Anytime you are backsliding, know that your soul is breaking away from God and entering the state of sins and iniquity that makes you an enemy of God.

Stay Blessed

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