Seven Years In Christ- Scriptures!

Preaching in my fellowship in college (2014)

I attended a program in my year three in college where one of the brothers that spoke said that he doesn't care what we think, but he is certain that he is the righteousness of God because the bible says so. I was offended by the statement because I felt no one can attain that level. At least, not in this life.

The 'issue of righteousness' was one of the many issues that I battled with.
I saw two kinds of Christians on campus and I was desperate to know who was right. One group were the conservative Christians while the other group were the Grace preachers. I was tossed to and fro on many matters, but at a point, I decided to get the truth myself.

My decision led me to do many rounds of studying of the bible on several subjects. I wanted to see what the scriptures says about the doctrines. One profound study I did was a word study on righteousness in the new testament. I read every portion of the new testament where righteousness was mentioned.

At the end, I saw it too. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus! It was a deliverance I had sort for so much. I found it in the scriptures. I was really grateful. One other thing that I got delivered from was my traditional belief about dressing. I had preached to ladies that were wearing trousers and warned them about hell.

I was literally shocked when I read what the bible says about it. I wondered where I got my beliefs from. I repented. I sort for opportunities to apologize to one of the ladies I had tried to stop from trousers, but I couldn't get it. You know, scriptures says that we should not be hasty to teach.

There was a particular lady I called one evening. I was rounding up a personal retreat and I was feeling like the entire bible had been downloaded into me. I shared with her how wearing of trousers would take her to hell. It was a scary meeting. Some other brothers were there. She stopped for a while and continued again. I guess she spoke with someone that reads his bible...lol. Well, right now I thank God she didn't stop.

You see, the greatest deliverance man can encounter is from the scriptures. We must learn to study the scriptures first for ourselves. This helped me a lot to get the truth and become established. Get the truth by yourself and for yourself. No one will study for you. You have to do it yourself.

This is the third of the seven things I will be sharing about my 7-years journey in Christ

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Unknown said…

P Lanre.... This series has been essentially really of immense benefit to me sir! Keep the fire burning sir! I love you!

20 April 2017 at 12:53

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