BYM ONLINE DESK Blessing Jan 2020 English Emagazine | Page 7

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The Church needs to be pure in doctrine and practice.
While false teaching brought a promise of economic
prosperity, it ended up in spiritual bankruptcy for the followers
of Jezebel. However there were other people in Thyatira
(Remnant) who did not receive this doctrine and had not known
the depths of satan (Rev 2:24). Be careful about the false
teachers who are not balanced in their teachings, (2 Tim 2:15-
18) who take Scripture verses out of context to please people
and exploit them by deceptive words (2 Pet 2:2,3) and who
preach their experiences and revelations which are not in
accordance with God's Word.
The Bible is the complete revealed will of God. The
Scriptures are inspired from Genesis to Revelation. The
present day preachers, preach more about their dreams and
visions which is not found in God's Word (Jer 23:28,29). Paul
warns the Galatian church not to accept a gospel which is
strange, even if an angel from heaven preached it (Gal 1:8). The
problem with the present day Christians is that they are
superficial in their spiritual life and they accept everything
from the preachers and are not like the Bereans who searched
the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so
(Acts 17:11). If they would search like Bereans they will never
be tossed by every wind of doctrine (Eph 4:14). A spiritual man
judges all things (1 Cor 2:15). In the area of prophecy, Paul
admonishes the Corinthian church to let two or three prophecy
and others judge (1 Cor 14:29). If it is not in accordance with
God's Word, prophesy should not be accepted.
Jesus encourages the remnant in Thyatra to hold fast
what they have till the end (Rev 2:25,26).
5. Bearing Much Fruit
Jeremiah 23:3 - “I will gather the remnant of my flock
out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will
bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and
multiply” .
The sheep were scattered because they were neglected
and were not protected by the shepherds. God has promised the
restoration of the remnants. This was fulfilled through the
Lord Jesus Christ. “Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I
will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall
reign and prosper” (Jer 23:5).“He shall grow up before Him as
a tender plant and as a root out of dry ground” (Isa 53:2).
Jesus makes our life fruitful. It has been God's desire
from the beginning that we should be fruitful and multiply
(Gen 1:27,28). When Noah and his family came out of the ark,
God blessed them to be fruitful and to multiply (Gen 9:1). God
promised Abraham that He will make him a great nation and in
him all the families of the earth be blessed (Gen 12:1-3).
God has chosen us to bear fruits and that the fruits may
remain (Jn 15:16). Hence let us be a blessing. In order to bear
much fruit we need to have a close abiding relationship with
Him (Jn 15:4). We need to grow in our spiritual life. The Lord
purifies and removes all unwanted things to bear fruit.
Fruit bearing consists of two things:
i)Fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22,23; Eph 5:9).
ii)Winning souls for Christ and being a witness for Him
(Acts 1:8; Ps 126:5,6).
If we abide in Him, we ought to walk just as He walked
(1 Jn 2:6). People should be able to see Christ in our life and we
should be living epistles (2 Cor 3:2,3). To win souls for Christ ,
one has to go to the places where people are. Jesus said “Follow
me I will make you fishers of men” (Matt 4:19).
As remnants these are the two main areas we need to
focus on. We need to grow in the likeness of Jesus Christ and
we need to preach Him. We need to involve ourselves in any
kind of ministry. Let us bear much fruit.
6. Joyful in Sufferings
The remnants who were left from the captivity in the
province were in great distress and reproach. The wall of
Jerusalem was broken and the gates burned with fire (Neh 1:3).
This was the case during Nehemiah's time. Even today the
scene is not much different. True Christians (remnant) are
subject to various sufferings like denial of their rights,
imprisonment, hatred from their own families, persecutions,