28/08/2023 - THE FORMULA OF SUCCESS

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Which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,’ Jeremiah 11.4

The Israelites turned away from the Lord and became slaves in Egypt, a country that symbolized sin. The same is true for those who leave Jesus and get entangled in sin and see their life deteriorate. Being a captive of the devil is the worst position a human being can get to, because it is rock bottom. Once in the hands of the evil one, the person acts wrongly and is dominated by the dirty tempter, who will make a real disaster out of them. We must preach the Good News!

As time passed, slavery having lasted for more than four centuries, those who lived in Pharaoh’s land, working without any rights, remembered their ancestors: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. These had the blessing for mankind, for from them would descend the One who would save the world from the bondage of the kingdom of darkness. So, they began to cry out to the Lord. Then He heard their distress and provided the Deliverer (Exodus 3.1-10).

As soon as they sought the Most High, He acted on their behalf. This happens with families who know nothing about the Master. When the church prays for the lost, God hears and provides salvation. This was the reason Jesus came into the world: to face Calvary and pay the price of redemption. The tragedy of today is not to find someone who knows the Truth and preaches salvation. Many teach religious doctrines, but God acts!

The Almighty had directed the Israelites to seek Him. While the prime minister of Egypt was the Hebrew Joseph, everything was going well. However, he died, and so did the Pharaoh who loved him. With this, the new rulers acted shrewdly and enslaved them. The captivity in Egypt only occurred because they were not in communion with God. Before the new king brought Israel to this humiliating condition, the Lord would have taken His people out of that land. Watch and pray!

When a person becomes a slave to something, such as drugs, prostitution and other mistakes, he can’t free himself by asking for mercy, because there are demons at work there, who don’t want to see him free. Whoever is in the fiery furnace will only be taken out by the power from on High. Nobody falls into transgression by chance, but because the devil has acted in this life. If you are stuck in any addiction, God wants to set you free.

Whoever listens to the divine voice becomes subject of the Kingdom of Heaven. However, the Israelites became of the kingdom of wickedness and by extension, of Hell. People cannot imagine how darkness oppresses. Everyone knows that a smoker is very likely to live less than a person who does not have this addiction. Therefore, he needs to pay attention to the Truth, which will set him free and take him out of the clutches of the evil one. Listen only to the Son of God!

Those who keep the commandments become the Lord’s people, and He becomes God to them. But anyone who resists believing the Scriptures becomes a prisoner of sin. If this person receives the message of the Cross in his heart and prays in faith, the Father will hear him and lead him to the Deliverer (John 8.32; 14.6).

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares