PR. DENIS KALUNGI

KIREKA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

MONDAY SERMON 26TH/04/2021

GOD’S PROMISES ARE TESTED AND ATTESTED BY HIS WORD

GOD ASSURED US TO PROTECT US, BUT THE DEVIL WILL NEVER GIVE UP HE IS ABLE AND WILLING TO USE THE SAME TRICKS HE USED ON OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST SO WE NEED THE WORD OF GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands, they shall bear you up so that you will not strike your foot against a stone {Psalm 91:11–12}

What a wonderful promise we have in the above passage! Did you know that angels are surrounding us and protecting us today because God has given them charge over us to protect us! When we choose to make Him our habitation, He charges His angels to watch over us and to surround us with His divine protection. Take a look at, “are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Now in your salvation if you avoid the word the enemy will take the promise from you, “did you know that {Psalm 91:11–12} was quoted by the devil when he tried to tempt our Lord Jesus? He brought our Lord to the pinnacle of the temple and said to Him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands, they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.’” To this Jesus replied, “It is written again, ‘you shall not tempt the Lord your God’ {Mathew. 4:6–7).

Be keen, be wise do you know that while our Lord Jesus was fasting forty days Satan was around him? This means that even in your fasting if you do not stick to the word Satan will tempt you and the fact is Satan knows your desires at that particular time and he will try to bring it close to you by changing the word of the lord.

The temptation of our Lord Jesus in the wilderness is the only instance in the Bible where the devil is recorded quoting Scripture. But the devil deliberately misquoted verse 11. The devil misquotes the Bible because he is the father of lies. Verse 11 actually reads: “For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.” Have you ever asked yourself why did the devil leave out “to keep you in all your ways” check {Mathew 4; 6} “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone

No one could escape this trick only Jesus Christ who had the word with him and you who has ever read {Proverbs 3:6–7}, which says: “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and depart from evil.” You see, the devil didn’t want to say the words “to keep you in all your ways” because that would be tantamount to reminding believers of {Proverbs 3:6–7}, to acknowledge God in all our ways. So he conveniently left out that whole portion.

Let us see how Jesus was able to escape the devil because of the word {Mathew 4:3-4} he whispered to him,” If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Jesus knew all the scripture because he got this from the Old Testament {Deuteronomy 8:2-3}, how many of us would have passed the test? We need the word if we are to overcome the devil.

When the devil is enticing you to commit adultery or fornication it shows you the beautiful caved daughters of God, powerful and rich men but he will not quote for you {Proverbs 6:26-29} which says,” For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life. Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? Can a man walk on hot coal without his feet being scorched? So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished, Neither will the devil quote for you {1 Corinthians 6:9-10} which says, “Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 

Let us see where life is, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. So seek the word of God acknowledge it in all our ways {Mathew 7:21-24}. 

But praise the Lord, we know that this is what the Lord has promised: “For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways”. Our part is to simply acknowledge Him in all our ways, and He shall direct our paths, protecting us along the way!