Open Heaven For Teens Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Title: Sin Facilitator

MEMORIZE: Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. Psalms 97:10

BIBLE READING PSALMS 1:1-3

[1]Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

[2]But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

[3]And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

MESSAGE
God’s plan for you is total victory over sin, self, satan and the world. He wants you to overcome just as Jesus overcame while He was on earth. One of the ways of identifying someone who truly loves God is by the level of hatred he/she has for sin.

My child, you cannot say that you hate sin and yet sit with sinners or have them as your close friends. For instance, if you claim to be a child of God, and your closest friend takes alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, et cetera, soon, you will join him/her in taking them. Friends that are not going your way, particularly if you are on the right path to Heaven, are sin facilitators, and you must do away with them.

Do you cover up for sinners? If your friends use your house as an excuse to go to a party, you are facilitating sin. Suppose you vacate your space or room for people to commit f*rnication or give money to someone you are sure would use it to buy alcohol or cigarettes, commit abortion, et cetera, in that case, you are a sin facilitator.

KEY POINT

If you encourage others to sin without joining them, you are not any better

HYMN 5 – TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE

  1. Take my life and let it
    Consecrated Lord to Thee
    Take my moment and my days
    Let them flow ceaseless praise.
  2. Take my hands and let them move
    At the impulse of Thy love
    Take my feet and let them be
    Swift and beautiful for thee
  3. Take my voice and let me sing
    Always only for my king;
    Take my lips and let them be
    Filled with messages from Thee.
  4. Take my sliver and my gold
    Not a mite would I withhold
    Take my intellect, and use
    Every power as thou shalt choose.
  5. Take my will and make it Thine,
    It shall no longer mine:
    Take my heart, it is Thine own;
    It shall be Thy royal throne,
  6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour
    At Thy feet its treasure store;
    Take myself, and I will be
    Ever, only, all for thee.

BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: PSALMS 43-49

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE