ACCESS DENIED - Open heavens devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Isa 19-21
ACCESS DENIED Saturday, August 7, 2010
MEMORIZE:   “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all” (James  2:10) READ: James 2:10-13 Anyone who is expecting the second coming of the Lord will be prepared. The fellow will set his or her house in order.  Also, that person will settle every pending quarrel or grudge he has with others. Hebrews 12:14 says if you must see God, you must follow peace. Making peace with those who offended you can be a humiliating experience. You might have vowed never to cross the path of your offender yet, you are made to eat the humble pie. If you do not want to go to Heaven, you can continue with bitterness, grudges and unforgiving spirit: but if Heaven is your goal, you must descend from your high place and settle with even those who offended you.  You would recall the testimony of the founder of the RCCG, Pa Akindayomi.  He died and on reaching the gates of Heaven, God showed him his glorious mansion and crowns but he was not allowed in. He was told that there was somebody who offended him that he had not settled with. That was enough to disqualify him from entering that blessed land but out of mercy, God sent him back to earth to settle with the person before he returned and was allowed in. Not everybody is given the opportunity to right their wrongs after death. For most people, after death is judgment. Imagine after working for God for several years and at death be shown what you would have enjoyed but not be allowed into Heaven? That will not be your portion. Some people, even so-called workers and ministers are not running the Christian race. They are not going to where you think they are going. Some are heading for hell and looking for as many people as they can take along with them. All they do is provoke you to anger.  They will step hard on your toes and deliberately do what will make you permanent enemies. If you love your life, let them go and continue the race. If not, they will terminate your journey to Heaven. If you are rejected at the gate of Heaven, the only alternative is hell. Many souls are lamenting in hell because they refused to forgive just one person.  They were okay in other issues. But today’s reading says if you keep all the law and break one, you are guilty of all. Never let any one rob you of your eternal glorious home. ACTION POINT: Any price to escape eternal hell and enter into Heaven is worth paying.