Open Heaven 28 December 2023 – Talk Is Cheap

 

Open Heaven 28 December 2023 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Talk Is Cheap

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Open Heaven 28 December 2023 TOPIC: Talk Is Cheap

MEMORISE: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach," – Acts 1:1 (KJV)

READ: Matthew 23:1-7 (KJV)

1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they will not move them with one of their fingers.

5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 12-14

Open Heaven 28 December 2023 MESSAGE

Talk is cheap. I have seen countless people talk about good things, but when it comes to practicing them, they are nowhere to be found. Many Pastors preach 'powerful' sermons on the altar, but at home, they don't practice what they preach. Talk is cheap, so only reasonable people stay on the level of talk.

If I tell someone that over-speeding when driving is unsafe and then I do the same, does the fact that I talk about it exempt me from its consequences? If you talk about prayer so well and don't pray, all the problems that follow prayerlessness will follow you. This is why we see many people who are sound in the Scriptures, yet the word of God does not seem to yield anything in their lives. It is often because they only know the Scriptures; they don't live by them.

Also Read: Open Heaven 27 December 2023 – Attracting God's Blessings 2

I made The former treatise, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began to do and teach. – Acts 1:1

The above passage shows how Jesus lived. He first 'did' before He 'taught.' If you have yet to do that, you have no business teaching it. If it is Asus, as you claim, then you do it first. We who teach the gospel must note what James 3:1 says: teachers will receive the strictest judgment. This is because if you teach it, God expects you to have already been doing it. When you teach what you don't do, that is hypocrisy. Many people are derailed when they see a teacher of the word not practicing what he or she preaches. May people not go to hell because you showed them the wrong example, in Jesus' name. Matthew 18:6 says:

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it was better for him that a millstone was hanged about his neck and that he was drowned in the depth of the sea?

If you really believe what you teach, practice it. If you cannot practice it, stop teaching it.

Open Heaven 28 December 2023 KEY POINT:

Merely talking about something does not accrue its benefits to you. Practicing it is what it does.

Open Heaven 28 December 2023 HYMN 3 – Ancient Words

1 Holy words long preserved,
For our walk in this world,
They resound with God's own heart;
Oh, let the ancient words impart.

Refrain:
Ancient words, ever faithful,
Changing me and changing you,
We have come with open hearts;
Oh, let the old words impart.

2 Words of life, words of hope,
Give us strength, help us cope,
In this world, where ever we roam,
Ancient words will guide us home.

3 Holy words of our faith,
Handed down to this age,
Came to us through sacrifice;
Oh, heed the faithful words of Christ.

4 Holy words long preserved,
For our walk in this world,
They resound with God's own heart;
Oh, let the ancient words impart.

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