JESUS NEVER FELLOWSHIP WITH RELIGION LEADERS - Shobayo Olumuyiwa

Jesus and his disciples were hated, humiliated and murdered by religions leaders, their followers, and politicians because Jesus and his disciples never Preached what they like or wnat.

There were some particular words Jesus spokes that Christian Religion Leaders will never QUOTED on the altar for their followers.

Matthew 23:23 (Jesus Christ was rebuking religion leaders here) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, (Church Leaders) hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, (they paid little or nothing at all from all the money they are gathering from their members, back to their members that are in needs, in terms of financial support, institutions, etc) and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, (They omitted the BIG LAW, BIG COMMANDMENTS of God, that would have prevented their congregations from going to hell fire but instead, they are busy preaching money). WHAT ARE THE BIG OR WEIGHTIER LAW OF GOD???? Judgment(for those that do not repent) Mercy(for those that repented genuinely). and Faith(Faith that God will supply all their needs after they have repented): these ought ye to have done, (Jesus told them..... these are what they should have been preaching always) and not to leave the other undone. (But they leave the important Law and preaching money, which is a very little among the law of God to their followers)

RCCG OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 - "CONTROVERSIAL BLESSING" BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

RCCG OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR FRIDAY 6 JUNE 2014 - "CONTROVERSIAL BLESSING" BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 126:1

 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 

READ: JOHN 9:8-16

8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

MESSAGE

HOSANNA, THE TRIUMPHANT ENTRY: ANY SIGNIFICANCE? - Pastor Bayo Afolaranmi

THE TRIUMPHANT ENTRY: ANY SIGNIFICANCE?

(Text: Luke 19:28-40) Palm Sunday, the annual celebration before Easter Sunday commemorates the triumphant entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. The event happened on the first day of the Passion Week. The name "Palm Sunday" comes from John 12:13, "They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, 'Hosanna?'" (NIV). 

The celebration started around 3rd-4th century AD. However, does the event have any significance for us today? Can we learn any lesson from it?

This event demonstrates humility and peace by Jesus (verse 30). Jesus opted to enter Jerusalem on a donkey (see Matthew 21:2), not a horse. Donkey and colt symbolize humility and peace while horse is usually associated with power and war. The outcomes of His option were honor and glorification (verses 37, 38; John 12:19). 

The Christian message is not of force or domineering, but a message of peace (see Ephesians 6:15), because "...everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted" (Luke 18:14 NIV).

The event amplifies total surrender (verse 35). The owners surrendered the colt to the strangers that came to untie it. Likewise, the colt allowed itself to be used by Jesus to ride on it. We should also be ready to surrender our possessions and even ourselves totally for the Master's use.