{"id":1414,"date":"2012-11-08T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T23:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2012-11-03T13:47:11","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T12:47:11","slug":"now-what-make-god-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2012\/11\/08\/now-what-make-god-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Now What: Make God Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>\u2018And Jesus said,\u00a0Neither do I. Go and sin no more\u2019<\/em> <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John8:11&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\">John 8:11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The phrase \u2018go and sin no more\u2019 was used several times by our Lord Jesus [see <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John5:14,8:11&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\">John 5:14, 8:11<\/a>]. What this phrase translates to is \u2018Go and make God priority\u2019. Sin is the barrier between man and God. \u2018Listen! The LORD\u2019s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call. It\u2019s your sins that <!--more-->have cut you off from God.\u00a0Because of your sins, He has turned away and will not listen anymore\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah59:1-2&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\">Isa.59:1-2.<\/a> When sin is taken out of the equation, we have communion with God. The truth is that abstaining from sin all together is not something anyone can achieve in their own strength. Similarly, every act of righteousness we attempt in our own strength cannot measure up to God\u2019s own standard for righteousness. \u2018All our righteousness are as filthy rags<em>\u2019<\/em> <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah64:6&amp;version=KJV\" target=\"_blank\">Isa. 64:6 [KJV].<\/a> Only Jesus can take care of our sin problem. We need to understand that apart from Jesus the Christian walk is a suicide mission. We desperately need to come to Jesus and come under His leadership and influence. Jesus is \u2018\u2026the [only] way, the truth and the life\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John14:6&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\">John 14:6<\/a>. Furthermore, none of us can access the Father except through Jesus Christ. Therefore anyone who wants to come to God, and make Him priority cannot come unless he\/she comes through Jesus. There is no other alternative. No other option. No other Way<em>. <\/em>The reason a lot of people are still defeated by sin, addictions, ungodly habits etc., is that Jesus has not become the Lord and Saviour of their lives. You cannot make God priority except you come in Christ Jesus and by the Spirit. In Christ you have access to the Father and through the Spirit you get convicted of sin. Obedience to Christ is the only way to break the barrier of sin, the only way to make God priority. Again recognizing the role of the Helper, Counselor, Strengthener, Standby, Advocate, and Comforter is important. His job is to reveal Jesus to us. And we know that the Word says that the Son is the express image of the Father. \u2018Go and make God priority\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thought<\/strong>: On earth we have many choices, but eternity presents only two: Heaven or Hell. Obedience to Christ must be priority if we are to make Heaven<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Prayer:<\/strong>\u00a0 Father, teach me to make You priority in my life, today and always, in Jesus Name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018And Jesus said,\u00a0Neither do I. Go and sin no more\u2019 John 8:11 &nbsp; &nbsp; The phrase \u2018go and sin no more\u2019 was used several times by our Lord Jesus [see John 5:14, 8:11]. What this phrase translates to is \u2018Go and make God priority\u2019. Sin is the barrier between man and God. \u2018Listen! 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