THE HIDDEN DISCHARGE WARRANT

THE HIDDEN DISCHARGE WARRANT 

"..The Lord God will save everyone who asks him for help. But people will never ask Christ to help them if they have not believed in him. And they will never believe in him if they have not heard about him. And they will not hear about him unless somebody tells God's message to them"- Romans 10:13-14 (EASY)

John Currier was found guilty of murder in 1949 and sentenced to life in prison. In 1968, Currier’s sentence was terminated, and a letter bearing the good news was sent to him. But John never saw the letter, nor was he told anything about it. Ten years went by. Then a state parole officer learned about Currier’s plight, and told him that his sentence had been terminated. He was a free man living behind the bars. (Source: The No-Guilt Guide to Witnessing, George Sweeting)

The above story reaffirms the penitent issue that Holy Spirit raised in Romans 10:13-14 on the need to take the gospel to everyone living inside the prison of sin, judgement and death around us. The truth is that God had already terminated the sentence of death hanging over the soul of man. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was the discharge warrant that God used to release man from captivity of Satan (John 8:36). But unfortunately, millions of people in the world today are still living in that terrible prison of judgement where Satan kept them. There are many John Currier around us today who are languishing behind the bars despite the fact that they had been set free. The souls of these people must be rescued before it is too late. The liberation power in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ must not be withheld or hidden from unbelievers (Matthew 28:18-19). Otherwise, the devil will continue to keep those precious souls behind the bars for the rest of eternity.    

"..By Christ, we have become God's friends instead of his enemies. And he wants us to bring other people to be his friends also. This is the job that he has given to us. God wants us to tell people that, by Christ, he was bringing the world to himself. He was bringing all people in the world back to himself, to be his friends. God was not continuing to remember all the wrong things that people do. This is the message that God has given to us. He wants us to tell people that he has brought them back to himself" - 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (EASY)

Christians have been entrusted with the most important message in the world (2 Corinthians 5:18- 19). However, many of us never deliver that message to those who have been condemned and sentenced to life imprisonment (2 Corinthians 1:9). Friends, why are you hiding the discharge warrant that God used to liberate you from those who are still in captivity? Could you imagine where you would have been today if someone had hidden the discharge warrant from you? Don't you know that the greatest atrocity that anyone can commit is to withhold, hide or suppress the discharge warrant or the letters conveying the good news from those condemned prisoners (unbelievers) around them. Don't you understand the comment that Apostle Paul made in 1 Corinthians 9:16 about the repercussion of hiding the discharge warrant from those in captivity? This is a serious issue! Hope you are not guilty?

"For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!"- 1 Corinthians  9:16

One special hymn that summarises our saviour's directives in Mark 16:15 -16 is titled "Go and tell the glad tidings". The hymn places a demand on us to take the discharge warrant to every condemned prisoner in our world today. Beloved, have you been set free from the prison of sin, judgement and second death?. Then,  please make the lyrics of this wonderful hymn below your watchword till you see Jesus Christ in Glory. Are you among those condemned souls in the cage or prison of sin, addiction, lesbianism, gay, occultism, alcoholism, adultery,  fornication, homosexual etc?. Then, I have a good news for you. This is your day of emancipation from the wicked grip of sin and judgement. Please call upon Jesus Christ now (Romans 10:13), He will help you and set you free.  

GO AND TELL THE GLAD TIDINGS by Isaac G. Mitchell.

Go and tell the glad tidings
Make all the world to hear the news
Who hears and believes shall be saved
Those who refuse shall be condemned

I’ll reveal to you great mysteries
Ye shall show forth my word of truth
In all the works that I have done
And the miracles ye shall do.

Go heal the sick and raise the dead
In my great name cast out demons
Let not prophet ever far
Though Jews and Gentiles should deride

Teach all the world my commandments
And lo, I am with you always
To me belong all pow'r and might
I can kill and make alive

A light encircled Him around
He ascended in great glory
The news was proclaim'd far and near
the ascension of our saviour

My prayer is that everyone held captive in the prison of Satan shall be set free today. The wicked grip of the devil over their destinies and families shall be destroyed in the mighty name of Jesus. The Holy Spirit will empower and use us mightily to bring many condemned prisoners into perfect liberty that we enjoyed in the kingdom of God.  And after being mightily used by God, we shall not hear "I know you not" on the day of reckoning in Jesus name.  

Good morning and God bless you in Jesus name.

Maranatha!

Bro. Okanlawon Taiwo

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