This is a
question Heaven is asking this generation, Jesus looks down from Heaven and see
sin reigning, with deep anger and groaning He asks “Who is still on my side?”.
Is there still anyone who will not give up on me? Is there still that person
who will stand and hold up my banner? We are going to study a generation
together and use it to check our Faith and stands in Christ. Moses the servant
of God whom God was using during his time as a channel and source of solution
to the people of Israelites, a time came when God wanted to speak with His
servant and He called unto him “And the Lord said unto Moses, come up to me
into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law,
and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them"
(Exodus 24:12) and without hesitation Moses went up to the Mount and waited for
the Almighty God. The very first 6 days it was just a cloud Moses was into, he
is yet to enter the very PRESENCE, to my own little understanding I believe for
that 6 days the Great God was transforming him (Moses) from the flesh (Natural)
to the Spirit (Spiritual) so that he can be able to enter into His Presence and
remain alive, also that the illumination of God’s presence might give unto Moses
Strength as long as the conversation will last.
After the
preparation was over, on the seventh day “which means PERFECTION”, he was
called out “…And the glory of the Lord abode upon Mount Sinai ,
and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out
of the midst of the cloud" (Exodus 24:16). Brother Moses kept
talking and dinning with Jehovah for complete 40 days and 40 days nights “And
Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and
Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights" (Exodus 24:18).
But here was Brother Aaron who may be his salvation wasn’t genuine before or he
never knew God personally because to me if he had knew God the disturbance of
the Israelites wouldn’t have moved him or he would have taught them and
reminded them the way of the Lord (BUT WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE YOU CAN’T GIVE).
Stiff-necked and perverse generation of the Israelites then went to Brother
Aaron and said “And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount,
the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make
us gods, which shall go before us; for as for
this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot
not what is become of him (Exodus 32:1).
If you look
painstakingly at that verse very well, two things were noted and important (1.)
Aaron was idle and resting (2) Israelites never knew God they only knew Moses.
Aaron gave them what they wanted and a god was made, OH!!! What a great noise
and shout, the atmosphere was full of tambourines and Joshua who was far-away
from the could notice the happiness “And when Joshua heard the noise of the
people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the
camp. And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither
is it the voice of them that cry for being
overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear (Exodus 32:
17-18)”. Having the tables which the finger of God wrote in his hand “two
tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the Finger of God"
(Exodus 31:18), with anger against what was happening amidst the people he
broke the tables (not even minding the effort of 40 days spent). He turned to
the leader whom he kept them under but disappointingly Aaron was just giving
unacceptable excuses, Just like you also.
When the master comes back and ask about the sheep he kept in your vine,
what will you say? Have you led them in the way of the Lord like (Moses and
Joshua) or you led them back to their Egypt
Moses couldn’t
defile himself by entering the camp, for the camp had been defiled and made
unholy, therefore he stood at the gate of the camp and gave a loud cry “Then
Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let
him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto
him" (Exodus 32:26). Apostle Johnson Suleman say and I quote “Aaron’s
only escape root was that he came out with the levites, if not he would have
also being destroyed with others”. It was a cry Moses made and out of
perverse and defiled generation of the then Israelites, the levites came out
unto God (i.e. In every bad generation there
will always be a faithful and good tribe). Just like Moses cried at the gate
camp, likewise, his servant is crying now that “WHO IS ON THE LORD’s SIDE?”
It’s a question that Heaven is craving for an answer, that in this perverse
generation; can there still be any Levites? In this crooked and sinful land is
there still any Noah? In this corrupt world Heaven is asking is there still any
Lot ? Have a deep breath and answer the
question.
If you have said
yes, think deeply again are you truly on the Lord’s side? one of my brother in
the Lord use to say something “99.9% Holiness and Obedience can’t guarantee you
Heaven it has to be 100%”. Do you know what it takes or means to “COME OUT”? It
means to totally forget, to be dead to the former life and be ready for the
present, scripture says “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a
new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new"
(2Corinthians 5:17). If you want to be on the Lord’s side then old things must
pass away (i.e. die), there must not be cravings for it again, Apostle Joshua
Selman says and I quote “You are only free from that weight or sin
when you no more have any cravings or desire for it”. Apostle Paul
painted it clearly “I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I
die daily (1Corin. 15:31), “For he that is dead is freed from Sin"
(Rom. Lot , so also he is crying that WHO IS
ON MY SIDE?
“So what makes you think God
won’t step in and work justice for his chosen people, who continue to cry out
for help? Won’t he stick up for them? Vs 8 I assure you, he will. He will not
drag his feet. But how much of that
kind of persistent faith will the Son of Man find on the earth when He returns (Luke
18:7-8 MSG). When Jesus comes back where
will you be? On His side like the Levites or be outside his boundary. In the
land of Haran Abraham was on the Lord’s side, In the Land of Sodom and Gomorrah
Lot was on His side, In the land of Egypt Joseph was on His side, In the land of
Babylon Daniel (belteshazzar), Hananiah (shadrach), Mishael (Meshach), Azariah
(Abednego) were on the Lord’s side, In the Whole world then Apostles were on
the Lord’s side, IF THE LORD LOOK DOWN UPON YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR STATE, YOUR
REGION, WILL HE FIND YOU ON HIS SIDE? “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and
the cup of the devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the
table of the devils" (1Corin. 10:23). “So then because thou art
lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth"
(Rev. 3:16) SITTING ON THE FENCE IS NOT AN OPTION NO EXCUSE WILL BE ACCEPTED,
MAKE A DECISION TODAY AND STAND BY IT!!! (1Co 16:13) Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your
convictions, give it all you've got, be resolute, (1Corinthians 16:13).
If you are
reading this article and you are yet to give your life Christ but right now you
are ready to give your life to Christ, say this after me with a determined
heart
“Lord
Jesus here I am, I am a sinner and I have cut short your glory, Lord am sorry
for my sins and I will never return back to them, I accept you today into my
life as my Lord and Saviour, use your blood to wash away my sins and write my
name in the book of life”.
I welcome you into the Kingdom, just make sure
you join a believing Church where the Word of God is being taught and make your
Bible your friend not forgetting to be having your quiet time every morning.
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