YOU CAN SAY NO

I was in a conversation with a friend from the neighborhood and I got talking to him about Jesus Christ, but he said, “Look, I know everything about Jesus, don’t forget I  attend a missionary school.” So why hasn’t  he given his life to Christ yet? His answer: “I know I’ll sin again”

This is the reason why most of us do not desire to be a Christian after all. There’s this lie the enemy keeps telling us: “you will sin again”, “you can’t meet up to the standards”, “Christianity is hard” and it goes on. Like this guy, I’ve once believed these lies and distant myself from God. But the truth is being a Christian doesn’t mean you won’t sin again, it simply means you don’t have to sin again because you can say ‘NO’.

Accept Christ today, and find out how you can overcome the temptations, trials and tests that comes at you everyday. You might be Christian already but you also find that you’re not living the victorious life God intended for you as His Child because you’re constantly giving in to the temptations and lies thrown at you by the devil; you keep falling short and your life is on a sin-confess-sin-confess cycle and you sincerely desire a change.

This post is for you.

Lemme quickly say this again: Being a Christian do not mean you can not sin again, it means you don’t have to sin again because really, you can say NO. Let this verse from the scriptures be your revelation as it was mine:

“No temptation has overtaken you

except such as is common to man, but

God is faithful, who will not allow you

to be tempted beyond what you are

able, but with the temptation will also

make a way of escape that you may be

able to bear it.” – 1 Corinthians 10: 13.

This verse is so revealing as it holds three essential truths that will open us to freedom if we really get hold of what it is saying and willfully apply it to our lives.

The first part of the text reads “No

temptation has overtaken you except

such as is common to man” . 
We need to first put in mind that temptation in itself is not sin, it is in yielding to it that we actually sin and as Christians we have all it takes to unyield and send the Devil packing. One sure step to doing this is to realize you’re not alone; whatever you’re going through in your life, someone else has gone through it, some are going through it right now and some are yet to go through it. God has said it is a common thing. Just as we all experience

the pain of toothing as children, so will we all be tempted and we can OVERCOME! No problem is peculiar to you. Knowing that you’re not alone should be a relief. So do not be sorry for yourself nor see yourself as a Satan-victim because you’re not.

Reading on…

“But God is faithful, who will not allow

you to be tempted beyond what you are

able” 
GOD IS FAITHFUL! Hallelujah! He won’t allow you to be tempted beyond what you can handle meaning YOU ARE ABOVE WHAT YOU ARE FACING. This should get you reassured. I can’t ask my 3 years old

niece to lift a 25kg load. Why? She can’t bear it. But I can ask you to, because I know

you can bear it. Did you get the idea? It’s the same with God and you. He’s not the one tempting you (James 1: 13) but He might permit it so you can show ‘em what you’re made of and make Him proud as He was with Job and with our Lord Jesus Christ when He said “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased”. You can decide to not do what the world or the flesh or the devil is telling you to do. It’s written black and white in your Bible: “Greater is He

that is in you”.

And the third part of the verse says “… But

with the temptation will also make the

way of escape that you might be able to

bear it”

Do you know that God has made a way of escape for you as you go through this challenge in your Christian walk? It’s all in there in Jesus Christ who is ever available to you.

In Christ, you’re always in charge and you can walk away…

Your escape way is in the Word of God. Just as Christ countered Satan in the wilderness

with Scriptures, you can also do same. As you begin and continue to acquaint yourself with the word of God, and acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit in you, and adhere to His teachings and counsel, as you continue to rely on Him, you are actually creating an escape way for yourself in the time of temptations and trials. Counter those contrary thoughts, lies, and wrong ideas with the word of God . And see your life move from glory to glory.

I pray as you put these into practice in your everyday life, you’ll come to realize and

experience that wonderful life God had always wanted you to have. Amen.

PERSONAL TESTIMONY: This verse was the

first verse I memorized after rededicating my

life to Christ in 2013. I had just asked God

how He expected me to not backslide with

“temptations everywhere” and in less than 10

minutes I was staring at that verse in awe

and excitement, “God spoke to me!”.

I’ve put this into practice in my everyday life

from then on and I’ve been winning although

I’ve not gotten there yet and still make

mistakes but He keeps reminding me “No

condemnation Simi” (Romans 8: 1). I fall but

I rise and I keep rising higher and higher to

the praises of God. So I bless God for this

grace.

Remember, YOU CAN SAY NO! So say it and

MEAN it!

TEMPTATION is nothing serious, it’s below you and very very conquerable through Christ.

Thank you for reading through. Looking forward to hearing your own testimony soon!

Remain blessed.