GOD HAS A SUBSTITUTE

GOD HAS A SUBSTITUTE 

BY PASTOR ANTHONY OBINNA IBE

1 Samuel 16:1
[1]And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

1 Samuel 2:27-30
[27]And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
[28]And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
[29]Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
[30]Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

If you refuse to fulfill your purpose, God has a substitute. Never take God, his mercy, Christian life for granted. God has a better substitute for you, so if you are living in sins, God has a substitute.
"THERE IS NEVER A MAN THAT IS BEST, THERE IS ALWAYS A NEW CHAMPION."

HOW DO GOD SUBSTITUTE?

He reject the fellow that is there.

John 13:26-27
[26]Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
[27]And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

The spirit that will enter a Man that is rejected by God is very terrible.

Psalms 75:6-7
[6]For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
[7]But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKES GOD SUBSTITUTE YOU?

1. Pride. e.g. Lucifer
2. Refusing to Honor God.
3. Doing the same things, God is correcting you.

Proverbs 29:1
[1]He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

4. Refusing to obey Him completely.
5. Appetite (for food, talk, sex, the eyes, the ears and so on)

Hebrews 12:15-17
[15]Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
[16]Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
[17]For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

SOLUTIONS

1. Change of Heart. (David)
2. Repentance Heart. (Abraham, Saul - Paul)

"THE CLOSER YOU ARE WITH GOD, THE MORE DANGEROUS IT SEEMS WITH YOU WHEN YOU MESS UP."

WHAT WILL GOD SAY ABOUT YOU?

GOD BLESS YOU!!!


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