Disobedience/sin can make your countenance fall as a believer.

What is countenance?

It is to hide face or to show displeasure,anger and withdrawal.It can also mean facial expressions

But here I’ll will be discussing on how sin can make your countenance fall as a believer.let’s check out the book of Genesis 4vs 6-7)

Genesis chap 4 vs 6-7 (KJV). Vs 6: And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is they countenance fallen ? Vs7: if thou doest well ,shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well ,sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him .

Like we said countenance can be anger or withdrawal.we all know that God accepted Abel’s offering and had no respect for that of Cain

But we won’t be talking about offerings now but our life’s as believers

God was telling Cain that if he had done what Abel did ,he would have gotten the same results

Not doing well enough as a believer would cause your countenance to fall in the presence of God .

Now let’s talk about a particular struggle believer’s face that is the Act of condemnation

When you’re facing struggles in your relationship with God .At times our human nature makes us feel less of yourself and the compare yourself with believers around you,while at that your countenance begins to fall

Vs 6: A question was thrown to Cain that why is his countenance fallen and why is he angry

Vs 7: This verse further explained further that if had done well ,he would have been accepted

Dear believers of God ,if we do not do well ,sim lieth at our door as said in vs 7 and unto us shall be desire and that desire will rule over us .

There are things that makes our countenance fall as Christian’s and it makes us feel disappointed that we are not doing well enough .

If we do no keep up with righteousness and do not do well ,that probability of you sining is very high ,sin will only lead to your countenance falling and if there is one thing sin does to us is that it hardens our heart towards God and the things of God,and unto you shall be your desire, and that desire will rule over you.

When you expect to see changes and growth as a believer check on your desire .

This is why examining yourself as a believer is important.

To see changes you need to do well and thirst for Gods righteousness each day .

Sin will only make your countenance drop as a believer

If you do well ,you will definitely be accepted as written in Vs7

There is a will to submit ,if you truly honor that person

Submit to God and continue to thirst for his righteousness

If you are reading this and your countenance has fallen as a result of your sins and twisted desires

Aim to do well today and seek righteousness,adjust the object of your desires and honor God .

Flee from sin dear friend 🫂🤍

“SIN” it does something to us and that is why God said FLEE

I pray we receive the grace and strength to always thirst for Gods righteousness and a heart that will always obey Gods words

With love Divine

Hello everyone divine here , and yes it’s been a while .

But today I have a very interesting topic for us

The question is how do we maintain salvation!?

Salvation is a free gift of grace by believing in in the works of God

Jude 1:20

20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

I’ll be sharing some key points on how we can maintain our faith-:

-To maintain faith we need to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our lord Jesus Christ.

–you can maintain your faith by praying in the Holy Ghost

–You can maintain your faith by Fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit through bible studying

–Fellowshipping with other believers can help build your faith

–And most importantly you can build your faith in the place of prayer.

PRAYYYYY !!!!!!!

To unravel your salvation you can maintain these few steps -:

1-) 1 Peter 2:2 In-Context1

Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

–Meditate on the word daily

–Praying in the name of Jesus

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

–Witnessing God in every opportunity you have

–Fellowshipping with other believers

Acts 9:19-20 KJV

¹⁹ And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

²⁰ And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

Another way we can unravel our salvation is to live by faith because the entire Christian life is called to faith

Acts 6vs 7

⁷ And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

NOTE: Faith is a product of Revelation

To have faith you have to increase your revelation of God .

Our actions at times do not prove our faith because we can act even in doubt .

Increasing our act of God can help with our faith in him and every other thing listed

1 Corinthians 13 makes us understand that faith can be released upon us so let’s seek Gods face .

Our faith is only released when our actions and our words line up with our beliefs

I hope we receive this message to heart ,we should aim at growing and developing ourselves with the help of God.

And I hope this gets to everyone out there who is really struggling with faith .God bless you all

Divine