1ST APRIL, 2022
PASTOR OLUBI JOHNSON
WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE?
Exodus 32:26-28 (KJV)
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. And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
God is currently asking the question in the Church in this hour: Who is on the Lord’s side?
This was the same question He asked the children of Israel through Moses in Exodus 32:26-28, when they made a golden calf in the wilderness, and God’s judgement came upon them.
When Moses came down from the mountain he asked the question:
“Who is on the Lord’s side?”
This sounds like a strange question since all the children of Israel were God’s people and ordinarily should have been on the Lord’s side.
However, the rebellion and idolatry in the camp caused God, through Moses, to ask this question, as the rebellion and idolatry had divided God’s people into, as it were, wheat and tares (Matt. 13:37-41).
In the same way today, rebellion against God’s Word (1Sam. 15:22-23), spiritual authority and the idolatry of covetousness (Col. 3:5), have divided God’s people (Lk. 12:51; 1Cor. 11:18).
Thus, God is currently asking the same question in the Church in this hour: “Who is on the Lord’s side?”
Now, just as those who were on the Lord’s side gathered themselves unto Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 32:26-27), those who are on the Lord’s side will in this hour, gather themselves to the Lord by making covenant with Him by sacrifice.
Psalm. 50:5 (KJV)
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
So, to be on the Lord’s side in this hour, we need to make covenant with God by sacrifice. To do this we make a decision and constantly reaffirm the same daily, to choose the fear of the Lord (Prov. 1:29), by submitting to the will of God even when we don’t feel like it (Phil. 2:8), especially in prayer. We must determine to love God with all our hearts: will, mind, emotions and strength (Mk. 12:30), and to love all men as Christ loves them (Jn. 13:34).
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