BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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ROMANS 12:2
RELATED CHAPTER
ROMANS 1
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2) And be not conformed to
this world; but be ye
transformed by the renewing
of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will
of GOD
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AND BE NOT CONFORMED
TO THIS WORLD
Paul warned believers: don’t
copy the behavior and
customs of this world, which
is under Satan’s rule that is
full of darkness, deception
and seduction: that are
usually selfish, and often
corrupt, their values should
not be part of the believer.
Let GOD transform you to a
new person through JESUS
CHRIST, changing the way
you think by avoid most
worldly practice and value of
covetous, selfishness , pride
acquisition and the lust that
is in the world by
regenerated , and changing
your whole man, beginning
from the heart, by which the
Spirit of GOD works upon the
inner faculties of the Soul.
Its only the Holy spirit that
can do the work, by
recreating and implanting
regenerated heart, that
redirects our mind from the
world and transforming us
into a new creature.
By having a renewed mind
and living a transformed live
style , through CHRIST and
his word, we are able to test,
prove that the will of God is
good, desirable and perfect.
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2 CORINTHIANS 4 :4
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3) But if our gospel be hid, it
is hid to them that are lost
4) In whom the god of this
world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious
gospel of CHRIST, who is the
image of GOD should shine
unto them
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GOD OF THIS WORLD
The god of this world refer
to Satan, who hold over
much of the activity in the
present agenda world, his
work is to deceive and. Blind
those who don’t believe in
JESUS CHRIST by the
attraction of money, power,
pleasure and blind people
out of JESUS CHRIST good
news.
Those who reject JESUS
CHRIST and prefers their own
pursuit make Satan their god
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2 CORINTHIANS 6:14
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14) Be ye not unequally
yoked to gather with
unbelievers; for what
fellowship hath
righteousness with
unrighteousness? And what
communion hath light with
darkness?
15) And what concord hath
CHRIST with Belial? Of what
part hath he that believeth
with an infidel?
16) And what agreement
hath the temple of GOD with
idols? For ye are the temple
of the living GOD; as GOD hat
said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in them; and I will be
their GOD, and they shall be
my people
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DON’T BE UNEQUALLY
YOKED WITH UNBELIEVERS
Don’t be yoked with, canal
persons, unbelievers,
ungodly
GOD divides people in two
Categories those with JESUS
CHRIST and the Satan
With his activities of
unrighteousness, darkness
the unbelieving, the believer
should avoid their practice
and conducts.
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EPHESIAN 2:1-3
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1)And you hath he
quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins
2)Wherein in time past ye
walked according to the
course of this world,
according to the prince of the
power of the air, the spirit
that now worketh in the
children of disobedience
3)Among whom also we all
had our conversation in
times past in the lust of our
flesh and of the mind; and
were by nature the children
of wrath, even as others
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WHEREIN IN TIME PAST YOU
WALKED ACCORDING TO
THE COURSE OF THE WORLD
The Devil and Satan is as the
contending power of the
unseen world, and Satan
controls evil spiritual
kingdom the demons and
those who are against JESUS
CHRIST, in the resurrection
, JESUS CHRIST is victorious
over the devil and his power.
Therefore, JESUS CHRIST is
the permanent ruler of the
part of the world that
chooses to follow him
THE SPIRIT THAT NOW
WORK IN CHILDREN OF
DISOBEDIENCE
The fact that all people,
without exception, commit
sin, prove that without JESUS
CHRIST we have a sinful
nature, we are lost in sin and
cannot save our selves
All that are without JESUS
CHRIST are controlled by the
Satan, Devil and his agents
the prince the power of the
air, Satan blinds their heart
of GOD truth, they are
enslaved to sin and craving
for the sinful nature, full of
desire of the fleshy and
worldly lust
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EPHESIANS 5:11-13
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11) And have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove
them
12) For it is a shame even to
speak of those thing which
are done of them in secret
13) But all things that are
reproved are made manifest
by the light; for whatsoever
doth make manifest is light
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WORK OF DARKNESS
Believer are by light reprove
the work of darkness ,
occultism, necromancy
expose their deeds because
our silence may be
interpreted as approval ,
GOD needs people who will
take a stand and remain
faithful to GOD , who will
continue to expose and
reprove the deeds of
darkness
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PHILIPPIANS 2:12-15
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12) Wherefore, my beloved,
as ye have always obeyed,
not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my
absence, work out your own
salvation with fear and
trembling
13) For it is GOD which
worketh in you both to will
and to do of his good
pleasure
14)Do all things without
murmurings and disputing
15) That ye may be
blameless and harmless, the
son of GOD, without rebuke,
in the midst of a crooked and
perverse nation, among
whom ye shine as lights in
the world
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WORK OUT YOUR OWN
SALVATION WITH FEAR AND
TREMBLING;
Work hard to show the
result of your salvation, one
cannot be saved by works,
good deeds of love or
strenuous effort to keep the
commandments
One must be by the grace of
GOD, in order to be saved
one must receive GOD’S
provision of salvation, be
forgiven of SIN be made
spiritually alive be delivered
from the power of Satan and
sin and be made a new
creature and receive the Holy
Spirit, no amount of self
effort can accomplish this.
To be like CHRIST, we must
change our desire, and need
power of the holy spirit and
obedience of the word of
GOD and sacrificial service to
navigate through and shine
as a light of the world and
rebuke darkness
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GALATIANS 1;3-4
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3) Grace be to you and
peace from GOD the FATHER,
and from our LORD JESUS
CHRIST
4)Who gave himself for our
sins, that he might deliver us
from this present evil world,
according to the will of GOD
and our FATHER
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GOD PLAN IS TO SAVE US BY
JESUS DEATH
We believers have been
rescued from the power of
the present evil world – a
world ruled by Satan and full
of cruelty, tragedy,
temptation, falsehood and
deception.
We are no more enslaved to
it, we are save through JESUS
CHRIST to live for GOD
according his will
The sum of the true Gospel
is this, that JESUS CHRIST by
his offering alone saves us
who are chosen out of the
world by the free will of GOD
The vital reason of JESUS
CHRIST saving purpose is the
deliverance of believers from
the evil that dominates this
present world, believers
must live for GOD and refuse
to be governed by the lust ,
self-centered desire, the
wisdom, corruption of the
world.
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TITUS 2:11-12
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11) For the grace of GOD
that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men
12) Teaching us that, denying
ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we should live soberly,
righteously, and godly in this
present world
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THE GRACE OF GOD
Saving grace has appeared
to all men, all people
everywhere the elect of
eternity , instructed
believers to reject the
ungodly pleasures, passion,
values of this present world
and regard them as
abominable.
TEACHING US THAT
DENYING UNGODLINESS
AND WORLDLY LUST
The believers are
admonished to live
righteously and godly, while
Rejecting the wordly desire
of wealth, pleasure, honor,
false religion, while waiting
for the expected hope and
the coming of JESUS CHRIST.
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JAMES 4:4
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4)Ye adulteress and
adulteresses, know ye not
that the friendship of the
world is enmity with GOD?
Whosoever therefore will be
a friend of the world is the
enemy of GOD.
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FRIENDSHIP TO THE WORD
ENMITY WITH GOD
There is nothing wrong to
have the good thing of life,
but having friendship in the
world, involves seeking
pleasure and behaving
lustfully and worldly.
Either you are for GOD or
Devil.
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1 JOHN 3:13
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13) Marvel not, my brethren,
if the world hate you
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IF THE WORLD HATE YOU
Marvel not, don’t be
surprised if the world hate
you, that is the wicked part
of the world ruled by Satan ,
because the believer are
chosen and called out of the
world and do not live the
wicked life they do; and this
hatred of the world
dominated Satan is from the
the fall of man there was
enmity between the seed of
the woman and the seed of
the serpent
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1 JOHN 5:19
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19) And we know that we
are of GOD, and the whole
world lieth in wickedness
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SATAN DOMINATED WORLD
We believer know that we
are of GOD- The sons of GOD,
and regenerated by him; this
is known by the Spirit of
GOD, which witness that we
are the children of GOD and
by their fruits and the effect
of regenerated grace
And the whole world lies in
wickedness; that is the men
of the world, the great part
of the inhabitant of the world
not being born of GOD these
are addicted to sin and
wickedness, they set their
mind to it and give
themselves to it are
immersed in it, and under
the power of it in the wicked
one Satan the god of this
world, they are under his
influence and led according
to his will and are govern by
him.
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