Christ the First Fruit
1 Corinthians 15:20 (NET) But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. A few days ago I was looking at some mango trees with most of their fruits yet to mature, but these same trees already had a few mature and ripe fruits. Even though most of their fruits would not be ready until at least two months, there were some of them with few ripe fruits already. Those few ripe fruits are what is called the first fruits. The other remaining fruits are yet maturing but the first fruits have already been harvested. When you see the first fruits, you are sure that the other fruits will follow in due time. Jesus Christ was raised from the dead as the first fruit of those who have fallen asleep. This term ‘fallen asleep’ is only used for believers who are expected to ‘wake up’ during the resurrection. We believers in Christ are sure of our resurrection because Jesus has already resurrected as our first fruits, and because he has resurrected, we too would resurrect. Go into today thanking the Lord for the privilege to partake in the resurrection. It is our resurrection that would usher us into the fullness of our glory as sons of God and literally set the whole of creation free from corruption (see 1 Corinthians 13:9,10,12, Romans 8:21-23). Living with the consciousness of your coming resurrection is the way to live as a believer. This consciousness would put all things into perspective and reduce the inflated perception of the temporary glory of this present world to its real size. Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank you for the assurance of resurrection into glory just as my Lord has resurrected into glory. Please help me live with this hope, and experience a foretaste of this glory in this present life. Thank you, Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in one year: Psalms 18-20 (In Devotional Audio) Download Free Sermons Here: www.streamglobe.org/34 Streamglobe is Interdenominational. You can share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 Tune In to Our 24/7 Online Radio Here (open with Chrome or Safari): https://streamglobe.radio Streamglobe Online Radio is optimized to minimize data consumption http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202774.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Hope of the Believer
1 Corinthians 15:19 (KJV) If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. When Charles became a believer in the Lord Jesus, he was already making a lot of money from being a fraudster. He was already driving a brand new Mercedes Benz and had started building his first house while still a teenager in his second year on campus. But he accepted the Lord Jesus and knew he had to forsake that life of fraud. He left the life of fraud because of hope in Christ. He understood that there was nothing of this world that was too big to give up for inheriting the kingdom of God. He knew he could not continue in his life of sin and inherit the kingdom of God (1 Cor 6:9-10). Because of sound teaching, he knew that all the wealth in this world put together was not sufficient to pay for the eternal glory of God’s eternal kingdom that he was called to inherit. But he also knew that this hope that made him forsake his ungodly wealth was not in this life of flesh and blood but in the life that is to come. For Charles, if his hope in Christ was only in this life, he would have been most miserable because he forsook a life of affluence and embraced the kingdom life of selflessness and sacrifice. Believers in Christ are those who set their affection on things above and not on things of this world (see Col 3:2). This doesn’t mean believers would not be relevant in this world. As a matter of fact, the more we focus on God’s kingdom and set our affection on things above, the more relevant and impactful we would be in this world because that is when our light would shine. Go into today remembering that as a believer in Christ, most of our hope is towards the eternal glory that would shine brighter even when all the glories of this world have failed and expired. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is interdenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s bless lives together. Bible in One Year: Genesis 24-27 Streamglobe is Interdenominational. You can share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 🔊Download the Audio☞ https://bit.ly/aud2474
Some Fruits of False Teachings
1 Timothy 6:3-4 (NET) If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions Before Charles met some sound believers on campus and became a believer in the Lord Jesus, he did not like charismatic Christians at all. He was not interested in being a believer because of his elder sister. Before she started attending a certain charismatic church, she used to be “nice” and “normal”. But as soon as she started attending that church, she became very suspicious. She would pray in tongues with fear, sprinkle anointing oil on even cockroaches, and say “no one knows how they (my enemies) can come”. She wouldn’t travel anymore to the village because of fear, and she became very stingy because she said she didn’t want anyone to use her gifts and money as an evil point of contact against her. Even though she became a believer, these manifestations of fear and suspicion in her life were a product of false teachings. Some fruits to show that a believer has been feeding on false doctrines is that he becomes more fearful and suspicious. Sound doctrine should build faith, courage, and strength in your heart. It shouldn’t make you more fearful or suspicious. Even though we are to be sober and vigilant (by being prayerful), believers are never to be more fearful than unbelievers. Unbelievers should look up to us when they are afraid because we are the ones serving the living God. Go into today remembering that God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind (see 2 Tim 1:7). Prayer: Heavenly Father, please deliver me from every spirit of fear. Please fill me with your Spirit of power, love, and self-control. Amen. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible in One Year: Romans 13-14 Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201927.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Resurrection of the Dead
1 Corinthians 15:42-44 (NET) It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. When the Lord Jesus resurrected from the dead, His disciples at some point found it difficult to recognize him until he revealed himself to them. What was it about the resurrected body of our Lord? The Lord Jesus is the first to resurrect with the glorified body. He is the first to experience the resurrection of the dead. Many have died and have been raised, but with the same kind of body that they died with. But the Lord Jesus resurrected with the glorified heavenly body that cannot grow old, die, can relate with heaven and the earth, but yet can walk among us and eat physical food. Notice that after the Lord resurrected with the glorified body, he no longer needed the door in order to enter a building. He would normally pass through a wall, appear and disappear, and do all these things in his natural state. The glorified body is a visible human body, but it is a supernatural one. This is the kind of body we all will receive when the Lord returns and the dead in Christ rise first (see 1 Corinthians 15:51-52). Of all the foundational truths of the faith, I believe that the resurrection of the dead is one of the least understood, and yet it is so important. Believing in the resurrection (that God raised Jesus from the dead) is one of the conditions for receiving salvation. Believing that God raised Jesus from the dead is in effect believing that God will also raise us too from the dead during the resurrection(see 1 Cor 15:13-14). Go into today remembering that the resurrection of the dead is something that you will experience if you remain in Christ to the end. It is what will reveal our unlimited glory as sons of God (See 1 John 3:2, Romans 8:23). Setting your heart on this hope will empower you to live a pure, holy, and powerful life (see 1 John 3:3). Prayer Confession: I walk in the power of His resurrection. I am unstoppable —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Matthew 14-16 (In Today’s Audio) Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202472.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Let Us Have Grace 2
Ephesians 2:8-10 (KJV) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. George grew up in a Christian home. He didn’t remember exactly when he accepted the Lord Jesus because he had known the Lord from when he was a child. Because he had lived a morally upright and disciplined life all his life, he started taking the grace of God for granted and giving his upbringing all the credit. Because of this, he became a very religious person with no spiritual power. He was afraid of witches and demons and was even now being tormented by them in his dreams. But after remembering and acknowledging the grace of God as the reason he was a believer and an upright person, it was as if a door was opened for him to know the Lord and grow in grace and spiritual power. One of the signs that a person has laid hold on the grace of God is that he would not be able to boast about his good works, he would rather give all the glory to God because he acknowledges that they are a product of God’s ordination long ago. Such a person would not be judgmental and would be quick to forgive because he realizes that if it were not for grace, he would have been as bad as anybody. That’s why those who cannot forgive cannot continue to grow in grace (see Matt 6:15). Go into today remembering that it is expedient that we walk in grace and not in our own works because the only way we can serve God acceptably is through the empowerment of grace (Heb 12:28). Those who acknowledge the grace of God as their source of strength would continue to advance in it. Prayer: Father, thank you for your grace that saves me and empowers me to do your good works. Please help me grow in this grace and in the knowledge of you (2 Pet 3:18). Amen. Want to be saved? Click here: www.streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Bible In One Year: Isaiah 29-33 (In Devotional Audio)Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201925.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Let Us Have Grace
Hebrews 12:28 (KJV) Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear After Terso believed in the Lord Jesus, he met some brethren on campus who had much grace to pray and fast. Because he was close to them, he also received this grace to pray and wait on the Lord. Because of this, there was great power in their midst, such that through them great miracles were performed. But as Terso left the country to another country for studies, he found that the grace he enjoyed while on campus seemed to be waning. He could no longer pray the way he used to, and his spiritual adventure appeared to now be an uphill battle. He had routines and disciplines he trusted to keep him in grace, but that was where his problem came from, he trusted in systems rather than in Christ for grace. You are saved by grace through faith, not of yourself and not of works lest you should boast, but it is the gift of God (see Ephesians 2:8-9). Whenever you see a man under grace working hard, it is because grace is empowering him, and he would not be able to take credit for it but would attribute it to the grace of God (see 1 Cor 15:10). When you see a man begin to take credit for the work of grace, he is beginning to fall from grace and walk in disgrace. This was exactly what happened with the people of Israel. By the time the gospel was revealed, they had forgotten that their election as God’s people was simply because of God’s grace and not the works that followed. They could not receive grace because they were already full of trust in their own works and routines. Go into today remembering that grace produces good works but trusting in good works do not produce grace, only trusting in Christ alone imparts grace(see John 1:16). Grace is received and multiplied by trusting in Christ and abiding (knowing and growing in) in Him (see John 15:4, 2 Pet 1:2,). Want to be saved? Click here: streamglobe.org/33 —Abraham Damilola Arigi Streamglobe is nondenominational. Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. Bible In One Year: Job 11-12 Judges 1-6 (In Devotional Audio)Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201924.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Resurrection Doctrine
1 Corinthians 15:12-13 (KJV)Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen It surprises me that there are some people who say that they believe that there will be a resurrection of the dead, but they don’t believe that Christ was raised from the dead nor was He the Son of God. I find it hard to believe that such people truly believe in the resurrection. The reason believers in Christ Jesus believe in the resurrection is that we also believe that our Lord and Savior resurrected bodily, and because he resurrected, we as members of His body are assured that we too will resurrect. The same scriptures that foretold His death, burial, and resurrection also say we too would resurrect (see Isaiah 53:3-6, Psalm 16:10, Psalm 22:7-8, 18, 16, 31, Job 19:25-26, etc). Since Christ truly died and resurrected (according to what the scriptures foretold), we too would resurrect like Christ (according to what the scriptures foretell). For a person who does not believe that the Lord resurrected, there is no basis for him believing that he would resurrect. Go into today remembering that without the teaching and understanding about the resurrection, your gospel is not complete (see 1 Corinthians 15:1-22). It is because of an understanding of this truth that believers can live holy contented lives in this present world. It is because of the understanding of the glory that the resurrection would reveal in us that believers do not serve mammon like the rest of the world. The devil has been trying since the beginning of the church to obscure this truth from the believers because he knows the power this truth activates. Prayer: Pray for yourself and for the Christians in your nation, that the truth of the full gospel will bring divine transformation. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Judges 1-6 (In Devotional Audio)Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202469.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
The Resurrection 2
Philippians 3:20-21 (NET) But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself. Before Adam and Eve sinned and fell short of the glory of God, they were glorified and could do many things today’s fallen man cannot do. Adam was the one who singlehandedly named all other living creatures on the earth; he gave them their working manual (See Genesis 2:19). Collectively, fallen man is still discovering aquatic species even today, things Adam already singlehandedly named. Jesus, the last Adam, came to redeem man and bring us back into glory. He already has the glorified body since his resurrection over 2000 years ago. That’s why he could ascend bodily into heaven (flesh and blood cannot do this). When He returns, we too will be changed into the likeness of His glorious body. This is when we would be able to walk in our fullness as sons of God (See 1 John 3:2, Romans 8:23). This is when creation will also be redeemed from the bondage of corruption. The fallen man is no match for the glorified man. That’s why when the Lord returns to the earth (and we His glorified saints with him) to take over the government of the earth, the people of the earth still in this beggarly state would try to resist, but it wouldn’t be much of a contest. They would have no choice but to submit to Christ as their king, and we as their rulers(see 1 Corinthians 6:2, Daniel 7:22, Jude 1:14-15, Revelation 20:4). Go into today remembering that because you are in Christ, you will inherit eternal glory during the resurrection. The best this present world has to offer is no match for the least we will get in the coming kingdom. Prayer: Lord, help me live in the consciousness of your great eternal plans for me. Deliver me from worldliness and help me set my affection on things above. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Judges 1-6 (In Devotional Audio) Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 🔊Get Audio Version Here☞ https://bit.ly/aud2468
Principle of Kingdom Greatness
Matthew 18:4 (NET)Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. As Amaka started reading the Bible for herself and growing in the knowledge of the Lord, she discovered that she was being transformed by the renewing of her mind through the word (Rom 12:2, Col 3:10). This manifested in her becoming more humble and gentle, and more fruitful in serving the Lord. She realized that she was becoming greater and greater in the kingdom as she was being transformed more and more into the nature of Christ. This greatness manifested also in the way demons now feared her and angels esteemed her. She was now closer to the Lord and could more easily get heaven to intervene in situations (see John 15:7, John 14:23). In Matthew 5:19, we see that those who influence people for righteousness the most are the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. They do this by making disciples; teaching them to observe all the commandments of the Lord (see Matt 28:19-20). Please note that these commandments are not the Lord’s commandments as presented by Moses, but His commandments as presented by He Himself (when He came as flesh), and by His apostles later on. In Matthew 18:4, we see that the greatest people in the kingdom of God are those with childlike humility. You cannot serve God fruitfully without this kind of humility because you would need grace (divine empowerment) to serve fruitfully, and those who enjoy grace are those who are humble (see 1 Pet 5:5, James 4:6). Go into today remembering that greatness in the kingdom of God is infinitely better than greatness in this world. God wants us all to be great in His kingdom, but this is attained through a humble heart that is willing to learn and serve. Prayer: Father, please help me to be great in your kingdom and do exploits. —Abraham Damilola Arigi Bible In One Year: Genesis 20-23 (In Devotional Audio) Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%201907.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS
Do You Want God To Lead You?
Isaiah 8:13 (KJV) “Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.” Vandenberg: No, I don’t give bribes, I am a child of God. Pastor Pedro: I am a Pastor and you know that. I’m only trying to help you. You need this promotion brother. Remember, this opportunity comes only once. Even God will be angry with you if you throw this opportunity away in the name of ‘I don’t give bribe’. Don’t be foolish bro. Vandenberg however insisted on not giving a bribe to get ahead. That cost him the opportunity of becoming a regional manager. He however had this testimony: he couldn’t be corrupted. Vandenberg became the standard for judging integrity in that organization. After two years, he became the overall manager of the same company. The same integrity that cost him an initial opportunity got him the bigger one because the board of directors had insisted on getting a trustworthy person for the job. The fear of the Lord qualified him. Psalm 25:12 says: “What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall He teach in the way that he shall choose”. This verse reveals that fearing the Lord qualifies one for being led and taught by Him. You are not led because you profess Christianity, neither are you led because of the name you bear or the position you occupy. It is not even by asking God to lead you that guarantees you being led. You can be sure to be led by the Lord if you choose to fear him. Being born again makes you a potential candidate for God’s leading. This potential will only come to fruition when you fear the Lord: when you choose to obey God above leisure, gains, and “opportunities”. Go into today remembering that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 111:10). Prayer: Lord Jesus, I ask that you help me to fear and obey You, so that I can be led by You. Amen! —Dr. Emmanuel James Bible In One Year: Romans 11-12 (In Devotional Audio) Kindly share this Devotional with your contacts and let’s touch lives together. If you wish to start getting Streamglobe Devotional Text & Audio early every day, Send us a message or Click here to join a Streamglobe WhatsApp Group☞ https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdPNz4wRtMdHc6vii1ERn2 Send message to (WhatsApp): +1 (515) 519-5600, +2348138224547 Download Audio Here ☞ https://bit.ly/aud2773 http://listen.streamglobe.org/Devotional%20Audio%202773.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS