5 Steps to the Expected End

Hear me! I came to announce to you that all that God expects of you is for you to turn away from dead works, from darkness, and from the power of satan; to the light and to Him; so that He will forgive and give you an inheritance among those who believe and are sanctified by faith. I have no doubt that God wants to bless and bring us to an expected end.

[Acts 26:18 KJV] “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”

God wants us to build good houses and dwell in them, plant gardens and eat the fruits, marry wives and give birth to children, and seek the peace of cities we dwell in. (See Jeremiah 29:1-14)

There are two facts that we must remember:

Firstly, the prophet said “marry wives and give birth to children.” That is to say that it is the men who seek and marry wives, the sisters must prepare and wait patiently.

The second thing to note is this: building a house and dwelling in it, marrying a wife and giving birth, planting gardens and eating its fruits, and seeking the peace of the city you live in are NOT the expected end. The expected end is something far higher than these. Remember that houses, family, supply, and peace are not the end that God promised. Some of us seek these things as if it is the end that God promised.

Honestly, the expected end God promised is the inheritance among them that are sanctified. (See John 14:1). We must become like Abraham, who sought a city whose builder and designer is God. It is true that God will bless us with good houses, good wives, good gardens, and good cities, but our focus and aspirations must be to walk and dwell in the city designed and built by God.

So, five simple hints that will help you to walk into that expected end are;

1. Love the truth; recieve the word with gladness
2. Don’t forsake the assembling of yourselves together
3. Endeavour to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace
4. Strive to reach out and do good by the anointing of the Spirit and power
5. Commit your valuable lessons to faithful men who will teach others.

Love the truth; recieve the word with gladness

Those who reject the truth get decieved; they get decieved by decieveable and lying signs. Your only safety is guaranteed by loving the truth and recieving the word with gladness.

Stolen waters is sweet but only the truth can save and liberate. The bread of deceit is sweet but in the end your mouth shall be filled with gravels. Let us learn to receive the truth, no matter how bitter it may taste.

Don’t forsake the assembling of yourselves together.

Hebrews 10:25 teaches us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together.

The assembly of the saints is the presence of God; where two or three are gathered in His name, He is there.

The assembly of the saints is the house of prayer; His house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations.

The assembly of the saints is the grounds and pillar of truth.

The assembly of the saints is the church of the living God, mount Zion where there is deliverance and holiness and possessing of possessions.

Endeavour to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace

We can see in Ephesians 4:1-16 that we ought to strive to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. We should give up anti social behaviours and strive to keep the unity of the Spirit. We should strive to walk in the bond of peace. The Lord’s prayer for us is that we will be one, as He is one with the Father. That is how the world will know that we are His disciples.

Strive to reach out and do good by the anointing of the spirit and power

One man of God said “the best sermons are both heard and seen.” We must not only preach and teach others, we must also show what we teach and believe. Our Lord Jesus did not only teach, but also showed the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. If we don’t demonstrate the gospel, people cannot believe what we preach.

Let us learn from the Lord and reach out to do good by the anointing of the Spirit and power. (See Acts 10:38)

There are many people who are broken and maimed and halt; let us strive to reach out and do good.

Commit your your valuable lessons to faithful men who will teach others.

The Bible teaches us not to cast our pearls before swine. Some people only deserve crumps and left overs. Learn the wisdom of committing your valuable things only to faithful men who will teach others (See 2 Timothy 2:2).

If you really want to make it to the expected end, then recieve the truth with gladness always, honour the assembling of ourselves, endeavour to keep the unity of the spirit by the bond of peace, reach out to do good by the anointing, and above all commit your most valuable lessons to faithful men who will teach others.

I love you, stay blessed!

Pastor Noah Simpe Bediako