Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

As we engage in the spiritual battle we must ensure that we are fully clothed and that there is someone or several people covering our backs. Those who have gone before us were also involved in spiritual warfare, however because their relationship was predicated on them obeying a set of guidelines rigorously, they failed. For any relationship to grow and prosper, it must be built on trust and trust must be mutual. God trusted the Israelites to be his representatives and to carry his glory with them from the wilderness to the Promised Land. This was a daunting task and instead of relying on God, they reverted to worshipping the idols they were exposed to in Egypt over the 430 years they spent under the rule of Pharaoh. The problem with slavery is that it leaves an indelible mark on the mind. This mark is hard to remove even with skilled psychotherapy as demonstrated by the Israelite community and even more so in the Caribbean community dispersed from Africa. However, there is a solution and that solution is in the blood of the risen saviour Jesus Christ. To atone for the sin of people, the Lord God required blood, since the life of an individual is in the blood (Lev. 17:11,14). And since the blood of bulls and turtle doves was inadequate to remove the indelible stain of sin, it required a more noble blood, that of the sinless son of the most high God, Jesus. The Israelites were all baptised into Moses, they all passed through the red sea and saw that marvellous works of God in bringing them out of bondage. For 40 years God tried to get them to dream and the visualise living in houses they did not build and eating fruit from trees they did not plant. However, this task was difficult and as they rebelled many were destroyed, even 23,000 in one day alone (1Cor. 10:8). For us to prosper we must jettison the slavery mentality and allow the blood of Jesus to permeate every nook and cranny of our minds. That is, we must allow the word of God to wash away every thought and idea that is not in line with the word. Our trust in God must be total, even when we cannot see the end of the matter. Unlike the Israelites of old, we must trust that he knows the way out of every wilderness. So today, Do Not revert to amulets, idols or charms, apply the blood of Jesus and allow it to remove the pain of the past.  Read 1Corinthians 10.