Choice

It is my prayer that the Holy Spirit will illuminate the word of God in

the heart of his people today in Jesus' name.

This morning I will be sharing with us on a message title:

Choice

What is Choice?

Choice, according to a word dictionary, is an act of selecting or making a decision when faced

with two or more possibilities.

As we live our lives daily, we are faced with challenges which require us making a choice. Some

of us are in church today because we made a choice to be in church. We could have been

somewhere else. Our lives is a sum total of choices made at different time or the other.

“And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you

will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the

River or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house,

we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15(NKJV)

And a mixed multitude went up with them.” Exodus 12:38 (KJV)

“And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel

also wept again, and said, who shall give us flesh to eat? – Number 11:4 (KJV)

Joshua took time to remind the Israelites all the goodness of God in their lives. How God

delivered them from their enemies and gave them rest, cities they did not built, vineyard they did

not plant among other good things. He challenged them to make a choice of who they were going

to serve; however, despite the statement of commitment to serve the Lord, they did not follow

through with their commitment.

Mixed multitude …

When the Israelites left Egypt, the Bible recorded that a mixed multitude followed them. These

mixed multitudes later became a snare unto the children of Israel; they influenced the Israelites

to disobey God. The mixed multitude did not know the Lord; they were only motivated when

they saw miracles that God did in Egypt. Joshua was aware of the mixed multitude who are now

part of the nation of Israel, he called them to surrender their lives unto the God of heaven, to

serve him and not the foreign gods in their midst.

Today, we found out that, there are mixed multitudes who are drawn to the church because of the

miracles, signs, and wonders. In reality, they are not born again; they may have a form of

godliness but always deny the power thereof. They dress like a Christian, even sometimes speak

like Christians but have not had an encounter with Christ. I come to inform you like Joshua, you

have got to be saved to be safe. Repent; surrender your life to Christ. Repent ye therefore and be

thou converted that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from

the presence of the Lord - Acts 3:19. (NKJV)

Adam’s Choice

In Genesis chapter 3 we saw that God gave an express command vs4 “but the fruit of the tree

which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it,

lest ye die. God gave them this instruction to test their loyalty and obedience to him. But they

chose to follow self to break God’s command. The consequence of their action was that “their

eyes were opened and they knew they were naked, they sewed fig leaves together and made

themselves aprons” they were naked before this incident yet were not ashamed because God’s

glory was their covering, when they broke God’s instruction, they were exposed, struggling to

cover their nakedness.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and

death, blessing and cursing: therefore, choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live -

Deut 30:19 (NKJV)

God has given us the freedom to choose life over death, I encourage you, brethren, to choose to

serve the living God in 2021 and be devoted to him. Enough of playing churches, if you want to

serve God, serve him.

Evaluation of people who made wrong choices

Lot’s wife: Jesus was warning his disciples never to look back when he said, remember Lot’s

wife. Who was Lot’s wife? The Bible did not reveal her name, but we can deduce she met her

husband in Sodom, probably born in Sodom. God has given them a rare opportunity to escape

the destruction of Sodom and Gomorra at the time. Angels warned Lot and his family to escape

to the mountain and never to look back. But Lot’s wife doubted, she looked back, and she became

a pillar of salt. She did not make it. She made a wrong choice. Charles Templeton cited