OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS DATE: SATURDAY 21ST OF OCTOBER, 2023 THEME: FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE

MEMORISE: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Genesis 1:26

BIBLE TEXT: Genesis 1:24-31

[24]And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

[25]And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

[26]And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

[27]So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

[28]And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

[29]And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

[30]And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

[31]And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

MESSAGE: 

It is unfortunate that the 21st century Church is guilty of exercising unlimited freedom, acting as though Jesus Christ has saved us into lawlessness and unguided freedom. When God created the world, His assessment was, *"And God saw everything that he had made, and. behold, it was very good"* (Genesis 1:31). My dear child, you must be careful not to be pressured into becoming what God didn't make you. Adding a few colours to your face, eyelashes, wearing dripping lipsticks, using artificial bums and breasts, et cetera, are parts of satan's schemes to lure men and women into sexual perversion that will take them to hell. Don't be an agent, and don't fall for his schemes.

The term transgender is becoming acceptable: boys want to look like girls, and girls want to become boys. Many people are gradually falling short of God's perfection by recreating themselves through artificial aesthetics that have brought about sexual perversions. How do you explain a 70-year-old woman being recreated by a few brushes to look like a 25-year-old? I pray that the Lord will help you in Jesus' name.

KEY POINT:

Even as the Church has become tolerant of some things, the standard of God remains unchanged. God created you beautifully, period!

HYMN 19: JESUS LOVES ME! THIS I KNOW

1. Jesus loves me! this I know,

For the Bible tells me so;

Little ones to Him belong;

They are weak, but He is strong.

CHORUS

Yes, Jesus loves me,

Yes, Jesus loves me,

Yes, Jesus loves me,

The Bible tells me so.

2. Jesus loves me He who died,

Heaven's gate to open wide,

He will wash away my sin,

Let His little child come in.

3. Jesus loves me, loves me still,

Tho' I'm very weak and ill

From His shining throne on high

He will watch me where I lie.

4. Jesus loves me He will stay

Close beside me all the way,

If I love Him when I die

He will take me home on high.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 

Luke 1-2 

AUTHORS: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE 

PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE