UNASHAMED OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL

By: Clement Asante
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  • Sermons from CLEMENT ASANTE
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  • IT IS DANGEROUS TO SLEEP.

    IT IS DANGEROUS TO SLEEP.
    Nov 6 2024
    IT IS DANGEROUS TO SLEEP

    "5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober" (1 Thessalonians 5:5 - 6).My beloved Brother or Sister in Christ, I put before you now a very simple question. Kindly read through this devotion and you will soon see why I ask it. "Are you asleep with respect to the salvation of your soul?" In this time of the end, there are countless number of people who carry the name of Christ but do not have the character which should go with the name. God is not the King of their hearts. "Their attention is on the things of the world". Such people are often quick and clever about the affairs of this world. They are, many of them, good men of business, good at their daily work, good masters, good servants, good neighbors, good citizens of their various countries — these things are not bad in themselves. But it is the most important part of their lives of which I want to draw attention; I want to talk about the salvation of their souls. In as much as these people put in a lot of effort in the secular affairs of life, when it comes to spiritual issues relating to their salvation they are found to be careless, reckless, and unconcerned. They are actually spiritually asleep.

    I am not saying that God and salvation are subjects which never come across their minds — but what I am saying is that spiritual things have not the uppermost place their minds. Neither am I saying that they are all alike in their lives; some of them doubtless go further into sin than others; but this I say — they have all turned everyone to his own way, and that way is not the narrow way of God. I know of no rule by which to judge of the condition of a man's soul except THE BIBLE. Now, when I look at the Bible I can come to only one conclusion about these people — they are asleep with regard to the salvation of their souls.

    My dear Brother or Sister in the Lord, many people who claim to be Christians in these evil last days do not see the sinfulness of sin, and their own lost condition by nature. They appear to make light of breaking God's commandments, and to care little whether they live according to His LAW or not. Yet, God says that sin is the transgression of the law; that sin is the one thing He cannot bear; that the wages of sin is death; and that the soul that sins shall die. Surely, Christians who do not regard these plain words of Scripture are asleep. My beloved Reader, is this the state of your soul? Always remember my question. ARE YOU ASLEEP?

    Lastly, I want to point out that there are Christians in these evil last days who do not see their need of a Saviour. They appear to think that despite their sinful lifestyles, God will be merciful to them at last. Yet God's Word says that He is just and holy, and never changes. The wicked will reap the works of their wicked deeds at the end of time. Dear Brother or Sister, it is important to know that CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY, and none can come unto the Father but by Him — that without His blood there can be no forgiveness of sin — that a man without Christ is a man without hope — that those who would be saved must believe on Jesus and come to Him, and that he or she who believes not shall he damned. Surely, many who profess to know God are asleep because they have not consecrated their lives to the Redeemer. My dear Brother or Sister in Christ, what is the state of your soul? Always remember that when it comes to the salvation of your soul, you must NOT sleep!

    Paul Fonsi
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    15 mins
  • THE TIME IS SHORT.

    THE TIME IS SHORT.
    Oct 30 2024
    Follow Clement Asante on podcast show. The Time is Short Beloved Brothers and Sisters, we have only a very short time to spend in this world. Our whole lifetime is very short. From our cradles to our graves, the life of each and everyone of us is only a very short journey. If we should reflect on our past lives, it will be as if it is a story that is soon told. Everything at this end of the world is changing. It will not be long and it will all be over. Our loveliest faces grow old. Similarly, our most fashionable dresses rot and decay. Yet most of us who claim to be Christians are spending our years in sin. We are giving our best days to sin and the world. In all that we are doing, we should know that our remaining years in this world have been numbered. The number of times that we are left with to attend Church have been numbered. The number of sermons we are left with to hear have been numbered. Probably, this message is the last message that some of us might read in this world. To many of us, this year may be the last year that we shall see in this world. It may be that the disease that is to cause our untimely death is already eating our bodies up. In a little while, we will be lying quietly in our graves awaiting the resurrection. Indeed, "The time is short." I wish to arouse all of us to the fact that the end of all things is rapidly approaching. This world is quickly passing away. As Christians, we should have the things of this world below our feet but eternal things before our eyes. A little while, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, and the day of Grace will be over. A little while and preaching and praying will be over. A little while and we shall stand before the Great White Throne Judgement of God. Soon we shall stop wrestling with an unbelieving world. A little while and the wicked shall not be - we shall see them going away into everlasting punishment. A little while, and eternity shall begin. We should learn from the shortness of time and not give our hearts to the dearest things of this world. Parents, love your children, and train them in the fear of God; but know that "the time is short." They are only a loan from the Lord. Do not be surprised if He takes them back. Members of the various true Bible-believing churches, you are required to esteem your pastors highly in love, for the sake of their work, yet be as if you have none. Lean entirely on Christ as if you have never seen or heard a pastor. Live nearer to Christ than to your pastors, so that when they are taken from you, you may still have Him to lean on. In these evil last days, it is right for us as Christians to be diligent in businesses. Yet we should not be so much absorbed with the businesses of this world at the expense of our salvation. How can we be so busy filling up all our time with worldly things, but fail to realize that we will not take any of them with us into eternity? How can we be so busy caring for our bodies whiles our souls are not provided for? We should live in this world as if we have nothing. All that we have in this world belongs to God and the day is coming when we will render a full account to Him for how we have used what He has entrusted into our care. Let us, therefore, not set our hearts on the things of this world below. We should be ready to abandon all things worldly when God bids us to do so. If we were in a sinking ship, we would not cling so tightly to bags of money - we would let them go and be ready to swim. This world is like a sinking ship and those of us who are holding tightly to its possessions will sink with it. Oh! It will be the most unreasonable thing for us to give our hearts to the things of this world because, "the time is short. Those of us who are still unrepentant should learn from the mistakes and foolishness of our past lives. Although life is very short, it is still a time for us to be saved. This is the reason for which God granted us life to see this day. God's longsuffering is intended for our salvation. God gives us time to hear the Gospel, to pray and to get saved. But those who are still unrepentant and dabbling in various sins are wasting the God-given opportunities to be saved. Let us seriously think about how much time we have lost in idleness. Let us think about how many golden opportunities for prayer, and hearing the Word of God, and meditation, we have lost! Let us carefully consider the amount of time we spend uselessly in idle talk. Let us think about how much time we usually spend in our worldly businesses, without even one thought of eternity. Let us think about how much time we normally spend in worldly pleasures and in sins of which it is a shame to even mention. If we knew how short our time is, and how death and hell are pursuing us, we would have fled without a moment's hesitation to Christ for refuge! God has given each and everyone of us time to flee to Christ for salvation, but we are spending it by fleeing towards Hellfire. God has given each...
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  • AVOID GIVING EXCUSES.

    AVOID GIVING EXCUSES.
    Oct 30 2024
    Follow Clement Asante on podcast show. Avoid Giving Excuses Beloved Brothers and Sisters, I'm about to direct your attention to spiritual things. I cannot imagine that to be a Christian is to be an idler or a lazy person. Though salvation is not by works, as soon as God puts divine life into us, we begin to fight the battle for eternal life; we begin to struggle to enter in through the narrow gate, and we begin to run perseveringly the race that is set before us, enduring hardships as good soldiers of Jesus Christ. During the final hours of this world's history, it is just the endurance of hardships for Christ's sake that many of us do not like. We prefer an easy form of Christianity which comes in flowery grassy fields, flowing streams, and sunny glades - all these things we like; but we do not like the climbing of mountains or the swimming of rivers or going through fires or fighting, struggling, and wrestling. Some of us live the life of a Christian for a while till we encounter difficulties and then we become offended. When everything is running smoothly at the beginning of the Christian life, we do sing praises to the Lord; but when difficulties begin to surface because of our faith, many straightaway become offended and abandon their Christian walk. We are told in Proverbs 20:4 that "the sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest and have nothing." I am going to talk about this sluggard in this article. Dear cherished Readers, we must all know that ploughing is hard work and the sluggard does not like it. But the lazy man knows that he will be laughed at if he says ploughing is hard work, so he does not say that. "I must get a better excuse," he thinks, so he says, "It is so cold! I would not have minded going out to plough but I am frozen almost to death; I shall have catarrh; I have no clothes that will keep me warm; it is so cold to my fingers. Lazy fellow! Why don't you say that ploughing is hard work? That is simply what you want to say. But no, he must have a more clever excuse that will not give the opportunity for people to laugh at him. Supposing it were not cold, do you know what he would say? "Oh, it is so hot! I cannot plough, the sweat runs down my cheeks. You wouldn't like me to plough in this hot weather, would you?" Supposing it were neither hot nor cold, then he would say; I believe that it rained; and if it didn't rain, he would say the ground was too dry. For a bad excuse, in his opinion, is better than none; and therefore he will keep on making excuses to the end; he will do anything than to go and do the work that he does not like - that is, ploughing. Readers, probably, some of you have smiled at the behaviour of the sluggard that I have described above. However, in these end times, there are some of us who are behaving just like this sluggard. Such people would like to go to heaven, however, without having any struggle. Such people will want to enjoy the harvest, but they do not like the work of ploughing. There appears to be none of us who have the common honesty and courage to say that; "I do not like the hardships in Christianity." But instead, what do you suppose many of us usually say? "Well, I am as anxious to be a Christian as anybody, but you know, these are such hard times." Hard times? Is any of us complaining that these end times are hard? The times have always been hard since creation. "But in these times," says some of us, "there is no warmth in Christians; they are all so cold-hearted. Why, we attend church and nobody speaks to us. Christianity is not as it used to be in the past. Christianity has depreciated. There are lots of hypocrites, and very few kind Christians and we do not think that we should trouble ourselves about Christianity at all." Ah! That is a pretty excuse, because we know that what we are saying is not true. In the first place, we know that there is life in Christ's Church even in these evil end times, and that there are still (if only we will look around carefully) a few good loving, warm-hearted Christian men and women to be found. All of us know that there are still some few faithful preachers left. People who are faithful have not disappeared from among men, and although hypocrites are plentiful, still there are many sincere souls. But what if there were not? What business is that of ours? Are we satisfied to be lost because Christianity is not what it ought to be? Let us look at the matter in this direction and ensure that we refrain from making excuses to live a pure life for Christ. Let us work hard to perfect our characters in the fear of the Lord and do our best part to win as many people into the kingdom of God. For it wouldn't be long, our Saviour would pronounce unto us the blessed words:"Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord" (Matthew 25:21).Paul Fonsi
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