WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY, 2018 MORNING PRAYER DEVOTION
SCRIPTURE READING:- MATTHEW 14:1-12
TOPIC:- ALL HIRE KILLER MUST DIE
TEXT:- JOHN 10:10
Hire killer is a form of murder in which one party hires another party to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two or more parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for some form of payment, monetary or otherwise.
Either party may be a person, group, or an organization. It has been associated with organized crime, government conspiracies and with vendettas.
It provides the hiring party of not having to commit the actual killing, making it more difficult for law enforcement to connect said party with the murder.
The likelihood the authorities will establish that party’s guilt for the committed crime, especially due to lack of forensic evidence linked to the contracting party, makes the case more difficult to attribute to the hiring party.
In John 10:6, it is a figure of speech, Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were. Jesus is not talking about literal sheep or shepherds, nor is He talking about literal thieves stealing things. He is speaking about the Kingdom of God and how Jesus protects believers from all things, including from those who make false claims and attempt to deceive Christ’s followers.
Jesus also says that He is the door, the one way by which we may enter into eternal life. Before Jesus came, there were others who came claiming to be the Messiah, but these false messiahs were merely “thieves” trying to steal Christ’s glory. They are the hire killer, because they were not truly the Messiah, God’s children (i.e., the sheep) did not hear them.
We have physical hire killer and spiritual hire killer. Physical hire killer kills their target physically with the means best for them e.g. gun, cutlass, acid strangulated to death, etc. to send their victim to life beyond. But spiritual hire killers are things that make Christian to come down spiritually e.g. sin, worldliness etc. Stop spiritual hire killers in your life now before it is too late.
Prayer Points:-
1. I command all hire killer after my life, take your life and the life of your sender now, in the name of Jesus Christ.
2. O Lord God, deliver me completely from all hire killer, in the name of Jesus Christ.
3. O Lord God, resurrect back to me all that spiritual hire killers have killed in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Have A Beautiful Mid-Week!
