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The Profitable Allegiance That Grants Freedom



After  teaching  for  several  hours  and  in  order  to  elucidate  his  point  clearly  from  the  opinions  of  the  students,  the  professor  asked,  "What  is  the  greatest  gift  ever  in  life?  And  I  need  reasons  for  your  answers.  Many  of  the  students  were  enticed  by  this  questions,  and  they  decided  to  give  their  diverse  answers  to  the  question.  Some  said  the  greatest  gift  ever  on  earth  is  love;  some  said  happiness;  some  said  wealth;  some  said  honour;  some  said  greatness;  some  considered  also  long  life  and  good  health;  some  said  equality; some  said  education  and  knowledge; and  there  were  diverse  answers  to  the  question  with  diverse  reasons  to  back  the  answers  up.
 
  "Is  there  no  other  answer  to  this  question?"  The  professor  asked.
 
  "I  have  something  to  say  sir,  but  it  will  take  quite  our  time. Hence,  I  need  your  permission  to  use  this  time  or  I  remain  mute," Thomas  said.

  "Granted,"  the  professor  said.

  "Thank  you  sir."  Thomas  cleared  his  throat  and  he began, "Sir,  the  greatest  gift  ever  is  freedom."

 "Reasons  son."

"I  congratulate  those  that  possess  this  gift.  For  to  have  a  fulfilled  life,  all  we  need  is  freedom.  Freedom  from  self  and  the  darkness  of  the heart.  I  want  you  all  to  ask  yourselves  this  question,  "am  I  free?" Though,  literally,  we  are  free   to  enjoy  our  rights  as  citizens  of  the  state,  but  that's  not  the  freedom  I  am  talking  about.  The  freedom  I  am  talking  about  is  the  freedom  of  the  heart  from  darkness.  You  might  see  yourself  as  a  good  guy,  and  people  might  recognise  this  fact,  but  deep  down  in  your  heart  you  are  not  free: freedom  from  darkness  and  condemnation. Of  course,  nothing  might  seem  wrong  with  your  life, but  if  you  are  to  scrutinise  your  life  from  the  angle  I  am  coming  from,  you  might   discover  that  you  are  swimming  in  the  ocean  of  darkness.
The  contents  of  your  heart  is  who  you  are.  What  your  heart  feeds  on  is  what  motivates  the  body  to  act. Let  your  heart  feed  on  the  light  and  you  will  have  freedom,  but  when  your  heart  feeds  on  darkness,  you  will  gradually  become  a  slave. You  know  what  comes  up  in  your  heart  on  daily  basis,  is  that  which  comes  up  the  fruit  of  light  or  the fruits  of  darkness?  When  there  is  constant  exposure  of  the  heart  to darkness,  the  heart  will  continue  to  continue  to  grow  in  darkness  until  it  is  lost.  When  this  happens,  the  victim  jettisons  any  grain  of  truth. When  the  heart  is  in  darkness,  the  victim  is  enslaved  to  so  many  things. The  darkness  of  the  heart  will  eventually  manifest  in actions  and  in  words. That  is  why  we  need  freedom  from  the  darkness of  the  heart  to  live  a  fulfilled  heart.


What  Makes  The Heart  Of Men  Dark  And What  Are The Causes

 We  all  want  the  good  out  of  our  lives.  Our  day  by  day  thoughts,  actions,  and  behaviour  is  not  beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  happiness  and  satisfaction.  It's  time  we  tell  ourselves  the  truth...  we  all  want  happiness,  satisfaction,  and  self  fulfilment. Happiness,  satisfaction,  and  self  fulfilment  in  their  essences  are  not  in  any  way  bad  or  wrong.  But  the  problem  is  the  various  subjective  views  of  what  happiness  is.  Many  have  misconstrued  the  term  happiness,  and  they  have  enslaved  themselves  to  darkness  in   the  name  of  trying  to  achieve  happiness.  In  some  cases,  some subjective  views  about  happiness,  are  not  wrong,  but   the  means  to  achieving  them  darkens  their  heart.
 The  hearts  of  men  are  led  to  darkness  in  the  course  of  trying  to  achieve  a  desire,  ambition,  pleasure,  dream, in  a  wrong  way.  Or  in  the  process  of  trying  to  champion  a  belief  or  a  way  of  life.  What  makes  a  heart  dark?  A  heart  is  dark  when  it  embarks  on  a  wild  pursuit  of  selfish satisfaction,  money,  power,  position,  fame,  destructive  bodily  pleasures,  obedience  to  anti-social  or evil  beliefs,  and  other  worldly  pleasures.  A  heart  is  dark  is  when  it  sees  all  these  things  as  the  essence  of  life  or  the  ultimate  source  of  happiness.  What  actually  makes  the  heart  dark  is  the  means  of  trying  to  achieve  this.  When  one  sees  this  as  the  ultimate  source  of  happiness  or  the  essence  of  life,  the  person  would  do  anything to  get  there...  trying  to  achieve  happiness.  But  what  do  they  get?  A  restless  and  unfulfilled  life,  A  life  where  what  they  seek  is  like  an  endless  tunnel. And  they  will  become  a  slave  to  their  ambitions,  and  they  will  sought  for  various  wrong  means  to  quell  their  dissatisfaction  What is  that  you seek  to  achieve  in life,  and  what  are  the  means  you  are  trying  to  use  to  achieve  them?  What  is  that  terrible  situation  and  how  do  you  intend  to  solve  it?  will  it  be  in  a  way that  will  darken  your  heart?

When  you  are  living  in  sin, your  heart  is  darkened.  It  will  be  dark  to  the  extent  you  will  find  joy  in  something  that  is  destructive  to  your  life  and  soul,  and  to the  lives  and  souls  of  people  out  there. A  darkened  heart  is  the  heart  that  says  that  there  is  no  need  for  God.


Consequences  of  a  Darkened  Heart

The  consequence  is  simple. When  you  have  a  darkened  heart,  you  will  neither  enjoy  earth  nor  heaven  and  it's  promises.

 Cure  for  a  Darkened  Heart

The  cure  for  a  darkened  heart  is  to  pledge  allegiance  to Jesus  Christ.  To  pledge  allegiance  to  him  is  to  surrender  your  spirit,  soul,  and  body  to  him  forever. You  will  indicate  your  willingness  to  go  with  him  by  making  a  firm  decision  to  part  with  your  old  ways  of  sin,  self  will  and  carefree  living,  in  exchange  for  the  brand  new  life  of  righteousness  and  purposeful  life. He  wants  to  give  you  victory  and  joy.   You  will  also  need  to  part  with  everyone  and  everything  that  is  capable  to  of  ruining  your  relationship  with  him.
Will  you  go  with  this  lord?  Please,  do.  It  is  an  opportunity  you  cannot  afford  to  miss. Rejecting  it  exposes  you to  more  disappointments,  setbacks,  frustrations,  miseries,  and  attacks  from the  arch  enemy,  Satan,  on  earth;  and  it  will  eventually  lead  you  to  spending  eternity  in  his  kingdom  of  darkness,  sadness  and  everlasting  torments. In  order  to  expose  our  hearts  to  light  and  destroy  darkness,  we  need  to  establish  a  strong  and  solid  relationship  with  Jesus  Christ. You  need  to  admit  that  you  have  walked  in  darkness,  repent  of  your  sins,  believe  that  the  lord  died  to  save  you,  and  that  he  can  give  you  eternal  life;  and  then  invite  him into  your  life  to  let  his  light  pervade  your  heart.

When  you  establish  this  relationship  with  Jesus,  he  will  give  you  ABUNDANT  LIFE -  a  life  of  perpetual  peace,  triumph  contentment, and  fulfilment. Men  fail  when you  need  them  most,  but  Jesus's  love  is everlasting  and  constant. When  you  will  do  these,  you will  be  free  from  bondage,  sin,  and  darkness.  You  will  have  and  live  a  fulfilled  life"


"Is  that  all?"  The  professor  asked.

"Yeah."
 

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