Lessons For The Day Of Atonement

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By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze



The Purposes Of The Day Of Atonement
         The Atonement Day is a time for:
  1. Peace- making.

  2. Peace-making with yourself.

  3. Peace-making with your body and spirit, by avoiding the burdens of life, which are the cares and worries of everyday life.

  4. Peace-making with your heart, by ensuring peace of mind.

  5. Peace-making with your heart, by focusing on God and His ways, and by concentrate in the true worship of God. 6. Peace-making with people by forgiving and forgetting their offences and provocations. 7. Peace-making by stop bearing grudges against anybody. 8. Peace-making with your family members. 9. Peace-making with your friends and relations. 10. Peace-making with your community and town. 11. Peace-making with Angels and Saints, because many people scar away their Guardian Angels, by their vulgar utterances and bad actions. 12. Peace-making with God Almighty God, who is ready and willing to forgive and forget.

  6. You achieve all the above results by:
Avoid Youthful Exuberance And Juvenile Delinquency
         Bear the following points in mind:
  1. The stage of being a youth in life, is not a period for wastefulness.

  2. It is not a time for lawlessness.

  3. It is not a period for carelessness.

  4. It is not a time for wearing all kinds of indecent dresses.

  5. It is not a time that should be spent in worldliness.

  6. Unfortunately, most of the youths are busy committing various acts of disobedience, in disregard of truth, righteousness and holiness. They think that they are being smart and wise, without knowing that they are creating problems for themselves, disorganizing their destines and destroying their future.

Very Importantly:
         Here are words of knowledge and wisdom:
  1. The Day of Atonement is a day you have to forgive and forget, before you ask God for mercy.

  2. It is a reminder that you have to forgive and forget, always.

  3. Instead of complaining that people use your water, you provide more water for people. You shall willingly and readily do this, if you were to see your heavenly account and how credit is added to it by selfless services and non-refundable gifts.

  4. Instead of complaining of being disturbed, you attend to the needs of others.

  5. Atonement Day is a day of restoration. You have to restore, return, restitute office materials and company properties which you stole or took without permission. The materials and properties include bics, books, chairs, fans, tables, computers, letterheads, etc.

  6. You have to return or refund the money, which you embezzled.

Make Peace With God
         Those who feel offended by God are ofending themselves more and more:
  1. Stop complaining of what God did to you.

  2. Stop blaming God for your troubles and woes, because you did not give God anything or money to keep for you.

  3. Stop criticizing the works of God.

  4. Stop giving God conditions.

  5. Stop rebuking God, because God is the Lord of every good thing you.

  6. Stop being disobedient to God or to His end time messages and warnings, because He is the only God of Salvation you have.