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Acts 4:24 “And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is….”What distinguishes a mature believer from a babe in Christ is what each does at a time of crisis. Learning […]

The word “angel” properly means a messenger and is thus applied to celestial beings as messengers sent forth from God to convey or to do his will. Hebrews 1:13-14 “But to which of the angels said he at any time, sit on my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Are they not all […]

2 Cor 3:4-6 “And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but […]

1 Peter 3:21  “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:  The phrase in the above verse  ” baptism  doth now saves us” seems ambigous and has to be […]

Rom 12:2“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”.There’s something you must do to your natural mind, even after you have believed, inorder to fully embrace and consumate the love of […]

1 Pet 3:18- “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit”. The import of a venture is often evident in the result it produces. God didn’t set up the Redemption Agenda for […]

This has been a point of so much contention, albeit unnecessarily.  Those who argue that a believer can lose his or her salvation do so from the point of view that God is a Holy God, and hence, once you commit sin, you automatically  lose fellowship with Him. You will then have to go through […]

Do you understand new covenant?Although Jesus died to replace the ministry of the 10 commandments with the ministry of the Holy Spirit (2 Cor 3:7-11); some churches have based their identity upon keeping the ten commandments. Even among those who have ventured to become New Testament compliant, if you asked them about the observance of […]

A kingdom is a sphere of authority exercised by one king at a time. It must not necessarily be geographical. In the kingdom of God Jesus Christ is the only King and His mission on earth was to bring His leadership to earth thus bringing Heaven and earth under one leadership, God’s. As a member […]

Tim 2:12“I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.” WO-MAN preachers and teachers in the body of Christ, should it really be a topic for discussion? If we understand the New Testament, it shouldn’t. But because we are raised to train others, it imposes upon us […]

GAL 1:6-10 “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:  Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you […]

1 Corinthians 2:1″And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God”.There’s a place for oratorical skills amongst men, but certainly NOT WITH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.The reason for this is simple: ‘wisdom of the Gospel discernible by the spiritual faculties […]

Text: John 4:20-24“Jesus said unto her: Woman, believe me, the hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what; we know what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is when true worshippers shall worship […]

Romans 8:18“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” . The Church of Christ is on a journey, but unlike Israel in the wilderness that sought the promised land and toiled to get there, we are in the promised […]

Text – Acts 10:1-6It will be nice to conclude my series on ‘our common salvation’ by highlighting several behaviors often confused for a state of being born-again.Cornelius, the Roman Centurion provides a classic case study.In the text above, Luke the author of the book of Acts describes certain behaviors (attributes) of the man, most of […]

TEXT: Jude 1:3“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. WHAT IS SALVATION?Are believers saved forever?Jude, (the earthly half-brother of Jesus Christ) […]

A while ago I listed eight signs of hyper-grace churches. A hyper-grace church is one that is so focused on Jesus that it begins to look like Jesus, talk like Jesus, and smell like Jesus.To highlight a positive it helps to accentuate the negative. So how do we get it wrong? What are the signs […]

1 Tim 4:7 “But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness”. Godliness is simply defined as God-consciouness in man. For the New Creature in Christ Jesus, it goes further than that. Godliness is a revelation of His presence. The Believer hath become one with God at ‘New birth’, and consciousness […]

Text: Phil.3:3-16 We have all learned to rely on own strategies for getting our needs met. We have all learned how to handle life’s circumstances by what we do ourselves. The Bible calls this mechanism for servicing our own needs THE FLESH. Every person has developed his flesh-life in order to get what he wants […]

Romans 3:19‭-‬20 ERV “What the law says is for those who are under the law. It stops anyone from making excuses. And it brings the whole world under God’s judgment, because no one can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin”. ‘Legalism’ is a term coined […]

Heb. 9:22 “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. The life of every living thing is in it’s blood. Adam, the first man became a living soul when he sinned, and consequently, his flesh and blood got contaminated with a virus named “death”. […]

John 7:37‭-‬39 “The last day of the festival came. It was the most important day. On that day Jesus stood up and said loudly, “Whoever is thirsty may come to me and drink”. Here we see the Lord extending an open and eternal invitation to all mankind. Men are naturally hard-wired to forget two basic […]

John 10:7-9 “Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall […]

2 Peter 1:12 “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth”. In this series we shall be looking at the admonitions of Apostle Peter in his second letter to the Jewish church scattered abroad. He too was […]

The Mind is the organ of thought. Through it man thinks, imagine, remember, know, reason, understand, & express wisdom, cleverness & brilliance. The Mind is the immaterial aspect of the brain, while the brain is the material aspect of the Mind. The Mind is very important to man’s life & living, because, it’s thoughts influences […]

Hebrews 13: 9. “Be not CARRIED about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with GRACE; not with MEATS, which have not PROFITED them that have been OCCUPIED therein”. I make bold to highlight five words in the above text. These five words shall serve as […]

Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: Every believer in Christ Jesus has without exception undergone this process. It’s not an on-going journey as some wrong Church doctrines teach. It’s not something you attain as you come to Church more […]

Text : 2 COR 1:8 “For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:” It’s amazingly gratifying to see the amount of candor and humility Apostle Paul and his associates, mainly […]

John 14:19-20. “Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you”. Mystery union.What a phrase. Jesus said that he is in the […]

Acts 24:14‭-‬15 MSG “But I do freely admit this: In regard to the Way, which they malign as a dead-end street, I serve and worship the very same God served and worshiped by all our ancestors and embrace everything written in all our Scriptures. And I admit to living in hopeful anticipation that God will […]

Jn 11:25-26 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? What does it mean: To die and yet live again? Or To live and never die. […]

John 14:17- “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot RECEIVE, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye KNOW him; for he dwelleth WITH you, and SHALL BE IN you”. The words in the above verse which are direct words of our Lord convey great meaning.  This verse is both a […]

God spoke to people in the Bible in many ways. There’s no way to say how He may speak to you, but He will speak as you learn to relate to Him through Faith and Grace, instead of trying to relate through your Christian performance or human intermediary. Jesus said that His sheep would know […]

Matthew 1:18-21 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.  Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put […]

Bible verse: Gal 5:25-26 MSG “Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That […]

Mk 3:1 ” And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.  And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.  And he saith […]

Phil.3:3-7 Do you know that our natural or acquired abilities can become liabilities? How can that happen? It can happen when we rely in those abilities instead of on Christ. Our flesh develops its own pattern because of certain factors that have influenced our lives over a long period. They might be connected to our […]

John 18:37-38 “Then Pilate said, “So, are you a king or not?” Jesus answered, “You tell me. Because I am King, I was born and entered the world so that I could witness to the truth. Everyone who cares for truth, who has any feeling for the truth, recognizes my voice.” Pilate said, “What is […]

Col 2:9-10 “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.  And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.” The moment you say ‘Yes Lord’ to Christ and He comes inside of you,  you are complete. Grace becomes instantly abundant to you for all things. Because […]

EPHESIANS 5 : 14-15 “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.   See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,” ‘A fool’, or ‘foolish’; how often we we use such words to describe a person or their conduct.  In everyday parlance, […]

TEXT: Galatians 4:19 “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.” This is amazing but true. No man has ever physically seen his face. All you ever saw and know as your face is a reflection of it in a mirror or glass.  Through knowledge you have […]

Genesis 9:8-14 “Then God spoke to Noah and his sons: “I’m setting up my covenant with you including your children who will come after you, along with everything alive around you—birds, farm animals, wild animals—that came out of the ship with you.  I’m setting up my covenant with you that never again will everything living […]

Innocent O. (Nairobi Kenya ) wrote: “Greetings daddy in the name of the Lord Jesus, I have been tremendously blessed by the articles. I have a question to ask; please what is the place of CONSECRATION in the new covenant and how can a New creation stay consecrated for effective ministerial service. Am most humbled, […]

Hebrews 3:1-6 MSG “So, my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus.  He’s the centerpiece of everything we believe, faithful in everything God gave him to do. Moses was also faithful, but Jesus gets far more honor. A builder is more valuable than a […]

2  COR 3:6. “Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life”. I bought a new laptop in February 2017. Since then, each time I ON it, a particular message pops up, and I either ignore […]

2 Cor 4:18 “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal”. What do you see?  The Lord asked this of the Prophets- Jeremiah  (Jer 1:13), Amos (Amos 7:8), […]

Hebrews 4:9-11 “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.  For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.   Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.” In the […]

Isaiah 26:3-4 “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.   Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength” The Church is a place of rest not work. This will definitely sound like blasphemy to the self-righteous zealot. […]

Ephesians 6:10-13 ERV “To end my letter I tell you, be strong in the Lord and in his great power. Wear the full armor of God. Wear God’s armor so that you can fight against the devil’s clever tricks. Our fight is not against people on earth. We are fighting against the rulers and authorities […]

Many followers of Jesus Christ look for the assurance of salvation in the wrong places. We tend to seek assurance of salvation in the things God is doing in our lives, in our spiritual growth, in the good works and in how much obedience to God’s Word  is found in our lives. While these thing […]

There’s this erroneous view of God as a fierce and judgemental person which has been painted by certain scriptures in the Old testament. It begins with the story of Adam and Eve eating from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden, and then all of a sudden God comes crushing down on them.  Drove […]

“Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.” (2 Cor 5:11). Many times growing up in the faith, I used to view God as a Terror. The above verse of Paul’s epistle to the Church of […]

“And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.  And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.” Luke 20:50-51 Mary’s heart must have stored a whole lot. First, Angel Gabriel’s annunciation to the young virgin girl. […]

During my lifetime there have been about 100 false predictions regarding the Lord’s return, and every one of them was made by someone who sincerely believed they were living in last of the last days. The end times, in other words (although the phrase “end times” is found nowhere in scripture). Every time Halley’s Comet […]

Hebrews 12:1-4 “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who […]

In this world of anxiety and fear, it is a radical thing to proclaim the eternal security of the believer: One with the Lord, your future is the same as his. No one can snatch you from his hand; nothing can separate you from his love. Yet every time I say things like this, someone […]

The problem with religion is that it comes naturally to us. Ever since our ancestors chomped on the forbidden fruit, we’ve had an innate sense of right and wrong that informs everything we do. Instead of trusting our heavenly Father, we trust our own religious instincts. Instead of walking by the spirit, we rely on […]

2 Tim 3:12 “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” The discussions about persecution regarding the believer is not an ‘if’, but a ‘when’. For it shall surely come. It is a natural consequence of living godly in this present world. In the light of the above, the believer […]

Without an understanding of what I have to share today, it would look like you are going around begging people to do something​ for you. John 6:13-15. One of the truths the Holy Spirit guides you into is the truth concerning the ANOINTING.  GOD HATH ALREADY ANOINTED US. 2 Corinthians 1:20-22. The anointing is not […]

I once asked the Lord, “What does it mean to live under grace?” and this was His response, “When you are conscious of My constant supply to you, you are living under grace.” Sometimes, though, we can’t help but be more conscious of the daily demands placed on us. Perhaps yours look like this: Providing […]

The old way had a glory but this glory ultimately led to death. Moses’ face shone with this glory even though it was already fading away. Now, if this old way was considered glorious, how much glorious is the new way which makes us right with God. As a matter of fact, the first glory […]

Is Hyper-Grace “dangerous” or “imbalanced”? In recent times, a label has surfaced regarding what some view as a “dangerous” or “imbalanced” teaching of the grace of God. “Hyper-Grace” is now a term being used to suggest that there are some folks (such as myself) who “take God’s grace too far” and in so doing either […]

“But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,  Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. […]

America is facing turbulent times. Political unrest is unceasing. The racial divide is deepening. Fear and frustration swirl frantically.  This leads to only one logical conclusion: It’s a wonderful time to be a Christian. Christians are uniquely equipped to thrive in tumultuous times, not because we are great, but because our God is. As we […]

John 1:17 “For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”  The covenant of grace is a better covenant than the law. If there had been no problems with the law, then there wouldn’t have been need for a Saviour. When God looks at you, He doesn’t see sin […]

God stopped forgiving sins over 2000 years ago.  It was a once-and-for-all thing. This includes the sins of the entire today, even the terrorists.  Trying to ask for mercy is a function of ignorance and religious piety. A sign of a conscience that is not purged and a mind yet to be renewed to the […]

Salvation is the beginning of all Christian experiences which includes all our inheritance in Christ Jesus. It is the centre of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the greatest need of mankind and therefore very expedient for us to discover how it actually is rather than as it may appear or might be imagined. […]

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” -John 15:5 This is one truth that the devil has fought against over the years, making many to believe that they do not need God […]

Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. (KJV) So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. (ESV) We are not against the law. We are for it, but only for the […]

“Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Heb. 10:9-10).* Christ has made a New Covenant, having fulfilled and taking away […]

2 Cor.3:4-6; Gal.5:16-25   Walking by the Spirit is not legalism. Legalism is fruitless flesh-ride. Paul said: “If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law” (Galatians 5:18). Stringently striving to obey Christian rules and regulations doesn’t enable the Spirit-filled walk; it often kills it (2 Corinthians 3:6). We’re told in […]

In 1 Corinthians 15:1 Paul delivers the meat of the Gospel of Grace that we preach; that Christ died for YOUR sins, was buried, and rose again “according to the scriptures”.