How Do You Reason
In the early days with the Lord, the disciples asked Him in chapter 9 and verse 2 of John’s gospel: “And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”. Many of us have similar mindset in how we reason. We reason often that what has happened…
You are Slave to Whatever You Practice
The children of Israel prided themselves in being children of Abraham and were no slaves to anyone. Until the Lord Jesus smacks them with the truth right between the eyes. They carried on with the obvious fact of being children of Abraham, like most of us pride ourselves in our pedigree. They branded their status…
Saving Ourselves From This Untoward Generation
“Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but they that are wise shall understand” (Daniel 12: 10). This is one of the many events that will happen at the end of time. We have it upfront that the…
Who is on the LORD’s side
This is what it boils down to in our contemporary times as it was in the days of Moses the servant of the LORD. Who is on the LORD’s side Moses cried out in Exodus 32 verse 26. God is looking forward to it, and He is waiting for His people to leave the world’s…
The paradox of the new creation life in a body of death
Apostle Paul lamented in Romans chapter 7 verse 24: “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” We were saved to live the new creation life in Christ Jesus in the flesh, the body of sin which Paul referred to as the body of death. For “if anyone…
So Gifted yet so Bare
Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.” (Ephesians 4: 8). In that, He gave gifts to men, which the scripture talking about here. It is those who had believed in Christ, those who through faith have willingly become His captive, His own. These are the…
Parable of the Prodigal Son: Hidden Lessons for Believers
In the gospels, our Lord Jesus gave a parable of a man who had two sons. One of the two requested his inheritance and went to a faraway country to live a frivolous life. Soon he wasted his inheritance and a severe famine arose and because no man gave to him, he joined himself to…
Mercy and Truth have met together: God in Christ reconciling man to Himself
Psalm 85: 10-11: “Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed. Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven”. Many have wilfully denied themselves the great gift of love from God, not understanding God and His operations. They forgot that God is a Spirit and in…
In all thy getting: Get Understanding
This is the counsel of the Lord unto man in Proverbs chapter 4 verse 7: “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding .” Understanding is knowing what ought to be done at the right time and in the right way. There was a tribe in Israel who…
Beholding wondrous things out of God’s Word
Genesis 15: 5-6: And the LORD brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars—if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So [numerous] shall your descendants be.” ABV And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous…
