Kingdom Parable: Ten Virgins
After Jesus had been incarnated, suffered, died and resurrected on our behalf to make us His betrothed chaste virgin (His body), He sprinkled our consciences with His own blood. He continues to intercede for His body and the impact on her is presently hard to fully...
Apostles and Prophets
The ministry of the Apostle and Prophet embedded in the spirit of Christ is infused within some parts of His Body even in this 21st century. The parts of His body bearing these gifts are obviously mortal men. They are not angels. There is much for which they can be...
How to Pray for Your Enemies
This excerpt is taken from "Nugget for the needy" written by Mavis duCille of blessed memory. Let me share an experience with you. Someone had hurt us very badly by slander. Of course, I went to God weeping my heart out. The Lord said to me, so clearly, "Oh, you are...
It is not
It’s not those that want to go to heaven that go but those who accept the Way to heaven. It’s not those living in sin that have imputed righteousness but those whose sins are forgiven It is not those whose sins are forgiven that are blessed but those who dare to...
Diotrephes
Without a shadow of doubt, God has given all who are in Christ a gift with which to serve the church 1 Corinthians 12:7. I believe Brother Diotrephes had a gift of an apostle but in failing to recognize his gifting, maybe for reasons similar to the one of our...
Mentor and protégé 2
In the first post on mentor and protégé, I identified that, when we seek to advance our entire life (spiritual and temporal) we come face to face with our creator---Christ Jesus. As said also in the previous post, it will be the reverse of wisdom to become a man’s...
OT and NT Prophets
In this article, we’ll look at the difference between the Old Testament (OT) and the New Testament (NT) Prophets. The aim is to establish that, the New Testament prophets unlike the oldies are not exactly given to loneliness, extreme acrimony and hatred from the...
Mentor and protégé
Paul’s exhortation to the church addressed to Timothy does not pass for our modern exclusive leadership training. Actually, leadership training does not exist in the bible. The phrase in Paul’s speech in 2 Tim 2:2, “what you have heard from me in the presence of many...
Life experience or experience with God
Though our experience with God happens within the context of our life experiences, it is not exactly the same thing. Life experiences shape us in a different way than our experience with God. Experiences of life help shape the majority of people who pass...
Until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. ~Ephesians 4:13