Rejoice Always
The Christian antidote against sleeping---that is, being spiritually idle and near death, is to watch and be sober at all times. How? It is by rejoicing always in the Lord. How do we rejoice always in Him? It's being spiritually minded Rom 8:6. How do we do that? It’s...
Unity and Peace
The Church came about by one baptism, one faith, one Lord and one hope. It is another way of saying that God has already given the body of Christ unity and peace Eph 4:4-5. Everyone who is in Christ is in unity with His body and having God's kind of peace (John 14:27)...
The gifts is a Person
The five gifts in Eph 4:11 and those in 1 Cor 12:8-10 & 28 is the person of Christ. 1 Cor 12:4-5 authenticated it by saying, “But the same Spirit”–that is, “the same Lord”. Those who bear the gifts are not the gifts. In verse 7 of 1 Cor 12, the gifts...
Born Again
To claim to be born again while one is not, is to put a burden on oneself that one will never be able to bear. To be lured into this mistake, is to be set up to join a special kind of sinners labeled hypocrites (religious bad men). As put by C.S. Lewis, "of all...
Be fervent in spirit
Rich Exhortation from T. Austin-Spark The Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules. But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” (John 5:16-17 NLT) A true knowledge of the Lord Jesus will reverse a good many of our ideas,...
The Apostles’ Doctrine
An invitation to be part of the wall of God's city is like negotiating for a piece of land. The scriptures liken the heart of man to earth or land Heb 6:7. If the owner sells it to Christ, He occupies it and starts building immediately on the foundation work...
Aiming to Be Strong in Christ
Scriptures establishes that as believer, we cannot have true growth in Christ and be strong except we're first weak in ourselves. It means that the measure to which a Christian retains his or her own strength is the same measure to which the person is weak in Christ....
Discernment and gift of Discernment of spirits
1 Corinthians 12:10 There's a difference between having discernment and having the gift of discernment of spirits. The understanding of their difference is getting narrower in the Church today. Yet, the importance of keeping them wide apart and praying God to bless...
Hear the Holy Spirit
It is difficult to understand what is happening to this generation. We're so blessed with eyes and ears but, we have refused to hear or see. There is something happening here besides pride and stubbornness. There is a deafening and blinding cloud over the...
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