The significance of the bread from heaven Exodus 16:35 “And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.” Introduction Beyond the physical bread the children of […]
I am Esau thy Firstborn
I am Esau thy firstborn – Jacob’s deception Genesis 27:21-22,24 “And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, […]
Receiving the second work of grace
Receiving the second work of grace – To the straying believer. As a new creature in Christ, one of the first and early challenge you’ll begin to have as you show your light to the world is rejection. The world will begin to reject you not because of any physical […]
What you may not know about Christmas
What do we call CHRISTMAS, and what do we mean when we say, “Merry Christmas!…”? Where in the Bible have we seen the Disciples of Christ celebrating Jesus’ birthday or cutting down green trees and hanging all manner of things on them, or where has Christ mentioned anything about observing […]
He sees our faith by our actions
Matthew 8:1-3 “When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately […]
What should I teach when talking to a friend about the gospel?
Most times, the fears people do have when it comes to telling the gospel to someone is not an unwillingness to represent Christ but it is not knowing what to start preaching or teaching. They get nervous, perhaps, because they feel they don’t know enough of the Bible or are new to the Faith
The process of making
The process of making to becoming a model What does Christ meant when he said, “Follow me, and I will MAKE you…”? From the statement above, the words, I will make you, tells us four things. First of all, it tells us that it’s not sensible to make what has […]
Rest and No Rest
Rest and No Rest – The restlessness of the unsaved Revelation 14:9-11 “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, [10] The same shall drink of the […]
The fate of a backslider
What is the fate of a backslider? “All souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. ” – Ezekiel 18:4, 24 Backsliding is the process of retrogressing, going backwards spiritually into the old […]
Nothing useless
In God, there’s nothing useless “For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones, iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.” – Isaiah 60:17 Are there not some among God’s family that feel they […]
Blood Donors: Christ the Perfect Match
Blood Donors; Christ the perfect match “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us” – Hebrews 9:12 Today, we live in a world were discovery has been made that a man’s […]
Looking forward and moving forward
Looking forward and moving forward, the sure way to progress The fastest way to make progress is, forgetting the past and walking in the present. At times, if not careful, one may take the words, “looking forward” and “moving forward” to be the same, failing to realise that “looking forward” […]
In a nutshell
In A Nutshell Life has many parts, many stages and many experiences that comes along with it. Take for instance the life of Joseph, there was a part in his life where he was a young boy with a dream. There was another part in his life where he faced […]
The Gospel in its totality
The Gospel in its totality Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” There are certain ingredients contained in the Gospel that actually […]
That Rock was Christ
That Rock Was Christ Numbers 20:7-12 “And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [8] Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to […]
The God kind of fear
The God kind of fear brings His covenant of life and peace There are two kinds of fear. The first a godly fear – reverential, and the other, devilish – tormenting. Receiving the first is the beginning to getting freedom from the other From the foregoing, it’s already clear that […]
Receiving and remaining in the grace of God
How can we receive and remain in the grace of God? The simplest definition of Grace is, God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. The grace of God enable us do what ordinarily we would not be able to do. For instance, a sinner cannot stop sinning all by him/herself, it takes […]
Understanding the word church from Christ’s perspective
The church from Christ’s perspective is what I want to look at The word ‘church’ is not just a popular name in the world but also a popular name in the Bible, and I believe it was adopted from the Bible. As a matter of fact, it appeared (in the […]
Shepherd over your soul
Does God still appoints shepherds over our souls today? God appoints shepherds over his children to help them in their walk with him, and he often appoints these shepherds as the pastors and leaders whom he has placed over us. It is for our own good, but at times, those […]
Man’s boast and God’s wrath
How much should a man boast? It’s quite humiliating with the way God dealt with a man named Sennacherib, king of Assyria and his host from the Bible account in Isaiah 37:33-36 To begin with, God is not interested in hurting any one but in saving them. He is interested […]