Word of Truth

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. ~ Matthew 16:24 Becoming a disciple of a school of thought or a master means letting go of your way of thinking or living to adopt another’s. That can be easy or difficult depending on your natural inclinations before coming across the school of thought or master. However, there is discipleship that will cost everyone that decides to follow because it is against our natural inclinations. Let us examine the invitation to become a disciple of Christ and the cost required. From the text for this session, the first thing to notice is that the invitation to follow Christ is open to your personal choice. Jesus says: “if any man would come after me.” in other words, you can decide not to come after him. Therefore becoming a disciple of Christ is not something you stumble across it is a conscious decision you make. If you call yourself a disciple of Christ because someone ...

Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him. ~ Job 13:15 One of the darkest nights in history was when Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane uttered the words: Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You  will  (Matthew 26:39) .  Jesus faced with the sin of the whole world and the reality of been forsaken by the Father, something He had never experienced. No words or emotions can capture what Jesus faced at that moment but praise God, He came through by the power of the Holy Ghost and got a name above all other names (Hebrews 1:3-4). Let us examine the story of Job today and see what the Lord has for us in it. The Bible says that God allowed the devil to attack Job’s character and health (Job 1:12; Job 2:6). During this time, Job lost all of his wealth and was struck with painful boils from his foot to the crown of his head. When his friends came to see him, they could not utter a wor...

 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and might, to declare his transgression unto Jacob and Israel his sin. ~ Micah 3:8 The word repentance is less spoken of in the Christian circle today, and whenever it is, it is with flippancy. You only have to change your thinking (this is not wrong as the Greek word for repentance means this), and you are good to go. The word repentance goes much further than this. If John the Baptist said just that, I do not believe he would have done well preparing the way for the Lord. Just like in the day of John the Baptist, until there is sincere preaching of repentance, I believe we will not have true revival.  Sadly, the church expects people to repent when they do not know what they are to repent. A cliche sermon on repentance goes thus: “There are blessings from God that you can not access until you repent of your sin” This is not wrong, but it’s beginning to sound like repentance is just a means to get bless...

But when the fulness of time came, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoptions as sons ~ Galatians 4:4-5 There is time and season for everything under the heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1). A pattern in the relationship of God with man is this: God gives a promise to man but does not fulfill it immediately. It takes time for God to prepare man and the event around Him for fulfillment. The time of preparation might be for a while, but God will surely fulfill his promise ( Habakkuk 2:3 ). Put it this way, it will tarry until the appointed time but will not pass. Let us take the case study of when man fell into the bondage of sin (Genesis 3). After man sinned, God laid out to man the promise of redemption (Genesis 3:15). Before the fulfillment, however, there was a long period of waiting. What happened during this waiting time, and what is it that we can learn from it? Two things happen during this waitin...

  And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the  Lord  that was broken down. ~ 1 Kings 18:30 One of the greatest tragedies in the life of a Christian is this: there are a lot of broken altars, and instead of repairing the broken altars, we are building new ones and expecting the fire of the Lord to fall upon the new altar. The truth is that the fire of God will not fall upon the new altar when there are broken altars, and we might as well end up with another broken altar. The case study for today is one of the most amazing stories in the Bible: The story of how the prophet Elijah turned the whole of Isreal to God in one day, or we could call it how he had a reformation (1 Kings 18:20-40). Notice that before the prophet called upon the name of the Lord God, he repaired the broken altar. The Lord answered him by fire. When the people saw these two things happened: 1) they fell on their faces; ...

This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. 2 Timothy 2:11-13  Only the person that has learned to die to this world knows how to live in it - William Gurnall. There is a common saying amongst the Christian circle that goes thus: Jesus already suffered it all for my sake, so therefore I do not need to suffer any bit. This saying is unbiblical as it does not agree with the truths expressed in the scriptures. One of the marks of a Christian is in their willingness to suffer for/with Christ. So if you as a Christian are unwilling to suffer for/with Christ, it is either one of these: either you are still are carnal Christian (1 Corinthians 3:1-4), or you have not genuinely experienced salvation. A Christian that is unwilling to go all the way for Christ is limited in enjoying the blessings of the peace ...

  My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious My sin, not in part but the whole Is nailed to the cross And I bear it no more Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, o my soul I was recently meditating on the lyrics of this beautiful hymn: It is well with my soul . I can not help but think of one of the most beautiful stories about the love of God displayed to us sinners, the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32). I can’t help but imagine what it must have been like for the prodigal son after his father welcomed him back and bestowed upon him great honor. He must have felt the highest form of joy any man can experience. I imagine him walking down the street one day, and one of his neighbors calls his attention for a brief conversation. I can imagine the conversation going like this: Neighbor: Hello sir, how are you doing today? Prodigal son: I’m doing very well, thank you, sir. I am full of joy. Neighbor: That must be some great feeling. Sir, I have a few questions to ask you if you don’t m...