And they straightway left their nets, and followed him (Matt. 4:20 KJV) Jesus, while walking by the sea of Galilee spotted two fishermen, one called Peter and his brother Simon. He said to them “follow Me.” The scripture tells us they left their lefts immediately and followed him. This is remarkable, that these men will Read More
The Flourishing Christian Life
Thou Wilt Light My Candle
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. (Ps. 18:28 KJV) David declared prophetically that the LORD will light his candle and enlighten his darkness. He had only a glimpse of the light of God in the Old Testament. Today, the true Light of God has come to us Read More
Sexual Purity in An Immorality-Infested Society
For this is the will of God, your sanctification:that you abstain from sexual immorality (1 Thess. 4:3 ESV) Paul expressly reveals the will of God to us by the Spirit above. God wants us to abstain, refrain, stay away from, and even flee from sexual immorality. The Lord is not naive in making this statement Read More
Jehovah Mekaddishkem
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you ( Lev. 20:7-8, KJV) Jehovah Mekaddishkem is the English transliteration of the Hebrew words for “I am the LORD which sanctify you” ( “mekaddish” = Read More
The Stone the Builders Rejected
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner (Mk. 12:10 KJV) Jesus was rejected by the religious leaders of His days, yet He was the Messiah God sent to save the world. The builders of His day( the religious leaders) could not accept Read More
Let No Corrupt Communication Proceed Out of Your Mouth
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers (Eph. 4:29 KJV) Our words carry power. They can mar or make our lives spiritually. Most importantly, they can be used as an instrument to effect supernatural changes Read More
An Unthinkable Unity is Coming!
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ (Eph. 4:13 KJV) The Church as a whole is the Body of Christ— one Body, with one Lord and one Master. Read More
Beware of Sanballat and Tobiah in your Life!
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel (Neh. 2:10 KJV) God granted Nehemiah favor in the sight of the Persian king Artaxerxes to return to Jerusalem to build up the Read More