Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant (1 Cor. 13:4 ESV) 1 Corinthians 13 has been appropriately labeled the chapter of love. It gives us the characteristics of what God calls love. One such trait given to us is that love is kind. A kind person is Read More
The Holy Spirit
The Bait of the False Prophets
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live (Rev. 13:14 Read More
Can You Tell When You are Not Walking in the Spirit?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? (Gal. 3:3 KJV) Our life in Christ is a life of the Spirit. We are born of the Spirit. We live by the Spirit. We are preserved until the day of Redemption by the Spirit. We also win Read More
What is Spiritual Authority?
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you (Lk. 10:19 ESV). If we have to enjoy the benefits of the Kingdom of God and live victoriously in this present evil world, we must fully understand and put to Read More
What Speaking in Tongues Does to Your Spirit
The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church (1 Cor. 14:4 ESV) The scripture above teaches us that the one who prays in tongues builds up himself. The Greek word used for “builds up” in the verse above is oikodomeo, which means “to build Read More
What is the Arm of the Flesh?
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah (2 Chr. 32:8 KJV) King Hezekiah spoke the words above when Sennacherib the King of Assyria attacked Judah. The Read More
Who is a Minister?
Who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life (2 Cor. 3:6 ESV) The Apostle Paul contrasting the ministers in the Old versus the New Covenants gives us an astonishing definition of what ministry is Read More
Two Parts of the Anointing
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; (2 Cor. 1:21 KJV) When many of us hear of the anointing, we rightly think of divine enablement in a man to perform specific tasks. Kings, priests, and prophets were anointed in the Old Testament to perform the duties God Read More