“Holy Spirit Help Me To Love Jesus Christ By Obeying His Commands!”
“Holy Spirit Help Me To Love Jesus Christ By Obeying His Commands!” Before a Christian enters the dock or witness box in court s/he is asked to swear on a Bible saying something like, “I swear that anything I am going to say is the truth and nothing but the truth. God help me.” But […]
“Lord Jesus Christ I Believe In You!”
“Lord Jesus Christ I Believe In You…!” Whoever is in Christ has become a new creation; bidding goodbye to the old and embracing the new (II Cor.5:17). But where do we stand to receive the new and to cast away the old? Put differently, where does Christ meet us to make us new creations? Christ […]
“Lord Show Us Your Choice!”
“Lord Show Us Your Choice!” After the joy of the Ascension the apostles returned to Jerusalem to wait and receive the Holy Spirit as Jesus had instructed. From Ascension there is a ten day wait before Pentecost. We can already see the formation of the church in its embryonic stage. About a hundred and twenty […]
“Grace And Peace To You From Him Who Is, And Who Was, And Who Is To Come!”
“Grace And Peace To You From Him Who Is, And Who Was, And Who Is To Come!” It is about some thirty years ago when Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke came to Kumba, Cameroon. Preaching one evening he asked the question, “People of Kumba when I go to heaven am I going to see you there?” In […]
“I Will Enter His Court With Praise…!”
“I Will Enter His Court With Praise…” The gospel according to Luke can be considered to have the literary genre known as “inclusio.” Simply put an inclusio has the same word or phrase at the begining and end of a unit. Concerning Zechariah at the naming of John, Luke writes, “Immediately his mouth was opened […]