By Pastor Chinedu Emmanuel Matthew 13: 15 “For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.” It’s possible to […]
By Pastor Victor Anjorin Acts 20:24 “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use for finishing the work assigned to me by the Lord Jesus – the work of telling others the good news about the wonderful grace of God”. Grace is often defined as unmerited favor, which is accurate. To elaborate, grace reveals God’s limitless provision […]
It is important that all believers are deliberate about being a student of the word so that we can show ourselves approved of God, walking in victory and rightly interpreting, teaching, and explaining the word of God.
By Pastor Chinedu Emmanuel 2 Cor 5:21 “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” Righteousness means being accepted, in right standing, justified, declared not guilty of any sin, and approved by God. Self-Achieved Righteousness: This simply means that man tries to make himself […]
By Pastor Chinedu Emmanuel Galatian 5:13-15 “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest […]
By Pastor Chinedu Emmanuel John 20:17 “Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” Jesus Christ faced persecution and ultimately death because He referred to God as His […]
It is important that every Christian understand and embrace all the benefits that have been given through the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of our Lord Jesus. If we don’t grow into spiritual maturity and identify what belongs to us in Christ, the devil will cheat us out of those benefits. We will end up living as mere men without the benefits of what Christ died to provide for us which makes all the difference in our lives and relationship with God.
By Pastor Chinedu Emmanuel “Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; …” The question, “What really matters?” was asked by a young man who felt lost and empty but desired to be a Christian. How would you have answered this question? What would you have talked about? The evil of the world? The eminence of […]
The gracious visitation of God can be traced to the story of Zacchaeus. He was described as a tax collector, who was sinful in his ways. He is a rich man whose riches were linked to extortion of money from the poor. Being a short man, when Jesus was passing through Jericho, he had to climb up a sycamore tree to see Jesus. Even in his sinful nature, he desired greatly to see Jesus. He did not hide his sinful face from Jesus, instead, he realized and believed that he needed to be saved.
By Pastor Chinedu Emmanuel Ephesians 5: 1-2 “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.” The Bible instructs us to be imitators of Christ. Meaning, we ought to copy Him and follow His examples. […]