Giving all, leaving none Acts 4:32-37 Key verse: Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. This text is an explicit illustration of one…
Obedience: the hallmark of true holiness Romans 6:16-17 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the…
Enablement and ability through grace (Grace series 4) 1 Corinthians 15:10; Acts 20:32. See the previous series here (series 1, Series 2, Series 3) 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly…
Provisions of spiritual blessings through grace (Grace series 3) 1 Corinthians 1:4-7. Continued from yesterday. Click series here to read series 1 and here to read series 2 We have come to the understanding that grace is the avenue of divine provision for every man. God has made it readily available, without measure, and indiscriminately…
The indispensability of God’s grace (Grace series 2) 1 Corinthians 15:10; Hebrew 4:14-16. Continued from yesterday. Click here to read series 1 God’s grace is the ultimate resultant outcome of Christ’s sacrificial death- John 11:50-52. His death ushered in a new dispensation and opened a wide door of God’s enabling grace through the Holy Spirit….
A new dispensation of grace (Grace series 1) Ephesians 1:4-7. A new dispensation usually signifies that a previous archaic way or practice has been re-evaluated and re-engineered towards a better, efficient yield rather than a complete obliteration. This is expressed in the translation of believers in God from the old dispensation of the law into…
Guarding against religious adulteration. Mt 16:6,11,12. An adulteration does not necessarily mean or translate to a complete opposite of the original. A minute or an “insignificant” deviation from the laid-out pattern is enough to adulterate or corrupt any pure compound and in our context, our religion. Two texts from the scriptures give a very clear…
Gaining capacity for overthrow Josh 14:10-12. A lot is going on in our society today, a lot of ungodly practices, unwholesome disobedience, and willful descent into perversion. We must understand that there’s a power behind all these. A power that is in constant opposition to the gospel light and works to keep men in their…
Rivers of life (Rivers of living water) John 7:37-39. The first dimension of this concept of living water was elucidated in a previous piece titled The Water of Life (eternal life). These two are linked in the sense that eternal life is what precedes and produces the Rivers of life. Rivers of life refers to…
