In the three years of His public ministry, Messiah Jesus exemplified faith in action. Messiah Jesus summed up what that meant in His answer to the question John the Baptist asked. “John was languishing in prison awaiting his death by beheading at the order of King Herod. (Mt 4:1–12;Mk 6:24-29; Lk 9:7–9) “‘John’s disciples told him about … [Read more…]
God’s church Messiah is building meant much more back in 40-99 AD than it does today. After the day of Pentecost, when God poured out the Holy Spirit on all flesh, God’s born again saints related this way as church. The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to … [Read more…]
Being spiritually useful and productive glorifies the name of our Lord Jesus in us. Not only that, we are glorified in him. Paul actually prayed that for the Thessalonians and us. To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill … [Read more…]
God invites us to cooperate with him in the work of renewal, and his acts in history offer clues we do well not to ignore. 10 Marks of a Healthy Church. Combining elements of both the institutional and the charismatic perspectives, such a model of renewal assumes the fact and the value of some form … [Read more…]
The power of God’s grace is revealed in Zechariah 4:7, during the building of the Second Temple. “Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.” Back in 1834 Albert Barnes provided the most profound insight … [Read more…]
One another ministry works by the Spirit, Messiah in you, the hope of glory. (Col 1:27) Paul reveals: the Spirit of Messiah is in you. Messiah is in each one of us because we have believed, repented, been baptized, been born again by the Spirit (Jn 3:1-8) and we follow Messiah Jesus in one another … [Read more…]
Sanctification is rarely taught in churches or in homes. That is why so many Christians slip, flounder, fall into sin and live in sin. One of the main reasons sanctification is not taught is: only a small minority of our Church leaders are willing to take the chance of offending someone. Their church attendance might … [Read more…]
Bask in God’s spiritual light. New creature in Christ, child of God our Father, heir of salvation, brother or sister in the Lord, saint—holy one made holy by the blood of the Lamb, hear what the Holy Spirit says to you. God called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Bask, delight, take pleasure, enjoy, … [Read more…]
Help fence sitters grow up in Messiah. “So that we /and they/ may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.” Ephesians 4:11 ESV Messiah leads us to help them by functioning as working parts of … [Read more…]
Our Messiah leads us to follow him in his kingdom and clear a highway before him. Right now, the culvert is out. In 1978, God gave me a dream about our call to build the way our Messiah leads instead of man’s way. Now, years later, I can see much progress in the restoration of … [Read more…]