At this stage in the life of the Early Church, God used miraculous signs for the specific purpose of winning souls for His Kingdom. This is how one examines any “so called miracle” today. Are people saved? Is a person saved? Is God’s Kingdom blessed? Is God glorified? Whatever happens in the Church today that […]
Many do not realize, understand or want to accept the power and authority of those who are called and appointed by God and filled with His Spirit have within the confines of the local Church. This authority and power is not their own. It is God’s and He releases it to His chosen leaders to […]
We have been calling the apostle Paul by his Hebrew name Saul since meeting up with him when the Jews stoned Stephen to death: Ac 7:58 Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. Ac 8:1 And Saul was there, giving approval to his death. Now Luke starts to call […]
Although we are not told of any evangelism as they travelled from the east coast of Cyprus to the west coast, our knowledge of both Barnabas and Saul would be that they would not have been able to hold their tongue, especially if they came across Jews or converts to Judaism. We ought to be […]
God has a plan. He does what He does with a motive in mind. As we survey Church Ministries, Outreach, Church Plants and Missions, it is interesting to see what our feeble beginnings lead to. When we planted two Churches in the Free State Province, we had no idea where this would lead to. As […]
In my early days as a Christian I came across a book by Billy Graham entitled “Angels”. He makes comments like “I believe in angels” and “Are angels real or are they a product of your imagination?” The New International translation of the Bible has 94 references for angels” and 195 for “angel”. But what […]
It is a wonderful thing when a Church has its Gospel Mandate right. That is when “the main thing is the main thing and remains the main thing”. That was Dick Lucas’ saying. He was the rector of St. Helen’s in London for many years. Under the good hand of God, he was able to […]
God’s Church shall grow and mature because it is His will and pleasure that it does. What He decreed before creation shall come to pass. All those He chose before creation to be holy and blameless in His sight shall be saved. (Ephesians 1:4). Having fulfilled their duties and discipling of the converts in Antioch, […]
Answers to prayer do not always come the way we would like or reason. Some of the beloved in Jesus feel that at times God does not answer their prayers. Others might tend to feel God is unfair in the way He provides answers. We need to remember that God has the sovereign right to […]
When those fixated upon glory and honor from man can’t deliver, someone needs to pay. We have seen this in recent times when it comes to political parties and their leaders, or of countries. When they can’t provide what is required someone else takes the fall. We will get to what Herod does a little […]