EXPOSITION: The call to keep our garments clean (white) is an everyday duty - Let your garments always be white (Ecclesiastes 9:8a, NKJV). Just like Daniel and his three friends in the land of Babylon, we are sometimes pressured to give up on our iden ...
IS YOUR GARMENT PURE OR YOU ARE PRETENDING IT IS?
EXPOSITION: A story is told of a king who paraded through his kingdom without a robe under the pretense of wearing a robe, which according to the makers could only be seen by persons who were fit for their job. So, in order to keep their jobs, everyon ...
DOES IT REALLY MATTER TO KEEP OUR GARMENTS PURE?
EXPOSITION: The mindsets of many believers have been corrupted by some false doctrines and teachings. It is being taught by some that, since Christ has died and has paid for our sins, what one does with his or her life does not matter anymore. Because ...
KEEP YOUR PRIESTLY GARMENTS PURE (II)
EXPOSITION: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God.” – 1 Peter 2:9 (NKJV) What an interesting description of the New Testament believer. Indeed, this is our true identity in Christ Jesus. It ...
“KEEP YOUR PRIESTLY GARMENT PURE (I)”
EXPOSITION: One significant regalia peculiar to the Old Testament priests was the priestly garment. This garment was specially designed under the very tutelage of God. Every part of the garment signified something very important to the ministry to whi ...
“SO FAR THIS WEEK”
EXPOSITION: Jesus Christ our Lord lived on earth and suffered all the temptations every human being suffers but was without sin. He was tempted with the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the cravings of the sinful nature but did not succumb ...
“CONSECRATED TO THE LORD”
EXPOSITION: One of the main responsibilities of a priest is to present himself wholly unto the Lord. This means that he is to consecrate his entire being unto the Lord. In the Old Testament Tabernacle worship, the priests were to wash their hands a ...
“PREPARE FOR WAR”
EXPOSITION: Jesus had developed the lifestyle of spending time with the Father and communing with Him daily and sometimes He does this on the Mount of Olives. His prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane was not the first prayer and time with God but an eve ...
“CALLING TOGETHER THE FAMILY”
EXPOSITION: Devotion is loyalty or enthusiasm for a person or activity. In the Christian life, devotion could be time set by a person or family where they seek the face of the Lord in prayer, reading of the Word and fellowship. It is one of the mea ...
“I FIND NO FAULT”
EXPOSITION: The whole city was thrown into confusion; the mob had aggressively agreed among themselves to have him dead. As the judge took his seat, the accused was marched into his presence and the mob was certain for a death penalty. However, after ...