ExpositionI remember at the university, we had a large class and no permanent seating places so it happened that ladies who got to the lecture hall earlier reserved seats for their friends in the front row. Thus their friends who came later got to sit wi ...
THIS SAME JESUS
ExpositionUsually when a leader who is loved by his people is leaving office, it leaves the people with some sorrow because they will miss him/her. In the last council meeting of the former Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Professor Opoku Ony ...
JESUS IS COMING AGAIN
ExpositionThe Pentagonal Gospel is summarized as Jesus the Saviour, Jesus the Healer, Jesus the Sanctifier, Jesus the Baptizer in the Holy Spirit and Jesus the soon coming King. As Pentecostals, we place a lot of emphasis on the second coming of Christ, ...
SO FAR THIS WEEK
The journey this week has been very insightful and educative. We have been looking at the need to participate in the sufferings of Jesus Christ. Some Christians find it very difficult to accept the fact that suffering is part of the Christian journey. Ma ...
THE CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO SUFFERING
ExpositionThe Apostle James, was writing to Jewish Christians facing some intense trials. Christians were murdered, women raped and sold into slavery along with their children, and whatever property they owned was either destroyed or stolen from them. Th ...
BENEFITS FOR SHARING IN CHRIST’S SUFFERING
ExpositionWe have already established the fact that suffering is part of the Christian life. The truth is that those who share in Christ’s suffering receive some benefits. Let’s consider some of them. Suffering helps us draw closer to the Lord. We often ...
ENDURING SUFFERING – JOB’S EXAMPLE
ExpositionThe Scripture reading for the day tells the story of a man called Job who is described as a good man who loved God. Satan challenged God, saying that Job was only good because he had a happy life. God allowed Satan to put Job’s faith to the tes ...
ENDURING SUFFERING- PAUL’S EXAMPLE
ExpositionThe Apostle Paul in the text admonishes his son in the Lord, Timothy, to endure hardships that come his way. To endure is more than just continuing to exist; It is continuing to exist in the same manner as before the suffering began. 2 Timothy ...
JESUS CHRIST, OUR PERFECT EXAMPLE IN SUFFERING
ExpositionJesus is the ultimate example of someone who endured suffering and hardship. The author of Hebrews reminds believers of Christ’s perseverance at the hands of sinners. He had to go through great sufferings for crimes He never committed. In spite ...
PARTICIPATING IN THE SUFFERING OF CHRIST
Exposition:We live in a generation where everyone is looking for happiness and so anything associated with suffering is not welcome. Questions such as, why should a Christian suffer, are often asked by many. Some even teach that those who have enough fai ...