Exposition: Salvation simply means deliverance from evil or danger. In Christian circles, it is the deliverance of the sinner or humanity from the bondage of sin and its inevitable consequences which eternal death into eternal which comes by grace thr ...
SUSTAINING POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD
Exposition: Sustenance is to keep a thing alive or keep it standing in order that it does not fall away. It also means to bear or endure a situation or circumstance without failing or yielding. Our scripture reading gives us a clear understanding of h ...
CLEANSING BY THE WORD
Exposition: Cleansing is the act of removing foul smell or dirt from something. It means to be free from guilt (Webster’s 1828 Dictionary). Though the author of Psalm 119 is unknown, our scripture reading suggests to us that the poet might be a young ...
BLESSINGS OF THE WORD OF GOD
Exposition: Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible with 176 verses and was written by an unknown author. The writer discusses being passionately devoted to God’s word and the blessings that come with it in this chapter. Psalm 119 in its entiret ...
THE VALUE OF THE WORD OF GOD
Exposition: Value is derived from the Latin word Valeo which means to be of worth – thus the qualities and features of a thing that renders it useful (Webster’s 1828 Dictionary). The word of God also known as the Bible, is the basic means through whic ...
SO FAR THIS WEEK
This week, has been a week where our focus has been on forgiveness. By nature, God forgives. No sin is too big for God not to forgive. He is ever-ready to forgive all who run to Him. Forgiveness is to stop blaming or being angry with someone for somet ...
FORGIVENESS, HEALING, AND SEALING
It was during one of the afternoon prayer sessions at an Easter Convention at Tarkwa in the early 80s. As young elders, we joined in the laying on of hands. A woman literally pulled my friend, Jimmy, and I, out to go pray for his son. He’s had a locked j ...
FORGIVENESS LEADS TO RELATIONSHIP
Exposition: God covets relationship above performance. He created us in his image so that he can have a relationship with us or live in us. And he cannot have a relationship with us in our sinful rebellious state. We need to be forgiven, cleansed, and ...
WHY WOULD GOD WANT (HAVE) TO FORGIVE US?
Exposition: In today’s scripture reading, we encounter God who is frustrated over man’s depraved nature – the old nature that always seeks to indulge in sin. He expresses his decision in verse 3 is that his “spirit shall not abide with man forever.” T ...
MERCY AND GRACE IN FORGIVENESS
Exposition: Yesterday, we saw mercy and compassion as being integral part in the act of forgiveness. Today we turn our attention to Mercy and Grace. Having understood “Mercy” to be the act of being denied what we rightly deserve, “Grace” on the other ...