“…ye shall be witnesses unto me…” Acts 1:8 The Lord required workers then, and He still requires workers now. The sad truth is: many people still do not know the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Lord says that we are to be witnesses unto Him. We are to be His witness – the ones that will bear the Light of the Gospel for Him that others may know. The coming of the Holy Spirit upon the believers would mean that they were to be Christian witnesses for Christ. What would identify the marks of a Christian witness who tried to win souls for Christ? Firstly, we are witnesses for Christ…

Jon 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. Jonah the prophet was called by GOD to go to a sinful nation and to cry against it because GOD was going to judge them for their sins. Without mercy and grace, the entire city would be doomed to earthly death and eternal damnation. Yet, in the city were the innocent children and cattle: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? Jon 4:11 . God’s heart is enlarged for…

Ro 10:1 ¶ Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. Paul does not hide his inward thoughts and feelings about salvation of his countrymen. His desire is that they will come to a proper understanding, accepting and saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing is more important to Paul than this: he lives for souls, to be saved, and then to be sanctified for the glory of GOD. Because of this love for the lost souls of his countrymen, he prays. How does Paul pray? Firstly, he shares his burden. Brethren … Compassion in the heart of Paul caused him…

Luke 18:1 – …men ought always to pray… Our Saviour teaches men to pray. His teachings are not as the Pharisees but as one with authority. The Lord Jesus knows that life has its difficulties and trials and unless we have supernatural help, we are hopeless. Many prayerless saints claim to have found solutions but their answers to their issues have shipwrecked their faith and cause them not to walk with GOD. They have compromised their faith and they have belittled the gospel and her principles. The Lord Jesus teaches that men need to pray and that MAN OUGHT to pray. The key word is ought: we are commanded to pray and we are commanded to seek…

Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.   Prayer and praying is an important and an essential part of the Lord’s life. THere was nothing that  He did that was not attended firstly by prayer. The Lord made sure that he had enough time for prayer: for he rose a great while before day. He knew that time was limited and he had to redeem the time. Early hours are times of refreshing, where the mind is freshest. He arose a great while because he felt the urgency of the needs.  And…

Our Saviour made a statement of fact: offences will come, and he highlighted that offences come not because of situations, or things, but through people (woe unto him, through whom they come). The Saviour then taught that it is better for the person be drowned in the sea than to allow the offence to come through him, a warning that we should take care and beware and to take all precautions against hurting a brother or a sister and sinning against them. Yet, as it is impossible that it should come, our Heavenly Father has appointed a way to make right these offences, for every sin must be made right.…

Key Verse: Matthew 18:35 Forgiveness is an important trait and a necessary part of the development of the Christian life. Our Saviour said that offences must need come, showing that there will be offences that are caused by people and with the offences come hurt, whether intended or not. As a result, because there is the hurt, what must be our response? Must it not be forgiveness? The world has another response: vengeance: the need to settle the score; the need to get even. We do so in anger, in avoidance of contact, in using words that we do not mean and in accusations. Such responses develop a deeper root…

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. – John 8:12 Light is an important element for this world: we need light to see and to find our direction. It is no far-fetched saying that light is life. Without light, we would not be able to do the things we want simply because we cannot see. Yet, the Bible tells us that some see but cannot perceive. There are clearly two layers of seeing: physical sight and spiritual sight. Many can see physically, but their hearts, blind to…

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. – 2 Corinthians 3:18 God tells us that when a person trusts and accepts Jesus into his life, he is new creature, old things are passed away, and all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). This is the Biblical reality for many people of the Bible: Paul was changed from a murderer to a missionary; Peter was transformed from being a coward to a courageous winner of souls; John was changed from being the son…

…Grace unto you… – 1 Peter 1:2 Grace: probably the most wonderful word in the English Bible, and perhaps in the English language. The word evokes feelings of acceptance, love and joy. What is grace? What makes it so wonderful? How do I receive it? Grace simply defined is unmerited favour; it is GOD giving to us something we do not deserve. Some have coined constructed a phrase from the word grace: God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. How true!! But what is so wonderful? To understand grace, we need to understand the law. We are universally under the law of GOD. Because we were made by GOD, we are bound…