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THE ANTECEDENTS OF TRUE REVIVAL (Part 1)

HOME OF ARTICLES  “Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.” (Hosea 10:12 NKJV)   Only carnal, immature, or undiscerning believers will not admit that today’s church desperately needs true spiritual awakening or revival. It is disheartening that the church, which is supposed to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth, is now stumbling in darkness and riddled with corruption. Rather than invading, permeating, and influencing the world with Christ’s values and virtues, sadly, the world is now invading, permeating, and influencing the church with its values, vices, and lies. Rather than making disciples of all the nations for Christ, many believers today have become followers of unregenerate and ungodly celebrities. The spiritual state of the church today is similar to the state of the church in Sardis, which the Lord rebuked in the book of Revelation. R...

THE ANTECEDENTS OF TRUE REVIVAL (Part 2)

HOME OF ARTICLES  “ Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” Says the LORD of hosts.” (Malachi 3:1 NKJV)   History has taught us that true revivals don’t just happen arbitrarily or randomly. No generation in the past has ever experienced a mighty move of God by chance. If any generation desires to see the manifestation of God’s overwhelming presence, it must prepare the way for God. God is not an intruder or a gatecrasher who will force His way into our affairs when not invited or wanted. Our responsibility is to prepare the way before the Lord and seek Him with all our hearts, and when we do this, the Lord will not fail to reveal His incredible presence and power in His temple, the church. Jeremiah 29:13 – NKJV 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. If we fail to prep...

THE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST (Part 1)

 HOME OF ARTICLES  “ Therefore, brethren, we are debtors–not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” (Romans 8:12-13 NKJV)   While admonishing the Christians in Philippi to follow his example, Apostle Paul sternly warned them to separate themselves from the Judaizers or self-indulgent Christians who were not walking according to his teaching and the standards he had set. Paul rightly referred to them as “the enemies of the cross of Christ.” Philippians 3:17-19 – NKJV   17 Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern.  18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:  19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame–who set their mind on earthly things. P...

THE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST (Part 2)

HOME OF ARTICLES  “ If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.” (Colossians 3:1-2 NKJV)   The Bible commands Christians to walk in love and pursue peace with all people  ( Ephesians. 5:1-2, Romans. 12:16-18).  However, the Bible cautions Christians on friendship, fellowship, or association. While Christians should love and seek to live peaceably with all people, we are not expected to befriend, fellowship, or keep close company with all people. Proverbs 12:26 – NKJV 26 The righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray.   Proverbs 22:24-25 – NKJV  24 Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,  25 Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul. In all his epistles, Apostle Paul seriously warns Christians to note and separate from those am...

THE PARABLE OF THE TARES OF THE FIELD (Part 1)

HOME OF ARTICLES  “ The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.” (Matthew 13:38 NKJV)   After the Lord Jesus had privately explained the parable of the Sower to His disciples, He put forth another parable about the tares of the field to the great multitude that was gathered to Him by the sea. Matthew 13:24-30 – NKJV  24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;  25 “but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.  26 “But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.  27 “So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’  28 “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’  29 “But he said, ...