Let us look at the first book of Corinthians chapter 1 from verse 18-31. In this first part we will look at verses 18-21. From verse 10-17 of this chapter, Paul addresses the issue of divisions Within the church. It appears that Christians at Corinth were dividing themselves up into those following Paul, Apolos and […]
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John Chapter 9:34-41 The Blind will see Part 4
John 9:34-41 (ESVST) They answered him, “ You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out. After the used to be blind men gave reasons why the Pharisees and the leaders of the church should have known that Jesus was fom God because of what he is doing. […]
John Chapter 9:24-33 The Blind will see Part 3
John 9:24-33 (ESVST) So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “ Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” After the Pharisees and the church leaders got confirmation from the parents of the blind man that he was born blind and […]
John Chapter 9:13-23 The Blind will see Part 2
John 9:13-23 (ESVST) They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. In our last message, Jesus had just healed a man who was born blind and this caused a lot of unbelief amongst the people. There was so much unbelief that this man was no longer blind to the extent that […]
John Chapter 9:1-12 The Blind will see Part 1
John 9:1-12(ESVST) 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. Jesus is still in Judea after he escaped from the Jews who wanted to stone him for saying that they are not the sons of Abraham but of the devil. Jesus also told them that he was there even before Abraham […]
2 Peter1:1-15 – I am saved, now what? Part 3
In the previous messages we attempted to answer the question of: now that I am saved, now what?. We chose 2 Peter 2:1-15 as the message we will use to try and answer this question. In part 1 and 2, we dealt with verses 1-9 and these verses told us that once we are saved, we […]
2 Peter1:1-15 – I am saved, now what? Part 2
This is part 2 of our message on what to do now that I am saved. In part one we managed to do verse 1 up to 4 and we heard that God called us to himself and by his divine power, gave us all that we need to live a godly life through our knowledge […]
2 Peter1:1-15 – I am saved, now what? Part 1
This is a question that most newly born again Christians most often ask. I know I also asked the same question when I was saved. Now that I am saved, what is the next step, what is that I must do on a day to day basis. What can I do to grow in the […]
Justification by Faith and it’s rewards
The purpose of Jesus death and resurrection was to create a way for us human beings who have continuously and consistently sinned against God, to be reconciled to our creator, our Father. As Paul says in Romans that sin came by one man and so will by one man all be saved. Jesus through his […]
John 8:48-59 Before Abraham was, I am
John 8:48-59 (ESVST) 48 The Jews answered him, “ Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus is still engaging with what I believe was a very heated debate with the Jews at the temple in Judea. Jesus in the verses above this one had just told […]