The Kingdom PRECECPTS

For long one had hoped that the increasing number of 'men of God' that do not add value to the church of God was a passing phenomenon. But they keep increasing.  Each comes claiming God spoke to them to start one 'church' or ministry. People keep trooping to hear them; believing sincerely that these men have words from the Lord. One has realized wishing that these will phase out naturally is not in line with scripture. For it says, in the last days false prophets will arise and deceive many. But the church of Jesus must fight for it's purity. True Prophetic Purpose The Old Testaments Prophets were messengers of God and they never spoke on their own. To Moses  God said, "Now, go! I will help you to speak, and I will tell you what to say" (Exodus 4 12). To Jeremiah he said, ".. 'Listen, I am giving you the words you must speak'" . (Jeremiah 1:9). To Ezekiel he said, "You will tell them whatever I tell you to say..."  (Ezekiel ...

Were the 3 days 3 nights that Jesus was in the grave a full 72 hours? Is there a difference between "three days" and "the third day"? There has been a long standing debate over the meaning of Matthew 12:40, “for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” In my opinion, the evidence supports the traditional view that Jesus was crucified on Friday afternoon and was in the grave part of Friday (the day of preparation cf. Luke 23:54-55), all of Saturday (Luke 23:56), and part of Sunday, the first day of the week (Luke 24:1). Some of the evidence for this is as follows: (1) To us, three days and three nights generally means 72 hours, but we must understand the Bible historically and culturally. For the Jewish mind, this could mean any part of the first day, all of the second day, and any part of the third day. This is obvious by comparing Esther 4:16 ...

Dear Isma’il,             It’s rather sad and unfortunate that our brotherhood and the warm relationship of love we’ve enjoyed all our lives until recently, has unavoidably gone sour, to say I’m being ostracized as an out-cast from the family on the basis of my decision to believe in “ Isah Al-Masih (Jesus Christ) ” will be an unpardonable understatement. I write these few lines to you being fully aware that the Fatwa (a legal injunction from an Islamic authourity) warranting my death-sentence still hangs over my head, because I’m now considered an infidel who doesn’t deserve to live.              I feel sorry to see the family that Father worked so hard to raise now divided and in tatters on the basis of my decision to follow Isah Al-masih, but in actual fact I have no regret discovering the very essence of life and true unconditional love which I never experienced i...

THE BIBLICAL MUSLIM This piece attempts a brief examination of attitudes and practices which are considered obligatory to Muslims which also corresponds with certain Biblical injunctions and/or practices that Christians these days either observe with levity and complacency or simply neglect all together. It is intended to educate Christians to whom both Muslims and Islam has remained an enigma, with the hope of challenging us as Christians to be more dedicated to the Christ we believe and be better Muslim evangelists at every given opportunity. CONFESSION OF FAITH/CREED OR WITNESSING – SHAHADAH : For the Muslim this is the words of witness or testimony (Shahadah), it is recited by the Muslims everyday of their lives in the course worship/prayer. The creed; Lailla illallahu Mohammadu rasul Ullah, which literarily means: there’s no God but Allah and Mohammad is his prophet, is repeated by the Muslim who hears it, it is recited in the ears new-born babes and proclaimed by the lips ...

A Missionary is basically a disciple of Jesus Christ living among those people who are not, one committed to the   fulfillment of the great commission: Preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, Baptizing and Making Disciples as instructed in Matthew 28:19-20. By this definition every Christian, follower or Disciple of Jesus Christ should be a Missionary by default, living solely for the purpose of advancing the kingdom irrespective of whatever capacity or sphere of influence he she commands. This task of preaching the gospel and making disciple of all people in our sphere of influence and beyond is not and should not be restricted to a few people through making of distinctions between “the Clergy” and “the Laity”, after all Christianity was never intended by God to be another religion because enough of those religions existed before Christ came. Rather it was intended to be a Movement where a disciple follows his master or teacher everywhere he goes, does what his master does, and...