David Oyedepo: Feet-washing, Holy Communion, Anointing and other issues
This article is my response to the following request submitted by a reader: Im concerned about the whole feet-washing thing,seeing that i was brought up to believe that feet-washing connects one to the priests and the commissions, a connection to prosperity, health e.t.c. also i need us to shed more light on the Holy communion [...]
Read MoreThe Mysteries of the Kingdom
Again and again, we hear certain men talk about the “mysteries” of the kingdom or of the Gospel (or whatever other term they choose to use). Usually, these men speak of these “mysteries” as things that are still hidden and that require some special revelation by themselves to deliver to the rest of the Church. [...]
Read MoreUnderstanding the Book of Acts
As much as the book of Acts is a popular book of the bible, it is one of the most abused books. It is in part because of this abuse that grave errors have crept into the Body of Christ. If the reader will bear the following points in mind, he/she will escape many of [...]
Read MoreContext is everything
In this article, I want to examine our attitude to interpreting Scriptures, especially when faced with two different commandments or instructions that may seem to be contradictory. For example, the Bible teaches that we are saved through faith in Jesus Christ. We understand this to be the underlying premise for anything that has to do [...]
Read MoreSo near; yet so far from truth
Concerning matters of spirituality, is it really important what Scriptures instruct us to do, and what it does not? In this article, I will present why we must be careful to follow what is written. As we already know, there are two simple yardsticks for guiding anyone (even if you have no understanding of Greek, [...]
Read MoreThese Signs shall Follow those who Believe…
Just before leaving the earth, Jesus said to His disciples: And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay [...]
Read MoreAdam was not deceived
The accounts of the events in the garden of Eden are very much interesting. More than that, they are eye-openers to many things pertaining to man’s surjourn here on earth. Thousands of years after the cataclysmic events in that garden, the apostle Paul writing by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, had this to say: [...]
Read MoreThe Enemy Called Busy
We live in an age where everything seems to be measured in terms of productivity. “Do more“; “achieve more“; and “accomplish more“, are terms we hear ever so often. Basically, we are told that our fulfilment comes from how busy or ‘achieving’ we are. This is not only a workplace issue. Our families and churches [...]
Read MoreThe Believer and Righteousness
Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Everyone who makes a practice of sinning [...]
Read MoreThe question of freewill in salvation and election
Freewill and bondage of the will Freewill may be described in very simple terms, in the context that we speak, as the liberty to choose between good and evil. Bondage of the will is a term I use to describe a Biblical fact that the will of a person is in bondage to his nature [...]
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