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One of the very sharp lessons every child learns is submission. Children immediately they learn to speak, are taught to submit and obey the instructions by their parents. When parents spank children for the wrongs they do, often times, they learn from that experience and never will they like to the spanked for the same wrong actions.   An obedient child is one who is submissive to the parents. Children who honor their parents are obedient. Such children are a blessing to godly parents. On the side of the story, there are some children who are stubborn and a constant source of worry to parents. They do not obey nor do they submit to their parents. It is every parent’s wish to have obedient children but that is not always the case most times. Disobedient Children are always punished by parents. Nature itself teaches that submission is relevant. Just us children obey parents, God has a much greater power and ought to be obeyed. God has authority. His authority can be seen by H...

Go out of the   ekklesia , go to our   homes, go to the supermarkets and   shopping malls, go to the   schools, go to our offices of work and I tell you, you will see that those who claim to profess our Lord   Jesus Christ are nothing different from the people of the world. A quick observation is–there is a misplaced priority in the church today. Most of our congregations have gone apostate and some are on the road to apostasy as well. There is a disconnection between the Church of the Bible and some of our congregations. There appears to be a bearing of resemblance to the Church of the Bible but taking a closer look you will realize that these congregations are far off from being that Church the early disciples were added to.   To see the extent of our disconnection, we have neglected the book-chapter-and-verse preaching for social gospel messages.   How many times have we not heard from our own people that the church is boring and we should g...

In the political world, politicians rise up with good manifestos, convincing people to vote for them for change to be realized. Often times, people embrace their political ideologies and go out to polling stations   during elections   to cast their   votes in hope of having a change in the society. Guess what? Most of these politicians always fail to fulfill their campaigns promises. Under every regard, they often fail to live by their words. Christians today are more and more becoming “ political Christians ”.   On every Sunday, you will see these folks who claim to be professing Christ flamboyantly dressed in their nicest apparels in church. They turn to be godly within the confines of the Church building which is mostly three hours, but they are different people all together when they move out of the assembly of the saints.   This is exactly what “three-hour’ Christian syndrome is about. Today, many Christians endorse or coax other people to engage in ...

Life is full of choices is  a trustworthy statement. At every point in time, we have to take a decision or make a choice. Some of those choices include a choice to please God or man. Free will was given to man from the onset of time. We are free under every consideration to make choices or decisions but the question is― are these choices pleasing God or man? Many folks today are going superficial trying to please men to the neglect of the most important things in this life ( Fearing God and doing His Will - Ecclesiastes 12:12-14 ). Christians, God’s elect are becoming more like the Pharisees of our Lord’s times ( Matt 23:25;Matt.15:8 ). They outwardly appear to be kingdom minded but they are indeed ravenous wolves. Christians today are not inside-out with God. Men are seeking the praises of fellow men and not the glory of    King Jesus. When we try to please men, we forsake God, dilute His word and preach not the gospel as it.   Our pulpits are gradually be...

Most Christians have read books about how excuses prevent us from becoming financial independent for instance, No more excuses, the power of self-discipline by Brian Tracy but I am not pretty sure if Christians have sought to think about how to devotedly do the work of God and eschew all forms of excuses or reasons they so call.   In personal work and discussions with folks, these are some of the excuses or reasons some of them always give for not measuring up to Christ’s standard. Now, read these from some of them. Unbeliever - “ I am busy now, I will get some ample time to study God’s word and to be a disciple of Christ. ”   College student - “ You know at this time that I am in school, I need to study to get good grades, so I will serve you and win souls for you when I   am done with school ”. Married Christian - “ I am starting up a family and I am working too, so I will devote my life to win souls for the Lord when I am retired. ” Retired Ch...

In the dressing room, we always  look up  for how we look in the mirror ( in the literal sense ). We always want to appear neat, nice looking and smart to other people. We are conscious of how we dress up and that is the reason why we always stand in front of the dressing mirror to check ourselves up. In transport, the front mirrors of an automobile serves as a safety check. An automobile without front mirrors is likely to be a dead trap for the driver and his passengers. Safety is compromised without the front mirror. You cannot check out for obstacles and this could be deadly. Similarly, Christ is the mirror of the Christian. We look up to Him as a standard and a measuring rod The Christian is supposed to be compared to Christ and not any  mortal man . Christian living is the parameter of measurement in regards to Christ. Do we measure up to Christ? In  Acts 11:26 -  “ and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met w...

On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (Now Tenerife North Airport), on the Spanish island of Tenerife, the Canary Islands killing 583 people. This has being the deadliest aviation accident so far. In fact, this was a sad incident that happened in the world in 1977.   I know homes were jeopardized, hearts were saddened, faith was put to the test and people had this question in their minds “ God, why did this happen to my …. ”.   I started thinking about this disaster and the ruins it caused and these questions kept blowing my mind: Did these people know that this flight was their flight into eternity? Did they know their lives were going to come to an end on that day? Where these men new testament Christians?   After all these thoughts, I opened my Bible to James 4:13-14 -“   13  Come now, you who say, “ Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and s...