Christian Realities

I will tell you a story about a seed- it was planted in the darkest of soils and left alone to be hidden and forgotten, but out of the darkness it germinated into a seedling and then from a seedling to a tree, the largest of all trees. It had abundance of fruits.  This seed is Christ. He came so we could have life and life in abundance. The numerous abundant fruits of Christ belong to us. They are in abundance for He resurrected out of the darkness of death and is seated on God’s right hand. This is our faith. In His wisdom, He (Christ) told us about the story of a mustard seed, but we did not know He was talking about Himself. He said our faith must be like a mustard seed (a story of the smallest of seeds that became the greatest of trees; a hidden revelation of a baby in a manger destined to seat on God's Right Hand).  Jesus is the light that shines in the darkness. The light that darkness could and can not understand. Hell and Death could not understand Him when He resurrected o

It was around 2:30 a.m. of the presidential election. I knew it was time to pray for my nation Nigeria, so I got up from my bed, sat on a chair, and started praying.  The First Vision I came to the general assembly of the Firstborn in a place that looked like a stadium. Thrones were arranged all about but the Firstborn’s throne was more conspicuous than the others.  When I saw the Firstborn, I fell on my face and started crying.  Me : Lord have mercy upon my nation Nigeria, help us, we need you. Come, Lord! Help us. Firstborn : Arise, wipe your eyes, and tell me what you see! Me : I see a beautiful maiden with dark skin, filled with flowers and fruits, and a green garland around her head, but she is taken, beaten, and raped. Her flowers and fruits are ripped from her, and she is left on the streets, bleeding and crying. I see her blood flowing along the street into the gutters, and she is left to die.  Firstborn : Now, what do you see? Me : I see you, My Lord. You are walking towards h

God does not want our faith to be in obedience to the law, but rather in the truth of His Word/Promise. What He has promised He will do, He will do, because when we believe in our self-effort we believe in ourselves, but when we believe in the authenticity of His Word, we believe in Him, this is why the law and gospel are two different concepts, they cannot be mingled.  That was the kind of faith Abraham had in God, the faith that believes in God's promise.  What Paul is calling FAITH in this context (Romans 4:13-16) is Faith in God's promise simply because He (God) cannot lie, because it still requires faith to accept the law and try to follow it, but the end of that is faith in ourselves (our ability, and obedience).  Without faith in God's promise based on who He is, faith is pointless. We obviously should know God is perfect and we are not, the law shows us this over and over again, so it is far better to believe in God and only God without dragging ourselves into the e