Parents make sacrifices for their children. They go through ordeals so their children will not have to go through them. Not so with Christ. He goes through ordeals because He wants us to also go through them and follow His examples.

God made a promise to Abraham: “I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing.” (Genesis 12:2).

By Femi Aribisala Jesus says: “Everyone who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32-33). How exactly do we confess Christ? Confessing and denying Many Christians take this […]

By Femi Aribisala When I met the Lord, I became suddenly open to the spirit world. Jesus said to me: “Femi, blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear.” (Matthew 13:16). However, this was double-edged. I could see and hear both the positive and the negative spiritual. After a few months, […]

By Femi Aribisala We often include God in our personal agendas. For instance, we say: “Give me my thing for God’s sake.” Or “Leave me alone for Christ’s sake.” “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.” (Acts 17:30). I had always assumed that God loves us more than […]

By Femi Aribisala My first name means “God loves me.” When God called me to ministry in 1994, He called my name three times. Then He said to me: “I have loved you from the foundation of the world.” The Bible says: “The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as […]

By Femi Aribisala Christians say we are saved. But Jesus says we are not. He puts salvation as the final bus stop, saying: “He who endures to the end will be saved.” (Matthew 10:22). But Christians proclaim their salvation at the beginning. Inevitably, Christians are in for a big surprise. Jesus says: “The last will be first, […]

By Femi Aribisala I was invited to conduct a teaching program in a neighbouring church in Lagos. Out of the blue, at the beginning of the session, the Lord asked me to lead the members of the congregation in singing a popular Christian song. This continued every day for the first five days of the program. […]

By Femi Aribisala Jesus came into the world as a heavenly commando sent by God to destroy the works of Satan single-handedly.  The devil holds men in bondage through the singular sin of the love of life; the foundation of all sin.  We steal, cheat, fight, kill and commit adultery to save our lives.  God […]

By Femi Aribisala “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.” (Mark 12:29). Everything about the Christian faith is one: “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all.” (Ephesians 4:4-6). […]

By Femi Aribisala If you answer the phone and discover that the call is from the president of your country, you can imagine how excited you would be. Your mind might make a 100-metre dash, concluding that the call is about some appointment or promotion, or something of grandeur and prestige. You might Walter Mitty […]

By Femi Aribisala God is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and End of all things. (Revelation 1:8). Accordingly, He not only brings trouble to men, but He also redeems men from trouble. The psalmist says: “God turns man to destruction.” (Psalm 90:3). But he also acknowledges that it is God who redeems our […]

By Femi Aribisala Armed robbers broke into a man’s house.  They cornered him in his bedroom.  In desperation, he pleaded to be allowed to say his last prayer.  His assailants were amused.  They told him to go ahead but make it brief.  The man went down on his knees.  “Father,” he cried silently, “I need you […]

By Femi Aribisala Christians are full of contradictions. We judge believers and non-believers. We judge situations and circumstances. We even sometimes judge God, our Lord, and maker. Nevertheless, we quote Jesus: “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it […]

By Femi Aribisala Several years ago, armed robbers visited the church premises of a famous Nigerian bishop and attacked some banks there. The bishop was greatly offended, and he cursed them. He directed his church members to pray that the wrath of God would be visited on the criminals. He also cursed kidnappers operating in […]