Jesus was God, a Son who had a father. We are being made to be like Christ and will have the nature of sons. Essentially all believers are spiritual sons (for more on gender language, see the next section) and all need spiritual fathers, even...
We are not meant to be in the ministry alone. Christ and the Father walked together, and we are supposed to walk with others too. Almost nothing can change or influence your experience of spiritual life in a local church, or christian community more than having...
Sonship! It is, quite simply, the way God prefers to do business. If you mean business with God, you really need to learn what it means to be a son to a father in the Body of Christ. We have already discussed in the last two...
“In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe....
When God said He wanted to do a “new thing” He meant it literally concerning the time shortly to come. And, the word new, meant that it would be completely new, nothing at all like the previous thing. In this He referred to the day...
Jesus said that you cannot take new wine and pour it into an old wineskin. This is because new wine expands in size and can break a brittle old wineskin, losing the wine. Jesus was of course less concerned with wine than with spiritual realities...
Every spiritual leader knows that the Church is not what it should be. There is a longing in the heart of every genuine Christian leader to see God’s people become what they should be, and to see maturity in the Body of Christ. There are...
“From the beginning God had revealed Himself to be a personal God, but more amazing is this; when Christ came in the flesh as the great revelation of God, He revealed God to be God in Father and Son.” – The Apostolic Revelation, Chapter 9. God is...
God has appointed and continues to appoint “fathers” throughout Scripture and history for varying reasons. Abraham is the “Father of many nations”, Adam is the “Father of the human race”, Jacob is the “Father of Israel”, Paul is the “Father to the Gentiles” and the...
The Need to Restore Fatherhood The danger of the earth being struck with a curse if the hearts of the fathers and their children were not turned back to each other was prophesied in Malachi 4. In many ways, fatherlessness is the curse, and fatherhood cancels...
