Many christians don’t have a faith of their own. They do things because that’s how it’s done in their church or because their pastor said so and this is their basis for judging what is right or wrong. So to them whatever is different from doctrine as they know it in their church is wrong. If you don’t have a reason why you do something then the truth is you are just following people. I heard this from pastor Chris Segun Onayinka: “If you have not found something you can die for then you have not really started living.” He said ” find a cause worth dying for and live for it”.
You can never be a true follower if you are not convinced of the leader’s vision and cause. In christianity there is one leader called Lord. Bible calls him the head i.e source.Eph 1:22. We are his body i.e his people, his church, greek- ecclesia- called out ones. This is what he talked about in Matt 16:18. His church, his doctrine. When it comes to his doctrines, it never changes, no review. See Heb 13:8-10
Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. ” 13:9 “Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.”
“Be not carried about” means don’t be easily swayed, infact, don’t be swayed at all. What is “divers and strange doctrines”? It is anything that is different from grace. It is a good thing that the heart be established on grace. Grace is the doctrine. Don’t expect it to change because Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever- he never changes.
That is why we teach grace and nothing else. “It is a good thing for the heart to be established…” A good understanding of grace will give you a strong, effective Christianity.
You should be grounded in issues of doctrines. You should be able to answer certain pertinent questions. Examples of such questions will be;
— Can a christian be saved without being baptized in water?
— Did Jesus leave a commandment to eat the communion?
— Is a christian supposed to pay tithe?
— Is the tithe payer allowed to eat the tithe for any reason?
You’ll do yourself some good to start studying God’s word and becoming established on grace so that you stop getting carried about with diverse and strange doctrine. So that you stop being a child. A baby christian is one who is not sure of what he/she believes. Ephesians 4:14 “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”
Let us go on to perfection(maturity) Heb 6:1. Let’s not remain babes. Hebrews 5:
5:12 “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.”
5:13 “For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.”
5:14 “But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
Have a fruitful day. Of a truth Jesus is Lord! We win!
Category: Notes
ANNIVERSARY
It always starts up as just a dream, most times it would be fought by every aspect of “why we cannot do it”
Our fears, our inadequacies, our time would wear gloves and enter the same ring with our dreams.
What keeps us going is not our strength, it is the dream giver Himself.
I want to thank God Almighty for giving this dream, and keeping it too.
I want to thank Him for the lives of those that have been blessed on this platform, and for the men and women who He has used to keep the dream alive.
Today, the 2nd of October, 2015
The Christ-A-Poet blog is officially 3Years old.
We return ALL the glory to Him whom it is it truly due.
As we all enter another year in this place, I pray greater works than there has been for each of our lives, and of course, greater depth and freedom in the Love and knowledge of Christ.
I am glad to have you ALL
God bless you.
#Ezeonyeka Godswill
*chief Editor CAP.
The Manifestation Formula
This is the formula for Manifestation
1John 1:1-4
1Timothy 6:12
Maintain your Victory
Missed kiss
Pain. I started out from pain. My insides in turmoil as I stewed in pain’s oil yet everything, worked together for my good. I smile sometimes when I remember their faces and jokes and stories and yokes and then I, blink…
Thousands of times ago you, Father, thought me up; but then it might have been today because for someone who transcends the ‘before and after’ phenomenon of Time yet chooses to operate by it, what you go back and change will not have changed but will have always been as you made it. Change is a human adjective. Its always today for you.
If not how will those whom you called, be the same you predestined to bear the image of your son, when they are, we are, the same who nearly didn’t believe?
You thought me up…created me…gave flesh to the idea that is my spirit, my being.
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Reflection
His hands are weak from stroking
His eyes are tired of searching
To stop might mean sinking, or float resting.
To rest is knowing, the rest is fleeting.
To the timeless, years are a moment;
Folds of blessing after he won’t relent.
Save us from our stomachs, O LORD;
Restore him to your embrace.
Our Spirit is the target of the Sword,
Let not terror laugh in his face.
I pray that Your Spirit be his compass;
Returning him to Love, away from error.
I know Your Word must come to pass;
With Joy, I look away from the Mirror.
Write, The Vision.
One of the simplest errors that occur in ministry is when the vision is forgotten. The minister gets so engrossed in running he soon forgets why he began the race in the first place. I have fallen prey to this far too many times and I have come to learn and appreciate the scripture in Habakkuk that says “Write the vision”. Sincerely I have the vision of this team written in so many places, marked on my bible and all that. Such that when I start loosing drive or focus I go back to what God said at first and its been awesome. I’m saying this so you can ask yourself “what got me here in the first place?” When you’ve got it figured out, write it down. Visit it frequently. You’d be glad you did.
Now, the Christ A Poet Team was founded basically on a need to make this gospel of Christ known through the unique gift of literature. The gift of writing. One of the things God has clearly laid in my heart concerning this team is to raise Christ-a-poet(s). At the time I got the name I had foggy understanding why but down the road God made it clear He wants to build us into writers that are Christs(saviours) in this world. God is building an army of writing Christs in us and you and I can testify He has surely been teaching and grooming us ever since we joined this beautiful team. See that’s one reason amongst why God chose the name team for us. He wanted us to train together like team would, grow together, complement each other such that when it is game time we become a formidable force. We train to win. We grow to go out and teach. That brings me to what God showed me in Ezra.
You see…Scribes, They at different times occupied different positions such as secretaries of state, study of the law, multiplication of copies of the law, teaching of the law, documenting prophecies, transcribe the law, at a point the scribes wielded more power than the priests. In Ezra’s day he was described as “a ready scribe” Ezra 7:6 I came to understand that to mean Ezra was skilled at what he did but what dintinguished him to be was what vs 10 said “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgements”. The Lord stopped me here and made it clear, as a team this is what we’re called to do. Who we are called to. We are first to seek Gods word, then do it and then teach it. No part of this process ought to suffer neglect. You see later down the road especially during Jesus’ day the scribes missed it somewhere but that doesn’t mean God is no more interested in this office. You see that’s why He put a pen in your hands, that’s why those scriptures are opened up to you more than others see it, that’s why you can sit from afar and observe life as we know it, that’s why you can put words together into a most compelling message even with no formal training in the art, it is why you’re in this team today. God wants to speak in your heart knowing fully well you’ll write it down. He wants to be with you He wants to build you He wants to send you but not on your own He will most definitely go with you. That’s it!
Hallelluyah
God called you and I to be his scribes, his secretaries of state, his pen, a ready pen.
A worthy Scribe!
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What excites me even more is eyes have not seen, ears have not heard neither has it entered into the imagination of man what God has planned to do with us.
So don’t just hang around, get in the mix. Our God is awesome. What a blessing He sheds on our way.
Godswill
Christapoet, Manifest Progenitor after Christ.
Food for Thought
Many contradict God by saying if God created everything then He must have created evil, but d truth is evil was never created. Rather, it is the absence of the good God created that brings evil into existence. Just like you don’t have to create darkness, you just turn off the light then you have darkness.
So when you don’t have the Spirit of God you have the spirit of the devil. If you don’t have the Holy Bible as your guide, you certainly have the wrong concept of life. If you don’t have God you have the devil.
Evil is no creation of God rather it is the result of man’s wrong doing.
-Twitch
LET US PRAY!
In less than 18 days, the people of Nigeria would be voting towards electing a leader for the next four years of government. This process has already raised the eyebrows of many. A lot of speculations have been made and most have been unfortunately negative but I strongly believe that if the church would pray, God would most definitely intervene.
A whole lot of prophecies have come as concerning the country Nigeria but with the situation of things it seems as though the devil is succeeding to have his way. This cannot stand! The bible affirms that the Gates of hell shall not prevail against the church. What’s more?
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
This is a call for prayer for Nigeria, whether you are one or not, please take out a moment and say a prayer for Nigeria.
God bless
Christ a poet 