"While I was with them, I was protecting them by Your name that You have given Me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled." The only people who are lost are so that the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"I pray for them. I am not praying for the world but for those You have given Me, because they are Yours. Everything I have is Yours, and everything You have is Mine, and I have been glorified in them." vs9-10 The Lord Jesus is glorified by...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The number one mission of the church in Nigeria must be the planting of new churches. Too many places - Uyo, Owerri, Warri, Asaba… not to mention countless places in the North - do not have a known church preaching sovereign grace and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“For You gave Him authority over all flesh; so He may give eternal life to all You have given Him.” Here is why the Lord Jesus was given authority over all flesh: So that He might give eternal life to all that the Father has given...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Ah!” His disciples said. “Now You’re speaking plainly and not using any figurative language. Now we know that You know everything and don’t need anyone to question You. By this we believe that You came from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"In that day you will not ask Me anything. I assure you: Anything you ask the Father in My name, He will give you." The Lord Jesus gives us a promise: anything that we ask the Father in His name, He will do for us. First, this promise is for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God." Believers are heirs through God. We have all the privileges of the inheritance, because we are sons. First, ws were sons before regeneration, but we did...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin’s power, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe." The promise is given to those who believe, not those who keep the law. The law is ANYTHING...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“I assure you: You will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy." Our sorrow turns to joy at the revelation of Christ the Lord. This is NOT mere head knowledge: the Spirit...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“KILLS YOU” --John 16:2-11 “They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.” vs2 The ignorance and blindness of man is so great, that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]