Smallest Seed

Sometimes it's the in thing to say--calling Jesus friend. Everybody wants to be friends with him, not understanding what it really means. To most people, it's like having a selfie taken with their favorite showbiz star. "Hey look! I'm with Jesus!" [Picture above from Remi Walle, Unsplash]. Preachers call non-believers to the altar with the promise that Jesus would be their friend. That sounds reassuring and will get crowds going to the altar call. People feel like Jesus just moved into the neighborhood and became one of them. Who wouldn't go to the altar to have that privilege? Sometimes we use terms people don't understand just to lure them to the altar or membership. But who does Jesus see as friend? 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. [John 15] First, Jesus said you'd be his friend ...

The Word of God is rich in insights. Single passages can reveal thousands of meanings. Nothing's confined or limited to one interpretation--although all its finality is on Jesus alone. In this sense, I see how the rich, young, ruler passage in Matthew 19 has a vital end-times principle to teach us.  Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash . When Peter asked the Master what was there for them since they had left everything to follow Jesus, he told them that at the "renewal" of things, when the Son of Man sits on His throne, the 12 would judge all Israel, and those who had left (this is where we come in) fields, homes, families, etc., for Jesus' sake would get 100 times what was given up, plus eternal life as a major bonus. See? Definitely, this talks about last days scenarios. GOD's Flesh e-book. Read about it here.   You've read about the rich, young, ruler, I'm sure, and the characteristics are obviously of today's church generation. Well, at least to ...

Power prayer is quitting prayer. But no-one wants that--they'll crucify you if you even think of introducing that idea in their prayer meetings. In fact, they love long prayers and prayer sessions. They think, the longer the better, the more spiritual. They want it long, poetic, dramatic, carefully worded and modulated. They still do it today--babbling words, making it long, and opting for high-sounding content. Often, it's a contest of whose prayer sounds more sublime and spiritual. This, no matter if my Jesus has tipped us about what prayer is not. That's the problem with this generation--it knows Jesus' words but adamant about doing things to the contrary--doing it their way, their standard--and calling that Christianity.  Photo above by  Artem Beliaikin on Unsplash . In the Lord's prayer, my Jesus taught us an ultra simple and very generalized prayer. Yet some smart Alecks insist that we keep prayers specific. Jesus just put a short generalized sentence abou...

The article immediately prior to this, titled "Genuine Godly Stewardship," got this query: "What do you mean by money expense to beautify our lives? Do you mean the temple of the Holy Spirit?" The answer is a big YES. But it's not about church buildings or altar renovations. Church buildings are not God's temple. Picture above by Saad Chaudhry, Unsplash. Building and beautifying the temple of the Holy Spirit takes lots of spiritual caring by the Word, prayer, worship, genuine spirit fellowship (spirit-to-spirit connection), and discipleship--plus lots of real money expense. For one, you have to buy bibles in various versions. Another is buying quality books on Jesus and having your own Greek and Hebrew bibles and things like that. And don't forget books with unusual or radical contents that help you believe outside the (religious) box. Jesus said, "Leave them (the Pharisees). They're blind guides." But these are not musts. Th...

Stewardship is how we take care of (or save) other's property entrusted to us. From an earthly perspective, yes. But God has a different idea about stewardship. It's often losing things (especially valuable things) he entrusted to us--to gain Him. Or losing what's dear to us to finally make the right spiritual investment. Sadly, church often has it the other way around. It sees stewardship the way the world does--storing up treasures on earth. Or, saving time on earth by not "wasting" it, for instance. Specifically, keeping church money intact in banks and making it grow. The more money saved, the better steward you are. Photo above by  Jonathan Pielmayer   on   Unsplash . Stewardship of money is often seen like what corporate companies do with their finances. Church would fuss a lot about accounting and auditing, records and ledgers. Spending only according to agreed budgets and apportionments. Not a cent would be used for spending anything unless the church boa...

Only the spoken Word is Spirit and Life--so get the spoken Word, not just the printed Word! And I mean, spoken, as in spoken from God's own mouth. It can't be overemphasized (no one can say I'm exaggerating)--the spoken WORD is LIFE. Often, we treat God's Word as a mere book we bring to church on Sundays so we'd look Christian. Or a textbook to base our denominational doctrines or human theology on. But the Word is something else. Photo above by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash . 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing (zero). The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. [John 6]   See a free review of the e-book, God's Flesh." Click here. Jesus himself stressed the extreme importance of the spoken Word. In effect, he's saying that anything outside the spoken Word is flesh, and they count for nothing; they produce zero result in God's eyes. Zero. Pfft. Nothing. Nada. Only the spoken Word is Spirit and Life...

Image from Flickr Jesus' resurrection--it was the first in the world. It was purely supernatural. And that resurrection is part of a believer's daily life. Resurrection is right NOW and yet to come. And it's purely supernatural. This is why you cannot afford not to believe that the supernatural still happens everyday. Resurrection is not just a decision to change for the better because you're now a regular church person. It's a supernatural transformation only God can effect in you. An e-book to help you get a genuine supernatural transformation from God. Click here. The Father could've willed to experience it himself but delegated it to His Son, Jesus Christ. It's an incredible way of transforming body, soul and spirit to the highest level of restoration after death. Before this, God, was spirit and Jesus was the spoken Word yet to be made flesh. People then thought that God's awesome power had been displayed in its fullest through the signs a...