Smallest Seed

Image from American Magazine. LIFE and Character Right from the start of Jesus' ministry, he made clear what the Kingdom really is---it's producing fruit. And by "producing fruit," it's like how trees produce them. Trees do not work hard or use effort to bear fruit. They just stand there and wait for God to do everything for it. John 15 says we produce fruit by remaining connected to the Vine---by remaining in Christ. It's really all that easy. Remaining in Christ turns your life upside down and strangely different from the lives of other people, very different from the world, in fact. It's radically, eerily and even "frighteningly" so different that a lot of people get scared and turn away from it, even church people (or especially church people and their leaders). Jesus enumerated the Kingdom virtues on a mountainside one day. Beatitudes Kingdom is life. It's not a religious organization or a particular theology or belief or

Image from  buildingiq. Kingdom Dynamics Very few things matter in the Kingdom, one of which is fruit . John the baptizer said, "Produce fruit in keeping with repentance," as he preached, "Repent for the Kingdom of God is near!" Positions, titles, degrees, importance, achievements do not matter even one bit. It's fruit of repentance, proof that you have really radically changed. He saw Pharisees and Sadducees trooping to where he baptized at the Jordan river, and he called them "brood of vipers." They probably thought their positions, titles and accomplishments would give them special treatment and place in John's ministry. But John didn't spare them from his tirade. Imagine their shock. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Only Fruit Matters If they had come to church today they'd pr

Image from Entrepreneur's Online Paper. Starting in Simplicity and Meekness JESUS talked of nothing but the Father and his Kingdom. The goal is for believers to be transferred to the kingdom and live there permanently as they also live in the world at the same time. The priority is living in the kingdom by its principles---in its culture, dimensions, realities, practices and mindset. The kingdom life, in short. Not denominational manuals, policies and doctrines. What most Christians know are only these things---how to function and operate in their denominations---but they are complete strangers when it comes to God's kingdom. After you get saved, most churches take you to their own kingdoms. Their own little empires. But if you seriously follow Jesus, he will take you to God's kingdom. So, how well do you know God's kingdom? Supernatural Kingdom Among other things, the kingdom of God is about supernatural power, which you very rarely see (if any) in church

Image from Scoopnest. I used to be among them---terribly dreadful of being small. We hated being pastors of a small church. Aren't they all like that today? They all want to be big. And they concocted up some tales about displeasing God when we remain small. This means God is pleased only with big churches---in fact, with anything big---big income, big building, big crusades, big attendance, big crowds, big everything. We were duped. But not anymore. The least is the greatest and the greatest is the least. Now, this doesn't mean big is bad. It just means being least does not displease God. In fact, the least is greatest in his eyes---meaning, the meek, lowly, the poor in spirit, and those who know that no achievement or success is due to their ability. It's all God's grace, so no reason to take credit and boast. It's possible to be great in people's eyes and also great in God's eyes, if the principles above are true in your life. But you seldom see

Image from Blogger. Theologians put it this way. Theology is "rational discussion respecting the deity," according to St. Augustine. Richard Hooker said it's "the science of things divine." A.H. Strong explained that it's actually "the Science of God and of the relations between God and the universe." One time I read in a book somewhere that it is logic, reasoning, philosophy, science and acumen rolled into one. I've read other definitions of theology---funny, they don't mention anything about the Holy Spirit, particularly how he alone enables enlightenment about Scriptures and God. It's all about "science" and "rational" thinking or reasoning. No wonder every so-called theologian I have talked to do not understand (or do not believe) the spiritual realms. They often treat it like some superstition or voodoo. They can't imagine how you can interpret Scriptures without human theology, the kind you get fro

Image from iStock. Your full potentials---this is what GOD wants you to get. Don't just get saved by grace; be transformed by grace, too. This is NOT an option. This normally happens during genuine regeneration in Christ. And I mean, you radically transformed and turned into something out of this world. Something this world has never yet seen---like how Jesus was transfigured on a high mountain. And mind you, the Greek word used in the New Testament for transformed and transfigure is the same: metamorphoo . It's also the same with the term metamorphosis . And here we picture out an ugly caterpillar enclosed in a cocoon to undergo radical transformation, turning the ugly caterpillar into a completely different creature. A completely different beautiful creature! Unless You Cease Unless this happens to you, you can never access your full God-given potentials. How wonderful are these potentials? The Holy Spirit is a deposit guaranteeing what you can be---a "foreta

I bought a new blog where I discuss on kicking stress out from every aspect of our lives and on self-improvement and self help tips. In short, how to live a Godly life in Christ (being God's flesh on earth), but expressed more in ordinary, everyday conversation. Nothing complex but spiritually radical nonetheless. If you've been enjoying my articles here, you can continue enjoying them on that blog because I will be publishing more there than here. And you'd see more the real informal me. This GOD's Flesh blog will continue and I will still be posting articles here now and then. I hope to see you on my new blog. To visit the blog, Less Busy.Me, please click on this link. Thanks and GOD bless! For more radically life-changing insights, get our e-books! GOD's Flesh: "And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!" [Job 19.26