Christians must beware of dead works (1)
By Femi Aribisala Dead works are works of presumptive righteousness that are very displeasing to God. Born again Christians specialize in these works, but their most ardent practitioners are pastors, especially the so-called mega pastors. Dead works are deceitful. When we do them, we think we are righteous and assume we are doing what God […]
Justification of the Ungodly
By Femi Aribisala While sin robbed us of silver: grace gave us gold. While sin killed the body of the flesh: grace gave us the body of the Spirit. The managing director had a liking for Fred, to the great annoyance of Joe his main rival for promotion. Joe was convinced that Fred was no […]
The Sure Mercies of David (2)
For God to be merciful to us, he has to be merciless to somebody else. By Femi Aribisala What would you do if God told you (a Christian) to attack some people and kill everybody, including women and children? You might decide to pity some of them. You might see a newborn baby and decide, […]
The Sure Mercies of David (1)
To be kind, God had to be cruel. That is kingdom dynamics. By Femi Aribisala Someone asked me a question. She said: “What can I do to provoke the Holy Spirit?” I told her: “To provoke the Holy Spirit, you must be very provocative.” You could not be more provocative than Solomon. Solomon went […]
Is God invisible? (2)
By Femi Aribisala Jesus says some people have eyes, but they cannot see. Some have ears, but they cannot hear. But some have eyes that can see and ears that can hear. (Matthew 13:13-16). Solomon provides the distinction: “The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.” (Proverbs 20:12). Two examples […]
Is God Invisible?
By Femi Aribisala My niece says she wants to see God, but not in this life. So, I asked her: “Who do you think you will see in heaven? Will you see God with a face, eyes, a nose, and a mouth? Those physical attributes belong to God as a man.” However, God is a […]
Free Will Does Not Exist (2)
By Femi Aribisala The wisdom of man says man has free will. But God has made foolish the wisdom of this world. (1 Corinthians 1:20). Foolish man bases truth on his own thoughts and reasoning. But God says to men: “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your […]
Free Will Does Not Exist (1)
By Femi Aribisala Jesus told the Sadducees who came to challenge Him on the resurrection: “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.” (Matthew 22:29). There are two vital requirements for knowing the truth of God. We must know the scriptures and we must know the power of God. When we […]
Fictional Coincidences
By Femi Aribisala My DVD player has a slow-motion application. When you press it, you see the film you are watching in slow-motion. That way, you are likely to notice things you would otherwise have overlooked. When I first met the Lord, he set my life to slow-motion for the first two to three months […]
Fighting the Good Fight of Faith
By Femi Aribisala Members of the Healing Wings choir came to me with the suggestion that we should establish a recording studio at the back of our building in Festival Road?” I thought it was a good idea, so we sat down to discuss how to bring it about. First, the building would have to […]
Speaking to Mountains
By Femi Aribisala A few months ago, God gave us a word of prophecy in Healing Wings. He said: “A storm is coming.” The obvious question was: “Why did He give us this word? What were we supposed to do?” Just as he predicted, the storm came in the form of the EndSARS protests that […]
