matthew-28:18-20

Late in the 1950s Leonard Ravenhill wrote a book that quickly became a classic on the subject of revival entitled Why Revival Tarries. It addressed the perplexing question: If God earnestly desires to pour His gracious Spirit onto all flesh, then what is preventing it? In other words, what is stoppi... Read More

Someone sent with a special message or commission. Jesus is called the apostle and high Priest of our confession in Hebrews 3:1. The twelve apostles of Jesus were Simon Peter, Andrew, James the son of Zebedee, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon th... Read More

An immersion or sprinkling of water that signifies one's identification with a belief or cause. In Christianity it is the believer's identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Rom. 6:4-54). It is done in the name and authority (Acts 4:7) of Christ with the baptismal formula o... Read More

Jesus Christ came into the earth at a time when the Romans were in power. Now the Romans had a certain kind of leadership that marked their society. They got this leadership model from the Babylonians and the Egyptians. But the Romans brought it to perfection. It was the hierarchical leadership stru... Read More

Introduction It would be all but impossible to give an accurate description of the modern evangelical church without mention of the invitation system, or the "altar call," as it is called. The altar call is a custom in virtually all Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Wesleyan, Pentecostal, and Charismatic... Read More

Let us recall how the three events comprising the Feast of the Passover all blended harmoniously together to form that first great Feast of the Church. There were the Passover, the Unleavened Bread, and the Sheaf of Firstfruits: distinct events, yet blending together to form one Feast--beautiful typ... Read More

"The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool" (Ps. 110:1). This passage is referred to by the writers of the New Testament possibly more than any other Old Testament Messianic prophecy. It is quoted or referred to at least 17 times as relating to t... Read More

“And Jesus, when He came out, saw much people and was moved with compassion towards them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd.” Mark 6:34 As a faithful ministry is a great ornament, blessing, and com¬fort, to the church of God (even the feet of such mes¬sengers are beautiful), so, on th... Read More

The Feast of Weeks Hag Ha Shavout on 6th of Sivan Also one of the three compulsory feasts. Tradition says David died on 6th Sivan Lev. 23:15-22 15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be compl... Read More

“That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honours not the Son honours not the Father which has sent Him” (John 5:23). In gatherings where a deep sense of God’s presence has been realized, one has often experienced the grace and power with which those present have s... Read More