Obedience ← Abraham Obadare

Letter to the church in Laodicea (Rev. 3:14-22 NIV):

Sep

7

2021

Who is addressing the church? “… the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation.” (vs. 14) Their Deeds/works: “… you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!” (vs. 15) Their Offenses: “So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold— … (vs. 16)You say, ‘I ...

Letter to the church in Philadelphia (Rev. 3:7-13):

Sep

7

2021

The Philadelphia church received a comforting and encouraging letter from Jesus Christ, because she please Him. Smyrna church is another one that received this type of commendation among all other churches. Philadelphia church was one that pleased the Lord even though she was in an idolatrous environment Who is addressing the church? “… the holy ...

Dancing With The Lord

Nov

29

2020

Often, when we examine the story of Jonah’s initial refusal to follow God’s instruction to go and peach to the people of Nineveh, we see a disobedient and selfish servant of God. Yes, this is a fact but, be it as it may, I would like to suggest that we look deeper into the story ...

Arise from Your Sleep, Soul Winners

Dec

8

2018

Apostle T. O. Obadare would say soul-winning is the act of “searching for lost souls and backsliders and bringing them home to Christ.”[1] We do this act of winning souls by bearing witness of Jesus Christ, i.e. telling others about the good news of Jesus’s salvation program. Any serious Christian, church or ministry must intentionally continue ...

The Calling

Nov

7

2018

A teaching of Matthew 9:9-13 Jesus went from there …: From an evangelistic point of view, we see that Jesus was always active. It was in the process of going from one place to another that He saw Mathew and made a disciple of him. This shows that evangelism is intentional and we cannot always sit ...

“Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save …”

Feb

6

2018

This teaching is based on my understanding of Isaiah 59:1 Depending on the translation you use, the word ‘Surely’ may mean: Certainly; Listen; Behold; See; Look; etc. Speaking of the arm of the Lord, it is the power of God. We hear God saying to Moses in Num. 11:23 that His power / arm was ...

Obedience, the bridge to blessings

Jun

10

2017

“So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new ...

“…Our Transgressions are with us …”

Jun

7

2017

The book of Isa. 59:12 says, “For our transgressions before you are many,and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions indeed are with us, and we know our iniquities:” Scripture: Judges 16:1-end Using the account in Judges 16 as a case study, we realize that when we live with sin as Samson lived with Delilah, ...

It’s Harvest Time

Oct

29

2016

John 4:35-37 speaks of Jesus response to His disciples who marveled at Him after He spoke with the woman at the well. In verse 35 Jesus made them realize that we often think and say that harvest time is still in the future, but the truth is that the time of harvest is now. Go ahead, ...

Foxes in the field

Feb

27

2016

Songs of Solomon 2:15 says, “Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom” (ESV). “Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.” (NKJV) I was at a conference in Italy some time ago when Pastor Gani Obasan of Christ Apostolic ...