Christian Searchlight

  Introduction: - Man is the crown of God’s creation. God saw that man cannot live alone so, He made the woman to be His helpmeet (Genesis 1:27-28, 2:20). In fulfillment of His pronouncement of blessings on man – multiply and have dominion - God made the man and the woman to procreate. The agent of procreation therefore is the home where the man is the husband and father, the woman is the wife and mother and their offsprings are the children. God ordained the institution of the home and the man is the head.   In 1 Corinthians 11:3 the Bible says “But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is man; the head of Christ is God.” Man’s leadership of the home is not in dispute.   First Responsibility: One of the major functions or roles of the man is being the priest of the home. By this, he has the responsibility to lead the home in spiritual matters. He is to minister and stand as it were to present the family before...

  “From infancy you have known the holy scripture” – 2 Timothy 3:15 NIV THERE’S A story about a woman who came to her pastor and said, “How early should I start the spiritual training of my child?” The pastor asked, “How old is the child?”She answered, “Five.” He replied, “Lady, get busy – you’ve already five years late!” Psychologists confirm that your child’s capacity and hunger for knowledge begins at infancy. So while they are in the listening stage, you should be in the teaching stage. Take every opportunity to read the Bible to them. Use every day experiences to teach them what God’s Word has to say about the Golden Rule, how to be polite, how to forgive, and how to confess and repent of sin. Never underestimate God’s ability to develop spiritual character and teach spiritual truths to your children, even at a very early age. While their heart is still young and tender, introduce them to Jesus. Some of the greatest Christians in history were saved at an early age. Jonat...

    What is memory verse? Is anything we put into our memory that we don’t want to forget (A passage in the Bible to be memorise). Why should we memorise the word of God? It is a command from God. Deut.6:6-7. Having it in mind that is a command we shall look at the steps by which we can teach.   A.     The Bible is like a –   town Chapter is like a – street Verse is like a – house Number. Therefore your memory verse must be address properly. B.      Unfamiliar or large words If the word is difficult Explain e.t.c. Break it down for the children. Explain each word. C.      Explain application Dramatization/ Eph. 4:31 D.     Make your memory Verse (Work) i.e. you class must be interesting. Enjoyable when you are teaching memory verse try to use one version of the Bible. -          Ask a child to read -    ...

  WHAT IS A VALUE: It is the acceptable norms in any society. Values can be sub-divided into spiritual, physical, financial, moral, health, and educational values.     The totality of these makes a child to be acceptable and seen as coming from a good family. It is therefore the duties of the parent to teach their children all of the above.   Spiritual Values : -          Lead them to know Christ. -          Teach and guide them to read the word of God. -          Memorize some of the Bible verses that might be handy for them in the day of trouble. -          Teach and help them to have a quiet time with the Lord every day. -          Organise family altar where they will learn more about God and express their feelings to you. -    ...

  You are awesome in this place Mighty God! You are awesome in this place Abba Father! You are worthy of our praise; unto you we prays. You are awesome in this place Mighty God!   Of a truth, our God is great, and mighty. There is no searching of his understanding. His wonders and acts   in the works of creations testify to the magnitude of his Power, Might, wisdom and the aura of his presence cannot be compared.   He is not limited by time and space, his existence is from eternity unto eternity. By mere spoken word, he brought the world into existence. At the blast of his nostrils, the world melted. The parting of red sea for the children of Israel to pass on dry ground in their journey from Egypt to the promised land is one of the acts that real his awesomeness.   How he made a whole nation together with their goods, animals and possessions; young and old pass through on foot on dry ground: thus saving them from a terrible holocaust. And yet turn...

  A Christian is a noun describing a follower of Christ. It was coined after the name of Jesus Christ – the Messiah. Group of disciples of Christ were first called Christians in Antioch according to the book of The Acts of the Apostles chapter 11 verse 26. The grace of God was so evident among these group of disciples; hence the birth of the name CHRISTIANS to describe these body of believers in Christ.   The act or process of naming (Nomenclature) is an instinct endowed upon man right from creation. Genesis 2 verse 19 and 20a. Hence man is able to name every work of creation, be it in the animal or plant kingdom and even inanimate objects. This instinct came into play when the characteristics and behaviours of group of people found assembling together matched that of our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ; hence the acronym THE CHRISTIANS.   Though the name, THE CHRISTIANS, came after the crucifixion, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, he himself has s...

More than before, the church has come under severe attacks from all fronts in recent times. The church, as consisting of God’s elects, who cannot be conquered by sin is an assembly of men and women who have been called out and who come together to worship God and serve Him. These men and women are supposed to be forgiven sinners. While the local church is a group of believers meeting in a particular location for fellowship, worship, preaching and teaching – Acts 5:11, 8:1, the invisible church is the universal church which is composed of the whole member of regenerated Christians from the Day of Pentecost to the first resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:52, Revelation 204-6.   If however, the church, whether local assemblies or the universal, is of the regenerated Christians no wonder that the scripture refers to her as the Pillar and ground of the Truth. The owner of the church, Jesus Christ Himself, is the Truth John 14:6, and the church’s business is to tell the facts about Hi...

    Introduction: Marriage is the only institution that is as old as human creation (existence). God places a high premium on marriage and no wonder He said: It is not good that man should be alone, therefore I will make an helpmeet for him: the help that is meet for him, suitable, appropriate, adequate and in all respects fit for the man. Not because of the same colour, size, origin or ethnicity but because of the Spirit of God in them.   Today, no one institution has been terribly basterdized than the institution of marriage. It is so much basterdized that men and women no longer obey God’s injunction of “male and female” Genesis 1:18 but nowadays what we are seeing is men marrying men, women marrying women and even some marrying animals! Is it a surprise or strange? NO. Romans 1:27.“In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another.” Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselv...

  For a very long time, the issue of the church and politics has been greatly misconstrued and misunderstood. Writing under the topic “The Church, Ethics and National Development” in the book “Church, Politics and Social Transformation”, Kayode Peter Kareem said “The church is both a spiritual and a social entity and as a result she cannot shy away from ethical responsibilities. God has given enormous power to the church with which to influence people and the society positively. This is possible because the church represents the voice of God on earth. The Bible is ethical   in nature and its ethical disposition should compel the contemporary church to be up and doing in her ethical roles of pointing the right way to people and decrying immoral acts in any form”.   What then is politics? It has been defined as “science and art of governance”. Governance in turn is to harness the people’s resources, human and material, for the overall benefit and development of the pe...