There Is Another King: The Kingdom Message

 

Praise the Lord, Everybody! This is Minister Novice. The message that Apostle Holcomb preached this week is entitled, "There Is Another King: The Kingdom message." The scripture text is found in Acts 17:27, Acts 17:1-7. The Kingdom message is that it's all about Him, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. He is our soon coming and life changing King. Unless we allow our lives to be ruled and governed by Jesus Christ, there will always be emptiness on the inside that only God can fill. On the altar of our hearts, there will continually be the inscription to an unknown God whom we worship ignorantly. We have come to learn that Jesus is in every book of the Bible and even so, He is also in the book of our lives. The Bible is HIM book. It is the book about Him! In the Bible, You will find Jesus from Genesis to Revelations. He came in the volume of the book that is written of Him. Jesus is the answer to every situation that we may encounter. Regardless of what you may go through, remember that there is another King and His name is Jesus. He has the name that is higher than any other name. His name is higher than any sickness or any problem that we may face. At the name of Jesus every knee must bow and every tongue will confess to the glory of God the Father that He is Lord. It is in Him that we live and move and have our being. Indicating, that we are not dependent on the world's system; however our dependence is on the Lord, the Kingdom of our God and the Power of His Christ, which is the ministry of the Holy Spirit. God is our source and everything else is a resource. In the book of Philippians, Jesus is the God that supplies all our needs according to His riches in Glory. My encouragement, as always, is that you will remain in the place of grace. Remain in the place by Jesus.

The Subject of Ignorance

Praise the Lord everybody. This is Minister Novice. The message that Apostle Holcomb preached this week is entitled, "The Subject of Ignorance." The scripture text is found in 1 Corinthians 14:38-40. We, the Body of Christ, the family of God at the Christian House of Prayer are still merismosing the matter of speaking in tongues. Speaking in tongues is supplication on our part, which is having a passion for what God wants. However it is intercession on the Spirit's part because it is He who takes hold together with us that which is opposite to and antagonistic towards us. He leads and directs us in what we should say when we pray to God. Paul concludes in 1 Corinthians 14 what he was teaching in the previous chapters. He expresses that after all that has been taught; if an individual still wants to be ignorant, allow him to remain ignorant. Ignorance is a commentary on what we don't know. It deals with not knowing the difference or not acknowledging the different reasons for being ignorant. We covered three primary reasons for ignorance. Number 1 is unlearned ignorance which bespeaks of being incapable of comprehending truth or knowledge because of inexperience or immaturity. Number 2 is unaware ignorance that demonstrates a lack of knowledge which could be the result of not hearing. We realize that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. In other words, it must be preached! In Acts 19:1-7, Paul came across some disciples and he asked them if they had received the Holy Ghost since they were saved. The disciples answered saying that they had not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. This is an example of unaware ignorance. Number 3 is unacknowledged ignorance, which to me is the most dangerous of the 3. Unacknowledged ignorance says that I have heard. I comprehend what you are saying, but I choose to ignore it and remain in a state of stubbornness. We also discussed 2 terms concerning our attitudes toward the Holy Spirit. Persona grata; this is the total acceptance of the 3rd person who is the ambassador of the God head. The very antithesis is persona non grata which means that we do not accept, we do not welcome, and we do not recognize, appreciate or celebrate the Holy Spirit as Heaven's agent on the earth. In John 20:22, Jesus said unto His disciples, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost." Why did He say this knowing that the Holy Spirit had not yet come? Why would Jesus have to tell saved people, disciples to receive the Holy Spirit? I believe Jesus knew that some of us would not do it and some us still do not receive the Holy Spirit's ministry. There are some people who want Jesus but do not want the Holy Spirit. Yet there are others who want the Holy Spirit without the tongues. We cannot and should not attempt to departmentalize God. The day of Pentecost is when the Holy Spirit came with His ministry. We do not have to tarry for him because He is here! The book of Acts is a continuous narrative and we are still living in the book of Acts today, which is the works or the acts of the Holy Spirit. The question then becomes, have you received the Holy Spirit since you've been saved? As always, please remember to remain in the place of grace. Remain in the place by Jesus! God bless you!