Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.” 1 Timothy 6:12 KJV Until you recognize the enemy you are fighting with, you cannot effectively engage him. If you cannot recognize the enemy's modus operandi, you won't know what you're fighting. And that already spells defeat for you ever before the battle starts, but...

“But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.  But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;” 2 Timothy 3:13-14 KJV Paul tells Timothy in the book of 2 Timothy 3:10-11: "But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, Persecutions, afflictions,...

“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:16 KJV According to Matthew 24:12: "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." (KJV). When you are deliberately living in sin, your love for God will grow cold. The problem is that people don’t understand...

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 (KJV) I know that we are in the dispensation of grace. Many people have listened to the message of grace and taken it too far. Beloved, error is truth stretched too far. You may be right, but when you stretch it way out of proportion, it will become an...

“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Titus 2:14 (KJV) The book of Galatians 5:1 tells us to stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has set us free.  But most people do not understand the purpose of this liberty? So, they say:  "Well, you know now that God so loves me, and...

“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrew 9:12 (KJV) Your redemption is eternal. Nothing can change it. It has been sealed and packaged. Not by the blood of goats which they were using in the old testament but by his blood, he entered in once into the holy place...

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” John 10:27-28 (KJV) Jesus has already given eternal life unto the believer. Therefore, the believer shall never perish. They have the seal on them. Yes, the devil will attack you because he is an oppressor...

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Luke 6:38 (KJV) Yesterday, we looked at tithing. But tithing is only an aspect of giving. Beyond tithe, God expects you to be a cheerful giver of...

“And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.” Genesis 14:20 (KJV)   One of the saddest things in the church is the level of selfishness that has crept into the church. Today, people are so quick to talk down on the church, particularly in the area of giving. I hear different arguments about giving,...