Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.” Judges 16:21-22 (KJV)   The scripture tells us how Samson was humiliated and put down. And his enemies were mocking and ridiculing...

“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: For the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.” Psalm 102:13 (KJV)   When God said He will arise and have mercy upon Zion, why did He decide to show mercy first? It is because mercy always goes ahead of favour. You must be first exempted from what could have befallen you, then undeserved blessings will...

"Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!” Psalms 47:1 (NKJV)   If you read the above text very fast, you will miss the spiritual import. Many times because of the simplicity of the word, we read the scripture in our way. Many times, we read: Oh, clap your hands when you are happy and shout unto God when you...

“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” Romans 8:3-4 (KJV)   If ordinary promissory notes made the saints of...

“And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.” Hebrews 11:39-40 (NKJV)   Chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews is described as the hall of faith because it chronicles the exploits and the miracles of the saints of old as the power of...

"Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,” II Timothy 1:9 (NKJV)   Ever before the world began, God has already packaged everything and hidden it in His heart concerning the new creation. Before the world began, God packaged everything...

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”. John 1:1   Jesus was not just a man but God. Our text today tells us that clearly and all other truths hang on this truth. If Jesus was just man, His life could only provide a substitute for just one man. However, as God, His life was worth more than...

“And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him”. Mark 16:6 (KJV)   The fact that Jesus died, was buried, and rose again is the bedrock of the Christian faith. Thank God for Friday, but if there was no resurrection on Sunday, there would have been...

"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” Galatians 3:13-14 KJV   According to the law, somebody has to be hung on...

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”. Romans 6:23 (KJV)   Today as we celebrate the death of Jesus, it is important that we remind ourselves of what He did for us.   It is easy to gloss over the death of Jesus, but beloved, even the film “the Passion of Christ” could not relate in detail...