Without a thorough understanding of the cross, you cannot be a disciple. This is because Jesus’ prescription for discipleship is the cross. If you take away the cross from Christianity, there is nothing left. The cross is God’s own special prescription for all the maladies that came as a result of the fall of man. This is why it is so fundamental for you to understand it. Jesus said if you wish to be my disciple, take up the cross and follow me. You can drop the cross and still follow Christ but you will definitely not become a disciple. That is exactly what has been happening for a long…

The Church became weaker and weaker when she began to de-emphasize the message of the cross. The message of the cross has now been consigned to Easter programmes in most Churches. No one can be a true disciple of Christ without the cross. The Church stopped making disciples a long time ago and instead started making millionaires. Let us return to the cross and we will see the move of God again – the raw manifestation of the power of God that will produce better people and we will be better Christians. There are certain things you cannot handle. God’s prescription cannot be ignored. The Church must return to the…

What was the special quality in the gene of Jesus that qualified him for this assignment? He was complete in obedience. He was humble. Pride brings rebellion. Defiance makes people rebel against constituted authority. Jesus humbled himself to the point of agreeing to submit to the will of the Father. He humbled himself to the point of going to the cross. It was not an ordinary death. Death by crucifixion was one of the most gruesome and repugnant deaths. It was so horrible that it was forbidden for a Roman citizen to be put to death by crucifixion. Jesus humbled himself to that point. There is difference between meekness and…

God sent his Son who knew no sin and saw that he will die (because the penalty for sin is death) so that he can atone – a substitutionary death of a sinless perfect Son of God so that every sin that we ever committed will be laid on him. He took our sins away. The Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all. What is iniquity? Guilt. But not only guilt but the consequences, the penalty for guilt, the presence of guilt. The Hebrew word for iniquity is ‘ah-von’ which simply means to turn away from the light, from the revealed will of God. It means to turn…