Good-life Daily Devotional

By Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi. John 20:22-23 NKJV   “ And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.”     After His resurrection, Jesus instructed His disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit  and empowered for missionary work; this is contrary to the  theology which says all Christians have the Holy Spirit in them (Acts1:4). It also dismisses the notion by religious groups who claim the Holy Spirit is a man with flesh and blood.  The Holy Spirit is the essence of all spiritual pursuits. One can’t be truly effective in his or her service to God without the Spirit. It is for this reason that Jesus expressly instructed His disciples in Luke 24:49 NKJV “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high." This means the Holy Spirit is the power of God that is meant to be received consequent on ...

Rev. Michael Benson  Ajayi Acts 19:2. “He said unto them, have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, we have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.”       The Holy Spirit is the most prominent personality to believers in the church- age unlike in the Old Testament where the Father was the most prominent . God introduced the concept of   sonship through Jesus Christ as a reflection of His desire for a family for which reason the Church was created .The church is a living mystical organism empowered by the Holy Spirit.          He is the author of the scripture and the interpreter of God’s wisdom, the scriptures says in 1 Cor 2:9-10 NKJV But as it is written:".. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God” He was behind the writing of the holy scriptures through holy men and women ( 2 Pet.1:20-21) KJV says “ ... holy men of Go...

  By Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi             Acts 19:2. “ He said unto them, have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?   And they said unto him we have not so much as heard whether there be Holy Ghost.”    There are two kinds of Holy Spirits, the regenerated (Born again) human spirit and the Spirit of God. From the bible definition, the word holy (gk ‘hagiasmos”) means ‘separated for God’ and the word’ spirit’ (gk “pneuma”) as seen in Jn 3:8 and Rev. 11:11 means “the wind”, “the breath” and also “the immaterial, invisible part of man”. Very often when people say the spirit of God is speaking , they are actually the ones speaking and not the Holy Ghost. The apostle Paul was careful to make the distinction in his writing to the church at Corinth ( 1Co 7:12) The word of the lord is logical , emotional , volitional and intellectual , it makes common sense. .God is not obligated to fulfill a prophesy tha...

 Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi " Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."       The teaching of the message of grace is which suggests that would be exempted from the consequences of our wrong actions is harmful and gives Satan the advantage. If that was the case, all prisoners should be released from prison and the police and military disbanded for working against God's grace. This is why some churches have become what Jesus describes as a 'den of thieves' where criminals find safety under the cover of well connected preachers who use them to build their religious empires .Thousands of lives are lost daily as a result of this evil through failed public infrastructure and increased crime rates.This type of doctrine is contrary to the scriptures in 1 Thess 4:4-7AMP "That each one of you should know how to possess (control, manage) his own body...

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi   Matt 27:52-53 KJV “And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.”         The is one of the most extraordinary event that took place after the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after His gruesome murder by the religious cartel of His time. The scriptures records that the curtain of the sacred temple was torn from top to bottom (Matt27:51) , something that would require so much strength to do , given the dimension of the veil ( 20 m high, 10 m wide and 10 cm thick ) as thick as the length of your pen. .         Nobody was authorized to look beyond the veil except the great high priest who only had access after much oblations were made on his behalf and the worshipers. This destruction of the veil  marked the beginning of a new...

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi John 2:19 kJV “Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up”.      The religious folks of Jesus’ time sought for a sign to justify His claim to divinity and His reply was "Destroy this temple , and in three days I will raise it up" . It was three days after His resurrection that His disciples realized the true meaning of this profound statement which forms the bedrock of the Christian faith.         The question Christians face in line with the claim of the divinity of Jesus Christ is: how can God die ? To answer this question , it is important we defined death within the parenthesis of its true meaning in scripture. Rom 5:6 KJV says “ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”       The word ‘died’ as used here is not just a state of limbo that is synonymous with animal death. It is a proc...

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi Psalm 40:5-7 KJV “ Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:   In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. (Heb 10:5-7)   The Council of Chalcedon was a church council held from October 8 to November 1, AD 451 concluded that  , Christ is one person with two distinct natures, human and divine , in one person . The biblical doctrine of incarnation demands that the natures of God are not fragmented but treated as a whole in one person.This is best appreciated when we take an in-depth study of psalm 40:6-8 . The phrase   ‘thou prepared me’ is the Hebrew word   ‘Katartizo’ and it means: to complete thoroughly , repair , adjust . This word is derived from two words , the first ‘kata’ which means , ‘when they were’ and ‘artio...