Jesus spoke extensively about the persecution His followers would face before His death. Everything He foretold regarding the persecution of His disciples came to pass after the birth of the Church. This widespread persecution left the Christian community impoverished, requiring them to care for vulnerable widows, orphans, the homeless, and …

“He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him” (John 1:11). The Lord Jesus lived on the earth for about 34 years in the first-century Israel. He came to preach the gospel of the kingdom of heaven and eventually die in order to save His people. …

We have already learnt that the early apostles preached the gospel of the kingdom of God which is a message about the Lord Jesus Christ. If they saw the need to preach about the incarnation, commands, death, burial, resurrection and the second coming of the Lord, then, today’s ministers must …

The unsaved man is in a desperate need of a saviour who will reconcile him to God who made him. Man needs a saviour because he is in a slavery of sin. Those who have been reconciled to God have had their sins atoned for, and are therefore citizens of …