STUDY: JOIN THIS CHARIOT by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc. D.D
3 Excerpts from Chapter one
Excerpt 2
God Has Manifested Life Through The Gospel
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching"
(Titus 1:1-3).
Have you ever thought about God this way? He cannot lie and has manifested eternal life through prcaching. The preaching of the Wordis vital. That's the only way we bring eternal life to others. We must preach the Word, because it sparks up faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17).
People can only have faith for salvation when they hear the gospel; faith cannot come by signs or wonders. You do not have faith by seeing anything You have to hear a message to have faith. There is a need for the message before faith is sparked up in the heart.
Suppose I show you a parcel; you can't have faith just by seeing it if I don't say anything about it. I may have to speak before you even understand that I plan to give you the parcel. The same goes for the preaching of the gospel. The preaching of the gospel is the only way a man can have faith for eternal life. He may see Jesus face to face and still not have faith. Faith can only come to you when you hear the message.
People around us who have not heard the message of Jesus Christ cannot have faith until we tell them. We must tell them about the gospel. You don't need a pulpit to preach! Philip did not need a pulpit. God said, "Go near and join thyself to this chariot" and he obeyed, witnessed to the eunuch and eventually led him to Christ. This eunuch became an ambassador of the Kingdom of God to Ethiopia. That was how the gospel first came to Africa.
SCRIPTURES FOR MEDITATION:
A-SCRIPTURE-TWO-WEEKS
WEEKS 1&2
1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
WEEKS 3&4
1 John 1:2
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
