Unity In The Body Of Christ!

 

There are many organizations and religions that display unity, community, togetherness and deep friendships, even love for another! 

But when we look at all the denominations, ministries, non-denominational churches, house churches, and individuals all professing Christ and calling themselves Christian, but have no unity of the faith they claim to be a part of!

What's wrong with that picture? Why are those, even in the same household, that say they are Christian, in disagreement with each other? Believing different things, but yet reading the same bible!

In my understanding of this separation of people even in the same denomination and living in the same house, starts with leadership! If your leader, pastor, or overseer, is teaching and preaching doctrinal error without spiritual understanding or anointing from God, how can that person impart the truth of God's word to the congregation?

The 1st century Christians didn't have that problem! Why not you ask?

Acts 2:40-44

"And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need."

The answer key is in the above scriptures! The people were listening to men who had been taught by Jesus Himself and they in turn taught the people all they had learned from Jesus!

But Jesus is not on this earth today to teach and train up true apostles and prophets to deliver the truth to us you say!

But I put you in remembrance of what Jesus said before He ascended into Heaven.

John 14:15-18, 19-21

“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you."

The Spirit of the Living God living within the soul of men and women today IS Christ IN US, the hope of glory!

"A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest (reveal) Myself to him.”

So you see how we can have Jesus with us and IN us helping us every single day to live on this earth and be unified with other true Spirit-filled believers? 

You can also see from these scriptures that many profess Christ but are not His because they don't have the Spirit of God within them! Even though many THINK they do!

Romans 8:9

"But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His."

You say there are no true apostles or prophets anymore because they had to see Jesus and walk with Him!

Paul didn't walk physically with Jesus, but yet He did see Him and learned from Jesus through the Holy Spirit! No man or woman taught him the gospel he preached because he received it by revelation from Jesus through the Spirit of God in him!

Galatians 1:10-12, 15-17

"Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ."

"But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus."

Jesus even appeared to Paul in a vision and spoke to Him in the spirit!

Acts 18:9-11

"One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent. For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.” So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians."

So you see how Jesus is able to call, teach, and speak to those who He appoints as His apostle even though He is not physically present on this earth with us. He IS present with us in Heaven through the Holy Spirit here on earth!! Oh Glory!!!

We cannot have unity in the body of Christ without first being baptized into the body of Christ by God's Spirit! 

We also cannot have unity of the faith without first being taught the truth correctly by God's anointed and appointed apostles and prophets who are sent forth by the Lord to preach His gospel and help those who believe to enter His Kingdom!

Pray for God to pour out His Spirit once more! Pray for the unity of the faith that we need in these last days! If the 1st century Christians had unity, we can have it too!

In Jesus,

Tyrone

Why Judgement MUST Come!

 

1st Corinthians 11:31-32

"For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world."

People need to understand why God brings judgment on people and nations! God's judgments are necessary to bring people to repentance and cause them to realise their ungodliness and sinful lifestyles.

History, biblical and human, shows a pattern: comfort numbs conscience. When things are easy, people reinterpret God instead of repenting before Him. Warnings get ignored. Mercy gets presumed. Truth gets suppressed. Judgment is often the only thing loud enough to break the spell.

But here’s the truth worth holding without flinching: God prefers repentance through mercy, yet He ordains and decrees, judgment when mercy is despised. Judgment isn’t cruelty—it’s intervention. A severe kindness. A last alarm before total collapse.

2nd Corithians 7:10

"For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death."

People rarely ask “What is right?” until they’re forced to ask “What went wrong?”

Many will not repent until something shakes their foundations. And when that shaking comes, it exposes what was wrong all along.

Receiving God's mercy without reverence and thankfulness, leads to entitlement, not transformation.

I am not wishing that God brings His judgment on this world, and I don't have to, because it's already here, and it's been here for centuries, but now we are in the final hour and the judgments to come will definitely bring a shaking, a wake up call, and choices that will determine where souls will spend their eternity!

Judgment comes not because God is cruel, but because truth ignored must eventually be enforced!

Nahum 1:2-3

"God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies; The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked."

God Himself will send a strong delusion on the people who don't love the truth!

2nd Thessalonians 2:9-12

"The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

I personaly thank God for His judgements, because if He didn't send judgements nobody would repent! We would all just keep living thinking everything was all good! God is a Holy, Righteous, Loving, And Just God, but He requires, repentance, sacrifice, obedience, self-denial, faith, and belief!!

In Christ,

Tyrone

In Order To live, You Must Die! (Updated)

 

Mark 8:34-37

"When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"

This is the way of God. Death to self. If you try to hold on to any part of your life in this world you can ultimately lose your soul in the end. 

And isn't it the American dream to have the big house, the attractive spouse, a fancy car, respect and admiration from your peers?

But the words of Jesus that lead to eternal life are the exact opposite of everything the world holds dear. 

John 12:24-25

"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."

In order to truly live, you must die! And I mean complete death of all that you are in this world, and what does Jesus promise if you give up your life for Him and the gospel? Eternal Life!!!

The blessed assurance and hope of living forever with God in complete love, peace, and joy for all eternity!! What could be better than that? 

So the question is, have you died yet? Or are you still holding on to that bank account? To the American dream? 

And if you are a Christian, is there something still in you that you haven't completely surrendered to God?

You must be willing to sacrifice your life in this world for Jesus first, and even for your own salvation! 

A sacrifice is required from every soul just to be used by God to help yourself, your family and other people in this world! 

Peter said he was ready to die for Jesus, but we know how that turned out! 

It's not easy to lay down your life for Jesus and others, especially when you are hated and persecuted for being a disciple of Jesus. But that's what God requires in order for us to enter His Kingdom and to have our souls saved! 

Paul understood the ways of God and applied the teachings of Jesus to his life, will you do the same?

Galatians 6:14

"But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."

The Choice Is Yours!

In Jesus,

Tyrone

Husbands And Wives

 

Ephesians 5:22-33

"Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."

Alot to break down in these eleven passages of scripture! Is it possible for a man and woman today to have a marriage like this? If the Spirit of God is within you it is! But if you try to do these commandments by your flesh, you will fail in one or all of the above!

Is there any woman who desires to submit herself to her husband as to the Lord? Who recognizes him as her head and then defers to him for final decisions? A woman who always respects and supports her husband?

Is there any man who truly loves his wife, just as Christ also loved the church? Does he give his time and make efforts to be with her? Does he listen to her and respect her opinion, and advice? Does he ask her for help in daily decisions and very important ones?

So let us break this down even further!

What “submit herself” means in biblical terms

Biblically, it does NOT mean: Being inferior or lesser in value, being controlled, silenced, or dominated, blind obedience or loss of personal will. Enduring abuse, sin, or injustice.

The actual biblical meaning

“Submit herself” means a voluntary, willing alignment under loving leadership.

Key points: Voluntary, not forced, the Greek word used (hypotassō) means to willingly place oneself in order. It is never about coercion. A wife chooses this posture; it is not demanded or enforced.

Rooted in mutual submission: Ephesians 5:21 sets the foundation: “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” The wife’s submission exists within a marriage of mutual humility and respect, not hierarchy for control.

Modeled after Christ’s relationship to the Church: Just as the Church follows Christ because He is loving, sacrificial, and faithful, a wife responds to her husband’s Christlike leadership — not tyranny.

Paired with a heavier command to the husband: The husband is commanded to: “Love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” Christ died for the Church. That means biblical leadership is self-sacrificial, not self-serving.

Respect, not silence: Submission does not remove a wife’s voice, wisdom, or free-will. Proverbs 31 describes a woman who: Speaks with wisdom, manages business and finances, influences her household and community, yet she does so while honoring her husband.

Never submission to sin: Biblical submission never requires agreeing with sin or enduring harm. 

Scripture is clear: “We ought to obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29) 

To “submit herself” biblically means:

A wife freely chooses to support and respect her husband’s God-given role, trusting his Christlike love, leadership and sacrifice, while remaining fully valued, heard, protected, and honored.

In this world where the roles of men and women and have been flipped and redefined, with biblical marriage being undermined by Supreme Court rulings. 

Let the people in God's Kingdom strive to live out the biblical commandments of Jesus and His 1st century apostles!

In Jesus Name,
Tyrone

Keep Moving Forward!

 

Galatians 6:9

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith."

The road to salvation is long and narrow! The road to blessings and the promises of God is just as narrow and thorny and difficult!! BUT, we will receive all that God has for us IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP!!!

Along this narrow road is temptations, tests, trials, hardship, heartbreak, obstacles, setbacks, God's correction, and daily choices. How we respond to each of those things will determine how long it takes for us to reach the promise land!!!

For those of us who have received some promises of God, like Abraham, Joseph, Moses, and David, who all had to go through many trials and tests before they received their promises, it can seem like the promises will never come, because it can take decades of waiting on God to fulfill His Promises!!

But the word tells us, God is not slow in fulfilling His promises! Oh Lord have mercy on us, and give us strength to keep waiting!!

Habakkuk 2:3

“For the revelation awaits an appointed time… Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.”

Numbers 23:19

"God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

2nd Corinthians 1:19-20

"For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us"

Joshua 21:44-45

"The Lord gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass."

So keep moving forward people of God! The Light is at the end of that narrow road, and The Lord Himself will give us Rest, Restoration, Revival, and the  Fulfillment of His promises at the appointed time!!

In Christ,

Tyrone