Pastor Dele @deleosunmakinde is a voice that every young minister and believer should listen to.
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You will understand why PD is passionate about intelligent research of the scripture and the accurate application of revelation in public ministry and private life.
Dear Minister,
Luke's opening words should permanently alter the way a minister thinks about ministry. They dismantle the false idea that spiritual authority is built merely on passion, charisma, or even personal experience. Luke demonstrates that there is another path to authority: disciplined, painstaking research under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
How does a man who never walked the dusty roads of Galilee produce not one but two inspired books that now shape the faith of billions? How does someone who was absent become the historian of Christianity? Luke himself refuses to leave us guessing. Before he tells us anything about Jesus, he tells us how he came to know what he knew.
He writes:
"Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us... it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order..." (Luke 1:1 to 3).
Those are not the words of a man claiming secret revelation. They are the words of an investigator explaining his method.
Luke makes no attempt to present himself as an eyewitness. Instead, he openly acknowledges his dependence upon those who were. He received testimony from those "who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word." He listened. He questioned. He compared accounts. He verified facts. He traced events carefully. Only after arriving at what he calls "perfect understanding" did he begin to write.
This is remarkable. The Holy Spirit inspired the Scriptures, yet He did not bypass careful investigation. Inspiration did not eliminate research. Divine revelation did not excuse intellectual discipline. The Spirit worked through a man who was willing to labour until the evidence was coherent.
That should humble every minister.
Some imagine that because they can preach, they no longer need to study. Others mistake spiritual excitement for theological depth. Luke exposes both errors. The man who wrote the longest Gospel was not present at the events he described, yet through disciplined investigation he produced the most orderly account of the life of Christ. Then he wrote Acts, the only inspired historical record of how the gospel moved from Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria, and eventually to the Gentile world.
Without Luke's second volume, we would know remarkably little about Pentecost, Stephen, Philip, the conversion of Saul, the missionary journeys, the Jerusalem Council, the planting of the Gentile churches, or Paul's imprisonment in Rome. The bridge between the earthly ministry of Christ and the expansion of the Church was constructed by a physician who knew how to investigate before he wrote.
That should permanently destroy the excuse, "I was not there."
Luke was not there either.
He simply refused to let his absence become an excuse for ignorance.
He compensated for what he lacked in experience with extraordinary diligence in research.
Here is the lesson every minister must learn: the future belongs not merely to those who have experiences with God, but to those who can faithfully investigate, organise, interpret, and communicate the works of God. Experience may ignite a ministry, but disciplined understanding sustains it. Memories fade. Eyewitnesses die. Feelings fluctuate. Careful scholarship endures.
This is why every minister must become a researcher of the things of God.
Research is not the enemy of spirituality. It is one of its greatest servants.
Every sermon deserves investigation. Every doctrine deserves examination. Every testimony deserves verification. Every interpretation deserves comparison with the whole counsel of Scripture. God has never rewarded intellectual laziness simply because it was wrapped in spiritual language.
Luke stands as God's enduring witness that careful research is itself a ministry.
So stop seeing yourself merely as a preacher.
See yourself as an investigator of divine truth.
"I apologise for saying if you don't pay tithe, you won't make it to heaven. I'm sorry, I was wrong, it's not in the Bible." ~Pastor E.A Adeboye
I once argued this among RCCG Pastors in a Bible study prep class many years ago.
Even after showing them in the scripture, well written in unambiguous terms, many prefer to listen to Daddy rather than the scripture.
The argument and submission were faulty but many did not see it.
The leaders have exploited this lines for so long and pressured many to do what the scripture hasn’t commanded.
@Omojuwa@OgbeniDipo Education does not always impact knowledge
Exposure (travelling around the world and even working in the western countries) does not necessarily affect education
@OgbeniDipo@salawueedris1 Sometimes education does not impact wisdom and exposure does not always guaranteed knowledge.
The cluelessness is in the tweet
We’ve never seen it this low in the country
The so called party in power failed so woefully that they have nothing else to do than focus on @PeterObi
I believe HE @PeterObi is more discussed in Aso Rock than the siting president @officialABAT their failed policies or the myriads problems bedeviling the country.
What a shame?
A directionless directionlesness of this administration is sickening
Again as predictable, the interviewer with double standard turned up as a massage therapist,, no balls, no grit, no creativity, no data, and no click bait, yet the interviewee sounded boring with no substance. A thousand media surrogates cannot market him. If e didn’t Dey e didn’t Dey
Seun: "When politicians come on my programme and keep mentioning your name, how does that make you feel?"
Peter Obi: "Calling me names doesn't make me feel anything. They are abandoning the issues we are supposed to discuss and discussing what I think is irrelevant. Instead of discussing the problems of the country, people come before you to discuss Peter Obi.
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Do not underestimate the spiritual consequences of sustained bitterness. Guard your heart more than your reputation. Protect your spirit more than your pride. No offence is worth losing your sensitivity to God. No provocation is worth becoming the very thing Christ died to save you from.
Choose forgiveness. Choose restraint. Choose the fear of God. It is better to suffer wrong and remain under the influence of the Holy Spirit than to win a battle while becoming an instrument of another spirit.
There are lines a believer must never cross in conflict. The moment your goal is no longer truth, , restoration, or reconciliation, but bringing another believer down at any cost, you have stepped onto dangerous ground. At that point, you are no longer being governed by the Spirit of Christ. You have entered a territory where darkness gladly lends its strength. There is an 'evil assistance' that follows hatred, slander, vengeance, and destructive ambition.
The first line is this: making it your mission to 'destroy' or 'ruin' another believer, regardless of the provocation. Once your satisfaction is tied to another person's downfall, your heart has become vulnerable to another spirit. The issue is no longer what they did. The issue is what you have become.
The second line is gathering allies, forming secret alliances, whispering in corners, recruiting people, and plotting together to bring another child of God down. The kingdom of God has never been advanced by conspiracies. The moment you build a fellowship around someone's destruction, you are sliding into zones that Christ never authorised.
The third line is hatred. When you secretly rejoice at another believer's pain, wish them evil, pray for their downfall, speak curses over them, or long to see them disgraced, you have crossed into a place of grave spiritual danger. Hatred is not a small weakness. It is an invitation to darkness.
At this point, you do not need better arguments. You need mercy.
Do not underestimate the spiritual consequences of sustained bitterness. Guard your heart more than your reputation. Protect your spirit more than your pride. No offence is worth losing your sensitivity to God. No provocation is worth becoming the very thing Christ died to save you from.
Choose forgiveness. Choose restraint. Choose the fear of God. It is better to suffer wrong and remain under the influence of the Holy Spirit than to win a battle while becoming an instrument of another spirit.