How to Dwell in the Secret Place of the Most High
By Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr
A WELL LOVED PSALM
A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP OF LOVE
Psalm 91 is a favourite scripture for many believers:
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
“I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust: His truth shall be thy shield and buckler” (Ps. 91:4).
The Key of the House of David
By Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr
THE OFFICIAL OVER THE HOUSE
In Isaiah 22, we read an intriguing prophecy where God takes an unusual interest in not the king but an official of the royal house of Judah. The official is said to have “the key of the house of David,” and he opens and no one shuts, and he shuts and no one opens.
Who was this royal official? What was his official title, and what did his job description entail?
The prophecy reads:
“Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: ‘Go, proceed to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the [royal] house, and say: “What have you here, and whom have you here, that you have hewn a sepulcher here, as he who hews for himself a sepulcher on high, who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
How to Escape the Inescapable Judgment of God
By Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr
“ALL HAVE SINNED”
By nature all mankind are the children of God’s wrath (Eph. 2:3). The reason is simple: All follow the disobedience of Adam and Eve who passed on their depraved nature to all mankind (Rom. 5:12, 14; Hosea 6:7; 1Tim. 2:14). The result is that none pleases God--all humanity provoke God’s wrath by their life of sin and disobedience (Rom. 3:9-12; Gen. 6:3, 5-7).
Romans 3:23 sums up the situation: “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”. The word “glory” translated from the Greek word “doxa” can also be rendered ‘praise’.
Repentance and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Two of God’s Great Gifts
By Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr
Repentance and the Holy Spirit Baptism Go Together
John the Baptist, the herald of Christ, proclaimed to the people: “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after me is mightier than I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire” (Matt 3:11).
Repentance and the baptism of the Holy Spirit go together, and both are gifts from God. Even though the Holy Spirit is routinely described as a gift (Acts 2:38, 8:20; Luke 11:13), it’s not the only gift God gives to those who come to faith in Christ, His Son.
Is the Sabbath in the New Testament?
By Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr
The label "the Jewish Sabbath" has often been applied to the seventh day. Yet nowhere in the scriptures is the 7th day referred to as such nor are we told to keep a `Jewish Sabbath'. It's a misnomer! The 7th Day Sabbath is "the Sabbath of the LORD" (Exodus 20:10). In His own words, God calls the seventh day "My holy day" (Isa. 58: l3).
While many are quick to acknowledge that the Ten Commandments (all equally Jewish?) are reaffirmed in the New Testament, in the same breath they denounce the 4th Commandment (the 7th Day Sabbath) as having been abolished. If so, is there any scriptural proof that the 4th Commandment has somehow been removed from the Decalogue, with nine commandments remaining to be kept?