The Reason for this Blessed Season!

The Reason for this Season
By Abraham Israel

Introduction:

It is not just about enjoying the day joyously with our friends, but it is about understanding the reason for our celebration. It is all about only one person ‘Jesus Christ’!

1) The baby who is the child of the Holy Spirit is the greatest miracle of all miracles (Matt 1:18).

(i) Your birth is a miracle too!

(ii) The greatest miracle that has happened in your life that takes a life time and eternity to experience and understand is salvation [i.e. Your Spiritual birth].This baby [i.e. new creature] that was born inside of you when you first believed in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior is also the child of the Holy Spirit (John 3:5; 2 Cor 5:17).

2) The only baby who was of earth from heaven (Matt 1:23).

(i) We are in the world not of the world.

(ii) Our new man inside of us is of heavenly origin.

3) The name of the baby gives us the purpose for which the miracle baby was born. “….Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” (Matt 1:21).

(i) God has a purpose for your life too!

(ii) He has saved you from your past, present and future sins.

4) The baby grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him (Luke 2:40).

(i) God works supernaturally through ordinary circumstances.

(ii) Supernatural grace of God will be upon the work of God.

5) The baby became a boy and was in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking questions (Luke 2:46).

(i) Have a hunger for the house of God and the word of God.

(ii) The people to whom you connect with will determine the fulfillment of your purpose and destiny in your life.

(iii) Get connected with wise people, you will get wiser.

(iv) Always have a heart to listen to wise people and don’t get bothered to ask questions to wise people.

6) When the father and mother of Jesus searched for Him, and found Him in the temple and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have sought you anxiously.” And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business” (Luke 2:48, 49).

(i) Always be fully focused on the work that you are doing.

(ii) Always make your family members understand that you are a man of purpose, so that they can flow along with you.
“….A House divided against itself cannot stand or will not stand.” (Matt 12:25).

(iii) Always prepare well before you launch yourself in to your passionate mission. ‘The greater the work, the more the preparation.’

(iv) Let your zeal and passion make you fulfill your destiny. Allow and pursue your passion to consume you.

‘Only melted gold can be minted.’

7) If only we will let the miracle of God, who is our Lord Jesus Christ to rule our lives day in and day out, we will also become man and woman of destiny like Him.

(i) Be focused on Him. ‘On whom you focus yourself, you will become like that person in your life.’

Holiness is a command !

Holiness is not an Option, It is a command
By Abraham Israel

1) The Lord is the one who sanctifies us. We cannot do it on our own. As God Himself declares, “Keep my statutes, and do them; I am the LORD who sanctify you.” (Lev 20:8). Religion tries to do it on its own and it is a man made substitute that man has produced to satisfy his conscience which cries out for God and his holiness and sanctification. God will always reject that which He has not initiated.

2) The tabernacle of God is our body in the New Testament, and it is sanctified only by the glory of God appearing in it which is the Holy Spirit of God. Only through the glory of God appearing in us and through us, God meets His people. (Exod 29:43; 1 Cor 6:19-20).

3) If we resist by the power of God against the urge to sin by depending on God, we will of course suffer in our soul for a little while, but the ultimate result and the fruit of it will be, the sin that has ruled us will lose its power over us. Praise the Lord! (1 Peter 4:1, 2).

4) What we feed will grow, what we starve will die (Rom 13:14; 7:5, 6; Matt 3:6-11).

5) It is for our safety that he commands us to be Holy because when the enemy comes to attack us, only if we maintain our holiness by keeping the camp clean, then only He will fight for us. God cannot break His word and hence His nature (Deut 23:14; 2 Cor 6:16-7:1).

6) We need continuous cleansing by the blood of Jesus, through continuous fellowship with God. Apart from Him we cannot maintain our personal holiness in our soul and life. With out Him involved all our striving is futile. Through receiving His thoughts from His Spirit we learn to think rightly as a righteous person and hence will speak rightly (Heb 9:14; 1 John 1:7, 9; Rom 7:18, 19; Prov 12:5; Ps 139:4; Matt 12:37).

7) He did not command just to be holy in the Old Testament only, but equally in the New Testament (1 Peter 1:15-16; Lev 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7-8). With out Holiness no one can see the God (Heb 12:14). In other words you cannot experience the activity of God in your life or through your life continiously, if you are continuing with out Holiness [i.e. set apartness of your life for God or surrendering your will to God].

When the unholy thoughts gets imposed over your mind “…bring continuously every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor 10:5). Especially every high thing and arguments that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, these are the strongholds which can be pulled by using the weapons of warfare which are mighty in God (2 Cor 10:4-5). You must have an attitude which is ready to punish all disobedience, when God directs you to perfect obedience in your daily life (2 Cor 10:6).

9) The season of the figs means, it is the season when the fig fruit is fully ripe to be eaten deliciously in its original taste. However, the fig fruit comes first even before the leaves spring out or with the leaf indicating that when the leaves were seen there must be some figs [not necessarily fully ripened figs] without fail. This is what Jesus was expecting from the nation of Israel in Mark 11:12-14, 20-21. It got cursed because of its uselessness. Jesus is also looking for fruit of Holiness even in our lives too and God has no favorites, this will happen to us if we too are not at all giving fruit as Jesus expects for the glory of God.

God has kept us in this planet earth, not to be useless Citizens of the Kingdom but to be fruitful Citizens who will cause the Heavenly Father to be glorified by bearing much fruit (Matt 3:10, 12; John 15:8). These fruits of Holiness are described in the Bible as ‘the fruit of the Spirit’ and these fruit will be seen in our lives naturally when we are attached and connected closely with the Lord Jesus through His Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23; Rom 6:22; Heb 12:10, 11). The fruit will be seen more and more only through pruning and chastisement (John 15:1; Heb 12:11). So always be joyful when you go through these painful processes, telling yourself and encouraging yourself saying, ‘This too will go and it will not be forever’ and affirming yourself that you are on the path to maturity and fruitfulness in Christ (James 1:2, 3; 5:10; Rom 5:2-5; Acts 5:41). This can be termed as destiny-long sightedness. The opposite of this is short sightedness which will bring much trouble in to ones life because of unholiness (2 Peter 1:9).

Word Study – Holiness

Word Study – Holiness

• To be Holy means ‘to be set apart’. Holiness – in the highest sense belongs to God (Isaiah_6:3; Rev_15:4), and to Christians as consecrated to God’s service, and in so far as they are conformed in all things to the will of God (Rom_6:19,22; Eph_1:4; Titus_1:8; 1_Pet_1:15). Personal holiness is a work of gradual development. It is carried on under many hindrances, hence the frequent admonitions to watchfulness, prayer, and perseverance (1_Cor_1:30; 2_Cor_7:1; Eph_4:23,24). (See SANCTIFICATION.)

• Sanctification – involves more than a mere moral reformation of character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences of the new gracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man (Rom_6:13; 2_Cor_4:6; Col_3:10; 1_John_4:7; 1_Cor_6:19). It is the special office of the Holy Spirit in the plan of redemption to carry on this work (1_Cor_6:11; 2_Thess_2:13).
  

• Faith is instrumental in securing sanctification, inasmuch as it
  

  1. secures union to Christ (Gal_2:20), and
  

  2. brings the believer into living contact with the truth, whereby he is led to yield obedience “to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come.”

• Perfect sanctification is not attainable in this life (1_Kings_8:46; Prov_20:9; Eccl_7:20; James_3:2; 1_John_1:8). See Paul’s account of himself in Rom_7:14-25; Php_3:12-14; and 1_Tim_1:15; also the confessions of David (Psalm_19:12,13; Psalm_51), of Moses (Psalm_90:8), of (Job_42:5,6), and of Daniel (Job_9:3-20). “The more holy a man is, the more humble, self-renouncing, self-abhorring, and the more sensitive to every sin he becomes, and the more closely he clings to Christ. The moral imperfections which cling to him he feels to be sins, which he laments and strives to overcome. Believers find that their life is a constant warfare, and they need to take the kingdom of heaven by storm, and watch while they pray. They are always subject to the constant chastisement of their Father’s loving hand, which can only be designed to correct their imperfections and to confirm their graces. And it has been notoriously the fact that the best Christians have been those who have been the least prone to claim the attainment of perfection for themselves.”, Hodge’s Outlines.

Sanctification, Sanctify

A. Noun
hagiasmos
B. Verb
hagiazo


A1. Sanctification, Sanctify [Noun]

hagiasmos “sanctification,” is used of

(a) separation to God, 1_Cor_1:30; 2_Thess_2:13; 1_Pet_1:2

(b) the course of life befitting those so separated, 1_Thess_4:3,4,7; Rom_6:19,22; 1_Tim_2:15; Heb_12:14. “Sanctification is that relationship with God into which men enter by faith in Christ, Acts_26:18; 1_Cor_6:11, and to which their sole title is the death of Christ, Eph_5:25,26: Col_1:22; Heb_10:10,29; Heb_13:12.

“Sanctification is also used in NT of the separation of the believer from evil things and ways. This sanctification is God’s will for the believer, 1_Thess_4:3, and His purpose in calling him by the gospel, 1_Thess_4:7; it must be learned from God, 1_Thess_4:4, as He teaches it by His Word, John_17:17,19; cp. Psalm_17:4; Psalm_119:9, and it must be pursued by the believer, earnestly and undeviatingly, 1_Tim_2:15; Heb_12:14. For the holy character, hagiosune, 1_Thess_3:13, is not vicarious, i.e., it cannot be transferred or imputed, it is an individual possession, built up, little by little, as the result of obedience to the Word of God, and of following the example of Christ, Matt_11:29; John_13:15; Eph_4:20; Php_2:5, in the power of the Holy Spirit, Rom_8:13; Eph_3:16.

“The Holy Spirit is the Agent in sanctification, Rom_15:16; 2_Thess_2:13; 1_Pet_1:2; cp. 1_Cor_6:11. … The sanctification of the Spirit is associated with the choice, or election, of God; it is a Divine act preceding the acceptance of the Gospel by the individual.” [ From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 115,271.]
For synonymous words see HOLINESS.
See also : hagiasmos in other topics


B1. Sanctification, Sanctify [Verb]

hagiazo “to sanctify,” “is used of

(a) the gold adorning the Temple and of the gift laid on the altar, Matt_23:17,19;

(b) food, 1_Tim_4:5;

(c) the unbelieving spouse of a believer, 1_Cor_7:14;

(d) the ceremonial cleansing of the Israelites, Heb_9:13;

(e) the Father’s Name, Luke_11:2;

(f) the consecration of the Son by the Father, John_10:36;

(g) the Lord Jesus devoting Himself to the redemption of His people, John_17:19;

(h) the setting apart of the believer for God, Acts_20:32; cp. Rom_15:16;

(i) the effect on the believer of the Death of Christ, Heb_10:10, said of God, and Heb_2:11; Heb_13:12, said of the Lord Jesus;

(j) the separation of the believer from the world in his behavior — by the Father through the Word, John_17:17,19;

(k) the believer who turns away from such things as dishonor God and His gospel, 2_Tim_2:21;

(l) the acknowledgment of the Lordship of Christ, 1_Pet_3:15. “Since every believer is sanctified in Christ Jesus, 1_Cor_1:2, cp. Heb_10:10, a common NT designation of all believers is ’saints,’ hagioi, i.e., ’sanctified’ or ‘holy ones.’ Thus sainthood, or sanctification, is not an attainment, it is the state into which God, in grace, calls sinful men, and in which they begin their course as Christians, Col_3:12; Heb_3:1.” * [* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 113,114.]

Holiness, Holy, Holily

A. Nouns
hagiasmos
hagiosune
hagiotes
hosits
B. Adjectives
hagios
hosios
C. Adverb
hosios
D. Verb
hagiazo

A1. Holiness, Holy, Holily [Noun]

hagiasmos translated “holiness” in the AV of Rom_6:19,22; 1_Thess_4:7; 1_Tim_2:15; Heb_12:14, is always rendered “sanctification” in the RV. It signifies

(a) separation to God, 1_Cor_1:30; 2_Thess_2:13; 1_Pet_1:2;

(b) the resultant state, the conduct befitting those so separated, 1_Thess_4:3,4,7, and the four other places mentioned above. “Sanctification” is thus the state predetermined by God for believers, into which in grace He calls them, and in which they begin their Christian course and so pursue it. Hence they are called “saints” (hagioi). See SANCTIFICATION.
Note: The corresponding verb hagiazo denotes “to set apart to God.” See HALLOW, SANCTIFY.
See also : hagiasmos in other topics


A2. Holiness, Holy, Holily [Noun]

hagiosune denotes the manifestation of the quality of “holiness” in personal conduct;

(a) it is used in Rom_1:4, of the absolute “holiness” of Christ in the days of His flesh, which distinguished Him from all merely human beings; this (which is indicated in the phrase “the spirit of holiness”) and (in vindication of it) His resurrection from the dead, marked Him out as (He was “declared to be”) the Son of God;

(b) believers are to be “perfecting holiness in the fear of God,” 2_Cor_7:1, i.e., bringing “holiness” to its predestined end, whereby

(c) they may be found “unblameable in holiness” in the Parousia of Christ, 1_Thess_3:13.

“In each place character is in view, perfect in the case of the Lord Jesus, growing toward perfection in the case of the Christian. Here the exercise of love is declared to be the means God uses to develop likeness to Christ in His children. The sentence may be paraphrased thus:– ‘The Lord enable you more and more to spend your lives in the interests of others, in order that He may so establish you in Christian character now, that you may be vindicated from every charge that might possibly be brought against you at the Judgement-seat of Christ;’ cp. 1_John_4:16,17.” [ From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 108, 115.]


A3. Holiness, Holy, Holily [Noun]

hagiotes “sanctity,” the abstract quality of “holiness,” is used

(a) of God, Heb_12:10;

(b) of the manifestation of it in the conduct of the Apostle Paul and his fellow-laborers, 2_Cor_1:12 (in the best mss., for haplotes).


A4. Holiness, Holy, Holily [Noun]

hosits is to be distinguished from hagiotes, as denoting that quality of “holiness” which is manifested in those who have regard equally to grace and truth; it involves a right relation to God; it is used in Luke_1:75; Eph_4:24, and in each place is associated with righteousness.

Notes:

(1) In Acts_3:12, the AV translates eusebeia, by “holiness,” RV, “godliness,” as everywhere, the true meaning of the word. See GODLINESS.

(2) In Titus_2:3, AV, hieroprepes, which denotes “suited to a sacred character, reverent,” is rendered “as becometh holiness,” RV, “reverent.” See REVERENT.

B1. Holiness, Holy, Holily [Adjective]

hagios akin to hagiasmos and hagiosune, which are from the same root as hagnos (found in hazo, “to venerate”), fundamentally signifies “separated” (among the Greeks, dedicated to the gods), and hence, in Scripture in its moral and spiritual significance, separated from sin and therefore consecrated to God, sacred.

(a) It is predicted of God (as the absolutely “Holy” One, in His purity, majesty and glory): of the Father, e.g.,

Luke_1:49; John_17:11; 1_Pet_1:15,16; Rev_4:8; Rev_6:10; of the Son, e.g., Luke_1:35; Acts_3:14; Acts_4:27,30; 1_John_2:20; of the Spirit, e.g., Matt_1:18 and frequently in all the Gospels, Acts, Romans, 1 and 2 Cor., Eph., 1 Thess.; also in 2_Tim_1:14; Titus_3:5; 1_Pet_1:12; 2_Pet_1:21; Jude_1:20.

(b) It is used of men and things (see below) in so far as they are devoted to God. Indeed the quality, as attributed to God, is often presented in a way which involves Divine demands upon the conduct of believers. These are called hagioi, “saints,” i.e., “sanctified” or “holy” ones.

This sainthood is not an attainment, it is a state into which God in grace calls men; yet believers are called to sanctify themselves (consistently with their calling, 2_Tim_1:9), cleansing themselves from all defilement, forsaking sin, living a “holy” manner of life, 1_Pet_1:15; 2_Pet_3:11, and experiencing fellowship with God in His holiness. The saints are thus figuratively spoken of as “a holy temple,” 1_Cor_3:17 (a local church); Eph_2:21 (the whole Church), cp. Eph_5:27; “a holy priesthood,” 1_Pet_2:5; “a holy nation,” 1_Pet_2:9. “It is evident that hagios and its kindred words … express something more and higher than hieros, sacred, outwardly associated with God; … something more than semnos, worthy, honorable; something more than hagnos, pure, free from defilement. hagios is … more comprehensive … It is characteristically godlikness” (G.B. Stevens, in Hastings’ Bib. Dic.).

The adjective is also used of the outer part of the tabernacle, Heb_9:2 (RV, “the holy place”); of the inner sanctuary, Heb_9:3, RV, “the Holy of Holies;” Heb_9:24, “a holy place,” RV; Heb_9:25 (plural), of the presence of God in heaven, where there are not two compartments as in the Tabernacle, all being “the holy place;” Heb_9:8,12 (neuter plural); Heb_10:19, “the holy place,” RV (AV, “the holiest,” neut. plural), see SANCTUARY; of the city of Jerusalem, Rev_11:2; its temple, Acts_6:13; of the faith, Jude_1:20; of the greetings of saints, 1_Cor_16:20; of angels, e.g., Mark_8:38; of apostles and prophets, Eph_3:5; of the future heavenly Jerusalem, Rev_21:2,10; Rev_22:19.
See also : hagios in other topics


B2. Holiness, Holy, Holily [Adjective]

hosios akin to hosits, signifies “religiously right, holy,” as opposed to what is unrighteous or polluted. It is commonly associated with righteousness (see hosits). It is used “of God, Rev_15:4; Rev_16:5; and of the body of the Lord Jesus, Acts_2:27; Acts_13:35, citations from Psalm_16:10, Sept.; Heb_7:26; and of certain promises made to David, which could be fulfilled only in the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, Acts_13:34. In 1_Tim_2:8; Titus_1:8, it is used of the character of Christians … In the Sept., hosios frequently represents the Hebrew word chasid, which varies in meaning between ‘holy’ and ‘gracious,’ or ‘merciful;’ cp. Psalm_16:10 with Psalm_145:17.” [ From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, p. 64.]

Notes:

(1) For Acts_13:34, see the RV and the AV marg.; the RV in Rev_16:5, “Thou Holy One,” translates the most authentic mss. (AV “and shalt be”).

(2) For hieros (see hagios), subserving a sacred purpose, translated “holy” in 2_Tim_3:15, AV (of the Scriptures), see SACRED.


C1. Holiness, Holy, Holily [Adverb]

hosios akin to hosits, and hosios, “holily,” i.e., pure from evil conduct, and observant of God’s will, is used in 1_Thess_2:10, of the conduct of the Apostle and his fellow-missionaries.


D1. Holiness, Holy, Holily [Verb]

hagiazo “to hallow, sanctify,” in the Passive Voice, “to be made holy, be sanctified,” is translated “let him be made holy” in Rev_22:11, the aorist or point tense expressing the definiteness and completeness of the Divine act; elsewhere it is rendered by the verb “to sanctify.” See HALLOW, SANCTIFY.
See also : hagiazo in other topics

Hallow

hagiazo “to make holy” (from hagios, “holy”), signifies to set apart for God, to sanctify, to make a person or thing the opposite of koinos, “common;” it is translated “Hallowed,” with reference to the name of God the Father in the Lord’s Prayer, Matt_6:9; Luke_11:2. See SANCTIFY.

Hallow – to render sacred, to consecrate (Ex_28:38; Ex_29:1). This word is from the Saxon, and properly means “to make holy.” The name of God is “hallowed”, i.e., is reverenced as holy (Matt_6:9).

First-born, Sanctification of the – A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the first-born males of man and of animals should be consecrated to him, the one as a priest (Ex_19:22,24), representing the family to which he belonged, and the other to be offered up in sacrifice (Gen_4:4).

Consecrate

Note: In Heb_7:28 the verb teleioo is translated “perfected” in the RV, for AV, “consecrated;” so in Heb_9:18; Heb_10:20, enkainizo, RV, “dedicated.” See DEDICATE, PERFECT.

Vision Statement for Our "Apostolic Articles for Kingdom Living"

Apostolic Articles for Kingdom Living is birthed from the vision of a true apostolic church that God has given Abraham Israel to establish, called Household of Faith Church and World Outreach. This group will focus mainly on apostolic teaching that will empower and equip the saints to reach their full potential in Christ Jesus.

Our vision statement is to:

Bless the city
Reach the nation
Arise and shine to the nations!

Our goal is the edification, evangelism and empowerment of the last day Church the Lord Jesus Christ is raising up, before His triumphant return! Please feel free to email Abraham if you have any questions or comments!

Also, please email with any prayer request you may have to abrahamisraeli@yahoo.com

The Promises

The Unchanging Promises

The promise for the year 2006

“You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance” (Psalm 65:11).

The promise for the year 2007

“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The beast of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen” (Isaiah 43:18-20).

“Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done marvelous things!” (Joel 2:21).

“So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you” (Joel 2:25).

Confirmation Promise for Apostolic Ministry in October 2007

“I must work the works of Him who sent Me…..” (John 9:4).
Ours is a apostolic ministry.

The Promise for the year 2008

“Blessed is we [she] who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told us [her] from the Lord.” (Luke 1:45).

Statement of Faith

The Household of Faith Church and World Outreach accepts the Bible as the revealed will of God, and adopts these statements of fundamental truths and doctrines.

1) The Bible is the inspired Word of God and the revealed will of God (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:23-25; Hebrews 4:12), and hence the Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

2) There is one true God who eternally exists in three Persons- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. All are co-equal and co-eternal (Matthew 28:19; 1 John 5:7).

3) Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, is the only begotten son of God and God the Son from eternity (Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1, 14). We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death and bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

4) Man was created in God’s image. By voluntary transgression he fell and his only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Genesis 1:26-31; 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21).

5) Salvation of man

a. Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. On the cross Jesus Christ took mankind’s sin and sickness providing both salvation and healing for all (Psalm 103:3). This salvation comes by believing in one’s heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and confessing with one’s mouth, Jesus as Lord (Rom 3:24, 10:8-10;Ephesians 2:8).

b. The inward evidence, to the believer, is the direct witness of the Spirit (Romans 8:16). The outward evidence to all men is a life of true holiness and love (1 John 3:23; John 13:35).

c. Salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ and not by human works; however our works are evidence of our faith and will determine our rewards in eternity (Acts 16:3; Romans 10:9-10, 14:10-12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; James 2:18).

6) Baptism in water and the Lord’s Supper are the only sacraments of the church. Baptism in water is a declaration to the world that a believer has died with Christ and they have been raised with Him to walk in the newness of life (Matthew 28:19; Acts 10:47-48; Romans 6:4). The celebration of the Lord’s Supper by eating of the bread and drinking of the cup is a remembrance of Jesus (1 Corinthians 11:24-30).

7) The Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Godhead, dwells in every believer. The Holy Spirit is at work in and through the believer as evidenced through the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22, 23) and the gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:7-11).

All believers are entitled to, and should ardently expect and earnestly seek, the promise of the Father, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, according to the command of Jesus Christ. With this comes the endowment of power for life and service, the bestowment of gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the experience of the new birth but can occur at the same moment a person is reborn (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8; 2:38-39; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31).

9) The Church is the Body of Christ. Each believer is an integral part (Ephesians 1:22; 2:19-22; Hebrews 12:23) of Christ’s Body – the church. God has a definite function for each believer in the church (Romans 12:6-12). Some are called to stand in one or more of the five – fold ministries (Eph 4:7-11). The local church is an integral part of Christ’s Body. As each believer fulfills one’s calling, within the local church and outside, they will fulfill their God ordained function in the Body of Christ.

10) God’s will is the well being of the total person.

a. Spiritual (John3:3, 11; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Romans 10:9-10)

b. Mental (2 Timothy 1:7; Romans 12:1; Isaiah 26:3)

c. Physical (Isaiah 53:4, 5;Matthew 8:17; 1 Peter 2:24)

d. Financial (3 John 1:2; Malachi 3:10-11; Luke 6:38; 2 Corinthians 9:6-10; Deuteronomy 28:1-14)

e. Social (Proverb 3:4)

11) Every believer should be actively involved in fulfilling the great commission of preaching the Gospel and making disciples of all nations (Mark 16:15; Matthew 28:18-20).

12) Jesus is coming again to gather all his saints to heaven (1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 2 Thessalonians 2:1). Those who have not accepted the redemptive work of Jesus Christ will suffer eternal separation from God (Revelation 19:20; 20:10-15).

13) The Lord Jesus Christ will return with His saints from heaven to rule and reign for one thousand years on earth as the scripture promised (Romans 11:25, 27; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Revelation 19:11-16; 20:1-7). After this there will be a new heaven and a new earth (Revelation 21).

Our Purpose

Household of FaithChurch and World Outreach

Our Vision Statement:

Bless the city,
Reach the Nation,
Arise and Shine to the Nations.

Our Purpose:

The Household of Faith Church and World Outreach has three main purpose for its existence,

Edification [Blessing the city by building the saints to maturity],

Evangelism [Reaching the Nation by making the saints live the abundant life of Jesus and sharing the Good News of the Gospel],

Empowerment [ Arising and Shining to the Nations in the Anointing that God has given uniquely to every individual saint, by making the saints realize their destiny and live it out to affect this generation].


As this ministry is an apostolic ministry, our aim is to raise this church as the apostolic mission base to reach out to our nation and nations of the world.

Edification: The first purpose will be fulfilled by raising up a strong local church in our city and by teaching them the word of God and as a result of it, see the lives of the people changed and blessed as they obey the word of God. To edify is to build and bring every member of the family to the level of the fullness of the stature of Christ (Eph 4:11-13). Teaching and preaching of the word of God will be the means through which this maturity will be attained as the sons and daughters of God, who will begin to bless this city. The result of edification through the Word of God, restores the image of God in us [self-identity (Lev 19:18; Mark 12:29-31)] (1 Cor 4:17; 2 Tim 3:14- 17; Heb 4:12; 5:12-14; 1 Cor 14:3-5).

Evangelism: The second purpose will be fulfilled by cultivating a heart which reaches out to people which will naturally fulfill the greatest responsibility that Jesus has given to every member of the family (Matt 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-18; Luke 24:46-48; John 19:19-23). We have made it our main aim to preach the gospel in word and deed in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God (Rom 15:18-20). Reaching out to our nation will be the heart beat of our family. The result of receiving the heart of God through His Spirit will restore the Love of God in greater measure as we keep growing by exercising it [selfless-identity (Romans 8:38-39; 1 John 4:12-13, 17-21)].

Empowerment: The third purpose will be fulfilled by encouraging every member of the family to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and be filled with the Spirit again and again (Acts 1:8; Eph 5:17-18). We will be actively involved in empowering every member of our family (Acts 8:14-17; 19:6). We will make them stir up the gift of God that is in them by encouraging them to operate in it (1 Tim 4:14; 2 Tim 1:6; Rom 12:3-8). When every member of the family rises up to this level by recognizing the God given potential in them, they will have come to the place where they will arise and shine to the nations. This is the place where faith will be rising up as every day passes by and they will resume in the power of God as the sons and daughters of God [uniquely powerful identity of God (Eph 3:14-21; Romans 8:19; 1 Cor 15:10; Galatians 5:6)].

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Vision statement of ‘Apostolic Articles ‘

The New Creation!

Knowing the New Creation in you!
By Abraham Israel

1. You are a new creation in Christ because the Spirit of God dwells in you (2 Cor 5:17; Rom 8:9; 1 Cor 3:16).

Say it out loud now, ‘Iam a new creation in Christ because the Holy Spirit of God dwells in me’.

2. You should serve the Lord in the newness of the Spirit (Rom 7:6). The purpose we have been redeemed and adopted as His dear children is to serve Him by being conformed to the image of His Son Jesus Christ (Gal 3:13; Rom 8:15-17, 29; Exod 4:23).

Say to the Lord, ‘Lord Jesus, Help me to serve you in the newness of the Spirit’s power. Thank you my dear Lord for working in me continuously and changing me more and more in to your beautiful image daily.’

3. Sin dwells in the soulish realm of every man, but victory and deliverance comes to us through Jesus Christ our Lord (Rom 7:17; Mark 7:21-23).

Say to the Lord, ‘Thank you Lord for helping me be victorious by the power of your resurrection that works in me mightily by your Spirit and for delivering me whenever I call on you at the time of my need. Thank you for the power of your name which is my tower of strength. Bless your holy name Jesus!’

4. The new person should be fed with the word of God and must be allowed to influence us and renew us to see the transformation to be noticeable to us and to others (Phil 4:8; Rom 12:2). The Greek word used here in Rom 12:2 for transformed is ‘metamorphoo’ from which the English word metamorphosis come, which means ‘ a complete change, the process by which the young form of insects and some animals, such as frogs, develops into the adult form’. The word transformed mean ‘to change into another form, to transform, to transfigure, Christ appearance was changed and was resplendent with divine brightness on the mount of transfiguration (Mark 9:2; 2 Cor 3:18)’. It is the same way we get changed like Jesus from glory to glory. Hence it gives us the idea that as a cocoon after it grows by resting inside it and after a while it struggles with all its might to come out, we too after eating the word of God in our spirit we rest in God by faith and we struggle to get out of the shell of unbelief that surrounds our life by soulish influence of the world. Hence after the struggle each time its muscles grow strong gradually until one day the worm becomes powerful enough to be transformed as a colorful butterfly to fly out in liberty. Our spirit muscle also grows as we struggle out of the soulish influence to become strong with spiritual muscle to fly high in the spirit realm. This brings us in to liberty of the Spirit in our life as the children and mature sons of God (Rom 8:14, 21). As our struggle goes on, we soon end up flying higher and higher as a butterfly in the air totally at liberty!

Ask the Lord, ‘Dear Lord help me be a warrior like you (Ex 15:3), help me to exercise my spiritual muscle daily by believing in your mighty name [Jesus!] and use your name verbally against my enemies [Satan and his demons] and defeat them, help me feed and meditate on your word and have communion with you always so that I will begin to fly higher and higher as days goes by, strengthen me to fly with wings just like a young eagle full of strength and vitality (Is 40:31). Thank you for answering my prayer in Jesus Name. Amen.’ Praise the Lord!

5. When you do these things, you will become a blessed man in this planet earth, God will make all your ways to prosper (Psalm 1:1-3; Joshua 1:8-9). God’s word is the same universally and eternally. Hence it will be as powerful in your life as it was and is in other apostles, prophets, women and men of God lives.

Pray to the Lord, ‘Dear Heavenly Father, I Thank you for prospering me in all my ways, help me do these things which I have learned today and inculcate these things in to my life. Thank you for making me a blessed person in this planet earth by setting me apart through your word in me. Amen and amen!’

Love of God

Greater Love has no one than this!
By Abraham Israel

The New Testament part of the Bible was originally written in Greek and it has four different words to describe different aspects of the same word ‘Love’ in English. The four different Greek words for ‘Love’ are ‘Agape, Philia, Storge and Eros’.

Agape is the pure unconditional love that is only with God and from Him (Rom 5:5). The Holy Spirit pours out this God’s unconditional love in to our hearts who desire after Him. This is purely an impartation from God. God commands us to love Him and others only through this Agape love (Mark 12:29-30;Rom 13:8-10). This is the purest form of Love which is Divine Love. This can be received and expressed only when we have a spirit connection with God (1 Cor 6:17).

Philia is the cherishing love between a husband and a wife. It comes from the Soul of every human. This can be received and expressed only when there is a soul connection through commitment in marriage. It is a love based on similarities and commitment to one’s partner.

Storge is the love parents have for their children and vice-versa. This can be received and expressed only based on physical blood relationship. It is a love based on affection and obedience.

Eros is the love of physical passion. It is the ‘hot and unendurable desire’. It can only be expressed and received through the union of one man with another woman. It is designed by God to be used with in a committed monogamous boundary of marriage [i.e. between a husband and wife].

From this we know that God’s love for us never changes. God says in His word, “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” (Jeremiah 31:3). No matter who we are and what we have done and where we are from, the good news is God loves us continuously. Because of this everlasting love God sent His only Begotten Son Jesus Christ in to the world to free us from the power of evil through which we are bound naturally. God’s love for us is unique, precious and unselfish. It starts from the depth of our being. The world’s view of love is mostly Eros. Even the English dictionaries meant it that way. Eros is mostly without self control and always looking to fulfill its own strong desire which is called lust. This Eros should be ruled by us and it can be done only through the power of the Holy Spirit. The world [people who live in this earth] can realize and receive the Love of God only through the Holy Spirit who is from God, who acts as an executive agent in the God-head of the Trinity. We cannot receive it unless we turn to God’s love letter and operation manual of our Creator and see what He says about it.

The Bible is a love letter from God. The Bible says that God is in love with His creation. The God who is the creator of all things says that ‘He loves us irrespective of our upbringing, status, race, tongue, regionality, nationality, color, religion…..’ (John 3:16). Especially God says that He “…. is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit.” (Psalm 34:18). If you are a broken man or a woman who has no one to look to or even speak to, good news is He is near you. If you take today’s world, the whole creation is suffering because of the curse of one man’s disobedience. The word of God says, “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;” (Acts 17:26-27). Every one of us come from our forefather Adam who disobeyed God and as a result of it, the whole humanity has lost favor of God and favor with God.

Even though our forefather Adam disobeyed God and lost the favor of God, still God loved humanity. His love for humans has never changed from the day He created human on day one. Though God loves man, man by his own choice of disobedience has taken the side of God’s enemy Satan who hates every human because God loves him so much [infinitely]. So God felt that the only way to make man understand that He loves man is to become one among them, so that man can understand God and relate to Him in love. When man voluntarily took the side of Satan by His own choice in the garden of Eden, man became sinful to the core of his being and became irrevocably sinful (Gen 3;Ps 51:5; Rom 3:23). Sin is lawlessness and anything that is less than perfect from the absolute lawfulness of God (1 John 3:4). God never has broken His Word even once in all ages [past, present and future]. And this is known as the lawfulness of God and His Holiness [set apartness] (Num 23:19). In fact, He cannot lie (Titus 1:2). Man could not continue in this relationship with an absolute perfect God with his imperfectness of having sinful nature in him.

As a result God decided that if by one man the world has fallen in to sin trap, then by and through one perfect man [Jesus Christ], He decided to redeem [to make someone free from the power of evil] man from the evil of Satan and his tyrannical cohorts [demons] who have started influencing man in rebellion against a God who loves man. So God became a man in Jesus Christ.

In order for man to understand this concept He wrote His love letter to Humans and proclaimed it through many prophets He chose in the times past [i.e. before Jesus Came to this earth], before He became man two thousand year ago (Matt 11:13). And the prophets wrote all the Bible as a love letter from God your creator. The Topic of the Love letter is “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16). In other words because God loved all the people of the world, He sent His Son [for what?] to die for your sins so that you can be forgiven from all your sins [past, present and future (Eph 4:32;Col 2:13)] by believing in Him [Jesus Christ] as your substitute sacrifice. What does Jesus the Son of God say about His Love toward you, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” (John 15:13). Simply Jesus is saying to you ‘I Love you’. This love He showed to everyone [i.e. before men and angels] by dying for you on the Cross publically. Oh what a Love!

Finally this love letter that this Father God who has been writing to his sons [us humans], got culminated when Jesus Christ God’s only Begotten Son visited this planet earth for one purpose, that is to restore back the love relationship between God and human that has been cut off, to be continued through Himself [Jesus Christ]. That why the Bible calls Jesus Christ as the repairer of the breach (Isaiah 58:12).

The only thing that this God-man Jesus Christ expected was for the people to believe Him as one sent from God to take away their sins, so that the same relationship that Adam our forefather had with God could be experienced through Jesus Christ (Matt 1:21; John 1:29; 14:11;3:17-21). Still today all we need to do is to believe Him as our substitute for all our sins and believe that we are forgiven through what He has achieved for us on the Cross. The Cross is a symbol of curse. Hence Jesus Christ on the Cross symbolizes that, He has taken all our curses that are rightfully ours because of the sins that we have committed against God and His righteous Law (Galatians 3:13). And now if we are presently a believer in the atonement [compensation that Jesus Christ paid for us on the cross to God] of Jesus Christ, we are blessed by God based on what Jesus Christ has achieved for us on the Cross (Galatians 3:14). Oh what a Blessedness! Thank you Jesus!

The Bible says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1). This Word is none other than Jesus Christ our Mediator with God. He Himself is God who became man for the sake of us, out of love. Now we who believe in Jesus Christ are free from all the curses of Satan and his Demons [evil influence of rebellion against God] who are the instigators of such curses in our life (John 10:10), even though it is God’s law that justly curses a breaker of His righteous Law (Galatians 3:10;James 2:10). If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you don’t have to be fearful of any evil. Satan will not touch you as you keep yourself in a constant communion with God through His Spirit (1 John 3:8;4:4;5:18;Numbers 23:23). Satan does not touch you if you keep yourself in God through what Christ has achieved for you, because he does not have the right to touch you who is cleansed by the precious blood of the lamb (1 John 5:18;1:7,9;Numbers 23:21).

Now we can live a blessed life of having communion with God through Jesus Christ. Never forget that God our creator is a God of Blessing and not Curse (1 Peter 3:9-12). Good News! Those who have always considered themselves hopeless, weak and fearful can now live a hopeful, peaceful, joyful and a blessed life of love relationship with the God of Blessing through faith in His Son Jesus Christ (1 John 4:15-19). Never think that it is you who loved God first by choosing Him, it is by the love that he had for you that He sent His Son Jesus Christ for you and saved you from all the curses that are rightfully yours. Read His Love letter and know more and more about the Father God’s love for you. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!

This love letter has no end because the God who wrote it is the end. And whatever has been written in the love letter is being fulfilled day by day. But there is a climax to this love letter which also says that there is danger ahead if you do not heed its warning and turn back and believe in Jesus Christ (John 3:17-21).

A loving father in this natural world will always warn his son if there is any danger in the way that he is going. If the son loves the father’s advice and turn himself from the dangerous path that he is travelling, he will be saved from that disaster ahead. Our heavenly Father God also has lovingly warned through His love letter the Bible ever since men were on earth to believe in Jesus Christ to escape the danger ahead. He is also a gentle Father who never forces His sons to submission as a tyrannical father does. Because He is full of love for you, He says in His word, “I [God your Father] do not behave rudely, [I] do not seek … [My] own, [I am]… not provoked, [I] think(s) no evil [about you or for you];” (1Cor 13:5;1 John 4:8, Paraphrased).

This is the reason in the times past God did not behave rudely when men rejected His love in the times past. God and His love never changes even for those who have rejected his love (Malachi 1:2;3:6). But the same loving Father God, who is Love, is also the God of judgment and justice who executes His Judgments without any partiality towards anybody (Malachi 2:17;Rom 2:11,2-3;Ps 9:16;Heb 12:25,29). Hence those who reject His love will be thrown in to Hell fire because of God’s righteous judgments, this hell fire was originally designed for Satan and His Demons, where the fire does not stop burning (Matt 25:41). There is a time that God has appointed for this judgment to happen and it is at the end of the ages and it is called as the white throne judgment, until then He waits patiently seeing what is happening because He has given the earth in to the hands of human beings (Matt 5:45;Ps 10:14;115:16;Prov 15:3;Eccl 3:18;Rev 20:11-15).God does not judge and slay any human beings now, but rather the wicked are caught up in their own wicked trap of their boss the Devil (Prov 5:22;2 Cor 4:4).The Bible is still the same Love letter that Our Heavenly Father has written to us as an operation manual for our lives. Your Heavenly Father is still saying, ‘I love you, Danger [death and eternal destruction] ahead because of sin in humankind’s lives My sons and daughters!’. Will you respond to His Love Today! If yes, you are a Blessed person to take such a decision believing in the Love of your heavenly creator who is God your Father! Praise the Lord!