Psalm 119:133 – “Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.”

As Christians, we receive God’s revelation in two forms: the Bible and the Holy Spirit’s ongoing revelation.  These two types of revelation support each other, as the Bible repeatedly teaches that the Lord will speak to us and guide us by the Spirit, and the Spirit always urges us deeper into the Word.

The two types of revelation overlap.  We can only understand the Bible properly with the Holy Spirit’s revelation, and we test individual revelations or prophecies by the standard of Scripture.  We should reject any so-called revelations that contradict the Bible, no matter who claims to have received them.  The Lord does not contradict Himself (2 Timothy 2:13).

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GOD SPEAKS: REVELATION

“Zvakavanzika zvaJehova ndezvavanomutya uchavaratidza sungano yake”.Psalms 25:14

“Ndichakudzidzisa nokukurairai nzira yaunofanira kufamba nazvo ndichakupa njere neziso rangu riri pamusoro rake.Psalms 32:8

Bhaibheri rakazarurwa naMwari kwete basa rezvinyorwa zvakanyorwa kare.Chimwe chidimbu chemuBhaibheri chanyorwa nechiporofita chimwe chidimbu chine nyaya uye nezvatinoudzwa  zvaMwari achizviratidza uye nezvaanoda kuvanhu. Tinotenda Mweya mutsene ndiwo wakanyora Bhaibheri asi wakasevenzesa vanhu kuti vanyore zvinyorwa zvavo.

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Isaiah 11:6-11 – “The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. ⁷ The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. ⁸ The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper’s nest. ⁹ They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰ In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious. In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.”

This chapter in Isaiah is a prophecy about the coming of Jesus Christ.  Isaiah lived about 700 years before Jesus came into the world.  He wrote more than any other Old Testament prophet about the coming of the Messiah.  Chapter 11 begins with a description of the sevenfold Spirit of God that would anoint the Messiah (that is, the “Christ”).  It then talks about the peace and harmony that will come when Jesus reigns on earth for 1000 years after His second coming.  When Jesus returns, there will be no more killing, disease, or death.

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Isaiah 11:1-3 – “A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him; the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord –

– and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.”

Isaiah 11 is a prophecy about Jesus Christ, written about 700 years before he was born.  Jesus is the Shoot or the Branch who comes from the nation of Israel (the “stump of Jesse”).  Many other prophecies call Jesus “the Branch,” the “Shoot,” and the “Root” (see Psalm 80:15; Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 53:2; Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12; Romans 11:16-18; Romans 15:12; Revelation 5:5; Revelation 22:6).  This prophecy also tells us something about the Holy Spirit, which inhabited Jesus and is inseparable from him.  God’s Spirit is sevenfold.  Of course, our mortal minds cannot fully understand or grasp this, as it transcends our mortal experience or comprehension.

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Deuteronomy 24:10-11 - “When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into his house to get what he is offering as a pledge.  Stay outside and let the man to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you.”

Waiting for a Pledge - Just as this passage describes the lender waiting outside at the door of his debtor, so also the New Testament says that Jesus waits at the door of our lives, waiting for us.  “Here I am!  I stand at the door and knock.”  (Revelation 3:20).  This is a prophetic illustration of how we as sinners (spiritual debtors) interact with the Lord Jesus in receiving the benefits of His salvation.  Jesus is the one who has everything we need – forgiveness for sin, new birth, the revelation of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, sanctification, etc.  We come to him in need of everything.  In ourselves, in our flesh, we have none of the things we really need for eternity.  When Jesus freely gives us his blessings, he charges nothing in return (just as the Israelites could not charge their neighbors interest on a loan).  No one can purchase salvation.

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Colossians 1:18 – “And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”

What factors differentiate a genuine Work of God from everything else we see around us in the marketplace of religion? On the most basic level, pleading the blood of Jesus has led us to three fundamental discoveries: preaching the revealed Word, following the guidance or direction of the Holy Spirit instead of human opinions, and having our relationship with Christ express itself through a genuine participation in a local Body of the faithful church.

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OMUTWE GW’EKANISA (The Head Of The Church)

Abakolosai 1:18

Kandi uwe nugwo mutwe gw’Omubiri, niyo Kanisa: ogu nuwe wokubanza, omuzigaijo okuruga omubafu, nukwo abe w’okubanza mubyona.

Bintuki ebiretaho embaganiza omumulimo gwa Ruhanga hagati omulitwe kuruga hali ebi ebiturora omudiini? Kuraba mu kweta nokwesweka n’Esagama ya Yesu, tuhika ha kwetegereza nokukora ebintu bisatu ebyomusingi gw’okujunwa: ekigambo ekisukwirwe, okusigama ha kusururwa kw’Omwoyo Arukwera hamu n’Omubiri.

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