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DID THE POWER TO HEAL BELONG TO PETER?

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“What Acts 3 Actually Says About Apostolic Healing” By Akin Ojumu In Acts 3, Luke records one of the most dramatic healing miracles in the early Church. Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. At the temple gate called Beautiful, they encountered a man who had been lame from birth. Every day, this man was carried there and laid at the gate so that he could beg for alms from those entering the temple. When he saw Peter and John approaching, he asked them for money. Peter fixed his attention on him and said: Acts 3:6 “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” Peter then took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately, the man’s feet and ankles were strengthened. The man who had never walked suddenly began walking, leaping, and praising God. That raises an important theological question: When Peter said, “What I do have I give to you,” did he mean that he pers...
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PAUL ADEFARASIN, HOUSE ON THE ROCK, AND THE GOSPEL OF MORE MONEY

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By Akin Ojumu Let us be honest about Paul Adefarasin and his House on the Rock. Paul Adefarasin increasingly resembles a motivational chief executive rather than a shepherd entrusted with the care of Christ’s flock. House on the Rock, likewise, often appears less like a Church devoted to the proclamation of the Gospel and more like a corporate enterprise in which financial seminars, success principles, and wealth-creation strategies are wrapped in religious language and delivered from a pulpit. Seen in that light, his persistent emphasis on making money—and then making even more money—is hardly surprising. A true pastor should be consumed with preaching Jesus Christ and Him crucified, faithfully teaching the whole counsel of God, calling sinners to repentance, and nurturing believers in sound doctrine. Temporal wealth creation must never be permitted to eclipse the eternal riches of the Gospel. When sermons become business lectures, the pulpit becomes a corporate podium, the pastor bec...
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THE MAN WHO BORE THE MARKS OF CHRIST (PART II)

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“Paul Preached Christ, Religious Celebrities Build Brand” By Akin Ojumu Apostle Paul suffered more for the Gospel than most modern preachers can imagine. Yet unlike today’s religious celebrities, he did not turn his sacrifices, visions, or spiritual experiences into a personal brand. Paul did not make himself the center of the message. He preached Jesus Christ and Him crucified.  Many modern preachers constantly boast about their ministerial accomplishments, angelic visitations, supernatural rank, journeys into spiritual realms, and private conversations with heavenly beings. Paul was different. He did not build a ministry around his experiences. When he wrote about being caught up to the third Heaven, he described the experience in the third person. 2 Corinthians 12:2–4 “I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third Heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise…and he heard th...
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THE MAN WHO BORE THE MARKS OF CHRIST (PART I)

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“The Apostle Who Would Not Retreat” By Akin Ojumu From the beginning of his ministry, the Apostle Paul carried a target on his back. He was marked for opposition, humiliation, persecution, imprisonment, and death. Wherever he went, enemies gathered, mobs formed, authorities intervened, and violence followed. Paul was a bondservant of Christ Jesus and not a celebrity preacher. The man bore the marks of the Lord Jesus on his body. Galatians 6:17 “From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.” Yet through every insult, beating, threat, and rejection, Paul refused to retreat. There was no surrender. There was no turning back. For Paul, preaching the Gospel was not a platform for acquiring fame, wealth, influence, or public admiration. It was a divine commission for which he was prepared to suffer and, if necessary, die. To understand the magnitude of what Paul endured for Christ and His Gospel, consider only a few of his many sufferings. 1. Stoned and L...
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JOSHUA SELMAN MUTILATES PAUL’S PRISON LETTERS

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By Akin Ojumu Just the other day, Joshua Selman—one of the leading apostles of the realms, portals, dimensions, spiritual frequencies, and other celestial real estate unknown to the biblical writers—decided to reveal to his biblically beleaguered followers the secret of the “riches of glory” supposedly enjoyed by celebrated apostles of his spiritual caste. As is customary, Selman first informed his audience that what he was about to disclose was so profound, so indispensable, and so cosmically important that they should practically engrave it upon their foreheads and inscribe it upon their forearms, lest this precious revelation escape their memory. He then quoted Ephesians 3:15–16 and Philippians 4:19: Ephesians 3:15–16 “From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being.” Philippians 4:19 “And my God will supply every need of yours according to His rich...
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