Beulah Foundation for Christ

      In recent times, especially with the deadly virus that ravaged the world, all manner of ideas and doctrines have risen within the Body of Christ. A question arose during the lockdowns, can Church be done somewhere else apart from a particular structure? All manner of teachings arose, that with the rise of technology, one can do Church from and in anywhere. Even when many within the Body saw that within that question laid a trap by the enemy to make Believers contravene the injunction of the Lord that says: "And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near" (Hebrews 10:25, NLT).        With this idea arose ideas that seek to expand, undermine and rewrite certain aspects of the Bible to fit the deviant minds of the advocates. Many now believe the Word of God should only encourage and motivate Christians. After all, God is Love and only desires that ...

      When it gets to this period of every year, many come out to declare it as the Season of Love. A time when people show their loved ones how much they love them. Many equally say it is a time to remind the world about loving one another. This mantra has equally passed on to many Church programs about this time. Many organise programs for the Singles and Married on the efficacies of love. It seems many in the world and some of the Churches agree on what the 'season' is.        Amusingly yearly, the Churches that believe this is the 'season of love' come up with many justifications to run the programs earmarked for the purpose. Interestingly, one of their justification is "God is Love"! Now, if they believe "God is Love" (which is true by the way, 1John 4:8), why is He celebrated and magnified on a particular day of a particular month? Is He not still Love on the rest of the days and months? When you need to justify your actions, then something is ...

"Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I was compelled to write to you [urgently] appealing that you fight strenuously for [the defence of] the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith that is the sum of Christian belief that was given verbally to believers]. For certain people have crept in unnoticed [just as if they were sneaking in by a side door]. They are ungodly persons whose condemnation was predicted long ago, for they distort the grace of our God into decadence and immoral freedom [viewing it as an opportunity to do whatever they want], and deny and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ (Jude 1:3-4, AMP).       Irreverence cloaked as Reverence has crept in amongst us. Sadly, many of us are none the wiser. You may wonder what does this mean? It means when that which is said to be common is now irreverent, and that which is revered is now said to be common. All around us, it is as if many...

      The New Year began with many plans being drawn and old ones looked over to see why they did not come to pass. Based on the Scriptures, by faith, it costs God nothing to bless us of all that we have ever dreamt of or asked for. But the question is, is that the goal of God, to give a man everything he desires? We may argue that Jesus said: " ...I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance" (John 10:10b). Yes! But is a man's life defined and qualified by the amount of substance he has or doesn't have? A man's life is way much more than what he has or doesn't have. Many of us agree with the foregoing, but we live like our lives are the total of what we have or would have! We forget that God always has a goal in mind in all that He does.        From Genesis to Revelation, we never saw Him waste resources or create things for the sake of it. Everything is created to have a grand purpose and all work in sync to please Him! This we canno...

       The year 2021 was a defining year for so many families and communities around the globe. Especially for as many that were hit either by the pandemic, economic or security challenges living in this clime. As children of God, in spite of all that was happening, we placed our hope for health and general wellbeing squarely in the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ. By the last day of December 2021, many dreams and aspirations were not realised. This did not mean that God was displeased with them or that their faith was misplaced, rather it showed that God was still on the case. You may ask, 'what does that mean?'         A similar situation occurred with some men in the Bible. " As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God's word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret. He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets" Luke 5:1-2. Beloved, you pressed in on Jesus Christ last year and even the ...

       The world system says knowledge is power. Meaning when you are aware of a thing, it is near impossible to be overcome by it. With this knowledge, one can influence or change his/her situation. If we believe this to be true, why do we think this idea do not apply to the things of God? Now, the knowledge of God we have is by faith. Sadly, many have misconstrued faith to be blissfully ignorant of God’s commands, expecting things around them to change and work-out for them, according to some imagined concepts in their mind.         Knowledge without application is useless, powerless and of no benefit to the bearer. Adam was told: “ But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die” (Genesis 2:17). His and the woman’s failure to appropriate (apply/own) this knowledge cost them the Garden. If we know the tools/skills we need to affect our space without appropriating ...

       Jesus teaching the multitude on one particular occasion made some declarations that troubled His Disciples. These teachings were strange and markedly different from what they were taught by the teachers and scribes of the law (Matthew 7:28-29). In response to one of such teaching, Peter said: “…’Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to all people?’” (Luke 12:41). The particular parable Peter was referring to was that of them being ready for the Lord’s return (Luke 12:35-40). In this parable, Jesus particularly warned that as His servants and followers, we must be ready to go with Him when He returns. This is the goal of our followership – to reign with Him at the end!        He gave certain conditions that would determine our state of readiness to follow when He returns. The conditions are: Be dressed ready, be at alert, and be ready to open the door immediately we hear the knock. It was clear from the parable that those that will...