Pastor Jeffrey Walter

The Church, in its full strength, embodies an equal union or marriage of Love (an affection for the truth we receive) and Wisdom (truth or an understanding of how life ought to be lived). Achieving this union requires living according to the truth we receive, through repentance.  Therefore, truth must lead men to turn away from evil and repent from their old ways of life. Only then can they develo...

The state of a person’s heart, whether pure or evil, is crucial in determining the accuracy of doctrine and the interpretation of scriptures. A person who searches the scriptures with a pure heart, seeking to do God’s will, is bound to find truth, but the one who searches with an evil heart is bound to come up with heresies. What really is a heresy, and what is its true nature? How do men come up...

Doctrine teaches how a man must live and how he must believe. It is the foundation from which the scriptures are understood. Since everyone interprets the scriptures from the lens of doctrine, a person's beliefs significantly impact their understanding and life. Because of this, when a man has a false doctrine, he abuses the scriptures. Conversely, the man who holds the right doctrine has the oppo...

A genuine (pure) heart allows a person to receive enlightenment from God. This purity of heart enables him or her to grasp the doctrines (foundations) necessary for righteous living (i.e. how to believe and how to live). By reason of true doctrine, a man is further enlightened to comprehend the hidden meanings of scripture. What constitutes doctrine, and what role does enlightenment play in unders...

“All things were made by Him (the Word) and without Him was not any thing made that was made (John 1:3 KJV)”.  The existence of both the church in the heavens and the church on the earth is made possible by the Word of God. Neither of them can exist without it.  The Word of God is the very identity of God: without this Word, no man can ever know God, let alone have a relationship with Him. A prope...

Fasting is often misconstrued in Christendom. This misunderstanding, founded on man’s desire to rule, stems primarily from two main schools of thought. The first is the notion that there is nothing man can do to move (influence) God, while the second implies that finding God must be merited through steps a man must take. What do the Scriptures speak of on this matter? What is the true essence of f...

The pursuit of truth is fundamental to spirituality. Thus, the quest for truth forms an integral part of a man’s spiritual journey. But what really is the truth? Is it what the majority believes to be true? Is it what serves man’s selfish desires (interests)? How can man accurately seek and perceive the absolute truths that must form his doctrine? What should guide him in this vital quest? In this...

The intimate knowledge and revelation of God to man is not the preserve of a special group of people. All men are called to know God, and to live the kind of life He has willed for us as an inheritance: Eternal Life. If only we are willing to persevere and fight in pursuit of this, we will surely lay hold of it.  Pastor Jeffrey Walter, in this Holy Communion message, “The Pursuit of Eternal Life”,...

Men are destined to be co-laborers with God, that is, serving as vessels that can contain and express/manifest His presence. In order for this to be realised, man must abandon his will (desire), understanding (thoughts) and actions. Subsequently, he must allow God (the Divine) to take absolute control of them so that God will be expressed through him. In this November 2024 Special Programme,  Past...

It is man’s calling (destiny) to be a co-labourer with the Lord. Thus, man has a heritage to partner with the Lord in the building of His church. However, who man naturally is (left to himself), is totally at variance with who God wants to have as His co-labourer. How then can man be made into one who can work with God successfully?  In this November 2024 Special Programme, Pastor Jeffrey Walter d...

Only the Lord is actually building something of eternal value in this world.  Jesus says without Him, we can do nothing. In order to bear Godly fruit, the Son of Man must lay his head in you— this is what it means for Him to abide in us. But how can this be, when the “foxes and birds” have a dwelling place in us already? What does it practically mean  for the Lord to abide in us as used in this sc...

The revelation of who God is, comes to man so that he may align himself in total submission to this one true God. Confidence in who God is and our willingness to conform to this knowledge constitutes genuine faith in God. However, man, who is set in his own ways with contrary affections and thoughts about who God is, forms for himself, an idol (i.e. a falsified idea of who God actually is) to serv...

No might of the enemy is ever too great for God's deliverance power. Indeed, the Lord stands ever ready to contend with the evils that contend with us, and to set us on a path of recovery. Such is the unrelenting heart of the Lord God our Saviour, the Redeemer and Mighty One of Jacob!  In this message, “The Lawful Captives (Battling for the Souls of Men)”, Pastor Jeffrey Walter assures of the Lord...

The Lord commands all believers to go into the world and preach the gospel. Thus, the ultimate call of all believers is to labour for the salvation of the souls of men. But how can the Lord’s labourers (believers) discern and know the people to whom they have been called to preach the gospel (sheep without a shepherd)? And with what posture of heart and mind must the believer labour for the souls...

The scriptures highlight three groups of people the Lord seeks to help: the stranger, the fatherless and the widow. Who are these people, and what kind of help does the Lord desire for them? How do we cooperate with God to bring help to these, and what connection does this have with our own salvation? In this message, “The Stranger, the Fatherless and the Widow”, Pastor Jeffrey Walter starts by de...

In God's governance, spiritual leadership serves not only to lead people to Christ but also to help them discover their unique role within the body of Christ. Through the leadership He has ordained, God raises and trains us, guiding us toward our divine purpose in His Kingdom. But how do we discover our purpose in God’s kingdom? And what role does spiritual leadership play in helping us understand...

Why would we dismiss as ordinary, the person God has sent to help us? Why do we question the spiritual authority He has placed over us? Why do we believe we are better off hearing from God directly and on our own, rather than through our shepherds (leaders)? The answer to these questions is simple: pride. When we focus on reducing the one God has sent to us to just a mere man, we miss every spirit...

God, in His infinite wisdom and divine providence, has appointed spiritual leaders to guide His church and serve as channels for His divine influence and help. These anointed leaders function as conduits through which the Lord's power and spiritual virtues flow to benefit His people (the church). But how do spiritual leaders function as points of contact for believers to receive these spiritual vi...

Leadership in the kingdom of God, unlike earthly leadership, places the interest (i.e, common good as determined by the Lord) of the people being served first. In the heavenly kingdom, the leaders are the servants, yet they are clothed with greater glory and honour. Why are spiritual leaders vested with so much honour? What does it mean to honour a spiritual leader, and what are the ways to genuin...

To love the Lord is to intend to do good, and to love the neighbour is to actually accomplish that intended good. Oftentimes, we find that we focus on accomplishing the external good, regardless of our selfish intentions. This is not what God desires because by doing that, we are unchanged within, and our actions are only temporal. What then does God desire of us in this respect? How can we love t...

The Word of God is everything. By it, we are able to transcend the most difficult of life's situations. A deep personal recognition and experience of this truth, stirs up a desire: a burning desire which triggers us to do all it takes to ensure that others also benefit from the Word, by which we ourselves have been preserved. By taking such steps, we prove our love for the (principle of) neighbour...

Difficulties are an inevitable part of growing up. As we grow, our appreciation and awareness of life's difficulties also increases. This awareness makes us susceptible to the attacks of the enemy. However, if we learn to deal with the troubles of this life properly, we will transcend them and by that, gain great spiritual growth (mileage).  In this message, “Love Thy Neighbour Part 1”, Pastor Jef...

Our regeneration is facilitated by an incorruptible seed (sperm)—the Word of God. This Word is totally committed to guiding us through every step of this journey, and undeniably, its efficacy is eternally viable. Thus, instead of doubting the Word when we encounter difficult circumstances and moments that seem to refute its efficacy, we should rather examine ourselves. The variable is never the Wo...

“ What shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? ” (Romans 8:31 KJV). It is in this assurance that we confidently rise up to fight back and speak to the enemy, “ This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to...

“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” Romans 8:28 KJV  This is the sure inheritance of every Christian and hence should be our primary pursuit, despite all odds. However, slothfulness (spiritual laziness), that is, the failure to first respond to the truth in the senses (external) or the unw...