Christ Life Ministries Podcast

Two words for time in the Greek New Testament: chronos, the steady march of days, unglamorous, absolutely necessary; and kairos, the appointed moment when heaven invades earth. Galatians 4:4: when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son. Passover fulfilled on the exact day. Pentecost fulfilled on the exact day. Tabernacles still coming. And for every believer, a personal fulness o...

Two words for time in the Greek New Testament: chronos, the steady march of days, unglamorous, absolutely necessary; and kairos, the appointed moment when heaven invades earth. Galatians 4:4: when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son. Passover fulfilled on the exact day. Pentecost fulfilled on the exact day. Tabernacles still coming. And for every believer, a personal fulness o...

Pastor Olubi Johnson continues a series on the faith and patience of the patriarchs, focusing on Abraham and Sarah. The episode explores obedience without full understanding, the danger of impatience (Ishmael vs. Isaac), seasons of divine silence, and how faith combined with patience leads to God’s fulfillment of His promises.

Pastor Olubi Johnson continues a series on the faith and patience of the patriarchs, focusing on Abraham and Sarah. The episode explores obedience without full understanding, the danger of impatience (Ishmael vs. Isaac), seasons of divine silence, and how faith combined with patience leads to God’s fulfillment of His promises.

The Apostle Paul described our days with one word: perilous. The Greek is chalepos, and it appears only twice in the entire New Testament. The second occurrence is in Matthew 8:28, describing the demoniacs of Gadara, exceedingly fierce, broken chains in the dust, men who could not be bound or calmed by any human means. That is the force of the word Paul reaches for to describe the last days. Not i...

The Apostle Paul described our days with one word: perilous. The Greek is chalepos, and it appears only twice in the entire New Testament. The second occurrence is in Matthew 8:28, describing the demoniacs of Gadara, exceedingly fierce, broken chains in the dust, men who could not be bound or calmed by any human means. That is the force of the word Paul reaches for to describe the last days. Not i...

The Apostle Paul described our days with one word: perilous. The Greek is chalepos, and it appears only twice in the entire New Testament. The second occurrence is in Matthew 8:28, describing the demoniacs of Gadara, exceedingly fierce, broken chains in the dust, men who could not be bound or calmed by any human means. That is the force of the word Paul reaches for to describe the last days. Not i...

God placed these two men in the Scriptures not merely as history. He placed them as mirrors. Enoch and Noah: two men who lived before the flood, two men surrounded by a world moving in the opposite direction from God, who chose deliberately and at cost to move toward Him. One walked so closely with God that God simply took him home without the formality of death. The other built a boat on dry grou...

God placed these two men in the Scriptures not merely as history. He placed them as mirrors. Enoch and Noah: two men who lived before the flood, two men surrounded by a world moving in the opposite direction from God, who chose deliberately and at cost to move toward Him. One walked so closely with God that God simply took him home without the formality of death. The other built a boat on dry grou...

Makrothumia. The Greek compound from Hebrews 6:12 that the English Bible translates as patience. Makros: long. Thumos: passion. Long-tempered. The quality of a man whose spiritual fire does not die down with time, whose fervour does not decrease the longer the answer is delayed, whose passion for the promise grows stronger with every year it has not yet arrived. In this Sunday sermon, Pastor Olubi...

Enoch began his most intimate walk with God at sixty-five. Abraham answered his greatest call at seventy-five. Moses entered his most fruitful season at eighty and remained at full strength until one hundred and twenty. In this prophetic sermon, Pastor Olubi Johnson declares that God is raising up an end-time elder generation that will walk like these three patriarchs, and under a better covenant...

Enoch began his most intimate walk with God at sixty-five. Abraham answered his greatest call at seventy-five. Moses entered his most fruitful season at eighty and remained at full strength until one hundred and twenty. In this prophetic sermon, Pastor Olubi Johnson declares that God is raising up an end-time elder generation that will walk like these three patriarchs, and under a better covenant...

You are God's husbandry. That is not a poetic metaphor: it is the apostle Paul's precise theological declaration in 1 Corinthians 3:9, and it carries a weight that most believers have never fully received. The word husbandry in the Greek is georgion, a tilled field, a cultivated place, a garden. Your spirit, your soul, your body have been claimed by the Creator of heaven and earth as sacred soil i...

You are God's husbandry. That is not a poetic metaphor: it is the apostle Paul's precise theological declaration in 1 Corinthians 3:9, and it carries a weight that most believers have never fully received. The word husbandry in the Greek is georgion, a tilled field, a cultivated place, a garden. Your spirit, your soul, your body have been claimed by the Creator of heaven and earth as sacred soil i...

On Easter Sunday, the question was: what has God destined for me? This follow-up message answers the question that destiny demands: how do I get there, and what will I become when I arrive? In this prophetic expository message on John 14:6, Pastor Olubi Johnson unfolds one of the most well-known yet profoundly underexplored declarations in all of Scripture, revealing that the three words of the Lo...

On Easter Sunday, the question was: what has God destined for me? This follow-up message answers the question that destiny demands: how do I get there, and what will I become when I arrive? In this prophetic expository message on John 14:6, Pastor Olubi Johnson unfolds one of the most well-known yet profoundly underexplored declarations in all of Scripture, revealing that the three words of the Lo...

The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is not merely an event to be celebrated once a year. It is the operating system of the believer's entire life. In this Easter Sunday message, Pastor Olubi Johnson opens the Scriptures to reveal that the empty tomb was not the end of a story but the beginning of yours — because the same power that raised the Lord Jesus from the dead is now shaping you towar...

The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is not merely an event to be celebrated once a year. It is the operating system of the believer's entire life. In this Easter Sunday message, Pastor Olubi Johnson opens the Scriptures to reveal that the empty tomb was not the end of a story but the beginning of yours — because the same power that raised the Lord Jesus from the dead is now shaping you towar...

In this deeply clarifying message, Pastor Olubi Johnson reveals that divine judgment is not God’s tool for destruction, but His loving system of correction designed to restore and perfect His people. Like the Shepherd’s rod and staff, God uses both guidance and discipline—not to condemn, but to keep us close and aligned with His purpose. The teaching corrects common misconceptions around “judge no...

In this sobering and prophetic message, Pastor Olubi Johnson unveils the subtle danger of the prosperity trap—where the pursuit of material increase overtakes the development of the soul. While prosperity is clearly God’s will, it must flow in divine order: spirit, soul, and then substance. When this order is reversed, what was meant to be a blessing becomes a snare. The teaching exposes covetousn...

In this sobering and prophetic message, Pastor Olubi Johnson unveils the subtle danger of the prosperity trap—where the pursuit of material increase overtakes the development of the soul. While prosperity is clearly God’s will, it must flow in divine order: spirit, soul, and then substance. When this order is reversed, what was meant to be a blessing becomes a snare. The teaching exposes covetousn...

In this message, Pastor Olubi Johnson explores the profound promise of Revelation 2:17 — “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna.” Hidden manna represents the deeper nourishment God reserves for believers who press beyond the ordinary into deeper fellowship with Him. The teaching reveals that throughout Scripture there were two kinds of manna: the daily manna given openly in...

In this sobering and thought-provoking message, Pastor Olubi Johnson examines the uncomfortable truth that many of the challenges seen in the world today can be traced back to the spiritual condition of the Church itself. God’s strategy for transforming the earth has always been His people, yet when believers fail to walk in truth, discipline, and obedience, the light meant to guide the world grow...

In this sobering and thought-provoking message, Pastor Olubi Johnson examines the uncomfortable truth that many of the challenges seen in the world today can be traced back to the spiritual condition of the Church itself. God’s strategy for transforming the earth has always been His people, yet when believers fail to walk in truth, discipline, and obedience, the light meant to guide the world grow...

In this prophetic message, Pastor Olubi Johnson reveals a divine pattern seen in both Solomon’s temple and the Upper Room: when a consecrated, unified company reaches spiritual “critical mass,” the glory of God fills the house. Glory does not rest on a crowd—it rests on a company. Before intercession comes identity: as He is, so are we in this world. We do not pray toward a throne; we pray from on...