Kong Hee Podcast

The victory of Jesus Christ was total and complete on the cross. Satan is a defeated foe, although he has yet to concede defeat. How do we overcome the devil in our daily lives? This is how we do it …

Does faith always guarantee a miracle? Is our faith faulty when we believe in God, confess His Word, and yet there are no results? Should we still continue to exercise faith? If we persevere in prayer for a miracle, are we coming against the sovereignty of God? A short while back, a Christian leader said to me, “I have stopped teaching faith because if the healing, blessing, and deliverance doesn’...

When it comes to the penal substitution of Christ, are Jesus’ six hours on the cross commensurate with the eternal punishment of a sinner? Is it enough? Isn’t it way too short? How can it be fair when Jesus only needed to be punished for six hours, while a sinner must be punished for eternity? This is my answer …

Isn’t it immoral for God to punish an innocent person, namely Jesus Christ, for our sins? Isn’t the atonement of the cross a form of cosmic child abuse – God the Father violently abusing His Son for something He didn’t do? Doesn’t it violate God’s own rules of justice that He has set up in the universe? Here is my answer …

As Christians, are we still sinners? Or are we already saints? This is the answer …

Are all human beings God’s children? What does the Bible say, especially Jn 1:12? This is a short but fascinating subject. Enjoy …

Jesus always showed honour to the down-and-outers. Even when there was nothing to celebrate in their lives and they achieved nothing of worth, 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗱. Even when He was superior over them morally, socially, spiritually, and intellectually, Jesus was always honouring. We can learn so much through Jesus’s example in honouring Zacchaeus, the Jewish tax collector (Lk...

Jesus is always honouring, especially towards those who have fallen from grace. He will not condone their sins or unrighteousness, but He is always patient and kind to sinners. 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀. Like Jesus, we honour others when we choose not to listen to gossips about them, and when we choose not to engage in gossip. We honour pe...

Jesus carries a strong spirit of honour (Is 11:2). Honour gives us access to the power of God – to His blessing and favour. Jesus says that honour is the key to experiencing miracles in our lives. When there was a lack of honour, He couldn’t work miracles (Mk 6:4-6). 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼u𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. Everyone is a person of value and worth to God. Jesus shows hon...

We have always believed that God is almighty, all-powerful, and that He is totally sovereign. When it comes to the doctrine of predestination, however, we believe that the God of holy love wants a relationship with us that is real and genuine. As such, in His predestination, He allows the following 5 things: (1) Universal free will (2) Conditional election (3) Unlimited atonement (4) Resistible gr...

We believe in the sovereignty and glory of God. We believe that in our total depravity (fallen nature), we cannot save ourselves apart from grace. However, when it comes to the doctrine of predestination, we must be clear. We don’t accept predestination to mean that before we were born, or even before the world was created, God had already predetermined, solely and unilaterally, who will go to hea...

Sometimes, people ask, “Why do we teach faith and not the sovereignty of God? When we are sick, why do we keep praying for healing? Why can’t we just accept that God sovereignly wants us to be sick? And if people have serious illnesses, we should be preparing them for death. Their dying (from sickness) is also a sovereign act of God’s power meant for His glory!” Here is my reply …

In Lk 7, John the Baptist was languishing in prison. He was very discouraged and began to doubt if Jesus was truly the Messiah. He sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus if He was indeed the Saviour. To be perfectly honest, it was quite an offensive question. Jesus then had a conversation in 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 with the two disciples. He gave a gentle word of correction for them to pass on to John the Baptist...

Part of growing in Christlikeness is learning to be an honouring person. It is, however, hard to be honouring when we are fed up with people, especially when we find them irritating. Over the years, I have learned to remove “𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀” and “𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿” from my relationship vocabulary. “Always” and “never” are rarely factual. When you use phrases that include “always” or “never,” you are telling others tha...

Righteousness (Gr. dikaiosune) is a very major subject in the Bible, and it intersects with the doctrines of justification and sanctification. In justification, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗱. He declares us righteous, not guilty, and forgiven. We are no longer condemned to be eternally punished in hell. This right standing before God is through the 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, and i...

For a marriage to be healthy and happy, every couple must take the “multivitamins of love”. They are the 𝟯 𝗔’𝘀–𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. These feed a relationship from day to day, so we need them daily. This 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 between the husband and wife is a really powerful way to affair-proof your relationship.

Righteousness is a gift from God received by grace only, through faith only, in Christ only. Righteousness becomes ours through two means – 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – the former an 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁, the latter a 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. In our Protestant faith, justification is a 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 or 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. It is the instantaneous legal act of God, in which He forgives our sins and declares us to be righteous in...

Someone asked me a question about the revival we had in the late 1980s, when our church was full of young people. He asked, “Pastor Kong, with so many youths, their different cliques, and their many different opinions, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗹? Were you very fierce and strict, and did you control the young people tightly with an iron fist?” I thought about it, and this was m...

How do we prevent our love for God (and for people) from becoming cold and mechanical, especially as we serve in our CG and church ministries? 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. It is the foundation and motivation of our devotion, ethics, and ministry (1 Cor 13:1-3). We need to daily remind ourselves of God’s love for us and meditate on it. At the same time, we need to remove any sin that...

Many have asked me questions concerning 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴s and 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴s. Aren’t they mutually exclusive? We can only have one or the other? I have always believed that God is a good God who blesses. At the same time, I also believe that a godly life is a life of suffering.   Many Christians can’t handle blessings and sufferings happening at the same time, much like how they struggle with balancing truth...

It is not enough to be 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, we must also be 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱. Without God’s anointing, at best, all we have are mere words and good intentions. We must fervently seek after God’s anointing. I love meditating on Is 11:2 because it teaches us the 7 anointings of the Holy Spirit that are upon Jesus:    (1) The Spirit of the Lord.  (2) The Spirit of wisdom.  (3) The Spirit of understanding.  (4) The Spi...

As Christians, God considers us righteous in Christ. It doesn’t mean that we’re sinlessly perfect. In and of ourselves, we are still sinners. But by our faith in Jesus, His righteousness is now imputed (or transferred) into our account. This is the heart of the gospel. The Protestant Reformers used the Latin phrase, 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙡 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧, which literally means “simultaneously righteous and sinn...

Someone once said to me, “Love and unity are most important in a church. I don’t care about beliefs”. This really set me thinking. This statement presupposes that having love alone will lead to unity. However, love doesn’t automatically lead to unity, and vice versa. A marriage can be loving, yet have no godly unity because of a difference in belief (2 Cor 6:14). Conversely, the church in Ephesus...

Doctrine is a set of beliefs and instructions that the senior leadership and theologians of every church or denomination formulate, based on their best understanding of the Scripture (2 Tim 3:16; cf. Acts 2:42; 15:6-29). Unless they belong to the same denomination or network of churches, the doctrine of one church may not be exactly the same as the doctrine of another church. This is really the re...

There are 7 waves of revival in the Book of Acts, and we can identify them by their summary statements (Acts 2:42-47; 6:3-7; 9:31; 12:24; 16:4-5; 19:20; 28:30-31). One constant in all these revivals was the believers’ focus on the 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗢𝗗. The earliest Christians gave themselves to the apostles’ 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗘. The spread of God’s Word resulted in the number of disciples greatly multiplying. In spit...