Pastor Jeffrey Walter

When the desires of men are carnal, they tend to appreciate suffering only on a carnal level. For this very reason, the sufferings of Jesus that made Him perfect as the captain of our salvation, is often misunderstood. To understand Jesus’s suffering, being the real suffering, we are called to emulate. Our focus should not be on the external humiliation which is possible because of our pride and s...

In this evil and adulterous generation, truth is very scarce. A lot of what is being peddled around as truth is incapable of leading men to God. The need for true light increases day by day. It behoves those who come into contact with true saving knowledge to propagate it. Moreso, those who have been exposed to the Lord’s burden are called to bear His burden. This message which follows the series,...

Doctrine (the friend of the bridegroom) paints an image of what life with God, the groom, is like. The image can be so vivid that, you may feel it already in your possession. Yet, you have to go through the processes that will mould you into the vessel ready to contain the heavenly inheritance. For example, the previous episodes paint a picture of the will of God for us to take up the role of the...

God’s love for the human race is in seeking the spiritual good of all men. The one who buys into this vision is the one who loves the Lord and seeks that, men are prepared to be joined to the Lord; he is the friend of the bridegroom. However, the friend of the bridegroom must appreciate the demonic influences that enslave the human race they are trying to prepare. His work must not just be in simp...

The fact that God is love is something we easily agree on. What is widely misconstrued is the nature of this love. For example, when we claim the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts, our perception is totally different from what exactly this love is. GOD’S LOVE IS A LOVE FOR THE HUMAN RACE. God’s love for the human race was proven when He overcame all the temptations He faced during His...

Evil affections block people from accessing the Lord. Thus, before the Lord can appear to any man, such a man must be purged from their own affections. This is the preparation that makes a man ready to be joined to the Lord as a bride prepared for her groom. This principle is what the friend of the bridegroom embodies - the responsibility of the church. In the series, “Friends of God”, Pastor Jeff...

The spiritual life is likened to a merchant man who trades for goodly pearls. What we trade is not the natural steps taken, for no natural step has in it the ability to yield a spiritual result but the understanding that instructed that activity. Thus, the Word of God is the only certified seed that is sown by our obedience in our natural steps. By our obedience to the Word, we buy for ourselves r...

The truths that come to us offer us the opportunity to trade for spiritual experience. The Christian is therefore described in the scriptures as a “merchant man”. We trade with the truth the Lord gives us. By applying ourselves to the truths in situations of life, we buy the spiritual good the Lord has for us. It is not the natural things/actions we trade but the understanding of truth we have con...

A stronghold, just like any empire, is not built in a day. There are several scenarios within which we engage to give room for the strongholds to be established. Thus, the establishment of any stronghold runs so deep. As such, one sweeping step is not enough to deal with the stronghold. Furthermore, a stronghold is not built in isolation. There are strong belief systems first established with us w...

Demonic attacks can be categorized into natural anxieties and spiritual anxieties. Natural anxieties result from the fear of loss of the natural life or things pertaining to it while the spiritual anxieties result from the fear of loss of the spiritual life (which constitute temptations). Usually, our approach to fighting natural anxieties is to move to secure our natural possessions. This approac...

There are many schools of thoughts about the origin of angels and devils. Ironically, the popular notion held in the church has no scriptural basis. Furthermore, many of these theories are inconsistent with spiritual principles that govern the make-up of angels, spirits and human beings. Human beings are spirits whose manifestation are contained because of the material body. A spiritual body is wh...

The stronghold of an army is not exposed. Likewise, the stronghold of demonic forces in our lives usually go unnoticed. We end up fighting wrong enemies and worthless battles while demonic activities thrive with us. Our attempt to salvage the situation only further champions the course of the demonic activities in our lives. To successfully fight demonic activities in our lives, we must understand...

Many Christians are under the illusion that they can passively receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. God flows to the whole of His creation on a subconscious level to constitute their existence. This does not require their cooperation or the involvement of their “will”. However, for God to dwell in our will for us to receive His great treasures, we must actively engage our will and understanding...

The Lord promises us the Spirit which is our ultimate solution in this life. Yet, we must be prepared to receive this promise. To be made ready for the Spirit, we must go the whole distance, and not what is perceived by us to be a great deal of distance. Why are we unwilling the go the whole distance in attaining the Spirit? Perhaps, we do not yet appreciate the new life we stand to gain at the en...

We are each plagued with many frailties. It is for this reason that God’s instruction (Word) is given. Each instruction aims at addressing a particular frailty present with us. The Word (instruction) of God therefore comes with a promise. This promise gives us a glimpse of what will become of us if we follow the word. The promise is the Holy Ghost, the wisdom of God in our interior mind, our prese...

A lot of gadgets get underutilised, especially in the hands of one who lacks understanding of their full capabilities. In the same vein, our natural mind gets underutilised by the carnal mind. It gets underutilised so much that we are unable to fathom its full potential. As a result, we lead a debased life, being subject to the beggarly elements of this world. However, in the hands of the Holy Spi...

Those who labour with the natural truths they receive in order to overthrow the carnal mind, enters into spiritual truths, thereby partaking in the Divine nature. Truth in the natural is external and therefore volatile but spiritual truth affects our interiors and can therefore not be lost. This spiritual illumination of truth is what Jesus referred to as the comforter (helper), who is to abide wi...

The carnal mind is called “flesh” in the scriptures because, it prioritises the material as its goal. Before we become spiritual, we are ruled by the carnal mind through the wisdom of this world. Consequently, those who are ruled by the carnal mind despise the Divine wisdom and, therefore, cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. Hence, the need for the carnal mind to be done away with. Jesus called the...

To be spiritual, our natural mind (the part in touch with earthly impulses) must first be developed, so that truth can be illustrated to us. Yet, it is our submission to the truths that opens our spiritual mind, which serves as the point of inception of Divine Wisdom. The Divine intelligence, which is able to reach us by the opening of the spiritual mind, then shines through the natural truths in...

Mastery in spiritual things, the divine blessing, is not attained on a silver platter. This is because there are things present with us that are not compatible with mastery. Hence, there ought to be a shift in the one who strives for mastery. Everyone can be open to isolated supernatural encounters, but to have a sustained supernatural presence, you must pay great prices. The greater the mastery,...

The spiritual journey can be likened to one who is making a transition from one civilization to another. Since each civilization is governed by a set of wisdom, the one who will migrate from the worldly civilization to the heavenly civilization, i.e., the civilization of the Lord’s new church, must do so by knowledge. This is necessary because, we are coming from a place where we think materially...

The Lord commands us to Love Him with all our hearts, soul, mind and strength. If only we can surrender our will to do this, we will enter into divine intelligence, thereby becoming vessels for God to operate through. Yet, there are inadequacies with us that make it difficult to attain such mastery. Hence, the need for us to strive. One key resource we need to strive to utilise in attaining the hi...

There is but one will and one understanding: the will of God and the understanding of God. The rest are deviations from this will and understanding. Thus, we attain our utmost potential by surrendering our will to be filled with the Divine Love and our understanding to be filled with the Divine Wisdom —this  is what it means to seek the face of God. However, our own contrary wills and underst...

The things in this world are not to be our highest pursuit; they serve as means of accomplishing what is of eternal value. As we engage in the affairs of this life, the evils with us draw us to the material things, which in turn capture our focus to seek them as the ultimate. The one who seeks the face of God must therefore strive to be temperate in all things concerning the affairs of this life....

No one begins seeking the face of the Lord without the Lord first calling unto them. The Lord calls us by bringing us to the awareness of the bankruptcy of our wisdom or way of life. It is the deep awareness of the fact that no good thing dwells in us, that spurs us to run to the Lord for refuge. This awareness is supposed to mark the beginning of everyone’s spiritual journey. However, many people...