By Zac Poonen In Revelation 3 we read that the church in Philadelphia was a faithful church. The elder was faithful, and so the church was faithful. The Lord told them, I have put before you an open door which nobody can shut” (Rev. 3:8). When the Lord opens a...
Written By Zac Poonen. In Hebrews 4:12, we read. “The word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” God’s...
By Zac Poonen There are four things that I would like to mention concerning Spirit-filled service, from the words of the Apostle Paul. A love-slave: First of all, Spirit-filled service is the service of a love-slave. In Acts 27:23, Paul says, “…the God whose I am and whom I serve”....
By Zac Poonen The First Test : When Abraham was 75 years old, God had called him to leave his hometown and his relatives in Ur of the Chaldeans and to step out in faith in God, into the unknown. That was the first test that he passed. It is...
By Zac Poonen In Exodus 25:8, we see for the first time, God revealing His will that He wants to dwell with man. God says there “Let them construct a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.” That was referring to the tabernacle upon which the fire of God rested...
By Zac Poonen “I searched for ONE MAN among them who should build up the wall and stand before Me….. but I did not find even one man” (Ezek. 22:30). In the history of the world, of Israel and of the church, we see a number of examples of how...
By Zac Poonen The word of God speaks of “salvation” in three tenses – past (Eph. 2:8), present (Phil. 2:12) and future (Rom. 13:11) – or in other words, of justification, sanctification and glorification. Salvation has a foundation and a superstructure. The foundation is forgiveness of sins and justification. Justification...
By Zac Poonen 1. Seek to be on Fire for God: Paul wrote to Timothy: “I want to remind you of the spiritual gifts you received when I laid hands on you. The Holy Spirit is not a spirit of timidity” (2 Tim 1:6). Paul urged him to stir up...
By Zac Poonen. The burden of all the prophets was Holiness: Give up your idols and put God first in your life. True holiness is to have no idols at all in our life. Holiness is to have God filling our whole heart. Our calling is to proclaim that today...
By Zac Poonen. In Matthew 25:1-13, Jesus spoke of ten virgins. Notice that none of them were harlots (See James. 4:4 for a definition of spiritual harlotry). They were all virgins. In other words, they had a good testimony before men. Their lights were all burning (Matt. 5:16). Their good...