Deji Okegbile

BLESSINGS AND WOES: MISSIONAL ROADMAPS FOR JESUS’ CENTRED WORLDVIEW.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Feb 18, 2022 | Missions and Evangelism |

The Gospel reading from Luke 6 is a hopeful text as well as a call to repentance. While the blessings assured us of eternal hope, the woes, a reversal of the blessings that immediately precede calls for repentance (vv 17-26). This Luke’s version of the Sermon on the Plain beyond our familiarity with the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew (Matt 5:1-12) summons the church to urgent rethink roadmaps for Jesus’ centred worldview. What did Jesus do first when training His disciples? He first transformed their spiritual perspective and missional attitude, a change from the inside out. In less...

‘Why Some People Don’t Catch Fish’: Lack of Fishing Password – “At thy Word.”

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Feb 11, 2022 | Missions and Evangelism |

In our Gospel reading from Luke 5, we read about “why some people don’t catch fish.” This reflection beyond catching of fish or washing of nets resonates why some churches and people don’t win souls into God’s kingdom. God never wanted it to be so, that is why He gave us His word. Hosea gives us a picture of how people, church, nations decline and perish not from lack of money, technology or theology, but lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6). People simply do not lack knowledge especially about Jesus and His word; they actively reject or deny Him. The...

Covenant Renewal for ‘Post-Christian Church’ and Nations.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jan 3, 2022 | Methodism, Missions and Evangelism, Nations |

God is a covenant keeping God. He makes covenant with us through Jesus Christ (Jn 3:16). Covenant Renewal as a means of God’s Redemption At Christ’s Expense (GRACE) is basically a Christian worldview, missional, and eschatological.[1] Covenant renewal through divine counsel, holy confession, and covenant living is a call to accept the relationship with Jesus Christ and then seek to obey Him in view of God’s eternal plans and promises. At the heart of Methodists’ devotion and discipleship, and dedication in working for social justice is the celebration of the Covenant service on the first Sunday of the year.[2]...

“…Second Birth” to Jesus’ Second Coming: Wesleyan Motifs for Advent.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Dec 27, 2021 | Methodism, Missions and Evangelism |

Charles Wesley and his brother John Wesley both as itinerant preachers, were major instruments of the Lord’s work during the third great awakening in England. On Sunday, May 21, 1738, after reading Martin Luther’s commentary on Galatians, Charles was converted. He testified, “I now found myself at peace with God, and rejoiced in hope of loving Christ…I saw that by faith I stood; by the continual support of faith.” John was converted three days later. The reflection is that, personal conversion is central and fundamental to Methodism. John Wesley preached his famous sermon titled “The Almost Christian” in 1741. In the...

Jesus Christ, the Great Light for the Church in “Darkroom.”

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Dec 26, 2021 | Missions and Evangelism |

“The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. Those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them.” [Isaiah 9:2] The church, nations and homes are in one darkroom or the other, an internal times of darkness. Darkroom experiences provides opportunity for personal and corporate spiritual renewal. We cannot be displayed in the light until the image of Jesus is produced in us. Prophet Isaiah’s words are filled with meaning for us today as we fumble and flounder in the darkness of our personal life, world, church and homes. The truth is that...