Pastor Chris Online Transcripts

Watch the full episode 8 [July 14, 2009] video here!

Prayer: I want to pray for you. Expect a miracle right now.

In the Name of Jesus, I pray for you to be well – to be sound and healthy. I command sickness to leave your body, the disease to go. I break the power of the devil off of your mind. I command those pains to seize completely, the tumor to leave, to disappear, in the Name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, be healed!

I pray for your bones to be healed, for your blood to be cleansed.

Thank you Lord Jesus. Thank You. Thank You.

Words of Knowledge: I see a blood vessel that’s blocked, and the healing is taking place right now. In the Name of Jesus, be healed! Be healed! Be healed of that heart condition, in the Name of Jesus.

Be healed right now. Something’s happening to your chest region – someone is being healed in the chest. Someone’s being healed in your chest.

I see that someone else who’s had pneumonia is being healed. The Spirit of God is moving through your body. You can literally feel a movement through your body, like a warm glow; you’re healed in Jesus’ Mighty Name. Thank you Lord.

There’s a tumor in the ear - someone’s got a tumor in the ear - and that tumor’s gone from you now. You’re healed! It previously affected your hearing; you had trouble hearing, you could only hear faintly because of that tumor. It’s gone now and you can hear clearly; that tumor is gone. You go back to the doctor again, and they will not find that tumor. You can hear clearly; you’re healed. Thank you Lord Jesus. Thank you for this miracle.

I pray for your finances, I pray, whatever miracle it is you want, receive that miracle right now, in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

And this week, until the next webcast, I tell you, you’ve got a miracle waiting for you.

There’s a miracle waiting for you. You got a miracle in your job, and if you had a problem with your pregnancy, you also have a miracle this very week. And I can see that there are some of you who would receive a promotion, even this week. That miracle is coming for you this week. Believe for it; it will happen to you.

God bless you!

Episode 8 :: Quick Vote Question on The Christian and Lottery

2:30 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Quick Vote Question of the Week:

We gave you several options:

The Christian and Politics: Is it scriptural for a Christian to engage in politics, especially in nations where politics is corrupt?
The Christian Polygamist: What does someone do if he was married to two or three women before he got saved? Does he keep the first wife and divorce the other two, or does he continue with all three of them. [You can discuss this on the blog]
The Christian and Healing: As Christians, we’re not meant to be sick, but what does a Christian do if he/she has been prayed for healing and receives it, but the situation remains the same in the physical?

Now, what you chose was “The Christian and Lottery”: Is it right for a Christian to play the lottery?

Wonderful! Now, how come a lot of you were interested in a lottery? It shows you’re interested in getting more money. I’d like to explain the lottery to you, because I realize that a lot of times many equate the lottery with gambling. I’d read to you some of the differences in the operation of a lottery, so you can understand it.

Episode 8 :: Question 7 on Giving Up One's Child for Adoption

2:19 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Question 7 – Arehone (UK): Dear Pastor Chris, is it right for a Christian to give up her child for adoption even though she was raped? What does the Word say concerning this?

Answer 7: Well, to give up one’s child for adoption is not wrong, but you have to make sure you’re giving up the child for adoption by the right people, who can bring that child up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. For example, Hannah in the Bible actually gave up her child for adoption to the priest, Eli. Samuel was adopted by the priest; she gave her son to the Lord. And so, that was an adoption; so, there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s “who’s going to take care of this child?” that’s what really matters. Sometimes, someone can have a child without having the…biological ability to give birth should not be equated with the psychological, mental and emotional ability to raise the child. So, someone could have a child that she can’t take care of. And so, if that child is given up for adoption, it’s okay. But, like I said, it’s important who’s adopting the child, because the future of that child matters, and you would be held responsible for who you gave your child to for adoption.

Watch the full episode 8 [July 14, 2009] video here!

Labels: Christian living, Doctrines of Christianity |

Episode 8 :: Question 6 on Overcoming Arrogance

2:15 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Question 6 – Lebo (UK): Dear Pastor Chris, I just want to find out how to overcome arrogance with God’s help. I’ve been seen as arrogant and would like to dismiss it from my life and personality.

Answer 6: That’s beautiful! I think the very fact that you want to get rid of it is the beginning of your victory over it. Here, I’ll read God’s word to you beginning with James Chapter 1, from verse 22: “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” [James 1:22] Be ye doers of the word; in other words, God wants us to act His word – act His word/do His word. Be what it says we are; act that way. Whatever He calls us, we answer, and act that way. Okay! Now, Ephesians 5 from verse 1: “Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children [imitators of God as beloved children]; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.” [Ephesians 5:1-2] Now, the key to this is walking in love. If you walk in love, you cannot, at the same time, be arrogant. So, learn to walk in love; that’s the beginning.

Now, I’m going to read to you from Galatians Chapter 5 from verse 22: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,[verse 23] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” [Galatians 5:22] It says “…the fruit of the spirit…” - that means the product of the recreated human spirit. It’s not talking about the spirit of God; it’s talking about the human spirit –the born again spirit. When you’re born again, there’re certain things that come, packaged in your spirit. These are now natural to you, the new life that you have in Christ and he gives us a list here; he says, “the fruit of the Spirit is love, [it begins with love, so you got love inside you] joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

Now, to be arrogant is to walk in the flesh. Let me read that to you; if you go upward to a verse 19-21, in the same chapter, “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” [Galatians 5:19-21] See that? So, arrogance is of the flesh and the Bible says, the fruit of the Spirit is different. So, you can walk in love, walk in joy and in peace and be longsuffering, and be gentle with goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. So, all of this you can cultivate in your spirit, because they’re already in your spirit. Now, you can groom them by walking in love. So, from today, declare that there’s no arrogance in your spirit. You say to yourself “I have no arrogance; I refuse to be arrogant. I will not be arrogant, but I will walk in love; I will walk in love.” And you decide that and you’ll see the result in your life.

Watch the full episode 8 [July 14, 2009] video here!

Labels: Christian living, love |

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Monday, October 25, 2010

Over 2 Million Followers…and Counting!

6:37 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Since the month of June this year, Pastor Chris by the Spirit of God gave us the marvelous opportunity of joining him in divinely inspired prayer sessions via the social network Twitter.

These prayer sessions have been simply awesome and have helped many develop a passion for prayer and a richer relationship and fellowship with the Holy Spirit. What’s more? Many times at the end of the prayer sessions, Pastor Chris shares prophetic and inspirational words from the Holy Spirit which have changed the lives of many.

There are currently over 2 million people following and praying with Pastor Chris on Twitter. This is an opportunity you will not want to miss and this is the reason you should make it a point of duty to get registered on Twitter and begin following Pastor Chris and participating in the prayer sessions. Your life will surely move from one level of glory to another.

Besides praying with his Twitter followers, Pastor Chris has prayed for us as seen in the following video: http://www.pastorchrischannel.tv/blog/?p=3

If you haven’t begun following already, the steps are very simple. All you require is a valid email address and then follow the steps below (skip steps 2-4 if you already have a Twitter account):

Log on to www.twitter.com

Click on Sign up

Complete the Sign Up form.

Log in to your email account and click on the link in an email sent to you from Twitter to confirm your account

Log on to www.twitter.com/pastorchrislive and click on Follow; you are all set for a glorious odyssey with the Holy Spirit.

If you just registered or just started following, please send your name, e-mail address, and Twitter ID to baltimore.ce@gmail.com for record and statistical purposes. Otherwise, you can put the information in as a comment below; it’ll be deleted as soon as we record it.

If you are already following Pastor Chris on Twitter, kindly let us know as well. You can also share what your experiences have been.

God bless you!

St. Burnish

For: Christ Embassy

Labels: events with Pastor Chris |

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Episode 8 :: Question 5 on God's Thought About Wars and Christian Soldiers

1:07 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Question 5 – Phelark (USA): Dear Pastor Chris, I live in a country that prides and is deeply engaged in wars against other nations. What is God’s thought about wars in this time and dispensation? What is the fate of a born again child of God, who is enrolled in the military, faced with the challenge of killing people at war, either offensively or defensively?

Answer 5: Well, the first thing we have to understand is, if you join the military you have pledged yourself to defend your country, military-wise. So, that’s why you went in there. We understand the military is not for games. So, if you went into the military, that’s what you’ve pledged yourself to do. That means you believe in your country; you believe in the ideology of your nation and you stand for it. So, you’re not only defending its territorial integrity, you’re also defending its ideology. And, that’s why you’re fighting. So that’s important! Remember, you pledged yourself by joining the military to defend your nation’s ideology and territorial integrity. And, as far as that is concerned, when there’s war, when there’s a threat against the territory or your ideology somehow, you may be asked to go to war and if you truly believe in what your nation stands for, there’s nothing wrong with going to war, because the Bible calls God a “God of War.” And, He did lead his children in war for those two things: to protect their territorial integrity and also to defend their ideology and in fact, sometimes to establish it in other places. So, there’s nothing wrong with that at all.

But, if you don’t believe…and that’s why we pray for leaders and nations because leaders can make us, as a nation, follow the wrong ideology and even annex lands that we shouldn’t. In such cases, we’ve got to pray, so that we’re not used to accomplish the wrong purposes. That’s why we must pray; that’s why the Bible says that we should pray for leaders because they make decisions that affect a lot of us. So, you’ve got to pray. Of course, that also goes for those who are forced into the army; we call them ‘forced conscriptions’ or maybe at a time of war they say “all the young men must join the army.” Well, when you’re forced to join, it goes back to the same thing - do you believe in the ideology of your nation, because that’s what matters and the purpose.

Now, I know that it’s not as easy as individual belief, for example when there’s a war, you don’t say “I believe in this war” or “I don’t believe in this war”. The point is not believing in a particular war; the point is believing in the ideology of your nation. That’s what we call the broader picture – whether a particular war is right or wrong can be decided by the broader picture rather than by individuals who like it or don’t like it. So, always remember that.

Watch the full episode 8 [July 14, 2009] video here!

Labels: Christian living, Doctrines of Christianity, Societal Affairs |

Episode 8 :: Question 4 on Getting Married Without Pastoral Blessing

1:01 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Watch the full episode 8 [July 14, 2009] video here!

Question 4 – Eunicia (South Africa): Is it wrong to get married without being blessed by your Pastor?

Answer 4: Well, if you belong to a church, which you should, why would you want to get married without letting your Pastor know? Even in a large church where it might be difficult for every member to get to the Pastor, there are leaders, there are structures, so if you use those structures, somehow, the Pastor will get to know. If He doesn’t know personally, through the structure, the leadership will be aware and you can have God’s blessings on that. It’s important, so don’t go ahead and get married without the church knowing; it’s not right!

Labels: Christian living, dating and relationships, Doctrines of Christianity, marriage |

Episode 8 :: Question 3 on Bible Translations

12:57 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Question 3 – Ato (USA): Dear Pastor Chris, I have been a Christian for a short while, but I noticed there are so many Bible translations available. Are all Bible translations good to use, and could you please give a list of those of those you would advice a young Christian like me to hang on to? Why do certain translations omit certain verses, which are in the King James Version? Thank you.

Answer 3: Well, for the first part of your question, you said, “Are all Bible translations good to use, and could you please give a list of those of those you would advice a young Christian like me to hang on to?” Well, most translations are fine. I would suggest that the King James Version be the primary version, because it’s been verified to be one of the most reliable. It wasn’t the first translation, by the way. It was about the 13^th, 14^th or even the 15^th translation. It wasn’t the first at all, but the language is closest to what you actually have in the original Hebrew and Greek, and so Bible scholars will tell you that that’s the most reliable to date. Now, as to other translations, most other translations are fine as well but if you use the King James as the basis for most of your study, I believe you will come up with the right answers. For the most part, you will come up with the right answers. There are few differences that you would notice; the only thing is, you know, the King James is Old English and a little more difficult for younger generation to pick. But then, it’s still clear; it’s still well understood and most reliable.

So, I may not give you a list of other translations that are alright, but most of them are okay, at least to support and help clarify a few things. Now, where there are very clear differences because there are some clear differences, you still can understand the broader view and that would not really be a problem to you. So, in that area where there’s so much difference, you can stick with King James and then as you grow more and more in the Word of God, you would be able to see; where the communication is unclear, you will be able to know what the truth is because you will already be able to compare scripture with scripture. So, areas where the King James presents a sort of cloudy expression to you, you’ll still be able to get through by a broader knowledge of God’s word.

Now, you also asked a question, “Why do certain translations omit certain verses, which are in the King James Version?” Well, two reasons: the first one is many of them use what we call ‘incomplete manuscripts’ because some of those manuscripts didn’t include some of the parts that they chose not to include. Remember that there are various codecs for these translations that were used. And if that particular one that the translator is using doesn’t include a portion, he may not put it; he doesn’t want to include something there that he didn’t get in his manuscripts. But beyond that is the fact that some other translators were not necessarily men of spiritual understanding. They were men of broad minds - erudite knowledge; they studied the Greek and the Hebrew, not because they had the Holy Spirit [some didn’t even believe in Jesus Christ] but they were good in languages and helped in the translations. And in such cases, they’re going to have problems deciding in certain words that really needed to communicate some deep spiritual thoughts. So, sometimes you can have a problem like that with some translations. So, the broader you study in God’s word, the better for you. The ‘broader’ meaning when you study more of the Bible, because when you study more and more - the words of the Prophets, the apostles and so on - it’ll be easier – much easier - for you to decide whenever there is a nebulous position.

Watch the full episode 8 [July 14, 2009] video here!

Labels: Christian living, Doctrines of Christianity |

Episode 8 :: Question 2 on The Sabbath and Its Importance

12:52 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Question 2 – Gertrude (South Africa): Dear Pastor, are we supposed to consider the Sabbath? When is the Sabbath exactly, and what are we supposed to do on that day? I ask because in Matthew 24, Jesus says we should pray that His coming will not be on a Sabbath.

Answer 2: Okay, well, Sabbath is a day of rest in the Jewish calendar. It’s the 7^th day - the last day of the week. And, the Bible says that on the 7^th day God rested. When you study the account of creation in the Book of Genesis, it tells us what he did on the 1^st day, 2^nd day, 3^rd day, 4^th day, 5^th day, 6^th day and the 7^th day and it says “…on the seventh day, God rested…” [Genesis 2:2]. So, when He gave the laws by Moses to the children of Israel, He told them to rest on the 7^th day which is the Sabbath and that they should do no work.

Now, Jesus came in and fulfilled the law and abolished it, so we don’t have to live by that Law of Moses anymore. In fact, it was never given to those who were non-Jews; it was only given to those who were Jews. So, it’s been abolished by Jesus. So, we function in His new Law of Love today. Now, here is the important thing - you said “in St. Matthew’s gospel, Jesus says we should pray that His coming will not be on a Sabbath.” He actually said that they should pray that their flight should not be on the Sabbath, and I want to read it to you – Matthew 24:20: “But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:” Why did He say that? Because it would be difficult for them [he was addressing the Jews, and I want you to remember that; He was addressing the Jews here] and He was talking about the desolation that Daniel the Prophet talked about – when Israel is invaded - that’s what He was talking about, so he said “…pray that your flight be not…on the Sabbath” [Matthew 24:20] because the Jews had a limit on how far you could travel on the Sabbath Day. In fact, they placed a limit on one mile; you couldn’t go beyond one mile on the Sabbath day. So, if their flight took place – their escape [he wasn’t really talking about going to Jesus at His coming but an escape from their enemies – their invading enemies]. If that day is on the Sabbath, then you can’t run very far; you can’t move very far because the Orthodox Jew believed that on the Sabbath Day, you shouldn’t travel more than one mile and that was really the reason Jesus mentioned that.

But beyond all of that, you want to know what do we do on the Sabbath day today? The Sabbath day is no longer a day for the Christian, because the Law has been fulfilled by Jesus and abolished. And now, what He says for us to do is to live everyday unto Him - unto Christ.

But then you notice all around the world, most Christians worship, primarily, on Sundays. How did they come about that? Was it that the Sabbath was moved from Saturday to Sunday? No. The Sabbath wasn’t moved from Saturday to Sunday, but a day was picked by the early disciples to meet as God’s children and it was significant that they picked the first day of the week, because that was the day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was raised from the dead on the first day of the week. I want to read something to you from St. Matthew’s gospel Chapter 28, from verse 1: “In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week [that means the Sabbath was the last day of the week – the outgoing week], came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.” [Matthew 28:1-2] And then He goes on to tell us about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but what I want to notice there is the Sabbath day ending and the first day of the week coming in because of what I want to say next.

Episode 8 :: Question 1 on The Working of the Anointing

12:39 PM | Posted by St. Burnish |

Introduction: Hello! Welcome to today’s program. I trust that the Lord will bring answers to your questions today and meet you at the point of your need.

Question 1 – Elangwe (Cameroon): Dear Pastor, I’ve been so blessed by your teachings and exposition online. They’ve really grounded my understanding of the Word. I wish to ask how the anointing works; what does it take to function in the anointing and get expected results?

Answer 1: Well, the first thing is to understand what the anointing really is. The anointing is translated from a word, beginning from the Old Testament [in Hebrew] that means ‘to rub’ - like you’d rub oil on your body or cream on your body. It means to rub, primarily, and it denotes that the presence of God is rubbed on a man. That’s how it came to be [and]; that’s why in the New Testament, you don’t have so much emphasis on that word itself but you have the emphasis on the spirit of God, the power of God, and so on. So, it actually comes from the idea that the presence of God is ‘rubbed-of’ on a man. And so, over in the New Testament, that power - that spirit - that was rubbed on a man came to live inside. So, today, the Holy Spirit actually lives in you. So, when we talk about the anointing, we’re now talking about the power of God that is resident in you and then the power of God or the spirit of God that gives ability to the office into which he calls you or into anything that he calls you to do.

Now, understanding that as the anointing of God, the next thing is a realization that that comes through the acquaintance that we have with the Holy Spirit. Since the Holy Spirit is the one that gives the power, He’s the one that gives the enablement – the inspiration - it means our acquaintance with Him is really the secret. Always, the power of God will come on you to equip you for whatever He wants you to do. See, when God calls a man and sends him to do anything, it’s God’s responsibility to give that man all that he requires. So, you never need to wonder or worry about “Do I have the anointing to do this? Do I have the anointing to do this?” You have the right question when you say, “What Am I Supposed to Do?” because whatever it is you’re supposed to do, the power of the Holy Spirit has been made available to you or will be made available to you when it becomes necessary to do whatever it is God wants you to do.

The other thing is to meditate on the Word of God; you’ve got to meditate on the Word. See, the Holy Spirit brings to pass God’s word. The Holy Spirit inspires us in God’s word - to know it, to live by it and to use it. And, the Holy Spirit helps us, not only to understand it but to function in it, in such a way that we are carriers of His message. So, our acquaintance with the Holy Spirit or our acquaintance with the Word of God is necessary for us to function in the will of God through the Holy Spirit. So, whatever the Holy Spirit wants you to do, whatever life He wants you to live, you can only function thoroughly in it by your acquaintance with the Word of God. So, you’ve got to meditate continually on the Word.

The other thing is prayer. Prayer helps us to subject our spirits to the Holy Spirit. Prayer helps us to have ourselves mingled with the thoughts of God – our minds become united with his thinking. Especially when you meditate on the Word, your prayer life becomes meaningful. So, prayer is important. So, in that way you’ll find yourself living in God’s word and living by the Holy Spirit, and that’s the way the anointing of God works in you.

Watch the full episode 8 [July 14, 2009] video here!

Labels: being filled with the HolySpirit, the HolySpirit |