Bishop Isaiah Mbuga and Pastor Deborah Mbuga. COURTESY PHOTO.
When Bishop Isaiah Mbuga received Christ as his personal Lord and savior several years ago, not everyone in his family was happy about his decision.
The founder of Christ Heart Ministries International says that he continued nevertheless to walk in faith, maintaining a Christlike attitude even in the midst of trials.
Mr Mbuga explained on 25 December that Christians must set their eyes firmly on Jesus Christ, and not grow weary in the fight against sin and in the race to persevere in faith.
Citing Hebrews 12:1-2, he urged that believers live out their faith everyday with every choice and decision that they make.
The passage reads:
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
“It’s not how fast you run, it’s how well you finish”, he said. “It’s not what you have, it is what you do with it,” Bishop Mbuga added.
The preacher taught that faith is kept “even when it looks unreasonable.”
Quoting 1 Corinthians 9:24, he called for self-discipline, adding that spiritually mature Christians do not repay evil for evil.
In Luke 9:54, Jesus and His disciples were traveling through Samaria on their way to Jerusalem to find accommodations for the night when they encountered opposition from the villagers.
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, ‘Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?’ Scripture reveals that Jesus turned and rebuked them saying, ‘You know not what manner of spirit you are of.’
From the above passage and 2 Corinthians 10:4, Bishop Mbuga urged that a Christian’s weapons of warfare are not carnal. “God is not arming you to fight people,” he said.
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