On 6th January, landed in Singapore in the early evening and had a look at the church new premises and also fellowship with a fruit juice drink as we were all on a forty day fast. On 7th January, managed to select the carpets for the new premises and also began exegetical teaching in the night seminars. There is a need for exegetical teaching especially in many churches as most teaching from pulpits are topical. Only exegetical teaching (line by line, word by word, verse by verse) can get people into the love of the written word of God. It is harder than topical preaching as it requires personal study of the passage and Bible plus one cannot go to far away from the context of the passages. It is an important spiritual diet that every pastor of a local church must aspire to to teach the whole counsel of God. Many Christians are not reading their Bible regularly because they do not yet see the beauty of every word, line and Scripture. It is the inspired Word of God and our modern church must value this. Men and women have given their lives to have the Bible freely available to us today. Let us treasure the inheritance of the written Word of God that has been bequeathed to us from previous generations.
The Bible remains the source of all our doctrine, practices and plumbline for correction of theology and understanding of God (2 TImothy 3:16). Without the Word of God, the Spirit of God cannot work for the Spirit of God is also the Spirit of Truth. Jesus was and is the Word made flesh. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4). Without the Word, this present world will not have existed. All things are framed by the Word of God (Hebrews 11:3). Faith can come only by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Jesus promised that those who love Him and His Words will bear fruit (John 15:7; 14:14, 21). We need to cultivate within ourselves a love of the Word of God. It is food for our daily lives. God’s words produce the thought energies that we need each day for our thought life to be sustained in the mind of Christ.
Papa God, we continue to pray that You would create in our hearts and minds, in the lives of all our loved ones, friends and partners in the ministry, students and members of Your church a supernatural love for the Word of God. Let this hunger for Your Word be liek that of a hunger for food so that we cannot live without
Ps. Tan your teachings are such a blessing… on many occasions, they have helped me understand with great clarity the very things I had experienced/ wanted to experience in my prayer and faith life. I truly thank God for using you so powerfully….May the Lord continue to increase his amazing grace for you each day to minister with more power and anointing.
I am greatly helped by your teachings and experiences. I thank the Lord for the work He is doing through you. I wonder if one day you will come to Zimbabwe, anyway I leave that to God. Thank you again