OLUSEGUN ISAAC BLOG

    SON OF GOD When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying , “ This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”  (Matthew 3:16-17 NKJV).         Decades back, I took my children with me to an outreach by my chapter of the Full Gospel  Business Men's Fellowship International. When the man of God ministering made the altar call, my son stepped out along with others and the minister prayed for them individually. While praying for my son, he looked up and asked, "Who is the parent of this boy?" I raised up my hand and answered, "He is my son". The man of God told me God had endowed the boy with knowledge and wisdom. Later, the boy was selected to attend the National School for Gifted Children and finally graduated from university with honours. He has since been...

  KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS   And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses....And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. (Rev. 19:14, 16 NKJV)                  We were still in primary school when Her Royal majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh visited Nigeria on what became her last one before Nigeria became an independent nation in 1960. As children we had the role of being lined up on the streets waving our mini British flags, a.k.a. 'Union Jack', cheering and hailing the sovereign Queen of the British Commonwealth. Children's Day, now presently celebrated every May 27 in many parts of the world, Nigeria inclusive, started as Empire Day, the day observed throughout the British Commonwealth nations since the first decade of the 20th century.         Today, like other past kingdo...

  MESSIAH   The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in th e name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!” (John 12:12-13 NKJV).                   A coronation is both the symbolic religious ceremony during which a sovereign is crowned and the physical act of placing a crown on a monarch's head. King Charles III's coronation will take place on Saturday May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey in London. It formalises the monarch's role as the head of the Church of England and marks the transfer of their title and powers. King Charles had been named the next King of the English people from an earlier date even  before her late mother vacated the throne.          The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem was a kind of coronation, for the people ...

    IMMANUEL   “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” ( Matthew 1:23 NKJV) .                   A beloved sister I know who had waited on the Lord for so long, finally got married. Again she waited long before having the fruit of the womb. When eventually the baby boy came, because his mother is so beloved by many, got perhaps the longest list of names on record, including Samuel, Emmanuel, etc. But happily, the sister finally settled to be known as and called Mummy Emmanuel. To her, that name is best for her boy.          Immanuel is the original Hebrew name in the bible but has been transliterated in Greek to Emmanuelou and then in English to Emmanuel. But what makes Emmanuel the favourite among other names? The simpler answer would probably be because Emmanuel is the name of Jesus, but a more realistic answer...

  JESUS And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. (Luke 1:31-32 NKJV)                 I have been saved from danger a number of times just by calling out the name Jesus. Perhaps among the most notable instances was the time I drove into a filling station to buy fuel into my car not knowing that right then armed men were robbing the station in broad daylight. Just as I stopped by a pump, I felt from behind the cold touch of a gun nozzle on my jaw. Instinctively, I shouted  "JESUS". Suddenly the voice of the gang leader came from another side ordering, "Let him go"! My captor stepped back and I sped off breathlessly out of the station. The instinctive call of Jesus from my mouth saved me and my daughter!        The Bible says, Therefore Go...