Apostle Winston Joseph, Ph.D

  The root word for ‘holiness’ comes from the Greek word ‘Hagios’, which has three meanings: a) Separated from the ordinary b) Separated from the common usage c) Something holy is that which has been brought into relationship with God and designated by Him as having a sacred purpose. We must be clear that simply by living a holy life we do not become holy. If it would have been possible then the death of Christ would have been useless. Our holiness is in Christ, which is the wisdom of God i.e., Christ has become holiness, righteousness, and redemption for us as scripted in 1 Corinthians 1:30. We must keep our eyes on Christ forever. The devil wants us to focus on ourselves and to view ourselves as to how unrighteous and unholy we are, but God’s plan for us is to continually look at and keep our focus on Christ. The Bible says in Hebrews 3:1, “Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we c...

  When you go through trials and testing of your faith, then always remember to be patient and not to give up, because the testing of your faith leads you to your inheritance. So wait patiently, so that you will mount up with wings like eagles and soar into your success. 1 Peter 1:7 tells us that “These have come so that your faith of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may be proved genuine Christ is revealed.” Now, my question is why is your faith compared to gold ? I believe there are many reasons for this analogy. I will enlighten a few important reasons as to why faith and gold both have to undergo testing of fire. It is because fire is the only element that proves authenticity of both. Just like real gold comes out of fire, so does true faith comes out of fire of trials. So, when a person with real faith, i.e. firmness of heart, is allowed to go through fire of difficulties then that person would come out a real winner. The Bible says in Jame...