Ransom Hill Ministries International

I magine that you have a dream invitation by a great king. As you come into his palace you are immediately ushered into a beautiful room by a gorgeous guide. Facing you, as you enter the luxuriously carpeted room, is a large polished mahogany table. You are able to identify the treasures on the table. A gold chain, a gold wristwatch, a large diamond ring, a king class laptop computer, a mobile phone, a bundle of cash in dollars and two keys. Upon enquiry you are told that one of the keys is to one of the king's cars and the other is to a brand new house. Then you also notice that to one corner of the table, against the wall, is a beautiful polished brown leather bag, packed and closed. As you pause to admire the beauty of these treasures, for they are all in gold, except for the diamond ring; you are suddenly told that any one of them will be yours if you would only ask. WHAT WILL YOU ASK FOR?  Should I ask for the house key? Should I ask for the car key? Or should I choose the bun...

"We love God,  because He FIRST loved us ."  - 1 John 4:19 The understanding of the love of God is the platform, the foundation, for faith and victory in Christ. That understanding is crucial. Instead of worrying yourself about whether you love God, your first responsibility is to know and believe that God loves you. And then receive His love for you. The only way you can dwell in the love of God is by anchoring on His love for you. " And we have KNOWN and BELIEVED the LOVE that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him. " (1 John 4:16, 19). THE WAY OF LOVE This also implies that before you can apply the qualities of love to your dealings with God (and your neighbor), you have to understand it first in the dealings of God with you. When you become secured in the love of God for you, your faith will be released to dwell in love. Therefore, 1 Corinthians 13 is not just about how y...

A WITNESS is someone who, being present, personally sees or knows something; a beholder, spectator, or eyewitness. TO WITNESS is to see, hear, or know by personal presence and knowing.  A WITNESS bears witness by writing and saying something. From these definitions we get the distinction between true and false witnesses. A true witness is saying the truth about what he actually saw. A false witness is a liar. It is either he was not there, therefore he cannot bear witness about what he didn't see; or he was there, but decided to lie about what he saw. Hearsay is also not being a witness. God is a true witness. Jesus Christ is a true witness. One of the names of God is the Faithful and True Witness (Revelation 3:14). In fact, God cannot lie (Titus 1:2). He is greater than all. Who could make Him tell a lie? But much more, He can bear witness about anything because nothing is hidden from the eyes of God. He is omnipresent. He can see the past, present and future at the same time. Th...

In the use of electricity until you are connected to power you cannot have light in your house. You cannot run any of your electric appliances.  You can ask; "Why is this house in darkness and the next house is lighted?" The invariable answer is they are not connected to power. Whether from the power company or from a generator set The same law operates spiritually. The word salvation and Savior are connected. There can be no salvation unless there is a Saviour. Power must flow from the Saviour to those who need it for there to be salvation.  God cannot save anyone until His power can flow to them.  THE GOSPEL The gospel is the good news of the availability of the power of God through Christ for the salvation of man. "Christ has brought the power of God. The salvation of man is now possible." CONNECTION TO POWER! We connect to the power of salvation through faith. " For by GRACE are you SAVED THROUGH FAITH; and that not of yourselves: it is the GIFT of God ...

T wo people received the great faith commendation in scripture. And it was directly from the mouth of Jesus Himself. Some things were common about these two people. 1. Both were cases of intercession. They were using their faith to save others. The Centurion came to intercede for his servant who was being tormented by the devil. While the woman came to intercede for her daughter who was also being tormented by the devil. 2. Both of them were motivated by great love for their wards. 3. In both instances Jesus recognized their faith through their spoken words.  THE CENTURION "When JESUS HEARD IT, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, "Verily I say unto you, I have not found so GREAT FAITH, no, not in Israel ."" (Matthew 8:10). THE CYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN "Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, GREAT IS YOUR FAITH : be it unto you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour ." (Matthew 15:28). Jesus actually recogni...