Apostle Michael Petro: Blog

  There are many right now who are waking up to the notion that biblical debt has more to do with spiritual debt, not physical. In the biblical economy, the Lord uses parables to compare sin to debt and revelation to finances. We are either a slave to sin, Satan, or we are a slave to the kingdom of God. This is why the word servant is translated as slave, which is why the the prophets and apostles are called servants or slaves numerous times throughout the Bible. Paul said he was a slave to Christ (Romans 1:1).    When you are a slave to Christ, you don’t get to do whatever you want. Your life is not your own. We start in debt to sin, but when Christ redeems us with His blood, that makes us a slave to Him. We have to understand the Bible is not just a book about Jesus. The Bible is a book about what Jesus wants us to be. If you’re a slave, you don’t have to think about what to do next because your master tells you what you need to do. Your mast

We often talk about the resurrection of the body, but before the body can be resurrected, the soul must go through a resurrection process. The first step is understanding the resurrection of the soul, and  how we’re supposed to walk through that process so that we can be a part of it. We need to understand our purpose, because if we don’t, we can never attain the promise God has for us and instead we’ll just wander aimlessly.    The Lord does not need us to worship Him, nor does He need our obedience or our offerings because He is perfect. So, why does he want us to serve Him? The early church teaches that the reason God wants us to serve Him is so that we learn to become like Him. Through serving the Lord, He imparts the benefits of His nature into us, so really we are the ones who benefit from serving God. God created us as containers in which to impart His glory. We become prepared for His glory by serving Him and through the preparation of our souls. He desires us to have clean han