TRANSFIGURATION BIBLE INSTITUTE (T.B.I)

MY GAINS @ TBI, APRIL 2011

 

I came to TBI to have a definitive meeting with God and I MET HIM in such a way that redefined my Christianity and changed my life forever.

 

As a young man that desires to know God, grace found me early and God placed several men on my way to help me find him. However as I sojourn through life, before I came to TBI, I had become a church champion. Though very young, by God's grace I have sampled several men of God locally and internationally. I had contacted light from the word of God thru several teachers of the Word who handle the Word of God faithfully. I have been involved in discipleship for years and had become a teacher of the Word of God myself... I had come to the point where the political, earthly, modern day religious version of Christianity repulsed me... But there was a problem. At the close of 2010, in a private meeting with the Lord, the Holy Spirit asked me to plot what I knew against what I practiced. I attempted it and felt convicted by the Holy Spirit so badly I rated myself 5% in practice against 100% of knowledge.

How could that be? I wasn't living in sin, I read my bible and pray better than most people I knew... I had given myself pass mark but God did not.

 

So, when I enrolled for TBI in April 2011, I was very eager to find the missing link... And Glory to God, I DID. First, I discovered and repented of my spiritual pride. Then, the Lord showed me the secret of such practical Christianity that makes a man experience every bit of the Word of God He knows. (The EXAMPLE of the lecturers brought it home to me while the teachings only explained what they did). I saw it was no longer enough to read the Bible and pray and then hope that somehow, someday God would change me. I saw that I am the one that WILL change, God won't.

I learnt how to TAKE GOD PERSONAL (not the kind of supposed 'personal relationship with God most of us claim because we read the Bible, pray and hear the Holy Spirit)... I mean to TAKE GOD PERSONAL enough to DELIBERATELY DO His word.

 

The Lord corrected various forms of scriptural imbalance. When we learnt DUE ORDER, I developed spiritual muscles to stand as a change agent, overcome emotional weakness fueled by religious biases that are rooted in traditional practices... that promote compromise etc. These are things that most people that suffer from it are completely unaware of.

 

I could go on and on.

 

But besides many spiritual gains, the second highest gain at TBI was that I discovered myself and finally came to terms with WHO I AM... We were given a proficiency chart to fill... I tell you most people don't know who they are and the few that seem to have an idea struggle with accepting it.

 

I received about 5 holy songs including LET ME SEE YOU LORD (part of the 80 New and Holy Songs), I received new ministries and patterns. I learnt to institutionalize my gift and quickly got out of financial mess. God also helped me to defeat some bad habits including biting my nails, careless dressing etc.

 

Friend, if you're still contemplating obtaining the form, Please do. Let nothing stop you (several things will come up when you attempt it). Don't let them tie you down. There is a strong TBI alumni fellowship as well where you will continually receive support from brethren (fellow Change Agents, transfigured people) so iron can continue to sharpen iron. God is raising A PEOPLE FOR HIMSELF, the true church of Christ in Nigeria, a church without walls. Don't be left out!