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PURPOSE

MY CHIEF END IS TO GLORIFY GOD AND ENJOY HIM FOREVER, PROCLAIMING THE EXCELLENCIES OF THE TRIUNE GOD WHO CALLED ME OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT THROUGH CHRIST-CENTERED MUSIC, PREACHING, TEACHING, AND WRITING.

MUSIC

I STARTED DOING MUSIC IN 2009. SINCE THEN, I HAVE RELEASED SEVERAL STUDIO ALBUMS, INCLUDING APOLOGIA AND EL SHADDAI. I ALSO APPEAR ON THE ALBUM FAULT LINES, BY THE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN RAPPER TIMOTHY BRINDLE AND VODDIE BAUCHAM.

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THE NAME

MASOMPHENYA, OR "VISION" IN ENGLISH, WAS INSPIRED BY PROVERBS 29:18, “WHERE THERE IS NO PROPHETIC VISION THE PEOPLE CAST OFF RESTRAINT, BUT BLESSED IS HE WHO KEEPS THE LAW” (ESV). THE NAME IS A PRAYER TO BE GUIDED BY GOD THROUGH HIS WORD, FOR WITHOUT SCRIPTURE, GOD’S REVEALED WILL, PEOPLE PERISH. MY REAL NAME IS HONEST KACHAJE.

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TESTIMONY

I HAD THE BLESSING OF BEING RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME IN MALAWI, THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA. SADLY, I SINFULLY THOUGHT GOD HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT ME AS HIS CHILD BASED ON MY PARENTS’ FAITH AND MY ETHICAL UPRIGHTNESS. I WAS DEAD IN SIN, AND LEGALISM FLOWED OUT OF MY CORRUPTED HEART. HOW FOOLISH OF ME TO GROUND SALVATION IN HUMAN ACTIONS. CERTAINLY, THERE IS NO ONE RIGHTEOUS. NOT EVEN ONE. NO ONE UNDERSTANDS. NO ONE SEEKS GOD. ALL HAVE TURNED AWAY AND HAVE TOGETHER BECOME WORTHLESS. NO ONE DOES GOOD--NOT YOU, NOT ME. SINNERS ARE ONLY JUSTIFIED BY GOD’S GRACE AS A GIFT, THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS. THEREFORE, IT IS BY GRACE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT ENABLED ME TO EMBRACE JESUS CHRIST WHO IS FREELY OFFERED IN THE GOSPEL. NOW I AM REDEEMED. BUT NOT PERFECT. I AM BEING RENEWED AFTER THE LIKENESS OF GOD. I AM BEING ENABLED MORE AND MORE TO DIE TO SIN AND LIVE ACCORDING TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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AWAITING PERFECTION IN GLORY

AS I PATIENTLY WAIT FOR THE DAY I WILL FINALLY SEE MY LORD FACE-TO-
FACE IN GLORY, I AM BY THE GRACE OF CHRIST PROCLAIMING GOD’S NAME
AND MARVELOUS DEEDS IN MY LOCAL CHURCH AND BEYOND. AN ALUMNUS
OF WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, PHILADELPHIA, WHERE I
COMPLETED MY MASTER OF DIVINITY, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS
THE ASSISTANT PASTOR OF FAMILIES WITH YOUTH AT WESTMINSTER
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) IN SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA. SOME OF
MY HOBBIES INCLUDE PLAYING SOCCER, READING, AND WORKING OUT AT
THE GYM.

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