Of God and Mankind

1 Timothy 6:13-15 –  13 In the presence of God, Who preserves alive all living things, and of Christ Jesus, Who in His testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I [solemnly] charge you 14 To keep all His precepts unsullied and flawless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Anointed One), 15 Which [appearing] will be shown forth in His own proper time by the blessed, only Sovereign (Ruler), the King of kings and the Lord of lords, Dear people of God, once again, we have today another Bible text that reminds us to obey the commandments of Christ Jesus our King of Kings and Lord of Lords because He is coming back to take His own people. We are in that season, in fact the best season in the world, when we are engaged in events to mark the birth of Christ Jesus Who came in fulfilment of God’s Sovereign promise to send a Saviour into the world to deliver mankind from sin and reconcile mankind to God. It is therefore a...

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 – 7 And to [recompense] you who are so distressed and afflicted [by granting you] relief and rest along with us [your fellow sufferers] when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire, 8 To deal out retribution (chastisement and vengeance) upon those who do not know or perceive or become acquainted with God, and [upon those] who ignore and refuse to obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 Such people will pay the penalty and suffer the punishment of everlasting ruin (destruction and perdition) and eternal exclusion and banishment from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, Dear people of God, I’m usually pained and saddened when I encounter people who argue against the truth of God’s Word and the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. I had such encounter some days ago when I told a colleague in answer to his question that our forefathers in Africa did not know God. My friend then came ...

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality, 10 Nor cheats (swindlers and thieves), nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortioners and robbers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God. 11 And such some of you were [once]. But you were washed clean (purified by a complete atonement for sin and made free from the guilt of sin), and you were consecrated (set apart, hallowed), and you were justified [pronounced righteous, by trusting] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God. Dear people of God, there was a time I used to celebrate Christmas in alcohol and immorality. I recall this particular night in December 1995 I sat down with friends to take drinks and I took al...

Revelation 3:20  20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me.” Dear people of God, a story is told of a painting of our Lord Jesus Christ seen standing at a door. Someone was asked to comment on the painting and the person observed that the handle on the door was missing and so the painting was incomplete. The artist who painted the photo responded that the painting was complete and that the door had only one handle on the inside. We can relate this story to today’s lead Bible text of our Lord and King Jesus Christ standing at the door and knocking whilst expecting the person on the inside to open the door to welcome Him. Once again we have entered that season of Advent when a lot of activities and preparations take place culminating in the celebration of Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ. During this period most people are f...