Of God and Mankind

These days anytime I hear people lamenting over a situation and they say there is nothing they can do about it, I usually respond, "But you can pray about it." By the grace of God, I have come to realise that I am supposed to pray over every situation or challenge I have. If I choose to worry, it means I limit God in His capacity, willingness and ability to help me. Worry never solves any problem but rather has a negative effect on the individual who worries. Worry affects your health, limits God from helping you because of doubt and opens the door to satan and his agents to attack the individual. The challenge with most of us Christians is that we do not fully grasp what it means to have a personal relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. We see Jesus Christ the way we see a human being, that is, there should be a limit to what we should ask or discuss with Him. On the contrary, Jesus is ever willing to listen to us because He has clearly told us in...

The word Christian is derived from the phrase "Christ-like", that is, exhibiting the qualities of our Lord Jesus Christ, e.g. humility, love, kindness, compassion, forgiveness, patience, etc. According to God's Word in Acts 11:26, it was at Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. A Christian is therefore a follower of Jesus Christ in character. Note I said in character and not just profession by word of mouth. Drawing from this preamble, it is therefore surprising to see Muslims claim that Jesus Christ is a prophet in Islam. How, therefore, can the same Jesus Christ be a Christian and Muslim at the same time? Islam draws it claim from a comment of Jesus Christ in the Holy Bible where He stated in John 14:16-17, "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever– 17 The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world can...

Colossians 1:15-20   15 "[Now] He (Jesus) is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation. 16 For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. 17 And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). [Prov. 8:22-31.] 18 He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent]. 19 For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him permanently. 20 And God purposed that through (by t...

Matthew 19:9, “I say to you: whoever dismisses (repudiates, divorces) his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” Dear people of God, today’s Gospel message and lead Bible text has been used as a ground and justification by many Christians to divorce their wives for reasons of adultery. It is even sad to see many Pastors quote this verse of the Bible to support the error that many Christians practise today. The question is, if our Lord Jesus Christ gave one reason for supporting divorce, how come He also said whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery? How come God says He hates divorce and He calls it a wicked thing a man does to the wife of his youth? – Malachi 2:13-16. Could God have been contradicting Himself when He hates divorce and also give a ground for divorce? We can understand the context of our Lord Jesus’ comments when we carefully examine the Jewish wedding cult...