Of God and Mankind

Genesis 3:7,21 –  7 "Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apron like girdles. 21 For Adam also and for his wife the Lord God made long coats (tunics) of skins and clothed them. Dear people of God, today’s lead Bible texts show events after Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s commands not to eat the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden of Eden." Adam and Eve on realizing they were naked sewed leaves together and made apron like girdles to cover their nakedness. God Almighty even after pronouncing judgment on them for disobedience made LONG coats (tunics) of skins to clothe them. This was when it was just Adam and Eve, just two people in the entire world, for every other human being is descended from them – Acts 17:26. In today’s world, we are daily assaulted with visual images of all manner of ungodly and immoral attires, dressing and fashion especially a...

Psalm 66:18 "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me." Dear people of God, in the last 3 posts on this topic, we have looked at uncommon hindrances to answered prayers that Christians are often ignorant of and which have consequences. You would do well to read them again as a refresher and so learn to deal with them. Today we will look at the concluding part of some of these uncommon hindrances: Lack of compassion – Colossians 3:12 – a well known pastor was once asked why so many miracles took place in his ministry and he responded by saying it was because of his compassion and love for his congregation such that when he prayed for them, God’s Holy Spirit would move to do signs and wonders. A parson who understands and practises compassion would always move God’s heart to perform great miracles. Serving God grudgingly – 2 Corinthians 9:7 – Serving God involves giving our resources and time in His service to humanity. Unfortunately, some peop...

Psalm 19:12-13 Who can discern his lapses and errors? Clear me from hidden [and unconscious] faults. 13 Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then shall I be blameless, and I shall be innocent and clear of great transgression. Dear people of God, we have in the last two posts on this topic looked at some uncommon hindrances to answered prayers. Today’s Bible text calls them hidden and unconscious faults, or presumptuous sins and indeed these can hinder one’s prayers from Divine response. We will now look at another set of such hindrances: Unknown covenants with the devil – there are some families whose ancestors knowingly or unknowingly entered into covenants with the devil, for instance, when people offer animal sacrifices to ward off so called evil spirits or mermaid spirits in riverine areas. Such covenants with the devil are usually to be renewed on a yearly basis and so the innocent and ignorant offsprin...

Isaiah 59:1-2 "BEHOLD, THE Lord's hand is not shortened at all, that it cannot save, nor His ear dull with deafness, that it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear." Dear people of God, at our first post on this topic we identified some uncommon hindrances to answered prayers. These hindrances are uncommon not because God has hidden them from humans but because majority of Christians do not read their Bible to know the Word of God and its application to their lives. Even when they read, they misinterpret or fail to pay attention to salient points in the Scripture. It is as written in 2 Peter 3:16, “Speaking of this as he does in all of his letters. There are some things in those [epistles of Paul] that are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist and misconstrue to their own utter destruction,...

I am usually pained these days whenever I see people living in sin. My pain stems from the fact that by the special grace of God I am certain that all sinners will end up in HELL and the Word of God in the Holy Bible confirms this fact in several Scriptures - 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Revelation 21:8. This is the major reason our Lord Jesus Christ has commanded all Christians to preach the Gospel of Repentance and Salvation to all creatures - Mark 16:15-16. Unfortunately, as much as we preach the Gospel, not everyone will believe. How sad. Another certain reality is that everyone born into this world is destined to die. What happens after death is what majority of people debate. Some say there is no God and no life after death and that death in this world is final. Some believe there is life after death and believe all souls will end up in heaven because God is too merciful to send any soul to HELL. Some believe there is no judgement day. Dear friend, no matter wh...