Of God and Mankind

Isaiah 7:14 (AMPC) “ Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried  and a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel [God with us]. [Isa. 9:6; Jer. 31:22; Mic. 5:3-5; Matt. 1:22, 23.]” Matthew 1:20-23 (AMPC) “ But as he was thinking this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of (from, out of) the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God].   22 All this took place that it might be fulfilled which the Lord had spoken through the prophet, 23 Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, and they shall ca...

1 Chronicles 12:32 “And of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do ” Dear people of God, there are many people, Christians inclusive who are of the view that the current scourge of covid-19 would come and go as we have had in times past. What these people fail to realize is that never in the history of mankind has a pandemic of this nature occurred that has affected all parts of the world. One could argue that air travel, which is a recent development in the 20th century is what has accounted for the fast spread of covid-19 but it is also pertinent to note that air travel has been with us for over a century as well. No doubt there have been many conspiracy theories around what is going on but one thing is certain, which is that the devil and his agents are the ones behind this just like every other disease mankind has ever known. Let me make it clear that all sicknesses and diseases are caused directly and indirectly by the devil and h...

James 1:12 – 15  “ Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who is patient under trial  and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the test  and been approved, he will receive [the victor's] crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him.   13  Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted from God; for God is incapable of being tempted by [what is] evil and He Himself tempts no one.   14  But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed  and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions).   15  Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death. ”   Dear people of God, I urge you to read the above lines of Scripture once again to help you understand the import of today’s message because of ignorance, misgivings and misconceptions some have about rape.   Rape is a heinous crime someone commits against another person or pers...

The online dictionary defines disobedience as “ failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority”. The world is facing all the calamities today because of an act of disobedience to God’s commands. Thousands of years ago, God gave a simple instruction to Adam and Eve to eat of the fruit of every tree in the Garden of Eden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the Garden. Only God knows for how long Adam and Eve kept this instruction until one day when the devil came and deceived Eve into disobeying God and Eve also made her husband Adam disobey God as well – Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-12. The rest as they say is history, for today, humans are paying dearly for this avoidable act of disobedience. Not only did Adam and Eve and indeed all mankind descended from them die spiritually, all mankind is destined to die physically as well. Many people, Christians inclusive, do not bother to consider in their minds through meditation the gravity of the si...