Of God and Mankind

1 CORINTHIANS 2:14 (AMPC) “ But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated.”   Dear people of God, the Lord Jesus says in John 3:3 (AMPC) “ I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God.”   Apostle Paul under inspiration of the Holy Spirit re-echoed the same message in 2 Corinthians 5:17 (AMPC), “ Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, th...

PROVEBRS 3:5-6 (AMPC)   “ Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.   6 In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.     Dear people of God, I have this friend who is currently in the UK. He told me recently that whenever he gives glory to God for His benefits over his life, some of his friends protest that he shouldn’t say that because it is the government providing and not God.   This behaviour by people in Europe, North America, Asia and other non-African continents is common place these days where many believe more in themselves and other humans than any Supreme Being.   If such comment were made in Africa about God, you can be sure that majority of the people would protest and caution the person not to disrespect God.   On April 7, 2021 on cable television, ...

MATTHEW 24:7-8, 12-13 “ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.  8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.   And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.  13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”   Dear people of God, the Lord Jesus Christ made it clear in the Holy Bible that the end of the Church age would witness a lot of crises all over the world.   This is what is currently going on in many nations with famines, pestilences (covid-19, etc), earthquakes, floods, and many other natural disasters.   A lot of people’s means of livelihood has been seriously affected and there is so much pressure on them to provide for their families.   Consequently, just as the Lord Jesus Christ prophesied, lawlessness is abounding and the love of many has grown cold.   Anyone who is familiar with ...

1 THESSALONIANS 4:3-5 (NIV) “ It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;    4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honourable,    5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God”   Dear people of God, in my last post, we saw how God hates sexual immorality of all kinds, the spiritual dangers involved for all who engage in sexual immorality and why it must be avoided at all costs.   Today, we look at the sin and danger of masturbation, another type of sexual immorality practised especially by young unmarried persons, both male and female.   Just as in other forms of sexual immorality, demons enter a person who engages in masturbation.   In young men, their illicit act of masturbation usually results in the release of life from their body in the form of semen.   God only permits this release of life for married couples for the process of...

1 CORINTHIANS 6:15-20 (AMPC) “ Do you not see and know that your bodies are members (bodily parts) of Christ (the Messiah)? Am I therefore to take the parts of Christ and make [them] parts of a prostitute? Never! Never!   16 Or do you not know and realize that when a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? The two, it is written, shall become one flesh. [Gen. 2:24.]   17 But the person who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him.   18 Shun immorality and all sexual looseness [flee from impurity in thought, word, or deed]. Any other sin which a man commits is one outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.   19 Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own,   20 You were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and pa...