Of God and Mankind

Matthew 24:6-8 (AMPC) “ And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that you are not frightened or troubled, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.   7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place;   8 All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish].”   Dear people of God, the King Jesus Christ is coming.   While people all over the world are deliberating the appropriateness or otherwise of the Russian-Ukrainian war, God’s Word is being fulfilled as seen in today’s lead Holy Bible text.   With non-Christians, this is just a war. Even amongst some Christians, there are some who haven’t realized how close we are to the imminent return of the Lord Jesus Christ to take in Rapture His qualified children.   Many would want to argue for me to prove to them where the Russian-Ukrainian war is stated expl...

3 John 1:2 (AMPC) “ Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers.”   Dear people of God, poverty is not an excuse to be dishonest because God has promised spiritual, financial, and material prosperity to all His children in His Word in today’s main Scripture reading.   Take note that there are conditions for every child of God to prosper, which is that you believe what God has stated by acting in faith in giving to the work of the Gospel as we saw in the first part of this post.   Consequently, God would not suspend this condition because of your poverty. Rather, He expects that you would believe His Word and do exactly what it says to get the exact same result He has promised.   It is therefore inexcusable for any genuine Christian to claim poverty as a reason not to pay tithe – 10% of your income as a salary earner or 10% of your profit as a businessperson or 10% of mon...

  Proverbs 30:7-9 (AMPC) “ Two things have I asked of You [O Lord]; deny them not to me before I die:   8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,   9 Lest I be full and deny You and say, Who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor and steal, and so profane the Name of my God.     Dear people of God, amongst several poor people are those who are outright dishonest and who try to justify their action with their poverty status.   Such people tell lies, cheat their employers or business partners, cheat their customers, steal even from their local church congregation all in a bid to raise money for their daily needs.   Unfortunately for such people, as far as God is concerned, poverty is not an excuse to be dishonest in anyway.   What God expects is for anyone who knows Him to call on Him in prayer to show him or her what to do to get out of poverty.   Take note that...

John 12:43 (AMPC) “ For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that come from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their credit with men more than their credit with God.]”   Dear people of God, heaven never makes a mistake. By this I mean God knows every human being’s heart and who is living right before Him and who is pretending and who is living an outright life of sinful immorality.   One thing we must note is that there is no human being on earth who is loved by everyone; while some would find fault with you, others would love you all the way.   Unfortunately, some individuals who don’t understand this fact of life go all out seeking validation from men.   Some are so good at pretending and living hypocritically that they have gotten used to wrongdoing but don’t realize the gravity of their actions because some people are hailing them and praising them.   Dear friend, you can deceive men, but you ...