Of God and Mankind

  Matthew 6:31-33 (AMPC) “Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?   32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.   33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.”   Dear people of God, we are considering the fifth part of this series today in respect of the conditions precedent as seeking FIRST God’s kingdom and His righteousness in order to obtain His eternal blessings.   Today, we will consider the Law of confession, having looked previously at the Laws of Repentance, Salvation, Obedience and Love.   By confession, I mean the words we speak everyday whether to others or to ...

Matthew 6:31-33 (AMPC) “Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, what  are we going to have to eat? or, what  are we going to have to drink? or, what  are we going to have to wear?   32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.   33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.”   Dear people of God, today we are looking at part 4 of this message and considering another condition precedent as seeking FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness in order to receive His blessings.   We are looking today at the law of Love. The Word of God tells us in 1 John 4:20-21, “ If anyone says, I love God, and hates (detests, abominates) his brother [in Christ], he is a liar; for he who does not...

Matthew 6:31-33 (AMPC) “Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, w hat are we going to have to eat? or, w hat are we going to have to drink? or, w hat are we going to have to wear?   32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.   33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.”   Dear people of God, we are still looking at the command of seeking FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness as a precondition to receiving God’s blessings.   Today, we will look at the law of obedience as a precondition of seeking FIRST God’s kingdom and His righteousness.   Obedience is defined as compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority.   We can therefore see that ob...

Matthew 6:31-33 (AMPC) “Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, w hat are we going to have to eat? or, w hat are we going to have to drink? or, w hat are we going to have to wear?   32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.   33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.”   Dear people of God, in the first part of this post, we looked at the fact that majority of humans and indeed many Christians fail to receive God’s blessings because they have failed to obey God’s condition precedent, which is to seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Today, we will look at one of the conditions to seek as a precedent to receiving God’s blessings.   I will aptly name it the Law of Repentance a...

  Matthew 6:31-33 (AMPC) “Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, what  are we going to have to eat? or, what  are we going to have to drink? or, what  are we going to have to wear?   32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.   33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.”   Dear people of God, we thank God Almighty and Father of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for letting us see the end of November 2023 and a new month December 2023, the last of the year. We thank God for January to November 2023.   Now, the world’s system says every human has 3 basic needs, which are food, shelter and clothing.   As a result, humans strive hard to meet and satisfy these needs. ...