Of God and Mankind

  Jeremiah 44:16-18 (AMPC)   “As for the Word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to or obey you.   17  But we will certainly perform every word of the vows we have made: to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her as we have done–we and our fathers, our kings and our princes –in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and prosperous and saw no evil.   18  But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”     Dear people of God, sometimes I receive this question that is the topic of today’s post from some Christians when we are discussing the issue of tithing.   I usually receive this question from Christians who do not want to pay tithes with the claim that tithing is an O ld T...

  Hosea 8:4 (AMPC)    “They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; they have made princes or removed them [without consulting Me; therefore], I knew and recognized [them] not.”   Dear people of God, we should always seek God FIRST in all things because He is our Creator and Father and He loves us with an everlasting love.   Even I who am writing this piece sometimes fail to do so and I suffer unpleasant consequences as a result.   You can see from today’s lead Holy Bible text that the Israelites at a time set up kings, appointed and removed princes without consulting God and God said they acted without His blessing and He therefore neither knew nor recognized them.   Rather than follow God Almighty, they were busy creating idol images from silver and gold and worshipping inanimate objects.   I have studied several portions of the Holy Bible and even followed the history of the Israelites as they journeyed from Egypt th...

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 look at the last in series of messages under this same topic.   This is the law of Evangelism as a condition to fulfil in Seeking First God’s Kingdom and His righteousness so God can bless the individual with his needs and wants.   When God says we should first seek His Kingdom, He is referring to expanding the population of His children on earth by snatching them out of the kingdom of darkne...