Of God and Mankind

2 Corinthians 8:20-21 (AMPC)    “[For] we are on our guard, intending that no one should find anything for which to blame us in regard to our administration of this large contribution.   21 For we take thought beforehand  and aim to be honest  and absolutely above suspicion, not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the sight of men.   Dear people of God, as we see in today’s Holy Bible reading, Paul the Apostle was concerned about his integrity before God and before men.   He was concerned that no one should have cause to find anything to blame him concerning administration of a contribution the church made for another Group of Christians.   What can we say about a number of Christians today concerning administration of funds contributed by others for a particular purpose?   All over Africa in particular, we find people complaining about unemployment. When you dig further, what you see as the underlying cause is the abhorring level ...

Titus 1:16 (AMPC)  “ They profess to know God [to recognize, perceive, and be acquainted with Him], but deny  and disown  and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable  and loathsome, unbelieving  and disobedient  and disloyal  and rebellious, and [they are] unfit  and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind.”   Dear people of God, whenever I hear someone commending his character, one thing I tell him is that it is difficult for someone to OBJECTIVELY assess himself.   As a result of sycophancy as well, it is also difficult even these days to obtain an objective assessment of oneself from others.   However, if a number of people are complaining about the same person’s character and the person does not see anything wrong with his or her character, then something is definitely wrong.   Do others describe you as hostile? Unfriendly? Unkind? Untrustworthy? Unstable? Unreliable? Can you be trusted to handle...