Of God and Mankind

Matthew 11:28-29 (AMPC)   “Come to Me, all you who labo u r and are heavy-laden  and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]   29 Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.”   Dear people of God, a friend of mine told me a true story his brother told him of a lady working in the same multi-national corporation (well known) with him.   This lady was a senior executive and one day she invited my friend’s brother’s boss and other ladies to a meeting. At this meeting, she mentioned to them that she was formally inviting them to join a secret cult whose members control the activities of the corporation and other well-known ones around the world and that they needed to join the cult so that they too could advance in their career.   She said her husband t...

2 Timothy 1:7 (AMPC) “ For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a Spirit] of power and of love and of calm  and well-balanced mind  and discipline  and self-control.”   Dear people of God, as a result of the sin of disobedience of our first parents Adam and Eve to God’s command, sin and death (spiritual and physical) entered into this world.   Thank God however, for the Lord Jesus Christ Who in His unfathomable love for us left His Glorious Throne in Heaven to come to earth as a human being to die for our sins to restore spiritual life to all Who believe what Christ did, accept and become born-again Christians.   However, every human being born into this world is destined to die at some point. God has allotted a timeline for everyone to live on this earth – Psalm 139:16.   I want you to know, dear friend, that even though God has given everyone a timeline to live on this ...

Revelation 3:3 (AMPC) “ So call to mind the lessons you received and heard; continually lay them to heart  and obey them, and repent. In case you will not rouse yourselves  and keep awake  and watch , I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know  or suspect at what hour I will come.”   Dear people of God, the world shut down in 2020 from so many unimportant and ungodly activities as a result of the scare occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic or plandemic as we have come to know it.   However, Heaven never suspended its all-important program of Jesus’ imminent return to earth to take away the saints who are ready and qualified for the Rapture.   Indeed, no force in hell can stop Heaven’s program. The devil and his agents know this and that is why they continue to marshal out ungodly programs that are meant to cause distractions to the world and Christians inclusive, one of  which is the covid-19 pandemic.   Dear friend, as you we...

Romans 10:13 (AMPC)  “ For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be saved. [Joel 2:32.]”   Dear people of God, it is amazing and sad how many people choose to discuss every other topic under the sun except spiritual matters or the Lord Jesus Christ.   Unfortunately, you also find this practice amongst Christians who are expected to be the light of Christ Jesus to a world darkened by ignorance and sin.   They are quick to discuss coronavirus, cancer, diabetes, other terminal ailments and how they are ravaging different parts of the world taking human lives whilst canvassing different solutions, but they won’t discuss Jesus Christ Who is the Ultimate Solution to all sicknesses and diseases, having taken away our sicknesses and diseases when He shed His precious blood for our sins on the Cross of Calvary – Matthew 8:17; 1 Peter 2:24.   They are quick to discuss the ravaging and heart rending insecurity around the world by terroris...

Ephesians 6:16-17 (NKJV)    “A bove all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench ALL the fiery darts of the wicked one.  17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God;”   Dear people of God, in the first part of this post, we saw how faith determines the outcome Christians experience in their daily lives.   We also saw that faith comes from hearing the Word of God and this means the Word of God is non-negotiable for the Christian who would make significant progress in life.   In today’s main text above, Christians are advised to take the shield of faith with which they would be able to quench ALL the fiery darts of the wicked one, the devil.   How does the devil shoot his fiery darts? Through negative thoughts that take root in the heart when accepted from a spoken negative word externally, through dreams and even incantations. As long as the Christian is alive in this...

1 John 5:19 (AMPC) “We know [positively] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] is under the power of the evil one.”   Dear people of God, there is no easy way of dealing with tragedy – loss of a loved one, loss of a job, terminal illness, an accident, severe injury caused by a violent spouse, marital separation, etc.   Such incidents are always accompanied by pain and emotional trauma at times depending on the level of understanding of the person(s) affected.   So how does one deal with such issues?   First of all, let me make it clear that God is NOT the cause of tragedy. The story of Job  in Job  Chapter 1 of the Holy Bible is instructive here.   Yes, God PERMITTED the tragedy but Job CAUSED it. How, you ask? Look at Job’s  statement in Job 3:25, “For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me, and that of which I am afraid befalls me.”   You can see from Job’s  statement that he was living in fear and fear opens the do...

John 16:33 (AMPC)  “I have told you these things, so that in Me (Jesus Christ) you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]”   Dear people of God, I was watching cable television last night and on one news channel I saw a story of protests by people in different countries against their governments. Since the beginning of the year 2019, It has been crisis, crisis everywhere from Albania to Algeria to Bolivia to Catalan to Chile to Egypt to Gaza to Georgia to Hong Kong to Indonesia to Lebanon to Montenegro to Papua (Indonesia) to Venezuela to Bangladesh to Kenya to Nigeria, etc. Majority of these protests are directed against the government of the day whose policies and activities have created a lot of discontent while the one in Ind...

Luke 6:27-29 (NKJV)  “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,  28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.  29 To him who strikes you on the  one  cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold  your  tunic either.   Dear people of God, the Gospel according to Luke chapter 6:20-49 contains some of the most demanding instructions to Christians.   However, as far as God is concerned, He has spoken, His Word is forever settled in heaven and His Word would be used to judge every one including Christians.   For many years, I have often wondered why Christians pray for their human enemies to die even when the Lord Jesus Christ and the entire New Testament messages do not contain a single verse instructing Christians to pray this way.   This practice of praying for the enemies to die is so common place now especially amongst Af...