Of God and Mankind

  PROVERBS 21:23-24   “He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles. [Prov. 12:13; 13:3; 18:21; James 3:2.]   24 The proud  and haughty man–Scoffer is his name–deals  and acts with overbearing pride.”   Dear people of God, some years ago, I had a very bad habit of mocking others without realising that I was hurting people. By God’s grace I have given up the bad habit.   One of the biggest sins many engage in is talking bad about people behind their back and mocking or castigating them in their presence.   Some women have a very nasty habit of scouting round for hurtful information concerning others and whenever they enter a quarrel with such people, they begin to release their “missile” of hurtful words from their mouth against the person with intent to cause great distress, pain and sadness.   For the menfolk, what some do is crack spiteful and cruel jokes against others and they see it as a normal way of life. ...

1 Timothy 5:24-25 (AMPC)  “ 24 The sins of some men are conspicuous (openly evident to all eyes), going before them to the judgment [seat]  and proclaiming their sentence in advance; but the sins of others appear later [following the offender to the bar of judgment and coming into view there].   25 So also, good deeds are evident  and conspicuous, and even when they are not, they cannot remain hidden [indefinitely].”   Dear people of God, today’s lead Holy Bible text confirms to us that nothing can be hidden indefinitely.   Some people murder others, some commit adultery with another person’s husband or wife, some steal company funds, some steal church funds, some pastors sleep with their female members, some fathers sleep with their daughters, some guardians mess up their wards they should care for, some hide to watch pornography, some tell lies to cover up their deeds.   All these people believe no one sees them.   On the other hand, s...