Of God and Mankind

Mark 6:5-6 (AMPC) “ And Jesus could not do a miracle there at all [because of their unbelief] except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 He wondered at their unbelief. A nd He was going around in the villages teaching.” Dear people of God, there is a race by different nations of the world to produce a so-called vaccine for the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic with a view to stemming the tide of the ailment. Recently, I had cause to tell someone in writing that the coronavirus or whatever ailment by whatever name cannot have any effect on me because I am a child of God and Jesus Christ has taken my infirmities and borne my sicknesses and diseases. The fellow, a self-professed atheist, responded by saying that I should come off my high horse with my statement and he went on to ask if other Christians who had died from covid-19 were not children of God. I did not bother responding to him because he is not a Christian and I had clearly quoted the Scr...

Micah 2:1 (AMPC) “ WOE TO those who devise iniquity and work out evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they perform  and practice it because it is in their power.” Dear people of God, these are solemn times for the discerning Christian. In modern times, the world has never experienced any event that shut down global economy and other forms of life. This should therefore tell us that these are not ordinary times. We must however, not forget the Words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Who warned that the world would witness pestilences (fatal epidemic diseases) in the last days – Matthew 24:7. The novel coronavirus or covid-19 has created a strange new normal for people everywhere. So much fear and panic is being spread around the world for reasons best known to the perpetrators. So many conspiracy theories have abound revolving around the origin and intent of the pandemic. What is even stranger is the fact that while people are shouting their testimony that...