Of God and Mankind

The Word of God tells us in Jeremiah 17:5-8 (AMPC), “Thus says the Lord: Cursed [with great evil] is the strong man who trusts in  and relies on frail man, making weak [human] flesh his arm, and whose mind  and heart turn aside from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like a shrub  or a person naked and destitute in the desert; and he shall not see any good come, but shall dwell in the parched places in the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. 7 [Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in,  and relies on the Lord, and whose hope  and confidence the Lord is. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see  and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious  and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.” During our evangelism outreach today, we had course to discuss with a man who said he had s...

There are many things that would send many Christians to an eternal damnation and some of these are subtle. Every single day, people all over the world continue to offend others and this sometimes results in intense quarrels that seem to have no end. Some hold on to grudges and resentment against others and it even causes sicknesses in their bodies for which they are unable to find any cure medically. The Bible tells us in Hebrews 12:14, “ Strive to live in peace with everybody and pursue that consecration  and holiness without which no one will [ever] see the Lord. ” For some Christians, this verse of the Bible appears to be a tall order and so they give a thousand and one reasons why they should disobey it because of the “severity” of the offences committed against them. They justify it and remain in that state of offence and resentment without caring a hoot about the danger ahead. Even when they are warned about the spiritual and even eternal implicatio...