Of God and Mankind

The Holy Bible tells us in Proverbs 14:12 "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Dear friend, at times I am baffled by some comments I hear from Christians about issues of life. In Africa, it is common amongst elderly people, especially the womenfolk to believe that when a young lady is of age but not married and is finding it difficult to get a life partner, the "sensible" thing for her to do is to sleep with a man, get pregnant and have a baby to take care of her in her old age. Looking at the Scripture reference in Proverbs 14:12, one can clearly see that such advice to a young unmarried maiden is a way of death. Looking at the advice, we see the under listed issues: (1) Fornication is involved - a sin against God's commands (Hebrews 13:4). (2) What if the lady dies during fornication? (3) What if she loses the pregnancy? (4) What if she has a medical problem and never gets pregnant after...

While I was growing up in my parents' home, every Christmas, my dad at a point started a tradition of buying a live goat on the eve of Christmas to be slaughtered on December 25 and another live goat on the eve of New Year to be slaughtered on January 1. This was in addition to other goodies we got then as gifts. There was always so much to eat and drink. This was the experience I had in my family home about the season of Christmas and even in today's world, so many people have similar beautiful stories to tell about Christmas. I have heard stories of elderly people who said it was only on Christmas day they ate rice or wore their best clothes to Church while growing up as kids. Even in the office environment, we see organizations dish out so many goodies and bonuses to their staff. Some organizations even pay the December remuneration early enough to allow their staff prepare well for Christmas. In the Church environment, Christmas carol concerts are organize...

Dear friend, in many parts of the world, people are hustling and bustling trying to raise money to celebrate the Christmas season. Parents want to buy goodies for their kids, companies pay bonuses, and so much love and joy fills the air. This is the good side of Christmas because this happens every year. This is also the material side of Christmas. There is a spiritual side of Christmas, which is the real reason for the event people are celebrating. Christmas is about Christ Jesus, the Messiah and King of the Universe. When Adam and Eve fell by satan's deceit and disobeyed God's command, mankind became separated from God by that single act of sin. God loves man so much and sent His Only begotten Son to the world, to die for our sins and redeem mankind from eternal damnation in hell fire. That Son of God is called Jesus Christ, the Messiah, Saviour Anointed. About Him the Bible declares in Isaiah 9:6 "Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is give...

The Word of God tells us in Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." If you look at today's world, you will notice that moral values have declined to an alarming level with very, very few people having the fear of God. Today, vice looks right and virtue appears the wrong way to go. The reason this is so is because parents and families have neglected this important Scripture verse in Proverbs 22:6. Fathers and mothers are so caught up with providing for the material needs of their children whilst totally neglecting their spiritual needs! As a result, children are left at the mercy of society and pick up whatever they learn from the world. How many Christian families come together in the morning and evening every single day to read the Bible, the ONLY Word of God and pray together? How many Christian families today go to Church and other Christian programmes to listen to the Word of God an...

All over the world, there are married couples who are deep in search of the fruit of the womb. They have tried so many hospitals and traditional means of conceiving a baby all without success. Every now and then we hear of a miracle - a couple whom God has blessed with a baby or babies after 5 or 10 or 15 or even 20 or more years of waiting! The search for a baby in Africa and other developing nations usually assumes a frightening and desperate dimension because of wrong and sometimes superstitious beliefs in the community. Women are usually taunted, rebuked, insulted and labelled all sorts of names all because of inability to conceive. The men on the other hand are usually spared such emotional torture because the belief is that it is the woman who is unable to bear a child to continue the man's genealogy. The men are usually advised to go and try 'elsewhere', meaning take another wife or sleep with another woman so the man can have kids to continue his l...

I was watching a Christian Television station sometime ago when I saw someone who introduced himself in the programme as a magician and a member of the Association of Christian magicians. He went ahead to defend his submission that one could be a magician and a Christian and that there was nothing wrong with it! Dear friend, I have said it repeatedly in several posts that on any issue, it does not matter what people say or think. As long as God's Word says something about a matter, a Christian will do himself or herself good to find out what God says by studying the Bible. This is why God says man shall not live by bread alone but man lives by every Word God has spoken (Deuteronomy 8:3b; Matthew 4:4). Jesus Christ, our Lord and Messiah, who is also The Word of God, tells us about the last days in Matthew 24:11 "Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many." Jesus also says in Matthew 24:24 "For false christs and false prophets will ris...

Dear friend, if I were to ask you what was the best thing that could happen to you, I'm sure a simple majority of respondents would talk about money. Some would talk about career, some would talk about marriage to their dream partner, some would talk about having kids, some would talk about paying off a debt or having a dream home or office. Some may even talk about achieving a political ambition - becoming their country's Senator, President, Prime Minister, Governor, etc. While all these intentions appear noble and noteworthy, let us consider what our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ says in Luke 12:15 "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses." The Lord Jesus then goes on to tell His listeners the Parable of the Rich fool who worked so hard to store up riches for himself while acknowledging himself as the one who achieved it and when he wanted to relax from his hard work to e...