Of God and Mankind

John 3:16 (AMPC)   “ For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.”   Dear people of God, society tells us that nothing in this life is free and even free things have been paid for by someone or some group.   What is the greatest need of humans?   According to humans, it is food, shelter and clothing. In today’s world, security, health and healing have become major needs for billions of people.   All over the world, people are dying in their numbers from the wicked and ungodly acts of others as well as from sicknesses and diseases, both curable and incurable.   For God Almighty and Father of my Saviour and Lord, all humans’ major need is eternal life.   What is eternal life?   Eternal life is the Divine life that only God can give s...

1 Timothy 3:1-7 (AMPC)   “ THE SAYING is true and irrefutable: If any man [eagerly] seeks the office of bishop (superintendent, overseer), he desires an excellent task (work).   2 Now a bishop (superintendent, overseer) must give no grounds for accusation but must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, circumspect and temperate and self-controlled; [he must be] sensible and well behaved and dignified and lead an orderly (disciplined) life; [he must be] hospitable [showing love for and being a friend to the believers, especially strangers or foreigners, and be] a capable and qualified teacher,   3 Not given to wine, not combative but gentle and considerate, not quarrelsome but forbearing and peaceable, and not a lover of money [insatiable for wealth and ready to obtain it by questionable means].   4 He must rule his own household well, keeping his children under control, with true dignity, commandin...

Matthew 24:6-8 (AMPC) “ And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that you are not frightened or troubled, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.   7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place;   8 All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish].”   Dear people of God, we are witnessing unprecedented crises all over the world from daily news reports on television, radio, social media, etc.   Many people are so shocked because they cannot understand what is really going on.   Jesus Christ my Saviour and Lord warned us about this period as characteristic of the end of the Church age while He was here on earth as a human being as seen in today’s lead Holy Bible text.   From the covid-19 health crises to floods to earthquakes to famines to social and political upheavals in many nations in Africa...

Acts 26:15-18 (AMPC)   “ And I said, Who are You, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting.   16 But arise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, that I might appoint you to serve as [My] minister and to bear witness both to what you have seen of Me and to that in which I will appear to you,   17 Choosing you out [selecting you for Myself] and delivering you from among this [Jewish] people and the Gentiles (non-Christians) to whom I am sending you–[Ezek. 2:1, 3.]   18 To open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of satan to God, so that they may thus receive forgiveness and release from their sins and a place and portion among those who are consecrated and purified by faith in Me.”     Dear people of God, it is necessary to reiterate that God Almighty and Father of my Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ is the owner of every genuine Church al...

Ephesians 4:11-15 (AMPC)   “ And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.   12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body (the church),   13 [That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.   14 So then, we may no longer be children, tossed ...

Exodus 25:1-9 (NKJV) “ 1 Then the  Lord  spoke to Moses, saying:  2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.    3 And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;  4 blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair;  5 ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood;    6 oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;  7 onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.  8 And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.    9 According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.”     Dear people of God, the command to give in Church is from Go...

Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (AMPC) “ And you shall love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being and with all your might.   6 And these words which I am commanding you this day shall be [first] in your [own] minds and hearts; [then]   7 You shall whet and sharpen them so as to make them penetrate and teach and impress them diligently upon the [minds and] hearts of your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up.   8 And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets (forehead bands) between your eyes.   9 And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”     Dear people of God, a friend of mine told me recently how someone he knew travelled to a European country to survey their schools there because he wanted to send his child over there for high school...