Of God and Mankind

Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 (AMPC)   “ [Remember your Creator earnestly now] before the silver cord [of life] is snapped apart, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern [and the whole circulatory system of the blood ceases to function];   7 Then shall the dust [out of which God made man's body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it.”   Dear people of God, sometime between end of September and early October 2021, I  received with shock the news of the deaths of two persons I have met physically, one, very close and the other at a business seminar.   What is sad about both deaths is that I never expected it. You know, one never expects to hear about the death of someone you have known personally but it is an inevitable fact of this life even when no one ever prepares for it.   Again, these deaths are a shuddering reminder that this world is transitory and th...

Proverbs 4:20-22 (AMPC) “ My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh.   Dear people of God, the key to receiving from God is understanding and acting on His Word.   It is pertinent to note that you must first realize that God’s Words in the Holy Bible are not ordinary but Supernatural Words, which is why the Lord Jesus Christ stated clearly that His Words are Spirit and they are life – John 6:63.   This same statement is repeated here in today’s reference Scripture text above.   Something else that is of equal importance is that you must follow the sequence of the statements in God’s Word to get the same results God has promised would happen.   The very FIRST thing God tells us in Proverbs 4:20-22 is that we should attend to His Words, consent and submit to His say...

Ephesians 6:9 (AMPC) “ You masters, act on the same [principle] toward them and give up threatening and using violent and abusive words, knowing that He Who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no respect of persons (no partiality) with Him.”   Dear people of God, there is a popular saying that “to test a man’s character, give him power.”   Indeed, it is few men who have the fear of God Almighty to realize that ALL power belongs to God and that they are mere mortals.    This fear of God makes such men humble with due regard for their fellow humans to treat them well.   What has become the norm in society is that as humans climb the social and political success ladder the majority of them treat their fellow humans with disdain and disrespect as though the latter were lesser beings.   In whatever sphere of life, this oppressive and highly offensive behaviour is the same but the victims of the oppression groan in secret and ...

2 Timothy 3:5 (AMPC) “ For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them].”   Dear people of God, any human being who professes Christianity but is living without a personal relationship with God and is not feeding daily on God’s Word in the Holy Bible is starving his or her soul, a very dangerous situation.   From my experience with many Christians in today’s world, this lack of a personal relationship with God and failure to focus and feed daily on God’s Word is the reason many are struggling with their spiritual life.   Though this problem is rampant with many Christians who are not committed Church workers, it is equally manifest amongst those who serve in Church as workers in one capacity or the other.   No doubt, God has called every one of His children to serve Him in the different...

Luke 16:15 (AMPC) “ But He said to them, you are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted and highly thought of among men is detestable and abhorrent (an abomination) in the sight of God.” [1 Sam. 16:7; Prov. 21:2.]   Dear people of God, yesterday Monday October 4, 2021, the social media applications WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook messenger and Instagram had a service outage for about 7 hours between 5p.m. GMT to after 12 midnight GMT.   It is reported that many users were visibly distraught and a lot of businesses that depend on these apps to interact for business with their customers lost billions of US dollars due to the outage.   Many casual users quickly switched over to Telegram and other social media networks to continue their chatting with friends because it has become an addictive hobby for them.   Though they have been conflicting reports as to what caused the service outage, on...

Deuteronomy 13:1-4 (AMPC) “ If a prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,   2 And the sign or the wonder he foretells to you comes to pass, and if he says, let us go after other gods–gods you have not known–and let us serve them,   3 You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being.   4 You shall walk after the Lord your God and [reverently] fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and cling to Him.”     Dear people of God, it is amazing how a sane human seeking help visits a voodoo priest who cannot help himself but makes promise to help others.   And you find such people ready to do whatever the voodoo priest tells them even when it is disgusting.   If the voodoo priest could truly help an...

2 Corinthians 6:14 (AMPC) “ Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness?”   Dear people of God, the nation of Nigeria in West Africa is immensely blessed of God with abundance of natural and human resources.   Unfortunately, this same nation is governed by a group of savagely and notoriously corrupt officials whose ungodly activities over the years have made the socio-political environment very hostile to anyone who is committed to Godliness.   Corruption and ineptitude is a state policy and the nation appears to be drifting into more and more lawlessness every day.   You can hardly obtain any service from any public sector organization at the official price without having to part with more money via of...