Of God and Mankind

2 Samuel 11:14-17 (AMPC) “ In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.   15 And he wrote in the letter, put Uriah in the front line of the heaviest fighting and withdraw from him, that he may be struck down and die.   16 So when Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah opposite where he knew the enemy's most valiant men were.   17 And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David fell. Uriah the Hittite died also.   Dear people of God, today’s main Holy Bible text is an account of David the second king of Israel’s final effort at covering up his adultery with Bathsheba, by eliminating her husband Uriah by deliberately placing him in the fiercest part of Israel’s battle with their enemy.   Having discovered from Bathsheba that she was pregnant from adultery, David had initially recalled her spouse Uriah from the battlefield and sent him home to his wife but Uriah refused because o...

Galatians 5:22-24 (AMPC) “ But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,   23 Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].   24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.   Dear people of God, the Word of God tells us about the gifts of the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 and they are summarized as follows:   ·        the word of wisdom ·        the word of knowledge ·        faith ·        gifts of healings ·        the working of miracles · ...

Luke 13:23-24 (AMPC) “ And someone asked Him, Lord, will only a few be saved (rescued, delivered from the penalties of the last judgment, and made partakers of the salvation by Christ)? And He said to them,   24 Strive to enter by the narrow door [force yourselves through it], for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.”   Dear people of God, contrary to what many Christians see and practise today, the road to heaven is very narrow and only few find it.   The first step towards entering heaven for every human being is to realize the error of your ways and wrongdoing contrary to God’s Divine command, repent genuinely, confess your sins and ask God in prayer for forgiveness, accept Jesus Christ as the Saviour and Lord of your life and commit in thought, word and deed to uncompromisingly obey all commands of the Lord in His Word in the Holy Bible.   All professed Christians claim to have passed this process; however, the last part of the process, ...

Mark 9:23 (AMPC) “ And Jesus said, [You say to Me], If You can do anything? [Why,] all things can be (are possible) to him who believes!”   Dear people of God, while I was having my daily feed of God’s Word in the Holy Bible in the evening of Thursday January 13, 2022, the Lord suddenly gave me deep understanding of the great advantages a child of God stands to gain.   There is nothing God has stated in His Word that can fail to happen. Every Word God has spoken must come to pass for anyone who believes it and does exactly what it says.   See what God says in Psalm 82:6 (AMPC), “ I said, you are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High.”   God has given all humans creative power first in our thoughts and then in our words so we can determine the direction of our lives.   Let me repeat here, again, that your thoughts (Proverbs 4:23) and your words (Proverbs 18:21; Mark 11:23) in this life determi...

Nahum 1:3a (AMPC) “ The Lord is slow to anger and great in power and will by no means clear the guilty.”   Dear people of God, no human being must take God for granted. There is no wrongdoing anyone does that escapes God so the idea of having a secret hidden from fellow humans is a waste of time.   The idea of saying no human can live a holy life is a false doctrine and a false teaching because it goes against God’s Word in Matthew 5:48.   See what God’s Word says in 1 Peter 1:14-17 (AMPC), “ [Live] as children of obedience [to God]; do not conform yourselves to the evil desires [that governed you] in your former ignorance [when you did not know the requirements of the Gospel].   15 But as the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all your conduct and manner of living.   16 For it is written, you shall be holy, for I am holy. [Lev. 11:44, 45.]   17 And if you call upon Him as [your] Father Who judges each one imparti...

Job 3:25 (AMPC) “ For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me, and that of which I am afraid befalls me.”   Dear people of God, today’s Holy Bible text above is a reminder of how real our thoughts are.   Unfortunately, many who don’t understand the tangibility of thoughts engage in the destructive habit of fear of many different things.   As seen in this Scripture, Job, a very wealthy man who feared God Almighty and who was the greatest of all men of the East in his time (Job 1:3) was living in fear.   When calamity came upon Job, he lamented that that which he greatly feared had come upon him and that he was afraid of had befallen him.   The Word of God makes it clear in Proverbs 4:23 (GNBDK), “ Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.”   The reason many people engage in the destructive habit of fear is because it has not yet dawned on them that their thoughts are as tangible as physical objects and it determines the very course...

Mark 9:23 (AMPC) “ And Jesus said, [You say to Me], If You can do anything? [Why,] all things can be (are possible) to him who believes!”   Dear people of God, the above main Holy Bible text was the Lord Jesus’ response to the man who came to plead with the Lord to heal his son of a foul deaf and dumb spirit.   Jesus made it clear to the man and by extension to anyone else reading this message that all things are possible to the individual who believes.   This privilege is for everyone and anyone who believes the Gospel message of Repentance and Salvation found only in Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God.   Now, there are people, even non-Christians who can accomplish feats by their own faith. According to wikipedia, Faith, derived from Latin fides and Old French feid , is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept.   This is possible because of God’s Universal goodness to everyone, Christians and non-Christians alike and God has established universal...