Of God and Mankind

Colossians 3:16-17 (NIV) “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.    17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the N ame of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”   Dear people of God, I chose to use the NIV bible today to make the message as simple as possible.   The message says we should allow Christ’s message, the Word of God, dwell richly in our hearts as well as sing psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in our hearts.   I ask, is it possible for someone who lives this way to deviate from this pattern?   Let me answer from God’s Word in Romans 6:16 (NIV), “ Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death,...

1 Peter 2:24 (NKJV)  “W ho Himself (Jesus Christ) bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.”   Dear people of God, in the first part of the post on this topic, we saw how science though with some good sides could err and lead someone astray concerning his faith as a Christian.   We saw evidence with regards to the how the Universe was created, how humans were created and the debate on global warming or climate change. The Bible shows that what science has propounded on these issues is contrary to God’s Word.   Medical science has also told us that there is no cure for most viral infections. In fact, treatment for such incurable viral infections only help with the symptoms while the individual has to rely on his or her immune system to fight off the viral infection.   It is also the case that antibiotics do not work for viral infections.   Truth be told, regard...

  1 Timothy 6:20-21 (KJV) “ O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of SCIENCE falsely so called:   21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.”     Dear people of God, whoever thought the word SCIENCE could be found in the Holy Bible? But it is, as shown in today’s lead Bible text above.   But note what is said about science that so many humans completely rely on now.   No doubt science has many good sides seen even in the technologies humans use nowadays. However, there are some grave errors science has committed that when followed would certainly make people err concerning the faith as Christians.   For instance, in high school, science teaches in Biology that humans evolved from animals. The Word of God tells us that not only did God create humans in His image and likeness but God gave humans dominion over the entire earth – Genesis 1:26-27. ...

John 16:28 (AMPC)  “ 28  I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”   Dear people of God, there is a group of Christians who say Jesus Christ is the Son of God but not God.   In today’s lead Holy Bible text, the Lord Jesus says He came out from the Father and came into the world. What does this mean? It simply means He was within the Father before He came out into the world.   This, of course, is why Jesus is called the Word of God as stated in John 1:1.   As a man here on earth, see what the Lord Jesus said in His prayer to God in John 17:5, “And now, Father, glorify Me along with Yourself  and restore Me to such majesty  and honor in Your presence as I had with You before the world existed.”   Here we see clearly that Jesus refers to His Divinity because He made reference to the fact that He had majesty and honor in God’s presence before the world existed.   Even tho...

1 Samuel 30:6 (AMPC)  “ David was greatly distressed, for the men spoke of stoning him because the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged  and strengthened himself in the Lord His God.”   Dear people of God, there are many issues in this world that cause distress for human beings. The most common one is money.   Another one is sickness. In today’s lead Holy Bible text, David and his men were distressed because their family were abducted by the Amalekites.   It is stated here that as part of the measures to resolve his problem, David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord His God.   David went further by enquiring of God what next to do and God told him to go after the Amalekites and that he would recover all he and his men had lost.   David did exactly what God told him and he recovered all as God had promised – 1 Samuel 30:7-19.   In today’s world unfortunately, many have a diff...

John 12:42-43 (AMPC) “ And yet [in spite of all this] many even of the leading men (the authorities and the nobles) believed  and trusted in Him (Jesus Christ). But because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, for fear that [if they should acknowledge Him] they would be expelled from the synagogue;   43 For they loved the approval  and the praise  and the glory that come from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their credit with men more than their credit with God.]”   Dear people of God, whenever you are in the midst of non-Christians, are you able to openly declare that you are a Christian? Does your lifestyle prove that you are a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ?   A number of us are like the leading men of the city in today’s lead Holy Bible text whose profession of Christ is only when they are in Church or the privacy of their home.   Once they step outside, they are shy or feel ashamed talking...

Luke 6:46-49 (AMPC) “Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not [practi s e] what I tell you?   47 For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My Words [in order to heed their teaching] and does them, I will show you what he is like:   48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood arose, the torrent broke against that house and could not shake  or move it, because it had been securely built  or founded on a rock .   49 But he who merely hears and does not practi s e doing My Words is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the torrent burst, and immediately it collapsed  and fell, and the breaking  and ruin of that house was great.”     Dear people of God, every Christian knows and agrees that Jesus Christ is his or her Saviour and rightly so. However, from today’s lead Holy Bible text, not every Christian has Jesus C...