Of God and Mankind

  Mark 8:36-37 (AMPC)   “ For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life [in the eternal K ingdom of God]?   37 For what can a man give as an exchange (a compensation, a ransom, in return) for his [blessed] life [in the eternal K ingdom of God]?”   Dear people of God, in the first week of July 2020, we were inundated with stories of a notorious Nigerian fraudster who was arrested in Dubai for the fraudulent hacking into companies and individual bank accounts and stealing of hundreds of millions of dollars of people’s money.   This young Nigerian fellow was working with others in different parts of the world in a criminal ring that caused real pain for many innocent and hardworking folks, ripping them off their money through a well-coordinated fraud ring.   What is sad about this is that this fraudster as of then had over 2 million Instagram followers where he unashamedly displayed evidence of his accomplishments t...

Mark 10:6-8  “ But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. [Gen. 1:27; 5:2.]   7 For this reason a man shall leave [behind] his father and his mother  and be joined to his wife and cleave closely to her permanently,   8 And the two shall become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. [Gen. 2:24.]”   Dear friend, marriage is an institution you never graduate from because the lessons learnt are usually lifelong.   In my penultimate post, I wrote about godless unions where the man and woman do not know or fear God and as a result, so many things go wrong in their marriage and cause untold hardships and crises for them, children and family members.   The infallible Word of God tells us that in marriage a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and cleave close to her PERMANENTLY.   And the two shall become ONE FLESH, so that they are no longer two but one flesh.   It is wit...

  Proverbs 3:5-8    “Lean on, trust in,  and be confident in the Lord with all your heart  and mind and do not rely on your own insight  or understanding.   6 In all your ways know, recognize,  and acknowledge Him, and He will direct  and make straight  and plain your paths.   7 Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear  and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. [Prov. 8:13.]   8 It shall be health to your nerves  and sinews, and marrow  and moistening to your bones.”   Dear friend, sometime in the third week of July 2020, I listened to an audio re-enactment of a TRUE STORY of a Nigerian man once living in the United States who was alleged to have shot and killed his wife, a nurse, because she refused to continue giving him her pay cheque.   The audio has the man dialing the 911 emergency services number and the dispatcher trying to engage in conversation with the ...

Isaiah 7:14 (AMPC) “ Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried  and a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His N ame Immanuel [God with us]. [Isa. 9:6; Jer. 31:22; Mic. 5:3-5; Matt. 1:22, 23.]”   Matthew 1:20-23 (AMPC) “ But as he was thinking this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of (from, out of) the Holy Spirit.   21 She will bear a Son, and you shall call His N ame Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savio u r], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God].   22 All this took place that it might be fulfilled which the Lord had spoken through the prophet,   23 Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, a...

Luke 14:26 (GNBDK) “Those who come to Me (Jesus Christ) cannot be My disciples unless they love Me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.”   Galatians 3:28 (GNBDK) “So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus.”   Dear people of God, there are many ways Christians compromise their faith for fear of men. Some of these ways are obvious but some are not so obvious and those who do these things are not aware of the dangers they subject themselves to in the eyes of God.   How can you call yourself a Christian and claim that though you do not believe in the discriminatory practice of the Osu caste system of South Eastern Nigeria BUT you cannot have anything to do with them or sanction a marital relationship with someone labelled an Osu?   For those who do not know what the Osu caste system is all about, I...

  Deuteronomy 5:9b-10    “ for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,   10 And showing mercy  and steadfast love to thousands  and to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.”   Dear people of God, there are some Christians who are of the view that the above Scripture does not apply to Christians since we are now operating under the New Testament and that the Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law.   One could even rightly reference the infallible Word of God in the Bible to buttress this point whilst quoting what God says in Ezekiel 18:20 (AMPC), “ The soul that sins, it [is the one that] shall die. The son shall not bear  and be punished for the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear  and be punished for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the r...