Of God and Mankind

2 Timothy 2:22-26 (AMPC) “ 22  Shun youthful lusts  and flee from them, and aim at  and pursue righteousness (all that is virtuous and good, right living, conformity to the will of God in thought, word, and deed); [and aim at and pursue] faith, love, [and] peace (harmony and concord with others) in fellowship with all [Christians], who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.   23  But refuse (shut your mind against, have nothing to do with) trifling (ill-informed, unedifying, stupid) controversies over ignorant questionings, for you know that they foster strife  and breed quarrels.   24  And the servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome (fighting and contending). Instead, he must be kindly to everyone  and mild-tempered [preserving the bond of peace]; he must be a skilled  and suitable teacher, patient  and forbearing  and willing to suffer wrong.   25  He must correct his opponents with courtesy  and gentlenes...

1 Kings 19:13-18 (AMPC)   “ When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?   14 He said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, because the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword. And I, I only, am left, and they seek my life, to destroy it.   15 And the Lord said to him, Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.   16 And anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to be prophet in your place.   17 And him who escapes from the sword of Hazael Jehu shall slay, and him who escapes the sword of Jehu Elisha shall slay.   18 Yet I will leave Myself 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not...

2 Peter 2:20-22 (AMPC) “ For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through [the full, personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savio u r Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition is worse [for them] than the first.   21 For never to have obtained a [full, personal] knowledge of the way of righteousness would have been better for them than, having obtained [such knowledge], to turn back from the holy commandment which was [verbally] delivered to them.   22 There has befallen them the thing spoken of in the true proverb, t he dog turns back to his own vomit, and, t he sow is washed only to wallow again in the mire.” [Prov. 26:11.]   Dear people of God, the Holy Bible says anyone who is joined to the Lord Jesus Christ has become a new creation, old things have passed away and behold all things have become new – 2 Corinthians 5:17.   In essence, the person is now spiritually born-again and dead to his ...

  Malachi 3:10-12 (AMP “ 10 Bring all the tithes (the tenth) into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the L ord  of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you [so great] a blessing until there is no more room to receive it.    11 Then I will rebuke the devourer (insects, plague) for your sake and he will not destroy the fruits of the ground, nor will your vine in the field drop  its grapes  [before harvest],” says the L ord  of hosts.    12 “All nations shall call you happy  and  blessed, for you shall be a land of delight,” says the L ord  of hosts.” Dear people of God, once again I am inclined to discuss the issue of tithing and this time around the message is for those Christians who justify refusal to pay tithes.   Such Christians are quick to make reference to wealthy non-Christians who do not pay tithes as a justificat...

Mathew 13:44-4 6  (AMP)   “The K ingdom of heaven is like a [very precious] treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field [securing the treasure for himself].   45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,    46 and upon finding a single pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.”   Dear people of God, it does appear today’s topic and the Holy Bible passages are contradictory but they are not.   What the Lord Jesus Christ is talking about is the value one should place on Heaven above everything else in this world.   Jesus is talking about doing all you can within God’s grace to ensure you enter heaven because there is a great and terrible cost for anyone who would miss heaven at the end of his or her stay here on earth.   Not every person reading this message would take it serious and ...

John 16:33 (AMP)   “I have told you these things, so that in Me (Jesus Christ) you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation  and  distress  and  suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]”   Dear people of God, majority would agree that indeed, there is chaos in today’s world especially with the 2019-2021 coronavirus "plandemic"  that was raging nations of the world at the time.   This is organized chaos because it is orchestrated by the devil and his agents - demons and humans - with the sole aim of controlling the whole world.   The mainstream news media controlled largely by agents of the devil was helping to spread fear and panic over false figures of infections and deaths from covid-19 as part of their agenda.   Some agents of the devil working as qualified medical personnel ...