Posts

Unstable Understanding

  “ Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: Give me understanding according to thy word. ” Psalm 119 : 169 KJV The use of human senses has been the enemies’ weapon of manipulation from the beginning; and the Devil doesn’t have another tricks. Therefore, “ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding (Proverbs 3 : 5 )” remains the most reliable admonition for stable Christians in this unstable world. Yes, unstable understanding makes believers to trust the words of kingmakers, powerful politicians, financial moguls, and social influentials above divine revelations. After all, people would want to see the resemblance of classic wardrobes in the appearance of someone who promises the needy a new set of dresses. Unfortunately, there is no stability and steadfastness in what the human eyes can see, and what the human mind can conceive. Faith in the unseen God and trust in His revealed promises doesn’t change with changes in the season of time a...
Post a Comment
Read more

Perfect Peace

  “ Great peace have they which love thy law: And nothing shall offend them. ” Psalm 119 : 165 KJV It is true that offences and peace are words and opposite. And if the scriptures say that offences are inevitable, how then can anyone ever experience genuine and great peace? While some people would readily prefer to buy the easy last prayer ‘Rest in Peace ’ as consolation, it is important to know that the experience of the rich man in Jesus Christ’s real life story of Lazarus and the rich man proved that this easy last prayer is fake and unscriptural. Anyone who cannot attain perfect peace before death has lost it forever. Unfortunately, many believers struggle consistently with the true experience of peace at home, workplaces and in our toxic society today because they choose to elevate the words and pronouncements of elements in their world to the level of scriptural revelation or even above the words of God. When Jesus said “ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy lade...
Post a Comment
Read more

Precious Perfection

  “ But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises .” Hebrews 6 : 9 - 12 KJV Speaking of perfection in our worldly standard, everyone knows about the attraction to the ugly game of duplicity, compromise, evil and all forms of unrighteousness. The painful thing is the entanglement of religious people, supposed leaders of ministries, and professors of the scriptural principles in profession, and not in practice. Having established the superiority of Jesus Christ as believers’ high priest, Apostle Paul would like to draw everyone’s attention to the efficac...
Post a Comment
Read more

Need Nerd

  “ For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. ”  Hebrews 4 : 15 - 16 KJV My personal attraction to Economics as a high school subject is one of its definitions of the subject as the study of the insatiable human needs. And by scriptural reference to the reality of time of need in life, no one should freak about being a typical need nerd. Yes, life is a compendium of needs; and the moment no need exists, it becomes evident that life is gone! Unfortunately, need comes in various shapes, sizes, twists and turns. While some needs can clearly be frivolous, casual, and mundane, other needs are critical, excruciatingly painful, and highly discouraging. Notwithstanding, the primary intention of God for every need is a sweet fellowship with Himself. Put ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Wise Wait

  “ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. ” Hebrews 4 : 11 - 13 KJV Has anyone ever expressed the dilemma of waiting on the scriptural injunction “ For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry ( Habakkuk 2 : 3 )”? Nothing more than the personal experience of waiting on the fulfillment of a 24-year vision can best illustrate the dilemma in understanding the meaning of “ though it tarry ” and “ it will not tarry ” in a single ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Holy Heritage

  “ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?” Joel 2 : 15 - 17 KJV By referencing the concern of Apostle Paul with the Corinthians “ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable (1 Corinthians 15 : 19 )”, the burden of Prophet Joel on the challenges of heathen heritage can readily come alive. When believers’ passions and drives are motivated and limited to the rat race for political positions, economic stability, earthly comforts, and the world’s standards of...
Post a Comment
Read more

Holy House

  “ But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it .” Obadiah 1 : 17 - 18 KJV Everyone knows about the foundation of hostility between the house of Jacob and the house of Esau. While the house of Jacob represents the generation of those who hold the promises of God, including freedom from oppression, destruction, and damnation, there is no deliverance in sight as long as the house is bewildered in hostilities. Unfortunately, New Testament believers are not equally free from oppression, destruction and damnation as long as they are entangled in the hostility house; despite the fancy claims to salvation experience through faith in Jesus Christ. We live in the host...
Post a Comment
Read more