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Timeless Triumph

  “ Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man .” Colossians 4 : 5 - 6 KJV Since the major characteristic of worldly wisdom is the pursuit of graceless triumph, the demands of our fast-paced world, career breakthrough, administrative excellence, and political sagacity are common knowledge to the people. It is almost normal for all to believe that success is synonymous to sinfulness. But then the apostolic admonition “ Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time“ suggests otherwise. Knowing that those that are without are generally graceless, believers are admonished to walk in graceful (not graceless) wisdom while engaging them during unavoidable relationships and transactions. Sometimes, them that are within believers’ spaces in family relationships, business partnerships, and social transactions are readily influenced or manipula...
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Timeless Transformation

   “ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. ” Colossians 3 : 16 - 17 KJV Christophilia is not just a story about an instant transformation of the people’s culture and character, it is an expression of the power in the word of Christ for a timeless transformation of life. Many people do readily claim an historical change of character by their encounter with the saving power of the Lord; and thereafter, they allow the words, languages, and lifestyles of the world to mix up with their faith in Christ Jesus. A mixture of the word of Christ and the world in crisis has always produced compromises, chaos, and complaints. Therefore, “ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom “ is about living daily by the pow...
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Timeless Teacher

  “ As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. ” Colossians 2 : 6 - 7 KJV When Jesus says to His disciples “ I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” , He meant that the Only One and not one of them. Those who have truly received Christ Jesus as their Lord and personal Saviour are called to learn daily of Him as the timeless Teacher. These days of social media and 5G internet connectivity can make the hearts of men more susceptible to many teachers’ doctrines, principles, and ideologies; but true believers also find a timeless tunnel through the polluted cyberspace for the timeless truth. For example, if Apostle Peter had upheld Christ Jesus and walked on His command to come to Him on the waters, he wouldn’t have gotten distracted by the stormy sea. We cannot stop the birds from flying over heads, but we can ensure the head that is focu...
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Timeless Truth

  “ O praise the LORD, All ye nations: Praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: And the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. ” Psalm 117 : 1 - 2 KJV When Jesus says to new disciples in the New Testament “ and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8 : 32 )”, He meant the sustaining truth for every believer’s daily life of victory, dominion, and deliverance from everyday evil and wickedness. This is the basic reason why true Christians believe they are absolutely nothing without Christ; and sincerely complete with Christ. Therefore, the timeless truth in life is simply the revelation of Christ in everyday engagements and disengagement, appointments and disappointment, supports and betrayals, love and hatred, etc. Truth according to someone else (no matter how revered) is nothing more than a one-sided story; and it doesn’t make sense for anyone to cast his confidence on one-sided story. Unfortunately, t...
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Holy Hope

  “ And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister ” Colossians 1 : 21 - 23 KJV When Apostle Paul alluded to the tragedy of miserable hope of some Christians elsewhere, believers are not left in doubt of the heavenly demand for holiness and righteousness from those who claim a reasonable relationship with God. Even today, unholy hopes pride themselves in the practice of Christianity with carelessness and compromises. Whereas, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ in the body of his flesh through death is never in vain, and cannot be worthwhile with the slightest accommodation of wickedness, immorality, a...
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Hidden Honey

  “ My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; And the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: When thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, And thy expectation shall not be cut off .” Proverbs 24 : 13 - 14 KJV Those who settle for city-produced honey do sometimes expressed concerns over the risk of adulteration; but the fear of the sting of bees during honeycombing is mostly overbearing. “ My son, eat thou honey, because it is good” is a fatherly call to commitment and consecration for a good and rewardable course in life. Unfortunately, it takes courage and strength for anyone in our fast-paced world to embrace the call for disciple, commitment and consecration in a world with shortcuts, corruption and indiscipline. Notwithstanding, it is evident that there is hidden honey in everyone created by God. We just need to exercise patience with courage and commitment to draw out the sweet honey from the well of wisdom and v...
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Prize Pressing

   “ Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. ” Philippians 3 : 13 - 14 KJV Apostle Paul’s reference to pressing towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus suggests that another prize pressing in life and ministry is aimed at the low calling of men. Yes, the highest of life’s ambitions in family, career, politics, business, and sometimes even in ministries, if outside the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, are simply the low calling of men. When our motivation in any ambition is aimed at self glory, it becomes low calling and subject to possible discouragement and disappointment, whenever we confront opposition. Even while Apostle Paul was incarcerated despite the huge sacrifices he had made on the field, he kept pressing forward and ...
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