Heralds Digest

  “ 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...

  “ We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel ” Colossians 1 : 3 - 5 NKJV The root of rendering consistent gratitude is the finding of grace for oneself and then following God by faith, without which it is impossible for anyone facing his inevitable giants in life. Finding grace involves the acknowledgment of Jesus as the embodiment of grace, acceptance of grace that underscores the wholesomeness of the gift, and extending the goodness to others. It is not surprising that gratitude built on this foundation of sustainable grace keeps praise and prayer on the lips of Apostle Paul. And after finding grace is following God (Jesus) by faith, as the only evidence of every believer’s testimony on finding grace. Instead of buying the distractio...