Feb 2, 2022 |
Only One God.
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.” Deuteronomy 6:4.(KJV).
There is only one God.
God is Good.
God is the Almighty.
God is Omnipotent.
Glory and Honor Him at all times in all situations.
Keep His commandments in your heart and serve Him.
Regardless of your friends’ opinions, HE is still God.
Regardless of their scorn:
Be humble and let the LOVE of God fill your heart.
Tell your friends about God.
Let them experience the wonders of God with you.
Learn from history.
God allowed the Israelites to develop into a nation.
He led them out of Egypt into the promised land, Canaan, doing miraculous deeds.
He guided the Israelites until the birth of Jesus without anybody stopping Him.
From the birth of Jesus to date, His protection is over those following Him.
Nobody can change the plan of God.
He is leading His children to His Kingdom.
They will reach heaven.
Do you want to be there with Him?
What are you doing to be there?
Application to the Christian life:
Believe in the omnipotence of God.
Subject your life to Him.
Allow Him to take charge of your life.
Jan 31, 2022 |
Why Believe in God?
“Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen; I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.” (Psalm 46:8- 11) KJV
Jesus wasn’t surprised when people still didn’t want to believe in God (Luke 16:31).
For some people, unless they see God with their two eyes, he simply doesn’t exist.
God did make Himself visible to people, in the person of Jesus Christ.
Why do we believe that God exists?
HE really does exist! (Psalm 46:10) KJV
People want to see God, but please don’t forget:
The only way to know God is through REVELATION!
Faith is being able to see invisible realities.
Most people see life as an arc that starts with the birth that we can’t remember, and ends with our death, which we can’t imagine.
Jesus spoke about His role before His birth and after His death.
It’s to my advantage to believe in God… through Christ.
True faith in God is changing my life, values, conduct, and destiny.
Hope you really believe in God?
Trust that this faith is continually changing your life too.
Application for the Christian life:
See everything around you.
Realize it is the creation only God could make.
Read the Bible.
Know that all the Bible prophesies are coming into fulfillment.
Only God could let everything happen according to His plan.
Believe in God.
Believe in Jesus.
What you don’t see at times is more accurate than the seen.
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Jan 28, 2022 |
What Does it Mean to Have a Pure Heart?
“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8) KJV.
We are constantly “speaking” about a pure heart or a clean heart.
I wonder if this is all our Lord Jesus wanted for us when He spoke about the beatitudes.
Is it enough to know that we need to have a pure heart?
Is it enough just to say we have a pure heart?
Jesus wanted us to know that to have a pure heart involves an inner transformation.
The man who has a pure heart no longer tolerates sin in his life.
This is a real challenge for some of us, isn’t it?
Our lives need to be changed by His power.
We need to allow Him to change our lives and clean our hearts.
This is not all.
I think a pure heart involves a certain level of transparency as well.
“Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men.”
(2 Cor 3:2) KJV.
People observe our lives.
Are we an excellent testimony to them?
Please, don’t forget:
“Many people will not read a Bible, but you might be the only Bible they ever read.”
Will you allow Jesus to transform your lives and be an excellent testimony to others?
Well, Jesus concludes with:” They shall see God.”
Do you want to see God?
Let Him change your life, clean your heart and be an excellent testimony to the people around you.
What kind of condition is your heart in?
Application for the Christian life:
Have a pure heart.
Not just think but actually do God’s will.
Abandon every form of evil.
Let everybody notice you are an example of Jesus.
Jan 26, 2022 |
Do Not Return To Bondage.
“And they say one to another, Let us make a captain and let us return into Egypt.” Numbers 14:4(KJV).
After walking with God, experiencing the wonders, He did.
The Israelites still complained.
They started to talk to one another about the “good old days.”
One thing led to the other.
They evaluated the challenges they were facing “now.”
Going forward and advancing in your goals will bring obstacles.
Don’t give up.
Be Ready to sacrificially make the necessary change.
Eventually, they reached a “consensus” and decided to go back to Egypt.
It is sad to mention those people never entered the promised land.
They fell away on the way.
Are you faced with a situation like this today?
Walking with God, experiencing His love, and experiencing hard times?
Do you want to turn back on God?
God has shown you what to do.
Then a friend invites you to do something you should not do.
Saying: “Just this once.”
“Just try it.”
Afterward, it is easy to do it a second time.
We then return to our old habits.
Do you want to achieve your goals?
Do you want to enter the promised land?
Do you want to arrive at God’s Kingdom?
Don’t follow the “popular opinion” to return to your old ways.
Application to the Christian life:
Be careful about wrong advice.
Resist intimidation.
Keep your eye on the goal.
Follow Jesus, Not your friends.
Jan 24, 2022 |
The Tragedy of Laziness.
“His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed.” (Matthew 25:26) KJV
It is one of the well-known parables in the Bible.
We know the story; we know how it applies to us.
We know that Jesus gave us talents.
He wants us to put them to use in ministry for Him.
Did you ever think about that last servant?
The servant who went and dug the talent in the ground?
This warns us about the tragedy of laziness.
He was described as “wicked and slothful.”
His perception of the giver was wrong and faulty.
He lost big time.
What?
He lost his time.
He went and dug the talent in the ground.
That’s work too.
Its’ time-wasting.
Putting time and energy in the wrong direction.
We all equally have 24 hours.
What are you doing with the time He is giving you?
He lost his purpose.
He hid the talent; our talents are not to be hidden.
We need to use our talents for God’s glory.
He lost his talent.
God gave him a talent, but because he didn’t use it.
God took it from him and gave it to another person.
He lost his reward.
God is looking forward to rewarding those working for Him.
There are rewards for the things God asks you to do.
Can you see it?
What can you say about yourself?
Application to the Christian life:
Appreciate the talents God gave you
Develop them to the full.
You can be twice as talented as when you started.
Talents you don’t use will rot.
Work hard and be strong.
