The antidote for sin

Should anyone ask me if l love Jesus from my heart, immediately, my emotions would be stirred, and l would promptly respond in the affirmative. Yet, Jesus isn't too interested in my emotional response, He looks for tangible proof. And His test is whether or not l consider His commands as "treasure" and keep them …

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Endurance and self-control

The way in which Peter links one virtue with the other is very interesting. He speaks about egkrateian (Greek), self-control, self-governance accompanied by, emerging from gnosis, the "right" knowledge, not merely a byproduct of fear, or coercion, or out of submission to exerted authority. It is not about restraint, rather it is about self-discipline. In …

Make the effort

With God's provision of everything that we need to live a godly life, He also gives us great and precious promises that enables us to share His divine nature and to escape the worldly corruption that our own human desires impose on us. Though enabled, we are expected to expend effort to make them our …

Everything for godly living

2Pet 1:3 This is one of the most assuring verses in Scripture when it comes to living out the Christ-life. We tend to feel inadequate some times, as though after the sinner's prayer, we're on our own to plod along and make it work. But this particular verse reveals the wonderful package that's handed over …

Unanswered Challenge

That is what l call "the God challenge". I was recently engaged in conversation with someone about evolution. It eventually turned into a quest for how God came to be. My good friend asked some questions that most of us have asked or thought of before. Could there be Someone, somewhere out there, who might …

Accepting God’s authority

Growing up, my late Dad was my very first authority figure, humanly speaking. All my siblings and l took his commands and prohibitions seriously. He was a great Dad by all standards, but will always follow through with discipline if we disobeyed him. As a result, we never took his words lightly. We literally "trembled" …

God’s Word, a Versatile Weapon

We are acquainted with the word of God as a weapon of warfare; it is the sword of the spirit, that is quick and sharper than any two-edged sword, able to pierce through any physical, material and spiritual barriers or mediums (Heb 4:12). Long before Paul wrote about this sword of the spirit, the LORD …

Qualitative forgiveness

Jesus was teaching here about the quality of forgiveness His followers must practice. It must be from the heart. His response to Peter concerning the number of times we forgive others, ruled out any limits (Matt 18:22). It is also not about how often that same person has wronged us and sought for forgiveness before. …

Caught God’s eye?

Our LORD is telling how utterly impossible it is for heaven or earth to adequately contain Him; following it up with absolute possession of everything that there is in both. Sure, He is b-i-g , yet He willingly offers His fellowship to a certain kind of people: those who are humble enough to readily admit …

On God’s leash

Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted to do . . .Revelations 13:5 EVER questioned why God sometimes allows certain bad things to happen to us and doesn't "prevent or restrain" the enemy from going on a rampage against us, His …