Reflections
Greetings and blessings to all of you. Happy 4th of July or Independence Day. America is in serious trouble. Our nation was built on Christian principles. But we are now seeing and experiencing the devolution of a nation. Our nation is in a secular storm. The “god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelievers” as it says in 2 Cor. 4:3-4 therefore the passive and active secularization threatens Christian fidelity. The Christians have been told to ‘stay in your churches and let us (the evil) run the nation.’ Some Christians believe the lie of separation of chu...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Christians living in today’s world have both a responsibility to be faithful to God and a responsibility to be productive citizens in society. We think with the ‘mind of Christ’. We are the influencers of this nation and of our immediate surroundings. When Jesus left to sit at the right hand of the Father He left us here with a mandate in Matt 28:19-20 that says, “Go and make disciples of all nation..,….and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” The world needs to see us being what God said in Matthew ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Today is a day to celebrate Fathers. It is only right to do so since we just celebrated Mothers. Our society is attempting to redefine masculinity in ways that contradict what God had in mind when he established the family unit. But that is not going to happen….as long as the earthly father follows the Word of God…the Bible. Jesus Christ is our example of being the “real man”. He was submissive to His Father (our Father) even though He is God and spiritually speaking we are all His kids. He left the man with Biblical instructions...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Can you discern the difference between truth and a lie? Between the whole truth and half-truth? The Truth needs a voice. We (The Body of Christ) have to stop being the lukewarm- silent church in America. We must stop being intimidated, apathetic, deceived and afraid. We must become enlightened to the evil that surrounds us. In Eph.5:6-11 it says, “Let no one deceive you with empty arguments for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things. Therefore, do not become their partners. For you were once darkness, but now you are ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. We have an enemy. The crazy part is that the average Christian does not know for a fact that we live in an evil and dying world. They don’t want to believe in their heart and soul that Satan is not only the prince of the power of the air but also the prince of this world. In John 14:30 it says, “I will no longer speak much with you -for the ruler of the world is coming and in Me he has nothing.” To be at home (comfortable, content) in it- is to be at home with Satan. The Christian is to be crucified to the world for his true citizenship ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers. The Scriptures exalts motherhood. It began with Eve who is the first mother remembered for enticing Adam to disobey God as she did also…then sin entered the world. (Of course, God knew this was going to happen…and Satan always had strategies to thwart God’s plan to redeem His people.) Because we live in a sin tainted world there are all kinds of mothers. There are wicked mothers like Jezebel. Then there are the moms who sell their children. And in our pragmatic selfish and self-centered age ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Why were the Bereans known for their attitude of loving the Scriptures? In Acts 17:11 it says. “They examined the Scriptures every day to see whether these things were so”. They became Christian’s believers not due to blind faith; but when they heard Paul sermons, they studied the Scriptures for themselves and became convinced of the truth of the Gospel. The devil’s plan is to keep as many as he can distracted from the Word of God so that they will not be able to defend the faith nor stand when evil comes knocking at their door. Go...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. The Good News for the Christian is that we understand the “why” of the cross. Not only did Jesus die for you, but he also died as you. When God looked at the cross, he saw you dying also. Romans 6:6-7 says “for we know that our old self was crucified with him.” At the Cross you died in Christ. Your old self was crucified once and for all in order that you “should no longer be a slave to sin”. Gal. 2:20 said, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life, which...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Happy Resurrection Sunday! Holy week has been full of activities commemorating the days between Psalm Sunday, Good Friday and finally Resurrection Sunday or Easter. That day for Christ has been marked with joy and sadness. He rose from the grave but not before he died a cruel painful death for all of us. The Bible describes the human condition as “dead in your transgressions and sins” (Eph. 2:1), objects of God’s wrath, (Eph. 2:3) alienated from God and enemies of God in your minds (Col.1:21). The Gospel reveals that Jesus is the only wa...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Passover begins this year from April 12th to the 20th; celebrating the Israelites liberation from slavery in Egypt, as described in the Book of Exodus. Passover or “pesakh” in Hebrew is the night when God’s protective love held back death. And after this first time, Moses instructed the Israelites to observe this meal as an annual feast. It has been celebrated every year since. Should Christian find the Passover relevant to them? Yes and Yes again. Let me explain. Christ is the God-Man meaning even though Christ became fully human, He al...
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