Reflections
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...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. In I John 2:15-16 “Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.” The “world” refers to Satan’s evil influence in this age which include three enticements: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle. Because professing Christians have not done a good job of guarding against these things; the god of secularism and uninhibited sexual idolatry appears to have won. And because of this it appears that the God of t...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. In Ezekiel 33:7-9 the Word of God says, “As for you son of man I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth give them a warning from Me. If I say to the wicked, ‘wicked one you will surely die’, but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood. But if you warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he does not turn from it, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your life.” Some of...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. In Deut. 29:2-4 the Word said, “Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them, ‘You have seen with your own eyes everything the Lord did in the land of Egypt to Pharoah and to all his servants and to his whole country all the great tests of strength, the miraculous signs, and the amazing wonders. But to this day “the Lord has not given you minds that understand, nor eyes that see, nor ears that hear.” That is a very sad statement indeed. Despite all they had experienced Israel was still spiritually blind to the significance of...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. When we see or hear evil, whether it be on TV, in the movies, in a book, in our friend’s dirty jokes or when we go to a social event like football or ice hockey, how do we respond? Do we turn away and ignore it? Do we compromise/rationalize and learn to live with it? When we see a dirty scene on TV does it make us feel dirty inside? How do we respond to evil? Have we been conditioned to what God sees as evil such as operating on little kids to change their gender or killing babies in the womb and/or until later. And let us not forget about the sin o...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. The church is a meeting place where the people of God learn about the God they serve; how to honor God in their lives and loving one another. In Exodus 34:12-17 When Moses got instructions from God for the Israelites who were in the wilderness the Word said, “Be careful never to make a treaty with the people who live in the land where you are going. If you do, you will follow their evil ways and be trapped. Instead, you must break down their pagan alters, smash the sacred pillars and cut down their Asherah poles. You must worship no other gods for t...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Have you ever heard the statement “I love Jesus but not His church.” Understandably that you should have this attitude also. The church began in the first century with the power of the Holy Spirit when He entered in the believers meeting place. In Acts 2:3-4 “Then what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability. The church was God’s idea; if it was man’s idea, we...
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