Taking Stock of Your Life

‘So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God’ ~ Romans 14:12 If the Christian life could be summarized in two words, it would be intentional living. It is not a haphazard kind of life as many think it to be. The world views Christians as those unrealistic people who look …

Cleansed to be Sent

‘As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no-one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world’ ~ John 9:4 Jesus uttered these words when He and His disciples encountered a man born blind. …

Descendants of Jesus

Jesus is ‘the firstborn over all creation’ (Colossians 1:15), and so all mankind follows after Him. However, the relation does not come by lineage, but by choice- that is why Jesus says, ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me’ (Matthew 16:24). The relation also …

Finding Your Why

A riot has broken out in Ephesus. The goddess Artemis (Diana) is facing threat due to Paul’s mission of spreading the Gospel in the City. Already, there are converts to Christianity and since Artemis cannot defend herself, a silversmith called Demetrius mobilizes craftsmen saying, ‘You see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and …

Standing in the Gap

‘He stood between the dead and the living and the plague stopped’ ~ Numbers 16:48 The distance between man and God is the deepest deep and the widest breadth. Adding rebellion and unrepentance to the chasm, the deeper and wider it gets. When Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and 250 of their followers opposed and rebelled against …

Under Vows to God

‘I am under vows to you O God; I will present my thank-offerings to you. For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling that I may walk before God in the light of life’ ~ Psalm 56:12-13 A Believer is under vows to God, a vow that must be fulfilled. That …

The Days Are Evil

‘Be careful then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil’ ~ Ephesians 5:15 Humans are governed by time, but in the spiritual realm there is only day and night. As we live in a fallen world, though there is light from …

God’s Sabbath

‘The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath’ ~ Mark 2:27 Jesus completes this statement by adding, ‘Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath’ (Mark 2:28). Of the Ten Commandments God gave to the Israelites, the fourth was; ‘Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six …

The Paradox of Power and Persecution

‘Save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God’ ~ Matthew 27:40 The crucified Christ who once said that, ‘I am the resurrection and the life’ (John 11:25), is dying on a cross. He appears powerless- mocked, insulted, beaten, disfigured, stripped, and nailed to a cross. Jesus seems powerless, and …

Crucified Christ

When Jesus Christ is mentioned, many notions form on people’s mind depending on their outlook. For some, He is the blue-eyed guy with shoulder-length hair patting a lamb, or making odd hand gestures, hanged on their walls. For others, He is a mighty prophet renowned for His miracles but is now long gone. Dead. Still, …