Blessed are the hungry-Part I

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled – Matthew 5:6 The sermon on the mount came at the very beginning of the ministry of Christ immediately after He chose His disciples. Multitudes were beginning to gather and His fame was spreading throughout all Syria as a result of the miracles He performed (Matthew 4). But the healing and deliverance services had to be put on hold as He sought to set forth in order those things which constitute the upholding principles of the kingdom of God. Considering the ‘hard sayings’ in this sermon, Jesus could have waited until after His resurrection … Continue reading

Fig-Leaf Religion

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves – Gen 3:7 I once read an article by Dr A. W. Tozer where he suggested that religion began in the garden of Eden because religion only addresses humanity’s external condition, not our internal confusion. God had spent six days creating the earth and the things in it and finally He made man in His own image and after His own likeness. The Sovereign God also planted a garden in the east of Eden and … Continue reading

The Triumphs of His Grace

So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus – Ephesians 2:7 If we look intently at Ephesians 2:7, we would see that there is a definite purpose for all that God did and is doing through out the generations. According to Philippians 2:6-9, even though Jesus is God, yet He decided to take the likeness of men and the form of a servant. He lived as a carpenter instead of the son … Continue reading