*1.* “But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.” *2* “For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,…
Gethsemane’s Prayer invites the exchange between God and us. Paul encourages us to pray without expiring 1 Thessalonians 5:16 so that we may build that relationship with the Lord to know Him, trust Him, and connect with Him all the more. The teaching of ceaseless prayer has the authority of Christ Jesus right from the Gethsemane! I take Good Friday from this level of blessings. When we consider Jesus’ words in Gethsemane and later, during His trial and on the…
At this Friday, we need to raise ourselves from sleeping the sleep of death! What? Yes, the sleepers must be awake. Believers celebrate Good Friday because Jesus, in accepting the cup, saved us from death. But it could as quickly be called Bad Friday because of what had to happen to our Saviour before the joy of resurrection could occur. At the Gethsemane, the disciples, once Jesus had roused them, would, I’m sure, not have considered it good until later…
*1.* “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.” *2* “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down,…
Someone asked a question recently, what is the shortcut view on the brevity of life and marriage? Scripturally, marriage is God’s institution meant to be honourable. Our discussion on the brevity of life and marriage should be of intentional solution to challenging issues of our generation. For instance, about divorce, our view should not stem from such discourse between Marriage and Divorce. Let us give full regard to God’s mandate to believers about marriage. Nonetheless, as social spaces are changing…
With the Power of Ressurection working you believers, despair is never an option. We should ever be grateful for the reality of Jesus’ crucifixion, death, resurrection and second coming. When you reflect on all these events, for example, with the point of Jesus’ crucifixion, note that no matter how bleak it looked on that first Good Friday, the events of the following Sunday made all the difference in the disciples’ personality. The resurrection demonstrates to me as an individual that…
*1.* “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.” *2* “Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be…
Human journey does not end in the grave! Yes, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ reminds us that the grave is not our final destination. Yes, appointed to die after that, judgment should take the minds of the living to what Christ finalised on the Cross – Christ died and rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures. Here it is; in John 14:1-3, Jesus tells the disciples that He will prepare a place for them and that “I will…
Have you not heard that Renewal is available to humanity just through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ? Yes, renewal is open to anyone who comes to Jesus. 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 tells us that “in Christ shall all be made alive.” As I say, the work of Jesus Christ connects us and returns us to our trustworthy Source. Yes, not only can our sins be removed, we can be renewed in our thinking and our behaviour if we are in Christ….
*1.* “And which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.” *2* “He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal…