Month: August 2019

Jesus Christ wants us to be generous enough in giving to the needy. We, being godly, cannot withhold anything from the people who are in need. Today many believers are in chain; they are detained by authorities of the world; they lack facilities and they are poor for the sake of the gospel of Christ. It is our privilege to give our wealth for the spread of the gospel through a local church we are part of it. We should know for sure that our local church is biblically designed to keep the the Lord’s ordinances.

Solomon’s practical advice is our life lesson in this wrong gone world. He throws light on two essential elements of godly life: integrity and crookedness. The godly and righteous should have a sense of integrity in all dealings. People in the world should glorify Jesus by seeing this virtue in us. And it is one of the ways to preach the gospel of Christ. The world and the worldly are known for the works of the flesh which are “sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, [20] idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, [21] envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these” (Gal. 5:10-21 ESV). Paul warns that the people who are involved in these vile acts will not be part of the glorious kingdom of God. It is clear that when we are entangled by any of these ungodly and unholy dead habits, we are far away from the presence of God and we have lost our integrity in Christ.

Our Lord Jesus is worthy to be praised and honoured for eternity, because He is the centre of the gospel. The Lord Jesus is the way, the truth and the life to the world. No man gets saved from sin without Jesus Christ. Therefore, “NO JESUS, NO SALVATION” is an absolute truth and there is no second thought about this proposition.

The Psalmist assures God’s people two essential blessings: the LORD’S strength and the LORD’S peace. This statement has the future time phrases; “will give” and “will bless”. What makes the psalmist go so confident to confess such an expression in regards to ‘assertive faith’ in the Lord Jesus Christ? What drove him to declare such a genuine desire for the Lord?

Had there been no cross and bloodshed of the Lord Jesus Christ, we would have been in the kingdom of Satan and his dominion all through our life. It is His blood that has opened up a great way eternally to seek the kingdom of God. The death of Christ marked an essential purpose for the entire world so that God would be pleased with the participation of His people in worshipping Him in spirit and truth.

Paul in Acts 20:28 tells “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood” (ESV). Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the clutch hold of eternal damnation and brought to eternal life by His substitutionary death. Thus our redemption has come through Jesus’s death.