Acts 26:14 ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ ‘Kicking against the goad’ is a very common Greek idiomatic expression of a ‘rebellious ruinous resistance’. It is a figurative phrase to describe ‘self-destructive stubbornness’. Goad is a slender stick/timber that is sharp at one end...
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04 May 2022 – Difficult Questions – Part 5
Mark 16:15 “But what about you?” He asked. “Who do you say I am?” Almost at the end of His three years ministry, Jesus asked His disciples a very succinct question, “Who do you say I am?”. The disciples first discussed the reports of the common people who followed Jesus for a touch and His teachings....
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03 May 2022 – Difficult Questions – Part 4
Matthew 6:27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? The statistics collated by ‘Statista’, in 2022 on “most worrying topics worldwide” listed “the pandemic” as the number one worry followed by unemployment, poverty and social inequality. The survey revealed a shocking results that almost 86% of the people...
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02 May 2022 – Difficult Questions – Part 3
Luke 1:34 “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The announcement to Mary could not be elucidated scientifically or logically. She could not justify her miracle socially as she was a virgin. She did not have the essential components to produce a baby. Yet, Mary believed that the God...
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01 May 2022 – Difficult Questions – Part 2
John 6:5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” Philip must have been the mathematician among the disciples. Jesus imposed the question to test him. Philip did a quick mental calculation and said, “It would take more...
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30 April 2022 – Difficult Questions – Part 1
John 18:38 Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no fault in Him at all”. One of the frequently asked difficult questions is “what is truth?” Most times before the question is answered people move on...
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29 April 2022 – Heavenly Minded – Part 7
1 Timothy 4:8a The victor’s crown of righteousness is now waiting for me. The triumphs of the heavenly minded transform into divine trophies. Troubles, traumas, trials, treachery and tortures on this earth turn into trophies. Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, was a Jewish Lutheran Romanian minister who was imprisoned and tortured for more than 14 years by...
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28 April 2022 – Heavenly Minded – Part 6
Revelation 19:10b “Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”. The heavenly minded understand the essence of “testimonies”. Testimonies are not detailing the record of a miracle that we have experienced or accentuating our perseverant prayers, purity or piety. Testimonies testify the power and potent of Jesus. It does not talk...
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27 April 2022 – Heavenly Minded – Part 5
Proverbs 8:18 Riches and honor are with me, Enduring riches and righteousness. The heavenly minded store enduring riches and righteousness in the vault in heaven, not on earth. Money is not evil, only the greed of money is. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:10). It is...
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26 April 2022 – Heavenly Minded – Part 4
Romans 12:7-8 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others,...