Answer: The apostle Paul answered a very similar question in Romans 6:1-2, “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?” The idea that a person could “trust in Jesus Christ” for salvation and then go on living just as he/she lived before, is absolutely foreign to the Bible. Believers in Christ are new creations (2 Corinthians 5:17). The Holy Spirit changes us from producing the acts of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21) to producing the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). The Christian life is a changed life because the Christian is changed.
What differentiates Christianity from every other religion is that Christianity is based on what God has done for us through Jesus Christ—divine accomplishment. Every other world religion is based on what we must do to earn God's favor and forgiveness—human achievement. Every other religion teaches that we must do certain things and stop doing certain other things in order to earn God's love and mercy. Christianity, faith in Christ, teaches that we do certain things and stop doing certain things because of what Christ has done for us.
How could anyone, having been delivered from sin's penalty, eternity in hell, go back to living the same life that had him on the path to hell in the first place? How could anyone, having been cleansed from the defilement of sin, desire to go back to the same cesspool of depravity? How could anyone, knowing what Jesus Christ did on our behalf, go on living as if He were not important? How could anyone, realizing how much Christ suffered for our sins, continue sinning as if those sufferings were meaningless?
Romans 6:11-15 declares, “In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!”
For the truly converted, then, continuing to live sinfully is not an option. Because our conversion resulted in a completely new nature, our desire is to no longer live in sin. Yes, we still sin, but instead of wallowing in it as we once did, we now hate it and wish to be delivered from it. The idea of “taking advantage” of Christ’s sacrifice on our behalf by continuing to live sinfully is unthinkable. If a person believes himself to be a Christian and still desires to live the old, sinful life, he has reason to doubt his salvation. “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?” (2 Corinthians 13:5).
"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, There is FREEDOM"..
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
God did not highly emphasized on force & intimidation of tithes but Heartfelt giving
It is no longer needed or it is false to say you are curse when you don't tithe because Jesus paid all your sins the moment you accepted HIM and most of all, the old testament is teaching has many obsolete ways and one example is the prohibition of eating pork but why many christian now are the number one pork eaters? Jesus death on the cross would mean nothing if you are still under curse just simply because you don't tithe. This is absolute nonsense and money making schemes and worst than a swindler. What a shame.
Hopefully this set of web pages will assist you in understanding the
topic of tithing. Help you realize it is not necessary to tithe upon
ones income to please God.
For readers not familiar with the term 'tithing', as it is used in
Christian teaching, it means:
The practice of giving one tenth (a tithe) of ones income
(net or gross) to a church organisation based upon the
understanding that this is a biblical teaching applicable
to Christians.
A number of churches today require or encourage their members to
tithe on their financial increase. Depending on the church the
tithing practice may be to calculate the tithe based on either
pre-tax or after-tax income.
Whatever method of derivation is actually decreed the resulting
value of peoples tithe is usually significant. So it is easy to
perceive the monetary benefits a church may receive from the
continued support of this practice. Tithing enables buildings to
be financed, vehicles to be provided, ministers salaries to be
paid and other special projects to be funded.
This Old Covenant law can carry many benefits for a Christian church
and can be very effective in loosening the pockets of patrons.
Those members of churches, which are persuaded to provide a regular
payment of a tenth of their financial increase, are often kept under
this teaching through the mechanism of guilt. Such church citizens
are told that this portion of their increase is "holy" or that it
is the "Lord's" (referring to Leviticus 27:30). That one is stealing
from God (quoting Malachi 3:8) if one fails to forward it to their
church hierarchy - so that it may be used for the purposes of church
support and growth.
These days is has become common for literal Old Covenant teaching
to be quoted over the pulpit without any form of alteration. The
essential nature of the difference between the Old and New Covenants
is often not adequately emphasized and highlighted. Therefore these
denominations seem to act as if it is perfectly acceptable for them
to dip into the Old Covenant Law and select, unaltered, what aspects
they may desire to apply.
A further concern is that often the full complexity and workings of
the Old Covenant Levitical and priesthood financial support systems
are not fully explained to the congregations. The detailed mechanisms
underlying this ancient Israelite system are often poorly understood
even by the ministry.
The current reality is that tithing in the
short and long term can place considerable
strain on the lives of church goers. The
Minister's promises of monetary blessings
do not always materialise and great
difficulty can be encountered in financing
the family home and meeting family needs.
For new Christians initial blessings may often seem to confirm for
them the need to regularly pay tithes. However, God does frequently
encourage and support new Christians, so while these may initially
feel assured of the need to contribute a tenth, they should also
consider that many older Christians have stories of years of tight
finances and missed opportunities under the yoke of this teaching.
A further detrimental effect of this teaching is that it can have a
significant deterrent effect on potential new members. It also gives
credibility to claims by non-believers that Christian churches are
really just after people's money.
Appearances and financial issues aside, churches are required by God
to justly discern the spirit of the New Testament and teach his
children truthfully.
With this approach in mind we will explore an understanding which
will enable many to perceive a more balanced God. A God which is not
pleased with sacrifice, but rather desires us to value wisdom and act
with concern toward one another.
Hopefully this set of web pages will assist you in understanding the
topic of tithing. Help you realize it is not necessary to tithe upon
ones income to please God.
For readers not familiar with the term 'tithing', as it is used in
Christian teaching, it means:
The practice of giving one tenth (a tithe) of ones income
(net or gross) to a church organisation based upon the
understanding that this is a biblical teaching applicable
to Christians.
A number of churches today require or encourage their members to
tithe on their financial increase. Depending on the church the
tithing practice may be to calculate the tithe based on either
pre-tax or after-tax income.
Whatever method of derivation is actually decreed the resulting
value of peoples tithe is usually significant. So it is easy to
perceive the monetary benefits a church may receive from the
continued support of this practice. Tithing enables buildings to
be financed, vehicles to be provided, ministers salaries to be
paid and other special projects to be funded.
This Old Covenant law can carry many benefits for a Christian church
and can be very effective in loosening the pockets of patrons.
Those members of churches, which are persuaded to provide a regular
payment of a tenth of their financial increase, are often kept under
this teaching through the mechanism of guilt. Such church citizens
are told that this portion of their increase is "holy" or that it
is the "Lord's" (referring to Leviticus 27:30). That one is stealing
from God (quoting Malachi 3:8) if one fails to forward it to their
church hierarchy - so that it may be used for the purposes of church
support and growth.
These days is has become common for literal Old Covenant teaching
to be quoted over the pulpit without any form of alteration. The
essential nature of the difference between the Old and New Covenants
is often not adequately emphasized and highlighted. Therefore these
denominations seem to act as if it is perfectly acceptable for them
to dip into the Old Covenant Law and select, unaltered, what aspects
they may desire to apply.
A further concern is that often the full complexity and workings of
the Old Covenant Levitical and priesthood financial support systems
are not fully explained to the congregations. The detailed mechanisms
underlying this ancient Israelite system are often poorly understood
even by the ministry.
The current reality is that tithing in the
short and long term can place considerable
strain on the lives of church goers. The
Minister's promises of monetary blessings
do not always materialise and great
difficulty can be encountered in financing
the family home and meeting family needs.
For new Christians initial blessings may often seem to confirm for
them the need to regularly pay tithes. However, God does frequently
encourage and support new Christians, so while these may initially
feel assured of the need to contribute a tenth, they should also
consider that many older Christians have stories of years of tight
finances and missed opportunities under the yoke of this teaching.
A further detrimental effect of this teaching is that it can have a
significant deterrent effect on potential new members. It also gives
credibility to claims by non-believers that Christian churches are
really just after people's money.
Appearances and financial issues aside, churches are required by God
to justly discern the spirit of the New Testament and teach his
children truthfully.
With this approach in mind we will explore an understanding which
will enable many to perceive a more balanced God. A God which is not
pleased with sacrifice, but rather desires us to value wisdom and act
with concern toward one another.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
We live by GRACE only and nothing more..
What is meant by the grace of God?
When we speak of God's grace, we mean all the good gifts we enjoy freely in life. There are so many. We could spend a lifetime celebrating them: blackberries, buttercups, moonlight, salamanders, etc. A more summary approach is to affirm that life itself is the fundamental gift, with all its delights. For us, the gift of life includes the wondrous gift of being human, finding ourselves plopped down in the midst of the larger gift of creation. That is the bedrock of grace—creation, life, human being. As humans, we are given a unique place in the created order. The creation stories in Genesis are ways of celebrating this original grace. In the stories, God pronounces all creation, including humankind, very good, that is, full of grace.
We also use the word grace to mean the secondary gifts we perceive in the skill and intelligence of creatures. The gospel says the boy Jesus grew in grace and favor, meaning he began to exhibit his unique personality and potential to contribute to his community. We speak of the beauty of a lion or a dancer, saying they exude an animal grace, discerned in the vitality and fluidity of their movement. When we use the word graceful to describe a creature, it's because the creature is being expressive of its God-given self.
There is another way of speaking about grace that is more about redemption than about creation. Whereas God pronounced original grace, the other side of the story is when we head off on our own, ignoring the Giver. This headstrong straying we have called original sin, meaning our freedom to choose the not so good, to turn aside from original grace. Ironically, this freedom is itself the most unique grace given humankind by God, the capacity to choose our own way, which must necessarily entail the possibility of choosing poorly. Because we have not always chosen the most graceful path, we have ended up in some miserable, blind alleys along the way. When we grasp our predicament and call for the help we had previously spurned, amazing grace comes to the rescue.
As in the beloved old hymn, the amazing kind of grace is God's gift of redemption, the grace which prompts us to repent, causing us to think again when we find ourselves in a bad way, and which prompts us to return, putting us back on a more godly path. This turning and returning we call conversion. As another simple hymn says, conversion is turning, turning, til we come round right. When we forget grace and our need of it, amazing grace prompts our memory and then upholds our will, our intention to right our lives, to make amends. The process of continual conversion is the grace most associated with the Holy Spirit. It is also called sanctifying grace. The action of this kind of grace is summarized as repentance, confession, and amendment of life. We rely on grace to make us whole, personally and communally, over time.
Redemptive grace is focused most clearly in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, whom Christians call Christ, meaning the one chosen to deliver this particular grace. We might refer to Jesus as Grace himself, as Grace in the flesh, as Grace walking around. The grace of Christ can inspire us in such a transformative way as to change our awareness of ourselves, of our potential as human beings and as humankind, and our awareness of God's gracious purpose for us and through us for all creation. It is this changed awareness which recognizes a still more specialized form of grace—the grace made available to all who choose to serve God's hope for all in Christ. This is the grace which makes us disciples and is available as spiritual power for goodness' sake. Jesus exhibited this kind of power and challenged us to do the same.
The spiritual power demonstrated by Jesus, and the saints who have sought to imitate his cooperation with God, is the energy which continues to heal the world, to bring it into more and more wholeness. This specialized grace is available to any who want to offer themselves in gratitude, to enlist in God's vision for humankind and to discover our proper place in creation as we serve. This is the grace that makes us into earth stewards for Christ's sake. This grace is the assistance given us when we choose to become the people that God means us to be, giving ourselves over to whatever goodness we are meant to create, to redeem, to sustain. This kind of grace comes with the breathtaking awareness that we are participating in the very life of God, and it's awesome good!
When we speak of God's grace, we mean all the good gifts we enjoy freely in life. There are so many. We could spend a lifetime celebrating them: blackberries, buttercups, moonlight, salamanders, etc. A more summary approach is to affirm that life itself is the fundamental gift, with all its delights. For us, the gift of life includes the wondrous gift of being human, finding ourselves plopped down in the midst of the larger gift of creation. That is the bedrock of grace—creation, life, human being. As humans, we are given a unique place in the created order. The creation stories in Genesis are ways of celebrating this original grace. In the stories, God pronounces all creation, including humankind, very good, that is, full of grace.
We also use the word grace to mean the secondary gifts we perceive in the skill and intelligence of creatures. The gospel says the boy Jesus grew in grace and favor, meaning he began to exhibit his unique personality and potential to contribute to his community. We speak of the beauty of a lion or a dancer, saying they exude an animal grace, discerned in the vitality and fluidity of their movement. When we use the word graceful to describe a creature, it's because the creature is being expressive of its God-given self.
There is another way of speaking about grace that is more about redemption than about creation. Whereas God pronounced original grace, the other side of the story is when we head off on our own, ignoring the Giver. This headstrong straying we have called original sin, meaning our freedom to choose the not so good, to turn aside from original grace. Ironically, this freedom is itself the most unique grace given humankind by God, the capacity to choose our own way, which must necessarily entail the possibility of choosing poorly. Because we have not always chosen the most graceful path, we have ended up in some miserable, blind alleys along the way. When we grasp our predicament and call for the help we had previously spurned, amazing grace comes to the rescue.
As in the beloved old hymn, the amazing kind of grace is God's gift of redemption, the grace which prompts us to repent, causing us to think again when we find ourselves in a bad way, and which prompts us to return, putting us back on a more godly path. This turning and returning we call conversion. As another simple hymn says, conversion is turning, turning, til we come round right. When we forget grace and our need of it, amazing grace prompts our memory and then upholds our will, our intention to right our lives, to make amends. The process of continual conversion is the grace most associated with the Holy Spirit. It is also called sanctifying grace. The action of this kind of grace is summarized as repentance, confession, and amendment of life. We rely on grace to make us whole, personally and communally, over time.
Redemptive grace is focused most clearly in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, whom Christians call Christ, meaning the one chosen to deliver this particular grace. We might refer to Jesus as Grace himself, as Grace in the flesh, as Grace walking around. The grace of Christ can inspire us in such a transformative way as to change our awareness of ourselves, of our potential as human beings and as humankind, and our awareness of God's gracious purpose for us and through us for all creation. It is this changed awareness which recognizes a still more specialized form of grace—the grace made available to all who choose to serve God's hope for all in Christ. This is the grace which makes us disciples and is available as spiritual power for goodness' sake. Jesus exhibited this kind of power and challenged us to do the same.
The spiritual power demonstrated by Jesus, and the saints who have sought to imitate his cooperation with God, is the energy which continues to heal the world, to bring it into more and more wholeness. This specialized grace is available to any who want to offer themselves in gratitude, to enlist in God's vision for humankind and to discover our proper place in creation as we serve. This is the grace that makes us into earth stewards for Christ's sake. This grace is the assistance given us when we choose to become the people that God means us to be, giving ourselves over to whatever goodness we are meant to create, to redeem, to sustain. This kind of grace comes with the breathtaking awareness that we are participating in the very life of God, and it's awesome good!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
MARVELOUS GRACE
What is there in us that attracts the marvelous grace, mercy and pardon of
our
Savior? Is it some kind of beauty, goodness, or strength? Is it some kind of
potential in us?
No! It is our great need and utter helplessness that attracts his grace. It
is
our weakness that attracts his strength. Our helpless condition is
exemplified
by the palsied man in Mark, chapter two: "And they came unto him, bringing
one
sick of the palsy..." (Mark 2:3).
Here is a picture of absolute helplessness, a man without one iota of
strength
or power. He cannot even bring himself to Christ. Look again at that
trembling,
weak, helpless creature-a prisoner to his own bed. That is you and me before
we knew anything of Christ's power.
Jesus stood before this helpless man, let down to him through the roof, and
did
not even mention his physical condition. The Lord chose to bring him into
the
Father's presence clean and cleared. He would be accepted before he was
healed.
"When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy
sins
be forgiven thee" (Mark 2:5).
What a beautiful picture of the love of God in Christ Jesus! Here is a
helpless
man, too overwhelmed by his infirmity to even whimper. He cannot even muster
a
weak confession.
"We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:10). The
Pharisee, with all his good works, his boasting, never did attract the grace
of
the Lord. It is not of works, lest any man should boast.
Show me the child of God who struggles against a hated besetting sin, one
who
is crushed beneath a load of guilt and despair, one who feels helpless and
weak-and I will show you the one who is the object of abundant grace. Where
sin abounds, grace abounds much more (see Romans 5:20).
When you have repented, stand by faith on the finished work of the cross!
Through faith in him, your sins are under the blood. You now live on the
other
side of the veil, seated with Christ in heavenly places, accepted in the
beloved, one with Christ and the Father! God's wrath against your sin has
been
satisfied. You are now more than a conqueror, living and moving in the
Spirit.
You are filled with the fullness of Christ with power to meet everything
having
to do with life and godliness. You are the apple of his eye, renewed in your
mind, and made an heir to all that belongs to Christ the Lord!
our
Savior? Is it some kind of beauty, goodness, or strength? Is it some kind of
potential in us?
No! It is our great need and utter helplessness that attracts his grace. It
is
our weakness that attracts his strength. Our helpless condition is
exemplified
by the palsied man in Mark, chapter two: "And they came unto him, bringing
one
sick of the palsy..." (Mark 2:3).
Here is a picture of absolute helplessness, a man without one iota of
strength
or power. He cannot even bring himself to Christ. Look again at that
trembling,
weak, helpless creature-a prisoner to his own bed. That is you and me before
we knew anything of Christ's power.
Jesus stood before this helpless man, let down to him through the roof, and
did
not even mention his physical condition. The Lord chose to bring him into
the
Father's presence clean and cleared. He would be accepted before he was
healed.
"When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy
sins
be forgiven thee" (Mark 2:5).
What a beautiful picture of the love of God in Christ Jesus! Here is a
helpless
man, too overwhelmed by his infirmity to even whimper. He cannot even muster
a
weak confession.
"We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:10). The
Pharisee, with all his good works, his boasting, never did attract the grace
of
the Lord. It is not of works, lest any man should boast.
Show me the child of God who struggles against a hated besetting sin, one
who
is crushed beneath a load of guilt and despair, one who feels helpless and
weak-and I will show you the one who is the object of abundant grace. Where
sin abounds, grace abounds much more (see Romans 5:20).
When you have repented, stand by faith on the finished work of the cross!
Through faith in him, your sins are under the blood. You now live on the
other
side of the veil, seated with Christ in heavenly places, accepted in the
beloved, one with Christ and the Father! God's wrath against your sin has
been
satisfied. You are now more than a conqueror, living and moving in the
Spirit.
You are filled with the fullness of Christ with power to meet everything
having
to do with life and godliness. You are the apple of his eye, renewed in your
mind, and made an heir to all that belongs to Christ the Lord!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
The Devil wants to Steal your peace, Joy and everthing and most of the time he uses People to destroy you so be ALERT!
Whenever you are going through trials in your life praise God regardless how you feel.The devil is a spirit and God is a Spirit. They are both watching you. The worst thing you could do is allow fear in your heart to the point that you start talking negative towards your situation.The devil is after your faith in God because He knows faith pleases God Hebrews 11 v6 without faith it is impossible to please God. He doesn't want us to obey God's word. Resit the devil and he will flee from you. Give thanks to Him and praise His name psalm 100 Vs 4 when you start talking negative against God you are doing exactly what the devil wants you to do and you are hurting yourself and the devil is also using you to make a mockery of God too. Don't try to figure out what's going on in your life trust God. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your path straight Proverbs 3 vs 6 .The tongue has the power of life and death and those who love it will eat its fruit Proverbs 18vs 21. Speak the word of God over your situation and find a scriptures that pertains to your situation and stand on it. Speak it out loud on a daily basis no matter what it looks like in the natural. Please don't say it's hard for you to do . Philippians 4 vs 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. The devil is already defeated 2000 years ago when Jesus died on the cross for our sins and arise from the dead. He is at the right Hand of God cheering for us right now. my brothers and sisters in the Lord you have to understand when a teacher is giving you an exam the teacher never talk during the exam. It's the same thing with God too. If you look at the story of job when the devil ask God permission to take everything away from Job. During that time God stay silent while Job went through His trials .Job never said anything negative about God. He had family and friends who told him to curse God but yet Job never said anything negative about God. please go and read the story of Job in the bible for yourself . God knew that he could trust Job no matter what Job would never stop believing in God's word.At the end Job passed the test. When you are going through a trial in your life the devil put fear in you and you cannot think straight. Fear is False- Evidence- Appear- Real when you spell out the word fear that's exactly what it is. Even if you are feeling afraid speak out the word of God out loud regardless how you feel. The devil cannot see what's in your heart but he can hear what's coming out of your mouth and see your reactions towards your situations. No matter what you are going through in life always put a smile on your face say all is well with you. The joy of the Lord is your strength Nehemiah 8vs10 you have to understand not everyone in your life who really wants what's best for you. There are people in your life who really don't want you to be bless Spiritually financially at all. They want you to stay where they are and not go up or grow spiritually or to be bless by the Lord. Some people when they call you and ask you how you are doing they are not really concern about you at all. They just want to see how bad you are doing. It's a spirit of Jealousy and the devil is behind it all. You have to understand that Judas was one of Jesus disciples and the devil uses him to betrayed Jesus.We have to be careful to guard our heart. Proverb 4vs 23 Above all else guard your heart. We are responsible to guard our hearts. The next thing for you to do is to find Christians who are filled with the Holy Spirit. who are strong in the Lord who's going to uplift you in the Lord. Who is going to encourage you by speaking the word of God in your life. We are who we hang out with. don't hang around with people who's so negative to the point that they drained the life out of you. If you are not affecting someone's life in a positive way and that person is affecting you in a negative way it's time for you to keep your distance from that person. Rather be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell Matthew 10 vs 28.There are people the devil uses to bring you down it doesn't matter it could be family members friends co-workers he is a spirit. He hates God and hates God's people. We need to open our Spiritual eyes in here not many people can go with you where God is taking you. Abraham had to separated himself from His nephew lot because He couldn't go with him where God was taking him. you can read the story for yourself Genesis 13. God has a plan for your life and you cannot people with you where God is taking you. There are people who are hindrance in your life and need to let them go they are keeping you from moving to the next level in God. You have to understand the closer you are getting to your destiny the more the devil will attack you.Moses was called the friend of God.And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." Gen. 5:24 .We need to keep our peace it doesn't matter what we are facing in our life.The peace Jesus is talking about in here is when you are going through trials of life. you keep the peace of God in your heart no matter what the devil throws at you # 1 you praise God for the Victory . # 2 you keep the peace of God in your heart. # 3 ) you keep joy in your heart. when you rooted in the word of God nothing will move you. That's a signs of maturity in the Lord. you also keep the focus off the situation by serving God when you serve others in different ways by encouraging someone else pray for your brothers and sisters whatever God places in your heart for you to do just obey God.Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the way law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not whither. Whatever he does prospers Psalm 1 vs 1, 2, 3 peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. john 14 vs 27 God bless you all.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Trials & Weaknesses or If you cannot get what you desire most is One perfect way how God will make you Humble & Patient person
Life is always a test because God is molding you to become more patient & humble; hence, its always an easy way to be proud if you have everything but if you possessed weaknesses such as you cannot reach what you want then that's one way to make you humble & patient to wait for God..That is what Happened to St Paul when He said that God allowed weaknesses in his life to keep him from becoming proud but don't you know God can make a weak person shame the powerful? The answer is YES.. Why? Because God is not limited to our limitation; hence, God loves to display His power to weak people just like when Jesus made the weak blind man see and all the people who heard it were so amazed.
Saint Paul admitted in His letter in the bible that He cried out three times to God to removed the the sufferings he was facing but God said NO because it is the Grace of God which is sufficient enough for us to conquer any sort or kinds of sufferings and trials or why you cannot get all the things you desire in life such as:" Unsuccessful Marriage or divorce; Financial Problems; Physically handicap; Joblessness; Barren womb; death of your love ones in the family and among others; etc..
But wait! before you get frustrated, you must realized that whatever problems you face in life, God allowed it for a purpose to make you a better person and that God will used you mightily beyond what you can imagine. And one Great example is the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. Don't you ever think that Christ crucifixion does not make sense at all as it was very painful and shameful experienced Jesus Christ has to suffer until HE died naked on the cross of calvary?
What do you think is the reason why God the father allowed such thing to happened to His one and only Son Jesus Christ?
The answer is Because of His great Love for you and me. It is the only way to let us be redeemed and become saved from the fires of hell that has already prepared by God for the devil and his children. God knew before the creation of the world the you, me and all humanity is destined to go to hell because no one can saved us except the blood of Jesus which must be shed in order to pay all our sins.
Therefore, I want to conclude that you must not be discouraged if you are a victim of divorce, broken relationships; Financial Limitation and all sort of problems which cannot be imagined anymore because God allows it for a reason only He is the only Person who knows why.
Do you want to know why? Because He has plans to make you great one day just like Abraham & Sarah in the bible history. Abraham & Sarah prayed to have a child but they are already very old and Sarah's womb was barren so Abraham felt so down as there is no longer reason to hope for yet Abraham kept His faith that One day God will answer his prayer.
As a result, Sarah gave birth to Isaac at age more than hundred and God made Abraham the father of all nation and His children was as many as the number of stars in the sky.. Now let me challenge you, Do you now believe that what God did to Abraham can also happened to you? The answer is just persevere and wait on God even though there is no more reason to believe because God knew and sees what is in your heart; and, one day HE will grant the desires of your heart the least you expect of it
Saint Paul admitted in His letter in the bible that He cried out three times to God to removed the the sufferings he was facing but God said NO because it is the Grace of God which is sufficient enough for us to conquer any sort or kinds of sufferings and trials or why you cannot get all the things you desire in life such as:" Unsuccessful Marriage or divorce; Financial Problems; Physically handicap; Joblessness; Barren womb; death of your love ones in the family and among others; etc..
But wait! before you get frustrated, you must realized that whatever problems you face in life, God allowed it for a purpose to make you a better person and that God will used you mightily beyond what you can imagine. And one Great example is the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. Don't you ever think that Christ crucifixion does not make sense at all as it was very painful and shameful experienced Jesus Christ has to suffer until HE died naked on the cross of calvary?
What do you think is the reason why God the father allowed such thing to happened to His one and only Son Jesus Christ?
The answer is Because of His great Love for you and me. It is the only way to let us be redeemed and become saved from the fires of hell that has already prepared by God for the devil and his children. God knew before the creation of the world the you, me and all humanity is destined to go to hell because no one can saved us except the blood of Jesus which must be shed in order to pay all our sins.
Therefore, I want to conclude that you must not be discouraged if you are a victim of divorce, broken relationships; Financial Limitation and all sort of problems which cannot be imagined anymore because God allows it for a reason only He is the only Person who knows why.
Do you want to know why? Because He has plans to make you great one day just like Abraham & Sarah in the bible history. Abraham & Sarah prayed to have a child but they are already very old and Sarah's womb was barren so Abraham felt so down as there is no longer reason to hope for yet Abraham kept His faith that One day God will answer his prayer.
As a result, Sarah gave birth to Isaac at age more than hundred and God made Abraham the father of all nation and His children was as many as the number of stars in the sky.. Now let me challenge you, Do you now believe that what God did to Abraham can also happened to you? The answer is just persevere and wait on God even though there is no more reason to believe because God knew and sees what is in your heart; and, one day HE will grant the desires of your heart the least you expect of it
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