CHRISTIANITY.

  CHRISTIAN LIVING FOR GOD - TODAY AND BEYOND.   “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost’ ” (Luke 19:10, NKJV). From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is a story of God seeking after lost humanity. Luke illustrates this truth by using three important parables found in the 15 th chapter of Luke: The lost sheep (Luke 15:4–7), The lost coin (vss. 8–10), The lost son (vss. 11–32). The mission of Jesus is a result of God’s love and grace. “Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” (Rom. 5:20, NKJV), and through this grace we find ourselves saved. Let’s look at the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin. The Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin ( Luke 15:3–10 ) are the first two in a series of three. The third is the “lost son” or the “ prodigal son .” Just as in other cases, Jesus taught these parables in a set of three to emphasize a point. In these three parables, what was the Pharisees problem with what Jesu...

Proverbs 29:25, “The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe”. The verse says that the confusion and wretchedness we have in the fear of what a person can do to us, is contrasted with the security of the one, who not only "fears" the Lord, so as to avoid offending Him, but trusts in Him as his protector and guide by faith alone. Man, on his own cannot know what is right or what is wrong.   To understand the truth of what is right and what is wrong, man must first understand and obey God’s Universal laws as found in the Bible.   Jesus Christ gave strict instructions on how man can understand the truth to gain what we need to live in this life and secure eternal life.   Jesus Christ said, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33).   Trusting God and following His commandments instead of our own wishes, needs to be our first p...

Today the trend is to live in and conduct all our personal business without using actual physical cash.   It has been reported that North Americans pay 97% of purchases today without using money.   Instead they use some sort of credit, debit or some other plastic bank card.   This was unprecedented 60 to 80 years ago.  Technology does not have to be developed to live in a society that is described in Revelation 13:16-18.  The passage is talking about a period of time where a person will have to have some type of electronic identification if they want to "buy or sell", if they want to engage in any type of economic activity.   It is in this passage that the scriptures talk about man receiving “the mark of the beast”.   The scriptural text describes man receiving some type of mark “in their right hand or in their forehead”.   What the scripture is actually talking is about how people will act during this period of time.   “I...