You Have Spent Enough Time Living Like Pagans!

“For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do.” Enough? Yes Peter says in 1Pet.4:3, “enough ungodliness!” Living in the light yet wanting to spend time in the dark is a very real and daily struggle for many believers. What’s the solution? Some say we have been redeemed by…

Speaking Freely Is Not Always a Good Thing

We live in a world today where many people feel free to speak their minds and whatever we feel at the spur of the moment. We think that whatever we perceive must be the truth and and it must be reality. How wrong we can be??!! And we can end up saying things that are…

Don’t Repay Evil With Evil

“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.” Why did Apostle Peter say to fellow Christians in 1Pet.3:9 to not repay evil with evil or insult with insult? It’s obvious isn’t it? Christians…

Do You Hear the Message of the Kingdom? Some Hear and Understand

Jesus tells us that some hear the message of the Kingdom and understand it (Mt.13:23). As mentioned in my earlier post on Mt.23:19, the Greek word here that has been translated as “understand” is “syniemi” which means to comprehend, be wise and to act piously as a good and upright person. These dear ones are…

Do You Hear the Message of the Kingdom? Some Are Overtaken By the World

Jesus warns us against two things about the world in Mt.13:22 – first, the worries of this life; second, the deceitfulness of wealth. And these are thorns to true faith in God. Whenever we think about the negative impact of the world upon us, we often think about materialism, sexual promiscuity, compromised integrity, unholy ambition,…

Do You Hear the Message of the Kingdom? Some Have No Root

Some hear the word and at once receive it with joy. They bask in their salvation, they are thankful for Jesus and what He has done. They may go to church regularly too. But Jesus said in Mt.13:20 that if these “joyful” ones have no root, they won’t last long and when the tough times…

Do You Hear the Message of the Kingdom? Some Do Not Understand

Jesus said, “When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and DOES NOT UNDERSTAND IT, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.” (Mt.13:19) The word “understand” is synieme in Greek, pronounced as sun-e-a-me. It means to comprehend, be wise and to…