How the Gospel can free you from Hate.

God’s love is all encompassing that it can change our hearts from bitterness to love. When we fully embrace the love that God has for all of humanity it can free us from demanding that we get our way all the time, and it puts others first. People want to be loved, and there is nothing greater to know that God loves you and He accepts you as you are. How we experience this love is through faith in Jesus Christ. He was put to death by angry sinners because they had never seen unconditional love the way Jesus lived his life. The society that Jesus lived in was one of rules and religious law and Jesus broke almost every tradition that the religious Jews were accustomed to.

He ate with sinners, broke ceremonial laws in regards to washing hands before they ate, taught it was more important to honour your mother and father than keeping rules about traditional giving and other traditions from the law. He set a lady free from the punishment of death after she was caught in the act of adultery by her community, and healed a person on the sabbath day when it was considered an act of work, when no work was to be done. Because of this many people doubted Jesus’ claim to be the Messiah because surely the Messiah wouldn’t have acted in this way.

But Jesus was there to set up a new way of doing things called the new covenant. He eventually removed the barrier between Jew and Greek, and through his death and resurrection became the Lord of both the Jew and Gentile. Nearly, over 2000 years have passed and Christians are no longer waiting the first coming of the Messiah but we are awaiting for his second coming. Before Jesus comes again, God is giving people a chance to repent because when Jesus comes back again he is not coming back to save people, but to bring the final judgment to this world. He is not coming back to this earth alone, but is bringing with him armies of saints and holy angels, so if you are not prepared for that Day, I encourage you to put your faith in Jesus now! He loves you and desires to be your friend, not your Judge. You must make a free choice for Jesus now. This is Mike.

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On Christian Marriage. (Short)

On Christian Marriage. (Short) The modern co-habitation crisis has produced a lot of single moms and dads, and has fractured "family units" allowing other family members and relatives to take a bigger role in these "Separated families." There isn't a "one cause" why families have separated or divorced, it is a complicated issue, sometimes resulting in very hard emotions for Society to process. Things like the "millennial sexual revolution" have contributed to the widespread "non-committal" attitude, which in turn has given the traditional marriage the "black eye" it currently has and has turned many Christian men away from seeking a life partner. The more society devalues "traditional marriage" the more co-habitation you will see in all the other generations as well as the Millennials. This is Mike.

Why Christians must show Mutual Concern for One another.

Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life. Psalm 142:4. Christians in the church should have mutual concern for one another, this is what it means to be part of the body of Christ, 1 Corinthians 12:25. It’s takes good pastoral leadership to foster this sense of concern, and where it is missing, individuals who are suffering in the church are overlooked and not supported. Every believer needs support and encouragement, but when this is missing, the church divides and loses it power and testimony. Christians live like the world, and become vulnerable to Satan’s attacks when nobody is supporting them outside the church. I used to belong to an evangelical church which had great leadership, and something called small groups. This church felt like a family and I had people who shared my Christian walk with me when I was not in the church building. I have been attending a different denomination that doesn’t hav...

The Existence of God

Since the beginning of time, man has learned about the existence of God. It began in the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve walked and talked with God, however when they sinned, they died spiritually and their closeness with God was severed. In Genesis 4:26 it reads “Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD.” Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve, so it’s fair to say that not too long after mankind fell, we also called upon the Lord. From that time until now, mankind was closer to God then, but it’s a modern shift that the world is in the state it is in now, mainly unbelief, because even 30 years ago from now, mankind was closer to God. It is also true that in ancient Israel’s history, there have been generations that fell away and forgot God, but in the time of the prophets Israel was never left without a word from the Lord. Many generations have come and gone, but there have been remarkable generations all thr...

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