The Forbearance of God in Execution of Judgement
One most important but extremely missing ingredient of Love is forbearance or long-suffering.
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Is the God of the Old Testament Different from the God of the New Testament?
In the Old Testament, we saw a fierce and gruesome dealing from God towards what men felt were petty mishaps. We first saw a fervent display of God’s righteous standard with the death of Aaron’s sons. Fire came down from Heaven to destroy them for putting strange fire on God’s altar. Also, Aaron was forewarned
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The Judgement of God upon Jesus: Zechariah 3 Explained
The second death which faces mankind brings fear, dread and torment to him all of his lifetime. This was the death Jesus took for us. When he hung there on the cross, it wasn’t the anguish of the physical torment, although he felt everything that we could possibly feel; and it wasn’t the separation from
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Understanding the Judgement of God II
There is a relationship between the throne, the covenant, and the judgment of God that runs through these Psalms. The King is not separated from judgment, neither is judgment separated from righteousness. The throne is established upon righteousness and judgment, and from that throne God executes justice, remembers His covenant, delivers the oppressed, destroys the […]
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Suffering as Evidence of God’s Righteous Judgment: Being Counted Worthy of His Kingdom
God has already laid a judgement on how to be worthy in His Kingdom.
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Understanding the Judgement of God
The Wrath of God The Holiness of God Before we can understand God’s brutal judgement against sin, we ought to understand the Holiness of God. To be holy is to be set apart, consecrated and be unique. God is in His own class called the God class. Imagine you were all-Powerful, all-Knowing, All-Sufficient, Immortal and […]
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How Were People of the Old Testament Saved?
Since we are all in the same age, the same standard of Righteousness is required of us all.
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Righteousness: the Operating System of God’s Kingdom
You cannot say you are righteous when you do not bear any fruits of righteousness
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Speaking the Truth in Love
There is a difference between speaking the truth in love and loving to speak the truth.
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Truth: the Eternal Reality of Outcomes
Truth is the established law of reality whose foundations are eternal.
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Unjust Mercy: How One Forsakes their own Mercy
In how to obtain mercy, we found out that confession of sins qualifies one to receive mercy. In confessing, you acknowledge to the witness of the Holy Spirit that what you did was wrong. Christ then takes you out of sin and takes sin out of you. Sin makes one a candidate for judgement. However,
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Mercy: How to Obtain Mercy at the Throne of Grace
God sits on the Mercy Seat on His Throne of Grace that is established on Truth, having Righteousness and Justice as the foundation of His Throne. Mercy is the overarching theme of the entire Scriptures, captured in the Hebrew word chesed. It means lovingkindness, covenanted love, mercy, grace, goodness, kindness, favour and faithfulness. Thus, when
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Mercy and Truth, Righteousness and Justice!
In my studies of the book of Psalms, I discovered a collocation. I saw mercy and truth together. Whenever I saw righteousness in certain contexts, I simply knew justice was lurking somewhere behind. I’ve studied Scriptures meticulously enough to know that nothing in the Bible is ever by accident or coincidence. Even the details we […]
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Material Prosperity in the World of Moral Poverty
It’s not rocket science to ascertain the moral poverty in our society and in the entirety of human history. Whenever we made progress as a people in a civilization, it increased the possibility of ruining it all in a grandeuse manner. We take one step forward and three steps backwards. Even a simple blessing like
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Kingdom Key for Divine Prosperity
Psalm 34:12 GNTWould you like to enjoy life? Do you want long life and happiness? Do you? Well, David, who was very prosperous and materially rich, tells us how to have and enjoy divine prosperity all your life practically. Psalms 34:8-10 NKJV[8] Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man
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Deliver Us from Poverty
When Jesus made a profound statement that the poor will always be among us, He was reiterating an idea God had already established in Deuteronomy 15:11. It’s a fallen world, and the law of diminishing returns has the capacity to leave many things impoverished. Lack of money is the lowest form of poverty called material
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The Bible on Birthdays – by Chiamaka Okafor
I have celebrated birthdays since I knew I could age. Not once had it ever come to my mind that something as jolly as birthdays could or could not be Biblical. Now I find myself asking, “is the Bible against birthdays?” Today, let’s take a look at the Bible and see if it has anything
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Exposing the Decadence of Poverty
Poverty is the lack of any good thing, the depravity to not attain it and the ignorance not to detect your need for it. Ignorance itself is a lack of knowledge, a form of poverty. Poverty takes many forms. Personally, the worst form of it is having something good in abundance and not benefitting or
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Inferiority Complex: the Silent Killer of Destinies
A lot of people live a mediocre life, not because they aim high and miss but because they aim low and hit. Whereas the Main Character Syndrome is a noisy disease, inferiority complex is like the other extreme that destroys more people than we think. Pride is a garment that easily looks ugly on anyone
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Main Character Syndrome
God did not use Joseph until he died to the main character syndrome.
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Consecration: Set Yourself Apart Unto
Consecration is not only what you set yourself apart from. If you ‘set yourself apart from’ but do not ‘set yourself apart unto’, it amounts to nothing. It’s the purpose of ‘setting ourselves apart to’ that makes ‘setting ourselves apart from’ meaningful. If this purpose is missing, it can rather lead to sin-consciousness. Living on
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