The world has its own set of rules. The world puts its own pies in the sky. Everything looks so good, something to strive after, but when you look what’s behind it all, there is only death, no hope. Paul is so grateful that he had found the truth. He is overjoyed that sin no […]
Read moreCentral to the Reformed theology is Sola Gratia: We are saved through the grace of God alone. There is nothing that I can do that will unlock the gates of heaven for me. Actually, the entry tickets to heaven are handed out for free on the street corners. The tickets have been paid for already. […]
Read moreWe must remember that the people Paul was targeting here were very different. They were young Christians and could not understand and believe everything when they heard it for the first time. It is also necessary that we should often hear that familiar message again because through the noise of the world and the ego […]
Read morePaul used a wonderful example to explain how Jesus completely changed our lives and status. 1 Let me show you the implications of this. As long as the heir is a minor, he has no advantage over the slave. 2Though legally he owns the entire inheritance, he is subject to tutors and administrators until whatever date […]
Read moreOn organ donors’ day the radio station broadcast programmes to make people aware of organ donation. I never knew that they called it ‘harvesting’ organs! And the listeners called in with various questions, the ones one normally asks: do they ensure that I’m completely dead before they take my organs? Can I donate my organs […]
Read morePaul repeated many of the primary truths to the Galatians, because they listened to other people so easily and eventually invalidated Jesus’ death on the cross. They relapsed and said that the law was the only way in which you could get to God. When you live under the law only, you live in fear […]
Read moreThe world’s intention is to steal you away from God. The devil wants you for himself. There always is a second agenda and hidden powers that want to entice us away from God. And we don’t realise it. We don’t realise our day is completely filled with things which may sometimes be important things, but […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-11 Life’s not always easy. In reality it’s an enormous, long struggle. Many of us fight a long fight for survival every day. And it feels as if we’re going to lose the fight at any moment. Paul and his friends were involved in a continuous […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 I tried to explain the concept of the Trinity to my daughter. After struggling for some time we realised that we had no words left to explain the enormity of God. We realised we could not put God’s awesomeness into words and that it would […]
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