“God is love,” 1 John 4:8. Also, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,” (John 3:16). He gave the most precious gift He had, his son. Love has an element of sacrifice, putting the interest of others first. “It is more blessed to give than receive,” Act 20:35.
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God is love and forgiveness is a manifestation of love.
God’s character and essence is love. His every intention for his creatures is their highest welfare. Even before the earth or man was created, God knew Adam would sin. And at that time, God had already planned a way to forgive our sins – through the sacrifice of […]
Beginning with the first verse of Matthew 6, Jesus discusses five areas of important Christian development.
Give to the needy. This is a way to ‘practice righteousness’ in verses 1-4.
Pray, which allows us to communicate with our heavenly father and develop the proper attitude of submission to God’s will. The template for simple, effective […]
The New Testament does not instruct Christians to pay a bride price (lobola). However, Romans 12:18 teaches, "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone." If the bride's family requests a lobola, and it is a custom in your country to do so, then it would be […]
In the New Testament, we find no mention of “collecting firstfruits” from believers. “Firstfruits” is a picture of Christ or His church (I Corinthians 15:20,23 and II Thessalonians 2:13).
In Old Testament times, the Israelites were instructed to "bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God." (Exodus […]
Conflicts between brethren are very personal matters to be handled as quietly as possible. The broad principle stated in Titus 3:2 should be honored, “Speak evil of no man”. If we are to “love our brother as ourselves,” Matthew 12:31, we surely want to be extremely careful in resolving any problems that should arise among us.
Thus, […]
The ability to “change” genders is recent and is not addressed in the Bible. However, in the past, people would cross-dress and try to behave like a person of the opposite sex. This practice is condemned.
“A woman shall not wear man's clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman's clothing; for whoever does these […]
The book of Exodus records that the whole nation of Israel was living in bondage under the Egyptians. Israel’s liberation came from God through the leadership of Moses. Because they had never existed as a free, self-governing nation, it was necessary that they receive and apply instruction before they entered the land of promise. Therefore, […]
Psalm 1:2, “But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.”
The definition of the word “meditate” from Strong’s Concordance is “הָגָה hâgâh…; a primitive root, to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder.”
So, then, what is God’s Law? Our Lord said, “‘You shall love […]
“This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations…for the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not […]
