Ancient Words Ever True

Just when I thought I have been able to love and do so correctly, I realized I don't even understand its stance. It unveils itself in new dimensions daily, making it difficult for it to be understood in full, yet we are obliged to owe no man nothing but love (Romans 13:8). Romans 5:6, "While we were yet sinners, Christ Jesus died for us" . Jesus happens to be the only one I have known (there are possibly others whom I do not know) with such practical mode of love expressing all the qualities of love as stated in 1 Corinthians  13. We humans have no form of beauty or ability to repay Him for this kind gesture / love, yet He chose to love us. Humans tend to love (only) people who are related to them, who has profited them or will profit them and who wins their heart. Will you still be committed to love and fulfill your plans for a girl who turns down your proposal and vice versa? There will come a time when all that you based your love upon will fall apart, at that p...

The theme, New Creation Realities , is one of the more popular preaching themes in recent times. Usually, teachers of this theme fall into two categories: One: those who promote our new reality in Christ in such a way that it appears that Sin and Backsliding are no longer things to worry about in this era of Grace. The other: those who, in a bid to counter or correct the perceived errors of the first group, promote the reality and consequences of Sin and Backsliding so much that Grace is only given lip service. There is - or ought to be - a third category. This category, which I consider most important and most relevant for us believers, focus the light on what we ought to do. The first category focuses on what God has done and suggests - intentionally or not - that we have nothing else to do. The second category tries too hard to correct the first, thereby making it look like what Christ did nothing. In the past few years of contact with Christians, I'm willing to bet tha...