If any person expects the Church to be perfect, best, excellent, it is an illusion. Like Midas touch, whatever institution humans are part of will be corrupted or tainted by sin. Even in the first century the churches had problems and leaders corrected them with right teaching of the Word of God and by help […]
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Interestingly two persons named Saul, from the tribe of Benjaminite, were chosen by God. (I Samuel 9:21; Philippians 3:5) The first was to establish the earthly kingdom of Israel, he failed. The second to establish the Kingdom of God. Of course, Saul the Paul succeeded in preaching the gospel, making disciples, establishing churches, and developing
The Bible has two interesting incidents; this is regarding two cities. Both took strange decisions. Gibeah: How shocking would it be to receive a courier parcel with a part of the female body packed in it? (Judges 19:29) When the man was unfaithful to the Lord, the woman was unfaithful to him. She left him
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When Paul was inside the Jerusalem temple to complete the purification rights, some Jews instigated the worshippers in the Temple against Paul. (Acts 21: 28) 1) Teaches Everyone Everywhere: As a qualified Rabbi, trained under Gamaliel, Paul was expected to teach Jewish youngsters. Instead, Paul was announcing that the Messiah is for all and preaches
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Swiggy is a food service provider. Their Apps could send numerous messages, to provoke you to be hungry and they can provide you to eat, so that they could earn a good profit. Adam and Eve: They were neither desperately hungry like Esau nor fed up with monotonous food like Israelite. The promise of becoming
Goliath began his training as a soldier when David was born. David’s age (16-19 years) was the years of experience as a soldier for Goliath. David had not even tested or practised with the armour that soldiers used at that point of time. (I Samuel 17: 39) Challenge: With his imposing physique, strength, stamina, and
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Running fast with heavy loads, climbing trees, jumping over walls, swimming, crawling through bushes, lying motionless…etc. These are some of the daily training routines of youngsters recruited for the special elite force of the army. It was tough, risky and even dangerous. However, rigorous training is a must. The potential soldiers consider training as discipline
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Job went through immense suffering, which was unusual, and is enigmatic to understand. It was wonderful for Job to have some good friends. Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar were living in different places. (Job 2:11-13) Nevertheless, they made an appointment to come together to meet Job. When they were far off, they could not recognize Job.
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Benjamin Franklin said: “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Planning and preparing are essential aspects of life. More people fail rather than plan. In the Parable of Ten Virgins, half of the delegation failed to plan and prepare. (Matthew 25:1-13) 1) Right place: All the ten virgins were at the right
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Giving is not a natural phenomenon. Most people would like to hoard, not give. People will curse those who hoard in the time of scarcity, while blessing those who sell or distribute. (Proverbs 11:26) Christian giving is based on Gratitude towards God, and generosity towards others. There are clear principles for giving taught in the
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