It is a privilege to worship a living, proactive, dynamic, and intimate God. The living God communicates with humans and indeed delights to speak to His people. (Exodus 20:1) It is not only a personal conversation; God addressed the whole nation of Israel. Moses among people: Standing at the foothill of Mount Sinai, Israel witnesses […]
Technology has changed many things in the world. Landline phones were great tools, once upon a time. It helped people to connect, speak, share information, encourage, counsel, and pray. However, that has been replaced by smartphones. The good landline phone was replaced by better smartphones. The author of Hebrews reiterates that the good old has
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Moses is seen as a shepherding leader of the Children of Israel. (Exodus 18:13-23) The children of Israel are mentioned as a congregation, called out people of God. God is the leader: God is the leader of the Nation of Israel. In the New Testament, the Church is the Body of Christ and Lord Jesus
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Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, the priest of Midian, was likely a descendant of Abraham through Keturah. (Genesis 25:1-2) Hence, it is believed that Jethro was a worshiper of Jehovah. He could be portrayed as an ideal Father-in-law and a grandfather. Hospitality: Jethro showed hospitality to Moses, a stranger when he escaped from Egypt. (Exodus
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In the city of Aligarh, a thief enters a temple. He piously worships the idols there. Then he steals the brass bell in the temple and flees. The CCTV recording shows the whole act of theft. (Times of India, 9 June 2023) Religious or righteous: The thief seems to be a religious person, but not
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In the conversation with Nicodemus, Lord Jesus taught that those who believe in the Son of God, be saved. Those who reject the Lord Jesus Christ sent by God the Father will perish. (John 3:16) The unrepentant sinners, those with hardened hearts and rebellious spirits, perish. God is patient that sinners should not perish, hence
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Good intentions are not good decisions. Bad and foolish decisions could be changed by God’s grace into right decisions. In the Lord’s parable, both sons were not ideal, one was a hypocrite, and another was late in obedience. (Matthew 21:28-32) Father’s Initiative: The sons did not wake up early, they did not ask what they
A believer was appointed as a lecturer in a government-run college in a remote place. It was a co-educational school. When he arrived, he found that there were only boys, and girls did not come. On inquiry, it was found that there was sexual harassment of girls, and the girls stopped coming to school. A
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Zaria Gorvett writes about shipwrecks that happened around the world. Several websites provide a database. The number of ships and boats that have been shipwrecked varies from 150,000 to 250, 000. Around 15000 ships were sunk during World War II alone. UNESCO estimates that there would be three million undiscovered shipwrecks in the world’s oceans.
God provided manna for the Israelites for forty years in the wilderness. The average number of Israelites who wandered in the wilderness is estimated by experts as 3 million. They needed 4,500 tons of manna each day. God bestowed upon them around 65,700,000 tons of Manna for forty years. God’s provision: God gave them manna
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