Month: January 2023

“He himself [Jesus Christ] bore our sins” in his body on the tree [cross], that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed”.

1 Peter 2:24

In order that we might be righteous and live in righteousness, Christ ‘carried’ our sins on the cross. He died in order to pay the penalty for our sinful actions. He became our substitute, dying the death we deserved. God, justly judged (1 Peter 2:23) Christ for our sin in that moment, pouring out His wrath on His own son to satisfy the payment of our sin. He endured suffering so we could die to sin.

In that action, by God’s grace and through our faith in Christ, we have been freed. Believers are free from the price of our own sin, and from the power of sin to poison our choices. Thanks to Jesus’ suffering, Christians can live righteously.

Christ’s sacrifice was effective for all sinners, because he was the Son of God himself, equal to the Father in divinity, yet a man like us who could be our substitute; and God will regard his death as very precious, because it is the death of his own divine Son incarnate as a man. But for his sacrifice to be effective for us we must put our faith in Christ and sincerely repent of our sins, firmly resolving not to commit them again.

So Christ redeems us with his blood as a lamb as in the Old Testament, where Peter says, “You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot” (1 Peter 1:18-19).

 (Hebrews 9:11-12) “When Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption”.

When we put our faith in Christ and sincerely repent of our sins, we experience this justification, this ransom from the futile ways of sin.

 So we see that Jesus’ sacrifice of himself has taken away our sins, as the letter to the Hebrews says, “He has appeared once for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself” (Hebrews 9:26).

The Book of Revelation 5:9 says “Worthy art thou to take the scroll and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and by thy blood didst ransom men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation” expresses this in a symbolic way picturing Jesus a lamb who was slain and with his blood ransomed us for God.

 ^{“Christ is our SAVIOR. He did not come on earth to be a conqueror, or a philosopher, or a mere teacher of morality. He came to save sinners. He came to do that which man could never do for himself – to do that which money and learning can never obtain – to do that which is essential to man’s real happiness, He came to “take away sin”}

 _{“Christ is a PERPETUAL and UNWEARIED Savior. He ‘takes away’ sin. He is daily taking it away from every one that believes on Him – daily purging, daily cleansing, daily washing the souls of His people, daily granting and applying fresh supplies of mercy”}

Sol.Paulose

“Undemocratic government and the Church “

What is the problem with undemocratic government?

The people lose the right to vote or choose their leader, by deceit wrong ideology are imposed on people so they are made the wrong choice by which loose their authority.

The worldly government use money, power, suppression, deceit, religion and cast politics to obtain power rather than to project actual welfare of the people.

The undemocratic government will progress to become a dictatorship by removing all the right of the people to form the government.

 When people loose the right to vote will become easy target for suppression, persecution ethnic cleansing.

The undemocratic government impose its ideology on all people and persecute people who oppose it

The undemocratic government impose uniformity over the people which destroys the God given individuality of the people.

The undemocratic government tampers with the education system which reduces its quality, scientific temperament of the people will reduce, growth of cultism and superstitious belief will happen.

It will progress to take full control of the important institutes of a nation especially Judiciary.

Characteristics of an undemocratic government

Lawlessness

Unrighteousness

Suppression

Minority killing

Superstition

Unscientific policy

Unequal wealth distribution

Discrimination

When will God allows an undemocratic government ?

When people believes a lie and choose to eat from tree of the knowledge of good and evil

When church fails its duty

When there is no prophet in the nation

 When church reject the prophecy and the prophet

When believers reject Jesus Christ as their king

When believers fail to campaign for HIS government

When the church loses its authority due to its transgressions

Examples of some undemocratic government from Bible

 Exodus 1:13,14  13 and worked them ruthlessly.14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly. ( Mao’s rule). (Forced Labor)

 Exodus 1:22 22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.” ( ethnic cleansing )

 Matthew 2: 16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. ( population control policy ). Matthew 2:18 : A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.  ( Genocide )

 1 Kings 21:14 Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.” ( land grab against inheritance)

God Hates Genocides, Ethnic Cleansing, forced labour and land grab.

1 Kings 2:5-95 “Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.  Deal with him according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

2 Samuel 21 : 1Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Examples of some undemocratic government

Refugees at Taurus Pass during the Armenian genocide. The Ottoman government aimed to reduce the number of Armenians below 5–10% of the population in any part of the empire, which necessarily entailed the elimination of a million Armenians.

Polish victims of a massacre committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in the village of Lipniki,

Exhumed victims of the Srebrenica massacre, part of the ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War

The Holocaust

The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya people by the Burmese military.

The role of Church

1. The failure of Church will unleash this spirit that is the spirit of nimrod

2. Church is the only hope for mankind, if it fail the duty then imminent danger will follow. Iraq was a democracy but all of a sudden God raised a religious dictator to ruled over it and today it’s ruined after continuous war.

3. The church must stop giving moral science and philosophy lectures to the believers rather train them for heavenly government work

4. The church must act as a training academy producing high quality apostles, prophets, teachers, administrators and all other gifts.

5. The church must understand that it is not in a safe zone

6. The church must stop its usual rhetoric of money collection and the repetitive message on blessing.

7. High intensity workshops to be conducted for believers on establishing troop churches

8.Goal oriented approach

9.Perform or Perish

10. The church must understand that the believers must work for the second coming of Jesus

11. The Church must trade hard, campaign hard to establish Jesus government in India.

Sol.Dr.Benedict

A Perfect model to Christians

_{God is a righteous Judge}

Psalm 7:11.

In Gerar, Isaac continued to prosper and became a very rich man. So Philistines became jealous of him. They filled in all the wells which the servants of Abraham had dug while he was alive.

Abimelech said to Isaac “Leave our Country, You have become more powerful than We are” (This is a natural phenomena which happen to God’s people when god bless them) So, Isaac set up his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dug once again the wells which had been dug during the time of Abraham and which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham’s death.

Isaac gave the wells the same names that the father had given them. He gave due respect to his father and thereby to God. Today, many children do not consult their parents while naming their children and they name them as they like.

Isaac lived with Shepherds of Gérar. His servants dug two wells one after another and found water. The Shepherds quarreled with them and said that it was their water. Isaac named those wells as “quarrel” and enmity”

He dug another well and there was no dispute. So he named it as freedom. Why God allowed Isaac to hand over the two wells to the shepherds? God elevated him in the land of Philistine when there was a famine in his land. Now, it was his turn to help the down trodden in Gerar who were poor, needy and helpless. God is a righteous Judge. The last well was used by him for sometime and then he moved on to another place. God want us to do good where ever we are and in trying situation too.

Testimony

David Livingston a medical missionary went to Africa, the black continent to tell and serve those people about Jesus. Abraham Lincoln a god fearing president, abolished
slavery in America, though the task was very difficult.

Prayer

Lord, use us, as torch bearers of you, help us to remove darkness away from the earth Amen.

Sol.Victy Mithyla D

1 Peter 1: 16,”Be holy because I am holy.”
We can understand the word holy from the above words.

Numbers 20:12
“But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron you did not believe in Me and did not make Me holy in the eyes of the Israelites, therefore you will not be able to take this congregation to the land that I have given them.”

These words clearly say that Aaron and Moses did not believe in God so they were not sanctified by Him.

We know that while Moses and all Israelites were on their way to Canaan, the Israelites demanded water from Moses and Aaron and started complaining against them. As a result, Moses and Aaron started praying to God. God heard their plead and asked Moses to take his stick and touch the rock.

Numbers 20:8 “Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.”

Numbers 20:10-11,
“Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.”

We see in the above verses that Moses did not obey God completely and did not speak to the rock instead hit it twice. Secondly, he referred to the Israelites as a rebellious nation.

He did not show gratitude towards God for being merciful to them in front of the Israelites nor showed kindness or a forgiving attitude towards them. This was what displeased God and He replaced them with Joshua and Caleb who were completely dependent upon the directions of God and God chose them to be the leaders of the Israelites.

In the New Testament also we see that Jesus never took the credit for any miracle upon Himself but always gave full credit to the faith of the person seeking the miracle and to God.Jesus always preached about the love and kindness of God. Jesus preached about the righteousness of God and that the righteous shall live by faith.

For example when Jesus resurrected Mary’s brother Lazarus, first He prayed to the Father and then requested Him to raise him up. In the same way, we should humble ourselves and pray with a thankful heart.

Prayer:

^{Father, we thank You for sending Your son Jesus to show us how to talk to You and pray to You. Jesus showed us how to intercede for others with kindness. Help us to remain humble and kind with others in Jesus name we ask. Amen.}

Sol.Khushi

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:11

A very familiar verse from the book of Jeremiah. This is the Lord saying “I know the plans”, this means He has a plan with regards to us and He knows. Plans that will prosper us, give us hope and a future. Wow!! The Lord of this universe who created around 200 billion galaxies, 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way alone, (astronomers say) says that He thinks of , is interested in “you, I , me, insignificant me”, and He also has a plan. He likes to see us prospered in all facts of our life, there’s a great hope and a bright future. When Moses tells God in Exo 3:13,” come on God, the Israelites will definitely want to know who sent me”. Exo 3:14 God said to Moses, tell them, “I AM WHO I AM”!!!

If it was George Washington or Abraham Lincoln or Barrack Obama, all of them would say they are “former presidents” none will say “ I am the President” But our God is eternal and everlasting. (Deut 33:27). The Pharoah said,” who is this God? I don’t know Him, never heard of Him.” Exo 5:2 And God said, no worries, hold on you are about to see WHO I AM!!! That display of who He is, was epochal. In 2 Cor 6:18 And, I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. John 1:12 This privilege is available only to those who receive and believe in Him. I am in awe that this unrivalled, unparalleled God chose to know me and make me His and I can call Him, Abba Father (Rom 8:15).

Psalm 65:2 O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh will come, says the psalmist. This means man has experimented, researched ,tried praying to other gods and has not got the desired results, it all fell on deaf ears. Idols don’t answer, we know Rameses tried it when his son died, it was useless. Well, at least I have and I can assure you that there’s none like Jesus who hears my cries Psalm 18:6, I am here and am whatever, purely because He heard and still hears from prayers and answers them.

In short in Jer 29:11, God is giving a proposal and He has a mind set to take care of you and your needs. We must understand the word, know this and also know to whom our prayers are addressed to.

If this was spoken by my friend, my family member or someone out there then, I must obviously have my doubts on their ability or whether they would keep their word, man can change his word any time, his countenance can also change. Obtaining and manifesting of the promises of God in our life is possible only through prayer.

_{Prayer has to be scripture based and God promises to honour His word above His name, rivet this into yourself. Prayer is to be done all the time, consistently, fervently. Your destiny, security, eternity is assured by God and the only access code to the Father is Jesus.}

Approach prayer not hoping but assured that God will answer your prayers. Let us not be complacent but let us ignite our prayer altars to live a victorious life in Christ.

Sol Lalitha Menon

FORGIVENESS

Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly father will also forgive you.

Forgiveness is essentially the act of pardoning an offender. “Forgiveness” literally means “to let go”.

Unselfish love is the basis for true forgiveness, since “it keeps no record of wrongs”.
(1 Corinthians 13:5)

Forgiving others means letting go of resentment and giving up any claim to be compensated for the hurt or loss we have suffered.

The Christian life is all about forgiveness. It begins with receiving God’s forgiveness through faith in Jesus and his death on the cross; it continues as we then live in that forgiveness, receiving it daily from our heavenly Father and sharing it freely with others. We are called to forgive others; and if we do not, then it is doubtful that we have really understood how very much God has forgiven us. Jesus also knew that humans are natural sinners, and that for God to forgive our sins, Jesus would have to die for us. But even as he was being tortured and murdered, he asked for God’s forgiveness of the soldiers: “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34).

Here Jesus demonstrates the ultimate forgiveness, appealing for those who have hurt him in the worst way.

Humans really struggle with forgiving those who hurt us, even if it’s only with unkind words. Could each of us imagine forgiving our own killers? Okay, so we’re not Christ, but we’re called by God to forgive, and to forgive all those who sin against us.

God wants us to offer significant acts of kindness to those who don’t deserve it.
“Forgiveness is a command, not an option.”

Colossians 3:13 “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.”

Forgiveness is necessary for our own health and our relationship with God. Jesus gave us the perfect example of forgiveness. Forgiveness doesn’t mean we say that the hurt doesn’t exist or that it doesn’t matter, nor does it make everything “all right.” Rather, it allows us to let go of the hurt and let God deal with the one who hurt you. Forgiveness sets us free and allows us to move on with our life. It’s not always easy, but forgiving others who have caused us hurt is the healthiest act you can do for yourself.

God wants us to practice forgiveness so that we can have a greater capacity to live for Jesus. Forgiveness is a choice and a commitment to reflect God’s love to others.
If we are interested in that prayer being answered, forgive!
Until we let go of what is behind, we can’t lay hold of what is ahead.

On a daily basis we must ask God for the grace to forgive anyone who has offended us.
Refuse to live in bitterness; release offenders from the prison of our heart.

PRAYER:
Lord, I ask for the grace to forgive those who have offended me. And I make demands on all-round fruitfulness in my life, Lord in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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SOL. FIONA, AOJ

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Heartbeat Of Christianity

The Message of resurrection is the heart beat of Christianity.

lf Christ be not raised,your faith is vain.You are still in your sins

1 Corinth 15:17

The Resurrection is the greatest message that Jesus asked a woman to give to the disciples. John20:17

He said to Mary Magdalene  “Go To my brothers an tell them that l ascend to my Father and your Father; and my God and to your God.”

The men were not there on   the day of  Ressurection of the Lord. Mary Magdaline was there. Jesus called her by name and sent her to go and tell the message of His ressurection.lf Jesus chose a woman to proclaim the greatest message of the Church to the Apostles then can anyone forbid women to proclaim the Word of God.Nobody should dare to stifle women to spread the life-giving messages of God. So women should not remain silent when so many  women in the Bible were the messengers for God Today women are having influence in business  ,medicine, politics and Governmental organization therefore a woman should be motivated to win souls.When Christ lives in us and speaks through us then He wills to continue His work even if we have to suffer persecution.We would be willing to suffer .We should build the ministry upon the rock of ‘Faith in Action’. We would rejoice because in the book of Joel 2:28 it is written”l will pour out my spirit upon all flesh.”We should rejoice because Jesus never made a difference between the sexes.

Remember the lowliest one from Samaria who,the moment she heard, she believed,dropped  her waterpot and ran to Evangelize a whole city for Jesus.

Motherhood is a wonderful privilege which exceeds anything a man may have or enjoy.

   ^{Women have natural grace and influence which is rewarding beyond all virtues. Therefore let no woman be preoccupied. Go out where there’s spiritual darkness and save souls.}

Testimony:

l go to hospitals and other cities to preach and teach ,God does many things besides healing and ladies counselling etc. lt is very rewarding.

Prayer:

Thank you Lord for using women mightily for your kingdom .Use more everyday in Jesus name l ask

Amen.                

Sol Noreen.

INHERITANCE

Psalm 61:5
You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name.

Yes dear God’s holy people, as you are filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding ,walking worthy of the Lord, being fruitful in every good work, enduring everything with patience joyfully, give thanks to God the Father ,who has enabled us to be partakers in the inheritance of the holy people in light ( Colos 1:9-12).

So , do everything you do heartily for the Lord and not for men, since it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward of inheritance, for we serve the Lord Jesus Christ! ( Colos 1:23,24).

How do we get this inheritance?
If the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise. But God gave it to Abraham through a promise! ( Gal 3:18).

Can we receive it too? The blessing of Abraham comes on Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith (vs 14). If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise (Vs29)!

Therefore, you are no longer a servant , but a son, and if a son, then a heir of God through Christ! Yes beloved in Christ, in Him we HAVE already received an inheritance ( Eph 1:11) and Holy Spirit God is the guarantee of our inheritance (vs14)! Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him( James 2:5)?

There are privileges of being a heir.
Blessed are the poor in spirit , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven! Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth! ( Matthew 5:3,5)

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to minister to those who will inherit salvation? ( Heb 1:14,)
Amen!

So, let us show diligence for the full assurance of hope to the end, holding the beginning of our confidence firmly to the end,not being lazy, but like Abraham, through active faith and patience inherit the promises ( Heb 3:14; 6:11-20)!

Amen ! Hallelujah!

Sol.Dr.Deepthi

WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR FOCUS AND PURPOSE?

GEN 9:20-21 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

Noah was a righteous man, a man who found favour in the sight of the Lord, a man who preached faithfully the righteousness and the wrath of God. The man who listened to the voice of the Lord and obeyed completely. A man who was sold out for the cause of God’s purposes. A man who had brought up his family in the ways of the Lord.

This man Noah had made some mistakes in his life, the consequences of which are felt even today.

1 DRANK WINE.
One of the wicked lifestyle before the flood was drinking (Matthew 24:38). Noah had seen the ill effects of drinking, but have started to do what led people away from God. Lost the zeal and passion for the things of the Lord and was pursuing pleasures of this world.

When one does not live for divine purposes, they slowly tend to get involved in aimless pursuit, which would often end in destruction and depression.

2.CURSED HIS CHILDREN:
Ham saw his father lying in the tent intoxicated and naked. In stead of apologizing for getting drunk, he misused his spiritual authority to curse his son. Many a times parents do not accept their mistakes and change their ways, rather try to justify or hide their mistakes and short comings which negatively impacts the children.

Ham was the forefather of Canaan, and the people living in Canaan became enemies of the Israelites many centuries down the line in human history.

3. DID NOT TEACH HIS CHILDREN TO LISTEN TO GOD’S VOICE AND OBEY GOD.

If all the three children of Noah and their children’s children would have been taught the ways of the Lord, how beautiful it could have been.

If Noah would have taught his children to listen to and obey the Lord, how blessed it would have been. Noah’s failure has a long lasting effect.

Even we as parents and leaders if we fail to teach, lead and guide our children, the future may be bleak, but if we would train up our children in the ways of the Lord, even the generations to come will follow the paths of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 23:14 NKJV

For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.
Glory to God

SOL.ARUN, AOJ

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Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the World.

John the Baptist under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit tells us that Jesus is “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). This is a very important statement. First of all, it tells us that Jesus is our Savior, because it tells us that he takes away our sins, and he does so as a lamb of sacrifice takes away sins. This is a reference to the Old Testament sacrificial system revealed to his people by God. There are a variety of sacrifices for different types of people and for different reasons.

 One of the key reasons for offering sacrifice is to have one’s sins atoned for, vicariously punished, and forgiven.

The symbolism is that a sinner puts his hand on the head of a lamb or other animal, indicating it as his representative and substitute. Then the animal is slain before the Lord to make atonement for the sinner’s sins. This is a vicarious suffering that the lamb undergoes instead of the sinner who should suffer this punishment. So his sin is punished vicariously in a substitute rather than in himself, namely in the sacrificed lamb.

Of course, an animal does not have the ability to take away our sins, when we punish him as our substitute for our sins,

“for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4). 

Rather this is a symbolic sacrifice, but God accepts it from the Hebrews when they put their faith in what the lamb represents, namely the ultimate sacrifice that one day God would give his people that would truly take away their sins, namely the sacrifice of his own Son, incarnate as a man, on a cross for the sins of the world –

for “Christ died for our sins”

(1 Corinthians 15:3).

Christ died for our sins following the pattern of Old Testament sacrifices, which God revealed to his people as a preparation for the ultimate sacrifice of his Son that really would take away sins. This was done so that when his Son did sacrifice himself for our sins, the Jews would have a context within which they could understand what that sacrifice did. It did in reality what the lamb symbolized. Christ did in reality what the lamb did in symbol. Christ’s sacrifice of himself truly made vicarious reparation for our sins.

As the lamb symbolically suffered the sinner’s punishment that the sinner deserved to suffer for his sins to make atonement for them and reconcile him with God, so Christ in reality suffered on the cross what we deserve to suffer for our sins to make atonement for us, that is, to reconcile us with God.

ThankYou Father, for sending Your son Jesus Christ as a living sacrifice for the mankind and making a way for us to be with You in paradise.

SOL.PAULOSE,AOJ

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