When Blind Bartimaeus heard that Jesus was passing his way, he shouted the name of Jesus to attract his attention because he had no eyes to judge how distant he was from him. The story is captured in Mark 10: 46-52. We summarize as follows: when he was told that Read more
Blind Bartimaeus heard that Jesus was passing by so he called out to him with a shout. Although the people told him to be silent, he refused. Jesus heard his cry and called him. Mark 10: 46-52 says, throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Read more
God gets disappointed when we diminish in faith or lack faith as his children for Hebrews 11: 6 says without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Some of us Read more
The nature of faith is that it must be permanent and absolute in God. It is described in Hebrews 11: 1-2 thus, now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. Upon exhibiting faith Read more
Whilst some opine that God does not care, others opine our attitude toward God determines the extent of his care. To many others, God cares and fulfills his promises. We assuredly know that God indeed cares about us based on his word. Hebrews 2: 6 says, it has been testified Read more
The angels who appeared at Jesus’ ascension said in Acts 1: 11, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” This is consistent Read more
More than two thousand years ago, Jesus announced his second coming. Due to the delay, some believe either he is not coming or that is not what he meant or that he is a liar. Jesus does not lie. He said in John 14: 6, I am the way, and Read more
The Apostle Paul in his exaltation to the church in Ephesus, wrote saying in Acts 20: 35, In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the word of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, “It is more blessed Read more
The question on many minds is, “why should we trust Jesus?” In spite of Jesus, life is sometimes very rough and raw with many. Unbelievers are the most successful in life. We are the subject of hate and violence all over the world. Our homes are torn apart with chaos Read more
In order to appreciate light, we must know what darkness is. Darkness is the absence of God through Christ Jesus. Paul describes the cause of darkness in 2Corinthians 4: 4, in their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing Read more