I Try But Am Spiritually Weak, I Slide Down But Get Back Everytime. Which Church Can Help Me Become Better In Faith?

Can The Born-Again Church Help Me Do Better In Faith Than My Catholic Church?

Question: Ever since we became friends on Facebook, I follow your posts and for real they are encouraging. Above all never have I ever seen you criticize someone's religion or faith, and not even our human weakness. Now my concern is, I am weak spiritually and I try to get back every time, though in one way or the other I slide down hill. Been born a Catholic and raised in it too, but now my question is I feel my faith is weak, have a lot of questions on the rosary prayer, praying through the saints, the things they say we bow down to. Can the Catholic faith help me stay put in faith Sir?? Or is it born again church that can help me do better?

Answer: Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful name!

I thank God for the revolution that has come in our world through the social-media network of Facebook. I have always wanted to share the Word of God through the Internet and that has been a part of me and the ministry God has given, which I have been doing for at least for more than a decade by the grace of God. Now that there are no more borders in this world and the whole world has become a global village, we as the people of God should get together in the Spirit and be diligent to "to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" (Eph 4:3). Let us learn to encourage each other daily as long as we see a "today" existing by the grace of God, so that we will not be hardened in our heart through the deceitfulness of the last of the last days sins which are increasing rampantly in all world like never before seen or heard (Heb 3:13).

By encouraging one another, actually we are building each other up in our spiritual lives (1 Thess 5:11). Social media platform is a wonderful work of God that can be used effectively in our generation if we do not neglect to use it to meet together as some do neglect it, especially gather together in the spirit and encourage each other as we see the day of the Lord Jesus' coming to take the Church home draws near (John 14:1-4), in which He will rapture us to the palaces built for us in the new heaven and new earth (2 Peter 3:13). We will be raptured to colonize the new heaven and new earth as the time for the event to take place draws nearer and nearer (Rev 21:1-8). To what we can see around and realize through the fulfillment of prophecies of Jesus which literally points us to the fact that what time is left may be just years or even just days and hours left for the glorious hope of our salvation from Great Tribulation to be fulfilled before our very eyes (Matt 24:20-22; Luke 21:36; Heb 10:25). I am very much convinced from the Bible that we are the Terminal Generation that Jesus spoke about. 

I do not criticize anyone because of sin, because every time I point my index finger at someone, the other three points to me about my sin nature and its inclination to sin (Gal 6:1, 3; Psa 51:5), known besetting sins of commission (1 Cor 6:10) and unknown sins of omission (1 Sam 12:23; Mal 3:8; 1 Tim 5:8; Jam 4:17; Heb 10:25), and then the thumb points and accuses God for having allowed sin which is not true because our free choice rules over God given choice to choose the good and leave the bad for Him to deal with (Gen 4:7, 13-14; 3:12, 13; Jam 1:15; John 8:7). None of us can say that I am free from sin completely until we die on this earth and go on to be with the Lord, until then we all falter in one thing or the other (1 John 1:8, 10), some people to a lesser degree they sin because of sanctification, others because of lack of sanctification sin to a greater degree. But the call of God to us all who are God's children is clearly revealed in the Scripture, "God's will is for you to be entirely holy and sanctified [in your spirit, soul and body (1 Thess 5:23)], so we ought to stay away from all sexual sin." (1 Thess 4:3), and all unrighteousness is sin but there is sin that does not lead to death (1 John 5:16-17), what is that sin? The sin that is confessed and covered under the blood of Jesus through sincere repentance is that which that does not lead to death (1 John 1:7, 9). But those who choose to stay in sin because of the lure of the sin nature will allow themselves to be led to death of fellowship with God and His people through the evil heart of unbelief (Heb 3:12, 13, 14; 1 John 5:4-5). It is one thing to believe in the Lord Jesus and get saved, but it is totally another thing to walk in the holiness of salvation and serve God in the beauty of holiness (John 6:39, 40; Psa 96:9; 29:2; 1 Chro 16:29; Eph 2:10). We do not work for our salvation, but we work by faith through love after salvation to receive the eternal rewards that are now stored for us as treasures in heaven which Jesus has promised us all right through out the Scripture again and again (Matt 6:19-21; Gal 5:6; Rev 22:10-11, 12).

Even the great apostle Paul bewailed about the besetting sins of thoughts and attitude that led him to sin internally in his mind (Rom 7:13-17, 18-19, 20-21), but thank God that he did not stop there, but went on resisting against sin, may be even for years together, and finally with a victorious shout of praise and thanksgiving to God declares, no matter how much we are tempted or tested in our lives, Jesus will give victory over all sin very soon as He has already overcome the world (Rom 7:22-25; John 16:33; 1 John 15-17). We do not achieve anything by striving in our spiritual life (John 15:5), but victory actually comes when we learn to stand in faith by the victory of Jesus which was won on our behalf (John 17:14-15, 16-17, 18-19). Once we find that place of rest in faith (Heb 4:9-10), once we come to that rest within our soul by faith through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, we actually start to crush Satan by the power of God under our feet (1 John 5:4, 5; Matt 11:28, 29-30; Rom 16:20). All these things in our spiritual life will happen only when we persevere and endure the chastening of the Lord (Heb 12:4, 7, 9-10, 11), and at the same time resist sin and hold on to the promises of God (Heb 10:35-36). A Christian will not want to sin (1 John 3:6, 9), but may sin because of the weakness of the flesh (1 John 2:1). In spite of the union with God that does not change in the spirit of a believer because of sin (1 Cor 6:17, 19), yet sin will cause death to fellowship with God which will make him or her to run to Christ for relief after he has fallen (Isa 59:2; John 16:33; Php 4:6, 7; Heb 4:14-16), because with out the peace of Christ a believer will not be able to live in this earth (John 15:5; 1 Tim 6:10).

Yes I understand that you are resisting and fighting against sin, you are in a good place of faith I believe. The Bible reveals that when a believer through the Word of God finds wisdom and understanding of God (Prov 3:1, 11-13), then "the Lord will be his confidence, and He will keep his foot from being caught [in the net of sin's bondage]." (Prov 3:26, Paraphrased). Though you may fall by the weakness of sin nature, yet the Lord will uphold you with his righteous right hand (Isa 41:10; Psa 37:24). As a believer, we ought not to sin with our flesh which is in our actions as we all have wisdom of the Lord, and even if we do not have we should ask for it (Prov 2:16; Jam 1:5-8), especially in the area of sexual immorality within marriage to avoid adultery and fornication completely (Heb 12:4-5; Prov 6:24; 5:3; 22:14), or else the Lord will judge us and chastise us if we do not judge ourselves to stay away from it (Heb 13:4; 1 Cor 11:30, 31-32). Usually all mature believers will be wary and very careful in the area of the sins of sexual nature because it is a serious thing in the sight of God (Acts 15:28, 29). If we as Christians keep faltering even with the Ten Commandments of external sins, rather than just the last commandment of internal sin (Rom 2:3-4, 17-24, 28, 29), we are worse than law keeping Old Testament believers who were much much better than that (Rom 13:8-10).

Covetousness is the strong desire to have that which belongs to another. It is considered to be a very grievous offense in Scripture, and the tenth commandment forbids coveting anything that belongs to a neighbor, including his house, his wife, his servants, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to him (Exod 20:17). Jesus listed covetousness or greed along with many of the sins from within, and spiritually equated it to adultery, murder, etc...which make a person unclean (Mark 7:22; Matt 5:21-22, 27-28). Paul reminded the Ephesians that greed or covetousness is equated with immorality and impurity, so that these must be put away (Eph 5:3). A covetous or greedy person is an idolator (Eph 5:5) and covetousness is idolatry (Col 3:5). James warns that people kill and covet because they cannot have what they want (Jam 4:2).

Covetousness, therefore, is basic to the commandments against murder, adultery, stealing, and lying. Those who accept bribes are coveting, leading to murder (Eze 22:12). Coveting a neighbor's wife is a form of adultery (Exod 20:17). Achan admitted to coveting a robe and silver and gold, so he stole them, which was a sin against the Lord (Jos 7:20-22). Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, coveted the property of Naaman so much that he lied to get what he wanted from Naaman the leper (2 Ki 5:19-25) and was struck with leprosy. Proverbs warns that a covetous person brings trouble to his family (Prov 15:27). Thus covetousness is the root of all kinds of sins, so that Jesus gave the warning, "Be on your guard against all kinds of greed." (Luke 12:15).

As a Christian it is a basic with which we keep the Ten Commandments which prevents us from external sins which the religious Jews kept too (Matt 19:20; Luke 18:21; Mar 10:20; Php 3:6; Acts 4-5, 9-11), but the real test of the spirituality of a true born again person will start, when we want to clean up the internal sin of our mind which usually remain untouched by those who keep the law externally (Matt 23:25, 26, 27).

Our thought patterns shape our character, and our character shapes our conduct. Under the law, we did not bear fruit to God. Instead we bore fruit to death, because the law aroused the passions of sins within us (Rom 7:7, 8, 9, 13). So usually all people who keep the law, basically arouse the passion of the body more within their mind, therefore the tenth commandment was never kept by the law keepers because they have become law breakers within their mind because of keeping them externally. So how do we really overcome sin of covetousness in our lives within our mind? We as believers in Christ Jesus should come to realize by faith, we died with Jesus at Calvary, we are dead to the law and delivered from its dominion over us as a principle of justification or of sanctification (Rom 7:1-5). In fact we all grow in this kind of faith in our spiritual lives from baby-hood to adulthood over a period of time, from faith to faith, and it does not happen in a single day (Rom 1:17), but rather is a process that takes a life time of falling and standing up again and again to be strengthened spiritually (Prov 24:16; 2 Pet 3:18; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Thess 5:23, 24), and thus overcome various types of covetousness by building our spiritual muscles more and more in our lives and be victorious progressively in our lives for the Glory of God (Prov 24:16; Psa 145:14; 37:24).

As sanctification is positional when we were saved (Heb 10:14), and also progressive after we are saved, Paul the apostle calls for active trust and obedience when he says, "Since we have these promises [of God that He will help us overcome sin and also preserve us in that sanctification (Rom 6:14; 16:20; 1 Thess 5:23, 24)], dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God." (2 Cor 7:1).

Catholic faith is only a partial law keeping faith, that if someone seeks the Lord sincerely through it, they will find it but not in the fullness and liberty which the Bible shows is possible (Jer 29:13-14). If you have not found victory over sin in any area of your spiritual life, it means in that area of life you are still striving by your works hard to please God (Rom 4:4; Hen 11:6), and that you have not yet been able to tap in to the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ through faith (Rom 6:14). So continue to submit to God by humbling yourself before the Lord and say that you can do nothing without His grace, then resist temptations of the devil and the sin with which he lures you in to spiritual lethargy, surely without fail soon God will lift you up in to a victorious life over sin and will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Jam 4:7-10). A man who works before God to please Him is considered proud and becomes a debtor to God (Rom 4:4), but those who humble themselves as weak and feeble before God to overcome sin is given the grace to overcome it because God is always inclined towards humble people and gifts them with His divine strength to overcome sin, sickness and death (Jam 4:6; Rom 16:20). So humble yourself and receive grace from the Lord. Resist sin until sin is totally brought under your dominion by the grace of God. Kill sin before it kills your fellowship with God. Run to God when you sin, because only in Him you will find refuge from the storms of life caused by the weakness of our sin nature that makes us all sin in one way or the other. True freedom comes to us when we overcome sin by the grace of God!

1 Timothy 2:5 declares, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." There is no one else that can mediate with God for us. If Jesus is the ONLY mediator, that indicates Mary and the saints cannot be mediators. Catholics say that they pray the rosary because it’s a powerful prayer to God, through His mother, Mary. The actual Roman Catholic Rosary is made up of a cross or crucifix, a medal, large beads and small beads. Rosary prayers are nothing but works hidden in the form of religious love and meditation towards God, which are done through putting a cross with the hand and then counting the beads to start a prayer for each number of beads which are all man made tradition that has made void the power of the Word of God, and the real faith in the only and only Jesus Christ through whom only we can all be saved (Mark 7:13; Acts 4:12).

The dead saints or Mary cannot mediate our prayer requests to God. God answers prayers based on whether they are asked according to His will which is revealed in the Word of God, not based on who is praying (1 John 5:14-15). God is not partial to hear a particular persons prayer and reject our prayer or another human's prayer (Acts 10:34), from the first human to the last that will be born on earth will be a sinner by birth except Jesus who was sinless because He had no sin and did no sin (Rom 3:23; 2 Cor 5:21; 1 Pet 2:22). In fact, Mary herself says to obey what Jesus says and Jesus tells us all to pray directly to the Father God in heaven using his name (John 16:23-24, 26-27). And also it was prophesied by Mary through her song, that she herself needed salvation from Jesus through His death, and that He is her Lord and God her Savior, who in fact was the One who saved her from sin, and that is why we say and believe that she was not sinless but a blessed and surrendered vessel of God through whom the purpose of God to send the eternal Son to the earth was fulfilled, thus she has been a sinner who was saved and had become a saint in Christ Jesus for the Glory of God (John 2:5; Luke 2:35; 1:46, 47). Jesus is able to save all those who come to God through Him, because if someone believes Him, then He is able to intercede for them from the right hand of God and save them completely (Heb 7:25; Rom 8:34). Also when we are saved and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and obey Him, then God gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:32), who starts to intercede for every born again believer to keep them saved (Rom 8:27), through whom we are also able to intercede for ourselves and our situations according to the will of God in the Holy Spirit through tongues and Spirit empowered prayers (Rom 8:26; Eph 6:18; 1 Cor 14:15; Rom 8:16; 1 Cor 6:17).

God has clearly revealed in His written word saying, ""You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below." (Exo 20:4). So whether Catholic tradition teaches or a angel from heaven itself descends and teaches us to break the above commandment of God, which prohibits us to bow down before any image in the form of anything, which includes so called Mary behind which a demon of idolatry resides, we should be bold enough to resist the devil and overcome the urge of the flesh which would like to rebel against God to break the command of God by bowing down before any image. By keeping the commandments, you will be submitting to the authority of God, then from that moment onward you thus start to resist the devil, then he will definitely flee from you to create any further urge towards idolatry (Jam 4:7).

My belief is strong in the Word of God that whether someone comes from a catholic faith, Methodist, protestant, Evangelical, Pentecostal or Charismatic sections of Christianity, or they come from Muslim, Hindu or whatever faith of the world, only when they are convicted by the Holy Spirit to repent of their sin and look to Jesus Christ for their salvation, they can become a saved saint of Jesus Christ and thus be a child of God for eternity ahead (John 1:12; 3:3; 16:7-11). So can Catholic faith help? Of course to some extent to know the truth mixed with man made traditions of errors (Mark 7:13), but that in itself cannot take a person to heaven unless that person seeks God with his whole heart to find Him to be born again from above (Jer 29:13; Acts 17:27).

So unless we are born again from heaven once again apart from the natural earthly birth with which all of us humans are born once, we cannot enter the Kingdom of God where God resides and rules directly in the realm of spiritual, soulish, physical, financial and social starta of the existence of humans on earth. The world without God is run under the rulership of Satan and his deceit through which people all over the world, no matter what religion they come from, follow him blindly and live to fulfill his will for their lives (John 8:44-47; Eph 2:1-3).

There are no born-again church even when it does have a name board that says 'BORN AGAIN CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST'. If a particular Church does speak the truth of the Gospel of grace through faith (Eph 2:8-10), even then it is not a living organism. But the individual person who opens his heart and invites Jesus in to it are born again from above, and as they gather together on earth to edify one another and grow in the knowledge of God, they make a church to become a living organism of heaven which operates under the direct authority of God (Rev 3:20; Matt 18:20; 1 Cor 12:27; Col 1:18; Eph 5:29-30).

So I would say, go to a Church that believes the whole of Bible to be the Word of God and teaches all that Jesus has commanded in the Bible to all the believers (Matt 28:19-20). Go to the Church that emphasizes a holy inner and higher life rather than a religious earthly life of pure doctrine and outward works (Matt 23:23, 26-27, 28; 1 Thess 4:3). Go to a Church where they watch over your soul to keep it from the deceitfulness of sin and rebuke you from walking under the dictates of the evil heart of unbelief that comes to destroy a person's life (Heb 13:17; 1 Thess 5:12; Heb 3:12-13, 14; Jer 16:12; 7:24; Eccl 9:3). Go to a Church where they operate in all the gift of the Spirit and encourage you to be filled with the Spirit (1 Cor 12:7-11; Eph 5:17-21). Go to a Church where you are freely able to exercise and work towards developing the spiritual gifts through which you will be able to bring more souls in to the kingdom of God (Matt 6:33-34), working inline with the purpose and prosperity of the Church community and the world at large around you where you are (Jer 29:7; 1 Tim 2:1-4). Above all, go to a Church where the members love Jesus more than anything in this world, and also encourage you to walk in the same sacrificial path of life in which they are walking already by faith (Acts 2:41, 42-47; 4:33-37). Religion is man made, true spirituality is God made relationship with Himself where He reigns over every part of your life, and you deny yourself and willingly give in to His will by taking up your cross and following Jesus where ever He leads you (Rom 12:1-2; Luke 9:23).

Much Blessings......

How Can God Answer A Unbelievers Prayer Made In A Temple, Knowing That They Are Approaching Danger?

Can People Who Go To The Temples Also Receive A Miracle Answer To Their Prayer?

Question: Do you believe that people who go to Temples do get a miracle, i.e. they also receive a miracle of reality in their lives through the demons whom they revere, like we Christians go to the Church of the living God to get a true miracle from our Trinity God? If they can, how can God also give them a true one at the wrong source knowing that they are being led to hell fire if they continue to walk in the path of unbelief due to idolatry?

Answer: Greetings in Jesus wonderful name!

Yes I understand your point of view, a God who is just and right over all creation should first of all never be a partial God, and in truth, the one God who is over all gods is no respector of person and is never partial to any one (Rom 2:11; Acts 10:34). God shows no partiality to princes nor regards the rich above the poor, for they all are the work of His hands. In the same vein we see, God saying, that He "makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matt 5:45), which teaches us that God shows his goodness to all people irrespective of their religious affiliation. Whether some one is a Hindu, Muslim, Christian or even a Atheist, God of all creation is so good that out of His benevolence He shows his goodness to all human beings, giving them a opportunity in their lives to seek and grope for the God who provides them all good things, so that they might be saved and will have eternal life of friendship with the real God of heaven and earth, instead of getting separated from the God of goodness at the time of their physical death. Light and water are the source for the existence of a good life, and God provides them freely to all people on earth without expecting anything in return from them.

This is the reason, apostle Paul said beautifully the following truth of God to those people who worshiped idols, "Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious, 23 for as I was out walking I saw your many altars, and one of them had this inscription on it--‘To the Unknown God.’ You have been worshiping him without knowing who he is, and now I wish to tell you about him. 24 "He made the world and everything in it, and since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn't live in man-made temples;" 25 and human hands can't minister to his needs--for he has no needs! He himself gives life and breath to everything, and satisfies every need there is. 26 He created all the people of the world from one man, Adam, and scattered the nations across the face of the earth. He decided beforehand which should rise and fall, and when. He determined their boundaries. 27 "His purpose in all of this is that they should seek after God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him--though he is not far from any one of us." 28 For in him we live and move and are! As one of your own poets says it, ‘We are the sons of God.’ 29 If this is true, we shouldn't think of God as an idol made by men from gold or silver or chipped from stone. 30 God tolerated man's past ignorance about these things, but now he commands everyone to put away idols and worship only him. 31 For he has set a day for justly judging the world by the man he has appointed, and has pointed him out by bringing him back to life again." (Acts 17:22-31, LB).

In other words, people being religious through many religions around the world, trying to worship that unknown God is in itself is like attending pre-kg school, but officially they come to know the true God and start schooling in the school of God only by throwing away their attitude to worship idols and worship in temples made by themselves, as though God himself is in need which is supplied by them through their man-made worship and traditions which they follow. Jesus said, that heathen when they pray use vain repetitions of words, because they think that they will be heard by God because of their many words (Matt 6:7). But actually, God sees the heart sincerity which makes Him hear the prayer of any humans. If any humans regard iniquity in his heart, God will not hear his prayer (Psa 66:18-20). If any man doeth his will and worships God, He does hear their prayers (John 9:31). The heart of the wicked is far from the Lord because they harden their heart by sin of disobedience to the law of God (Prov 28:9), but the prayer of the righteous is heard by God because in his heart he is close to God by being sensitive to the voice of God which comes through His commandments (1 Pet 3:12). God is always near in the Spirit who fills the whole universe (Jer 23:24), but only as iniquities increase in us, it separates God and us, and our sins becomes a thick veil which hides us from seeing His face, therefore as our sins hides God's face from us, it makes God impossible to hear us (Isa 59:2).

If only we could realize the awesomeness of God, the truth is "in him we live and move and have our being." God's will for all of us humans is that we should seek God, and search for Him and find Him being near to us all, as we are all His children because He is the one who has created us. To think that God as an idol made by men from gold or silver or chipped from stone, is to live in the ignorance of our own selves denying the evidence of a living God in the nature, conscience, law of God and the knowledge of good and evil in our soul (Rom 1:20; 2:15, 12; 2:1, 3-4). God now through Jesus Christ has commanded all humans around the world, to put away idols and worship only Him (Heb 1:1-2). Now Jesus Christ will be the one who will judge the whole world and those inhabitants who ever lived in it with or without God.

Relationship with God was God's initiation from heaven through Jesus Christ who was sent from heaven to all humans to reach back to God and be in friendship with Him forever and ever, religion is man's initiation from earth towards heaven to reach God. Satan uses religion and its tradition to distract humans and keep them continue in the spiritual blindness of a unsaved heart (2 Cor 4:4; Eph 2:2-3). To be spiritually blind is not to see Christ, and not to see Christ is not to see God (Col 1:15-16; 2 Cor 4:6). Spiritual blindness is a grievous condition experienced by those who do not believe in God, Jesus Christ, and His Word (Rom 2:8; 2 Thes 2:12). Those who reject Christ are the lost (John 6:68-69). Being spiritually blind, they are perishing (2 Cor 4:3-4; Rev 3:17). They choose not to accept the teachings of Christ and His authority in their lives (Matt 28:18). They are blind to the manifestations of God as revealed throughout His Word and Jesus Christ (John 1:1; Acts 28:26-27). They are described as those who “do not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14).

Now comes the question, does Satan have enough power to supply a miracle to a blind seeker of god in the temple? What did Jesus say about this? Jesus said, Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). Satan controls people by fear (Heb 2:14), God guides people through faith (Heb 11:6). In other words, Satan had the power of death to execute God's justice once before the time of the Cross (1 Kings 22;22; 1 Chron 18:21), but now Jesus has taken that key of power of death in his hand through becoming one among them and dying for them to destroy Satan's right to hold that power through the sin that entered the world which was willingly given in to his evil hands by our forefather Adam (Rom 5:12; Rev 1:17, 18). So we as Christians should not fear now about death (2 Tim 1:7), while the unsaved world is still controlled and manipulated through the fear of death, through which Satan makes them worship him through many religions of the world, and it may even include cultic christianty too which is only a religion and not a relationship with God. This is why Jesus did not dispute about Satan's power and authority when, "5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”" (Luke 4:5-7). In other words, Jesus knew that Satan was holding the authority over the earth to reign which was actually given by God to the first Adam which he lost, and thus has passed on to the devil through blatant disobedience to God, so Jesus by obeying and submitting to the commandment of God through the Spirit, overcame Satan as last Adam by avoiding the same mistake with which he tripped the first Adam (1 Cor 15:45, 55-57).

Once Satan and his demons controls a group of people by blinding them by lies, he becomes that same old representative for them before God and appeals for power and also judgment before God which the just God always respond because He was the one who first appointed them as guardian over the living humans at the time of creation, from which Satan and his evil demons fell through sin and became the evil power of influence over blind humans (Isa 14:12-13; Rev 12:4). Even that is why Satan is called by God as "You were the anointed cherub who covers....O covering cherub" (Isa 28:14, 16). Covering means guarding humans on account of the high power God gave to maintain justice, Satan who had taken that first Adam's power over the earth, along with his already existing guardian power to serve justice through death, began to misuse it. Satan and his evil angels were only placed as a guardian over humans initially (Ezek 28:15; Dan 10:13; Jude 1:9; Rev 12:7). So Satan remained a guardian through the power of law and also began to control the whole world through trading money (Ezek 28:16; Matt 4:8-9), humans were "under guardians and managers until the date set by the father" which was the coming of Jesus Christ to take legally the authority which was lost from the first Adam (Gal 4:2; Gen 1:28; 9:5). Satan and his demons were using the double barrel gun of influencing humans directly legally and threaten them through the law of sin to accuse them in order to amass wealth and use it to build their own kingdom rather than the Kingdom of God.

Jesus himself distinctly recognized the existence of guardian angels—and possibly those assigned to individuals, nations and even families (Matt 18:10; Psa 91:11; 34:6-7; Acts 12:1-10; Heb 1:14). God set a precedent of not only assigning angels to guard humans, but to guard nations, as well (Dan 10:21). This is what Paul the apostle recognized and said, "For our struggle is not against fellow humans who are used as pawn in the hands of Satan and his angels who are the rulers, the authorities, the powers of this dark world which is ruled by the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Eph 6:12, Paraphrased). In other words, apostle Paul is saying, when we pray and take back the first Adam's authority through the last Adam our Lord Jesus Christ who is the head over the Church, then the miracle power and authority that Satan releases over people to mislead them in to hell fire, can be taken back by the Church to bring the same miracle power and authority to restore these lives through salvation and bring them back to God. Once they come to the Church, they come under the mighty miracle authority of Jesus through the 5 fold ministries of the Church in Christ Jesus (Eph 4:11). So we know from the above truth learned, that people who go to Temples do get a miracle, (i.e.) they also receive a miracle of reality in their lives through the demons whom they revere. This is why the test of faith that God gives through false prophets is not whether some one sees a genuine miracle, but whether His people recognize and reject the wrong source of power and authority through the Spirit, and then destroy the false teaching of being led to follow other gods which they have not know (Deut 13:1-4, 5-9, 10-11; 2 Cor 11:2, 3-4; 13-15; Rev 2:2; Matt 18:15-20; 1 Cor 5:1-5; 1 Tim 5:20). O God have mercy and help us by the Spirit to follow only you!

From this we know that God also gives a religious people of the religions of the whole world the true miracle power but at the wrong source knowing that they are being led to hell fire if they continue to walk in the path of unbelief due to idolatry, because God's callings and gifts are irrevocable (Rom 11:29). In other words, just because a person uses the power wrongly, God does not immediately revoke or get back the power. But rather He does respects the delegation that He has set and declared, and then very soon one of these coming days when the great program of the heaven and the earth along with the whole humanity comes to an end, then God will judge each one according to the works they have done when on earth, and all will have to face the judgement and wrath of God or reward of God for their good works done through salvation which has come to all humans through Jesus Christ (Acts 17:31).

So people of God, the most important thing about receiving a miracle is not whether it is a true or false miracle, but through what source the miracle is coming to us, whether it is through subtle religious deceit of the devil or at the hands of God by faith in Jesus Christ and His Word through the Spirit of grace which in itself will be a test to all the believers in these end times like never before (2 Thess 2:9-12).

Satan first of all has no power to produce any miracle by himself as no one in the universe has creative energy except God, but all he does is receive the power on behalf of humans from God and then begins to manipulate the power through which he brings fear in to the people who worship him and his demons. God allows it to separate the true believer from the false. God allows the bad and the evil, not willingly but as a test for man to choose God and his power voluntarily. In the Church, we now have the awesome responsibility to receive the mighty power of God to supply to the God seekers, and direct all people to the truth of the Scripture and God Himself. May we as the pillar of truth shine forth in this dark world like never before and take people to heaven as many as the stars that are in the heavens which we see and do not see. May God's will be done by us through our lives on earth for the Glory of God.

We see in the Bible a great example of the above theme where God sends a lying spirit to deceive those who have sold themselves out for money to prohesying lies and deceit in 1 Kings 22:20-23, "20 And the LORD said, ‘Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ 22 The LORD said to him, ‘In what way?’ So he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the LORD said, ‘You shall persuade him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.’ 23 Therefore look! The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has declared disaster against you.”" This is an anthropomorphized account of a spiritual reality. In other words, it is a human representation of what happened in the spiritual realm.

Why did God send a lying spirit if God cannot lie (Tit 1:2)?

Did God need to ask questions so as to learn? Was he trying to figure out what was going to happen? Of course not. Since God knows all things (1 John 3:20) and as he has ordained whatsoever shall come to pass (Ephesians 1:11), he already knew who would step forward to do the deceiving. God was not partaking in the lying, but as we see He was only allowing the lying which the false prophets wanted to do, because he has given them the gifts to prophecy to be used for the good of his people which they were using for themselves instead of using it for God. So by sending a deceiving spirit, God was only carrying out the sovereign plan which he knew that he had predestined to occur; in this case, the destruction of Ahab by the use of his own false prophets because in spite of knowing the truth of the Scripture, Ahab the king was loving lies, deceit and disobedience to God. In other words, just because God knew all the things that are going to happen doesn't mean that He is involved in doing it, He is like a movie director who sees the story in the big screen of a drama, where he gives rights for the actors in it to act independently or choose his story for them which will only be the truth, in spite of who happens to choose what, the directors will know how the story will end because it was by his help that the whole story was created and becomes history before his own sight.

God predestined the death of Jesus at the hands of Herod, Pilate, the Gentiles, and the Jews (Acts 4:27-28). Yet God was not the one who forced them to sin (Acts 2:36). When we say that God ordains, or that he predestines something bad to happen (Rom 8:28-30), we're saying that he is allowing it to happen in his sovereign will (Isa 53:10). We call this his permissive will because God has the power to turn even the evil things to become good and even the curse to become a blessing (Deut 23:5; Neh 13:2; Gen 50:20). It is his will to permit it, because it is part of his greater plan. He plans to permit it. He could alter it, but he decides not to do so because God has the ability to turn the bad, wicked and evil in to something extremely good for the whole humanity (Rom 8:32-24; 1 Cor 2:8).

God sending a deceiving spirit does not mean that he is a deceiver. He was merely sending a demonic force, allowing it to perform what was natural to it, to do something that was part of the greater plan of God. If I send my young adult boy to the shop to buy some groceries, and on the way he breaks the rules of the law of traffic, and overspeeds, and gets caught by the police on the way to the shop, did I send the offender to the shop, yes, but did I tell him to break the traffic rules?, no, he did it by his own choice of his voluntary will. All I can do is tell the boy, not to overspeed before I send him. But even after telling him, if he gets caught and pays the fine, who is to blame, me or the young boy who is my son? Yes, you have understood. That is the same with God, when he permits in his permissive will for the Glory of God, it is done to show the liberty of his nature, for it to be established to all people in this earth through their lives, in the same way shown above, God does the same by permitting humans to exercise their free will, even when they choose the wrong thing instead of the right thing to do, even when it breaks his heart. THE GREATEST FACULTY OF RESPECT THAT GOD GIVES NEXT ONLY TO HUMANS WHO ARE HIS CREATION IS, THE FREE WILL THAT IS RULED BY THE RULE OF LAW WHICH HE HAS SET ON EARTH AND IN HEAVENS. Praise God for His goodness and His benevolence in the midst of the justice he executes for the Glory of His Name! Glory to God!

Much Blessings....

Why Did Jesus Bleed Water And Blood After His Death?

Do You Have Any Evidence For The Sure Scientific Death Regarding Jesus?

Question: Do you have any hint from the Bible, any explanation and evidence for the sure scientific death regarding Jesus?

Answer: Greetings in Jesus wonderful name!

At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to death. At that time Crucifixion was the "worst" death any one could go through in their lives.

Only the worst criminals were condemned to be crucified (John 18:30).

Yet it was more dreadful for Jesus, unlike other criminals condemned to death by Crucifixion as Jesus was nailed to the Cross by His hands and feet.

Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long. The nails were driven in to His wrist, not in to His palms as commonly portrayed. There is a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. The Roman soldiers and guards knew that when the nails were being hammered in to the wrist, that tendon would tear and break, forcing Jesus to use His hack muscles to support himself so that He could breath.

Both of His feet were nailed together. Thus He was forced to support Himself on the single fail that impaled His feet to the Cross. Jesus could not support Himself with His legs because of the pain. So He was forced to alternate between arching His back, then using his legs just to continue to breath.

Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering and the courage!

Jesus endured this reality for more than 3 hours (Matt 27:45-51). Yes over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of suffering?

A few minutes before He died, Jesus must have stopped bleeding, as he was pouring water from His wounds.

Apostle John set it out without any room for doubt about his death telling us that once a soldier pierced Jesus on his side to check whether he has died completely or not, “immediately there came out blood and water." (John 19:34-35). This is the evidence of one who saw it literally with his eyes-- true evidence, and he knows that what he says is true -- and he gives it so that "you may believe as well.”

The website "gotquestions.org" explains the 'Why did blood and water come out of Jesus' side when He was pierced?' beautifully in this way, "The Roman flogging or scourging that Jesus endured prior to being crucified normally consisted of 39 lashes, but could have been more (Mark 15:15; John 19:1). The whip that was used, called a flagrum, consisted of braided leather thongs with metal balls and pieces of sharp bone woven into or intertwined with the braids. The balls added weight to the whip, causing deep bruising and contusions as the victim was struck. The pieces of bone served to cut into the flesh. As the beating continued, the resulting cuts were so severe that the skeletal muscles, underlying veins, sinews, and bowels of victims were exposed. This beating was so severe that at times victims would not survive it in order to go on to be crucified.

Those who were flogged would often go into hypovolemic shock, a term that refers to low blood volume. In other words, the person would have lost so much blood he would go into shock. The results of this would be

1) The heart would race to pump blood that was not there.

2) The victim would collapse or faint due to low blood pressure.

3) The kidneys would shut down to preserve body fluids.

4) The person would experience extreme thirst as the body desired to replenish lost fluids.

There is evidence from Scripture that Jesus experienced hypovolemic shock as a result of being flogged. As Jesus carried His own cross to Golgotha (John 19:17), He collapsed, and a man named Simon was forced to either carry the cross or help Jesus carry the cross the rest of way to the hill (Matthew 27:32–33; Mark 15:21–22; Luke 23:26). This collapse indicates Jesus had low blood pressure. Another indicator that Jesus suffered from hypovolemic shock was that He declared He was thirsty as He hung on the cross (John 19:28), indicating His body’s desire to replenish fluids.

Prior to death, the sustained rapid heartbeat caused by hypovolemic shock also causes fluid to gather in the sack around the heart and around the lungs. This gathering of fluid in the membrane around the heart is called pericardial effusion, and the fluid gathering around the lungs is called pleural effusion. This explains why, after Jesus died and a Roman soldier thrust a spear through Jesus’ side, piercing both the lungs and the heart, blood and water came from His side just as John recorded in his Gospel (John 19:34)."

Thus the Medical evidence is that Our Lord was truly and completely dead, even though the spiritualized concept of this flow of blood and water at the same time symbolizes the Blood of Belief in Jesus Christ for salvation and the Baptism of Water for discipleship along with the rising up of believers from the old life to live in the new life of heaven that Jesus supplies now and hereafter.

From the common images we see usually the wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His side, but do we remember the many more wounds were made to his body. A hammer driving large nails through the wrists, the feet overlapped and a nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear. And...before the nails and the spear, Jesus was whipped and beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body.

The beating so horrific that His face was torn and his beard ripped from His face. The crown of thorns (two to three inch thorns) cut deeply into His scalp. Most men would not have survived this torture.

He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His wounds. The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters (just less than a gallon) of blood.

Jesus must have poured nearly all 3.5 liters of his blood; He had three nails hammered into His members; a crown of thorns on His head and, beyond that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His chest.

All these without mentioning the humiliation He passed after carrying His own cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones (the cross beam was almost 30 kg of weight, to which His hands were nailed).

Jesus had to endure this experience, so that you may have free access to God.

So that your sins can be "washed" away. All of them past present and future, with no exception!

JESUS CHRIST DIED...FOR YOU! Say, "I Believe!". 

For you, who now read this, do not just generally believe that He only died for others (like those who go to church or for pastors, bishops, etc).

He died for you and the worst of all sinners! 

Accept the reality, the truth, that JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD and that you are sinner who deserves hell fire without Jesus and His free gift of salvation that He gave you when you first believed in Him.

God has special plans for YOU! Share this good news with all your friends... about what God has done through Jesus Christ our Lord to save you and me. Really think about it!

Remember, every day God thinks of you (Psa 68:16).

Every hour God looks after you (2 Thess 3:3). |

Every minute God cares for you (1 Pet 5:7), because every second He loves you (Jer 31:3). The very reason Jesus was sent from heaven to earth is to show to us all that God loves us even to death, so that after death we will be with Him in friendship for eternity, and rise up very soon one of these days with our eternal bodies to glorify God and be with Him forever and ever for eternity ahead (John 3:16).

May God bless you!

If you believe Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, say it out loudly, "Yes, I love God. He is my source of life and my Savior. He keeps me alive and safe, both day and night. Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." (Phil 4:13). IN GOD I TRUST." Amen! Glory to God!

Praise the Lord!

Much Blessings....

What About Valentine's Day?

Can We As Christians Celebrate Valentine's Day?

Question: Can we celebrate Valentine's day as Christians?

Answer: Greetings to you in Jesus wonderful name!

What is Valentine's Day? St Valentine's Day is an annual festival to celebrate romantic love, friendship and admiration. Every year on 14 February people celebrate this day by sending messages of love and affection to partners, family and friends. Couples send Valentine's Day cards and flowers and spend special time together to honour their love for each other.

Irrespective of your status, race or the economics, everyone values love & recognizes that it is love that shapes what is true and good. The term “Love” has always been used so broadly to describe an emotional attraction between two or more people. But the truth of the matter is that there are four kinds of love in the Bible and this includes Eros, Agape, Storge and Philos. So if we really want to learn how we can follow Jesus’s command to always love one another, we need to dig a little deeper to find it (John 13:34; 15:12). The very fact that we are the disciples of Jesus can be know by others according to Jesus, only through our love of one for another (John 13:35). If we want to be just like Jesus in our lives, we ought to love one another, and be ready to give our lives for one another, just like Jesus gave His life to save us from our sins as a friend and a Brother (John 15:13-14; 1 John 4:10-11).


AGAPE LOVE

'Agape' is a special Greek word which represents the divine-love of the Lord towards his Son Jesus Christ, the human beings and all believers. This is the best of the three types of love in the bible, in fact Jesus himself showed this type of divine love to his Dad in heaven and humanity. This is the kind of love we are told by God to be shown by one to another (Eph 4:32; 5:2). To love our enemies, love our neighbors, brothers etc... (Matt 6:44-45), is absolutely impossible because we do not have the ability to produce this kind of Love which is in the nature of God. But as God has give us all His precious promises, that if we believe, we will begin to share in His nature through our lives, and very gladly we will be able to supernaturally love and demonstrate by sacrifice this kind of Divine love in our lives for the Glory of God (2 Pet 1:2, 3, 4, 5-8). In short, God expects all His children the believers to love everyone with this kind of Divine Agape Love. Agape Love works through faith and not feelings (Gal 5:6), so we might not feel the love when we do love others with Agape love by obeying God's one and only greatest commandment in which all of God's commandments is contained within it (Matt 22:36-40; Rom 13:8-10). But once we obey God, the feeling of Agape love might pour out in to our soul and fill our heart to the brim and overflowing later through the Holy Spirit who lives in us (Rom 5:5). Essentially we learn in this type of love to show love without feeling anything at all in obedience to God and His Word. The reward from God for operating in this type of self-sacrificial love is great, and what we reap are out of this world benefits which will stay with us for eternity ahead (Matt 6:19-21).

One of the greatest statement in the Bible was written by the apostle of Love beloved John, and it says, "7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love." (1 John 4:7-8). In fact, as we have read "God is love" and because He is and have become our Father in heaven (Matt 6:9), we ought to love one another, and also be ready to give our own lives for our Brother's and friends. So we as the children of God now have a new nature to love one another as Jesus has loved us. When we love our Brothers in Christ, then we forgive them of their mistakes and then choose to love people for who they are rather than what they do to us or for us (Eph 4:32; 5:2). Thus Agape is unconditional Divine love which comes from God and flows through us to all humans.


PHILOS LOVE

This is a unique kind of love like the one you have for a companion or pal. It refers to loving one another just like your brother or sister. This love is for a pal who is really close and dear to us and it is characterized by various different shared experiences between two people. In fact this is the kind of love that many Christians tend to practice towards one another. And although philos love is really wonderful, it is not that much reliable because it can be humanly produced and expressed through our efforts. When someone does not reciprocate in a trustworthy manner the same love back to us, it fails because we expect in return what we given others (Matt 7:12; Luke 6:31), so it can end up souring at times as we have all experienced at some point in our lives. Thus Philia is love between friends and brotherly love.


EROS LOVE

Eros is the sense of being in love, which is usually between a married couple, sexual love, but the word is nowhere to be found in the New Testament. Erotic love is something relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.Thus 'Eros" love starts with erotic love of physical union and sexual intimacy, and continues day in and day out through working and living for the benefit of one another throughout one's married life. God created humans male and female and instituted marriage in the Garden of Eden. Within marriage, sex is used for emotional and spiritual bonding and reproduction.

The Apostle Paul noted that it is wise for people to marry to fulfill their godly desire for this type of love:

"Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion." (1 Cor 7:8-9, NIV).

Within the boundary of marriage, eros love is to be celebrated:

"Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous." (Heb 13:4, ESV).

"Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control." (1 Cor 7:5, ESV).

Sex as God intended it is a source of delight and a beautiful blessing to be shared between married couples through Eros Love within the boundary of marriage, and therefore is part of God's design, a gift of his goodness for procreation and enjoyment (Prov 5:18-19; Ecc 9:9). As a sexual being, we have a responsibility to honor God within the boundary of marriage, which is the institution of God set by Him for humanity to be blessed, multiply and fill the earth from the beginning of time (Matt 19:4-6, 7-10). We are called to honor God with our bodies, so we must honor him through living in chastity with our marriage partner, in holiness towards God and before other humans to glorify God through our lives lives on earth (1 Cor 6:15-20). Praise the Lord!


STORGE LOVE

The fourth Greek word for love is storge, which relates to natural, familial love such as the love between a parent and child. In the New Testament, the negative form of storge is used twice. Astorgos means “devoid of natural or instinctive affection, without affection to kindred.”

Romans 1:31 describes sinful humanity as having “no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.” The Greek word translated as “no love” is astorgos. The other instance of this word is found in 2 Timothy 3:3, where it is translated “without love.” Paul warns that one mark of the “terrible times in the last days” (verse 1) is that people will lack natural love for their own families.

In Romans 12:10 we find an interesting compound: philostorgos is translated as “be devoted.” The word combines philos and storge and means “to cherish one’s kindred.”

Thus, 'storge' is Affection, love of family. This kind of love is so important to practice in our Christian lives, the great apostle Paul said, "But those who won't care for their own family members and relatives, especially those in their own immediate family, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers." (1 Tim 5:8).

Further, believers in Christ, children of the same heavenly Father, are to “be devoted to one another in love.” As part of God’s family, we should show loving affection toward each other and be prone to love. Philostorgus is used only once in the New Testament, and that’s in Romans 12:10.

Having clearly seen the four types of love in the Bible, if we ask ourselves the question, can and should we on a particular day highlight and celebrate all the four type of love by acknowledging the purpose of God for which it was set in our lives? By all means we should, and we can. Above all this should be celebrated each day of our lives, to bring honor and glory to God through our lives.


The Early History of Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is named after Saint Valentine, a Catholic priest who lived in Rome in the 3rd Century. There are many stories about St Valentine and over time these stories grew into the legend we know today.

At the time of Valentine's life, many Romans were converting to Christianity, but the Emperor Claudius II was a pagan and created strict laws about what Christians were allowed to do. Claudius believed that Roman soldiers should be completely devoted to Rome and therefore passed a law preventing them from marrying. St Valentine began to marry these soldiers in secret Christian ceremonies and this was the beginning of his reputation for believing in the importance of love.

Eventually Valentine was found out and jailed for his crimes against Claudius. While imprisoned, Valentine cared for his fellow prisoners and also his jailor's blind daughter. Legend has it that Valentine cured the girl's blindness and that his final act before being executed was to write her a love message signed ‘from your Valentine'. Valentine was executed on 14 February in the year 270.


How did Valentine's Day develop?

It wasn't until more than 200 years later that 14 February was proclaimed St Valentine's Day. By this time Rome had become Christian and the Catholic Church was determined to stamp out any remaining paganism. A pagan fertility ritual was held in February each year and the Pope abolished this festival and proclaimed 14 February Saint Valentine's Day, thus establishing this feast day on the Catholic Calendar of Saints.

The poet Chaucer in the Middle Ages was the first to link St Valentine with romantic love. This was the beginning of the tradition of courtly love, a ritual of expressing love and admiration, usually in secret. This custom spread throughout Europe and stories grew about a High Court of Love where female judges would rule on issues related to love on 14 February each year. Historians believe that these meetings were in fact gatherings where people read love poetry and played games of flirtation.


Valentine's Day Symbols

The practice of sending love messages developed into people sending special cards expressing their affection. These cards were beautiful creations handmade by the sender and individually designed to show how much they loved the recipient. Cards would usually contain sentimental verse, proclaiming the beauty of the receiver and how much they were loved.

Saint Valentine's Day cards were decorated with pictures of cupid, hearts and flowers and trimmed with lace and ribbon. These images are still used today to symbolise love and are recognised all over the world.


What is Valentine's Day in Contemporary Times?

While Valentine's Day is celebrated in most countries, different cultures have developed their own traditions for this festival. In some parts of the world Valentine's Day is observed as a day for expressing love between family members and friends, rather than that of romantic couples. Some traditions include leaving lollies and gifts for children and others include acts of appreciation between friends.

Valentine's Day is most commonly associated with romantic love, with millions of Valentine's Day cards being exchanged each year. Gifts of flowers or a single red rose are sent with romantic messages to loved ones and couples spend special time together. Valentine's Day gift hampers are also a popular gift and typically include flowers, champagne and chocolates.

Many couples choose to celebrate Valentine's Day with dinner, a picnic or special home-cooked meal. Many restaurants offer Valentine's Day dinner promotions and food is often presented with symbols of love like hearts and flowers. Another popular Valentine's Day activity is to indulge in a luxury hotel stay in a beautiful location, allowing a couple to get away from it all and enjoy some quality time together. Marriage proposals are also popular on Valentine's Day, and it is often chosen as the perfect day to express their love and commitment. Some marriage proposals are delivered very creatively, such as after climbing to the top of a mountain, or posting a message on a billboard. Whatever the method, marriage proposals made on Valentine's Day are generally romantic and memorable.


As A Christian, Is It Good To Celebrate Valentine's Day?

All others do celebrate Valentine's day, but for a Christian the day is something more special than for others. Because on this day, the world only wants to celebrate and focus on the earthly and temporal eros part of the married life. But for us as Christians, we can and should be able to focus on not only the eros, but also the other three of which 'Agape' should me meditated and thanked for to Jesus, by also partaking in the communion if possible to remember the Divine love of Jesus with which He has loved us and chose to love us all presently through the good news of the Gospel, and through which we ought to love one another just as He commanded us (1 Cor 11:23-26; John 15:12). We can have a practice of a social meal or familial one or a love feast for all the brotherhood which can all be encouraged on this day to share, joy, peace and righteousness of the Kingdom of God (Rom 14:17). May God bless us all specially as we choose to celebrate the Valentine's day with the focus on the four aspects of the love which God has given us all to share and care for one another, just as the love of God is shared within the Trinity. By the way, if you are not yet married, never indulge in 'Eros' to stir it up, until it is time for your marriage, after which you practice it (Sos 2:7). Never play with the fire of Eros outside of marriage, it will bring God's judgment and curse most of the time when the boundary is crossed and the covenant gets broken before God (Heb 13:4).


Much Blessings....