In the last message we looked at some background to Matt 3:8-10. We talked about the genealogy of Jesus, Jesus birth, King Herod, Pharisees and Saduccees. We also talked about how John called the Pharisees and Saduccees offsprings of snakes and asked them who warned them to flee from the wrath of God. We now […]
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False Christians – “Not everyone who says Lord, Lord will enter heaven”. Are we truly Christians Part 1
According to the 2001 national census, Christians accounted for 79.7% of the population. This includes Zion Christian(11.1%), Pentecostal (Charismatic) (8.2%), Roman Catholic (7.1%), Methodist (6.8%), Dutch Reformed (6.7%), Anglican(3.8%); members of other Christian churches accounted for another 36% of the population. This stats comes from Wikipedia. Almost 80% of the population is Christian. This is what people answered when they were asked to fill in […]
Who is Jesus?
Well, we all know that Jesus is the Son of God, God reincarnate, our Lord and Savior and the son of Mary and Joseph. I came accross this passage in Colosians that gave even more information on exactly who Jesus is. Let’s look at it. Colossians 1:15-20 (ESVST) 15 He is the image of the […]
Eternal Destruction for Sinners and Relief for Beleivers
2 Thessalonians 1:4-10 (ESVST) Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. 5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you […]
False Pastors and Prophets are a Judgement of God on Sinners
I remember that I used to feel very sad and angry because of what false pastors and prophets were doing to the people. I felt that the people were being taken for a ride and they are used by these false pastors and prophets not for their benefit but for the benefit of themselves. In […]
John 14:27-31 – “I love God because I obey his commandments”, says Jesus
John 14:27-31 (ESVST) Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. Peace be with you was a common way of greeting among the Jews. However, Jesus here implies that the type […]
John 14:22-26 – If you love me, keep my words!
John 14:22-26 (ESVST) Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “ Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “ If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our […]
John 14:15-21 – If you love me, keep my commandments!
John 14:15-21 (ESVST) 15 “ If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, […]
John 14:15 – If you love me, keep my commandments!
John 14:15 (ESVST) 15 “ If you love me, you will keep my commandments. This is one verse that has sparked quite a lot of controvesy especially among the Roman Catholic Church or similar churches and the Reformers or Protestant Churches or similar churches. This is because the Roman Catholic Church beleives in Salvation by […]
John 14:7-14 – If you know Jesus, You know God
John 14:7-14 (ESVST) If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Jesus just told his disciples that he was the way the truth and the life and that no one comes to the Father except through him. Now Jesus tells […]