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"I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do." - John 17 Verse 4 (NIV) This is a powerful statement. There are various ways by which one could bring glory to God . I, however, believe that completing the work that the Lord has assigned you is the principal means by which you could bring glory to Him. Jesus was clear about the kind of work that God had given Him to accomplish on earth. At the end of it all, Jesus also could tell that He had accomplished His mission. You could be wondering what kind of work God has cut out for you , the work that you need to complete during your lifetime. Remember, every Christian has work to do. The principal work is soul winning . If you are not clear about the work God has cut out of you, just tell people about Christ ; you will never go wrong. As you win souls, God will reveal to you what additional work He may want you to accomplish. So what work are you doing right now to bring Go...

"How can I please God?"  "How can I please Him more?"  "Am I pleasing Him at all?"  Any Christian whose heart burns for the deep things of God , who yearns for wholesome fellowship with Him , always asks themselves these questions. I have asked myself the same question several times. I have always sought for THE formula for a proper fellowship with the Father ...and I have found it! I have always known about ' the formula ' , but it had not come to my heart the way it has done now. I will give you the formula right away. You can use it within two minutes from now; how exciting! You could be in top-notch fellowship with the Father immediately...and your life will completely change forever! The formula to the best ever fellowship with the Father is " walking in love ."   Gracious Lord! "How can I walk in love? What does 'walking in love' really mean, in practical terms?" you could be asking yourself......

"When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, he will testify about me." - John 15  Verse  26 ( NIV ) The Bible clearly explains who the real Holy Spirit is. There are so many 'holy spirits' in the world today. Many are following such spirits, imitations of the real Holy Spirit . Such people are being led into dense forests ! What are you looking for? Are you looking for any spirit or for the real Holy Spirit ? If you are looking for the real Holy Spirit, you should first learn about Him, for you to be able to recognize Him at every turn. There is enough teaching in the Bible to help you tell the real from the fake. In John 15:26 we learn that the Holy Spirit is our Counselor , our teacher , our guide and our helper . We also learn that He testifies only about Jesus , and that His words and directions are always consistent with the Word of God . In John 14:17 the Holy Spirit is referred to as 'the Spirit of truth '...

"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin . Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin." - John 15 Verse 22 ( NIV ) If you've never heard anybody talk about Jesus , you are not guilty of sin. If you've heard about Him and ignored Him and His message, then you are guilty of sin; you live in condemnation . How great the number of people guilty of sin!  I know of many, close and far, who have heard about Jesus (by word of mouth, through radio, television and print media) but have ignored Him, and continue to do so. Some of these people are exposed to the Word of God almost on a daily basis; but to them, the Word of God is nothing but classical fiction . If you've ever heard the Word of God, if you've ever heard about Jesus, and have not done anything about it, then  you have no excuse for your sin! Yours is the most dangerous state of life there ever could be! "Now to you who believe, this stone i...

"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That's why the world hates you." - John 15  Verses  18-19 (NIV) That's why the world hates you. How true! Every Christian needs to appreciate this. If you hold on to the teachings of Jesus Christ , the world will hate you, even if you haven't done anybody any harm. It will hate you simply because you would no longer be its own. People around you will consider you strange. You will be hated even by people who ordinarily should not have anything to do with you. How amazing! People will talk negatively about you. " He has lost his mind ," they will claim, without even a hint of doubt regarding their own condition.  Jesus said, "... keep in mind that they hated me first ." This is what emboldens me; it should embolden you t...

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." - John 15  Verse  12 (NIV)   "This is my command: Love each other." - John 15:17 . The only thing that will remain after we are done with this world is how we have loved; how we have loved God and how we have loved people - how we have interacted with other people while still on earth. "And now these three remain: faith , hope and  love . But the  greatest  of these  is   love ." - 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV) We will need faith and hope as long as we live in this world. But when we get to our real world, we will not need faith and hope, because we would have arrived. But love we will have to carry with us. So, in everything we do, in everything that we seek to achieve, we must always keep in mind that the greatest or the principal thing is love. We need to be guided by love...

"Remain in me, and I will remain in you." - John 15  Verse  4 (NIV) Somebody asked me a question one day.  The question went something like this:  "Is it possible, after one has been born again , to subsequently lose their salvation ?" I believe it's possible.   To the saved, Jesus Christ is Lord; He is the Director of the life of a saint. Let us assume that before he was saved, Mr. Jones had a different kind of lord, and that Mr. Jones had abandoned this lord for the Lord.  Now assume that Mr. Jones, after walking with the Lord for ten years, decided to go back to his former lord .  Could Mr. Jones have retained his salvation under such circumstances? I don't believe so! "Remain in me, and I will remain in you," Jesus Christ told his disciples in John 15:4 (NIV). Certainly Mr. Jones did not remain in the Lord; so the Lord, in return, did not remain in Mr. Jones.  Without the Lord there is no salvation...

What is the evidence that you love Him? What do people see in you that would convince them that you truly love Jesus?  Do you even know the yardstick?  "If you love me, you will obey what I command ." - John 14  Verse  15 (NIV) Do you love Him? Don't you? Now you can tell. Jesus puts it simply. He says, "If you love me, you will obey what I command." You cannot love Him without obeying Him. You cannot love and disobey Him. What is it that Jesus has commanded you? You may not know much, but I am sure you know something of what He has commanded you. I am referring to basics here, not to some scholarly knowledge .  The question, really, is not about that which you do not know; it's about that which you know, however little. What have you done with it? You demonstrate your love for Him by obeying what He commands you, under all circumstances, under all forms of opposition, without compromise.  Regrettably, a number of Christians are ea...

"Rather, it is the Father , living in me, who is doing his work ." - John 14  Verse  10 (NIV) These are the words of our Lord Jesus Christ .  The message is simple - it is God who does His work . We are just vessels through which God accomplishes His will on earth. We need to keep this fact close to our chests, otherwise we might end up going our own way. Whenever God works wonderfully through us, there is always the temptation to use "me" instead of "Him" ; the tendency to ' steal the show ', with the vessel claiming to be the doer of the work. Consider somebody who uses a pen to write a book. Would it be correct if the pen were to claim to have written the book? The pen is just a means to an end; the writer is somebody else! Jesus Christ is our Lord and our role model. His words teach us how best to carry ourselves in this life. They also sober us up whenever we are tempted in the manner just described. If we do not f...

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life . No-one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14  Verse  6 ( NIV )  He pre-existed everything . He created everything . Apart from Him nothing was created! He tells us that He is the way, the truth and the life , so that we may know how to properly direct our lives. He also tells us that people can come to God ONLY through Him [i.e., Jesus]. It is important to note the following: Jesus is not a way; He is THE way . Jesus is not a truth; He is THE truth . Jesus is not a life; He is THE life . You might have anchored your life on a way, a truth, a life. If that's the case, then you've missed the point. A way, a truth and a life all come to an end at some point. But the way, the truth and the life are for eternity!  Won't you rather be directed by the creator than by the creation ? Won't you listen to the one who was there in the beginning ? Remember, if you...

"As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world but to save it. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day ." - John 12  Verses  47-48 ( NIV ) The will of God is that the Gospel be preached to all, the world over. Everybody should hear it.  Something happens when one hears the Word of God ; it could mean life or spiritual death for them, for on hearing the Word , one can choose between accepting and rejecting it. Have you ever listened to a sermon ? Have you ever heard the Word? If yes, did you accept or reject it? If you rejected it, do you think that's the end of the story? The Gospel is being preached so much nowadays that there are very few people, if any, who could honestly claim to never have heard it. Such people are probably in a better place compared to those that have heard and rej...

"I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge." - John 8  Verse  50 (NIV) Seeking glory for oneself . Seeking the praises of men . This is a pitfall that we need to avoid at all costs. Jesus did not seek glory for Himself. He told His audience that there was One who sought the glory , One whose pleasure was to glorify Him . So Jesus operated in such a manner that the One, and not men, might glorify Him. O to be glorified of God ! If you want God to glorify (or praise) you, then you need to act in a way that seeks, exclusively,  to glorify Him. What this means, if all is in order, is that when people look at you, they should see the greatness, the beauty, the love and image of God ; they should see God in you .  But if they look at you and see only you, it could mean that you are the glory of yourself , not the glory of God . Jesus told His audience that the One who seeks the glory is also the judge . He...

"If you hold on to my teaching, you are really my disciples." - John 8  Verse  31 (NIV) God help us! Here is the definition of a disciple of Jesus Christ : " One who holds on to His teaching."   I have learnt a lot just from this definition. A disciple of Jesus follows Jesus. Jesus is their Lord , in every respect and in every aspect of life. Now we can all judge ourselves. What does Jesus teach us ? How would He have us behave under the various circumstances of life? How well are we doing as disciples? Are we surely holding on to His teaching?  Note this: "holding on" implies that something wants to take you from there. It could be challenges. It could be people and their will over your life. Or it could plainly be your own weaknesses. In my Christian life , I have seen several Christians compromise . I have seen relatives prevailing over the saints , putting them back into bondage. I have seen people try "other options...