The Grace Faith

  As believers we should be cognisant of the fact that things will not always happen according to our wishes and desires. Even for Abraham, the father of faith, he passed through trying times before he could see the promise of the Lord being fulfilled. When believers face problems, they are rested and they know that it’s their resting that will cause their Father in heaven to pay attention to them. Let us read, “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple” (Isaiah 6:1). It is important that we become positive in the Lord so that we may not be distracted from faith. This will help you because when you believe right, then you will live right. So, there are important things in this passage that I want us to look at, first thing is the name of the king. The name of the king is Uzziah , the Hebrew name, which in English is the strength of Jah (God) . This speaks of Jesus when He was on the cross...

In the plan of the Lord we find that He always desires that we as His children be before Him, this is in front of Him where He can see us. We cannot believe in ourselves more than we can entrust our lives with the Lord. Therefore, we need to trust the Lord with our lives. Sometimes, we may find ourselves on the wrong side of the Lord, but when we are cognisant of our justification, and then we won’t move away from God’s favour. We will always be on favoured ground by faith. The bible says, “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless’” (Genesis 17:1). The Lord uses this favourable expression towards Abraham denoting that as Abraham is before Him, he is on a favoured ground. If the Lord shows His back to you then it means you have not found favour before His sight. We have these verses from the book of Isaiah: “Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that ...

  It is of paramount importance that we acknowledge the role played by women in the household and in the marriage. In the bible, we have seen how women play an important role in men’s lives; some have derailed them from the faith like king Solomon. Whenever this topic pops up, it takes me back to the beginning of life in the Garden of Eden. When Adam was given this earth alone to rule, he didn’t enjoy it, and the Lord saw the need to create someone who would be his helper.  When the Lord saw this, He said,  “...It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him ” (Genesis 2:18). You know that in the bible the word man can be interchangeably used for male figure or human being in general. Let us see here, in the Hebrew we have the word man is  adam and not ish , for man . Adam is human being in general whereas ish is a male figure. This denotes that, human being will always need someone near them to succeed in life. However, when the...

  Mankind had no hope in this earth, given up to the slave market of sin by Adam. God who is rich in mercy met man’s weakness by sending a solution straightaway. In fact, Jesus died for sinners as soon as Adam sinned. The bible says, “All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8). This Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world, when Adam sinned. However, He officially died for them on the cross when He hung outside the gates of Jerusalem. All sacrifices the Lord required from the people of the Old Testament were allegories of what would take place thousand years later. Let us consider this, “ And He said, ‘Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.’ Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its...