the watcher

1 Corinthians 1:18  For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. I listened to an interview where an interviewer was moderating a talk between a christian man and another cleric from another religion. They tried to prove the redemption plan of God as illogical and false. One thing you will notice about those who try to do this is that they try to discredit Paul's writings. What they fail to understand is that of all the writings of scriptures, the writings of Paul is still the most clear revelation and interpretation of the earlier writings. Thank God for such a man that could be preserved for such a purpose. Even Peter the first of Christ had to acknowledge him in His writing. What seems foolish to them? The deity of Christ, how could God allow His Son be crucified by mortal man. How can Christ Jesus be God? Yet still be the Heavenly Father above? How can His Spirit be here and yet God is still in heaven? Wi...

Matthew 4:10(NLT) “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” 1Chronicles 23:30  to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening; Psalms 30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever. The act of worship involves reverence. Our every day lives should not be complete without us giving reverence to the Heavenly Father, in school, workplace, in our business, in church, at home, in the bus, in your car, in the airplane, everywhere. John 9:31(NLT) We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. The reason for your creation was to worship God, we were made to be an extension of His Kingdom. Do we always worship God. Worship is attributed to a deity and is even synonymous to idolatry. Another synonym is idolatry. (according to the English dictionary...

Proverbs 11:20 The Lord detests people with crooked hearts, but he delights in those with integrity. Through scriptures we see that the Lord was interested in people who were upright in heart. Who did not delight in doing evil or bringing harm to the innocent. This is why David prophesied: Psalms 1:6(NLT) For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction. The fruit we bear of the Holy Spirit never goes contrary with uprightness, for He is Holy, separated in integrity, blameless, good, perfect without wrong. If we say we have God's Spirit in us, we reflect this very fruit. For we act according to the spirit that controls us: Matthew 7:16-18(NLT) You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. We must be cautious b...

Ephesians 1:14 The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him. A man of God illustrated instruments of worship as instruments that respond to breath and touch, that is, we make music by either touching them (piano, other string instruments, drums etc) or blowing into them (trumpet, saxophone etc). When we look at our creation, the bible records that God made us the same way: Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person. Yes by touch and breath. What a great illustration of our very purpose. This purpose was fully revealed in Christ Jesus, who paid the price that we will be God's praise again. Ephesians 1:5&6 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, ...

Philippians 1:11 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory and praise to God. Many a modern day teacher of grace would feel that when another talks about precepts for living, they refer to walking under the law. Sometimes they accuse you of mixing the message of grace with the law, like an unsteady tide. However this is not the truth! First it is established that everyone who comes to the Heavenly Father, comes by faith in the finished work of the Messiah, Christ Jesus. It is not of works, thus no one can boost, but by grace through our faith. I love the way, the New Living Translation explained it: Ephesians 2:8-9(NLT) God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. Now let us look at the very next verse: Ephesians 2:10(NLT) For ...

Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Are you worried or troubled? When we feel that we have not gotten what we deserve, when our mind seems to forget all that we have or have been privileged to become. Instead our mind wants to dwell on what we have not yet gotten, or what seems to be delayed or that we feel that God has not been fair to us. We ought to remember that we are presently one(1) person out of more than eight billion (8,000,000,000), who are presently living on earth, not counting the innumerable who have gone ahead of us, and more who are yet to come. Yet the Heavenly cares for each one of us, to the extent that those who believe in Him have the very hairs on their head numbered that one does not fall without Him knowing. However the power of will(the power of choice) is one attribute of man that makes us godlike, and empowers us to decide if we do well or if we fail. It is that which makes us able to decide...