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ETERNAL LIFE

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INTRODUCTION My Uncle who died of Pneumonia last year, gave me a glimpse of Heaven. He was at the hospital, taking treatment, and since it were the time of the COVID-19 virus. He was isolated. A man who meets and talks to people relentlessly was desolated for he was the only one with him. However, He never looked sad and moreover, he tried to maintain a happy face when we were visiting him. We did notice the hiding sad face. Days passed, and suddenly one day, His face looked stunningly shinning and really joyful as if all his debts in this world are cleared. He was happy as heaven. When asked why, He began saying “Arey Ben, It is time. Only two more days and I will be free. I saw what God has planned for me. It was the most beautiful thing I‟ve ever seen.” I tried asking him more and where he saw what. He was responding with utmost excitement but is running out of words. What I did understand was He envisioned something greater and beyond this life. The reason I profoundly say it‟s bey...
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HEAVEN

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  Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, Today we are going to meditate on the topic "Heaven". Heaven is a place every believers wished to be in someday, in the heart of every believer there is always the hope of heaven. Heaven is the afterlife, the home of God and His angels, it’s also known as paradise, also the celestial sphere. Heaven is seen as a place of supreme happiness, joy and contentment. Where there will be no tears, there is no sorrow, no regret, no remorse. Heaven is the place that some people go to, after leaving the physical body. It is the eternal home, of our spirit and soul. Even though, The greatest life of a believer is the life of heaven. And heaven is promised with joy that is beyond human understanding, We all know that the road to heaven is full of thrones, the greatest example we see is from the life of Jesus Christ, our heavenly being who come to earth, ascend to Heaven in the afterlife. His life on earth was full of s...
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HELL

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  INTRODUCTION What happens when we die? The 2019 Pew Research poll shows that 72% of Americans believe in literal heaven while 58% believe in a literal hell. Most of the people who hold these beliefs are Christians. It is general that for most of us, the term “Hell” reminds us of a raging fire beneath the heavens, maybe earth, which is the abode of evildoers where they are tortured and tormented on account of the punishment for their sins. Whenever we hear the word “Hell” there will be an image that is composed of chaos, irregularity, wailing, pain surrounded by torments, etc. This image - which most of us are reminded of through this word - is a constructed image of the teachings, stories, myths, and traditions we live and are brought up. On the other hand, theologians view hell as the logical consequence of rejecting God’s relationship. The contradiction to such views is that scripture nowhere portrays God as an eternal torturer. Which father wants to fry his child in oil? How m...
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SECOND COMING

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Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also (John 14:1-3). Greetings! The Second Coming, also called the Second Advent or the Parousia, in Christianity is referring to the future return of Jesus Christ in glory, when it is understood that he will set up his kingdom, judge his enemies, and reward the faithful, living and dead. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ is mentioned in the Bible several times. When we look at the Bible, we can readily discover that the Lord’s return is prophesied in two different ways. Besides His public descent upon a cloud, He also will descend in secret. For example, the Bible records: “If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief” (Revelation 3:3). “Behold...
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JUDGMENT

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Greetings to you all in the Name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, The judgments begin apparently with the judgment of resurrected saints of the Old Testament, both the Israelites and the Gentiles, and resurrected saints of the tribulation period. The Scriptural teaching about judgment lies at the centre of God’s revelation. It is a crux of the biblical message, giving a profound paradigm for our thinking. Next to the fundamental proclamation that God is the Creator (Gen 1–2), the Lord is presented as the Judge: In the Garden of Eden there is the first reference to the trial judgment (Gen 3:8–24).  Judgment is an integral part of God’s nature; it is His characteristic divine prerogative. To understand God means to know and comprehend His judgments, which are very comprehensive. Through the study of His judgments, we can know who He is and what His character is. God actually invites us to understand His judgments in order to be able to deliberately declare that He is love and ju...
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SUFFERING

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Greetings to you all in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! Oxford Dictionary describes the word, ‘Suffering’ as “physical or mental pain that a person or animal is feeling”. According to our understanding, suffering is the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. Through this article, we are going to examine ourselves! When I reached out to write about this topic, suffering. There were these two things that came to my mind; As a Human beings, we all are experiencing suffering, but the main point is that.  Is our suffering really, Meaningful? Or is it Meaningless? Meaningful Suffering In the word itself, we can identify what is meaningful suffering. Life  shouts, survival of the fittest. For this survival, we need to work. Sometimes the work is perhaps easy or taught, but still, we need to work on it to pursue the thing. e.g. The athlete always practices, meanwhile, during the practice time he/she perhaps gets some inj...
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TRANSFORMATION

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“Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy”  - Pope Francis Lent is a time to examine oneself in the presence of God and make rectifications, which leads to transformation. The season of Lent is an exodus, the exodus of bearing good fruit in life. In other words, we must change our priorities and accept His will in our life.  Chapter 2:1-11 in John’s gospel is well-known, it gives prominence to faith, hope, and transformation. The sign at the wedding feast in Cana is an important event in the public ministry of Jesus Christ. The fact that tasteless water can become high-quality wine reminded us that there is a chance for all to be transformed. Let us go through this passage and observe some attributes of transformation. It is necessary to be aware of one’s surroundings. In Palestine, wine is an integral element of all celebrations. It was not a sign of luxury, but it was a necessity. Wine is more than just a drink at a Jewish wedding; it i...
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MISION

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Greetings to you all the name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, Today we are in the 27th days of LENT, and today we are going to discuss about Christian Mission.  Synonyms – assignment, task, journey, undertaking, goal, pursuit, aim, purpose etc. Opposite words – rest, stoppage, lazy We will be discussing what is mission, its origin, why want to talk on mission, your mission generally or common and Gods mission, Mission: Generally - mission is an important assignment or task given to a person or group of people. Typically – mission involving travel Biblically – a sending (with special purpose) The word Mission comes from the Latin word Missio (n) and the verb ‘Mittere’ appears quite frequently in the vulgate, which corresponds, to the word ‘send’ in English Bible. Biblical scholars have related to these two words “mission” and “sending” for the equivalent term in Hebrew Bible “Salah”, “Apostello” and “Pempo” in both the LXX and New Testament. Salah and Apostello stand for biblic...
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MINISTRY

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Introduction The term Ministry comes from Latin ‘ministerium’ which means ‘activity of a servant, service, duty’. In Middle English ‘ministere’. Later it became Minstri. Our Lord Jesus Christ talks about ministry, “My Father will honor the one who serves me”. John 12:25. If we want to get honor from Almighty, we should do the ministry with sincerely. The word ministry appeared in the bible 22 times. Healing Ministry The Bible talks about Jesus, the Son of God who went about doing good and healing all kinds of diseases – bringing wholeness and healing to people in their body and mind. When Jesus had risen from the dead, he gave the authority and power to his disciples to drive out demons and heal all kinds of diseases. Since then, the church has been engaged in the ministry of healing. Biblical Understanding of Healing: We must clearly understand the fact that Jesus never attempted to heal people without any relevance nor benefit to the Kingdom of God. When Jesus began his minis...
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FAITH IN ACTION

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Greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Saviour of the World.       I am glad to share with you about Faith in Action. There are a lot of controversies going on between the concepts of Faith in Action and the Faith without Works. Here, I would like to, bring out the demonstration of a living faith in loving action from James 2.14 - 26. St. James did not contradict the Apostle Paul, who insisted that we are saved not of works (Ephesians 2.9). Paul mentioned the works of law such as circumcision which does not save humankind. Paul also wrote (Titus 3.8): “… those who believed in God should be careful to maintain good works.”  In the same way, St. James explained that the living faith must accompany by virtuous deeds. He was written this letter to remind Jewish Christians for teaching them about the faithful life to them. Act of Obedience by Faith St. James proved faith in action from the life of Abraham, the father of Jew...
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Purpose of life

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“In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.” Ephesians 1:11-12 (NRSV) We all are here on earth not by an accident but God have a plan for each one of us. we are sent to this earth with a purpose which we need to quest for. Our birth was not a mistake, and our life is not fluke of nature. Our parents may not have planned us, but God did. Before we were conceived by our parents we were in God’s mind because he had a plan for us. it is not by chance or fate that we are alive, we are alive and breathing because God wanted to create us. The Word of God says, “The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me.” No matter where we were born, under what circumstances we were born. We might feel that we don’t have any hope in life. But, let us be remined that no matter what we are who we...
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Offering

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Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, For today my reflection is from Mark 12:41-44, a widow praised by Jesus as an exemplary model of generosity and true piety. This reading can be regarded as the usual or traditional interpretation of the story which we keep listening to over and over again. But it is also the story of a widow, who offered her last penny, this is a tragic and painful example of an exploited woman . The widow’s act would be nothing but a misguided expression of false piety inspired and encouraged by the religious leaders. As the story goes in Mark 12, Jesus was watching people put money into the temple treasury. Rich people put in a lot of money. Then, a poor widow put in 2 small copper coins. Jesus’ comments make it clear that the widow felt the impact of her contribution much more than all the rich people giving money they didn’t need. She gave the only money she had to buy food to survive. Her sacrifice had painful consequences in he...
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Eucharist

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Eucharist , also called Holy Communion or Lord’s Supper , in  Christianity , ritual commemoration of  Jesus ’  Last Supper  with his disciples. The Eucharist (from the Greek  eucharistia  for “thanksgiving”) is the central act of Christian worship and is practised by most Christian churches in some form. Origin in Scripture The story of the institution of the Eucharist by Jesus on the night before his  Crucifixion  is reported in the  Synoptic Gospels  (Matthew 26:26–28; Mark 14:22–24; and Luke 22:17–20) and in the  First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians  (I Corinthians 11:23–25). According to the Gospel accounts, Jesus established the practice at the Last Supper, a traditional  Passover   Seder , when he blessed the bread, which he said, was his body, and shared it with his disciples. He then shared a cup of wine with his disciples and told them that “this is the blood of my covenant, which is po...
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