This Week With Jesus

                                              Read Genesis Chapter 3 “Sin always produces the same result - separation from God” . - David Jeremiah That Adam sinned (as did his wife) is a given. Let's think about what was Adam’s Sin? Disobeying God. What caused it? Symbolically speaking it was Gluttony (wanting/eating what you shouldn't) and avarice, or greed, in desiring wisdom and power (ambition). Adam's sin has been inherited in us as well. In our greed, sometimes do we not overlook God and what He has said and advised? They had the best of the best in every way, but their ambition to become what they were not meant to be brought about their downfall. How did it happen? Presenting of Deception and half-truths by Satan (which he still does); rationalization by Eve, of what God said to suit her, thereby twisting and finally rejecting what God actually said. We do the sa...

Image is representative Read Genesis Chapter 2  Humanity has a unique origin and status: Adam is created in a distinct way, formed from the dust and given the breath of life by God. This is a profound and unique event, and it fires the imagination just to think about it. Even today, we have life because we breathe, and we breathe at Gods will and pleasure. Remember Job 27:3.  God gave life to all creatures but only into man did He breathe life. How fantastic! This event was later replicated by Jesus when He breathed the Holy Spirit over His disciples. (John 20:22) This event emphasizes humanity's special place in creation humans are a privileged lot but, as we all know from experience, along with privilege comes responsibility. Just as we humans are unique, we have a unique multidimensional responsibility - vertical and horizontal. Vertically Upwards -  Responsibility towards God Why did God make Adam? The key reason is to glorify God as God's crowning creation! Isiaah 43...

“Except for the divinity of Jesus Christ, no issue polarizes believers and sceptics as much as the question of the origin of our planet Earth. Is the world the result of divine creation or evolution.” – David Jeremiah. Today, let us not focus on who is right or who is wrong - but on what we believe.  We know that as Gods Spirit hovered over the face of the primeval waters; so did Gods Spirit hover over Moses’ hand as he wrote this Book of Beginnings. We know that the actual inspiration of the Book of Genesis is the Holy Spirit Himself who was present during the process of creation, as part of the triune, and this foundational truth invites us to view Genesis as the ultimate account of creation, focusing on why the world was made rather than merely how it came to be. To really imagine the magnificence of creation as described in Genesis, we need to look around us. Recognizing the grandeur and complexity of creation helps us grasp the immense power and wisdom of God. Understandi...

You may be wondering what is this new term - Spiritual Intelligence? In Mark 12:30, Jesus instructs us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. This commandment is fundamental to our faith and challenges us to love God with all our being. While our heart represents our emotions desires and passions, our soul is the essence of who we are, our life force and our spiritual center .  And then comes the mind. Loving God with our mind means using our intellect to know and understand Him better. We study the Bible and learn about His character His promises and His ways. We also use our minds to gain more knowledge of Him and apply that knowledge in our daily life. And this is where Spiritual Intelligence comes in. Today we are not going to define Spiritual intelligence in general, but we are going to create a Christian framework for it. It is a mindset and is important for us to be able to delve into the Word of our Lord to understand and apply it to our liv...

In our last post, we pondered on how Easter is a new beginning. If the Friday crucifixion changed the world for the apostles, Easter brought hope. Between Easter and the Day of Pentecost (When the Holy Spirit came upon them and which is a period of 50 days), the Apostles were primarily Experiencing the Risen Christ and learning from Him. As they waited to be anointed by the Holy Spirit, after Jesus' ascension, they spent their time praying and fellowshipping, gathered in the "upper room" (Acts 1:12-14). They devoted themselves to prayer along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers, preparing for their future Ministry. Preparing for a new beginning and a new reality. Today, the day after Easter, we too decided to make a new beginning: Reading, Understanding and practicing Gods word from the beginning. Thus, from tomorrow we will focus on the Bible, from Genesis to Revelations, to understand the word through Spiritual Intelligence - insights ...