Third Heaven Discourse

Friends, did you notice that though the scribes and the Pharisees set out to condemn the woman caught in the act of adultery (John 8:3-11), they didn't eventually succeed in doing so?  Jesus asked the woman " ...hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord... " John 8:10‭-‬11 KJV. So, we see that the scribes and Pharisees didn't eventually condemn the woman, not that they didn't want to; they did, but they couldn't. They came accusing the woman with the ultimate aim to condemn her by inflicting the punishment for adultery on her as spelt out by the law of Moses, but they didn't succeed. Why? Because the woman was literally brought to Jesus!  It is clear that the woman didn't suffer the deserved punishment for her sin because Jesus - the dispenser of grace - was present on the scene! How awesome that the condemning dexterity of the scribes and Pharisees came up short in the presence of Jesus! And if you are in Christ the same app...

Malachi 3:6 KJV  For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.   It becomes a lot easier to understand and accept the above scripture when you consider what happened in the Garden of Eden.  After God created man, it is clear that He often came down to fellowship with man in the cool of the day. However, in the account of the fall of man (Gen 3), it seems like God was totally oblivious to the fact that Adam had just sinned, because His attitude to Adam didn't change. However, we all know better. God knew that Adam had sinned being the omnipresent and omniscient God that He is, but He didn't change His disposition to Adam. He still came down in the cool of the day as the loving Father that He is, seeking for fellowship with Adam because He is the Lord, He does not change!  Beloved, indeed, God cannot change. He said it Himself! He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Don't flatter yourself to think that you can do ...

Friends, I have already presented 3 scriptural justifications for the fact that God will still speak to us even IF we sin; you can find them here  and here  and here . This is the fourth and final. After this, I hope you are convinced beyond every iota of doubt that God doesn't give silent treatments because He is angry at the one who is or who has gone astray. No, He doesn't. Rather, He lovingly redirects the person back to Him with His voice.  Think about it. DO YOU KEEP QUIET WHEN YOUR CHILD IS GOING ASTRAY ? I am sure you don't. You talk to him or her, right? You tell him/her that he/she is in the wrong and you show him/her the right way. If you do that, why do you think God won't or doesn't? Are you better than Him?  Matthew 7:11 says "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?" The issue under discussion is not exactly...

So, Jesus shows up in the temple of God one day and He sees that some people had turned the temple to a place of buying, selling and moneychanging; a place He called a den of thieves (Matthew 21:12). This was totally unacceptable. So, He absolutely goes ballistic and He " ...cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves " (Matthew 21:12).  Now, this reaction was very unlike Jesus. Nobody would have believed He was capable of such. I am sure His disciples were absolutely stunned at such a reaction from Him. It was a stark contrast to the very gentlemanly attitude they had witnessed all their time with Him, which He also exhibited when He was being crucified though that was to happen in the future. Apostle Peter, a firsthand witness of Jesus' crucifixion, captures His reaction beautifully in 1 Peter 2:23 when He said "Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when h...