Genesis 19:12-13

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

Today's Thought: The great danger facing our society today is not primarily an absence of warning and truth, but rather the refusal to heed the warnings being received.

When the war between the United Kingdom and Argentina broke out over the sovereignty of Falkland Islands, the British destroyer HMS Sheffield sank after being hit by a Exocet missile fired by an Argentinian warplane. While the radar detected the incoming missile, it failed to spot a warplane therefore no warning was sounded.

But this is not the case with our generation. There are several warning signs that we see around us. The Bible is full of warnings on the doom of man if he rejects the message of salvation. The Bible is full of warnings on the doom of man if he refuses to obey the Word of God after he has read or heard it. The refusal to heed the warning sign leads to the sinking of a person's life for the Lord is not giving an advice but an exact commandment.

We should be reminded that the Bible lists several individuals who heard the warning signs but failed to obey the commandments of the Lord. It is nothing new. But it is a sure dangerous behavior that could destroy a life.

Luke 21:27-28

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Today's Thought: Rejoice for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Dr. Henry Guinness wrote on the Second Coming:

“I heard The Messiah with great delight last evening. Now if a man had asked me after the performance had proceeded a couple of hours how long I thought it would continue, I would have answered, ‘About five minutes.’ ‘But,’ the man might have expostulated, ‘how can that be? It is in full swing, has been going on for two hours, and I see no reason why it should not continue for two hours longer. How do you know it will be over in five minutes?’ Then I should have answered him, ‘Because I have the score.

The Bible is full of promises on the return of Christ. In fact, there are more references to the return of Jesus than of His first appearing. It seems that the world is bleak and there is no chance, but the return of Christ is the surest thing we could ever have. There is something to look forward to.

With the knowledge of His coming, we should rejoice. With the coming of the Lord, we should also be ready to give an account before the Lord. How are we going to face the Lord if we failed Him? Can we get excited of His coming if we are doing His will?

Luke 19: 37

And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

Today's Thought: Make Jesus Christ the real King in your life.

The prophet Zechariah prophesied the birth of Jesus Christ saying: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass." This is what is now called the Triumphal Entry into the city of Jerusalem.

People have different views on who Jesus is. For Jesus is a teacher of non-violence protest. He is a revolutionary leader who wanted to break the power structure of His time. Some considered Jesus as a crazy man who claimed Divinity. But many people failed to realize that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is the King of kings. This failure of man to acknowledge the kingship of Jesus also leads to failure in acknowledging the power and authority of Jesus Christ in their lives.

Jesus Christ is the King. But if He is the King, where is His honor in our lives? Does He receive the reverence He deserves from us? If He is the King, why can't we follow His orders and commands in our lives? Are we giving Him the power over our will and obey His overseeing Will?

John 19:34

But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

Today's Thought: The blood of Christ is always enough to quench the wrath of God. 

When Lincoln's body was brought from Washington to Illinois, it passed through Albany and it was carried through the street. They say a black woman stood upon the curb and lifted her little son as far as she could reach above the heads of the crowd and was heard to say to him, "Take a long look, honey. He died for you".

But there's a body that lay dead on the cross who spoke of how He died for you and me. Jesus Christ did not just die for the cause of a nation, but He died to save my poor soul going to hell. It was the shed blood on the cross that gave the ticket to heaven where He prepares a mansion. It was the kind of death that opened life for you and me.

With the thought of Christ death and how He died for you and me, we should ask ourselves: What have we done in return? What have we given back to Him who loved and died for us? Let those questions linger in your mind and let the shed blood on the cross engulf your thoughts.

1 John 5: 13

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Today's Thought: If you want to be assured and grow the salvation you received from the Lord Jesus Christ, you must continue in faith. 


If we want to grow in grace, we must live by faith. But if want to see the maturity of our faith, we must understand where our faith comes from. Jesus Christ is the author and finisher of our faith. The know our Lord Jesus Christ more and more or as we meditate on His Word more and more, we can expect our faith to grow. In this process, we will be able to experience the grace of God becoming more evident in our lives. 

Our salvation is coupled with the assurance. The assurance of our faith comes from being faithful and true to the word of the Lord. We should understand how we can have dependence on the person of Jesus Christ. As much as He dwells in us, we must learn how to depend on the power and majesty of Jesus Christ. 

The problem with us is we live as if we don't have faith. And because we live as if don't have faith, we are also not growing in grace. We must be reminded that without faith, it would be impossible to do anything pleasing to the Lord.