Morning by Morning devotions

 The Bible indeed addresses every issue under the sun. In the late 80's and early 90's there were very few divorce cases among the Christian folk in Kenya. However with the emerging trends, divorce among Christians has become a new norm. Many married men and women no longer take seriously the vows they make at the altar explaining why they entertain  marital unfaithfulness  that eventually leads to their separation and divorce.  There are two questions that I will seek to answer in this short article: 1. Is divorce justified? 2. What is the ground for remarriage? 1. Is divorce Justified?  The answer is Yes! Here are the words of Jesus on this matter  Matthew 19:9   " And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery."   The grounds for divorce according to Christ is marital unfaithfulness. It is worth noting however that th...

  Balaam epitomized the sin of greed! He was a pagan prophet, an enemy of God, who believed he could profit from doing the work of God. We're living at a time where this has become the order of the day for a majority of our ministers. The scriptures indeed speak about honoring the servants of God who teach in our midst( 1 Timothy 5:17-18  Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.  18 For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer is worthy of his wages." )  but many have majored on this at the expense of the weightier matter.  I have observed that I can easily run in the error of Balaam if I am not careful to guard against these two things: 1. Slowly gravitating towards eisegesis as opposed to exegesis. Eisegesis happens when one reads into a text. This is where one wrongly interprets the scripture in order to fit his/her interpreta...

  There are two questions worth answering in Matthew 12:31-32: 1. What constitutes blasphemy against the Spirit? 2. Why is this kind of blasphemy unpardonable? Contextually, Jesus was facing fierce criticism from the Pharisees especially with regards to matters the Sabbath as seen in: • v1-8- Reaping on the Sabbath and • v 9-14- Healing on the Sabbath. It was this consistent "flouting of the law" in their opinion that made them conclude that Jesus was casting out demons by Beelzebub (v24). At this, Jesus' defense was in three parts: 1. A kingdom, city or even a family cannot continue to exist if it is divided against itself (v25-26). 2. When the followers of the Pharisees exorcised demons, the Pharisees claimed it was accomplished by the power of God. Why change of tune now?(v27) 3. When the Messiah cast out demons, it happened by the Spirit of God (v28). An indication that the Kingdom of God has come upon them. It's on this premise that Jesus goes on to speak about t...

What is Salvation? In order to understand the meaning of salvation one has to consult some Old Testament texts in order to capture the context; knowing very well that the Old Testament is the New Testament concealed and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed. The penalty of sin is death. "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." (Ezekiel 18:2) and "for the wages of sin is death..." - Romans 6:23. However, God out of His great mercy and grace made a provision for an animal that is spotless and without blemish to die in the place of the human that has sinned as captured in (Leviticus 4:1-5:13; 6:24-30). In that way, the animal that dies in the place of the sinner, saves the sinner. NB: there's a laying of the hand on the animal before sacrificing it symbolic of transferring by faith one's guilt on the animal and entreating God to accept the life of the innocent animal in place of his own. Fast forward in the New Testament, John the Baptist said, "Be...