Are There Biblical Verses That Support Or Uphold Homosexual Love & Marriage?

Introduction

With the emergence of the Internet Technology; the ways in which we see things have forever changed. Today, with a good and well-endowed device on one’s palm, he can navigate the world at a fingertip. But despite the availability of information and resources around us, this generation lacks the calibre to discern the truth from error. In the past our parents had to dig thousands of hours in different libraries just to get particular information, they (our parents did not have the opportunities we enjoy today; yet their ingenuity and wealth of knowledge is rivalled to none.

The problem with this generation is not the lack of information, but it is the laziness and apathy to use their mental faculty. They love the illusional and buy into every lies presented without proper investigation and inquiry. They emulate celebrities whose lives and comportment are a total disappointment to God and disgrace humanity. We have celebrities that promote immoral conducts and portray the opposite of what life is in reality. Their counterfeit lifestyles have pushed our younger generation into the abysmal pandemonium of moral decadence.

The treatise of which I am about to undertake, is a delicate and sensitive one, but that something is delicate and sensitive; does not mean untouchable. When a person gets a deep cut, knowing fully how painful and delicate it is, does not stop the doctor from doing his work, if left untreated, will cause more trouble to the injured patient. Therefore something that is amoral and abnormally out of natural order, considered a delicate and sensitive issue does not mean it should not be touched, regardless of whom gets offended. The truth no matter its pungent strikes does not break the eyes but the heart. As we dig carefully with open hearts and unbiased minds-the truth will illuminate our spirits and guide us into all that is good and virtuous.

1.      Were Jonathan And David Homosexual Lovers (Taking The Bible Out Of Context)

And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. (1 Samuel 18:1)

Some perverted and vicious minds who are devoid of the truth of the sacred writings; have always used this particular biblical passage to ascertain that homosexuality is something that is condoned and acceptable before God. But this biblical passage is in no way saying that Jonathan and David were homosexual lovers. There are three ancient Hebrew words that are at play in the sacred narrative; (i) knit, (ii) soul and (iii) love. I will to the best of my ability with the accepted periphery of oriental language interpretation, explain each word in detail and what they meant when they were written at the time.

(i)                 Knit-Hebrew- קשׁר (qâshar); a primitive root: to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league). What the bible is saying in essence is that Jonathan out of respect and benignity became David’s mutual friend and admirer. There is no homosexual love here intended, it is the common human love, feeling and admiration we have towards our fellow man.

(ii)              Soul-Hebrew- נפשׁ (nephesh); meaning a living thing that breaths. The person of Jonathan became connected to David, they became best of friends.

(iii)            Love-Hebrew- אהב / אהב ('âhab  /  'âhêb); it means a person’s love to his fellow being, to God or anything, in the Greek language it is called φιλαδελφία or ἀγάπη (Philadelphia or agapē)- fraternal affection: - brotherly love (kindness), love of the brethren, affection or benevolence.

 Therefore the bible is in no way saying that Jonathan and David were male homosexual lovers, if that was the case; the mosaic law of the time demands that they shall be stoned to death. Jonathan and David were mutual friends who naturally loved and respected each other and nothing more; they were never homosexual lovers as some perverted and deluded minds may claim.

Another biblical passage that is totally taken out of context is David’s eulogy to Jonathan; some people interpret it as David’s homosexual relationship with Jonathan. That is another lie from the pit of hell. Let’s see what that place says:

I am grieved for you, my brother Jonathan; you were very lovely to me; your love to me was wonderful beyond the love of women. (2 Samuel 1:26) 

Was David saying that he had homosexual love relationship with Jonathan? Absolutely not, if that was the case, the sacred writers would never shy away from exposing David, and he would be immediately executed. David was simply reminiscing the kindness of Jonathan to him when Saul was after his life. Jonathan watched the back of David, defended him before his father and succoured him in the time of need. Such selfless and unattached love is matchless to that of a woman. A woman can abandon and desert a man if the going gets tougher and unpredictable, but a true friend will remain and weather the storm with his friend to the end, such love is greater than the love of a woman, which is romantic and attached. The love that Jonathan had for David was an agape/ Philia (brotherly) love; it is selfless, sacrificial and unattached, which no woman can offer to a man. I repeat; David and Jonathan were not homosexual lovers, they were friends and nothing more. Stop twisting the inerrant word of God for your personal agenda and belief. You are free to believe anything you want to believe, but keep the bible out of it. You are free to live whatever lifestyle you chose, but stop using the bible as a supporting pillar, doing so will only bring about disastrous and destructive consequences.

2.      The Bible Stance On Homosexuality.

In order not to beat about the bush and alter the message, I will be forthright; the bible condemns homosexuality with the strongest and severest tone. There is no biblical passage that condones or upholds homosexual practices and tendency. God hates and abhors such detestable practices; they are abominable & repulsive in his eyes.

You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman: it is abomination. (Leviticus 18:22)  

 Any carnal knowledge or copulation with a fellowman is confusion and a crime against nature. It was for this reason that God wiped out by fire the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah; they were so addicted to this vile practice that their land cried out to God, and when heaven could no longer tolerate their unnatural practices, justice took its course and their cities and memory were forever obliterated. It was from the people of Sodom, that we got the word sodomy, because they were notorious for that.

If a man also lies with a man, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. (Leviticus 20:13) 

In the mosaic law, homosexual acts were met with death; but in this dispensation things have changed due to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, such laws are no more applicable to the modern man, except in some strict conservative religious countries where teeth for tat is still practiced. I am not saying that what God said is no more relevant, but what I am saying in essence is that; homosexuality is condemned by God, because it is an attempt to overthrow the natural order and obliterate the human race. Sex should be between the man and his wife, in doing so they are able to procreate and preserve the human race. Those who are supporting homosexuality are enemies to humanity. The anus is not meant for sex but the vagina. Trying to do otherwise is a challenge to God, and such challenge will be met with divine retribution and dire consequences. The story of Sodom & Gomorrah should serve as a great lesson and example to every generation trying to overthrow God’s established natural order. In the New Testament Apostle Paul called them "abusers of themselves with mankind" (1 Corinthians 6:9).

 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is shameful, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was fitting. (Romans 1:26-27)    

God’s stance on homosexual in the Old Testament, is the same in the New Testament, the only thing is that homosexuals are no more put to death, because of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross; even the vilest offender can receive God’s forgiveness.

But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For fornicators, for homosexuals, for slave traders, for liars, for perjurers, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. (1 Timothy 1:8-11)

Paul is not talking about the mosaic ceremonial laws, but God’s moral code of conduct. Those who are supporting and encouraging homosexual union, are completely devoid of God’s knowledge & love, they hate those who have chosen such perverted and confused lifestyle, by withholding the truth from them. It is better you offend a person with the truth, than to delude & flatter him with lies, only for them to discover at the end that you did misled them from the truth unto destruction. The truth is always hurtful & pungent but salvaging at the end.

3.      Does God Love Homosexuals?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:16-17)

God loves homosexuals and desires their salvation, he is not interested in their death and eternal damnation; that was one of the reasons Jesus came and died. God does not dance and rejoice in heaven over the death of a homosexual, those who preach such message are walking in ignorance and barren of God’s love in their hearts. God hates every act of homosexuality, but he is benign to homosexuals, not desiring that any should perish, he wants them to desist from the practice and abandon their confused and deluded lifestyle and embrace his unwavering love. A homosexual is an empty and confused soul that needs to be pitied than hated. If one has the true love of God in their heart, they will never hate a homosexual or rejoice over his demise; such will see the emptiness and confusion in their life and gently reach out to them in love. It is true that we all make mistakes, but we also need someone to help us. True love does not find faults to condemn, but the root cause, and to heal.

There has never been and there will never be a happy and accomplished sodomite, every practicing sodomite is an empty and muddled soul looking for fulfilment. That is why we should not hate them, but on the contrary should pray and reach out to them in love and gentleness. Many of them want to abandon their lifestyle, but they need someone to come to their help and rescue. In the deepest of the heart of every sodomite; there is this emptiness and frustration, hopelessness and despair.

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he has committed, they shall not be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD: and not that he should turn from his ways, and live? (Ezekiel 18:21-23)

God is not interested in the death of anyone, God’s desire for man is his wellbeing, those who preach the wrath and fire gospel are missing the point, I am not saying that God does not judge sin & punish sinners; it is their refusal to change that attracts the divine retribution. No parent disciplines their children without a prior warning, no government deals with an individual without reason. Sinners are punished when they refuse to turn from their wicked ways and continual rebellion against God. God is not interested is meting out wrath & judgement against sinners.

But in this let it not escape your notice, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord does not delay concerning His promise, as some reckon slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:8-9)

It is not slackness, remissness, nor want of due dislike at sin, that induced God to prolong the respite of ungodly men; but his long-suffering, his unwillingness that any should perish: and therefore he spared them, that they might have additional offers of grace, and be led to repentance - to deplore their sins, implore God’s mercy, and find redemption through the blood of the Lamb. As God is not willing that any should perish, and as he is willing that all should come to repentance, consequently he has never devised nor decreed the damnation of any man, nor has he rendered it impossible for any soul to be saved, either by necessitating him to do evil, that he might die for it, or refusing him the means of recovery, without which he could not be saved. (Adam Clarke)

I do not want anyone to die," says the Sovereign LORD. "Turn away from your sins and live." (Ezekiel 18:32, Good News Bible)

Therefore can you see that God is not interested in the death of anyone, whether a homosexual, a lesbian, a pervert, etc.? God is not interested in using natural disasters to get his message across to man, nor does he create diseases to show to man how powerful and terrible he is, that is not God but religion and dogmatism. Yes; God punishes and deals with sin, but he is also loving and longsuffering as we have seen in the scripture. God is not a sadist who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others; those who preach that God is happy when humanity suffers are liars & charlatans, they are not presenting the true God but a different one, dead and destitute god, miserable and irrelevant. He is not a God who chides at every mistake.

If You, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? (Psalms 130:3)

Who can survive God’s rebuke for every error he commits, it is quite impossible.

Let’s imagine this together; here is a mighty and terrible giant before you, he speaks to you in a terrible voice, picks you up and started hitting you against stones and rocks, whipping you with rods, giving you real blows with nice beatings; and after sometimes; he smiles at you and says; I love you my child, I just wanted to teach and show you how powerful and terrible I am when provoked. I love you, have a nice day. Tell me; will you ever wish to approach such a God, even if he has everything to give you, I know you will never have anything to do with such a God-right?  That is how religion presents God to man, it makes him to see God as despotic and unapproachable, who is ever breathing wrath and threats to anyone who does not obey his rules and regulations. The biblical God is not so and quite different:

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercies; Who satisfies your mouth with good things; so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. (Psalms 103:1-6, 8-14)

So can you see that there is a great gulf difference between the biblical God and the one of religion? The biblical God cares for the man he created, while the god of religiosity is antipathetic and unfriendly. God loves homosexuals, but hates homosexuality and abhors its practices, tendency and the approbation of any kind.

4.      How Should Christians Relate And Respond To The Gay Community

A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another. (John 13:34-35)

Here comes one of the sublimest statements in the bible, on how Christians are to relate and respond, not only to their fellow Christians, but to all men in general. It is transcendent in tone and majestic in style; it is the summation of the law and an epic expression of divinity. This is the central message of the Christian religion.

Your response and attitude towards a confused and hurting soul will determine his approach and hunger for God and respect for your religion. You cannot hate someone and be hostile to them and then expect results, it impossible. Condemn the act, but love and persuade the straying to abandon their lifestyle, make them see the dire consequences of the lifestyle they have chosen, pray for their salvation, and watch the Holy Spirit do the impossible in their life. We do not change a person by avoiding them; doing that will compound their grief and drive them to despair and frustration. You will be presenting an image of a sadistic and unapproachable god.

Should not you also have had compassion on your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you? (Matthew 18:33)

How do we treat matters? We are expected to extend the same love which we have received from God to our fellow man. We do not win a person by bashing them; you will only end up creating enemies against yourself and in turn ruin your message. Fire and brimstone message does not produce results; it only instils fear and produces a religious hypocrite-he will appear righteous to men but very dirty in the inside. Love, compassion, persuasion, gentle and godly rebuke, transforms a man and changes a lion into a lamb. That was why the outcasts of Jesus time felt at peace in his presence and relished his every message with love and admiration. He did not come with the message of fire and brimstone condemning them; he gently appealed to their hearts through love and compassion, he showed them the emptiness of their lifestyle through gentle persuasion, and the people responded to his message in masse with clear and sincere heart. You may ask what of John the Baptist. A careful perusal of the scripture will show that John the Baptist was gentle with the common people, but very hard on the religious dogmatists of the time, because he knew they were presenting a false god to the people through their empty and vain traditions.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. (1 John 4:11-13)

 It is God’s love which flows from your heart that transforms a person and makes them receiptive. True healing comes from the emanation of love expressed through words, deeds and actions. Now if you continue to disdain a person for their failures; how do you expect him to get up on their feet? Your indifference and contempt towards them will only paralyze God’s intended purpose and discourage them from making any meaningful attempt; they will feel that God has abandoned them. You are God’s channel by which the expression of his sublime love and compassion emanates and flows into the life of a hurting soul; it matters every day of one’s life.

With all humility [forsaking self-righteousness], and gentleness [maintaining self-control], with patience, bearing with one another in [unselfish] love. (Ephesians 4:2, Amplified Bible)

We express true love (agape) by serving; in serving the hurting you heal the wounds by helping to support them in all the miseries and trials of life. This is our call to duty and action, it is this kind of love that bears fruits and defeats the enemy at face value. God’s love must transcend all our personal interest and preoccupations.

When we relate and respond to the hurting with love and compassion, every resistance, resentment and bitterness in their heart crumbles and gives way to healing and restoration. We are God’s channel through which his love emanates.

Get Over It-Christianity Is Undefeatable

Concerning the genocide against Christians (especially in the Middle East and other parts of the globe), Jesus said that the gates of hell will never prevail against his church; no matter how hard it tries. The persecutors are only obliterating themselves, exposing the errors and falsity of their ideology; that was why I said in one of my comments on a Facebook post that they should be pitied than hated; all of them are walking in ignorance and are headed straight to hell. No matter the centuries of hate, propaganda, persecutions and onslaught against the church of Jesus Christ, she has endured and stood and continues to stand the tests of the time-why? Because her foundation is invisible & untouchable:

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I shall build My church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on the earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on the earth will have been loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16:18-19)

Please pay attention; Jesus is not saying that his church would be built on Peter, what Jesus is saying that; his church would be built on him (Jesus) through the preaching of Peter and the rest of the apostles, and we saw this fulfilled on the day of Pentecost and onward; when by the preaching and persuasion of Peter, three thousand souls came to repentance and believed on the Lord Jesus Christ (see Acts 2), and through these men; the gospel spread like fire all over the then world, no matter the fierce and terrible opposition and persecution that Christians suffered at the time (Acts 8). History is replete with this truth. The more Christianity is persecuted, the more the church increases. How true are the words of the Saviour? Go to the Middle East and see how the church is causing big wreckage to the kingdoms of hell. People are trooping in thousands and giving their lives over the one who truly loves and gave his life for them. No force can withstand Christianity, nor will any power defeat her; it is impossible, just a mere dream.

Remember that there was a time that Catholicism acted in such a manner, until the reformists stood up and challenged their dogmatism, but know that they paid with their blood; today the Catholic Church is but a shadow of yesterday of its military and religious might. The Catholic Church through its bitterness against the reformers defeated and overthrew herself. There was a time the Catholic Church was a feared and formidable force, but gradually with time; the Catholic Church crumbled, everything about her former tyrannical past is nothing but a shadow.

Today; there are men and women who are standing up to Islam and its deadly ideology, they are conquering, not with swords and guns, but with prayers and preaching of the word of God:

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. (Revelation 12:11)

Here is given the reason why the followers of Christ prevailed at this time against all their adversaries. It was because they fought against the dragon in the armour of God. They overcame him by proclaiming salvation to sinners through Christ crucified, and by their continual intercession at the throne of grace for the conversion of the heathen world.....By constantly testifying against the errors and follies of mankind.....They regarded not their present temporal estate, but even gladly delivered up their lives to the fury of their persecutors, and thus sealed the truth of what they spoke with their blood (Adam Clarke).

Islam will surely crumble (if it has not started already), why am I saying this; because Muslims themselves are beginning to see the truth and are getting sick of the lies that they were being fed every day, believe it or not, they are tired of Muhammadanism and its fabricated myths and fairy tales, they know that they have been deceived, brainwashed and fed with lies and deception. God is moving on the scene to vindicate his people and right their wrong:

"Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, declares the LORD, which destroys the whole earth; I will stretch out my hand against you, and roll you down from the crags, and make you a burnt mountain. (Jeremiah 51:25)

So much for their love of Sharia; that immediately a place is liberated; you see their women putting off & burning their burqas, and their men shaving off their beards and dressing in western style clothing. Who doesn’t like the good life, after all aren’t the west Satan and should be avoided? In fact none of them is willing to go and live in their holy land Mecca or in one of the Arab Islamic dominated nations, every one of them wants to come and live in one of the western lands and enjoy democracy; why don’t they remain in their idealized countries and die and go to paradise and enjoy their seventy black virgins as the strength of one thousand men will be given to each believer to relish each virgin?

The truth is that many of them know that such paradise does not exist and that they are being used to further falsehoods. Do you think that they are not seeing how the children of their sultans and wealthy class live in affluence and lavish lifestyles? Many of them go on holidays in exotic hotels and sleep with beautiful and well-polished western/Asian blonde prostitutes and call girls with endowed rears. Why don’t they wait until they get to paradise to enjoy it, why here if they truthful to themselves? Forget about those outward religionism; they are nothing but show of hypocrisy. It is their poor and ignorant ones that are easily brainwashed & used at will for jihads, terrorism and suicide bombing.

Many of them consume pornography than the west themselves; you can see them masturbating heavily with those pornographic pictures in their front; some of them immediately arriving into one of the western countries will begin to kiss and sex a lifeless mannequin. Oh come-on dear, aren’t they supposed to obey sharia and keep chaste? Except you are a fool, you will be quickly swept off by lies and manipulation. So much for their love of sharia; they don’t want to return back to their countries of origin.

Every Christian murdered in the Middle East is like a seed sown that will bear fruits in its time. There is no force on earth that can defeat and obliterate Christianity. From her inception to this day, she still has survived all kinds of onslaughts. One should also know that we are living in the very end of time, we are living on a borrowed time, and that time will soon be up and this generation will face the reality of rejecting God and his word, they will reap the sure fruit of lawlessness and nonchalant attitude. They will see Lucifer for who he really is and what he has in store for them. Reading this, should strike fear into the hearts of the godless, lawless and wicked; who think that nothing will go unchecked.

Read about Church history and see that what is happening today to Christians in the Middle East and all over the world cannot be compared to what Christianity did underwent in days past, but despite whatever, she still survived and continues to thrive against all odds. Islam will surely defeat and obliterate itself, just watch out; one day you will quote me right. There were fierce and deadly religions that rose up in the past and persecuted Christianity, the world though that they would obliterate her, but to the amazement of all, persecutors became preachers and promoters of the same religion they fought against. They became more fervent and effective more than those whom they persecuted in spreading the gospel. I repeat again, Islam is gradually defeating and obliterating itself to oblivion.

You are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone. In him all the parts of the building fit together and grow into a holy temple in the Lord. (Ephesians 2:20-21)

This house is too solid to be uprooted.

Smiling But Deceitful

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, surely the LORD'S anointed is before him. But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart. (1 Samuel 16:6-7)

Here is a clear message that one of the most deceitful things is appearance, a man may be full of disease, poverty & lack, hatred and wickedness; and yet behaves as if all is well. There has never been any art to decipher the contents of a man’s heart; it only takes God who knows everything to expose the wickedness in the hearts of men. But a man’s intentions can be deciphered through his actions and speech. Hitler, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin & Benito Mussolini were all good guys and meant well for their people, but with time-the heart revealed its true intent. Believe it or not, all that glitters is neither gold nor silver. Here is a perfect biblical description of the heart of man:

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9)

Oftentimes have we been told that we can get along with everyone irrespective of their religious stance, but such a notion has proved abortive with time. A snake remains a snake, no matter how good-looking and adorable it may appear to the eyes. Pets can easily assimilate and integrate into their various adopted environments, but for a brainwashed and radicalized extremist to assimilated and integrate into a western society takes the supernatural:

Can the Ethiopian change the color of his skin? or a leopard take away his spots? Nor can you who are so used to doing evil now start being good (Jeremiah 13:23, The Living Bible)

In the classification of pets, snakes are considered as one of the most dangerous pets to have around, because in a moment they change from being friendly to that of aggressiveness. What I am trying to bring out is that there is no way, you can get along with a person, whose mental faculty has been programmed and imbibed with centuries of hate and bigotry, no matter how innocent and simple he may appear, in his heart; there lies deceit and evil machinations of all kinds. It is just a question if time and opportunity, time & space, he will surely strike at the targets.

For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war. Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalms 140:2-3)

Take for an example the snake, its wisdom and cunningness is proverbial, in the sense that when a snake enters into a place, it does not at once show its presence, it seeks for a hiding place, positions itself and then strikes the victim with its fangs and injects deadly venom into the body of its victim.

People who live in a snake infested areas do keep the mongoose and cats, because these animals can easily detect snakes and prey on them, some do keep the eagles and other birds of prey as pets in order to combat snakes and other deadly and venomous reptiles that are nuisance to the human habitations. We need to keep our eyes open and alert to know who comes into our countries and their reason for coming; you don’t just welcome people like that, every incoming migrant must be vetted & cross checked for clarity, purpose and security reasons. We are at war with "Radical Ideological Diabolic Mindset Extremism", whether you believe it or not, war and terror has been declared upon you.

Today as we look into the Western Nations, we are witnessing a total eclipse of once the most powerful and promising civilizations by “Radical Extremism Ideology”, whoever that speaks out is labelled a racist and chauvinist, who does not want others to come into their countries and enjoy the free benefits of democracy, but the truth is that those who want to come and live and enjoy the so-called benefits of democracy are nothing but wolves in sheep's clothing and serpents in human form. These people do not have any interest in Western Civilization and education; they have been indoctrinated and poisoned with hate and bigotry through centuries of brainwashing and programming, believing that they will assimilate and integrate into the western cultures and lifestyle society is a sheer dream and wishful thinking.

Take for example France, Belgium, Germany and other European nations who foolishly opened their doors and welcomed these so-called migrants and asylum seekers fleeing war and persecutions are paying the dire price of open borders and reaping the sure fruits of multiculturalism, liberalism, progressivism, socialism, political correctness and collective guilt, thereby causing a great damage to their national security and welfare and committing political suicide with self-inflicted injuries beyond recovery.

How many of these migrants from those "Radical Extremist Ideology nations have been able to integrate and assimilate? We hear of terror attacks, suicide bombings, raping and physical assaults against the indigenes and other related criminal acts being carried out on daily basis. Even though the major government controlled and liberal media try to cover them up, but through the internet and other means of communications, good and dedicated men and women who put their lives on the line of danger through investigative and undercover journalism do bring to light the atrocities committed by these so-called asylum seekers who are fleeing religious persecutions and ethnic cleansing, they are considered by the liberals as victims unforeseen circumstances. The truth is that; these people are not fleeing any religious persecution and ethnic cleansing, they were trained and prepared for invasion and total take over and overthrow of the western democracy, freedom and exercise of the human conscience which has been the restrainer of evil, hate and wickedness. The real ones facing extermination, religious persecutions and ethnic cleansing are being denied asylum, we are seeing how the Yazidis, the Coptic Christians, the Buddhists, the Zoroastrians and other ethnic/religious minorities are being massacred on daily basis for their ethno-religious beliefs, and yet hardly do we hear the government/liberal controlled mass media talk about it, all we hear is how our good "Radical Extremist brothers and sister are suffering and need urgent help, even though it is apparent that majority of them are coming for the sole purpose of hate, crime & terrorist activities and other despicable acts, yet our liberal governments/mass media want us to believe that they are all innocent and fleeing war.

The truth is that, they are not fleeing any war, they were sent to bring down the western civilization and democracy through the acts of terrorism and infiltration. Yes, though they may appear as innocent and harmless, but in reality they are nothing but serpents and scorpions with vicious agenda waiting for the right time to strike their victims & inject the venom. I don’t care who gets offended, but we must expose this masqueraded evil and miscarriage of justice. The free world is under invasion, and there are those who are working and have been working incessantly for its total eclipse into tyranny. If you don’t know, you are monitored and your privacy is gone. Every aspect of your life is under surveillance, that which was once sacred and dear, is no more.

The worst people to be around or govern any country are the liberals, they know the truth but shy away from its responsibilities, and all they care about are their pockets and bellies personal interests, banknotes, business firms, investments and political at the detriment of those who voted them into office. Even if it means destruction to their nations and people, but as far as their interests are not at stake, they are happy with it, that is why they will flood their countries with illegals, give them jobs, free housing, free healthcare, free government funded education and welfare packages at the expense of the taxpayers. Isn't that scary?

Those who know the truth and dare to speak out are immediately silenced and labelled as racists and intolerant, they put in place bizarre and odd policies which do not represent the interest of the people, their security and wellbeing. They appear on the screen and bombard the clueless majority with lies and fibs, and their useful servile idiots swallow every lies without questioning the intent & authenticity of those policies. They would like you to believe that the government is working for you. If they are really working for you as they claim; why the corruption, pollution and societal collapse in every aspect of the government?

Listen up and be wise, no government can give you everything; you have to work to earn it, any government purporting to give you everything is one of tyranny & servitude. The primary work of the government is to provide you with good roads, security, social amenities, standard education, good and fair electricity and protection from internal and external aggressions. But for a government to provide you with all these benefits, you have to work, earn a living and pay taxes. Now if you don’t work, earn a living and pay taxes, how then will the government be able to provide you with all these benefits, where will they get the money to do that for you? In that respect, they will only turn you to their tools and useful servile idiots, they see you as a waste & useless to the society. Do you think they are that stupid? They make those empty promises just to get your attention and votes. Don’t be stupid, is never an insult but a wise and goodly advice.

These liberals are using the past mistakes of some misguided and mistaken individuals to lay a guilt trip on people who were not their when those atrocities were committed. Yes, we know that atrocities were committed in the past, but those were the days of ignorance, bringing back those memories will only achieve one thing-stagnancy, race bait and total destruction. The generations of today weren’t there when those things took place; trying to bring it into today’s issues will not bring any lasting solution. The deeds were done in ignorance by those of the time, and there are those who vehemently fought against it, hardly do we hear about them, all we hear is; those wicked and heartless imperialists. How long shall we continue on this road of madness and guilt trip? Can't you put the past behind you and move on with life and the time trend?

Now let’s take for example the black slavery; there are those who are still bringing up those issues to date, they ascertain that slavery made the Blackman not to achieve his potentials; but the truth is that, it was the Blackman who foolishly sold his children to the whites, go do some careful research and get the truth for yourself, come-on dude; get yourself armed and filthy with the rightful information to avoid misguidance and delusion, ignorance has a price, and the price for ignorance is destructive. The socialists/communists, were able to enslave their people by preying on their ignorance. I am not defending anybody, but to solve a problem, one must return to its root cause, if not you will be beating about the bush and inflicting unnecessary injuries on yourself. Forgive the past, live the present and forge ahead.

Today we have many African-Americans living off in welfare all in the name of reparations; many are living in the ghettos and swamps, is it also because of slavery? The truth is that their ignorance is being exploited by these liberal criminals to keep them still in modern slavery and servitudes. Instead of making them live off on welfare, why not provide jobs and education for them. The truth is this; those using them make millions off them through their quack, shaky and criminal movements purporting to represent the Blackman’s interest. It is time that the Blackman wakes up and face reality, and stop blaming every dick & Harry for his misfortunes. What was done has been done, the times are a past, modern technology has made it possible that knowledge is no more found in the libraries but at your fingertip. Instead of clinging to crime, prostitution, drug/human trafficking and gangsterism as means of livelihood and survival, why not use your faculty to create your paradise. We read the stories of black men whom out of nothing built financial empires and lifted many out of poverty. Why didn’t they wait for the government to come and give them some welfare packages? They took their destiny into their hands and became masters of it. Stop following these crooked and criminal liberals, who sole goal is to use you to make their bucks by false showmanship.

Don't be deceived by those smiling faces, the heart is more deceitful than anything. Buckle up and fight for your right.

The End-Time Hoax-The Sun Will Rise From The West…….Really?

People are not destroyed for the lack of information, but the destruction comes from the rational laziness to meticulously and judiciously exercise their mental faculties; crosscheck things, compare and contrast, and discovering the truth for themselves. It is good to be armed and filthy with knowledge, to avoid being brainswashed, deluded, manipulated and used for non just cause. 

There is this particular teaching that has been circulating on the net concerning how the world will end, according to some mad and ignorant religious blind guides who are devoid of common knowledge, spiritually empty, deceiving and being deceived. Deluding their followers with lies and myths; claiming inspirations which are nothing but fairy tales, and speaking of things which are unfounded & idiotic.

According to their claims; they said, that when the sun will begin to rise from the west and the earth will start to move backward, with other nonsensical, unscientific unbiblica & empty rhetorical religious balderdash and unintelligible trivial garbage, the believers should buckle up and know that the end and destruction of the world has begun. And some uninformed and ignorant fanatics are seriously circulating the message all over the social media, disturbing the peace and tranquillity of some well-meaning individuals, troubling the minds of people, as if the world is coming to an end today or tomorrow, putting people into confusion and mental distress. Spreading what they neither defend nor affirm.

1. Will The Sun Ever Rise From The West?

Let the word of God and science answer for themselves:

It is true that the bible did not specifically mention the direction from which the sun rises and sets, but the biblical description is so simple that even the most unlearned person, does not need to crack his brain to understand God’s word.

From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised. (Psalms 113:3)

So tell me; where does the sun rise and sets, does not the sun rise from the east and sets in the west? You may ask; why didn’t the bible specify it for clarity? The bible does not need to specify it, because it is a visible and an established fact which is manifest to the human senses. For hundreds of years and generations, when men wake up in the morning, every person sees the sun rises from the east and sets in the west. Therefore expecting the bible to tell you an established fact, is like a healthy and full-fledged adult expecting his mother to feed and bath him. Everybody knows that the sun rises from the east and sets in the west; don’t expect the bible to come telling you about it in order to believe, it is there for you to see and believe. It does not take the supernatural to convince a person that these are the way things have been divinely established. It is a common factor which does not need long scientific explanation.

For from the rising of the sun even to the setting of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts. (Malachi 1:11)

God does not need to tell you from where the sun rises and sets, he has physically established and ordained it to be so, generations come and go; those things remain the way God has ordained them to be, and they cannot for once be altered. What God is saying in the above biblical verse is that, anywhere a person goes, those heavenly ordinances do not change their course, they function according to the divine order. Therefore every other proposition is mere speculation & conjecture.

The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. (Psalms 50:1)

The heavenly elements and the way by which they have been ordered to function, will neither change nor alter. As God has ordered them, so they will remain.

Having quoted from the bible, we now turn to science for more information

“The Sun appears to move from east to west. That's because the Earth is spinning towards to the east, so we see the Sun first appear there at the start of the day. The Sun 'rises' in the east and 'sets' in the west.” (BBC-Astronomy and space science)

It is simple and scientifically factual, the sun will always rise from the east and sets in the west as God has ordained it. People should arm themselves with pure and accurate information, to avoid being deluded and brainwashed. We are living in a generation where through technology information is at our fingertip, but many are too lazy to exercise their mental faculty, they prefer posting pictures on social media, listening to secular music, watching movies, texting and whiling away their precious time on nothingness.

“The Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars all rise in the east and set in the west. And that's because Earth spins -- toward the east. ……… Earth rotates or spins toward the east, and that's why the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars all rise in the east and make their way westward across the sky.” (The StarChild)

True science does not contradict the bible, but affirms it. One does not need to crack his brain and read all the books in the world to know this simple fact. It is good for a soul to acquire knowledge through careful investigation; you should not imbibe everything that your religious instructor tells you as the truth, you must do some systematic research on your own and get the truth first-hand. For example, if your cleric tells you to walk barefoot on hot coals by faith and nothing will happen to you, will you foolishly do that, I believe you will rethink about it? But there are people who would go ahead and do it without questioning, because it is a command from the prophet and therefore ought not to be questioned. Listen to me, you are created with faculty and are expected to make use of it. It is not everything you hear that you just should jump into conclusion and get into the bandwagon without questioning what you heard, the apostle Paul tells us to examine all things.

But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good (1 Thessalonians 5:21, NASB)

A person without knowledge is no good. A person in a hurry makes mistakes. (Proverbs 19:2)

You should not jump into the bandwagon based on empty rhetorical eloquence and smmoth charisnatic oratory. Scepticism is a great gift from God if correctly and wisely used. To be sceptic is not a sin, it is up to a person to verify what is before him, before making any conclusion. Don’t believe a preacher, lecturer, etc. based on their eloquence & charisma; at times they can err and mislead many into error and destruction through unwholesome & erroneous informations. It is good to question some things if in doubt, and if discovered that those things are illogical, unwholesome and erroneous, should be discarded and ultimately avoided. 

2. When will the world end?

This question has been asked over with time. Many mad and mentally deranged psychopaths have appeared on the stage giving dates and announcing the imminent end of the world, many went and sold their properties and gathered round these madmen waiting for the doomsday to arrive, only to discover that they have been duped. Hungry and quack writers have written extensively on this matter, giving dates and times the end would occur, many in frenzy bought their books and became ardent disciples and harbingers of the coming world destruction. Well the truth is that, nothing happened, those authors made millions through their fabricated tales and became extremely rich. After all who doesn’t want money?

"So stay awake, because you don't know the day or the hour. (Matthew 25:13)

Jesus made it clear that nobody knows the hour; therefore making predictions concerning the time is nothing but another form of religious madness. Only God knows when the time will be, all that is needed of us is to be prepared and ready.

Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come. But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into. Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come. (Matthew 24:42-44)

No one knows the time when the end would be, our duty is to keep watch and ready. The only thing made known to us are the symptoms of the time, but that does not mean the end, there are things that must precede the end, but for now, we should go on with our normal daily activities and make meaning out of life instead predicting those things which we don’t know. Yes Jesus will come, God will judge the world for its wickedness, but no man knows the exact time. Hear me out; evil must run its course before the end will come, let this truth sink into your person. It is due to the unbalanced teachings in our local churches nowadays that have confused so many and turned them into apocalyptic fanatics, who will not listen to reason and common sense. As for evil running its course, here is what the bible has to say:

Now in regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to meet Him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly unsettled or alarmed either by a [so-called prophetic revelation of a] spirit or a message or a letter [alleged to be] from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has [already] come. Let no one in any way deceive or entrap you, for that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first [that is, the great rebellion, the abandonment of the faith by professed Christians], and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction [the Antichrist, the one who is destined to be destroyed], who opposes and exalts himself [so proudly and so insolently] above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he [actually enters and] takes his seat in the temple of God, publicly proclaiming that he himself is God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I was telling you these things? And you know what restrains him now [from being revealed]; it is so that he will be revealed at his own [appointed] time. For the mystery of lawlessness [rebellion against divine authority and the coming reign of lawlessness] is already at work; [but it is restrained] only until he who now restrains it is taken out of the way. Then the lawless one [the Antichrist] will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of His mouth and bring him to an end by the appearance of His coming. The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies], and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them]. Because of this God will send upon them a misleading influence, [an activity of error and deception] so they will believe the lie, in order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe the truth [about their sin, and the need for salvation through Christ], but instead took pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Amplified Bible)

I would have taken my time to comment and elaborate each verse, but the version I used has done the work already, the reader will comprehend the message with all clarity and openness of mind. I want you to make a careful observation on verses 3 & 7; the falling away has begun, and the mystery of iniquity is at work; that is why I said that evil must first run its full course before the end would occur. I will not need to tell you everything, with what is going on today, you need not to be told that the end is near, but please don’t go around speculating about it, we don’t when the time will be, our duty is to warn people and persuade them to be ready, but don’t go around like a lunatic giving dates and times, your primary duty is to warn men and keep alert. Let me tell you this truth; there are three major things that are still at work, and each must be accomplished before the end comes.

a. The Holy Spirit, who is restraining the evil one- 2 Thessalonians 2:7

b. The numbering and gathering in of the elect- Revelation 7:2-3, Ezekiel 9:4

c. The full return of the Jewish people into their own land- Ezekiel 39 & 39

Please I want you take number 3 very serious, before all these will take place, all the Jews will have return to Israel (the land which God promised to their ancestors by oath & covenant), due to severe persecutions and anti-Semitism. The reader should know that all these are part of God’s plan for the grand spiritual restoration of the Jewish people and emergence of the Messianic age. If you look all over the world, except in the land of Israel, the antipathy against the Jews is increasing with high velocity; there is no place that is safe for the Jews any longer (except in the land of Israel). You need not to be flabbergasted about that, it is all part of God’s plan for their restoration and redemption. God has not changed mind nor altered his covenant promises which he made to them through their fathers, Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, which he confirmed with King David by an oath, and all were fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ, whether one believes it or not, the scripture cannot be broken.

Those teaching spiritual Israelism and replacement theology are liars and charlatans. It is not true that the church has replaced Israel and that Christians are now the spiritual Jews. What the bible is saying in essence is that; those who believe in Christ Jesus are beneficiaries of Abraham’s blessings through faith by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and are of the commonwealth of Israel. But to say that the church has replaced Israel and that God has forsaken them (the Jewish people), is a blatant falsehood and should be rejected right away as a fabricated doctrine. A gentile Christian remains a gentile; a Jew remains a Jew-period. Gentile Christians through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus the Messiah are now ingrafted into the commonwealth of Israel, that is to say; all the promises of blessings that God made to Abraham are now available to him, it did not say that he has replaced Israel.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree. “He redeemed us so that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. (Galatians 3:13-14)

All the privileges which the Jews enjoyed in the old dispensation, to which the gentiles were excluded, are now available to gentile Christians through faith.

That God has not rejected the Jews is apparent from the scripture:

I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin….. I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins. “Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs. For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. (Romans 11:1, 25-27, Berean Study Bible)

God has not forsaken the Jews as some people may claim; they are the epicentre of God’s prophetic timetable, God has not changed his mind nor altered the contract.

Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar; the LORD of hosts is His name: “If this fixed order departs from before Me,” says the LORD, “Then the descendants of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever.” Thus says the LORD, “If the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out below, then I will also cast off and abandon all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done,” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 31:35-37)

As far as the sun will give light to the day and the moon to the night, so shall the Jews continue to be a distinct people and nation. Every attempt to assimilate them has proved abortive; every type of forced conversion has been unsuccessful. Therefore as a Christian, you are commanded to respect and pray for them, it is a shame for anyone professing to be a Christian and at the same hate the Jews, such a person is devoid of the knowledge of the true God and has made himself an accursed, for Jesus did not command any of his follower to persecute the Jews or hate them, calling them Jesus killers is a gross miscarriage of justice and fairness.

Now [in Haran] the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]. And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and ^[a]curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves]. (Genesis 12:1-3)

To look with disfavor on the Jews was to invite God’s displeasure; to treat the Jews offensively was to incur His wrath. But to befriend the Jews was to bring down upon one’s head the rewards of a promise that could not be broken. Not on earth which have opened wide her doors to Jewish prople, that did not witness anu nprecedented and historical prosperity, success and security from God himself.

Now, haven known the truth, I believe that next time someone comes to you giving you dates and times concerning the end of the world, you will know what to answer him. Secondly, if one come to you with their anti-Semitic rhetorics, just sideline them with these few words: I am not interested in your madness and falsity.

God bless and shalom.

The World Is Full Of Hypocrisy

The World Is Full Of Hypocrisy

There are people who think or believe that they have friends who will stand up for them even if they are not there, they for their part sacrifice the most best of their time, energy and intellectual strength trying to please their friends in whatever way necessary for their good and upliftment.

These beautiful people with beautiful hearts always deny themselves of some pleasure and relaxation to see to it that their friends are satisfied  and the needs of the time met, in fact they are always sacrificing, trying to please their so called friends, they are at times called “Misters Good Doers”, in time of need and hardship they are sought after, their services are highly needed, but when that puzzle is solved and the tempest abated, they are soon forgotten, they are treated as fools and mentally retarded, they are criticized and gossiped, evil spoken of by those whom they call friends, in their time of needs no one of those their friends will prove supporting, they are abandoned and ridiculed, it is for these people that this piece of advice is penned down.

1. Your Needs Should Be Met First

Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds. (Proverbs 27:23)

There is no greater advice than what you have just read, I have heard people say, think much of others and less of yourself, they are right, but I want you to take a look at them, see if there is anyone of them that are poor, they speak from the abundance of their riches, they give because they have, they do not give from what they did not have, Bill Gates gives because he has, many of the world donors give from the abundance of their wealth, a one legged man needs support, he cannot carry a man whose two feet have been amputated, he needs another foot to be able to do so, you should in no way sacrifice your time and strength for others while you have problems facing you, get your needs and problems solved before thinking of helping others, you should not please a friend and then displease yourself when you know that you have problems and needs facing you, don’t do the good that will cost you tomorrow, accept this advice of mine and be happy at the end.

For riches are not forever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? (Proverbs 27:24)

Be careful how you spend for friends even if they meant a lot to you, be careful how you help others, you may at the end be disappointed, man is known for always been ungrateful, don’t be fast in lending help to people whom you know that they will not return it with appreciativeness, many people have regretted while they helped friends, there some people to day, who are in various prison houses all over the world, not because they committed some evils but because they were trying to help a friend out of his quandary, look carefully into a matter before saying yes I will, bear in mind that nothing lasts forever, you have a limited time and vigour, one day your strength will fail you, hardship and trials will come, what you saved up for yourself today will hold you up in those time of evil, friends can disappoint and have proved so with time, it is your yesterday’s preparation will prove worthwhile in the coming days of evil, I will point out more of it later in this article.

When grass is cut short, the tender growth appears, and vegetables are gathered on the hills. (Proverbs 27:25)

In farming, there is what is known as weeding, it is the removal of unwanted plants from an area of ground or the plants cultivated in it, the truth of the matter is that a time comes in the life of a man that he should make a thorough reshuffle and crosschecking of his life, and begins to pick out those friends who do not contribute anything good in or to his life, during farming seasons, farmers take the care and pain to look after their farms and what they have planted in them, immediately they notice a strange grass growing among the plants, they do not waste time in removing it, why, because if allowed, it will destroy the crops and render that farmer’s labour futile. So also, a man should always look out for those friends who are there as parasites and immediately disassociate himself from their company, it is better to stand alone and face the future than to have millions of friends who are deserters and untrustworthy in the time of adversity, because such friends make professions of friendship; but all is hollow and deceitful, and can never be depended upon.

 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. (Proverbs 27:27)

Taking care of yourself in the first place guarantees your safety, if you think that your sacrificial whatever will earn you help in the time of need, you are a joker and kidder, the bottom-line is; take care of your resources and your resources will take care of you, it is always a proven fact. Listen dear friend and reader, I am not saying you should be stingy and heartless, that will prove ungodly and inhumane, what I am saying is that, do what you can and leave the rest to God, do not go beyond your ability, you cannot change the world, but you can effect a change, stand first before thinking of standing others, get the help first before helping others, crossover first before crossing someone over, get a home first before taking in a homeless man, have some food in the reserve before giving it out to others, have some money in the safe before spending on others, yes there are situations that may demand our most needed attention, but that is not always the case, please I want you to hear this piece of advice from one of the greatest and wisest men that ever walked on the face of this our planet earth:

Consider what God has done! Who can straighten what God has bent? When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one time as well as the other so that mortals cannot predict their future. I have seen it all in my pointless life: Righteous people die in spite of being righteous. Wicked people go on living in spite of being wicked. Don't be too virtuous, and don't be too wise. Why make yourself miserable? Don't be too wicked, and don't be a fool. Why should you die before your time is up? It's good to hold on to the one and not let go of the other, because the one who fears God will be able to avoid both extremes. Wisdom will help a wise person more than ten rulers can help a city. (Ecclesiastes 7:13-19, Copyright © 1995 by GOD'S WORD to the Nations Bible Society. All rights reserved.)

I have read stories of people who attempted to effect a world change, some of them died miserable, some ended up in debt, others were changed by the world, take for example that Italian girl that dressed like a newly married maiden, she went out from Italy touring the world, hoping to bring the needed peace, only to be raped and brutally murdered at Turkey, there are things we cannot change, we do not need to do good to be good, we do good when the need arises.

2.  Avoid The Extreme

We all want to help, but we should help when necessary, and help should be done out of love and conviction, and not out of compulsion and constraint, let’s take for example, you have one dollar in your pocket and it is for a transport fare that will take you 15 miles, now if someone asks you to give it to him, would you do that? Some people out of pity would do so, the truth is one can do so if he sees that the situation demands such, it is such type of giving or help that God honours, we are not expected to give our last, we are commanded to give our best, and it should be done out of love. Now some people will say what of the widow of Zarephath, didn’t she give out her only remaining food to the prophet Elijah, yes, she did but let’s take a careful look at what happened and why it was done, and for what purpose:

And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you. So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray you, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of bread in your hand. And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it to me, and afterwards make for you and for your son. For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not be used up, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. And the barrel of meal was not used up, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah. (1 Kings 17:8-16)

I underlined those sentences in order to point out something, first Elijah went under God’s command; arise go to Zarephath, I have commanded (prepared) a widow to sustain you, it was God who commanded Elijah, it was the same God who prepared the heart of that woman, everything was working under divine providence, the woman gave to the prophet out of love and conviction, Elijah never coerced her into doing what she did, she simply obeyed the voice of God through the prophet when he said; For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not be used up, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth, when things are done in love and conviction, the result is always immense, the woman hesitated at first, she started her reason, but because God was involved in the whole affair, an excellent result ensued. Some quack and money hungry preachers have used this particular chapter and verse of the bible to dupe thousands of their life savings, promising them gold and diamonds in return, such people have waited for eternity and no gold or diamond is forthcoming, from such (preachers) desist. When God speaks, he accomplishes, but when men speak purporting that God sent them, the result is always negative and fruitlessness, one million lies cannot make up a truth, no matter who smooths them.

 When your heart convinces you to do something, don’t hesitate in doing it, that is quite different, what I am saying in essence is, avoid giving help that will cause you distress in time to come, such help does not produce any fruitful result, at times they gender strife, hatred, bitterness and all the human vices coupled together. Some people in the course of them wanting to better humanity have made miserable and irreparable mistakes. You are not born to better humanity, you are born to make a difference and leave behind you an impressing undying legacy, you are born to touch one life at a time when the opportunity strikes, those whom opportunity brings on your way, bless them, do what you can to put a smile on their faces, by so doing you are accomplishing the irrefutable law of love, you are making your world (not the world) a better place, you are helping lives move forward. You are not here to gain man’s approval and applause, doing so will send you to your untimely grave, man in his fallen nature is insatiable, you cannot please everyone, but you can touch many lives if you follow the simple rules and regulations of rendering services when needed. Don’t overburden yourself to win people’s approval and applause, those who want you to go the extra mile cannot even escort you with a foot, they would like you to carry all the burdens and are not ready to help you lift them with a finger, for such friends “… bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.” (Matthew 23:4)

3.  Preparing While There’s Still Opportunity

Now as I said earlier, I will tell you what to do when the opportunity calls, what I am about to tell you may in one way or the other annoy you, but you should evaluate everything I have said, to see if I am lying. Let’s say you have some thousands or hundreds of dollars in your bank account, instead of using them on charity (though it is a good and noble thing to reach out to humanity), can’t you invest them into something that will be yielding you some money in return, I mean something that will be bringing you some returns, now if you want to do charity then that would be okay, why would you build houses for others, while you do not have a roof to lay your head, while would you buy cars to give out to others while you are trekking on foot, friend, are you stupid or what, are you trying to gain approval and applause from men, or are you here to do the right thing? Someone may say what of Tabitha in the book of Acts 9:36-41, yes, Tabitha was a giver but she was not giving to be praised and applauded, she was acting out of love for God and towards man, there was this divine conviction deep within her innermost heart, Tabitha was not poor, she had before she gave, the bible said she made coats and garments, she did almsgiving and was full of good deeds, everything she does flowed from a virtuous heart, she loved what she was doing, some went out wanting to be acclaimed people of the year, they wanted people to know them, appear on the covers of the magazines with laudable commendations from people all over the globe, have interviews and awards with smiling faces, but in the long run they failed utterly and retire with heartrending regrets. Before you do something, be convinced about it, do not seek for recognition, make sure it is done out of love and conviction, and not because to be seen, commended and praised. Now someone may say; didn’t the apostle Paul say we should do good to all men? That is quoting the bible out of context, let’s read it in viewpoint, “Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant. If you plant in the field of your natural desires, from it you will gather the harvest of death; if you plant in the field of the Spirit, from the Spirit you will gather the harvest of eternal life. So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest. So then, as often as we have the chance, we should do good to everyone, and especially to those who belong to our family in the faith” (Galatians 6:7-10). There is a great difference between sowing to the flesh and sowing to the Spirit, the latter is done out of love and the former out of pride and conceit.

4.  Stop Doing Good And Start Doing The Right Thing

What do you mean? Yes, you heard me right, STOP DOING GOOD and begin doing the right thing. In every field of intellectualism, we should know and understand where words are derived from and what they meant in the first place, the word good is derived from two Greek words meaning two different things altogether, the word is ἀγαθός (pronounced agathos), it simply means good(s), benefit(s) good things, etc., the second is καλός (pronounced kalos), it is of uncertain affinity, meaning good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, and therefore well adapted to its ends, genuine, approved, praiseworthy, noble, beautiful by reason of purity of heart and life, and hence creditable, morally good, noble, honourable, conferring honour, affecting the mind agreeably, comforting and confirming. Could you see that there is a great difference between the former and the latter? Whenever a person does the right thing, there is this feeling of joy, contentment and inner peace and settlement, now I am going to scripturally certify what I am saying, this is Jesus Himself speaking and I am happy it is from the mouth of the Saviour, now hear what He said on this subject; “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you” (Matthew 7:6). Does that make sense to you; are you beginning to see why you should do the right thing at the right time to the right people who have real needs and not to those who have unending wants? There is a great difference between needs and wants; the former has to do with life’s necessity, while the latter has to do with one’s sensual desires.

Let’s take example, you have a friend who has lost his job, he has children who go to school, he has a family to take care of, yes helping such a friend out of his predicament is a noble thing and something praiseworthy, giving to the destitute, helping the elderly, the sick, the physically challenged, fighting against human trafficking and rescuing their victims, providing homes for the homeless, reorienting drug addicts, helping those who are lost regain a new look, feeding the hungry, putting our money where they are needed is what should occupy our minds. Why should you lavish money on friends buying them cigarettes and boozes, taking them to party and other amusement joints, only to be mocked in the day of adversity, yes you are doing it to be called, my-o-my, my pally, good guy, etc. The truth is none of them will be there for you when trouble strikes; some will even mock and call you foolish-witty (i.e. Wise in folly and foolish in wisdom). Why would you spend your energy trying to please everyone, don’t you have better things to do with your resources? Beware of dogs and swine, look for those of whom your labour would be appreciated, don’t waste your time trying to please ingrates and wretches. Do that which is right and leave the rest to God, don’t weary yourself and be wasted at the end.

• In Conclusion

The world is full of hypocrisy, you have your life before you, don’t waste it on frivolities rather use it to mark a difference, you may not have all the money in the world, but with the little you have, you can effect a change when you sow into the lives of those who are in need of it. Do the right thing and reap the enduring reward. Look out for opportunities to do good to the right people when they strike. “He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward” (Proverbs 19:17). Give to those who cannot repay you back, and you will be blessed. “Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just” (Luc 14:12-14).

Jesus is not telling us not to invite relatives or rich friends when we are doing any festivity, what Jesus is simply is that, do things in the spirit of love to those whom you will not expect anything in return, don’t do things to be accepted, do it and forget you have done something, someday somewhere, the reward will be made manifest. Don’t be discouraged at what I have said, they are for your good, disassociate yourself from friends who cannot contribute anything positive in your life, don’t form the habit of spending on friends, instead you can visit the orphanage homes, the leprous colonies, the blind people’s homes, psychiatric centres, disabled people’s sanatoriums, centres where mentally and physically challenged children are kept, look for such places and invest your money, you will never regret that you did.

Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your lap. For with the same measure that you use it shall be measured to you again. (Luc 6:38)

“Christian charity will make no difficulty in giving that which eternal truth promises to restore. Let us give, neither out of mere human generosity, nor out of vanity, nor from interest, but for the sake of God, if we would have him place it to account. There is no such thing as true unmixed generosity but in God only; because there is none but him who receives no advantage from his gifts, and because he engages himself to pay these debts of his creatures with an excessive interest. So great is the goodness of God, that, when he might have absolutely commanded us to give to our neighbour, he vouchsafes to invite us to this duty by the prospect of a reward, and to impute that to us as a desert which he has a right to exact of us by the title of his sovereignty over our persons and estates.” Men live in such a state of social union as renders mutual help necessary; and, as self-interest, pride, and other corrupt passions mingle themselves ordinarily in their commerce, they cannot fail of offending one another. Adam Clarke

Every good deed done out of godliness and sincerity has an eternal reward, they are not forgotten, they are recorded, kept against the day of evil. “Scatter your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be upon the earth.” (Ecclesiastes 11:1-2)

Never cease giving while thou seest a person in distress, and hast wherewithal to relieve him. Such may be the change of times, that thou mayest yet stand in need of similar help thyself. Do as thou wouldst be done by. Adam Clarke