By Rev.L.Suohie Mhasi
The emerged and existent bodies in endless space such as the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars are not self-existent but they are created by a LIFE which is self-existent and eternal having infinite wisdom and power. Who will know it unless He revealed Himself to men? According to the Bible, the One who claimed to be the Creator and Lord of the heavens and the earth said, "I am the Lord who has made all things, who alone stretched out the Heavens, who spread out the earth by myself" (Is.44:24). When He proclaimed Himself to the world, who can deny or question the verity of it?
The self-existent LIFE is the eternal LIFE and because He is the eternal life, He has infinite wisdom and power. So He alone is the Creator of the heavens and earth.
The whole creation in the universe is not created by hand but by word. Each body in the space is formed and came into existence according to the command of God. God is the sovereign God and He alone is the sovereign Creator and Lord. He created all things by His LIFE, WISDOM and POWER. So the whole universe is existing by the LIFE, WISDOM and POWER of God. How wonderful His life is! How wonderful His wisdom is! How wonderful His power is! How wonderful the creation of the universe is! How wonderful His workmanship of the body of man from the toes to the head is! The whole universe is by God, from God and for God. The whole man is by God, from God and for God.
God is holy and all perfect and infallible. He is the light. He delights the truth and righteousness and He hates sin. So His characteristics are perfect.
The world is suffering from the state of unknowing God because knowing God is healing and unknowing God is the crux of the illness of the world. Knowing God illumines the heart and the world is illumined by men and women whose hearts are illumined by knowing God. Unknowing God darkens the world because the people who do not know God their hearts are in darkness and they do not do the work of light. Those who actually know God sacrifice themselves to save the world but human enemies of any kind are the people who do not know God. So the root cause of the suffering of the world is unknowing God.
So the GATE OF LIFE on the earth for all men and women born to the world to enter into consistent life with the Creator and with fellow men and women is “ KNOW GOD.” It is the only gate on the earth through which alone every man and woman can have relationship with God and with fellow men and women and have hope now and forever.
I came to know the true God.
I was brought up in animistic religion and I spent my life fearing many things and worshipping many things without knowing the true God up to my grown up age.
I had been in depression over death. Man lives, dies, buried gets decomposed! That thought depressed me for years together. After I joined the church I began to read the Bible in which it is written that Jesus Christ is the living Saviour and whoever believes in Him will have eternal life. After reading that my depression over death was gone and I received peace and joy! If I continued in animistic religion, what will be my fate?
Once I prayed, “ God, let me be in distress of mind so that I may be deeper in my thought.” After one or two days my mind was gripped by a severe unease. The reason was not known. Some times I could not eat properly, and it was as if I were in moon light even during sunny days. After some days I realized that it was from Satan. So I started casting the devil out in the name of Christ. It was gone but came back again and again but the name of Christ is so powerful that even I said it in soft voice, Satan was cast out. At last the devil was defeated in the name of Christ. In this incident I had deeper experience how bad the devil is and how good Jesus Christ is! Without Christ what will be my fate? I praised God.
Jesus Christ said,” I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.”(John 16:7). I have experienced that the promise is true. It is really a taste of heavenly love, peace and joy! “ The kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy spirit.”( Rom 14:12)
The promise of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is for all human beings of all generations on the earth. ( Joel 2:28). And the Spirit of God can be received through Christ only. God the Father sent His Son Jesus Christ to save sinners through the cross. When the Son Jesus Christ died and rose up from the death and ascended to heaven, he sent the Holy Spirit to the world as promised by the Father. There is no slight contradiction in the teachings of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit because the three are one.
I am not defending Christian religion but I am sharing my personal conviction and experiences with human family in the world with sincere love. Defending a religion and tradition is not life, but knowing the true God and having relationship with Him is life. Religion and observing and performing ritualism cannot save the world but knowing God and conforming with His perfect characteristics can save the world.
It is meaningless and vanity to worship the sun, moon, stars, trees, stones, animals, man, oceans, lakes, rivers and hand-made objects of any forms because all these are creations. The Creator only is to be worshipped, honoured and feared.
The world is suffering from the state of unknowing God which produces acts of sinful nature which are sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies and the like. ( Gal.5:19-20)
But victory over all forces of evil is given through Christ as the fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Gal 5:22).
In the teachings of Christ, there is no room for enmity or taking revenge. When the Holy Spirit comes, the teachings of Christ are strengthened and the people are reminded of the teachings of Christ.
“ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you, I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid,” ( John 14:27).
“ All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.” (Mat. 28:18).
“ Turn to me and be saved all you ends of the earth: For I am God and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity. A word that will not be revoked. Before me every knee will bow. By me every tongue shall swear ( Is. 45:22-23).
God the Father does every thing by the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Son does every thing by the Father and the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit does every thing by the Father and the Son.” Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit.” says the Lord Almighty.”(Zech.4:6)” Through him (Christ) all things were made, without him nothing was made that has been made” (Jn.1:3).
Can man do any thing without God? By God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit alone man is living and can do any thing. Man is living by God only and man can do any thing by God because man is the clay in the hand of the potter God only and man is the instrument of God only. The doer and performer is God. So the world can be healed and saved by entering into relationship with God alone and to have relationship with God is impossible without knowing who God is. So the first and most important thing for all men and women in the world is,” KNIOW GOD.” So let “ KNOW GOD” be the AGENDA to be meditated upon and discussed by all men and women on the planet earth because peace on earth wholly depends on knowing God.
