One of Jesus' miracles, walking on the sea
While preaching the word of God, Jesus said to the Jews who
had believed in him that “If you remain faithful to my word, you will truly be
my disciples; you will know the truth and the truth will make you free”
Jesus was talking about spiritual freedom, but till today, many still don’t understand.
Jesus knew that if we proclaim the truth, the world will hate us.
He confirms it by saying that “You will be hated by everyone because of me, but
the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
In fact, many continue to suffer, be oppressed, and even
killed for the truth; therefore, he was talking about spiritual freedom. Real
freedom doesn't exist, and it will never be so far as the world has monsters
living amongst us as human beings.
Just as many are confused today about this statement Jesus
made thousands of years ago, the same Jews misunderstood and answered him, “We
are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. How can you
say you will become free?”
Jesus replied, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever sins
is a slave to sin. Now the slave does not stay in the house forever, but the
son always stays there; so if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
What a great man, full of unparalleled wisdom!
The biblical stories, whether tampered with or fabricated
fantasy stories, as atheists want us to believe or accept, remain the best book
to read. The bible has transformed many lost souls and brought the prodigal
sons and daughters back home to their distraught parents.
The bible has given hope, comfort, and salvation to many
who previously contemplated committing suicide because of hardships, crimes,
cruelties, oppression, suffering, and diseases that have plagued mankind from
generation to generation.
Out of love, God offers his only Son as a sacrifice, for our
salvation. Jesus performed many miracles. He raises the dead; spreads the
Gospel to every corner of the world with his disciples. He walks on the waters,
defends the oppressed and the persecuted. That wasn’t the end; he feeds five
thousand people with five loaves and two fish and casts out demons.
Today, we are witnessing a different world. Churches,
government officials, politicians, etc, put their hands on the bible to swear
oaths, later they mock the bible and do things contrary to what is written in
the holy book.
Nobody apart from Jesus raised the dead, yet today, there
are people in our midst who decide who must live and die. A man kills his wife
for life insurance; a woman kills her husband to inherit the property both have
worked hard for.
Armed robbers kill a couple, steal money, and snatch away a
car. These are the disturbing news we receive daily from many parts of the
world.
Despite Jesus assuring us that the truth shall set us free,
it’s sad to narrate the tragedies, suffering, killings, oppression, domination,
and the psychological torture, many have experienced because of the simple truth.
From the past generation to the current, if you don’t join
the empire of deceitful enemies to sing their choruses of lies, hypocrisy,
deceptions, and clandestine crimes, you are considered a threat and dangerous
to society.
Since it takes courage to speak the truth, many are scared,
and therefore, don’t want to be hurt, injured, lose their friends, or killed;
thus, many have become chronic liars till the time they will depart from this
earth.
As a believer of the scriptures myself, there are great
words, Psalms, etc, that give us the nourishment, courage, hope, joy, and
happiness to endure such oppressions that many can’t handle.
Whether the great stories in the bible are true or not, our
faith in them has worked for us for decades; therefore, we are neither going to
deny the Highest nor the Holy Bible.
This is one of the reasons, despite the harsh experiences
Africans have passed through, the suicide rate on that continent is lower than
that of Europe and America.
We are all facing the toughest time in this coronavirus
pandemic. As a matter of fact, it’s not the wearing of the mouth mask that can
save you.
It is not the observation of the social distancing rules that can
save you, and surely, it’s not the recommended vaccination that can save your
life, because we have obeyed all these health rules, yet the infections keep
rising daily across the world.
Continue to obey those recommended health rules, but look
unto God for your survival because there are more lies and deceptions
associated with the coronavirus than the truth.
We were told it kills old people, but today we know that the disease kills the poor, rich, old, young, including children.
Let God be your shield if all medical recommendations and
rules have failed, because the assurance God gives us is “Whoever dwells in the
shelter of the Highest will rest in the shadow of the Almighty, I will say of
the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”