You cannot know God
If you don't know the Word of God.
You cannot and don't have any relationship with God if you disregard and don't obey His Word.
If you disregard and don't obey the Word of God, He does not have any relationship with you.
You can deceive the whole world by your conceit and deceit of falsehood, BUT YOU CANNOT DECEIVE GOD.
And this is the TRUTH.
Only this Truth can save you from the wrath of the earth.
No conventional and unconventional wisdom or theology can change this FACT.
If you accept it, good for you.
But if you don't accept and reject it, may God help you.
God shall bless only those who bless.
God shall be merciful only on the merciful.
There is a reason for every season.
For as we plant so shall we reap the harvest.
God is not an emotional being
So, human emotions don't move God.
Only human compassions in pure and true love move God.
We can only communicate and relate with God in His Spirit and His Truth.
Not in lies of eye service and lip service.
Humans prefer to live in pretence
But God prefers those who choose to live in obedience to His commandments.
Our alms, offerings and tithes are useless to God without obedience to His commandments.
We cannot bribe God.
For in obedience to His commandments is true benevolence of love and peace.
For disobedience begets rebellion and rebellion begets destruction.
Can we count how many lives have been destroyed and wasted by disobedience to the Truth?
From the Garden of Eden to this day.
And yet humans continue to perish every day in disobedience, in sinful arrogance and wilful ignorance.
Only fools want to impress and please the world, but displease God.
Whose approval do you need?
The approval of the world or the approval of God?
There is no grace of God without repentance.
For in repentance we shall receive the abundance of the infinite grace of Almighty God.
- Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,
Publisher/Editor of The Rhema Blog
January 1, 2021.