Author: Geoffrey Daniels

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“What is Love?”

To ask different people “What is love” may produce as many different answers. The dictionary gives this definition of love: “an intense feeling of deep affection.” And then it further defines affection as ”a gentle feeling of fondness or liking.”  But what does the Bible say about love? The Bible explains love this way: “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked; thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all […]

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“The Joy of the LORD is your Strength”

“The joy of the LORD is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10). This meaningful and beautiful text is applicable to all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. One of the great reasons in knowing Christ as Savior and Lord of our lives is experiencing joy in living the Christian life from day to day; no matter what the circumstance may be. Here is the full text: Nehemiah told the people: “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy […]

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“The True Meaning of Love”

The dictionary describes love as “an intense feeling of deep affection.” Love is a word that is widely used in a variety of ways. For example, greeting others “Hi love, how are you?” Or, closing a letter: “take care, lots of love.” Or, “so and so was the love of his life.” To identify a few instances. Asking different people their meaning of love would result in mostly different responses. Perhaps the reason is just how the individual interprets or thinks about love. On Valentine’s Day, which is celebrated annually on February 14, people express their feelings about love in several different […]

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Sin — what it is, and what it does

The dictionary describes sin as an “immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.” God’s Word— the Bible — says this about sin. “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness” (1 John 3:4 NKJV ). Sin is transgression — an overstepping of the law;  the divine boundary between good and evil. Sin also violates the revealed will and purposes of Almighty God. William MacDonald makes this commentary: “Sin is lawlessness. It is insubordination to God, wanting one’s own way, and refusing to acknowledge the Lord as rightful Sovereign. In essence it is placing ones own will above the will of […]

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Should Christians Be Humble?

Christians should definitely be humble people. God’s Word addresses the need for Christians to be humble in several places. If we are truly followers of Jesus Christ, then we must be humble before God and man. God requires humility of us as He has stated in His Word. “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8).  Christ is the Christian’s greatest example of humility.  The Bible says, Christ “humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point […]

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“The Christian’s God”

The Lord Jesus says, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Dr Charles Stanley makes an insightful commentary on this text: “The question that needs to be addressed here is; “What is the will of the Father?” Faith and belief in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, are the only answers. Willing and eager obedience is the hallmark of someone who has truly come to faith in Christ. They obey not because they want to earn God’s favor, but because […]

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“Another New Year!”

Really? How can it be a new year. Doesn’t it have 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, and night follows day like all previous years? Yes! So, it’s not really a new year; some one might argue.  All that is absolutely true. The main difference is numerical. The previous year was 2023 and the new year is 2024. The fact remains, it is indeed a new year because we haven’t lived in it before. “Another year has cast its shadow against the backdrop of eternity, and the firm had of God has written another chapter in man’s world. Like knots in a sailor’s […]

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What the Resurrection of Jesus Christ means

The Bible tells us, “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3,4). Firstly, Christ died and He was buried. Then He was raised on the third day. The Scripture also says, “that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time . . . Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as one untimely born, He appeared also to me” (1 Corinthians 15:5-8). There was abundant evidence that […]

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“Behold, the Lamb of God!”

“The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). Thus declares John the Baptist of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. We also read in this same chapter of John, “The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, Behold, the Lamb of God” (v. 35). Dr Charles Stanley writes, “As the Old Testament sacrifices foreshadowed what Jesus Christ would do on the Cross. Here, John rightly identified Jesus as our […]

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“Contending For The Faith”

“Contending for the faith” is the theme of the epistle by Jude, who was one of the brothers of the Lord Jesus Christ. To contend means taking a stand for “those things which are most surely believed among us” as Christians. Jude found it very necessary to write this epistle urging and exhorting his readers to earnestly contend for the faith in view of the prevalence of false teachers who had deliberately entered and placed themselves into the local churches.  At the conclusion of his short epistle, the second to last book in the New Testament, Jude gives us one of […]