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The Death of the Righteous

Activity : Lord's Banquet (Thursday Bible Exploration) Anchor Scripture: Numbers 23: 8 - 12 Introduction Many times, I have been inundated with questions that bothers on the 'untimely' death of perceived  righteous men and women, so-called children of God. One of such questions was the one that one sister asked in a Sunday school class one day that: "Is it possible for a child of God to die prematurely?" Brethren, it is a fact, even as the Bible did establish it, that we are all going to die. However, God, in the Scriptures did make the promise to "make a distinction between them that serve me and those that don't serve me." That is where the challenge of our claims of being children of God comes in. Are we, children of God, supposed to have same bad experiences as those in the world? Even when we do, what ought to be our dispositions and reactions to such  occurrences?  Even though, every mortal shall die, according to the Scriptures, are

The Excellency of the Light

Anchor Scripture: Revelation 21: 23-27 Introduction Artificially, Power outages bring gloom and a feeling of despondency which is accompanied by palpable fear to us as a people. But the presence of light, even when we have no use for it, is always with a feeling of hope and joy. In my part of the world where constant power supply is considered a luxury and therefore an exclusive of the rich, whenever power is restored, people jubilantly shout for joy. Naturally, we are able to carry out a bulk of our daily activities only during the day; when there is light. But as soon as the dusk sets in, even animals withdraw into their closets, except for the nocturnal ones. Man keep away from darkness because darkness brings about fear and evil. Dark periods are supposed periods of great inactivity, tiredness and gloom. From the foregoing therefore, it is clear the reason the first thing God created was the LIGHT! Today, God shall fill us with His Light and show us why we nee