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BIBLICAL TEACHING - Part 5
The Old Testament: GOD TEACHES HIS PEOPLE
4. Time of 40 the Kings
a) The first prophets teach that God 41
is Love and Fidelity
Prophecy will develop in Israel from the time of David onwards. Prophets affirm that God is Love and Fidelity, especially in Deuteronomy.
Love and Fidelity refrain of Psalm 89: verses 2, 3, 15, 25, 29, […]
Spirit-filled Sunday
This Sunday is another fulfilling whole family day for all of us. It’s complete in the sense that it was spent with God and many Godly activities.
Very early in the morning everybody woke up and hurriedly finished all Sunday morning preparations to catch up with our children’s 9:00 A.M. catechism session at St. John Church […]
OLD TESTAMENT: Introduction Part 1
Eighteen centuries before Jesus Christ many nomadic tribes leave Chaldea along with their flocks to go and leave in Egypt. Among these tribes and nomadic clans there are certain number of families whose chief is Abraham. For Abraham – quite insignificant for the historians - , this force migration was accompanied by a great hope: […]
The Beginning, Cause and Effect of Every Evil
Suppose a father, overwhelmed by grief for a child so swiftly taken from him, has an image made of him. From that time on a dead creature will be honored as a god, because the father handed on to his dependents secret rites and celebrations. Time will consolidate this unholy practice and eventually it will […]
Against Those Who Worship Images
The natural helplessness of humans is seen in their ignorance of God. The experience of good things did not lead them to the knowledge of Him who is. They were interested in his works, but they did not recognize the author of them.
Fire, wind, air, the sphere of the stars, rushing water and the lights […]
Be Joyful Always!
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:16–18).
Sometimes our prayers are answered quickly, obviously. Other times we wait, and God answers our prayers in a much different way than we expected, sometimes much later than expected.
And other times, what we […]
How God Corrects His Children
Even without this, they could have dropped dead at a single breath if pursued by your justice, or dispersed by the breath of your might; but you ordered all with measure, number and weight.
You are able to show your power at any moment and who can resist the strength of your arm? For the entire […]
No Children But Virtuous
Better to have no children and to be virtuous. People like this are highly considered by God and by mortals. The memory of their life will never end.
When virtue is present we imitate it; when it is absent we long for it; it crowned in eternity for having triumphed in the blameless struggle.
The numerous progeny […]
A Truly Fruitful Life
Happy the childless wife if she is blameless and has not been guilty of adultery; she will be found fruitful on the day of judgment.
And happy the impotent man who has done no evil or harbored resentful thoughts against the Lord. His fidelity will be richly rewarded with a special place in the Lord’s heavenly […]
The Just Will Live With God
The souls of the just are in the hands of God and no torment shall touch them. In the eyes of the unwise they appear to be dead. Their going is held as a disaster; it seems that they lose everything by departing from us, but they are in peace.
Though seemingly they have been punished, […]