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क्या आदम को स्वर्ग मिलेगा?
क्या आदम को स्वर्ग मिलेगा? हमारे व्हाट्सएप ग्रुप पर एक मैंबर का यह सवाल हमारे सामने आया। मेरा उत्तर: मैं सोचता हूँ कि जो परमेश्वर के वचन, राज्य और प्रभु के सानिध्य के बारे में सोचता है उसके मन में ढेरों सवाल आना स्वाभाविक भी है और ज़रूरी भी। यदि हम स्वर्ग, बाइबल और बाइबल के पात्रों के बारे में विचार नहीं करते तो हमारा विश्वास गहरा नहीं है। हम अपने उद्धार पर ही ठहर जायें और बाइबल के गहरे भेद जानने की कोशिश न करें तो हमारा मसीही जीवन व आत्मिक ज्ञान सतही रह जायेगा। इसलिये मैं सवाल पूछने वाले अपने विश्वासी भाई के इस सवाल की सराहना करता हूँ।…
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Sin of Commission and Sin of Omission
Sin of Commission – doing something which God forbade and Sin of Omission – not doing something which God demanded While I was meditating on the Word of God once, I experienced a thought banging my mind – how should I categorize the sins. ‘Big and Small sins’, ‘Exposed and hidden sins’ or ‘Acceptable and abominable sins’ and many more categories passed through my mind in which I could categorize them. Usually, the most soothing classification to our conscious is ‘big and small sins’ as we normally do classify them for ourselves for the ease of living. Though it is much easier to handle, it is not biblical. There are…
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Finding God in death bed | Pradesh Shrestha
I had never seriously considered the reality of God nor my lack of relationship and responsibility to Him until September 1983 when I lay seriously ill on a hospital bed in Santa Fe, New Mexico. There, in an isolation room in St. Patrick’s Hospital, the doctor told me they had finally diagnosed my illness; the antibiotic I would have to take was known to be potentially lethal for some patients but there was no viable alternative. I was shocked. I agreed to take the medicine but that night I could not sleep. Where will I go if I die now? For the first time in my life, I took an…
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I know Jesus is God, but I am afraid of family and friends!
I know that Lord Jesus Christ is the living God. I have experienced His prayer answering power too; but I cannot make a commitment to follow Him. What will my family say? What about my friends, colleagues and relatives? Yes. It seems difficult to take this decision when we see it from religion point of view. But if we can see it at personal level, you will realize that we are simply believing in God and loving Him, nothing else (not conversion of religion at all). Moreover, if you start loving God and all ungodly, selfish and evil (to whatever degree) are gone, and you start leading a noble and…
