Small Things Are Great

As we transition from studying the writings of Matthew to those of Mark, it’s good to remember—we’re still tracing the history of the same man, Jesus. Matthew highlighted what He said. Mark now shows us what He did. Ni kusema na kutenda. One big concern that often keeps people from fully turning to the Lord is this: Is it really possible to live a holy life in this world? Mark’s account gives us a loud “yes!”—proving that a man born of woman can lead a holy life and that a sinner can indeed become a saint. If Matthew was like the training manual, then Mark is the touchdown after a long rugby run—tackled, sweaty, in pain, but victorious. The teachings in Matthew were heavy. Jesus didn’t lower the bar for the new life; He raised it so high that it almost feels impossible. But then, He lived it. He walked the mission, embraced growth, built community, and lived in holiness. He proved that what is impossible with man is possible with God (Mark 10:27). He proved you can actually be holy as ...

In my continued discussions on matters corruption and careless living, I'm of the conclusion that it's not a lack of morals but rather the sin problem (Romans 3:23). You see, sin’s nature is to take the good and make it bad. Everything that God set up as good, man and the sinful nature collided and ruined it (Genesis 1:31; Romans 7:18). God, in trying to fix things, set up rules, but we kept on breaking them (Romans 8:3). He set up rulers, but we never bothered to follow them (1 Samuel 8:7; Hosea 8:4). So He changed tactic and reversed the order of creation. Initially, the order was: places (heaven and earth, Genesis 1:1), particles (occupants of the places, Genesis 1:20-25), and people (managers of the particles, Genesis 1:26-28). The problem started not with the places or the particles, but the people—our brother Adam and his girlfriend 😀🤦 (Genesis 3:6-7). Wasione hii blog please. So God changed tactic and decided to fix the problem from the root. His tactic became to trans...

Wouldn’t it be great if, instead of just casting out demons, we could also kill  them? Imagine rebuking them, binding them, then locking them up somewhere with no option for bail. Case closed. Problem solved. Unfortunately, that’s not how it works. Until their day of judgment, these evil spirits are free to roam and rule wherever they’re permitted. Yesterday, or was it jana, this thought crossed my mind and it hit me like a sad revelation: demons don’t die.🥺 Look at these reports: “When the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke” (Matthew 9:33). “Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment” (Matthew 17:18). “She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter… Jesus said, ‘The demon has left your daughter.’ She went home and found the demon gone” (Mark 7:26–30). “Be quiet! Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him (Luke 4:33–35). In every case, the demon leaves,...

In our yearly Bible reading, we’re now in the book of Matthew. The word that keeps leaping off the page for me is fulfill . Matthew uses it about 7 times.  To FULFILL is to bring to completion that which was incomplete — and this is where prophecy comes in. Last year, I learnt to study the Bible with a Jewish posture and this word gains new weight from that perspective. To a Jew, prophecies were spoken, yes, but not yet seen. They carried promise but also a sense of something missing. Matthew is putting every effort to show the Jews(Israelites) that every fulfillment is tied to prophecy concerning the Messiah. Words once carried by prophets now find their completion in Jesus. This man, Jesus — Yehoshua, meaning Yehovah saves — is truly the God who saves. Finally, salvation was delivered to the Jew first and also to the gentiles(Akamba, Ameru, Abagusii...all other nations) If you are still searching for salvation, you will only find it in Him. “All this took place to fulfill what t...