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To use the Word of God without the Word of God is not the Word of God. Read that again. Sadly, so many take the text out of context and use it in the wrong respect. As 2 Peter 3:16 states, "as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures." Thus, let us strive to know the unity of the Word (from Genesis to Revelation), so we can rightly divide the Word.

There is no joy in stinginess or greediness. There is only joy in being generous. As Scripture teaches, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). You see, true joy comes from the act of giving rather than withholding, because it reflects the heart of God who generously gives to us.

There is nothing wrong with having treasure; there is everything wrong with trusting the wrong treasure. You see, earthly riches can flee in a moment, but true treasure is forever when it is found in trusting the living God. "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and...

When a society forsakes the knowledge of God, it loses the foundation of true justice, morality, and the well-being of its people. As it is written: 'The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God' (Psalm 9:17). As Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said, "Where God is forgotten, there the common good decays."

To be faithful to the Word is to be called hateful by the world. You see, upholding biblical truth in a world that is upside down will bring opposition and rejection, but such upside down hate keeps us right side up with God. "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you" (John 15:18).

Those who love darkness will naturally hate the light because the light exposes their deeds for what they truly are—evil. And this hatred of the light is not merely a passive dislike but an active rejection, as the light challenges the darkness and brings it to account. That is why the...