The Love That Fills The Heart....

The Love That Fills The Heart…..

Someone once said, “There is a God-shaped vacuum inside each of our hearts that can be filled only by God.” How true it is; isn’t it? Whether we admit it or not, that sense of emptiness deep inside our very being, an indescribable yearning...!

Often we try to fill this vacuum with wealth, love from others, comforts, sensual pleasures and so on, but all in vain! And it is even more surprising that no religious ritual, philosophy or even good works can fill this vacuum!

Yes, the Almighty and loving God alone can fill this emptiness; He alone can fill our innermost being with inexpressible love, joy and peace! But we know that the true God is the One who created and controls the entire universe, and He alone is worthy to be worshipped! If so, how can this holy God come into our hearts?

If we are honest to ourselves, we will agree on this one thing: we all have disobeyed our conscience knowingly or unknowingly many a time in our thoughts, words and deeds! It is this falling away from the character of God that the Bible calls ‘sin’: “…for there is no distinction; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23).

Do you know what the punishment of sin is, in the eyes of the infinitely holy God? The punishment is that any one who has committed even the smallest sin should suffer in hell — an eternal separation from God! The Bible describes it in this way: “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). “And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15). Jesus Himself said, “… in that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 22:13).

But how can this loving God cast us, His dear creation, away into hell eternally? Even as God is infinitely loving, He is also infinitely holy, just and righteous. It will not be an act of justice if a righteous God does not give punishment for our sins just because we regret them, or perform some religious rituals, or do some good deeds.

Can a judge in a court of law avoid punishment, even if the culprit is his own son? No. But since he loves the son so much, that judge can declare a lawful penalty for the offence, then pay that penalty himself and thus free his son! This is exactly what God did for us.

For that very purpose, the Almighty God incarnated as a human being in Jesus Christ about 2000 years ago! He lived for thirty-three and a half years, setting an example for us to live by. In fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible, Jesus was cruelly crucified on the Cross of Calvary… It was the endless misery of hell-fire which you and I had to suffer for endless ages … that Jesus endured for our sake during those three hours on the Cross with deep pain and agony …!

What we behold on the Cross is that tender heart full of love and compassion unwilling to cast us into hell!! The Word of God says: “… God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8). And Jesus rose again, conquering death, which is man’s greatest enemy.

Just as that judge did, the Lord Jesus also paid the penalty for our sins on the Cross! But the son in the court of law can become free only if he accepts the penalty paid by his father. Likewise we also can be free only if we believe deep inside our hearts that Jesus bore the punishment of hell for us! Otherwise we will be choosing to suffer the vacuum in this life and eternal hell-fire after death…

If there was any other way for the forgiveness of sins, then there was no need for Jesus to undergo such a brutal and shameful death. Yes, “Salvation is found in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12).

Any person in any condition can freely and easily receive this salvation by repenting of his/her sins and trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ who paid the penalty of sin! There is no need for religious conversion or to join any organization for this; because Jesus never founded any religion or organization. Jesus always stood against man-made traditions and systems! He always exposed the hollowness and hypocrisy of those who earn money, man’s honour and fame in the name of God (even in the name of Jesus)!! So it is Christ, not the religion of Christianity, that we should follow!

Jesus says: “Come to Me, all who are weary and who are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28).

“…the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.” (John 6:37).

“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.” (John 14:6).

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16).

“But seek first God’s kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things (material needs like food, clothing, healing etc.) shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33).

This Jesus is calling you too… His eyes full of love and compassion are even now gazing at you… If you believe that this Lord Jesus is able to take away all your sins, burdens and emptiness, then you can open your heart and say this prayer right now to Jesus:

“My loving Jesus, thank You for dying for my sins, and rising from the dead to give me eternal life! Cleanse my sins with Your blood shed on the Cross, and come into my heart now. Fill me, Jesus, with Your love, joy and peace! Thank You for hearing my prayer.”

Yes, let us live for Jesus with our hearts filled with His love, leaving behind all discouragement and emptiness forever! May the Lord bless you richly!

Jesus' Voice (Part 4)

Jesus’ Voice --Part 4

1) “The strongest power of attraction in this universe is nothing other than the love of Jesus Christ. It is like a magnet; the closer you come to it, the stronger it binds you, and the farther you go, it just leaves you alone, but will, of course, seek to bind you all throughout your life!”


2) “Our Lord longs to flood our beings all the time with His love and freshness in such a way as to overflow and touch and transform others around us too.”


3) “Until Jesus alone becomes enough for us, we will continue to have complaining and murmuring”.


4) “The honour and money of this world are just like rubbish for a person who is truly taken up with the glory and beauty of Jesus Christ. The more you come closer to the Lord, the less you will be attracted by them!” (Phil. 3:8).


5) “Where do you first look to, when you suddenly come across a crisis or a need – to mere men or to the Lord Jesus Himself?”


6) “Blessed is the man who has learned to sense in his heart everything the Lord wants to communicate with him!”


7) “Deal kindly and compassionately with others as the Lord deals kindly and compassionately with you!”


8) “When we realize the sufferings and pain that our beloved Jesus has endured in order to reach out to us and win us, whatever hardships and inconveniences and losses we suffer in order to reach out to others and win them for the Lord, will count to absolutely nothing!”


9) “All the persons and circumstances we face in our daily life are actually different tools in the skilful hands of our loving Lord used for carving us out into His very image! And if we resist Him He will simply leave us alone….but with great grief in His heart!”


10)“Failure of any sort is a golden opportunity for us to once again realize our nothingness and become humbler”.


11)“The people around us are knowingly and unknowingly seeking for real, Christlike love, -- the love which can understand their deepest needs and accept them as they really are. Are we able to impart them the same quality of love through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit?”


12)“It is our Helper, the Holy Spirit who helps us to continually put to death our flesh with all its lusts and desires, and thus enables us to become smaller and smaller in own eyes!”


13)“When others look down upon us and ridicule us for our uncompromising stand for the Lord Jesus, we should always be able to sympathize with, have compassion on and pray for them, keeping in mind their eternal destiny!”


14)“The secret of faith in prayer is the awareness that we are talking to and hearing from our loving, caring Father in heaven, who knows all our needs and burdens, and who Himself is our omnipotent, omniscient Creator!”


15)“In spite of the busy schedule of daily life, it is in the secret chamber with the Lord Jesus, that we get to know Him personally and intimately, and get transformed to that measure of His likeness in which we know Him….!”


16)“Spiritually minded people will long to hear a man who hears God!”


17) “The Lord approves the life of that person who proceeds with the green signal of the Lord in everything!”


18)“How grieved the heart of the Lord Jesus is, when we have no time to hear Him or talk to Him! And how delighted His heart is when He finds one child of His eager to hear Him speak!!”


19)“You can accomplish the maximum for the Lord through this small life of yours, if you allow Him to direct every nook and corner of your life!”


20)“The reason why we are not able to rise up to the expectation of the Lord Jesus in our daily life, is that we have not become humble enough to receive His abundant grace for everything!”


21)“When you are really humble, you can receive true correction from even the youngest of believers and even from unbelievers!”


22)“When you are tempted to seek after the approval and honour of man, ask the Lord to reveal to you the emptiness and hollowness in it.”


23)“Our lives must be an example of how mightily the Lord can use a person completely surrendered and committed to Him!”


24)“Our Lord Jesus always wants to share the sweetness of His fellowship with us even in the little things in our daily life; but are we interested in the same?”


25)“Jesus could perfectly explain the Father to us because He remained spiritually in the bosom of the Father even when He lived on this earth (John 1: 18). So the best way for us to explain Jesus to others today is also to cling close to His bosom all the time!”


26) “When we humble ourselves before the Lord like a new-born baby, the Lord will never leave us nor forsake us, just like a mother who does not want to leave her new-born even for a moment!”


27)“It is a real worshiper who gets his mind transformed and thus gets to know the will of God for everything in his life!” (Rom. 12: 1, 2).

28) “When we get irritated at somebody’s fault, just realize that we are also guilty of the same thing in some subtle manner. When we overcome that area, we will no longer be upset with that fault in anyone else!” (Rom. 2:1).


29) “In the midst of a world which shouts “Pleasure is only in sin”, the Lord wants living examples, especially among young people, who through their lives, can boldly proclaim “You cannot have a more vibrant and exciting and joyful life than in Jesus Christ”!”


30)The Lord Jesus is now asking you: “When most of my children approach Me only for their own personal and material gain, when many are gaining honour and money taking my name, are you willing to do everything in selfless love for Me and portray the real Jesus of the Bible through your life and words in front of this corrupt Christian world?....”
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Kristheeya Jeevithathinte Maadhuryam (Malayalam)

{InkvXob PohnX¯nsâ am[pcyw

tbip ]dªp: "" Fsâ \pIw arZphpw Fsâ NpaSv eLphpw BIp¶p'' (a¯mbn 11: 30)

tbiphnsâ amÀtÆmSv Nmcnbncp¶ tbml¶m³ As¸mkvXe³ ]dªp: ""Ahsâ Iev]\IÄ `mcapÅhbÃ''(1 tbml 5:3)

F¶m ssZ\wZn\PohnX¯nte¡p hcpt¼mÄ, tbiphnsâ D¶X\nehmc§Ä ]men¡p¶Xv `mcapÅXpw Ibvt]dnbXpamsW¶v \ap¡p tXm¶mdpt-m?

{InkvXobPohnXs¯ Hcp tI¡nt\mSv D]an¨psh¶ncn¡s«. Hcp hn`mKw hnizmknIÄ AXns\ Iodnapdn¨v AXneS§nbn«pÅ t]mjI§sf¡pdn¨v \nc´cw KthjWw \S¯pIbpw {]_豈 AhXcn¸n¡pIbpw sN¿pIbmWv. _p²nsIm-pw kz´w A²zm\w sIm-pw ssZhs¯ {]kmZn¸n¡m³ {ian¡p¶hcmWnhÀ.

asämcp hn`mKw AXnsâ `wKn {]ZÀin¸n¡m³ tI¡ns\ I®mSn¡p«n h¨v AXnsâ KpWKW§Ä \à hmIvNmXpcyt¯msS hÀ®n¡pIbmWv. `ànbpsS thjw [cn¨v ssZhiàn Fs´¶dnbm¯ I]ShnizmknIfmWnhÀ (2 Xnsam 3:5)

thsd NneÀ Cu tI¡v ISn¨m s]m«m¯ Ft´m BsW¶v IcpXn AXns\ Bcpw ImWmsX Hfn¨p hbv¡pIbmWv. tbip ]dª D]abnÂ, X\n¡v In«nb Xme´v \ne¯v Ipgn¨n« Zmk\p XpeycmWnhÀ (a¯mbn 23: 18, 24). aaXm_Ô§fnepw AÔhnizmk§fnepw Zqcp]tZi§fnepw a\pjy]mc¼cy¯nepw IpSp§n ChÀ a\pjyam\w At\zjn¡p¶p.

C\nbpw NneÀ¡v tI¡v Ign¨p t\m¡Wsa¶v B{Klap-s¦nepw AXn\I¯v Ipds¨¦nepw Ibv]pt-m F¶v i¦n¨p amdn\n¡p¶p. tbiphns\ ]n³]äWsa¶v B{Klap-s¦nepw th-{X hnizmktam kaÀ¸Wtam CÃm¯

Iq«cmWnhÀ.

F¶m Npcp¡w NneÀ (a¯mbn 7: 13, 14), tbip Xsâ Xncp¡cw \o«n¯¶ B "tI¡v' ]qÀ® lrZbt¯msS hnizmk¯m \pWªnd¡n ssZhs¯ kvXpXn¡p¶p. aäpÅhscbpw AXn\mbn DÕmln¸n¡p¶p. tbiphns\ ]cn]qÀ®ambn ]n³]äp¶ (shfn 14: 4,5), ssZh¯n\p th-n \qdpta\n hnfhv \ÂIp¶ (a¯mbn 13: 23; 2 Xnsa 4: 7,8), ssZhnIkvt\lhpw kt´mjhpw kam[m\hpw A\pZn\PohnX¯n A\p`hn¡pIbpw BkzZn¡pIbpw sN¿p¶ (Kem 5:22,23), aäpÅhscbpw CXnte¡v hgn\S¯p¶ (Zm\otb 12:3) tbiphnsâ D¯a injycmWnhÀ.

tbiphnsâ c-mw hchn\v GXm\pw \mfpIÄ am{XapÅ ImeL«¯n Pohn¡p¶ \mw \½psS PohnXs¯ F§s\bmWv t\m¡n¡mWp¶Xv? Xs¶ cpNn¨dnªv Xsâ Znhyamb kzm`mhapÅhcmbn¯ocphm³ ssZhw \ap¡p X¶ Hcp kphÀ®mhkcambn \ap¡v Cu PohnXs¯ ImWm³ XpS§mw. C¶v \mw tbiphpambn F{Xam{Xw ASp¯ Hcp lrZb_Ôw ]peÀ¯p¶pthm, AXn\\pkcn¨mbncn¡pw AhnSpt¯mSv ASp¯ Hcp Øm\w \nXyXbnepw \ap¡p e`n¡pI. ChnsS IÀ¯mhnt\mSv Gähpw ASp¯ncn¡p¶ Bfmbncn¡pw \nXyX apgph\pw AhnSpt¯mSv Gähpw ASp¯ncn¡p¶Xv. Cu `qanbn h¨v tbiphnt\mSv CÃm¯ Hcp ]cnNbw (ASp¸w) \ap¡p DS\Sn kzÀ¤¯n D-mhpIbnÃtÃm!

{InkvXobPohnXsa¶m {InkvXphnt\mSv CgpInt¨À¶ PohnXw F¶ÃmsX asäm¶Ã. tbip{InkvXpsh¶ hyànbmWv AXnsâ tI{μ_n-μp. AXv XpS§p¶Xpw ]qÀ¯nhcp¶Xpw AÂ^bpw HtaKbpamb \½psS Cu IÀ¯mhv Xs¶bmWv (F{_m 12: 2; shfn 1:8). Cu IÀ¯mhns\ hyàn]cambn ASp¯dnbp¶XmWv \nXyPoh³ (tbml.17:3), AYhm {InkvXobPohnXw! At¸mÄ {]XnIqe§Ä¡pw {]tem`\§Ä¡pw \Sphnepw PohnXw \nd¨pw a[pcambn¯ocpw. ImcWw, Xs¶ kvt\ln¡p¶hÀ¡v FÃmw \·bv¡m¡n amäp¶ (tdma 8:28), amdmsb a[pcam¡p¶ (]pd. 15: 22þ25), kÀÆià\mb, kvt\lk¼qÀ®\mb ssZhamWsÃm \ap¡pÅXv!

tbiphnt\mSpÅ kvt\lw am{Xta AhnSps¯ Iev]\Isf bYmÀ°¯n A\pkcn¡phm³ \s½ {]m]vXcm¡pIbpÅq (tbml. 14:15) bYmÀ° BßobX Hcph\v tbiphnt\mSpÅ kvt\l¯nsâ AfhmWv. bYmÀ° {InkvXob PohnXw tbiphpambpÅ Hcp \nÀ½eamb {]Wb_ÔamWv (2 sImcn´yÀ 11: 2,3).

F¶m \ap¡v Cu A\p`h¯nte¡v hcWsa¦n tbiphnsâ kvt\l¯m \½psS DÅw BZyw \ndtb-nbncn¡p¶p. AXn\mbn \mw efnXamb hnizmk¯m (in simple faith) tbip\mYt\mSv ASp¯p hcWw. AhnSps¯ kvt\lw \ndª lrZbs¯ \mw Adnªpw AdnbmsXbpw thZ\n¸n¨ At\I Ahkc§sftbmÀ¯v A\pX]n¡pIbpw, AhnSps¯ Xncpcà¯m IgpI {]m]n¡pIbpw thWw. £a tNmZnt¡-htcmSv £a tNmZn¨pw, \nc¸v {]m]nt¡-htcmSv \nc¸v {]m]n¨pw (a¯mbn 5:23, eqt¡mkv 19:8,9), Hcp ip²a\Êm£ntbmsS \mw tbiphnsâ

ap¼n sNÃp¶psh¦n AhnSp¶v \ap¡v Xsâ A\p]a kvt\ls¯ A[nIambn shfns¸Sp¯n¯cpw. tbiphnsâ Cu kvt\l¯n\p ap¶n \mw \s½¯s¶ kaÀ¸n¡p¶psh¦nÂ, B kvt\lw \½psS lrZb§fn ]cnip²mßmhn\m h¶p \ndbpw.

tbiphnsâ kvt\l¯m \ndª Hcp lrZb¯n\v ]ns¶ Hcp B{Klta D-mbncn¡pIbpÅq þ AXv tbip Xs¶bmbncn¡pw! ZmhoZv ]mSnbXpt]mse: ""Rm³ IÀ¯mhnt\mSv Hcp Imcyw At]£n¨p; AXpXs¶ Rm³ B{Kln¡p¶p; IÀ¯mhnsâ at\mlcXzw Im¬am\pw Ahsâ aμnc¯n [ym\n¸m\pw Fsâ BbpjvImesams¡bpw Rm³ IÀ¯mhnsâ Beb¯n ]mÀt¡-Xn\pw Xs¶'' (k¦o 27: 4). Bkm^pw ]mSn: ""kzÀ¤¯n F\n¡p BcpÅq? `qanbnepw \ns¶bÃmsX Rm³ H¶pw B{Kln¡p¶nÃ'' (k¦o 73: 25).

tbiphns\ am{Xw lrZb¯n B{Kln¡p¶XnÂ]cw Hcp lrZbip²n thsdbnÃtÃm. ""lrZbip²nbpÅhÀ `mKyhm·mÀ Fs´¶m AhÀ ssZhs¯ ImWpw'' (a¯mbn 5:8) F¶ tbiphnsâ XncpsamgnIÄ \mw HmÀ¡p¶p-mIpw. AtX, tbiphnsâ kvt\l¯nsâbpw XmgvabpsSbpw kuayXbpsSbpw hnip²nbpsSbpsaÃmw Znhyku-μcyw ]cnip²mßmhv hN\¯neqsSbpw {]mÀ°\bneqsSbpw aäpw ImWn¨pXcm³ XpS§pw (tbml: 16:14). adpcq]aebn ssZhi_vZ¯n\p Iogvs¸« ]t{Xmkpw bmt¡m_pw tbml¶m\pw XebpbÀ¯n t\m¡nbt¸mÄ tbiphns\

am{Xw I-Xpt]mse (a¯mbn 17:8), \½psS lrZb¯nepw tbip am{Xw \ndªp \n¡pw. I®mSnbn ISsamgnsb¶h®w (1sImcn13:12) hnizmk¡®pIfm tbiphnsâ A\p]akuμcyw BkzZn¡p¶ \mapw ]dbpw:

""Fsâ {]nb³ ]Xn\mbncw t]cn AXnkpμc³ Xs¶''(D¯aKoXw 5:10).

"hben Hfn¨ph¨ \n[n' Is-¯nbXpt]mse, "Gähpw hnetbdnb ap¯v' Is-¯nbXpt]mse (a¯mbn 13:44þ46), \½psS DÅw kt´mj¯m \ndªp IhnbpIbpw (k¦o. 15:11) \½psS Cu sNdnb PohnXw tbiphnsâ

Xncp¡c§fn kvt\lt¯msS \mw `cta¸n¡pIbpw sN¿pw. Xsâ Im´sâ kzÀ¤obkuμcyw ImWp¶ {InkvXpinjy\v Cu temIemhWyw Gähpw \nμyambncn¡pw. A§s\ PohnXw \ap¡v Gähpw am[pcyapÅ

Xmbn¯ocp¶p.

F¶m tbiphnt\mSpÅ Cu \nÀ½ehpw GIm{Khpamb `ànbnÂ\n¶v \s½ ]n´ncn¸n¡m\mbncn¡pw km¯msâ \nc´c{iaw (2 sImcn´yÀ 11:3). ImcWw AXv km[yambm \s½ GXp \nÊmc]m]¯nepw hogv¯msa¶v Ah\dnbmw. tbiphnt\mSpÅ BZykvt\lw Ipdªpt]mIp¶XmWtÃm GXp ]n·mä¯nsâbpw BZyNphSv. shůn³aosX \S¶ ]s{Xmknsâ {i² tbiphn \n¶p amdn NpäpapÅ Imänte¡pw tImfnte¡pw Bbt¸mÄ, Ah³ F{]Imcw hogm³ XpS§ntbm, A{]Imcambncn¡pw \½psSbpw B´cnIZrjvSn tbiphn \n¶p

amdpt¼mÄ \mapw hogm³ t]mIp¶Xv (a¯mbn 14:29, 30). AXpsIm-v \½psS AI¡®pIÄ \nc´cw tbiphn¦te¡v Dd¸n¡m³ \mw ioent¡-nbncn¡p¶p (F{_m 12:2). Ft¸mÄ \½psS lrZbZrjvSn IÀ¯mhn \n¶p amdnt¸msb¶p a\Êm£nbn t_m[ys¸Sp¶pthm, At¸mįs¶ ]s{Xmkv sNbvXXpt]mse ""tbipth, c£n¡tW''(a¯mbn 14:30) F¶v ]dª\pX]n¨v \mw Xncn¨p hcnItb \nhr¯nbpÅq. At¸mÄ BßnIhÀ²\bv¡pXIp¶, {]t_m[n¸n¡p¶, Bizkn¸n¡p¶, DÕmln¸n¡p¶, imkn¨v Xncp¯p¶ tbiphnsâ kvt\lw \ndª hm¡pIÄ \mw Bßmhn {Kln¨dnbm³ XpS§pw. AtX, AXv tbip\mYsâ arZpkzcw Xs¶bmWv.

tbiphnsâ i_vZw \mw {]mYanIambpw Xncn¨dnbp¶Xv XncphN\¯neqsSbmWv. adnbw tbiphnsâ Im¡encp¶v tI«Xpt]mse (eqs¡mkv 10:38,42), \ap¡pw Hmtcm Znhkhpw Bß\ndhn hN\w [ym\n¡p¶XneqsS tbiphn\v \t½mSv A¶v F´mWv ]dbm\pÅsX¶v Bßmhn {Kln¡phm³ km[n¡pw.

BSv Xsâ CSbsâ i_vZw ioe¯memWv Xncn¨dnbp¶Xv. AXpt]mse, \mw hN\¯n thcpd¨hcmsW¦n (AXmbXv hN\w \½psS lrZb§fn kw{Kln¨n«pÅhcmsW¦n þ k¦o. 119:11), {ItaW \ap¡pw \½psS \à CSbsâ i_vZw Znhk¯nsâ GXp kab¯pw Xncn¨dnbm³ Ignbpw (tbml. 10:4, 14, 27). A§s\ tbip \½psS lrZbt¯mSv ]e apJm´c§fneqsS kwkmcn¡p¶ Imcy§Ä am{Xta \½psS AIs¯ a\pjy\v bYmÀ° t]mjWambn¯ocp¶pÅq þ AXv hN\¯neqsStbm {]mÀ°\bneqsStbm {]kwK¯neqsStbm kw`mjW¯neqsStbm kw`h§fneqsStbm F§s\bpw BImw.

tbiphns\ C{]Imcw \mw ]qÀ® lrZbt¯msS kvt\ln¡p¶hcmsW¦n AhnSps¯ hm¡pIÄ A\pkcn¡p¶Xv \ap¡v efnXhpw B\-μZmbIhpambncn¡pw (tbml. 14:15). Xsâ {]mW{]nbt\mSpÅ AKm[kvt\lw \nan¯w, Xsâ B{Kl§fpw ]²XnIfpw ths-¶ph¨v ssZhlnXw sN¿p¶Xv Hcp {InkvXpinjys\ kw_Ôn¨nSt¯mfw hn`hkar²amb Hcp kZy Ign¡p¶Xpt]mse am[pcytadnbXmbncn¡pw. AXnitbmànbÃ: ssZhlnXw sN¿p¶Xv X\n¡v Blmcw Ign¡p¶Xpt]mse BkzmZyhpw Hgn¨pIqSm\mh¯XpamsW¶ tbip kqNn¸n¨Xv HmÀ¡p¶ntà (tbml. 4:34)? ssZhcmPys¯ tbip c-pXhW Hcp henb kZytbmSp _Ôs¸Sp¯n kwkmcn¡p¶Xpw {it²bamWv (a¯mbn 22:2; eqs¡mkv 14: 16). ssZhcmPyw \½fn hcpt¼mgpw þ AXmbXv ssZhw \½n cmPmhmbn hmgpt¼mgpw þ kw`hn¡p¶Xv asäm¶Ã!

\msaÃmw tbiphnsâ k¶n[nbn ASp¯ph¶v, \½psS lrZb§fpw a\ÊpIfpw CÑmiànbpsaÃmw Xpd¶v, \½psS B{Kl§fpw hnImc§fpw Nn´Ifpw Xocpam\§fpsaÃmw XmgvatbmsSbpÅ Bcm[\bpw kvXpXnbpw \μnItcäepambn AhnSpt¯¡v AÀ¸n¡Wsa¶XmWv AhnSps¯ AXnbmb hmRvO. \½psS _Ôpan{XmZnIsfbpw

hkvXphIIsfbpw \s½¯s¶bpw ssZhIc§fn kaÀ¸n¨v, kIehn[ aaXm_Ô§fn \n¶pw a\pjy]mc¼cy§fn \n¶pw AÔhnizmk§fn \n¶pw Zpcp]tZi§fn \n¶pw hnapàcmbn (eqs¡mkv 14: 26,

27,33), \mtamtcmcp¯cpw tbiphnt\mSv kvt\l¨cSpIfm Ft¶¡pw _Ôn¡s¸SWsa¶pw Xt¶mSp tNÀ¶p \S¡Wsa¶pamWv AhnSp¶v B{Kln¡p¶Xv.

\mw IÀ¯mhnt\mSv ]änt¨À¶v \S¡p¶Xn\\pkcn¨v AhnSp¶p Xs¶¯s¶ \ap¡v A[nIambn shfns¸Sp¯n¯cpw (tbml. 14:21). B shfn¸mSv aät\IÀ¡v adªncn¡p¶ kzÀ¤oba¶bmbn \ap¡p amdp¶p (shfn 2: 17). \mw AXp `£n¨v tbipthmfw hfÀ¶psImt-bncn¡pw (Ft^. 4:15). At¸mÄ \mw tbiphns\ Adnbp¶Xv, aämsc¦nepw ]dªXnsâ ASnØm\¯neÃ, adn¨v \mw Xs¶ AhnSps¯ hnizmk¡®pIfm ImWpIbpw Aßmhn kv]Àin¡pIbpw B kvt\lw cpNn¨v BkzZn¡pIbpw sNbvXXnsâ ASnØm\¯nembncn¡pw (tbml.4:42). At¸mÄ tbiphnsâ kvt\lkv]Àita¡p¶ \½psS A´ÀKXw C§s\bmbncn¡pw: ""Rm³ Fsâ {]nbtâXmWv, AhnSps¯ B{Klw Ft¶mSmWv'' (D¯a 7:10). At¸mÄ, kz´w CjvS{]Imcw H¶pw sN¿msX, A´cmßmhn tbip sNbvXpImWn¨p Xcp¶Xpam{Xw sN¿phm\pw , Ah tbip sN¿p¶Xpt]mseXs¶ sN¿phm\pw, tbip sNbvXpImWn¨p Xcp¶sXÃmw H¶nShnSmsX sN¿phm\papÅ AXy[nIamb hmRvO \½psS Dŧfn \ndªpXpfp¼pw (tbml. 5:19, 20).

AXpsIm-v {]nbkplrt¯, tbiphns\ am{Xw B{Kln¡p¶, AhnSps¯ XncpapJ¯pam{Xw AI¡®pIfpd¸n¨, AhnSps¯ i_vZ¯n\mbn Ft¸mgpw ImtXmÀ¡p¶, AhnSps¯ ]qÀ®lrZbt¯msS kvt\ln¡pIbpw A\pkcn¡pIbpw, CShnSmsX ]änt¨cpIbpw sN¿p¶, Hcp \nanjhpw ]ncnbm¯ (1 sXÊ. 5:10), \nÀ½eamb {]Wb_

Ô¯n\mbn \ap¡p Zmln¡mw! \½psS {]hr¯nIsf¡mfpw XymK§sf¡mfpw \s½¯s¶ B{Kln¡p¶ tbiphnsâ \nXykvt\l¯n apgpIn, \ap¡v Cu {InkvXob ku`mKy¯nsâ am[pcyw BkzZn¡mw; AXv aäpÅhcnte¡pw ]IÀ¶psImSp¯v Cu A´yIme¯v AhnSps¯ [oc km£nIfmImw!

Jesus' Voice (Part 3)

Jesus’ Voice --Part 3

1) “If we keep our hearts attuned to the voice of the Lord by being filled with the Holy Spirit, the Lord will always have a word of encouragement or guidance or correction or rebuke in our daily path of life”.

2) “When you are concentrated on bringing delight to the heart of the Lord Jesus alone through your one small life on this earth, the praises as well as the ridicule of men will count for nothing to you!”

3) “Only a man walking closely to the Lord can ‘nip’ even a small blemish of unChristlikeness ‘in the bud’in his life. Other people will realize the same sin in their own lives only when it has grown into a huge ‘tree’!”

4) “What greater privilege a mere creature can have than having a close two-way communion and fellowship with the Creator Himself!”

5) “A revelation of ‘how much the Lord has suffered literal hell as the punishment for ‘my’ sins on the cross of Calvary’ can keep a person really humble.”

6) “Unfortunately the Lord often finds it easier to teach us some spiritual lessons after our failures, just because that is the time the Lord can find us humblest! But how sad if we cannot learn from the Lord even through failures because of our listening to the condemning voice of the devil!”

7) “When the Lord points out any unChristlikeness in our life, first acknowledge it before the Lord humbly and gratefully, instead of justifying it or struggling to overcome it ourselves. This simple honesty before the Lord is the way by which we can walk in the light and be cleansed from all sin (1 John 1: 7)”.

8) “The increasing spiritual growth of a child of God will delight the heart of a real spiritual father; then how much more the heart of his heavenly Father…..!”

9) “We will really begin to see the wretchedness and filthiness of the tremendous pride and self-centeredness in us, only when we really begin to walk with the Lord and value fellowship with Him above anything else!”

10) “Testifying what the Lord has done in us and through us is one thing; but doing the same without touching His glory is quite another thing; and here lies the test of our real humility!”

11) “You cannot ‘feed’ the ‘flock’ of the Lord with anything you like, because they are ‘the flock of His possession’ (Micah 7:14); so speak to them from the Word only what the Lord wants you to!”

12) “The more mature you become spiritually, the more childlike you will become in the purity of heart and innocence of character!”

13) “The more rest and peace you enjoy in your heart, the more effectively you will fight the spiritual battle against the devil and his forces!”

14) “The prouder we become, the more pitiably the Lord has to allow us to fall, so that we may realize our nothingness and become humble!”

15) “One of reasons why the Lord wants us to pray for others is that we become more and more selfless as a by-product of genuine intercession!”

16) “It is not in an easy chair, but in the busy circumstances of daily life that we discover whether we value the sweet fellowship with Jesus!”

17) “If you are more eager for the fellowship with your fellow brothers and sisters than having personal fellowship with Jesus, then there is something wrong with your spirituality!”

18) “When the Lord Jesus looks from heaven at our currency notes, He sees them as mere papers to be used. (That was how He considered money when He lived here on earth also). When the real Spirit of heaven, that is the Holy Spirit, fills our hearts, we will also likewise see money!”

19) “The reason why we get so easily irritated with people and circumstances even inwardly, is that we are so big in our own eyes and we think we deserve to be treated far better than how it is now!”

20) “When you are connected to Jesus Christ, you will always seek to connect others with Him; on the other hand, if you are more connected to an organization than to Jesus Christ, you will always seek to connect others with that organization than to Jesus Christ!”

21) “The secret behind having a fruit-bearing life is to fall before the Lord and die to oneself, especially to the desire for honour and money (John 12 : 24). God is all the more excited to bring really needy people in touch with such a person, because he/she dare not touch His glory through their ministry!”

22) “The more you are committed to the Lord, the more intimate you will be with Him; and the more intimate you are with the Lord, the more committed you need to be in order to retain that intimacy!”

23) “The world is full of people desperately thirsting for some words of love, encouragement, appreciation and comfort, or at least a smile of love and compassion…. When the Lord sends such people to you, would you be quenching their thirst or aggravating it?”

24) “The smaller we become in our own eyes, the larger will our heart become to love and forgive everyone!”

25) “Only a person who really knows the Lord personally and intimately can lead others also to such a relationship with Him.”

26) “When high thoughts about yourselves gush into your mind, smell the danger of spiritual pride, and rush to the bosom of the beloved Lord Jesus to confess: ‘I am a nobody, Lord, but for Your blood which cleansed my wretched past by Your mercy, and for Your Spirit who transformed into Your likeness by Your grace!....’ ”

27) “Blessed is the man who, even when he ascends to loftier and loftier spiritual heights, can still consider himself to be a wretched sinner saved by the grace of God alone! (1Tim.1: 15)”

28) “The most effective and efficient way of doing a work, spiritual or secular, is simply doing it in fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ!”

29) “Greater patience has no one than that of the Lord Jesus who seeks to transform us, bearing up with all our innumerous infirmities and repeated failures! Hence what excuse do we have in being not patient with our fellow-beings?”

30) “Wisest is the man who does not depend on his own wisdom, but seeks the Lord’s guidance in each and everything; because “Christ Jesus has become to him wisdom from God” (1 Cor. 1:30)”.

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Jesus' Voice (Part 2)

Jesus’ Voice (Part 2)


1) “Lord Jesus desires that our sole desire in life will always be for a deeper fellowship with Himself. Then whatever we think, say or do, even our service for the Lord will only be a part of that personal, intimate love relationship with Him – an ongoing quiet two-way conversation with Jesus all the time….. !”


2) “Our daily life can never be more exciting, thrilling, joyful and peaceful than when lived together with the Lord Jesus Christ!”


3) “How blessed it is if we can always be channels for Jesus’ love to flow out and bring blessing and healing to the surrounding ones!”


4) “If we value fellowship with the Lord Jesus as precious as ‘the merchant valued the finest pearl’ and ‘the man valued the hidden treasure in the field’ (Mtt. 13: 44-46), we would be so careful not to lose hold of the sweetness of His fellowship even for a moment!”


5) “It is the prayer of a man who is wholly set apart for Himself which the Lord always eagerly listens to” (Psalms 4: 3).


6) “The Lord always prospers all the endeavours of that man (Psalm 1:3), who, instead of receiving his inputs from the world (verse 1), always listens to the Lord Jesus (who is the Word which became flesh –verse 2) through the Holy Spirit (streams of living water --verse 3)”.


7) “Never seek to impose your views and opinions on any other person, but while sharing them with others, tell the Lord: “Reveal Yourself to them, Lord, through my words”.


8) “Jesus desires that even our sacrifices for Him must never be from a reluctant, struggling heart, but should be spontaneous, loving responses to His voice to do something or to do away with something that might otherwise hinder our deeper fellowship with Him”.


9) “If your delight is in the Lord alone, then He will fulfill the deepest longing of your heart to be completely His!” (Psalm 37: 4).


10) “Woe to you if you desire fame or popularity for your ‘godliness’!”


11) “If we are satisfied with something less than the Lord’s very best in anything, we are literally binding the Lord’s hands with our UNBELIEF”.


12) “Just as we would be taken up with the Lord Jesus alone in heaven, we should be taken up with Him alone and want to obey and please Him alone here on this earth --- this is the essence of praying ‘Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven’ (Matthew 6:10)”.


13) “The commandments of Jesus are all ‘a big fascinating, admirable, impractical theory’ for a person without the continual fullness of the Holy Spirit!”

14) “The Lord wants us to be so weak in ourselves, that we can do nothing of our own. Then only can Jesus alone become our only strength and all in all!” (2 Cor. 12: 9, 10).


15) “Every time our open our mouth to share the Word of God, this must be our confidence: ‘Hear now what the Lord is saying’!” (Micah 6:1a).


16) “Encounter with a truly Christlike person will always be a potent stimulus for all sincere people to come close to the Lord!”


17) “Are you praying for a person to get saved so that you can boast later: ‘He/she was saved through ME’, or are you praying unselfishly just because you want him/her to be saved from eternal destruction and to enjoy the blessedness you are enjoying now as God’s child?”


18) “If we are taken up with anything or anyone other than the Lord Jesus Himself, even if it be something ‘spiritual’, that will blunt the sharpness of the sensitivity of our heart to sense what the Lord has to tell us”.


19) “It is not what we have done for the Lord that is of value in eternity, but what the Lord has done in us and through us!”


20) “The only real compulsion in the Christian life is the compulsion of the love of Christ” (2 Cor.5:14).


21) “Give yourselves totally to the Lord Jesus to be bound by the strong cords of His love, so that ‘you can no longer do anything apart from Him’!” (John 15:5).


22) “The Holy Spirit desires to fill us in such a way that we become more conscious of the presence of Jesus than the persons and surroundings around us!”


23) “If we really taste the Agape love of the Lord Jesus, we tend to tell Him, ‘Why do You love such an undeserving, wretched sinner like me so much, Lord?’ ”


24) “Is there anything more delightful to the heart of the Lord than one of His children so taken up with Him that he/she rejoices in Him alone and desires nothing and no one else?!!!.....”


25) “It is a person full of gratitude for the Lord for His undeserving mercy, compassion and grace, who will always seek to bring delight to the Lord through his/her life.”


26) “Even after the most wonderful spiritual experience, if we lose our sweet communion with Jesus, we will soon become dry!”


27) “We can always sympathize and have compassion with those who do not have the light we have and cannot agree with us, because, if they are not the children of God, they are spiritually blind, and if they are children of God, they might be spiritually short-sighted or they might have some ‘blind areas’ in their ‘spiritual visual fields’ that they are not able to see the things we see clearly!!”


28) “Instead of just asking the Lord to cleanse our unChristlikeness every time, also tell Him to reveal how exactly He would have behaved in such and such a situation so that we can follow Him like that in future.”


29) “Nothing or no one can shake a person who is living in living contact with the Lord Jesus, because he becomes humbler and humbler as he walks with the Lord and thus receives grace upon grace increasingly (John 1:16; James 4:6)”.


30) “Both Jesus and the devil will point to us the sins in us and in others, but there is as much difference in the manner each one does it, as there is between heaven and hell!
When the Lord points out a sin us, it brings deep conviction, but tremendous encouragement and hope that we can cleanse, correct and overcome it! But when the devil points out a sin in us, it brings only condemnation and discouragement and despair…..
When the Lord points out a sin of other person to us, we always seek to sympathize with and intercede for him/her, and if the Lord prompts us, to lovingly correct him/her also! But when the devil points out a sin of other person to us, he will always tempt us to look down upon, accuse and criticize him/her. Whose co-workers do we want to be…….?!!!


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I Follow No Religion At All

I Follow No Religion At All

My very dear friend,

Being born in a Hindu family, when I say that I now follow Jesus Christ, most people think that I changed my religion. But it is not that I left one religion and joined another. In fact, I follow no religion at all! I follow my beloved loving Lord Jesus Christ, who is so real and intimate and personal to me, who is portrayed in the pages of the Bible, who divided history into BC and AD, and who was crucified for my sins and rose up on the 3^rd day, who said, “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one can come to the Father except through Me” (John. 14: 6), and who is going to come again according to the exact fulfillment of Biblical prophecies.

I do not follow the so-called ‘Christian’ religion you see today, which is corrupt with innumerous nauseating traditions, as any other religion. Beyond all ‘Christian’ traditions and rituals, if one goes purely into the Word of God (the Bible), one can easily understand that the Lord Jesus Christ has founded no religion at all. He had a number of followers committed to Him in repentance and faith. Afterwards these followers proclaimed to others of the transforming power of their Saviour in any person’s life, if he repents of his sins and commits his life to Jesus. Thus more and more people were added to their fellowship.

But history tells us that Christianity degenerated into a religion only after AD 300, when the Roman emperor Constantine accepted Christianity as a religion without any repentance, and the people of his empire imitated him in order to please him, thereby beginning to bring numerous nauseating traditions and rituals (in “Christian whitewash”), which are not at all found in the Bible.

But throughout all these centuries, there has been a small remnant of people scattered all over the earth, who follow Jesus in true repentance and faith according to the Bible. And they alone are ‘Christians’ in God’s sight. So now there is no real question of religious conversion on the basis of material benefits, since the Bible itself is totally against that.

But all over the world, everyone (irrespective of their religion) who truly repents of his sins from the heart and entrusts his life to the Lord Jesus Christ, believing that it was for “my” sins that Jesus died on the Cross, is sure to experience true joy and peace unlike what he has experienced ever before, because he has now come in touch with the only true and living God. Yes, real Christianity is not a religion at all, but a way of life – a real day- to-day love- relationship with Jesus Christ.

The Bible itself says that when Jesus comes again He will surely judge those who made money in the name of religion and God (Revelation 17 & 18).

All religions including the so-called ‘Christianity’ today say that we must do good works and be holy in order to reach God. But Jesus alone says that we are incapable in ourselves to do goodness unselfishly and to be totally holy within, because we are lost in sin. If we are just honest to ourselves, we all have deliberately and indeliberately proved unfaithful to our conscience in attitudes, motives, thoughts, words and deeds. It is our punishment of eternal hell-fire for these sins, which Jesus, out of love for us, bore on the Cross of Calvary, believing which and repenting of our sins, we can enjoy eternal life with Him!

My dear friend, I am not at all here for any debates or arguments. It is simply a waste of time, because one can realize one’s need for a Redeemer only when one becomes honest before the omniscient Creator God that one is lost in sin. No argument can accomplish this. I do not want to offend anyone’s sentiments deliberately!

But I am always glad to answer any genuine question from a seeking heart. “And you shall seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29: 13)! May God bless you richly!!!

Jesus' Voice (Part 1)

Jesus’ Voice --Part 1



1) “It is in the stillness of the heart (in spite of the noise all around) that the Lord’s ‘still small voice’ (1 Kings 19: 12) is sensed by a listening ear”.


2) “If you give ear to the Lord’s gentle voice all the time, you will always be vibrant with the abundant life of Jesus (Matthew 4: 4)”.


3) “Hearing Jesus’ voice towards us instills His tenderness and compassion and sharpness to our voice towards others”.


4) “Only a person who has become truly humble and helpless before the Lord, can listen to every word that proceeds from His mouth!”


5) “Words of love empowered with the life of Jesus are like honey drops to a soul dying of thirst”.


6) “The clearest and sharpest spiritual vision is the ability to look at persons, things and circumstances just the way Jesus looks at them. We were spiritually blind before we were born again, and we received spiritual eyesight the moment we were born again. But we can have clearer and sharper vision day by day only by gazing at the Lord Jesus in each and every circumstance of our life”.


7) “The Lord will allow others to mistreat you and to ignore and reject you so that He can test you to see whether you seek the honour of man or the honour of God!”


8) “The attractions of the world lose its attractiveness only to those eyes which are beholding the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ”.


9) “To live independent of the Lord is the root-cause of all sin.”


10) “When the Lord Jesus calls us near Him to enable us to enjoy our life with the fullness of joy of the Holy Spirit, we often slip away into the world for its passing pleasures and finally end up in frustration! If at all we see the tremendous grief of our Lord over this….”


11) “The Lord is more grieved at a little sin of one of His wholehearted children than at the backsliding of His half-hearted children”.

12) “Professing closeness to God for honour sake is abominable in God’s eyes. It is like ‘selling God’ for honour, just like some people ‘sell God’ for money”.


13) “Die continually to your desire for the honour and approval of men, for only then can the Lord really honour and approve you”.


14) “Spiritual pride (taking the glory to ourselves) is the biggest obstacle for the Lord to use us for blessing others”.


15) “The Lord eagerly seeks for those of His children whom He can point to the seeking hearts as examples of the life of Jesus Christ. Would the Lord be able to point them to you?”


16) “The more we want to come closer to the Lord Jesus, the more we will find the filthiness of our flesh and the more we will realize that it can be put to death only by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 8: 13).



17) “The Lord desires to give us continual revelation of the filthiness and wretchedness of our flesh so that we always realize that we rightly deserve only eternal hell. But when we are so proud, He might have to take us through failures before He can give us the revelation!”


18) “Do not be upset with the people who seek to trouble you, because they are poor puppets in the hands of the devil. So pray for them”.


19) “When God finds it difficult to keep one of His dear children humble, He allows some opposition in his or her life, so that he or she will cling close to Him and becomes humble”.


20) “If the Lord is well-pleased with you, why do you care for and bother about the opinions of mere men?”


21) “The Lord allows different trials, temptations, persecution, rejection etc in our life in order to make us completely His and His alone!”


22) “Everything you have is freely given to you by the Lord (1 Cor.4:7). Then what do you have to boast or glory in giving others freely what you also have received freely?”


23) “A revelation about God’s sovereignty in allowing every circumstance and encounter in our daily life, is enough to dispel all our inward and outward complaints about people and circumstances”.


24) “Every moment of our life is indeed God’s precious gift for us. Wasting our time idly and spending it for worthless matters, is a way of rudely destroying our God-given gift and insulting Him thereby!”


25) “The Lord disciplines, rebukes and corrects us according to our sensitiveness to respond to Him. How blessed is the man whom the Lord disciplines, rebukes and corrects for even a slight mistake! (Rev.3: 19)”


26) “By our words and behaviour we can either ascend to a higher spiritual level or descend to a lower level. So let us be filled with the Holy Spirit and always behave in a dignified manner worthy of our seat in heavenly places! (Eph. 2:6)”.


27) “Divine gracious behaviour is often ‘contagious’; it prompts the people around us also to behave in a better way”.


28) “When our heart and mind are pure by the fullness of the Holy Spirit, they act as a mirror which reflects the heart and mind of the Lord Jesus (Phil. 2:5). And our face, words and deeds act as the window through which a part of that light of the life of Jesus in us flows out to others. But whenever this ‘mirror’ becomes ‘cloudy’ with impurity, it fails to reflect the ‘light’, until the blood of Jesus cleanses it!”


29) “Since the Lord, the Creator of this entire universe, has called us to be His representatives here on earth, everyone who comes in touch with us should touch something of His heavenly love, compassion, humility and joy through our conduct.”



30) “The devil always seeks to push us down into the pit called ‘discouragement’ and then into a deeper pit ‘sin’, then still deeper into ‘guilt’, subsequently into deeper and deeper pits called ‘condemnation’, ‘ineffectiveness for God and man’ and so on.

Whereas Jesus always seeks to lift us up to a height called ‘forgiveness of sins’, and then to a loftier height of ‘justification’, then still loftier to ‘fullness of the Holy Spirit’, ‘victory over sin’, ‘transformation into the divine nature of Jesus’ and ultimately to loftier and loftier heights of ‘intimate fellowship with Jesus’…..

Do we want to spiritually go down with the devil or fly to heavenward heights with Jesus? ......”


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Seeyon Mala mukalilekku (Malayalam)

kotbm³ aeapIfnte¡v....

""]ns¶ kotbm³aebn IpªmSpw s\änbn IpªmSnsâ \mahpw ]nXmhnsâ \mahpw FgpXnbncn¡p¶ \qän\mev]¯n\membncw t]cpw \n¡p¶Xv Rm³ I­p''. (shfn. 14:1)

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kzÀ¤¯n Fs¶t¶¡pw tbiphnt\mSv Gähpw ASp¯mbncn¡phm³ XncsªSp¡s¸« A\pKrloXcmWhÀ!

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ho­pw P\\w {]m]n¨ kab¯mWv \mw BZyambn B hnfn tI«Xv. A§s\ \mw kotbm³ aebpsS Xmgvhmc¯p \n¶v apIfnte¡v Ibdm³ XpS§n. \½psS ssZ\wZn\ PohnX kmlNcy§fn t\cn« Hmtcmtcm sIm¨psIm¨p Xocpam\§fpsS ap³]n tbip \s½ Bßobamb sNdnb sNdnb Dbc§fnte¡v hnfn¡pIbmbncp¶p F¶v \mw Xncn¨dnbp¶p­mbncpt¶m? AhnSps¯ hnfnbpsS arZpkzct¯mSv \mw F§s\bmWv {]XnIcn¨psIm­ncp¶Xv? B {]XnIcW§Ä¡v A\pkcn¨pÅ Hcp Dbc¯nemWv kotbm³ aebn \mw Ct¸mÄ h¶ptNÀ¶v \n¡p¶Xv!!

tbiphnt\mSpÅ Iq«mbvabn sNehgn¨ \nanj§fnseÃmw \mw Cu kotbm³ ae apIfnte¡v IbdpIbmbncp¶p. \mw IÀ¯mhns\ thZ\n¸n¨v ]n·mdnt¸mb \nanj§fnseÃmw \mw AdnbmsX Xs¶ Cu ae Cd§pIbmbncp¶p. \½n ]ecpsSbpw Bßob \nehmcw hÀj§Ä¡v tijhpw Htc \nebn XpScp¶Xnsâ ImcWhpw BhÀ¯n¨pÅ Cu Ibähpw Cd¡hpw Xs¶btÃ?

IÀ¯mhv c­maXv hcpt¼mÄ, \½psS Cu sNdnb PohnX¯n \mw Cu "D¶X'hnfntbmSv F{Xam{Xw hnizkvXXtbmsS {]XnIcn¨p F¶Xn\v A\pkcn¨mbncn¡pw kotbm³ aebn \½psS Øm\w!!! At¸mÄ 144,000 t]À am{Xta aebpsS Gähpw apIfn IÀ¯mhnt\mSv Gähpw tNÀ¶p \n¡p¶p­mbncn¡pIbpÅq. ImcWw AhÀ am{Xta kotbm³ aebpsS Gähpw apIfn hsc F¯n¸änbn«p­mbncn¡pIbqÅq! \mapw B Iq«¯n ImWptam?...

Nne ssZha¡Ä X§fpsS PohnXmhkm\w kotbm³ aebpsS 30% Dbc¯n am{Xta F¯nbn«p­mbncn¡pIbpÅq. ImcWw AhcpsS `qhmk¯n AhÀ B tXmXnepÅ hnizkvXXtb ssZht¯mSv ]peÀ¯nbncp¶pÅq. F¶m aäp NneÀ aebpsS 60% htcbpw F¯nbncn¡pw. AXpw AhcpsS hnizkvXXbpsS AfhptImemWv! F¶m 100% tbipIÀ¯mhnt\mSv {]Xn_²XtbmsS Pohn¨hÀ (144,000 F¶ {]XoImßIamb B sNdnb kwJy) am{XamWv PbmfnIfmbn kotbm³ aeapIfn X§fpsS BßaWhmft\mSv Gähpw ]änt¨À¶p \n¡p¶Xv! IÀ¯mhv ]dª hnXbv¡p¶hsâ D]abnÂ, \qdpw Adp]Xpw ap¸Xpw ta\n hnfhv \ÂIp¶Xnsâbpw s]mcpÄ asäm¶Ã. AXv \mw {InkvXphnsâ \ymbmk\¯n\p ap³]msI sIm¿p¶ {]Xn^e¯nsâ AfhmWvv.

kotbm³ aeapIfn PbmfnIfmbn \n¡m³ t]mIp¶hÀ¡v am{Xta ]utemkns\t¸mse PohnXmhkm\w "Hm«w XnI¨p' F¶v ]dbm³ IgnbpIbqÅq (2Xnsam. 4:8). Xm³ Hm«¯nsâ 30%þtam 60%þtam XnI¨psh¶Ã; adn¨p 100%þhpw XoÀ¯v IÀ¯mhnt\mSv Gäw ASps¯¯nsb¶mWv, finishing point F¯nsb¶mWv
]utemkv Xsâ Ahkm\s¯ teJ\amb "2 XnsamsYtbmkn'Â ]dbp¶Xv.

AXn\À°w ]utemkv DĸsSbpÅ Cu PbmfnIfpsSsbm¶pw PohnX¯n Hcp hogvNtbm ]mfn¨tbm ]änbn«nà F¶mtWm? Hcn¡epaÃ. Hcp sXäpw ]ämsX Cu `qXe¯n \S¶Xv IÀ¯mhmb tbip{InkvXp am{Xambncp¶p. _m¡n FÃmhÀ¡pw hogvNIÄ kw`hn¨n«p­v. F¶m Hmtcmcp¯cpw B hogvNIsf F§s\ t\cnSp¶p F¶pÅXmWv {]kàamb Imcyw. AhnizmknIfpsS

PohnX¯n B hogvNIÄ Hcn¡epw ambv¨p Ifbs¸SmsX Ahtijn¡p¶p. ssZha¡fpsS PohnX¯n A\pX]n¨v Gäp]dªpt]£n¨ ]m]§sfÃmw tbiphnsâ Xncpcà¯m IgpIs¸«n«p­mbncn¡pw. A§s\sb¦n PbmfnIfpsS PohnX¯n\v F´mWv {]tXyIX?

\à \ne¯v hoW hn¯v hnfhv \ÂIp¶Xns\¡pdn¨v tbipIÀ¯mhv C§s\bmWv hniZoIcn¡p¶Xv: ""\à a®nse hn¯mIs«, kXykÔhpw \ÃXpamb lrZbt¯msS (honest and good heart— NASB) hN\w tIÄ¡p¶p; AXp kw{Kln¨p hbv¡p¶p; klnjvWpXtbmsS ^ew ]pds¸Sphn¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p'' (eqs¡mkv 8:15). AsX, \qdp ta\n hnfhv \ÂIp¶ PbmfnIÄ¡v {]mYanIambpw Hcp "kXykÔamb' lrZbamWv DÅXv. AXmbXv, ssZhap³]msIbpw a\pjycpsS ap³]msIbpw X§fpsS IpdhpIsf¡pdn¨pw hogvNIsf¡pdn¨pw AhÀ XnI¨pw kXykÔcmWv; adn¨v X§sf¯s¶ hrYm \ymboIcn¡p¶hcÃ. ""AhcpsS hmbn hymPw (t`mjvIv) D­mbncp¶nÃ; AhÀ If¦anÃm¯hÀ Xs¶'' F¶mWsÃm 144,000 t]sc¡pdn¨v shfn¸mSv 14:5þ \mw hmbn¡p¶Xv.

c­maXmbn, AhÀ¡v Hcp "\Ã' lrZbamWv DÅXv; AXmbXv, IÀ¯mhnsâ hN\¯nsâ D¶X \nehmc§sfÃmw AhnSpt¯¡v X§fn \nhr¯nbm¡m³ Ignbpw F¶ hnizmkapÅ Hcp \à lrZbw DÅhÀ. aq¶maXmbn, AhÀ tIÄ¡p¶ hN\w "kw{Kln¨p hbv¡p¶p'; AXmbXv hN\w [ym\n¡pIbpw a\Ênem¡pIbpw, CSbv¡v hoWp t]mbmÂt¸mepw Fgpt¶äv ho­pw B hN\s¯ apdpsI¸nSn¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p.

\memaXmbn, AhÀ klnjvWpXbpÅhcmWv; AXmbXv, F{X {]mhniyw hoWpt]mbmepw AhÀ Hcn¡epw \ncmis¸SmsX, ho­pw ho­pw IÀ¯mhnte¡v thKw HmSns¨ÃpIbpw am\km´cs¸SpIbpw sN¿p¶p. ]Izamb ^ew Imbv¡pthmfw AhÀ tbiphn¦te¡v Däpt\m¡ns¡mt­bncn¡p¶p. ]qÀ®Xbnte¡v, 100%þ¯nte¡v AhÀ Ft¸mgpw apt¶m«mbp¶p (F{_mbÀ 6:1,2). X§fpsS {]nb IÀ¯mhv \nÀ½e\mbncn¡p¶ Afhnt\mfw X§sf¯s¶ \nÀ½eoIcn¡m³ DÕmlapÅhcmWhÀ! (1 tbml. 3:3).

X§Ä¡v ssZhw X¶ shfn¨¯n\\pkcn¨v, AhÀ X§sf¯s¶ 100%þDw {]mW\mY\mb IÀ¯mhn\v \nc´cw \ÂIp¶p. AXnsâ ^etam, ssZhw Ahsc ]cnip²mßmhn\m \nc´cw \ndbv¡p¶p! A§s\ AhÀ X§fpsS Ignª Imes¯ ]cmPb§sf Pb§Ä sIm­v Xncp¯nsbgpXp¶p! (tbmth 2:25). C{]Imcw AhÀ X§fpsS PohnXw sIm­v 100 ta\n ^ew IÀ¯mhn\mbn ImgvNhbv¡p¶p!

B 144,000 t]sc¡pdn¨p \mw Gähpw lrZbkv]Àinbmbn«v hmbn¡p¶Xv ""IpªmSv t]mIpt¶Ss¯Ãmw AhÀ AhnSps¯ A\pKan¡p¶p'' F¶mWv (shfn. 14:4). adn¨v, AhÀ t]mbnSs¯Ãmw AhÀ IpªmSns\bpw Iq«ns¡m­p t]mbn F¶Ã \mw hmbn¡p¶Xv. ssZha¡fmb \mw ]et¸mgpw A§s\ sN¿m\mWv {ian¡mdpÅXv. \½ptSXmb Imcy]cn]mSn¡v IÀ¯mhpw k½Xw aqfn H¸n«v XcWsa¶mWv ]et¸mgpw \½psS \ne]mSv. F¶m PbmfnItfm, IÀ¯mhns\ FÃm Imcy¯n\pw ap³t] t]mIphm³ A\phZn¡pw. F¶n«v AhnSp¶v \bn¡p¶Xn\\pkcn¨v (Bßmhn t{]cW e`n¡p¶Xn\\pkcn¨v) AhÀ ]n³t] \S¶psNÃpw.

AtX, Cu A\pKrloXcmb Iq«À C¶pw \nXyXbnepw "]pXnb ]m«v' ]mSp¶hcmWv (shfn. 14:2,3)þþ aämÀ¡pw a\Ênem¡m³ Ignbm¯h®w tbiphpambpÅ kzImcyamb, hyàn]cambpÅ \nÀ½ekvt\l¯nsâ kvtXm{XkwKoXamWXv!! AhÀ Bßob hy`nNmcamIp¶ temIkvt\l¯nsâ Id ]pcfmsX X§fpsS hnhmlhkv{Xw kq£n¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p (shfn. 14:4; bmt¡m_v 4:4; shfn. 16:15).

Cu sNdnb Iq«w `qanbn \n¶pw a\pjycpsS CSbn \n¶pw hnebv¡v hm§s¸«hcmsW¶pw \mw shfn¸mSv 14:3,4þ hmbn¡p¶p; shsdmcp Xc¯n ]dªmÂ, AhÀ ssZ\wZn\ PohnX¯nse `uXnI Imcy§tfmSpÅ _Ô\¯n \n¶pw (attachment) a\pjycpsS A`n{]mb§fn \n¶pw kzX{´cmWv. ssZh¯n\v BZy^e§fmIphm³ X¡h®w AhÀ Hmtcmtcm sNdnbImcy¯nepw ]cnip²mßmhnsâ t{]cWbv¡v thKw IogS§p¶hcpamWv.

F¶m C¡q«cmcpw Hcp Znhkw sIm­Ã kotbm³ aeapIfnse¯nbXv. BZyw hoWpw Fgpt¶äpw ho­pw hoWpw Fgpt¶äpw, ]n¶oSv hogmsXh®w tbiphn³ Ic§fm Xm§s¸«pamWv (bqZm 24) AhÀ Hmtcmcp¯cpw aeapIfnse¯nbXv. tbip IÀ¯mhv F§s\bmWv Cu aeapIfn F¯nsbsX¶dnbmtam? AhnSp¶pw ]m]kmZriyapÅ a\pjy icoc¯n h¶v \s½t¸mse kIehn[ {]tem`\§fpw t\cn«v FÃmäns\bpw AXnPohn¨v Hcp ]m]hpw sN¿sXXs¶bmWv \ap¡v apt¶mSnbmbn Cu aeapIfnse¯nbXv (tdma. 8:3; F{_m. 4:15; 6:20). AXpsIm­v C¶v \mw \nXy PohnX¯n t\cnSp¶ {]tem`\§fpsSbpw ]co£IfpsSbpw a²y¯nÂ, \½psS {]nbIÀ¯mhnsâ {Iqinsâ Im¸mSpIÄ \ap¡v ss[cytaIpw (F{_m. 4:16)!

hmÕey\n[nbmb tbip\mY³, tbml¶mt\mSv ]dªXp t]mse, C¶v \t½mSv Hmtcmcp¯tcmSpw kotbm³ aebpsS apIfn \n¶pw hnfn¨p]dbp¶Xv asäm¶Ã, ""ChnsS Ibdn hcnI'' F¶mWv (shfn.4:1). AtX, Xt¶mSv Hcp ]Sn IqSn ASp¯phcphm³,... Cu `qanbnse Imcy§Ä Ipd¨pIqSn Dbc¯n \n¶v Xsâ ho£WtImWneqsS (perspective) t\m¡n¡mWphm³ AhnSp¶v kvt\lmÀ{Zamb I®pItfmsS \s½ hnfn¨psIm­ncn¡pIbmWv...... Hcp hnam\ bm{XnIsâ I®n Cu temI¯nsâ BIÀjW§Ä sNdpXmbns¨dpXmbn ImWp¶Xp t]mse, kotbm³ aebpsS Dbc¯nte¡v Ibdpt¼mÄ \½psS I®nepw Cu temI emhWy§Ä \nÊmcambn¡mWpw þþ CXmWv IÀ¯mhn\v \t½mSv ]dbphm\pÅXv....

ZmhoZns\m¸w \ap¡pw IÀ¯mhnt\mSv \nehnfn¡mw: ""Fsâ lrZbw £oWn¡pt¼mÄ Rm³ `qanbpsS Aä¯v \n¶v hnfn¨t]£n¡pw; Fs¶ D¶Xamb ]mdbnte¡v \S¯Wta'' (k¦o. 61:2). At¸mÄ \½psS lrZb¯nsâ Zmlhpw hnizmkhpw am\n¡p¶ tbipIÀ¯mhv \s½ XoÀ¨bmbpw ]cnip²mßmhn\m \nd¨p iàns¸Sp¯pw; Znhtk\bpÅ sNdpXpw hepXpamb PohnX kmlNcy§fn kzÀ¤obamb Bßob Dbc§fnte¡v ]Sn]Snbmbn ]nSn¨pIbdphm³ AhnSp¶v \s½ klmbn¡pIbpw sN¿pw! A§s\sb¦n \mapw Hcp \mÄ kotbm³ aebn IpªmSnt\msSm¸w 144,000 t]cpsS Iq«¯n ImWs¸Spw! ltÃep¿!!