Afghan Radio - Sound of Life

Those who suffer in the way of justice, like those who are aware of their spiritual poverty, will receive the kingdom of God. People suffer for various reasons such as sin, stupidity, pride, and bad habits. But only those who are persecuted for doing right will be blessed. We will be blessed only if we suffer while striving to glorify God. Because Jesus Christ suffered in this world, we who belong to him will also suffer.

Blessed are the peacemakers. The peacemakers mentioned here are those who establish peace between man and God. But true peacemakers try to remove the injustice, pain, and sin that is in the world. They help people to reconcile with God. This is true peace.

In order to be a peacemaker, we must first reconcile ourselves to God. We can find peace only through faith in Jesus Christ. To find true peace, we must be like those described in the beatitudes: poor in spirit, meek, hungering for justice, merciful, and pure in heart. All these attributes are dependent on each other. We cannot have one of these qualities without the others.

How do we make peace? By loving our fellow human beings as much as we love ourselves. Love is the main weapon of peace.

People crave pleasure, happiness and the fulfillment of many desires, but they are not satisfied. If a person is looking for happiness, he will not find it. But if he seeks justice first, he will find both justice and happiness. We must keep ourselves hungering and thirsting for justice. As long as we continue to be hungry, God will continue to feed us. When we have justice and righteousness, then we can stand against sin and do what is right.

This teaching of Jesus is about the human heart that we should take care of seriously. The ruling has a deeper meaning. Never wish for anyone's death and misfortune, hate or hurt anyone; Because this matter is like murder in God's eyes. We should not belittle or insult anyone.

In this passage, John describes to us his dream about the final judgment. John sees a large white throne. What John sees in his dream will happen at the end of the world. In addition, all those whose names are not written in the book of life will be thrown into the lake of fire.

Jesus Christ tells us the story of two men, one was rich and the other was poor. One is a good man who is praised by people and the other is despised by the people of the world. But there is only one way to be saved, which is to believe in Jesus Christ.

Regarding the body that the dead will have on that day, we also saw that the Bible calls it the spiritual body; It means an incorruptible and immortal body. Our bodies are like seeds planted in the soil. Our bodies rot and rot under the soil. But our resurrected bodies in Jesus will be beautiful and glorious. We have to take care of our bodies as long as we are alive.

God does not want us to be unaware of the dead, that is, (sleeping) in Christ. The dead in Christ refers to those who sleep in Jesus; Those who died in faith in Jesus Christ. These sleepers in Christ will be resurrected on the day of God's coming and will be caught up to heaven on the same day to meet God in the air.

Christ's legacy to the world is not like Adam's legacy, through Adam, death entered the world, but through the cross of Jesus Christ, eternal life is given to all the people of the world; If everyone believes in him, they will receive this eternal life.

Sin was caused by a disobedience of human beings (Adam and Eve) to the beautiful world created by God. This seed of sin continues in the lives of men and women until today and tomorrow. But from the fall of the first man, God provided a plan of salvation for us in Jesus Christ to free us from the penalty of death.