Afghan Radio - Sound of Life

God's Word teaches us to be kind. In his own life, Jesus Christ practically demonstrated how we can be kind even to our enemies. We must follow his example. God freely gives both the wicked and the just the blessings of sun and rain. God sent Jesus to die for sinners. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. God did not love us because of our merits or our good behavior. He loved us completely even when we were his enemies. In the same way we should love other human beings.

Why did God show such love for sinful humans who were his enemies? Because God is love. God is the source of all love and goodness.

Not only is the human body healed from physical sickness by the name of Jesus Christ, but more importantly, people’s souls are saved from spiritual sickness, that is, sin. Jesus is the only way to eternal salvation. No one else can save. Jesus is unique and this truth is undeniable. Anyone who wants to reach the Heavenly Father must trust in Jesus and in His name. There is salvation in him alone. There is life in him and he himself is alive.

As Christ has loved us, we too must imitate this divine work of God and practice love and grace toward our brothers and sisters. Just as Christ loved us, we must love others and always strive to have our love inspiring and effective.

The most important thing for us is our lifestyle. We must be careful and live wisely because it is only the ignorant and stupid who do not care about how they live and behave! Since we are children of light, our light must be seen.

No other religion calls its followers anything like the expression “a new creation”, which is used in the Bible for those who believe the message of Jesus Christ. When a person is in Christ, he becomes a new person. He is a new creation. Old person has been crucified with Christ and a "new creation" comes into being. Just as a branch is part of a tree, in the same way believers must be in Christ. Only then will we experience this new life.

Grace is the gift of God's salvation to us which we receive freely through Jesus Christ. By faith we accept this gift. Believing does not mean that we do something. Rather, it means that we accept God's gift of salvation by faith. Faith itself is a gift from God. Faith comes into being by hearing the Word of God. We cannot gain faith by our own efforts.

The law was a complete foundation of laws and rules that God gave the Prophet Moses to communicate to the people of Israel. The law included specific and binding details that the people of Israel were expected to keep as their part in the covenant of Mount Sinai. It is important to understand why God gave the law to the people of Israel, as well as the relationship between the law and the Abrahamic covenant. We have said that the covenant that God had established with Abraham was unconditional. This covenant was fully based on God's grace. There was nothing Abraham had to do to be chosen by God and to be a part of the covenant with him.

On the night of the resurrection, Jesus' disciples were gathered together in a house. It was the greatest, the happiest and the most victorious day in the history of the world. But where were the disciples? They were hiding in fear.

Suddenly and miraculously, Jesus came and stood among them. The doors were not open. John does not say how Jesus entered the room where the disciples were. What is certain is that he did not enter through an open door. He said, "Peace be upon you!" It was a common Jewish greeting, but it also had a deeper meaning. Jesus was referring to spiritual peace, which he had previously promised.

Blessed are the merciful. We must first "be" to be able to "do". First, we must “be" Christian to be able to "act" as Christians. We are Christians by the grace of God. This is a gift from God. By becoming a Christian and becoming a child of God, we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to live a Christian life and obey the commandments of Jesus. Without receiving the Holy Spirit from Christ who is within us, we can never follow these teachings. In the same way, because of the work of the Holy Spirit within us, we must first be merciful in our hearts so that we can then show mercy in our actions. Mercy is the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit we cannot be truly merciful.

Jesus promises comfort to all sinners and people with heavy burdens who repent and come to Him. He takes away the burden of their sin. His peace is spiritual, it is inner serenity. His peace is freedom from fear and anxiety. His peace will last forever.

Worldly people seek peace and tranquility in religious rites and ceremonies and good deeds, but they do not find it. To find true peace and well-being, we must come to the true comforter, Jesus. True peace and tranquility cannot be found anywhere except in Jesus Christ.

The comfort that Jesus gives is not cessation of activity. Rather his peace is full of joy and praise, love and intimacy. It is full of the presence of God himself.

I think that it is not a problem for a Christian to go to a mosque or place of worship for other religions. What matters is the reason they are going there. If a Christian goes to a mosque or temple to pray for the mullah or the religious leader, and people who have come to worship, so that they come to know the true God, it is not a problem. Rather, the Christian is doing something good, and serving God.