At the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus stood and cried out, saying: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.  He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:37-39). 

When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, their eyes were opened and they became aware that they were naked. 

Armed robbers attacked me on Lagos airport road and an anonymous Good Samaritan came to my rescue.  I soon discovered this Good Samaritan was Jesus, someone I had previously gone to great lengths to avoid.

The angel says about Jesus: “He will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21).  But if you were to ask Christians how Jesus saves us from our sins, you would get a confused silence.  Or they may tell you he saves us from eternal damnation in hellfire. 

The kingdom of men is the antithesis of the kingdom of God.  In the kingdom of men, the successful man is that man that has achieved something for himself.  In the kingdom of God, the successful man is that man for whom Christ has achieved everything.

God says in Isaiah: “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.” (Isaiah 45:7).  Amos also asks rhetorically: “If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?” (Amos 3:6).

Jesus says: “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” (Luke 9:23).  This is tantamount to saying: “If anyone wants to follow me let him follow me.”

Jesus gave us the eleventh commandment.  He says: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35).

Jesus says: “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”  Many Christians read this passage and simply ignore it.  What does Jesus want us to deny of ourselves?  Are my self-denial requirements different from those of others or are they all the same?

Jimmy Peters was on his way back to Lagos from a wedding in Benin City.  Suddenly, the road ahead was blocked.  Before he could say “Jack Robinson,” some armed men sprang out of the bushes.  Instinctively, Jimmy’s wife hid their baby on the floor of the backseat of the car; quickly throwing a cloth over him.