me among many witnesses the same commit
thou to faithful men, who shall be able to
teach others also. Therefore endure hardness,
as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man
engaged in warfare entangles himself with
affairs of this life (world); that he may please
him who hath chosen him to be a soldier”
(2 Timothy 2:1-4). This is our duty and the
yoke that rests upon us.
Above| Bro Soja Mamman presiding during Memorial
Service at Northern Nigeria gathering in Akwanga
Left| Bro Rukpa Isaac Usman giving a Bible talk
during Memorial Service
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time shall come (which is now) when they
shall not endure sound doctrine, but after
their own lust shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears, and they shall
turn away their ears from the truth, and shall
be turned unto fables. And they shall wander
from sea to sea and from the north to the
south, they shall run to seek the word of the
Lord and shall not find it” (2 Timothy 4:3-4).
By the grace of God, He has allowed us to find
the Truth, and if we really believe we have the
Truth there are no reasons that should prevent
us from serving the Lord. “Thou therefore, my
son be strong in the grace that is in Christ
Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of
The Love of Money
| Bro John Onani (Kenya, Sindo)
I
would like to talk about the love of money
2 Tim. 3:2, 1 Tim. 6:10. Money itself is a
system which is good and efficient,
but if your mind is evil, then it
can turn you away from
obtaining salvation. In 2 Kings
5 verses 20-29, the Bible
records Gehazi’s greed. In
Matthew 28:12-15 we read
that the High Priests and
Elders gave soldiers money
to lie and say that the apos-
tles stole the body of our
Saviour Jesus Christ. Also King
Solomon’s riches caused him to
turn away from serving the God of
Israel. (1 Kings 11:1-13) Verse 6 of this
chapter tells us that “Solomon did evil in
the sight of the Lord, and did not fully
follow the Lord, as did his father David.”
Today we must abstain from evil
and only do the will of God. The
Children of Israel taken into
captivity did not expect to
return back to Jerusalem –
only a remnant was permit-
ted to return. Therefore we
must do the will of God as
our Saviour did, and he will
give immortality. I admire the
work of Ezra and Nehemiah in
their stand to serve Yahweh, the
God of Israel, against strong oppo-
sition. We too must take care about the
love of money and the dangers that riches
can bring, and remain firm in the Truth.