Discerning the Plight of Man - Ch 8: Moral Inability - Pt. 2 | The Impotence of Man's Mind and Heart

Through God’s gracious providence, the human race has gained great intellectual achievements in science, technology, medicine, and so forth. Nevertheless, fallen man’s knowledge of God is nothing more than a twisted maze of heresy and futile thinking. This ignorance is not the result of a “hidden God,” but of a “hiding man.” God has clearly revealed Himself to men through creation, His sovereign works in history, the Scriptures, and finally through His incarnate Son. Man, being spiritually dead and morally corrupt, has responded to this revelation by closing his eyes and covering his ears.

Prayer Blends // Christ the Scapegoat // Sid Quidem (June 10 2022)

Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath. He became our rest when He did all the work necessary for our salvation.

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV
No matter how much knowledge and achievements we gain in this world (even as faithful Christians), only three things remain in the end: faith, hope and love. Above all our intentions and motivations, love is the greatest and love bears the most in our pursuit of glorifying God in this world.
We gladly invite you to our Online Prayer Blends and last episode of the series, "𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼"!! Let's bless God and each other through the hearing of the Word of God, and through our prayers!

When everything around us seems to be failing, there's one thing we can be sure of: GOD NEVER FAILS. If God never fails, then Agape will also never fail!

Join our KUMUSTAHAN Session!
Mangumusta at makumusta. We need each other and together we rejoice in God's presence and celebrate life and your testimonies.
See you, kapatid!!

"Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
1 Corinthians 13:7
God always wants us to love in the same way He does. So He, through the Holy Spirit, empowers us to love in the same way Jesus does.
Hear more about our loving God in the eighth episode of our two-week long online series "𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼" as our brother-in-Christ, Darwin Obispo, shares his devotion about God's protecting, trusting, hoping and persevering love; live here in SMF Online Devotion. Let's learn the biblical meaning of true love one step at a time, and learn how we can love others the way God loves us through Jesus Christ.
See you there, kapatid!

GOD IS LOVE, and 1 Corinthians 13 says that Love does not delight in evil, but it rejoices with the truth. This biblical truth confirms God's character being righteous.
Hear more about our righteous God in the seventh episode of our two-week long online series "𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼" as our sister-in-Christ, Janine Jamo, shares her devotion about God's righteous love; live here in SMF Online Devotion. Let's learn the biblical meaning of true love one step at a time, and learn how we can love others the way God loves us through Jesus Christ.
See you there, kapatid!

"Love is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs."
1 Corinthians 13:5b

Hear more about our loving God in the sixth episode of our new online series "𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼" as our sister-in-Christ, Rialene Habon, shares her devotion about God's loving heart live here in SMF Online Devotion. Let's learn the biblical meaning of true love one step at a time, and learn how we can love others the way God loves us through Jesus Christ.
See you there, kapatid!

GOD IS LOVE, LOVE IS SELFLESS.
While God is self-glorifying, He is, at the same time, selfless. Jesus calling us to love one another means we become less of ourselves, and more of Christ; thus as well, more of others.

Hear more about the selfless love shown by God and how we are to show God's selfless love to others, here in SMF's Online Prayer Blends together with our appointed speaker, Melencio Lomod Jr..
See you there, kapatid!

GOD IS LOVE; LOVE DOES NOT ENVY.
In addition to the truth that God has authority and ownership over all the things that there are, He is also very eager and generous to bless us with everything that we need with everything that He has; manifesting this in the greatest Gift that we have today: Jesus Christ. That is the heart of God, and we are called to be with one heart with Him.
Hear more about our generous God in the third episode of our new online series "𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼" as our sister-in-Christ, Lot Casquejo, shares her devotion about God's generosity live here in SMF Online Devotion. Let's learn the biblical meaning of true love one step at a time, and learn how we can love others the way God loves us through Jesus Christ.
See you there, kapatid!

GOD IS LOVE; LOVE IS KIND.
More than just a mere word to describe God, God's loving kindness is fully active, and this kindness was greatly shown in the love demonstrated by God through the salvation that we have in Jesus Christ.
Hear more about our kind God in the second episode of our new online series "𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼" as our brother-in-Christ, Nathaniel Callanta, shares his devotion about God's loving kindness live here in SMF Online Devotion. Let's learn the biblical meaning of true love one step at a time, and learn how we can love others the way God loves us through Jesus Christ.
See you there, kapatid!

GOD IS LOVE; LOVE IS PATIENT. God's character of being slow to anger and ready to forgive are among the greatest blessings with which we are continuously and almost unconsciously bestowed upon.
Hear more about our patient God in the first episode of our new online series "𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼" as our sister-in-Christ, Reciel Ablona, shares her devotion about God's great patience live here in SMF Online Devotion. Let's learn the biblical meaning of true love one step at a time, and learn how we can love others the way God loves us through Jesus Christ.
See you there, kapatid!

"All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet: “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
Matthew 1:22-23 NLT

God is truly with us!! Now knowing God's true nature in the character of Jesus Christ, nothing's better than knowing that He is with us!!
Join us for the last episode of our series 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀 𝕄𝔸𝕐 𝕂ℕ𝕆𝕎 ℍ𝕀𝕄!
Tonight in SMF's Online Prayer Blends.
See you there, kapatid!

The paradox of God is that even though He is holy, righteous and just, He is also merciful, gracious and loving. That is why even when we are sinners before Him, we are still blessed beyond measure by the love that He has shown through Jesus Christ!
𝗦𝗠𝗙 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 via 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 @ 𝟴𝗣𝗠
Join our KUMUSTAHAN Session!
Mangumusta at makumusta. We need each other and together we rejoice in God's presence and celebrate life and your testimonies.
See you, kapatid!!

Kapatid! Join us and learn with us about our unchanging God in the third episode of our series "𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀 𝕄𝔸𝕐 𝕂ℕ𝕆𝕎 ℍ𝕀𝕄" as our brother-in-Christ, Jaime Lagaspino, shares his devotion about God's faithfulness and justice live here in SMF Online Devotion. Let's be encouraged to continue and grow in the genuine Christian faith as we learn more about God's character through Jesus Christ.

Only when we learn to fully surrender to God that we can truly understand the sovereignty of God in our lives. When we put our trust in the Lord, and not on our own, only then will we know the true will of God.
Kapatid! Hear more about our sovereign God in the second episode of our series "𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀 𝕄𝔸𝕐 𝕂ℕ𝕆𝕎 ℍ𝕀𝕄" as our sister-in-Christ, Melody Grace Gerodias, shares her devotion about God's sovereignty live here in SMF Online Devotion. Let's be encouraged to continue and grow in the genuine Christian faith as we learn more about God's character through Jesus Christ.
See you there, kapatid!

"But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, 'You shall be holy, for I am holy.'" 1 Peter 1:15-16
Given our broken and sinful nature, we are hopeless in being completely incapable of becoming holy. That is why Jesus Christ, God the Son, came in the full knowledge and complete image and being of God the Father.
Let's hear from God's Word on how we can attain God's holiness and righteousness through Jesus Christ in the sharing of our brother-in-Christ, Nathaniel Callanta, here in the first installation of SMF Online Series: 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀 𝕄𝔸𝕐 𝕂ℕ𝕆𝕎 ℍ𝕀𝕄.
See you, kapatid!!

"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people."
Ephesians 6:18 (NIV)
Let's keep our guard standing through prayer ang have our requests heard by our generous Almighty God; loving and faithful to His promises. Join us lift our words of praise and worship in tonight's SMF's Online Prayer blends.
See you there, kapatid!

Join our KUMUSTAHAN Session!
Mangumusta at makumusta. We need each other and together we rejoice in God's presence and celebrate life and your testimonies. See you!
Hebrews 10:25
"Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near."

Despite its historic nature, the Gospel story of the Bible is alive and ever moving even until today, and we are part of this great movement called the Great Commission. We are called to spread the Gospel throughout the world and make disciples; make Jesus known and expand His eternal family. All for God's glory!!
Tonight in SMF's Online Devotion, let's recall and rekindle our great part in the Gospel story of the Bible through the sharing of our brother-in-Christ, Melencio Lomod Jr.
See you, kapatid!!