Afghan Radio - Sound of Life Hope for Afghans

Good luck to us Tamian. The teaching of Jesus contradicts the teaching of the world. This is what the world says: don't mourn - run away from sadness and anxiety and seek happiness. But Jesus says - in order to be truly happy, one must first mourn. What does Jesus mean when he says we should mourn? He means: we should mourn for our sins. He is talking about spiritual sorrow, not worldly sorrow. Before we can receive the joy of salvation, we must first mourn our sins. Such mourning leads to repentance. The sorrow that is for God is the source of repentance for the sake of salvation, for which there is no regret; But worldly sorrow is the source of death.

The purpose and meaning of humility is not to consider yourself superior to others who are in a lower position in terms of status. Also, humility means a broken ego and a person who does not consider himself higher than others. Humility is like a field where beautiful and fragrant flowers give the gift of brotherhood, affection, magnanimity and purity, and true honour and dignity. It should be noted that the concept of humility is respecting others, not humiliating oneself and going under the burden of humiliation. Be humble and happy; This is the advice of psychologists.

The word happiness in Greek means (makrios); It is the highest and happiest word that man receives from God's character with faith. Happy means blessed; When you have this in your heart, it is no longer dependent on external events and circumstances that others impose on you. You don't even brag about your good deeds and you don't compare them with other people. Because good deeds do not bring us to God. Jesus to those who are proud of their good deeds and consider others inferior; He gave an example of a Pharisee and a tax collector who went to the temple to pray.

Without being poor in spirit, no one can enter the kingdom of heaven. The world teaches that in order to be blessed, one must be powerful, rich and self-reliant. But this is a big mistake. Jesus teaches that to receive true blessing one must first become poor in spirit. Being poor in spirit means emptying yourself. I wish we could be filled with God's blessings; First we have to empty. Every human being is naturally full of selfishness and arrogance. This is called our old nature or old nature.

Greed is a strong desire to have more of something, usually money or power. One of the biggest problems we face in relationships with others; It is greed. It means wanting something that belongs to someone else. Even our power; wealth; position; We want to take the beauty of others. Jesus Christ said a good example in the Gospel of Luke: We cannot get eternal life by accumulating wealth; We must be alert!

We can fight the devil with the help of God's power, because God is much bigger and stronger than Satan. After putting on the battle uniform, we must know these facts about our enemy: First, he is a spirit and invisible that cannot be seen. Second, as we mentioned before, he is very strong. Thirdly, he is very wicked and cruel and a liar. He is the leader of all the spiritual forces of evil. There is no sign of mercy and goodness in him. But the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit of God, is strong and stronger, which is present only in believers in Christ.