Monthly Archives: February 2026

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men

Why don’t we get this ? This comes from Luke 2:14 .

If God sent Jesus here to die for us , He made the first move. God isn’t angry at us anymore. He made a new and living way to understand His relationship with us. It’s got nothing to do with you monitoring yourself all the time for sin. It’s got to do with your understanding of His Grace toward us. He made the first move. He sent a peace offering.

It’s like fighting with your neighbour and he makes the first move sending you over a pizza and a bottle of wine with some chocolates. He say’s , let’s make up and stop being angry at one another. How would your behaviour toward him change ? Simply because you know he wants peace and value’s you. You will change your behaviour towards your other neighbour as well because it has a knock on effect.

We are not seeing victory in the world because churches can’t convey the message of God’s salvation clear enough. They assume we get it. We don’t ! God’s not angry with you !!!

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The War is Over

I am reading a book called ‘ The War is Over ‘

And what I can see is for the majority of my life , I’ve been correcting myself everytime I sinned in order to be presentable to God. Not that this isn’t a good habit but I did it out of a fear that God is not pleased with me . There is no such thing. God doesn’t hold anything against me. Jesus paid the price. We all know this intellectually but if you look at how you live your OCD life you’ll see that you constantly evaluate your performance saying to yourself , now I am righteous , now I am unrighteous.

The truth is , because of what Jesus has done for us , we are always righteous. We already know we’re sinners outside of Christ but we’re righteous if we just believe in Him. So there ya goo… word for the day.

I posted a few things over at nikipress.com and salvation.nikipress.com. Just click on international news and you’ll be teleported there.

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Grace and works don’t mix

If you think you can save yourself , you will only feel bad when you fail. Right ?

So why bother ? Try something different .

Jesus died to save you ! So all you need do is believe in what He’s done. Believe you’re righteous , stop striving to be righteous and you will enforce righteousness over your body mind and environment. We have the victory in Christ Jesus. We don’t need to achieve to receive.

There are those who want to say that you need to work at renewing your mind. While this may be true , it’s not by embracing the law that you can renew your mind. Or be sucked into the rituals of the old testament as a matter or obligation. Keeping days , feasts and festivals. This isn’t ‘ renewing your mind ‘ . This is just being plain stupid.

You can never mix law and grace , you will make yourself miserable. We received the Spirit by believing the GOOD NEWS of the gospel. And we can only grow by embracing this and stepping into it.

” Are you so foolish having now begun in the Spirit that you’re going to be made perfect in the flesh ” .

So renewing the mind must be by walking in The Spirit. Just THANK GOD ! That’s it !

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Nicholas

What does Nicholas mean ?

I read once that God ordains people’s names before they were born. My name is nothing special. But at a point in my life it helped motivate me to new heights. I was trying to do the best I could at school. I always felt out . Worthless. Like someone people didn’t want around. If it came time to chose members of a soccer team at school , the captains never chose me. I was the last to be chosen. As always. What did that make me feel like ? Like someone who wasn’t approved of. I didn’t have anything special to offer. No friends were allowed to come to my house after school. We were lonely. My parents couldn’t afford a soccer kit. A tennis racket , cricket bat.. uniforms . We were dirt poor.

So what influence did my name have on me ? I once asked me what does my name mean ? I told her that I had noticed that some children at school had names that made sense. There was one guy and his name was Victor. So I asked her what is Victor ? She told me it meant someone that wins. And I asked her what does my name mean ? And she said ” Winner , Winner ! ” … and that was it… I decided that it was my job to win. And even if I couldn’t I would at least try to do my best. And that made all the difference. Even when I was laughed at because of my pronounciation or lack of knowledge. I once confronted a ‘ clever boy ‘ in school . I told him that he thinks he’s clever but that some day I’d prove that I am more clever than he is. I think that’s pathetic now looking back on the incident. But I did one day write a Mass Energy Balance for the COREX process. No one else could at the time. So I guess I proved my point to myself at least.

So Nicholas . One who wins. But more precisely , someone that wins people. And that’s where my post tonight leads to. I was told that a certain rich fellow whom I had offended a year ago finally admitted to his close friend that I know what I am talking about when it comes to city management. I don’t want to read too much into it but at least he likes me now. A year ago.. he couldn’t stand me.

So bless him for the good news. I won him over.

Watch what you call someone. Watch what name you allow people to call you by. Try to see something good in your name. And for heaven sake , if you have been given a dud name… find one you like and go have it changed. It can affect your short life here on earth. Or better yet. Be baptised into the name of Jesus , the name above all names. Become His disciple.

Imitate Christ

1 Corinthians 11:1“Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” Ephesians 5:1–2“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved...

One Drop and a wager

I was once the kind of person that would bet everything if I felt that I could conquer.

I went into baptism but a sense of pride in my abilities took over and I misunderstood christianity. I worked really hard at my righteousness and soon it dawned on me that I needed to accept what Jesus did for me on the cross in order to be righteous. I didn’t want to because it would mean that I was the same as everyone else. Guilty of the death of Jesus. It never occurred to me that Jesus wanted to die for me. But why would I want to have someone die for me ? That was sick !

In the end I was forced to accept what Jesus did for me and I had to die. It was like losing an arm wrestle against God. I had to accept one drop of His blood in order to be saved. So I did it because the pain and the torment of not doing it was far worse for me than to accept His work. But I also knew that I would die and He would come live in me. He was there all along , if you ask me. So in a way all I did was accept who I already was without striving. Before I got baptised I wasn’t striving . I started to strive after I got baptised. I didn’t understand Faith in Jesus.

So I had to go through a whole walk where I made peace with the fact that I didn’t kill Jesus because he chose to do it and He rose from the dead. And if I have Faith in Him I too would rise from the dead.

Anyway , the point of this post is , I can never undo the fact that I needed to accept His blood in order to be saved physically and spiritually. My nature is to deny that I did because I want the glory for my own life. I can never say that I never accepted His blood. It happened. And it’s irreversible.

I once decided that Jesus isn’t real and that I had fallen for a myth but then where does that leave me ? I needed someone’s blood in order to be righteous, according to the definition of the word of God. But then again if I never did what I did , I’d have died. It got so bad that I was having a heart attack and had to accept His blood. So without accepting His blood I’d not be. So calling Jesus not real is like calling myself not real. I would not be here to type this, I’d have been dead.

So then I started to feel guilty that I denied Jesus is real. And the torment began all over again. I got baptised again because I thought that the first time was a type of John’s baptism. Works based. This time I got baptised as an open display of my faith in Him. So where does that leave me now ? Anyway , it’s like Jesus said ” The work of God is this , to believe in the one that He sent ” . I can’t deny Him. When I am unfaithful , He is faithful.

So this morning I woke up and thought to myself. You know what , it happened . I lost the wager against God. He saved me. I showed that I am human and need something from someone outside myself. No shame in that. But to the world that’s shame. To some at least. Anyway , I am saved. Without a doubt. Like I said , if I had not accepted His blood I’d not be here. With the pain I felt in my head at the time and how he cooled down the pain in my head right when I needed it . And I owe my life to Him. Who’s Him ? The Word. To me The Word is God. His blood saved me. So I am saved. One drop is all it took.