I pay for my water bills,
I pay for my electric bills,
I pay for my food,
I pay for my clothes,
I must pay everything...
You paid your bills..
He paid his bills,
She paid her bills...
You must pay everything....
Who paid for my sins?
Did I pay any thing for my sins?
Did you pay any thing for your sins?
No, nothing we can paid for our sins..
Who paid for our sins?
The Lamb of God paid for our sins,
He died on the cross in paying the debts of our sins,
The Lamb of God takes away the sins of the world !
He ransomed us from our sins,
He freed us from the bondage of sins,
He gave us freedom, and so He freed us from our sins...
Nothing we can do for our sins,
What is done, is done,
Our sins will be forever with us..
Unless, we let Jesus takes our sins away from us,
So let Jesus takes our sins away from us, today..
Before it is too late...
Who paid our bills, you and I,
Who paid our sins? Who?
Jesus Christ paid all for us, He shed his blood in ransoming us,
He is willing to forgive us,and God will forgive you,
He paid with a price, Jesus redeems us from our sins...
If today, harden not your heart, to listen God's order,
He orders you to receive Christ' redemption,
come, receive the forgiveness of God...before it is too late...
You better don't say, you want to pay for your sins !
If so, you will pay for your sins...
God's has His time, then that day you will pay for everything you done...
What profit is to you, even you gain the whole world,
but you lost your own soul on that last day?
That day, you have nothing to pay for !
because, you have nothing left for you !
Think about this, today...
Seek God, if today still has time for you to seek Him..
He is near to you, very near to you !
24.3.09
22.3.09
Psunami
The enemies in a governing body wanted to turn over me. How to turn over me? They knew i had kept a young sheep, and they stole it from me, to let me down. They knew i had kept 14 lambs, and they wanted to steal them from me, to put me into a corner, and hammer me. They knew i am poor and weak, they still wanted to hurt and harm me.
They wanted to turn over me with so many devices and plans.
They wanted to turn over me to be a crazy and mad guy. THEY TORTURED US MENTALLY DAY AND NIGHT.....I am helpless, and down to dung and pit hole. This is not the end yet..
I pray to my God, and He promised me, that He will turn over my enemies. THERE IS NO TURNING BACK, may GOD COME TO THIS LAND, AND TURN OVER THE ENEMIES, LET GOD PREVAIL, LET ADONAI PREVAIL, AMEN.
May God forgive me, this sinful creature! The whole country must be turned over! In Jesus' Name I prayed.
My dear, our enemies are strong, but God is stronger than them,
do not let them turn you over from our faith and love in God and man. Let us lay down like those reformers, God had done nothing wrong to us, let us be faithful to Him.
DO NOT LET THE THEOLOGIANS TURN YOU OVER,
TO BELIEVE IN THEIR DOCTRINE OF VERBAL PLENARY PRESERVATION,
Let us turn them over, let God turn them over.
The ending is real, and you will see, the B-P churches will be split into 2 and a half.
There is another psunami coming forward, this time the psunami of the governing bodies in third world country. These countries must be cleansed, and a newer generation will arise to turn over the older.
To prepare the end of the world, I pray to God, let it be true. Amen.
They wanted to turn over me with so many devices and plans.
They wanted to turn over me to be a crazy and mad guy. THEY TORTURED US MENTALLY DAY AND NIGHT.....I am helpless, and down to dung and pit hole. This is not the end yet..
I pray to my God, and He promised me, that He will turn over my enemies. THERE IS NO TURNING BACK, may GOD COME TO THIS LAND, AND TURN OVER THE ENEMIES, LET GOD PREVAIL, LET ADONAI PREVAIL, AMEN.
May God forgive me, this sinful creature! The whole country must be turned over! In Jesus' Name I prayed.
My dear, our enemies are strong, but God is stronger than them,
do not let them turn you over from our faith and love in God and man. Let us lay down like those reformers, God had done nothing wrong to us, let us be faithful to Him.
DO NOT LET THE THEOLOGIANS TURN YOU OVER,
TO BELIEVE IN THEIR DOCTRINE OF VERBAL PLENARY PRESERVATION,
Let us turn them over, let God turn them over.
The ending is real, and you will see, the B-P churches will be split into 2 and a half.
There is another psunami coming forward, this time the psunami of the governing bodies in third world country. These countries must be cleansed, and a newer generation will arise to turn over the older.
To prepare the end of the world, I pray to God, let it be true. Amen.
17.3.09
The lights are switched off...
There is another great evil under the heaven, and this time the Charismatics pastors, and I see them. May God help us.
The Charismatic pastors were united to fight the fundamentalist, even thought they say publicly, they are Christian like the fundamentalist, because, innerly, on the other hand, they felt the fundamentalists who practise the Separatist stand is actually a cult.
So they had many devices and plans to attack the fundamentalists. One day they send a pastor to invite the fundamentalist to serve in a ministry. The fundamentalist joined them, after many invitations, but the Charismatics dislike the fundamentalist, actually they are playing a fool on him. Let me tell you how they play the fool, time frame is a year.
One night, the fundamentalist was invited for the first committee meeting, to discuss the work in that ministry. The Charismatics pastor invited all the committee members together at his church. That night, he purposely turned off all the lights in front of his church, like others, the fundamentalist parked his car in front the church.
After the meeting, the fundamentalist went home, but the car manoeuvre in a strange way, the front wheels are not align, the car keep running to the the right, the fundamentalist spent some money to repair his car. He still does not know what happened to his car.
After few months, at the next committee meeting, the fundamentalist find the same thing happened to his car. he had to repair his car again. So he felt something is wrong. Few weeks after that meeting, he drove his car to the Charismatics Church to see the surrounding, and he saw that all the lights were switched on. All those meeting he joined, all the lights were off, the place he parked his car, was no light at all, but all the while, there were lights. Daily, they switch them on at night. They purposely switched off the light when the fundamentalist came to the church! Why? What they were doing to his car?
The fundamentalist continue to serve with the Charismatics pastors, every time, the committee meeting, he parked his car in front the Charismatic Church, the parking place was very dark. Few days later, he had to repair his car again, something is fishy, he started to realise, he was played a fool by the Charismatics pastors and his committee. He was very sad, but he persevered, until 5th times he repaired his car. At last the fundamentalist, stopped from going to serve in that ministry, since then his car has no those problems any longer. The fundamentalist saved more money, rather than repairing his car, now he has more money to buy food for his children. Why border with those charismatics pastors and their ministry.
Almighty God, the heavenly father, so many Charismatics pastors on earth, most of the time, they will not say they dislike the fundamentalist, in in front of the fundamentalist. But they will tell the fundamentalist in another way, such a cruel and inhuman way.
If you are a charismatic pastor, why you treated the fundamentalist like that, you may have your reason, what they had done to you, until they force you to react like that to them? The war is in Christianity, this is such an evil, I haven't seen on earth before. Christianity has a long way to go, before they can live in peace with one another! Only God can answer us, when it is, when we can sit together in peace, maybe, when we meet Him in heaven.
Let God speak to the Charismatics....
What about the fundamentalist?
The fundamentalist is fighting among themselves over a Bible!
First, The King James Version. They thought they can be at peace. No!
But what happened to KJV readers?
The KJV reader figth with the KJV readers, silly, over a few mistake in the translation. Hair split, church split!
There come, the heroes, and the enemies, over the Verbal Plenary Preservation,
with the banner of "VPP," they invade the Bible Presbyterian Churches,
Fight, over a few perfect TR, fight, over a few better MSS,
Fight, fight, fight, until split! This too, not enough! Fight, again,
KJV cannot unites the fundamentalist! :(
The KJV readers fight, their theologians said, "on," the pastors said "on," the elders said, "on..." together they said, "FIGHT IS RIGHT..." fight...
Then, this KJV is not enough in the fighting,
one Bible, is not enough, for the fighting, to continue, they need more players,
The next Bible, get involved is the NIV,
The KJV readers are fighting with the NIV readers over a few missing words.
Fight, fight, fight...no end,
After this fight, this is too, not end yet,
The KJV readers fight again, fight, fight, fight, every day, the fighting is on,
Next, the CUV is involved, no end...consuming...
The CUV readers are fighting with the KJV readers over a few clauses in the Church constitution. They split...fighting is on, fight,
This fighting becomes bigger and bigger, fight, fight, fight some more, some more,
so the KJV readers continue to fight,
next, the ESV also involved into the fight,
The ESV readers are fighting with the KJV reader over a few mistakes in the translation.
The fighting is never end,
even in the circle of fundamentalism.
One Bible cannot unite the fundamentalist, KJV failed to unite them,
Two Bibles also cannot unite the fundamentalist, NIV also failed to unite them,
Three Bibles also cannot unite the fundamentalist, CUV too failed to unite them
Four Bibles also cannot unite the fundamentalist..NKJV also failed to unite them,
How many Bible do we need to unite the fundamentalist?
Ask the KJV readers, which Bible can unite the fundamentalist? None!
The fundamentalist have an interior complexity like me, they had the VPP problem.
Figting cannot unite the fundamentalist! Agree?
They thought no one see and hear the fighting over the Bible, in their house,..since they had turned the light off... but we heard and see it loud and clear!
How many times we need to repair our car, until we broke?
How many times we have to repair our relationship with God?
How many times we have to tell ourselves, too many fighting is not good!
The Charismatic pastors were united to fight the fundamentalist, even thought they say publicly, they are Christian like the fundamentalist, because, innerly, on the other hand, they felt the fundamentalists who practise the Separatist stand is actually a cult.
So they had many devices and plans to attack the fundamentalists. One day they send a pastor to invite the fundamentalist to serve in a ministry. The fundamentalist joined them, after many invitations, but the Charismatics dislike the fundamentalist, actually they are playing a fool on him. Let me tell you how they play the fool, time frame is a year.
One night, the fundamentalist was invited for the first committee meeting, to discuss the work in that ministry. The Charismatics pastor invited all the committee members together at his church. That night, he purposely turned off all the lights in front of his church, like others, the fundamentalist parked his car in front the church.
After the meeting, the fundamentalist went home, but the car manoeuvre in a strange way, the front wheels are not align, the car keep running to the the right, the fundamentalist spent some money to repair his car. He still does not know what happened to his car.
After few months, at the next committee meeting, the fundamentalist find the same thing happened to his car. he had to repair his car again. So he felt something is wrong. Few weeks after that meeting, he drove his car to the Charismatics Church to see the surrounding, and he saw that all the lights were switched on. All those meeting he joined, all the lights were off, the place he parked his car, was no light at all, but all the while, there were lights. Daily, they switch them on at night. They purposely switched off the light when the fundamentalist came to the church! Why? What they were doing to his car?
The fundamentalist continue to serve with the Charismatics pastors, every time, the committee meeting, he parked his car in front the Charismatic Church, the parking place was very dark. Few days later, he had to repair his car again, something is fishy, he started to realise, he was played a fool by the Charismatics pastors and his committee. He was very sad, but he persevered, until 5th times he repaired his car. At last the fundamentalist, stopped from going to serve in that ministry, since then his car has no those problems any longer. The fundamentalist saved more money, rather than repairing his car, now he has more money to buy food for his children. Why border with those charismatics pastors and their ministry.
Almighty God, the heavenly father, so many Charismatics pastors on earth, most of the time, they will not say they dislike the fundamentalist, in in front of the fundamentalist. But they will tell the fundamentalist in another way, such a cruel and inhuman way.
If you are a charismatic pastor, why you treated the fundamentalist like that, you may have your reason, what they had done to you, until they force you to react like that to them? The war is in Christianity, this is such an evil, I haven't seen on earth before. Christianity has a long way to go, before they can live in peace with one another! Only God can answer us, when it is, when we can sit together in peace, maybe, when we meet Him in heaven.
Let God speak to the Charismatics....
What about the fundamentalist?
The fundamentalist is fighting among themselves over a Bible!
First, The King James Version. They thought they can be at peace. No!
But what happened to KJV readers?
The KJV reader figth with the KJV readers, silly, over a few mistake in the translation. Hair split, church split!
There come, the heroes, and the enemies, over the Verbal Plenary Preservation,
with the banner of "VPP," they invade the Bible Presbyterian Churches,
Fight, over a few perfect TR, fight, over a few better MSS,
Fight, fight, fight, until split! This too, not enough! Fight, again,
KJV cannot unites the fundamentalist! :(
The KJV readers fight, their theologians said, "on," the pastors said "on," the elders said, "on..." together they said, "FIGHT IS RIGHT..." fight...
Then, this KJV is not enough in the fighting,
one Bible, is not enough, for the fighting, to continue, they need more players,
The next Bible, get involved is the NIV,
The KJV readers are fighting with the NIV readers over a few missing words.
Fight, fight, fight...no end,
After this fight, this is too, not end yet,
The KJV readers fight again, fight, fight, fight, every day, the fighting is on,
Next, the CUV is involved, no end...consuming...
The CUV readers are fighting with the KJV readers over a few clauses in the Church constitution. They split...fighting is on, fight,
This fighting becomes bigger and bigger, fight, fight, fight some more, some more,
so the KJV readers continue to fight,
next, the ESV also involved into the fight,
The ESV readers are fighting with the KJV reader over a few mistakes in the translation.
The fighting is never end,
even in the circle of fundamentalism.
One Bible cannot unite the fundamentalist, KJV failed to unite them,
Two Bibles also cannot unite the fundamentalist, NIV also failed to unite them,
Three Bibles also cannot unite the fundamentalist, CUV too failed to unite them
Four Bibles also cannot unite the fundamentalist..NKJV also failed to unite them,
How many Bible do we need to unite the fundamentalist?
Ask the KJV readers, which Bible can unite the fundamentalist? None!
The fundamentalist have an interior complexity like me, they had the VPP problem.
Figting cannot unite the fundamentalist! Agree?
They thought no one see and hear the fighting over the Bible, in their house,..since they had turned the light off... but we heard and see it loud and clear!
How many times we need to repair our car, until we broke?
How many times we have to repair our relationship with God?
How many times we have to tell ourselves, too many fighting is not good!
Policy Man
There is another great evil under the heaven, the policemen and I see them, may God help them.
When I was young, I used to play at a railway station nearby, happily watching the trains went and fro. And there, came two policemen in grey uniforms, with their bicycles. And they stopped at the station, they walked around. They kept the town safer for us. I noticed in those days, more policemen were on patrol, with bicycles and by wakings.
Most of them were carrying 0.38 pistol with a few bullets. Their salary was not much, but they give us, a kind of protections and security. They are the guardians on this land. We saluted them in our hearts. Whenever i met them, i will keep my eyes on those pistols, the darken metallic one, looked real and solid, the policemen came with powers.
Now a day, the policemen come with bigger cars, with sun glasses, and with bigger shot gun and rifles. But this time, they are changed, there are some racist policemen amidst, and they are catching the robbers and thieves according to their skin colour. They will close their eyes, if they are paid enough, bribery is a norm to a policeman. I think their salary is still not enough for their own survival? How are they going to protect the country? How are they going to catch those criminals?
So, we see greater evil and increasing crime rate in the land? Why? Where are those policemen with bicycles, if they cycle around the town, around the clock, it is better than driving around. It is better for them to go patrolling, combing the town slowly, with bicycles. We need more policemen like those days, with bicycles and smaller shot guns. They wore thinner uniforms under the sun, easier for them to move around.
God, you know who are those faithful policemen, protect them and increase their salary, so that they will not take in any bride, not any more. Please protect the land and may the racism and its evil be stopped according to God's will.
There are rumours of wars at the end time! We have responsibility to protect ourselves, and our country! Arise! Lets us buy a bicycle, for we love the country, and comb the town ourselves, be a volunteer for the country, keep watching with the policemen.
Sometimes, i do patrolling at my neigborhood, carrying a long stick like Gandhi. India was walked and comb by Ghandhi himself. I am not a Ghandhi to my country. I just pretending to love my country. At those patrollings, they thought I was a thief walking by night! Some of them even thought there was something, went wrong with my mind!
I hope I can walk for Jesus....
16.3.09
scorpion
Scorpion is a venomous insect. I caught a big one at a mini zoo, as big as my palm, I dare not to keep it, because it comes with a sting at its tail.
A group of singer called themselves, "Scorpion," and cars owner sometime put on sticker of "a scorpion" on their cars; It is well mentioned in the Old Testament and New Testament, in Ezekiel 2:6
"And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious house."
And then in the New Testament, Luke 10:19
"I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you." Jesus Christ said this to his disciples.
Luke 11:12
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
But at the end times....we must not forget scorpions!
Revelation 9:5, They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
Scorpion, nearly every week I see it ....
Multiply and barren
There are 2 pastors in a small town, each of them have
8sons and daugthers. Why they raise a big family like that?
They told the congregation why, that according to the Bible, God wanted human to multiply on earth...so both pastors bear many sons and daugthers, to increase the number of Christians on earth...the pastors qouted Genesis 9:7, "As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it."
But then in another place, at the later time, in New Testament, the Bible say in...Luke 23:29
"For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!"
Galatians 4:27
For it is written: "Be glad, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have no labor pains; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband."
Whenever I see them, I will think about the number of children, I will also keep on thinking about these few verses in the Bible.
Wondering...wondering..wondering...the pastors' application...how to increase the number of Christians on earth..
8sons and daugthers. Why they raise a big family like that?
They told the congregation why, that according to the Bible, God wanted human to multiply on earth...so both pastors bear many sons and daugthers, to increase the number of Christians on earth...the pastors qouted Genesis 9:7, "As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it."
But then in another place, at the later time, in New Testament, the Bible say in...Luke 23:29
"For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!"
Galatians 4:27
For it is written: "Be glad, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have no labor pains; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband."
Whenever I see them, I will think about the number of children, I will also keep on thinking about these few verses in the Bible.
Wondering...wondering..wondering...the pastors' application...how to increase the number of Christians on earth..
The Old Machine is started
A South Korean friend was leaving the country, so he sold his Mercedes Benz to the local, a "Masterpiece," very cheap, it is about 20,000 bucks. The car was a nice looking and comfortable, prestige and well build car. I liked it in black.
But the Mercedes Benz has a bigger engine capacity, so it's road taxes and insurance are higher than a smaller capacity vehicle. I rather buy a smaller, low powered car, than this bigger, gasoline consuming car. We know Mercedes is still a good car for some rich men.
But compared with Mercedes Benz, the local made, "VPP" car is not so good, because it has a huge engine, broom, broom, broom, with a lower energy output. This is not economical for us. Rather I stick to my home made CUV, than pursuing a bigger name tag, with a higher cost of keeping the VPP. Headache ?
Stop buying this kind of huge car, like the "VPP!"
Buy a smaller car like the "CUV".....in stead!
But the Mercedes Benz has a bigger engine capacity, so it's road taxes and insurance are higher than a smaller capacity vehicle. I rather buy a smaller, low powered car, than this bigger, gasoline consuming car. We know Mercedes is still a good car for some rich men.
But compared with Mercedes Benz, the local made, "VPP" car is not so good, because it has a huge engine, broom, broom, broom, with a lower energy output. This is not economical for us. Rather I stick to my home made CUV, than pursuing a bigger name tag, with a higher cost of keeping the VPP. Headache ?
Stop buying this kind of huge car, like the "VPP!"
Buy a smaller car like the "CUV".....in stead!
The wicked teachers
I see there is another great evil under the heaven, there are teachers who are racist and money minded, they treated their students according to their skin colour. Yellow, brown and black....They, in fact, do not like to teach at all, let me explain like this...
These coloured face racist teachers, usually do not go into their classes to teach, they skip classes, for they wanted to venture into their own window shoppings, home carvings, eatings, meetings, chit chatings and time wasting with many excuses.
In the classes, the students are left behind without the teacher. These teachers at the end of the month, will open their mouths, food will be slapped into their mouths, and money being put into their pockets, and they will smile with a greedy face. These teachers are a kind of money minded and at the same time also racist, this is great evil done under the flag of education. They induced hates and racism into these students.
The students are oppressed like these day in day out, so much so, to follow up the courses, the study and the syllabus, their parents have to pay money to bring them, the students to tuition's classes. Great evil done by these wicked teachers, time is near, that I see the fallen angels being punished for their wrong doings, that the share holders will throw away their shares, until the share composite index to be cut into half, so that they will repent from these wickedness.
One day, one of them, the wicked one, a racist headmaster is being tested, some one asked him about the poor result in the examination, and the wicked headmaster told us, "The student's poor result is nothing to do with the teacher's absent in the classes..." This saying is a strong sign of their wickedness, they are deeply indulged in their evil and blinded ways, but they still say they had the truth in their hands, they never regret a bit for what they done to the students. Something will be changed, the world system will be changed, and the education evil must be dealed with.
This time the teachers, the headmasters will be caned publicly. How long these wicked and lazy teachers will wake up and be stopped from murdering the students?
About the VPP teachers, I hope they will not skip classes, continue to teach right doctrines, rather I hope they will skip the VPP lessons in their syallbus, and not to teach the Verbal Plenary Preservation any longer. Do not corner their students. Let the students learn what they should learned. Why induced hates into their young hearts? Who will be blamed, when fundamentalists failed to attract followers?
And I pray that the students will skip those VPP classes, and absent from these VPP classes, rather let them venture into Orchard Roads, there are some clowns waiting and dancing like me at the end of the road! Lets go out and see for yourself...who is the actual clown in town!
These coloured face racist teachers, usually do not go into their classes to teach, they skip classes, for they wanted to venture into their own window shoppings, home carvings, eatings, meetings, chit chatings and time wasting with many excuses.
In the classes, the students are left behind without the teacher. These teachers at the end of the month, will open their mouths, food will be slapped into their mouths, and money being put into their pockets, and they will smile with a greedy face. These teachers are a kind of money minded and at the same time also racist, this is great evil done under the flag of education. They induced hates and racism into these students.
The students are oppressed like these day in day out, so much so, to follow up the courses, the study and the syllabus, their parents have to pay money to bring them, the students to tuition's classes. Great evil done by these wicked teachers, time is near, that I see the fallen angels being punished for their wrong doings, that the share holders will throw away their shares, until the share composite index to be cut into half, so that they will repent from these wickedness.
One day, one of them, the wicked one, a racist headmaster is being tested, some one asked him about the poor result in the examination, and the wicked headmaster told us, "The student's poor result is nothing to do with the teacher's absent in the classes..." This saying is a strong sign of their wickedness, they are deeply indulged in their evil and blinded ways, but they still say they had the truth in their hands, they never regret a bit for what they done to the students. Something will be changed, the world system will be changed, and the education evil must be dealed with.
This time the teachers, the headmasters will be caned publicly. How long these wicked and lazy teachers will wake up and be stopped from murdering the students?
About the VPP teachers, I hope they will not skip classes, continue to teach right doctrines, rather I hope they will skip the VPP lessons in their syallbus, and not to teach the Verbal Plenary Preservation any longer. Do not corner their students. Let the students learn what they should learned. Why induced hates into their young hearts? Who will be blamed, when fundamentalists failed to attract followers?
And I pray that the students will skip those VPP classes, and absent from these VPP classes, rather let them venture into Orchard Roads, there are some clowns waiting and dancing like me at the end of the road! Lets go out and see for yourself...who is the actual clown in town!
13.3.09
Methodist and the Word of God
TRAC President's Message (December 2008)
THE ESSENTIAL MELT-DOWN
If there is one thing that we must learn from the current meltdown in the financial markets, and a shaking of the world’s economy, is that we cannot trust the various systems of this world. Our trust must be in our God. It is ironic that the starting point of this turmoil started in a country where the dollar note states “In God We Trust.” Yet that is exactly what we did not do. Instead we have placed our faith in money, and man’s ability (or rather clearly revealed now, his inability) to manage it.
A ‘melt-down” is probably the most accurate word to use. Before we can get pure gold, the ore has to be melted down in liquid form, and from this we will be able to extract a very refined state of the element. Our trust in the world’s system has melted down, and it is the correct time for us now to extract from this situation the pure kind of realities we need in order to overcome.
In the light of eternity, our money and material wealth are worth nothing, and cannot be carried forward into our future. Most of us know this for a fact. Yet, when it comes to living day by day, our worldview is framed by what we see in this world and what we work with in this world, even though we know that they will not last for eternity. We become dependent and in a large way have placed our trust in money in order to survive, even though we say we trust God.
What will last in eternity are the things of God, especially the Word of God. The Living Word of God is God Himself. In communicating to us, this Living Word comes to us in the written Word. God has allowed Himself to be understood in the written words of Holy Scripture. However, these written words are not to be understood only as coloured words printed on a white sheet of paper. Neither is it to be understood only as English, or any other human language. The Word, in written words, is more than just what we see on the pages of the Bible. They commit to us the very truth of God. The words in the Word are the truths of God, truths that last for eternity. When we believe these truths, we receive eternity into our lives.
For us to arise out of the ashes of the crumbling world systems, we must construct our lives now with these eternal elements of God’s truth. They are not tangible to our physical senses, but they are eternal realities just as cash is what we can feel when we rub them between our fingers. The truths of God are real, not imaginary. They are not simply even thoughts or ideas we have conceived in our minds. They are spiritual realities. They are the very substance that make up and shape our eternal destiny. When our bodies turn to ashes and all our cash as well, what remain of us are the eternal realities that we have received into our lives.
Hence, if our financial stockpile has vanished, what will see us through is the truth of God that says, “I will open the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessings that there will not be enough room to receive it” (paraphrasing Malachi 3:10). The blessings that we will receive from this heavenly storehouse will come to us as tangible earthly substance we can use here in this material world. Yet the source of where it came from is eternal spiritual heaven. Heavenly realities were transformed to produce material that we can need here on earth. But for that to happen, we must meet the terms and conditions of that written word in Holy Scripture to “bring all the tithes in the storehouse (of God) that there may be food in My house” (Malachi 3:10, italics mine).
God’s eternal word is that we must trust. That word is what will see us through. That word is recession proof, unchangeable, and it is activated by our faith in it.
This Advent season is a reminder to us of how God did just that more than two thousand years ago. The Christ Child came into this world in a similar process. The baby (earthly being) was conceived when the Holy Spirit (eternal reality) came upon the virgin, through the eternal Word (another eternal reality) announced by Gabriel, and received in faith and submission by Mary (Luke 1:26-38).
It pays eternal dividends to know God’s Word, and receive it by faith.
Have a very blessed Christmas, and may all the eternal realities that the Christ Child came to bring on earth, be yours to enjoy as well.
Shalom
Rev Dr Wee Boon Hup
TRINITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE (TRAC) SINGAPORE
copied from http://www.trac-mcs.org.sg/index.cfm?GPID=61
THE ESSENTIAL MELT-DOWN
If there is one thing that we must learn from the current meltdown in the financial markets, and a shaking of the world’s economy, is that we cannot trust the various systems of this world. Our trust must be in our God. It is ironic that the starting point of this turmoil started in a country where the dollar note states “In God We Trust.” Yet that is exactly what we did not do. Instead we have placed our faith in money, and man’s ability (or rather clearly revealed now, his inability) to manage it.
A ‘melt-down” is probably the most accurate word to use. Before we can get pure gold, the ore has to be melted down in liquid form, and from this we will be able to extract a very refined state of the element. Our trust in the world’s system has melted down, and it is the correct time for us now to extract from this situation the pure kind of realities we need in order to overcome.
In the light of eternity, our money and material wealth are worth nothing, and cannot be carried forward into our future. Most of us know this for a fact. Yet, when it comes to living day by day, our worldview is framed by what we see in this world and what we work with in this world, even though we know that they will not last for eternity. We become dependent and in a large way have placed our trust in money in order to survive, even though we say we trust God.
What will last in eternity are the things of God, especially the Word of God. The Living Word of God is God Himself. In communicating to us, this Living Word comes to us in the written Word. God has allowed Himself to be understood in the written words of Holy Scripture. However, these written words are not to be understood only as coloured words printed on a white sheet of paper. Neither is it to be understood only as English, or any other human language. The Word, in written words, is more than just what we see on the pages of the Bible. They commit to us the very truth of God. The words in the Word are the truths of God, truths that last for eternity. When we believe these truths, we receive eternity into our lives.
For us to arise out of the ashes of the crumbling world systems, we must construct our lives now with these eternal elements of God’s truth. They are not tangible to our physical senses, but they are eternal realities just as cash is what we can feel when we rub them between our fingers. The truths of God are real, not imaginary. They are not simply even thoughts or ideas we have conceived in our minds. They are spiritual realities. They are the very substance that make up and shape our eternal destiny. When our bodies turn to ashes and all our cash as well, what remain of us are the eternal realities that we have received into our lives.
Hence, if our financial stockpile has vanished, what will see us through is the truth of God that says, “I will open the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessings that there will not be enough room to receive it” (paraphrasing Malachi 3:10). The blessings that we will receive from this heavenly storehouse will come to us as tangible earthly substance we can use here in this material world. Yet the source of where it came from is eternal spiritual heaven. Heavenly realities were transformed to produce material that we can need here on earth. But for that to happen, we must meet the terms and conditions of that written word in Holy Scripture to “bring all the tithes in the storehouse (of God) that there may be food in My house” (Malachi 3:10, italics mine).
God’s eternal word is that we must trust. That word is what will see us through. That word is recession proof, unchangeable, and it is activated by our faith in it.
This Advent season is a reminder to us of how God did just that more than two thousand years ago. The Christ Child came into this world in a similar process. The baby (earthly being) was conceived when the Holy Spirit (eternal reality) came upon the virgin, through the eternal Word (another eternal reality) announced by Gabriel, and received in faith and submission by Mary (Luke 1:26-38).
It pays eternal dividends to know God’s Word, and receive it by faith.
Have a very blessed Christmas, and may all the eternal realities that the Christ Child came to bring on earth, be yours to enjoy as well.
Shalom
Rev Dr Wee Boon Hup
TRINITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE (TRAC) SINGAPORE
copied from http://www.trac-mcs.org.sg/index.cfm?GPID=61
Revelation Chapter 2, the Ephesus with VPP
2:1, Ephesus was a big sea port, it was a business and religious center. Paul founded a church there. There was a pagan Goddess and her temple in Ephesus. Paul nearly being killed by these opponents.
2:2, To know, weather a truth we heard is true or false, weather a prophet is real or fake, or weather a teaching is correct or not, all these must take time and gone through many testings.
John wants us to test, test the spirit, weather the spirit is from God or not. (1 John 4:1) Paul even taught this in 1 Thess 5:21. This apply also to Verbal Plenary Preservation.
2:4, "The love at first." Where is your love at first, at the moment you came to believe the Lord. Where is it now? This is more important than tracking the first century MSS!
Now, we are self content, and self contend, we are proud about ourselves, we had lost the vitality, the depending, the pickup, the zeal.
That first love had been replaced by a routine, some dogmas, some creeds, like the humanists, we must repent from this coolness, we are suppose to say we had lost the love toward mankind and Christ.
2:5, we may say, we do not know what is that "the love at first."
LET US DO SOMETHING TODAY, IN CASE, TO SAY WE LOVE THE LORD CHRIST, LET US GO BACK TO THE BASIC, THE CROSS, SACRIFICING IN THE MINISTRY, AND CONTINUE TO WITNESS AND PREACHING IN ZEAL. If not the lamp stand may be removed from us. The church will becomes a skeleton.
2:6, there was a group of people called, the Nicolaitans, these are those called themselves Christian, they were compromisING with the world, they worship the idols and live in lusts. They were in the church in Ephesus, they had rejected the gospel truth, their characters and behaviours were clearly seen. And some of them were teaching in the church. (rf. Rev 2:15) How can this be?
2:7, Christ is speaking to the church, through the Holy Spirit. Even until today. He wanted us to overcome. How? DEPEND ON THE RESURRECTED CHRIST, TO OVERCOME OUR INNER WEAKNESSES. AND TO OVERCOME OUR OUTER TEMPTATIONS.
You are promised,
1. to eat the the fruit on the tree of life. (2:7)
2. no more second death. (2:11)
3. given the hidden manna and a new name on the white stone. (2:17)
4. given the authority and the morning star. (2:27-28)
5. to wear the white robes, and name written on the book of life. (3:5)
6. to be a pillar in the temple of God, God's Name written on him. (3:12)
7. All of those who overcome, they will sit together with the Christ Jesus, and they will enter the heaven to enjoy the eternity with Him.
The Christians who served the Christ with zeal, they are promised a perfect and complete salvation. At the end, he will not be separated from God, like in the garden of Aden, he will live with God, and live in freedom and peace. All these promises, are to be claimed by us, only through Christ, we can receive these promises. No other way!
Thoughts for today,
We must test the teaching of Verbal Plenary Preservation. Right or wrong?
What is the important of the first love, comparing with the perfect scripture text to Ephesians? Which is more important to them?
Why Paul mentioned the first love, why he did not mention they had lost the autographs, the first hand writing manuscripts?
Who are those called Nicolaitans? What they were teaching actually?
How Christ speak to us today?
What He commanded us today, did He command us to seek the first century, the perfect, the 100 %, the autographs, and print it out ? So that we can out print the NIV, ESV, CUV...? Think about this, seriously Today!
Christ commanded us to overcome, to conquer what?
Did Christ promised us a perfect KJV?
Did Christ promised us a perfect underlying text?
Did God promised us a perfect Bible version?
Did God promised us a perfect hand copied Bible? No.
Did God promised us a perfect machined printed Bible? NO!
So...
Where is our first love?
Where is our first Bible?
Answer is......
2:2, To know, weather a truth we heard is true or false, weather a prophet is real or fake, or weather a teaching is correct or not, all these must take time and gone through many testings.
John wants us to test, test the spirit, weather the spirit is from God or not. (1 John 4:1) Paul even taught this in 1 Thess 5:21. This apply also to Verbal Plenary Preservation.
2:4, "The love at first." Where is your love at first, at the moment you came to believe the Lord. Where is it now? This is more important than tracking the first century MSS!
Now, we are self content, and self contend, we are proud about ourselves, we had lost the vitality, the depending, the pickup, the zeal.
That first love had been replaced by a routine, some dogmas, some creeds, like the humanists, we must repent from this coolness, we are suppose to say we had lost the love toward mankind and Christ.
2:5, we may say, we do not know what is that "the love at first."
LET US DO SOMETHING TODAY, IN CASE, TO SAY WE LOVE THE LORD CHRIST, LET US GO BACK TO THE BASIC, THE CROSS, SACRIFICING IN THE MINISTRY, AND CONTINUE TO WITNESS AND PREACHING IN ZEAL. If not the lamp stand may be removed from us. The church will becomes a skeleton.
2:6, there was a group of people called, the Nicolaitans, these are those called themselves Christian, they were compromisING with the world, they worship the idols and live in lusts. They were in the church in Ephesus, they had rejected the gospel truth, their characters and behaviours were clearly seen. And some of them were teaching in the church. (rf. Rev 2:15) How can this be?
2:7, Christ is speaking to the church, through the Holy Spirit. Even until today. He wanted us to overcome. How? DEPEND ON THE RESURRECTED CHRIST, TO OVERCOME OUR INNER WEAKNESSES. AND TO OVERCOME OUR OUTER TEMPTATIONS.
You are promised,
1. to eat the the fruit on the tree of life. (2:7)
2. no more second death. (2:11)
3. given the hidden manna and a new name on the white stone. (2:17)
4. given the authority and the morning star. (2:27-28)
5. to wear the white robes, and name written on the book of life. (3:5)
6. to be a pillar in the temple of God, God's Name written on him. (3:12)
7. All of those who overcome, they will sit together with the Christ Jesus, and they will enter the heaven to enjoy the eternity with Him.
The Christians who served the Christ with zeal, they are promised a perfect and complete salvation. At the end, he will not be separated from God, like in the garden of Aden, he will live with God, and live in freedom and peace. All these promises, are to be claimed by us, only through Christ, we can receive these promises. No other way!
Thoughts for today,
We must test the teaching of Verbal Plenary Preservation. Right or wrong?
What is the important of the first love, comparing with the perfect scripture text to Ephesians? Which is more important to them?
Why Paul mentioned the first love, why he did not mention they had lost the autographs, the first hand writing manuscripts?
Who are those called Nicolaitans? What they were teaching actually?
How Christ speak to us today?
What He commanded us today, did He command us to seek the first century, the perfect, the 100 %, the autographs, and print it out ? So that we can out print the NIV, ESV, CUV...? Think about this, seriously Today!
Christ commanded us to overcome, to conquer what?
Did Christ promised us a perfect KJV?
Did Christ promised us a perfect underlying text?
Did God promised us a perfect Bible version?
Did God promised us a perfect hand copied Bible? No.
Did God promised us a perfect machined printed Bible? NO!
So...
Where is our first love?
Where is our first Bible?
Answer is......
12.3.09
Martin Luther on Justification by Faith
有關16世紀“人文主義 humanism”的正確定義是繁複的，它與今日我們所瞭解的“人文主義”定義不同。Timothy T. Wengent指出16世紀人文主義的特徵，是一種注重文獻（text）與藝術的運動，它強調歷史、修辭學與古典語文的研究，例如希伯來文、希臘文。Alister McGrath認為16世紀的人文主義是一種文化與教育的運動，主要是關心怎樣有效地通過傳講及書寫去闡明或說服別人的觀點。
Far Eastern Bible College, 远东神学院讲师和教授，我想大概已掉入16世紀“人文主義 humanism”的运动里。
请读 Timothy T. Wengent, Philip Melanchthon's Annotations on Johannen in Relation to its Predecessors and Contemporaries (Geneve: Libraivie Droz S.A., 1987), p.121.
Alister McGrath, The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation (Oxford:Basil Backwell, 1987), p 33.
從哲學的觀點而論，16世紀的人文主義可分為兩種︰北歐與南歐的人文主義。後者是指義大利文藝復興的人文主義，它是西方人文主義的泉源，它是屬世的。最傑出的佛羅倫斯代表人物包括Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola and Leone Ebreo。G. Boas認為以上人物都是備受新伯拉圖哲學所影響。Feldmeth解釋，南歐的人文主義對人的理智能力與文化上的成就充滿信心。Michael Rogress認為16世紀的人文主義屬於一種生命哲學，它過度榮耀人性的美善，例如人理會的能力及自由意志。另一方面，北歐的人文主義傳佈於阿爾卑斯山以北的國家，N. Abbagnano認為，雖然北歐的人文主義對人性的看法與南歐類同，但前者較傾向以神為中心，引發出中世紀後期的神秘主義與敬虔主義的思想，它的代表人物為以拉斯母。
请读 Michael Rogness, Philip Melanchthon: Reformer without Honor (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1969), p.2. N. P. Feedmeth, "Humanism," in New Dictionary of Theology, eds., S. B. Fergrson & D. F. Wright (Ill: IVP), p.322. N. Abbagnano, "Humanism," in Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Paul Edwards (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1976).
然而，路德指出，聖經教導我們，亞當以後的人在每一個範疇都被罪惡影響，活在罪惡之下（《羅》3：9），以致人所做的善工都不足以為自己製造多餘的功德去彌補其它的罪行（註6），人需要的是完全的改造，否則在上帝的眼裡，“沒有義人，連一個也沒有。”（《羅》3：10） “所以凡有血氣的，沒有一個因行律法（的善工）能在上帝面前稱義。”（《羅》3：20）換句話說，人無力拯救自己，不能靠自己所作的獲取神的義，只有透過信心才能稱義。
路德說：“這（神的義）是透過信心藉著歸算（imputation）而得以成就的，按此，我開始緊緊抓住基督；基於基督的緣故，神把不全的義看為完全的義，把罪看為不是罪，縱使罪確實是罪。因此，他強調要向所有的信徒教導十誡，並要他們遵守十誡。他更說明那些遵守十誡的人必蒙上帝悅納，並且他們的信心必得著堅固. 由此可見，路德並非否定善行在信徒生活的重要，他只是強調善行是得救者必然流露出來的果子，卻非引致得救之不可缺乏的原素。
為什麼信徒的得救與生活都必須憑著信心呢？路德解釋當人因信被稱義以後，有兩個不可分隔的效果發生。第一，神的義會加諸於人，人的罪或過錯因而得著上帝的赦免；第二，人將會成為新造的人，與上帝破裂的關係將會和好，由不信轉化為信，由不順服轉化為順服，由無知變為對上帝有正確的認識。以上兩個稱義的果效都是憑相信基督耶穌而引發的，所以世人未曾因信稱義以前，他的“善工”絕不被上帝視為美善。
很可惜，差不多五百年後的今日，羅馬天主教仍然未能對路德所提出的指責，加以檢討；依然守著中古時期的傳統，誤以為若要得著上帝的義，人必須依靠神的恩典，然後再加上人的善行。這觀點與聖經所說的福音（單靠神的恩典而得救）大相逕庭。
另外，天主教所謂“相信”而稱義，是指相信自己的善工必為自己成就救恩，與聖經所教導單相信耶穌而稱義乃截然不同。保羅在《加拉太書》指責天主教的看法，他說︰“義若是藉著律法得的，基督就是徒然死了。無知的加拉太人哪！耶穌基督釘十字架，已經活畫在你們眼前，誰又迷惑了你們呢？”（加2：21-3：1）”。
然而，有些人卻是聽不明白保羅在《加拉太書》的教導，也忘記了路德對“因信稱義”的正確詮釋，路德認為這教義是神的教會的“唯一堅固的磐石”（註13），“若這教義保持純正，基督教世界將會在這美麗的和諧中保持純正，並沒有任何分裂；然而，若這教義不能保持純正，我們便不可能逐退任何錯誤或異端之風”（註14）。路德此言實在真確，盼今日的基督徒在一片教會合一的運動聲中（註15），仍能明白“因信稱義”之理念，並堅守福音之真相。
今日的世界信義會聯合會（Lutheran World Federation）、世界衛理公會協進會(World Methodist Council）及羅馬天主教於2006年7月23日在南韓漢城簽署了《因信稱義聯合聲明》文件。此聲明被譽為具有歷史性的“合一的新標誌”。羅馬天主教主管合一事務的樞機主教Walter Kasper認為這簽署是“合一對話的重要成就”，並引用教宗本篤十六世的話，認為這是“信仰裡完全可目睹的聯合”（full visible unity in faith）。世界信義會聯合會總幹事Ishmael Noko指出：“這聲明為日後合一關係打開了大門。”然而，《因信稱義聯合聲明》的重點只表示各方面在理解上達成協議，但並非在"因信稱義"的教義上彼此接納。
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Far Eastern Bible College, 远东神学院讲师和教授，我想大概已掉入16世紀“人文主義 humanism”的运动里。
请读 Timothy T. Wengent, Philip Melanchthon's Annotations on Johannen in Relation to its Predecessors and Contemporaries (Geneve: Libraivie Droz S.A., 1987), p.121.
Alister McGrath, The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation (Oxford:Basil Backwell, 1987), p 33.
從哲學的觀點而論，16世紀的人文主義可分為兩種︰北歐與南歐的人文主義。後者是指義大利文藝復興的人文主義，它是西方人文主義的泉源，它是屬世的。最傑出的佛羅倫斯代表人物包括Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola and Leone Ebreo。G. Boas認為以上人物都是備受新伯拉圖哲學所影響。Feldmeth解釋，南歐的人文主義對人的理智能力與文化上的成就充滿信心。Michael Rogress認為16世紀的人文主義屬於一種生命哲學，它過度榮耀人性的美善，例如人理會的能力及自由意志。另一方面，北歐的人文主義傳佈於阿爾卑斯山以北的國家，N. Abbagnano認為，雖然北歐的人文主義對人性的看法與南歐類同，但前者較傾向以神為中心，引發出中世紀後期的神秘主義與敬虔主義的思想，它的代表人物為以拉斯母。
请读 Michael Rogness, Philip Melanchthon: Reformer without Honor (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1969), p.2. N. P. Feedmeth, "Humanism," in New Dictionary of Theology, eds., S. B. Fergrson & D. F. Wright (Ill: IVP), p.322. N. Abbagnano, "Humanism," in Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. Paul Edwards (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1976).
然而，路德指出，聖經教導我們，亞當以後的人在每一個範疇都被罪惡影響，活在罪惡之下（《羅》3：9），以致人所做的善工都不足以為自己製造多餘的功德去彌補其它的罪行（註6），人需要的是完全的改造，否則在上帝的眼裡，“沒有義人，連一個也沒有。”（《羅》3：10） “所以凡有血氣的，沒有一個因行律法（的善工）能在上帝面前稱義。”（《羅》3：20）換句話說，人無力拯救自己，不能靠自己所作的獲取神的義，只有透過信心才能稱義。
路德說：“這（神的義）是透過信心藉著歸算（imputation）而得以成就的，按此，我開始緊緊抓住基督；基於基督的緣故，神把不全的義看為完全的義，把罪看為不是罪，縱使罪確實是罪。因此，他強調要向所有的信徒教導十誡，並要他們遵守十誡。他更說明那些遵守十誡的人必蒙上帝悅納，並且他們的信心必得著堅固. 由此可見，路德並非否定善行在信徒生活的重要，他只是強調善行是得救者必然流露出來的果子，卻非引致得救之不可缺乏的原素。
為什麼信徒的得救與生活都必須憑著信心呢？路德解釋當人因信被稱義以後，有兩個不可分隔的效果發生。第一，神的義會加諸於人，人的罪或過錯因而得著上帝的赦免；第二，人將會成為新造的人，與上帝破裂的關係將會和好，由不信轉化為信，由不順服轉化為順服，由無知變為對上帝有正確的認識。以上兩個稱義的果效都是憑相信基督耶穌而引發的，所以世人未曾因信稱義以前，他的“善工”絕不被上帝視為美善。
很可惜，差不多五百年後的今日，羅馬天主教仍然未能對路德所提出的指責，加以檢討；依然守著中古時期的傳統，誤以為若要得著上帝的義，人必須依靠神的恩典，然後再加上人的善行。這觀點與聖經所說的福音（單靠神的恩典而得救）大相逕庭。
另外，天主教所謂“相信”而稱義，是指相信自己的善工必為自己成就救恩，與聖經所教導單相信耶穌而稱義乃截然不同。保羅在《加拉太書》指責天主教的看法，他說︰“義若是藉著律法得的，基督就是徒然死了。無知的加拉太人哪！耶穌基督釘十字架，已經活畫在你們眼前，誰又迷惑了你們呢？”（加2：21-3：1）”。
然而，有些人卻是聽不明白保羅在《加拉太書》的教導，也忘記了路德對“因信稱義”的正確詮釋，路德認為這教義是神的教會的“唯一堅固的磐石”（註13），“若這教義保持純正，基督教世界將會在這美麗的和諧中保持純正，並沒有任何分裂；然而，若這教義不能保持純正，我們便不可能逐退任何錯誤或異端之風”（註14）。路德此言實在真確，盼今日的基督徒在一片教會合一的運動聲中（註15），仍能明白“因信稱義”之理念，並堅守福音之真相。
今日的世界信義會聯合會（Lutheran World Federation）、世界衛理公會協進會(World Methodist Council）及羅馬天主教於2006年7月23日在南韓漢城簽署了《因信稱義聯合聲明》文件。此聲明被譽為具有歷史性的“合一的新標誌”。羅馬天主教主管合一事務的樞機主教Walter Kasper認為這簽署是“合一對話的重要成就”，並引用教宗本篤十六世的話，認為這是“信仰裡完全可目睹的聯合”（full visible unity in faith）。世界信義會聯合會總幹事Ishmael Noko指出：“這聲明為日後合一關係打開了大門。”然而，《因信稱義聯合聲明》的重點只表示各方面在理解上達成協議，但並非在"因信稱義"的教義上彼此接納。
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