7 habits of Bible Presbyterian Churches

God is not with you in the mission field!

These FEBC heretics and those who are proud like to pronounce curses unto people in the mission field.

They like to say to you: "God is not with you, why? Because your work is not prosperous, you have no financial support, your church is not growing! So...God is not with you, in the mission field. Go back home Do something else!"

this is the most scary thing you may heard from when you are in the mission field, and you find it makes sense sometimes!

God, are you with me this hour?

Immanuel?

Cold tea will not quench our thirst?

One can study Theology in Far Eastern Bible College. Some will even study the Hebrew and Greek languages in order to read the original Christian canon. One must not minimize the importance of understanding the ancient document of faith. But again, here is something we must not forget: Fundamentalism does not feel hungry even if it does not eat for many centuries. Fundamentalism does not sweat even if it is placed under the hot tropical sun. Fundamentalism does not want to sell a bicycle and buy a motorcycle instead. Fundamentalism does not suffer from flood and drought.

A fundamentalist, on the contrary, is different. He complains, laughs, grieves, sweats, suffers, thirsts and hungers - for he is a man.


When a man is a Buddhist, he does not cease to be a man. When a man is a Muslem, he does not cease to be a man. When a man is a Christian, he does not cease to be a man. A man does not cease to be "man". He does not become either an angel or a devil. By the grace of God, man remains man! Now, man is, according to the Bible, the 'image of God'.

Mission

Some say: "Sometimes the church is a stumbling block to mission!"

Mad BP pastors in supporting Verbal Plenary Preservation

Euripides said  "Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad."-

ONE OF THE BEST STORIES I'VE EVER HEARD!

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

 

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big 'F' at the top of his papers.

 

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners...he is a joy to be around.

His second grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle.'

His third grade teacher wrote, 'His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken.'

Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class.'

 

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some

of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, 'Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to.'

After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her 'teacher's pets..' 
A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she

was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. 
Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that

he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.

Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.

 

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer. The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD. 
The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring.

Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered

his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.

 

They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, 'Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference.'

 

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, 'Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you.'

 

(For you who don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Doctor at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)

 

Warm someone's heart today. . . pass this along. I love this story so very much, I cry every time I read it. Just try to make a difference in someone's life today... Just 'do it'.

 

Random acts of kindness, I think they call it!

Believe in Angels, then return the favor.

 

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

Attention to all young preachers in Bible Presbyterian Churches

This is my advise to you, my dear young preachers and future pastors:

If your mentor is a good pastor, and you follow him, you will end up becoming a good pastor in the future!

If your mentor is a bad pastor, and you follow him, you will end up becoming a bad pastor in the future.

If you are serving under a quarrelsome pastor, sooner and later, you will end up as a quarrelsome pastor too!

The Bible warned us about evil workers and evil servants in God's kingdom, they are those who like to quarrel, like to bully others, like to beat people, and those pastors who are fighting in the church beware, stay away from them, do not serve under them, run away from them! There are many evil pastors in Bible Presbyterian Churches and Far Eastern Bible College in Singapore. I tell you the truth nothing but the truth,  after many years of dealings with these so called "pastors and elders." Many are wicked servant of the Lord, quarrelsome!

Matthew 24:48-51 New International Version (NIV)

⁴⁸ But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ ⁴⁹ and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. ⁵⁰ The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. ⁵¹ He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The Bible also mentioned some who are evil, because they do not believe in Christ Jesus, they are the enemy of Christ, these too you have to stay away!

2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done.

If you cannot serve well in this Bible Presbyterian Church because of these evil servants, run to another Bible Presbyterian Church and stay there, if this also cannot help, run to another Bible Presbyterian Church, if even this cannot help, you have to go out from Bible Presbyterian Church, and say to the Lord Jesus Christ, "Here am I, sent me!" Go peacefully and serve in another denomination! It is better for you to run away from Bible Presbyterian Church, rather than ending up like some evil servants, being a quarrelsome pastor!

Kingdom of God

Kingdom of God has come, but not yet completely established on earth, as Christian we are called to expand the kingdom of God through preaching the Gospel truth to the unsaved. Love one another! Be a good witness for Christ to expand the kingdom of God.

Remember! The kingdom of God does not belongs to Bible Presbyterian Church in Singapore only.

The true and universal church is in the kingdom of God, where Christ is on the throne. Where we worship Him in the church. Christ is the head of the church. Kingdom of God is in our hearts, and He reigns in our life.

But sad to say, these Bible Presbyterian quarrelsome pastors in Singapore, like to quarrel, like to sue each others, like to quarrel who has higher place in their churches, who is more powerful. Do you think they are in the kingdom of God? Maybe yes! Because they believe in the Lord and Savior!

It's kingdom of God in their hearts? Do they like to expand the kingdom of God? The answer is a big no! One day they will receive their rewards in heaven!

One day a "big" pastor visited his parish far far away, you know what this pastor "said" to his parish worker, he said, "Get lost and shut up, I am the boss here, you have to obey me like obey God!" Then the devil goes into the pastor's heart and speak to him, "If you cannot defeat this man, just kill him with poison!!!"

Some of you like to behave like "bosses" in the kingdom of God, shame to you! I am a Bible Presbyterian pastor, but I am really ashamed of you, you should be ashamed as a Bible Presbyterian pastor because of your doings!

Still want to quarrel about Bible versions ???

Like a peal of bells the word allelon-'one another'-rings through the pages of the New Testament. 'Accept one another' allelon 'Serve one another' allelon 'Wash one another's feet' 'Confess your sins one to another' 'Pray one for another' 'Forbearing one another and forgiving each other' 'Teaching and admonishing one another' 'Comfort one another and build each other up' 'Bear one another's burdens' 'Love one another as I have loved you' Those who have the flow of mutuality in their relationship with each other need not be vocal or exuberant in expressing it.

One day, an assistance pastor from a Bible Presbyterian Church in Singapore talked to me, he said, "We, Bible Presbyterian Churches in Singapore, do not have interest in mission work, but we are more interested in squabbles among ourselves, we like to live in fighting, we are more interested to sue one another in the court, we like to fight among ourselves to see who is the greatest among us, we do not have interest to evangelize, but we are always on fire for prayer meeting when we face lawsuits, infighting, squabbles, doctrinal issues, this is a good sign for us, you see, many turn up in prayer meeting when we were facing lawsuit with Far Eastern Bible College, it is good for us!"

To these many Bible Presbyterian Churches, apparently, 'practical mission work' and 'theological reflection' are mutually exclusive. Where the one in the forefront, the other is almost by definition absent. They are here presented with a false choice. This is wrong!

Paul, after all, combined his extensive missionary activities with correspondingly intensive work in the area of theology.

Martin Kahler, thus correctly remarked, that mission is indeed the mother of theology!

Good example

Pastor Leonard Chong formerly worked in a Bible Presbyterian Church in Singapore.

Today, he is working in a new denomination! 

Pastor Leonard Chong is now working in All Saints Presbyterian Church, Singapore! 

Ism and ist

says Koyama:

‘ We are bound by all kinds of doctrines. Our interest is always on the side of ism rather than

ist. Excessive interest in ism brings forth a disastrous situation which may be called the

tyranny of doctrines. We tend to look at other persons through ‘doctrinally trained eyes’. So

we become experts in quick pronouncements of judgment upon others. When ‘doctrinally

trained eyes’ say, ‘Now master, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.

According to the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women to death!’ (Jn. 8.4),

‘incarnate eyes’ look in a different direction. ‘Jesus stooped down and began to write with his

finger in dust on the ground’ Ism and ist are related. Don’t let ism walk alone.’

Unity In Diversity for Bible Presbyterian Churches

Like a peal of bells the word allelon-'one another'-rings through the pages of the New Testament.

'Accept one another' allelon
'Serve one another' allelon
'Wash one another's feet'
'Confess your sins one to another'
'Pray one for another'
'Forbearing one another and forgiving each other'
'Teaching and admonishing one another'
'Comfort one another and build each other up'
'Bear one another's burdens'
'Love one another as I have loved you'

Those who have the flow of mutuality in their relationship with each other need not be vocal or exuberant in expressing it.