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.

Jurong's 'Hachiko' waits at same spot every night for owner -- who never comes

STOMPer Bill has noticed this dog returning to the same spot in Jurong East Avenue 1 at the same time every night, reminding residents of the loyal dog Hachiko. He wonders where the dog's owner has been.

Hachiko was a dog born in Japan, remembered for his outstanding loyalty to his owner. Even after his owner's death, Hachiko continued to wait at the train station for his owner every day without fail, who never returned.

Said the STOMPer:

"A dog that looks like a labrador was heard crying for help on early Thursday morning.

"He stood along the roadside just outside Block 345 Jurong East Avenue 1 and looked around helplessly.

"Where is his owner?

"Is he a stray dog?

"Nobody knows!

"Since then, he has been wandering around the area, coming back to the same spot at almost the same time every night, at around 9-10pm and 4am.

"He does nothing but lie there quietly to wait for his selfish owner.

"His hachiko-like behaviour has touched a lot of people in the neighbourhood.

"We feed and give him fresh water.

"He is getting thinner and dirtier every day.

"It is torturing!

"Just hope someone can help before he is put to sleep!!!"


http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/in_the_heartlands/1128186/singapores_hachiko_moves_residents_but_what_happened.html

Leonard Ravenhill

What God wants is not to fill up empty pews.
He is not concerned about filling empty churches,
He is concerned about filling empty hearts.
And empty lives, and empty eyes that have no vision;
Empty hearts that have no passion,
And empty wills that have no purpose.

Martin Luther

If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.

Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, Weimar Edition, Briefwechsel [Correspondence], vol. 3, pp. 81f.

Joel

A Call to Repentance

13 Put on sackcloth, O priests, and mourn;
wail, you who minister before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Declare a holy fast;
call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
and all who live in the land
to the house of the LORD your God,
and cry out to the LORD.

Thomas à Kempis (1380 - 1471)

All men indeed aim at good, and mean something of good in their words and actions; and so, under the appearance of good many are deceived.

Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, Bagster, London p. 223

Funnymentalist

Well one day, our friend Funnymentalist has really hit rock bottom. He thought he had his doctrine all straight, but alas, no go. He is sitting all alone looking confused and despondent, and that is how Paull finds him.

Paul: Young man, what is the trouble?

Funny: Well I have talked to people from Adam to Peter and they all disagree with me, and I have the sneaking suspicion that they are right, and that is the worst part.

Paul: Can I show you a couple of things, my friend?

Funny: OK.....say....why are you so nice to me, anyhow? 

Paul: Well, I'm Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles. I'm YOUR apostle, and I have your doctrine for you.

.................................................AFTER THAT.......

Funny wasn't funny anymore.....he became.....a...Bible Believing Christian.

Bible Believer then thanked Paul for helping him to rightly divide the Scriptures and went on his way rejoicing. (2 Tim. 2:15)

WHAT TO SAY WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, “THE BIBLE HAS ERRORS”

How should we respond? What do you say?

Instead of asking them to name an error, I suggest you name one or two of them. Does your Bible contain errors? Yes. The Bible that most people possess is a translation of the Greek and Hebrew copies of copies of the original documents of Scripture. As you can imagine, errors have crept in over the centuries of copying. Scribes fall asleep, misspell, take their eyes off the manuscript, and so on. I recommend telling people what kind of errors have crept into the Bible. Starting with the New Testament, Dan Wallace, New Testament scholar and founder of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, lists four types of errors in Understanding Scripture: An Overview of the Bible’s Origin, Reliability, and Meaning.

TYPES OF ERRORS

1. SPELLING AND NONSENSE ERRORS

These are errors that occur when a scribe wrote a word that makes no sense in its context, usually because they were tired or took their eyes off the page. Some of these errors are quite comical, such as “we were horses among you” (Gk. hippoi, “horses,” instead of ēpioi, “gentle,” or nēpioi, “little children”) in 1 Thessalonians 2:7 in one late manuscript. Obviously, Paul isn’t saying he acted like a horse among them. That would be self-injury! These kinds of errors are easily corrected.

2. MINOR CHANGES

These minor changes are as small as the presence or absence of an article such as “the” or changed word order, which can vary considerably in Greek. Depending on the sentence, Greek grammar allows the sentence to be written up to 18 times, while still saying the same thing! So just because a sentence wasn’t copied in the same order, doesn’t mean that we lost the meaning.

3. MEANINGFUL BUT NOT PLAUSIBLE

These errors have meaning but aren’t a plausible reflection of the original text. For example, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, instead of “the gospel of God” (the reading of almost all the manuscripts), a late medieval copy has “the gospel of Christ.” There is a meaning difference between God and Christ, but the overall manuscript evidence points clearly in one direction, making the error plain and not plausibly part of the original.

4. MEANINGFUL AND PLAUSIBLE

These are errors that have meaning and that the alternate reading is plausible as a reflection of the original wording. These types of errors account for less than 1% of all variants and typically involve a single word or phrase. The biggest of these types of errors is the ending of the Gospel of Mark, which most contemporary scholars do not regard as original. Our translations even footnote that!

IS THE BIBLE RELIABLE?

So, is the Bible reliable? Well, the reliability of our English translations depends largely upon the quality of the manuscripts they were translated from. The quality depends, in part, on how recent the manuscripts are. Scholars like Bart Ehrman have asserted that we don’t have manuscripts that are early enough. However, the manuscript evidence is quite impressive:

There are as many as 18 second-century manuscripts. If the Gospels were completed between AD 50–100, then this means that these early copies are within 100 years. Just recently, Dan Wallace announced that a new fragment from the Gospel of Mark was discovered dating back to the first century AD, placing it well within 50 years of the originals, a first of its kind. When these early manuscripts are all put together, more than 43% of the New Testament is accounted for from copies no later than the second century.

Manuscripts that date before AD 400 number 99, including one complete New Testament called Codex Sinaiticus. So the gap between the original, inerrant autographs and the earliest manuscripts is pretty slim. This comes into focus when the Bible is compared to other classical works that, in general, are not doubted for their reliability. In this chart of comparison with other ancient literature, you can see that the New Testament has far more copies than any other work, numbering 5,700 (Greek) in comparison to the over 200 of Suetonius. If we take all manuscripts into account (handwritten prior to printing press), we have 20,000 copies of the New Testament. There are only 200 copies of the earliest Greek work.

This means if we are going to be skeptical about the Bible, then we need to be thousands of times more skeptical about the works of Greco-Roman history. Or put another way, we can be a thousand times more confident about the reliability of the Bible. It is far and away the most reliable ancient document.

WHAT TO SAY WHEN SOMEONE SAYS “THE BIBLE HAS ERRORS”

So, when someone asserts that the Bible has errors, we can reply by saying: 

Yes, our Bible translations do have errors—let me tell you about them. But as you can see, less than 1% of them are meaningful and those errors don’t affect the major teachings of the Christian faith. In fact, there are a thousand times more manuscripts of the Bible than the most documented Greco-Roman historian by Suetonius. So, if we’re going to be skeptical about ancient books, we should be a thousand times more skeptical of the Greco-Roman histories. The Bible is, in fact, incredibly reliable.

Contrary to popular assertion, that as time rolls on we get further and further away from the original with each new discovery, we actually get closer and closer to the original text. As Wallace puts it, we have “an embarrassment of riches when it comes to the biblical documents.” Therefore, we can be confident that what we read in our modern translations of the the ancient texts is approximately 99% accurate. It is very reliable.

http://theresurgence.com/2012/05/28/what-to-say-when-someone-says-the-bible-has-errors

Funny #1

Some days, the Fundamentalist will come and talk to you and he then will read a passage from the King James Bible, "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Corinthian 6:17)....Come out from World Council of Churches, come out from WCC, come out from Charismatic and Pentacostal Churches, come out from Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, they are the unclean things, because they are forming ecumenical movement with the Roman Catholics, etc...they are the harlots in the end times."

How do you dig a deeper hole for yourself after you've shot yourself in the foot? These are the funnymentalists! Beware!

Funny #2

After sometimes, you believed in their so called "truth", and you came out from WCC, out of Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist...., and so you followed the fundamentalists. After some time, one of them, stood up, and preached a five points sermon, 1. We are the best Christians. 2. We are the end time prophets. 3. We are the fundamentalists and reformed. 4. We are holding forth the Word. 5. We are preaching the whole counsel of the Gospel. 

In the beginning you are happy. This is the silliest thing to say after you've shot yourself in the foot and dug your own grave...........I am happy!

Funny #3

Then you joined their militant movements, such as 21th Century Reformation, King James Bible the Best movement, anti-NIV, anti-NKJV movement, Creationism, no tongues no miracles movement, anti-Billy Graham movement, anti-Charismatic movement, anti-Gay movement, you joined all those fundamentalism movements. Sooner and later, you will find out, they like to criticize people, they like to attack the enemies strongholds, they are trained to become the militant Christians!

DEEP thought of the day.............This next funny must surely win the award for Most Tragically Hilarious Statement By A Theologians. "KJV is perfect!"

Funny #4

Suddenly, one day, bang! A big quarrel broke out among these fundamentalists, they tear each other apart, they sued one another in the high court. Now, they do not see each other eyes to eyes anymore. They called names, they rebuked each other. Now, churches split. They cried, they shouted and banged the tables, they searched the whole Bible, and a party says the Bible translations, the Greek and Hebrew Texts have scribal errors, another party says we have the perfect Bible, the Greek and Hebrew Texts are perfect without error, so they quarrel days and nights. People confused and scattered here and there, still they said, KJV the best. Some say “not sure, I have to check, what is this Verbal Plenary Preservation?”

That's because we pick and choose. Ok now I understand.

Funny #5

In the end, you are shocked, tired, frustrated, confused, these fundamentalists called you out of World Council of Churches, WCC, out of Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Charismatic churches, ....then...to drag you into fights. Funny isn't it? They will fight verbally, spiritually, militantly, these funnymentalists like to fight, they are born and living for debates and quarrels, they cannot live without debates and quarrels, they are militant ascribed themselves, they made you the gun powder, to shoot the other side, Christians became enemies! Neighbor became enemies! Brothers became enemies, pastors became bullies. Fundamentalist like to make enemies, no peace, no grace, no hope, no way! They are so daring to say, "We are preaching Christ, not ourselves!" They do not care weather you have food to eat or not, they do not care if you have good sleep or not. They can quote thousands of Bible verses to support their fighting. Cold blood! Now you know the true color of fundamentalism, if you like it, you stay, if you don't, you have to leave this fundamental circle.   

And the final words of the day............

HaHaHaHaHaHaHa, funnymentalist is really funny anyway!! Many jokers!!

Even Birds also know

Even Birds also know to stand together, unite and share! Even animal sometimes cleverer than theologians!

Proverbs 20:3 and Far Eastern Bible College

Proverb 20:3 "It is to a man’s honor to avoid strife,

but every fool is quick to quarrel."

Foolish Bible teachers in Far Eastern Bible College, Singapore, like to provoke his college students to quarrel about Bible versions. 

These foolish Bible teachers like to provoke people to quarrel, they like to indulge in quarrelsome issues like: which Hebrew text is perfect and better, which Greek text is perfect and better. Foolish and wasting time!

 To me, these Bible teachers who are holding PhD and ThD, are wanton and foolish, without wisdom from above!

Do not register and study in Far Eastern Bible College in Singapore!

Stay away from Far Eastern Bible College in Singapore, this is my advice!

Galatians 4:16

Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Here, Paul was saying, "Does telling you the truth offend you and make me your enemy?" The truth isn't always welcome, but it truly is love to tell others the truth regardless of whether they welcome it or not (Le 19:17).

If a bridge had washed out on a dark, rainy night, would it be love to flag down other drivers and stop them from driving to their deaths? Sure, it would. At first, though, some of those drivers might not welcome your attempts to stop them. They might think you were trying to harm or rob them. But if you truly loved others more than yourself, you would stop them regardless of what they thought.

Likewise, those who don't know the Lord may misinterpret our attempts to share the Gospel with them, but if we truly love others more than ourselves, we will persist despite their objections.