2 Corinthians and the VPP

The Corinthian church inner struggles worsen, so Paul wrote another letter to them. The second epistle of Corinthians.

1:5, "For just as the suffering of Christ flow over into your lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.


1:8, ...Paul nearly killed in Asia.


1:18, ...God is faithful, and Paul's message to the Corinthians is not "yes" and "no." Let see what Paul's theology and doctrines.

An appeal to the theologians to justified by faith, not by work, and to see the truth from 2 Corinthians, stand in Paul's shoe.

1:12, not to depend merely on the wisdom of man.

1:22, Paul mentioned the Holy Spirit in his heart.

2:4, He said he loved the Corinthians.

2:7, He wanted them to forgive.

2:11, beware of the devil.

2:17, there were people who made use of the truth, making the truth void.

3:1, Paul said that the Gospel is based on the Holy Spirit, not just obeying the OT law, The Holy Spirit gave life to the death. Legalistic?

3:15, Paul said the Israelites cannot see that the Moses' Law was temporary. When they read the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, the Masoretic, or the Septuagint, they cannot know who is Jesus Christ.

4:2, Paul, again said there were false teachers, taught wrongly.

4:5, Christ Jesus is the main point of the message. Not like those messages created by some, their main point is V....P....P, VPP, VPP.

4:7, To Paul, the previous message is the Gospel, the Gospel, again, is the Gospel.

4:10, because Paul was living for the Gospel, he was willing dying also for the Gospel.

4:18, those things which Paul saw, he said those things were only temporary.

5:5, The Holy Spirit was working in the believers, so the Gospel was changing them, the power of resurrection is renewing them, so they were growing every day.

5:10, the believer must be held responsible for the life they lived on earth. Watch out.

5:13, Someone said Paul was out of his mind?

5:19, Paul said he was working as an agent of reconciliation.

6:4, proving him as a servant of God.

6:7, in truthful speech.

6:11, so he can say his heart is opened wide.

7:5, Paul mentioned in Macedonia, he had no rest, conflict outside, and fears within.

7:8, there was a letter (Epistle?) written by Paul, it was lost. Not preserved anyhow? Not to jot and title? No, one knows that letter?

7:12, HERE HE MENTIONED THAT LETTER AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS LOST, PAUL MENTIONED THE MESSAGE IN THAT LETTER. THE PURPOSE OF THE LETTER. DID YOU SEE THAT LETTER, ANYWHERE? WHY GOD DID NOT preserve THAT LETTER, IS IT NOT INSPIRED? LET THE THEOLOGIAN GO AND DO THE DIGGING.

8:2, Paul then turn his focus here to the offering, what you offered, you offered to God, and also for the growth of the fellowship in Christ. The Church in Macedonia, was mentioned here because of their kindness toward other churches in Christ, were they attacking other churches?

8:9, Here again, Paul mentioned the sacrifice of our Lord.

8:15, here Paul quoted the OT, Exodus 16:18, see how he quoted the passage, the meaning is there. Was he quoted word by word here?

9:11, Paul said that they were made rich in every way so that they can be generous on every occasion. Why the theologian goes and sue his brothers because of money and property. Is this the way they practiced Christianity in Macedonia and Corinth?

9:15, Thanking God for His indescribable gift!

10:3, Paul here mentioned the weapon he used.

10;5, the war against the false teachers and their false messages. not much about jot and title.

10:14, Paul mentioned the truth as far as the Gospel!

11:3, the snake was mentioned, it was not good, why the theologians and his doctors play with the snakes and put the picture of the snakes in their website, why not put a cross? Are they the Indian snake charmer?

11:4, Paul mentioned, Christ, Spirit, Gospel. These are important doctrines. how dare you twisted this truth and attack those who uphold these doctrines. Are you at the Lord's side of the other side?

11:13, beware of those who had taught wrongly about these doctrines, they are the false apostles, masquerading.

11:14, do not become like an angel of light.

11:22, Paul here mentioned he is a Jew.

11:25, but here he also mentioned that he met some of the false brothers.

11:31, Paul was not lying.

11:33, he was escaping from the enemies through an opened wide window.

12:4, later Paul mentioned he heard the inexpressible things, not permitted to tell? Why he kept those inexpressible things away that from us. Why they were not permitted to tell? Why not preserved in the Bible for us, but Paul said it was better not to tell us.

12:13, lastly, He begs for their pardon?

12:19, everything Paul has done is for their strengthening.

12:20, Paul wanted them not to quarrel, to become jealousy, the outburst of anger, faction (division), slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder...and to be repented of the impurity, sexual sin, and debauchery.

13:8, we can not do anything against the truth.

13;11, listen to Paul's appeal, be of one mind, live in peace.





Questions:

One of Paul's letter was not preserved and lost?

What is the main point of the Gospel?

Christ is mentioned with Spirit and Gospel, why Paul put them together in 11;4, how important are they in Christianity? Write a paper not shorter than 100 pages.

What did Paul appeal from the Corinthians at the end of 2 Corinthians?
Write a paper not shorter than 150 pages.

thanks for reading...

The Computer

Hoping, by writing something about computer, reminding all the theologian and the students, that we only know a little bit about a computer. Here are some basic lessons about a computer.

At least, we know how to DIY, to assemble a computer, know how to repair some hardware problems and know how to repair some software problems.

Basically,

1. know how to low level format the hard disk, not just simply format.
2. know how to flash the bios.
3. check the Master Boot Record.
4. check the Partition Boot Record.
5. check Bootmgr.exe, Winload.exe,
6. Do Initialization of Kernel.
7. Install OS.
8. Logging in.
9. Booting Vista, Ubuntu, XP….
10. Know about the function of Antivirus, Firewall, Internet Network, Security Problems, wifi, wwan, WLAN, security. Lastly….
15. make a web page and Publish websites.

There are a lot of things to learn in college, these skills will be useful when we are searching and browsing on the internet. There are a lot of cookies that trace your internet visiting, spyware, viruses, trojans in the websites. So be careful, not just click on any button on the webpage or visit any website. Hacker can take over your computer at the background without your knowledge. Some will send email to you with virus and worms attached, bugs, and also a little program like macro attached in ordinary documents and power point ile. Do not open any email without knowing this. Hacker or man in the between will intercept your internet, phone calls, wireless broadband. Or someone put a hotpot there to trap you. And they will hack into your computer when you are online.

And some people will but program into your handphone, through the Bluetooth, and they will use your hand phone to be a spying device and listening to your conversation. They even can control your hand phone through Bluetooth and wirelessly. And they will made phone call through your hand phone. All these are nonsense? Just forget these?

We must learn to become an Intelligent Agent to fight the terrorist since the terrorists are smart people too.

Remember!

I will not visit those websites which have the VPP trojans,
I will not visit those websites which have the VPP virus,

Anymore…

The Christian Lawsuit

The Lord said, if anyone hit you at the cheek, let him hit the other cheek. (Matthew 5:39) (Luke 6:29)

If people want you to go for one mile you go for 2 miles. (Matthew 5:41)

And Paul adviced the Corinthians to be cheated and wronged, (1 Corinthian 6:7),

even if a Christian is going to take your landmark away, or removing your landmark, read the Old Testament (Deut 19:14). Paul said so to the Corinthians. Be prepared.

Rather be cheated, be wronged, after we believed in Christ. The Old has passed, renewing yourself in the Lord, and His Spirit.

Paul said why, "Do you know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9)

Paul also said that the work of the flesh are evident, "....dissensions...factions...(Galatians 5:21)

Let the church settles the problem in the church, not in civil court.

Say again?

Not in the civil court, let them remove the landmark and you outer cloth too.

F-22

F-22, is an advance, 21St century reformed fighter jet. Made by US LLockheedMartin

Supposed one day 3 F-22, were ordered to fly a mission into Iraq to bombard the enemy target, 3 F-22 were together at the beginning flying from Changi Airport, in the middle of the flight to the enemy territory, one of the pilots, makes a U-turn, and he ignores the command order, and he flies the F-22 to Hawaii, and then the second F-22, also makes a sudden U-turn when they reached the Indian Ocean, and the pilot flies the F-22 down to the south pole, and the last flies the F-22, into Iraq, and it destroyed the enemy stronghold.

The first pilot was perfectly unhurt, and the F-22 was perfectly preserved, and perfectly intact, full packed with weapons and missiles, landed at the air port in Hawaii.

The second pilot was also perfectly unhurt, and the F-22 was perfectly preserved, like new, and full packed with all kinds of weapon, and rockets, landed at the air field in Alaska.

The third pilot was injured, and the wings F-22 was damaged during the mission. This F-22 has to pull into the hanger for repairs.

Which pilot do you think, will get a medal from the General at last? The first pilot, , the second pilot or the third pilot?

Answer is?

Do you think the general will be proud of the "perfectly preserved" F-22 in Hawaii and Alaska?
And give them a medal?

What do you get with your perfect TR?

1 Corinthian and VPP

1 Corinthians 1:10 "I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

To solve the inner church problems Paul wrote the epistle, seeing the church will be dividing, there was the danger of divisions. Paul called them brothers, no matter who are the leaders of the divisions, we are all brothers. We are like hands and legs.

1 Corinthians 1:13 "Is Christ divided ?"

PAUL'S CALLING IS TO PREACH THE GOSPEL., time after times, he mentioned THE MESSAGE of the Gospel IS IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE, SECONDLY UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE IS ANOTHER PRIME IMPORTANT.

1:17, Christ did not send Paul to baptize, but to preach the gospel-not with the words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ is emptied of its power.

THERE ARE PEOPLE living for DEBATES, LONG DEBATE, DEBATE WITH WORDS. AND PAUL ASKED where are they? MERE DEBATE IS USELESS, THE GOSPEL MESSAGE IS MORE IMPORTANT than VPP DEBATES.

1:20, "..Where is the scholar...?"

MERE WISDOM IS USELESS.

1:22, "Greeks look for wisdom.."

THE MAIN POINT OF THE MESSAGE IS ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND HIS CRUCIFIXION.

2:2, "Paul resolved to know nothing while he was with the Corinthian except Jesus Christ and he crucified."

EVEN THOUGH THE CORINTHIAN HAS RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY DID NOT LIVE IN SPIRIT, SO PAUL SAID THEY ARE "CARNAL, BABE IN CHRIST.

3:1, "Paul could not address the Corinthians as spiritual but as worldly-mere infants in Christ."

WHY PAUL SAID LIKE THAT? SOME OF THEM LIKE TO DO GROUPING OR DIVISION. THEY DO NOT UNITE IN A BIG FAMILY. THIS IS CARNAL. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE HEART OF CHRIST.

3:2, "there was jealousy and quarreling among them.

SOME WILL SAY, I follow Paul, MAYBE PAUL USED the Septuagint?

OTHER WIL SAY, I follow Apollos, MAY BE APOLOS USED the Hebrew OT, MESORATIC TEXTS?

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD DO THAT.

3:4, Are they not mere men?

PAUL SAID THAT THE CHURCH ONLY FOUNDATION IS CHRIST JESUS. NOT PETER OR PAUL.

3:11, "the foundation is Jesus Christ."

HERE PAUL WARNED THEM NOT TO WORSHIP MAN WHEN WE WORSHIP MAN, THEN THE CHURCH WILL SPLIT AND DIVIDED. MAN ARE ALL SIMPLY SERVANT OF GOD, THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE CHURCH, THEY SHOULD NOT BECOME OUR IDOL. LEADERS ARE ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS THE CHURCH SPLIT. BOASTING IS WRONG.

3:21, "no more boasting about men, all things are yours."

SERVANTS ARE JUST HUMAN, THEY ARE SERVANTS OF GOD, WE CANNOT ADD ANYTHING TO THE FOUNDATION.

4:6, "do not go beyond what is written."

PAUL SAID HE BECAME THEIR FATHER THROUGH THE GOSPEL, HE IS NOT JUST 'TEACHER', BUT MORE THAN A TEACHER.

4:15, "Paul became their father through the gospel."

PAUL WANTED THEM NOT TO ASSOCIATE WITH THOSE BELIEVERS WHO ARE LIVING IN SIN LIKE SEXUALLY IMMORAL, GREEDY, IDOL WORSHIPPER, SLANDERER, DRUNKARD, SWINDLER...

5:11, "But now I am writing you that you must not associate with a sexually immoral,...slanderer.."

PAUL MENTIONED HERE, SOMETHING ABOUT THE LAWSUITS BETWEEN THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS, STOP GOING TO COURT. THESE ARE MOSTLY QUARREL REGARDING WHAT? MONEY, PROPERTIES, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, PAUL ADVICE THEM BETTER TO BE CHEATED AND WRONGED, NOTHING TO DO WITH CRIME, SO CHRISTIANS CANNOT GO TO COURT. IT IS NOT CRIMINAL.

WHATEVER IT IS THE PROBLEM, WE SHOULD ASK, DOES IT affect LIFE OR DEATH? IF IT IS THEN IS IMPORTANT TO SOLVE IT IMMEDIATELY.



6:1, "If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the saints."

IT IS BETTER TO BE SETTLED THOSE THINGS IN THE CHURCH.

CHRISTIANS SUEING CHRISTIANS, WHY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS, LIKE GREED, SELFISHNESS, HATE, NOT FORBEARING, DEFEATED BY THE DEVIL. HOPEFULLY NO QUARREL AMONG US.

6:7-8, ...you have lawsuits among you, mean you have been completely defeated already.....be cheated, rather be wrong...and you do this to your brothers."

WE CANNOT BECOME IMMORAL

6:12, "not everything is beneficial.."

THE LORD IS COMING SOON, THE PROSPECTIVE OF HAPPINESS IS FOREVER, NOT JUST HAPPY ABOUT THE TEMPORAL THINGS.

7:30, "mourning LIKE happINESS...."

PAUL advised US TO CONCENTRATED IN SERVING THE LORD. THERE is FREEDOM IN THE CHURCH.

7:35, "undivided devotion to the Lord."

THERE IS FAITH WHICH CAN MOVE A MOUNTIAN, BUT HERE PAUL WANT THEM TO BUILD UP THE CHURCH IN LOVE.

8:1, "Love build up."

BEWARE OF THIS FREEDOM, NOT TO PUT STUMBLING BLOCK TO THE WEAK.

8:9, "exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak."

DESPISE THE WEAK IS A SIN AGAINST THE LORD. PLEASE LOOK AFTER THE WEAK IN THE CHURCH.

8:12, weak brother, is destroyed by your knowledge."

THIS IS ANOTHER PRINCIPLE OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

9;23, "Paul do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings."

ISRAELITES WERE GRUMBLING IN THE WILDERNESS, FIRE WAS SENT TO DESTROY THEM.

10:10, "do not grumble.."

NOT EVERYTHING. BUT DO THOSE WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL.

10:23, "everything is permissible" but not everything is beneficial.

LOOKING FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS. NOT ONLY YOURSELF

10:24, "for the good of others...."

THEY ARE ONE IN CHRIST. JEW OR GREEKS AND THE CHURCH ARE ONE.

10:32, "Do not cause anyone to stumble, Jew and Greek or the church."

WE ARE CALLED TO HOLD ON FAITHFULLY TO THE TEACHING.

11:2, "holding to the teaching..."

LASTLY, PAUL REMINDED AGAIN, NOT TO DIVIDE, BUT TO UNITE.

11:17-19, there are divisions among Corinthians, there have to be differences among you,...do you despise and humiliate those who have nothing..... Shall I praise you for this. Certainly not"

THE MEANING OF WHAT A PERSON SAID IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHETHER HE IS GLORYING GOD OR OTHERWISE? DISCERNMENT NEEDED NOW.

12:3, no one can say, "Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit."

THE CHURCH IS A COMPLETE BODY. LACK OF NOTHING. THE BODY IS WASH BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. BELIEVERS ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD.

12:13, "The Jew and Greeks are one body."

NO DIVISIONS WHAT SO EVER?

12:25, "There should be no division in the body."

ARE ALL THEOLOGIANS, TEACHERS?

12:29, "Are all teachers ?"

PAUL WAS SO HUMBLE TO SAID HE KNOW IN PART. EVEN THE INSPIRED WRITER OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE, THE ORIGINAL TEXT WRITER, HE SAID HE KNOW IN PART, WHAT ABOUT US?

ONE DAY WHEN YOU SEE THE LORD FACE TO FACE, YOU WILL KNOW EVERYTHING.

13:9, "For we know in part and we prophesy in part.'

STOP TEACHING THAT VPP, TEACHING NOT THE DISPUTABLE THINGS, THE TEACHER MUST THINK ABOUT THE STUDENTS. EXPOSITION IS IMPORTANT, APPLICATION ALSO IMPORTANT, BUT EVERYTHING IN LOVE.

14:1, ...desire the gift of prophecy.."

WE MAY RECEIVE THE GIFT, BUT WE BETTER TAKE TURN, DO NOT RUSH, WAIT.

14:31, "For you, all can prophesy in turn.."

HOLD ON TO THE GOSPEL!

15:1, the Gospel, by this gospel you are saved, hold firmly to the word Paul preached to you.."

STOP SINNING, DO SOMETHING, WHAT?

15:34, ..."stop sinning.."

PAUL CONCLUDED HIS LETTER WITH THIS?

16:14, "Do everything in love..."


I am a weak brother, and an outsider, please help yourself, if miss quoted anything may God forgive, no division is better than divisions.


FINALLY,

this is the good offer, not to go to court,

FEBC continue to use the Beulah house, sound good,

but with conditions below,

1) the church pastor become the principal of FEBC in the coming years,

2) the premises belong to the church.
3) VPP is only a personal view, give freedom in learning this or not to learn this.

4) not to attack verbally to those who do not accept vpp, and stop all the split, reunion.

5) the lecturers will abide in a mutual written agreement.

Praise the Lord.

Lord, help me in writing, forgive me, this article is only my personal view.

Testing of the spirit 6

One of the strong servant said like this to another weak servant, "You, listen,...since you are so poor, and your work is not effective, I am coming to take over your job, I am going to take over your house, and I am going to take over everything from you, and you better be prepared to be a beggar, begging rice and food on the street. "You know the rice now is not cheap." And he continued to say this, "See, my house is so big, I am so rich, and I have so many servants under me, I am successful." And the strong servant came to knock on the weak servant's head 3 times, "wake up, wake up, wake up" "You wicked servant! Stupid young man. Look, my money, see how much money I have. I helped many people, and you, you are wicked and poor. I will go to punish you, wait and see, I will call many people to disturb you and your family, since you did not know how to bow your head to me, I am going to buy you, and your belonging, I am going to buy everything belong to you, even your job, and your life, because you failed in your test, your spirit fail you, your spirit is weak...your end is coming, go away empty-handed..." These are some of the whispers, strong servants kept in their hearts, chanting these perfect words, days and nights. On a Sunday morning or Friday night, they will go into the temple of God and they say, "I am not like him...I am better.....I am reaching out with a perfect Bible, they will say....Thank God, Thank God, Thank God..." You get what I meant. You know so and so is not good...I am good, only my church is good, no other church is so so good as us.....You know what I heard, these are the words from the mouth who are preaching the VPP, a perfect Bible.

The Shu_nami

Here is another loose cannon for the VPP,

The story of a missionary here in South East Asia, this young missionary was involved in preaching to the unconverted in a MXslim country, under this secret ministry, there was secret underground conversion to Christianity.

One day, he started to tell his friends this story, around the end of the 90s, he was giving Christian literature to the MXslim stalls at a bus station, secretly, hopefully, the MXslim owners will pick up the literature and read the gospel message, he thought no harm to do that, he loved the MXslim more than his own blood. But he forgot to see the cover inside the Christian magazines, there was printed the address of church which published the literature....

When he was distributing the Christian magazines, he disgusted himself as a customer, buying things and sweets from the MXslim stalls, but before he left the stall, he will purposely put a small magazines on the stall, so he distributed more or less like 15 to 20 magazines for every visit to the bus station, every Mxslim stall which is selling food will get one Christian magazine. He will go there once a week. The first 2 weeks there was no problem at all, but the third and fourth week, when he started to distribute another round of magazines at the same bus station, in the middle of distribution, he found out there were some Mxslim women and men, watching him, from some higher places, he finds out that he was being watched, because the men and women just stand there and kept on watching him and the stall. So that he had to decide not to distribute to them anymore. The MXslim there thought the missionary was a foreigner because he was distributing magazines from Indonesia, Surabaya. Since then whenever he went to the station again, someone was watching and tailing him. He is living in a little bit of precaution.

Whether it was co-incident or it was well planned, not long after the magazines were distributed in that station, but the missionary himself felt the incident was connected with him. Few weeks after that, on the May 1998, a riot broke out in Indonesia, after the riots which took place in Solo, Medan, Jakarta, and Surabaya, Indonesians were shocked to know that many people were burnt to death in malls and shopping centers. The government, however, labeled them looters. Chinese homes were looted and burned, and many Chinese people were raped or killed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta_riots_of_May_1998

This is a big distress to the missionary, he did not expect those killing to happen like that in Indonesia, he was very sad, and he felt very guilty, because, he had distributed some Christian literature from Indonesia for the Mxslim a months or two before. He nearly lost his mind, to face the situation. He just keeps on observing. Secretly he prayed to God, he tried to forget what he did at that station, but he cannot, many nightmares and worries. He was worrying something will happen to his family. It did.

Not long after that he went to work in a mission field, he thought the past will fade away, life is never the same again, there were disturbances. When he went to the hospital, bank, office, every time, the online computer will suddenly break down when he was trying to pay bills in the Post Office, or Banks, the even private company also involved in sabotage him, everywhere, he was facing troubles. He silently noticed the difficulties in evangelizing to MXslim in his country. Many more things happened, things he cannot openly say on the internet, the higher authority, involving the religions, society, political party, gangsters. Life is very hard for him, and every phone number he made, websites visited, someone was recording those numbers and conversation, his bills were being noticed, sometimes he cannot receive his bills, letters, and his email will reach his friends after 2 weeks being sent, you see, this is terrible. The intelligence agency, thought he is an American spy because he was receiving calls from US friends and emails from FBI. The MXslim was very angry with him. They hired some Chinese young man to attack him, those who attack him were his own Chinese blood. His family member later became victims too. But his family members did not know why. Underground, the convert was secretly converted and Baptised. He was happy about the conversion. Life is hard!

On December 2000, few nights in a week, the mXslim came to attack the missionary at night, he made 10 to 20 calls to the police station for help, but the police did not turn up. That same month, on December 24, 2000, a series of explosions took place in Indonesia, which was part of a high-scale terrorist attack by the Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist networks. The attack involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Jakarta and eight other cities which killed 18 people and injured many others. Indonesian police say they found documents implicating Hambali in the bombings.

He sometimes lives in fears and trembling. Destress, and later felt sick, life is hard to evangelize those he loved. He was tired and burn out. "How long, oh God, to see your hands in this country, day and night, he prayed and prayed, nearly lost his normal life." And to become insane for the coverts, he will try to carry on...hold on a little longer. He prays for his own country, "please changed my country..saved all the tribes.."

Until, 26 December 2004, a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of northern Sumatra, particularly Aceh. Indonesia is mainly Muslim but belief in black magic is widespread. Thank God, at last, God spoke through that event to the missionary, at last, the relieve, the assurance of the faith and belief was given, thank God, for justice, thank God for the answer of prayers. But the missionary was sick after thinking of, many more troubles and trials waiting for him. This is a missionary life, if you come to know him, please pray for him.

The missionary said, there is another, Shu_nami coming toward South East Asia. To wipe out the darkness on another part of the countries. This time it is bigger than ever, nearer and nearer, it is an invisible shun ami....The End is coming. There is hope for those who are living under bondage, under fear of the iron hands.

And then there was a secret agent from Chinese came to disturb him, he was nearly killed, but then the earthquake in Xi Chuan, he was comforted that revenge is from the Lord, the wicked will be punished.

Repent! The Kingdom of God is here.

One Christian leader said, "家和万事兴" cannot tell you the whole story, so far the mXslim has nothing to do with VPP...

The Book of Romans and VPP

All the scriptures are taken from the book of Romans, this is a personal view quoting the Romans to refute VPP.

"Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, ....separated unto the gospel of God." (1:1) Separated even when he was still in the mother womb, to be the Apostle to the Gentile. "The Gospel" appeared in all his epistle, about 60 times, so he is separated for the Gospel message.

Paul said there were holy scriptures in his hands, he meant the Hebrew Bible. ".....holy scriptures." (1:2) Through out this epistle he never claims the perfection of his holy Hebrew scriptures, nor did he mention the preservation of the holy Hebrew scriptures. He did not spend the time to protect the perfect Hebrew Bible, but he carries on preaching the message, and he said he is the debtors to the Greek and barbarians. (1:14)

And the theme of his message is, taken from the scripture, It is written, "the just shall live by faith." (1:17) Where he quoted this verse from? Habbakuk 2:4, "Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him, but the just shall live by faith."

Take note,

We find out that even when Paul quoting the Old Testament, he did not translate literally into Greek, not word by word, there are differences in wordings. Why?

1) in NT time, no many Jew understand the Hebrew language, not many understand the Hebrew OT. Out of Palestine, Greek is the common language, the Bible they commonly used was the OT in Greek, Septuagint (LXX...), not the Masoretic Text. Different Bible versions, so they have different wordings.

2) So the Apostles seldom used the literal translation, but they used dynamic equivalent in translating the OT, they wrote mostly the meaning.

3) Sometimes, when they wanted to put more stress, he will add more words or subtract some word from the scripture, sometimes he will combine a few OT verses to bring out a point in NT.

For example:

Romans 3:10, "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one." He quoted this verse from Psalm 14:1, "............there is none that doeth good." Comparing these verses, 2 kinds of wordings, did you see the differences. How Paul did his translation. Not word by word, but the meaning is there.

Paul did not pursue any perfect Bible! He continues to explain the function and the meaning of the law in OT. He said no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law, ...but we become conscious of sin. (3:20)

If there is a snake hidden in a hole, to force the snake out from the hiding place, we may use agent like a smoke, a smoke burn with sulfur, give the snake a strong smell, this will make the snake choked with the smell of the smoke and tears. This will then provoke the snake to come out of the hiding hole. The snake catcher will catch the snake then.

The Hebrew scripture is like a smoke, to provoke us to come out of sin. Not to continue hiding in the sin. Or not to living in sin. How perfect is the Hebrew Bible, Paul did not take much time to explain it, but he continues to stressed other important truths. The meaning is more important than the mere wordings. It is the case.

What then the advantage of the perfect law, what then the advantage of a Perfect Hebrew Bible? Did Paul pursue a Perfect OT Bible? Plea for a Perfect Word of God? No. No, No, even though Paul was a Hebrew scholar, he said, I know nothing, "Accept Jesus Christ crucified." (1 Cor 2:2) Why waste your time to plea for a perfect underlying Greek TR? What for?

Did Paul hold a perfect Hebrew Bible in his hand? And take an oath and swear for the preservation of the perfect Bible. He was a Hebrew scholar before he met Jesus Christ. Paul said, He is a Jew, which is one inwardly....in the spirit...and not in the letter...(2:29)

After he believed in Jesus Christ, he asked us, "Are we any better ?" (3:9) Paul is saying, "Is Jew better than the Greek and Gentiles ?" Is Hebrew better than Greek, better than Chinese? Paul answer is ?"All under sin." (3:10) "Do we had something to boast about ?" (4:2) Is a perfect Greek TR, suppose it is perfect, the underlying, or the Greek MSS better than a CUV? The answer is?

And then, should we boast that we have a perfect underlying text? Paul said, even though the law is good and perfect, but he said, there is something more important than the perfect law, the grace. Grace is better. You see, he did not boast about the perfect Hebrew Bible. To those Romans, he said plainly, "We are justified through faith" (5:1)

You see, the Believers has a perfect new relationship with God. More important than anythings else man can offer you. The wrath was carried away by the Lord, and now they are living in God's grace. They are experiencing inner peace and satisfaction. Paul said We shall not go on sinning (6:1) He said the believer must keep on growing, and shall not keep on sinning. The believers must pursuing better things like holiness, continue to live in the sense of sanctification.

Paul said, "You are under grace." (6:14) By God's grace, we are living in holiness. And we serve in the new way of Spirit, and not in the old way of written code. (7:6) If the perfect OT was so perfect and so complete, and mankind can save themselves, then God need not to send His only Begotten Son for us. No, the Hebrew OT is only a guide, to lead man to the Lord Jesus Christ. What about NT?

Those he justified, he also glorified. (8:30) and in another verse, "We all are..... changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." (2 Cor 3:18) "Nothing else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (8:39) Even languages problem, bible issues, Bible errors, Bible Version, NIV or KJV, nothing is able to separate us from the love of God.

Here is the perfect preservation of the saints, so those who have truely believed in the Savior, this is the assurance, Jesus Christ already been crucified, he said when he was still on the cross, it is finished, He completed the plan of God to save mankind, there is nothing in the world can separate us from the love of God. The love of God is a perfect love. This is how much, Paul loves his own Jewish people, do you love your own people? Paul wrote here, "I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel." (9:3)

"I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." (9:15) It is God who that made the choice, and He has the right to choose. God has chosen some to be saved, we know from the Bible, only those people truely believed in Jesus Christ will be saved, so in Jesus, we have the mercy of God. In Jesus, we have the compassion of God. Please trust in the Lord, believe in Him, you will be saved. God made the election only in Jesus Christ, not another election, not another lord, not in the perfect Bible, so please believe in the Lord Jesus Savior, as the one and only Savior.

Why theologians are looking and playing down on the mercy, compassion, and chosen of God, we are brother in Christ, at the same time, splitting and dividing the church because of a perfect Bible, Greek text, the VPP. It is man effort, but the theologians forgot, in Jesus Christ, we are one, union. It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. (9;16)

"The Lord Almighty had left us, descendants." (9:29), Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, but God had mercy on the family of Lot, theology is theology, the doctrine is doctrine, but it is God who had saved us. What then shall we say? (9:30)

There is no difference between Jew and gentile. (10:12) ....there is no language barrier that can keep us splitting, whatever the languages they are speaking, we all have the same Lord, Jesus Christ. We all need the same message, the Message is heard through the word of Christ. (10:17) What is the word of Christ, the preacher must preach about Christ, the message regarding the Lord, simply the Gospel, that is the word of Christ, words about Christ, this what we want. Those who do not want to accept the message they will not believe, if they do not believe, they will lost in sin. Paul said we believer, "do not be arrogant, but be afraid." (11:20), we must stand by faith, we are called not to be arrogant.

Prophesying is put before teaching, pastors before the teachers (12:6-7) the believers have the different gift to serve in the church. Teaching is one of them. Paul wanted everyone to be devoted to one another in brotherly love. (12:10) They are one, like a family, we should learn a spiritual lesson from our pastors and teacher, we must not learn to fight and fight. So here Paul adviced the pastors and teachers to do something. I personally think it is applicable to everyone. That is to "Live in harmony with one another" (12:16)

About the lawsuit between pastors and teachers, Paul said, "Submit to the governing authorities" (13:1) The believer should obey our government, do not repay evil them with evil. We must pay the taxes. As a good citizen, we should not support a corrupted government. We must pray for a good government.

"For he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law" (13:8) Here is the principle of Christian fellowship, we must love one another, this is to fulfill the law. At the same time, we are told not to gratify the desire of the sinful nature. (13:14) The Lord is coming soon, let us live to encourage our Christian brothers and sisters, to continue to run the race.

Accept him whose faith is weak without passing judgment on disputable matters. (14:1) Out of love, and for the sake of Christian fellowship, the teachers should stop to teach those disputable matters like VPP. Paul here insisted, ''Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way. (14:13)

We who are strong ought to bear with the failing of the weak and not to please ourselves. (15:1) Finally, I hope the teachers will take good care of the Christian unity, the welfare of the believers, not to put any thing which can become a stumbling block to them, take care the brotherhood in Christ, remember we are to be like Paul in dealing with the doctrine of Preservation of the Bible.

Paul severely warned the brothers and sisters, that we must obey the truth. because there are people who like to divide the fellowship. So we must not follow them but you must keep away from them. "I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. (16:17)


How Paul translated the OT into Greek?

Did Paul die for a perfect Bible?

We are under grace or law?

How shall we say then?

How shall we live?

Is there any disputable matter?

Should we be divided?

Bonus question :

Since I have the perfect Bible, I will not rely on the Holy Spirit................(true/false)

Carnal !

What is youthful lust?

Once upon a time, there was a man called Mr. Fear, he was living in a small village, he was not a godly man. One day he has a visitor from a far country, Mr. Sanner, a pastor's son. During the visit, Mr. Sanner could not sleep at night, he suggested to Mr. Fear to go for drink and food. Poor_thing!. What a surprise to Mr. Fear, a pastor son visiting nightclubs, and sometimes accompanied by preachers and pastors friends. Since Mr. Fear is a family man, he refused to go with him.

Two years after that, Mr. Fear went to further his study, and in that school, Mr. Sanner, came, they met again. Mr. Fear quite disturbed in the beginning, and so he kept away from Mr. Sanner. Later they reunion and they went out to drink coffee and tea in the afternoon. And seeing Mr. Fear was so poor, Mr. Sanner gave him some money, Mr. Fear was delighted by Mr. Sanner kindness. Sometimes in need, he asked money from Mr. Sanner. Closer and closer they became. More and more time they spent together, Mr. Fear find out Mr. Sanner was quarreling with the father, and Mr. Sanner was trying to escape from his family matters, so they went out until late night and far from the school. They talked with fun and tried to forget their problems.

One day, Mr. Sanner suggested to Mr. Fear, to go to a red light district. Since Mr fear came from the village, Mr. Sanner wanted so much to bring him for some places like that for an eye-opener, temptation was there luring men, Mr fear find out Mr. Sanner was so excited, in inviting him to go to that kind of places, this time, Mr. Fear wanted to see what Mr. Sanner was intended to do, they both went, and lo, the places are full of things which were worldly. Mr. Fear was afraid that their visit will be exposed, so they went secretly, but Mr fear went with fear and trembling also with curiosity. So they went to many places like that, later Mr. Fear, kept a distance from Mr. Sanner. Thank God, not big sin was committed during those visits, but those visits were not helping Mr. Sanner, and it was a stupid thing Mr. Fear had done. Mr. Sanner may have fallen into sins long time before.

Later Mr. Sanner went out alone with a young boy in the school at night and at other free times. Mr. Fear was wondering what was going on between them, he joined them again to see what happened, this time 3 of them went further deep into the red light district, Mr. Fear asked the boy to bring along the tape recorder and camera to get the proof, to be the witness in his wrongdoing. The boy did what Mr. Sanner asked. Things like this should not happen, but it was greed and lust, that they went to places like this, thank God 3 of them did not fall into any big sins like fornication and adultery. They went there for fun, but that is danger waiting for them, Mr. Fear, later kept away from Mr. Sanner, and advice the young boy to be careful in his relationship with Mr. Sanner. It is better to keep away from going out with Mr. Sanner.

But the young boy continued to go out with Mr. Sanner after many advice from Mr. Fear, the boy at one point stopped going out with Mr. Sanner. Few months after that Mr. Fear went home, 3 of them separated. Mr. Fear hoped the boy will stop seeing Mr. Sanner and pay more attention in his study. But even after a few months later, after Mr fear departed from the school, he found out Mr. Sanner and the young boy already became a good friend, what happened to them, who knows? Mr fear hoped that they will escape the great and little sins, and also not to committing the unpardonable sin, that is to reject Christ.

The visits to those places have a big impact on their life. And those places are like Sodom and Gomorrah, these 2 places were burned with the fire from heaven. Lot and 3 daughters escaped narrowly. (Gen 19:23-29) And in New Testament, Paul advice Timothy, to "flee also youthful lust" (1 Tim 2:22), James said "the  lust brings us to war and fights among us" (James 4:1) In another place, Paul said, "crucified the flesh and lust." (Gal 5:24) "Lust of the flesh, and lust of the eyes, and the pride of the world." John said all of them will be destroyed at the end of the world (1 John 2:16) To the church fo Corinthian, Paul says, "We should not lust after evil things." (1 Cor 10:6). May God help us, in keeping our body, the temple of God. (1 Cor 6:19)

Lust is putting on a war with the Holy Spirit. If you have committed great sins like King David, even you took 40 tablets of Paracetamol, or you killed your self, even that you also cannot solve your problems, you need Christ the Savior, and in Him, there is salvation, in Him only there is forgiveness. Return to Him tonight, so that you will receive the atonement of your sins. There are many vans carrying this logo on the streets, the logo is "Jesus Saves !" It is true, that there is no rest until you find Jesus.

Look !

The human brain has not many differences in shape and color, even weight, the OT said,

"The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. The man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (1 Sam 16:7)

One day, "How do you know me?" Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel."(John 1:48-49)

God looks into our hearts and knows everything.

Are you still looking for a perfect Bible? But the Lord said, "Look, the harvest truly is plentiful." (Matthew 9:37)

And then the scripture says, "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but has not love, I am nothing." (1 Cor 13:2)

Do you have the love for the lost in the harvest?

The harvest is crying out there....

100-billion-charity note

"Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine !" (Rev 6:6)

Zimbabwe introduces 100-billion-dollar note

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note in a bid to tackle rampant cash shortages, the central bank said Saturday.


The new note will go into circulation on Monday, the bank said in a statement cited by state media, joining about half a dozen new high denomination notes already issued this year.

In January, a 10-million-dollar note was issued, then a 50-million-dollar note in April. In May, notes for 100 million and 250 million dollars were issued, swiftly followed by those for five billion, 25 billion and 50 billion.


The southern African nation, currently gripped by a post-election crisis, has been ravaged by hyperinflation which shot up from 165,000 percent in February to 2.2 million in June.

Independent economists, however, believe the official inflation figure is grossly understated, estimating it could be running between 10 million and 15 million percent.

Zimbabwe's chronic economic crisis has left at least 80 percent of the population living below the poverty threshold and mass shortages of basic goods in shops.

The rich will become richer, the poor will becomes poorer,

The Bible tells us, "Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong? " (James 2:7)

Pray, so that the church is not practicing discrimination, favoritism is forbidden in the body of Christ, pray also for those servants of the Lord, who are in debts, and for those whom cannot pay back to you, please do good to them.

I hope I have more charity than my money.

I have things to compare,

Faith, Hope, and Charity,

You know, the just will live by faith,

You know, there is hope in the Lord,

Do you know, among the three of them, the greatest is the charity?

Fire from heaven

"Father, in to Your hands I commit my spirit." This is the prayer, the Lord Jesus prayed on the cross.

One man prayed at night, "Lord, and I wanted to receive your Holy Communion, one day I asked your servant to came to give me the Holy Communion, Your servant sent me this news, he said to me, "You can come to the church to take the Holy
Communion, I am there, but the leaders in that church do not welcome you, so please
don't come"

The man heard with joy and then it turned into sorrows, he pray, "Lord, please give me your Body and Blood, but I do not want you to be cruxified for me again,
Lord, forgive me, it is because my sins, with my own hands, I had broken your body and pour out your blood, I hope you give your life to my me also,
now, I do not know where I am heading, But, in every thing give thanks, this is the will of God. Lord, Jesus Christ, you must do something, if you had heard this prayer, I know You had told me again and again, time is not yet,
but the time will be very soon. I pray Lord, do something tonight, Lord, comfort me to night."

The young man may saw this vain imagination that night, or the Lord had shown him a vision to this young preacher, the young man does not know, in that particular time of prayer, he saw a vision, that the army of fire already arrive at the church, just above the bell tower, they are waiting up there for a day and two, these armies of the Lord will go into the church any moment now. The young man saw there is a lot of fire on the armies, it is burning up in the air, just above the roof top of the church sancturay, the sky is lighten with the light of the fire,
The man pray again, "Lord, I did not want you to rain down fire from heaven to
them, Lord, but Lord please do something on them, so that I will be comforted."
But the Lord inspired the young man to search his own heart, is there any iniquity hidden, the young preacher sadly pray, "Lord, I had done iniquities, please forgive me."

After this, the Lord then open the window of heaven, completing the vision, a bright light shine out from the fire, the fire was gone, but the heavenly light was sent into the church sanctuary, onto the pulpit, immediately, there the sound of the trumpet was heard, the young man saw two men shaking hands at the back of the pulpit, the young man cannot see clearly who is shaking with whom in the vision, but the whole congregation applause, all of them stood up, they smile happily, the young preacher now understand that the wrath had turned into a blessing.
The younger man has learned a lessons that night, God will bless the church at the end. God is able to turn the wrath into a blessing. The young man cannot fully understand the meaning of the vision, or this is his own imagination, he pray again, "God, please tell me the meaning of this." There was no reply....but the young man know one thing for sure, he will fully be comforted. In the arm of the Lord in heaven one day.

Did you hear this calls before?

"Come you heavy ladden...."

"Come, you who are thirsty...."

"Come, you who are poor,

"Come to mercy seat of the Lord, to obtain mercies"

THE ORIGINS OF 'CURRY' (Is it really English ?)

The term curry (கறி - in Tamil means meat, Chinese, curries (咖哩, gā lǐ)

Curry powder, also known as masala powder, is a spice mixture of widely varying composition developed by the British during the Raj as a means of approximating the taste of Indian cuisine at home. Masala refers to spices, and this is the name given to the thick and pasty sauce based on a combination of spices with ghee (clarified butter), butter, palm oil or coconut milk.

Chili in 15th Century (King James time ?)
chilli plants had only been introduced into India around the late 15th century and at that time were only popular in southern India.

Now, most commercial curry powders available in Britain, the U.S. and Canada, rely heavily on ground turmeric, in turn producing a very yellow sauce. Lesser ingredients in these Western yellow curry powders are often coriander, cumin, fenugreek, mustard, chili, black pepper and salt. It should be reiterated that curry powders and pastes produced and consumed in India are extremely diverse; some red, some yellow, some brown; some with five spices and some with as many as 20 or more.

Besides the previously mentioned spices, other commonly found spices in different curry powders in India are allspice, white pepper, ground mustard, ground ginger, cinnamon, roasted cumin, cloves, nutmeg, mace, green cardamom seeds or black cardamom pods, bay leaves and coriander seeds.

Tamil cuisine's distinctive flavor and aroma is achieved by a blend and combination of spices, including curry leaves, tamarind, coriander, ginger, garlic, chili, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, cumin, fennel or anise seeds, fenugreek seeds, nutmeg, coconut, turmeric root or powder, and rosewater. Lentils, vegetables and dairy products are essential accompaniments, and are often served with rice.

Malayali curries of Kerala typically contain shredded coconut paste or coconut milk, curry leaves, and various spices. Mustard seeds are used in almost every dish, along with onions, curry leaves, sliced red chillies fried in hot oil. Most of the non-vegetarian dishes are heavily spiced.

Conclusion:
My friends,
One word, "curry", it has many meanings, many
kind of cuisines, many types of herbs and spices,
Hope we can cook well,
how about a "curry fish head", try it, see how good you are a cook,
when we are cooking,
hoping,
at the same time,
we can find some clues to solve the problem of VPP.

Why we must give thanks for CUV ?

Thank God,
God is good,
He gave us many kind of fruits to eat,
Thank God for the apples,
Thank God for the oranges,
Thank God for the bananas,

Thank God,
God is good,
He gave us the Bibles.

Thank God for Hebrew Bibles
Thank God for Greek Bibles
Thank God for English Bibles,
Thank God for Chinese Bibles,
Thank God for Tamil Bibles,
Thank God for Malay Bibles,
Thank God for every Bibles...

Thank God,
becuase God is good,
He gave us the Gospel.

Thank God for the Gospel of Matthew,
Thank God for the Gospel of Mark,
Thank God for the Gospel of Luke,
Thank God for the Gospel of John,

Thank God,
because God is good,
He gave us many translations,

Thank God for CUV,
(We are chinese, and I am not a racist),
Thank God for KJV, College day's Bible,
Thank God for NIV, my first English Bible,
Thank God for Amplified Bible,
Thank God for many more Bible versions.

Why ? Must we give thanks ?

Even Jesus Christ gave thanks,
He gave thanks for the 7 loaves, (Mark 8:6)
Even 7 different loaves.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7, thank God.

He gave thanks for the cup and the bread, (Luke 22:17-19)
Cup and bread are different, but He give thanks also.
Good tree bear good fruits.
The fruit of our mouth is to give thank to God. (Heb 13:15)

Must we give thanks for all the Bibles,
yes,
the Bible says so,
"Giving thanks always for all things." (Eph 5:20)

Why must we give thanks for CUV, KJV.... ?
Because the Bible says so, "In every thing give thanks" (1 Th 5:18) No, excuse.

Why must we give thanks for so many Bibles ?
Because, "The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousand of pieces of silver and gold." (Psalm 119:72)

Let us, Thank the Lord in every thing, for every Bible,
and praise the Lord.

Thank God for good doctors,
because God gave them brains to study books,
and thank God for gaving them the wisdom to understand the books,
Thank God for thier imperfection,

And thank God for every little things,little things?
thank God for giving us the eyes brow to protect our eyes,
Thank God for everything,

Thank God for every Bible,
because in every thing
we must give thanks.

The Ten Commandments

The Decalogue resonates so deeply with God's revelation that the great Reformer Martin Luther could declare that "Anyone who knows the Ten Commandments perfectly knows the entire Scriptures."

The Pai Kia theologians

This strange thought came to me tonight, before I call this a day, I have to write it down. Honestly, I like to eat banana, it smell and taste good. The banana skin mostly is yellowish, and the inner fruit is white. This makes me to think about the VPP theologians, they are mostly Chinese English Speaking. They are like the banana. Why, let me tell you.

Speaking English in Singapore is not a big deal, you see local Singaporean called English sometimes as Singlish. Although not officially classified as a 'Chinese group' in Singapore, there is a sizeable group of Chinese Singaporean who speak English or Singlish as a first language. They speak Singlish or English at home, and make it a point to immerse and educate their children in the English language. They are commonly known as "English-speaking Chinese Singaporean". Some of them even referred to themselves as "Ang Moh Pai 红毛派" (hokkien term that literally means "red-hair faction" or "Caucasian faction") or "English-Educated". The term "Ang Moh Pai" can however be interpreted differently when the term is used in derogatory way to refer to 'westernized banana' (a westernized chinese who is yellow on the outside and white on the inside).
Chinese became “Ang Moh Pai” ! Also never mind, please, these Chinese Theologians who are teaching VPP, English Speaking, banana, do not become the “Pai Kia” or “Pai Kia Tao,” bad boy or the head of the bad boys ! Why, let me tell you some more.

To every Chinese Christian, listen, The Bible is not always easy reading. It requires attention and effort, and it may even require a little help. When Philip encountered an Ethiopian who was reading the scriptures, he asked him, "Do you understand what you are reading?" The Ethiopian looked up from the book of Isaiah and answered," How can I, except some man should guide me?" (Acts 8:31).

The English Bible is for the English speaking people. Chinese has Chinese Bible, let the Ang Moh (White Man) settles the English Bible translations. If there is problems like VPP, let the Ong Moh (White Man) goes and find the solutions, Chinese can help the Ang Moh to find solutions, but let the Chinese study the Bible in peace, united and love one another, do not quarrel among ourselves because of the English Bible or any other bible versions, stay calm, and steady, OK, Chinese, Chinese. Why because of the English Bibles, a Chinese attack another Chinese brothers and sisters, this is not wise. Not wise at all. We should look after Chinese Christians, not to despise them. Did Paul do this kind of things to his own Jewish people, did he quarrel about words?

We are born as a Chinese, let us be humble, in studying the Bible, weather English Bible or Chinese Bible, also never mind. Understand the Bible, this importance come first. Whatever you choose, keep in mind that the truth of God can even survive bad translation. But you still should not carelessly accept one version of a controversial scripture. Basically, don’t go and attack our Chinese people because of Bible versions. Want to Show off to the White Man ? We are better Chinese, we know better than other Chinese theologians ? The VPP Theologians are mostly Chinese, why they are attacking Chinese? You know, because, they have learned a little Greek here, a little English there, and now they despise Chinese language, despise this version, despise this pastor, despise that young preacher, despise even their own Chinese blood, how dare these young man, not good theologian! Paul as a Jew, how much he love his own Jewish people, tell me, how much he love his own people. Paul said we Christians are one in a body, we cannot say, I am an eye, I do not need you, the leg. (1 Cor 12:16) Paul said Jew and Greek and Gentiles are one in
Christ, there is no language problem, which can keep us away from the love of God.
The chinese VPP theologians are like bad banana,Pai Kia Banana ! Pai Kia theologians !!


Why we Chineses go and mingle, and mess up with English Bible? Mingle with KJV only ! Promoting English, Plus Greek Texts, Mingle with TR some more, defined English Texts some more, this linguistic issues, that linguistic issue, looking for more Bible Problems? Because we Chinese are very free, very clever? Nothing to do for own Chinese brotherhood? This is a bad argument, these theologian who are uplifting, KJV, running after a perfect Bible, are we Chinese Singaporean, our English level reaching the top of the world, aiming for 100%, our English is so perfect? So we must have a perfect English Bible? We are Perfect than those westerner, better than the Ang Moh? So we wanted to show off our Hebrew language power here, English power there, and a little Greek power to them? At the same time, attacking our own Chinese Christian, shame, shame…what a shame, what a demon.

For these theologians, the above problems are not enough, the Worst thing is that these "Pai Kia Theologians" went to invent another rotten apple (they felt not enough rotten apples), they called it : VPP, "Verbal Plenary Preservation", saying that the underlying Texts of the KJV, is a perfect TR. And promoting VPP some more. Trouble makers, they think people do not know the truth, they are the only banana who know the truth about Bible Preservation. And the read the Dean Burgurn Oath, and they swear for VPP. Since then the dogs cannot live in peace, chicken also cannot lives in peace...the pulpit became the place they practice the "sword" and not "word", bloody, cut, chop..I also being hit...punch by the doctors' servant...

Chinese has Chinese Bible, let us contribute to the Chinese Bible. If we Chinese can contribute to the English Bible, that is very good. With one condition. Do not split our own Chinese people for that, this is not worth to sacrifice the unity all these 50 years, with sweat and blood of Rev Tow himself, hoping the Chinese theologians be very sure in what they are doing? Here, I stand, let us contribute to our Chinese Brother in Christ. Open our eyes, for this 2008 Olimpic, for the Chinese, Chinese in China, they do not want the KJV, the Greek, THEY DO NOT WANT THE PERFECT TR, or the Latin Vulgate, what they want? They want the GOSPEL. Tell me, if you are Chinese, tell me, why you are a Chinese, and not Ang Moh, the answer is?

A final word: We hope you will continue to study and that you will come to love the Holy Scriptures as we do. May God bless you in your meditation, your study and your prayer.

"Do not become a Pai Kia theologian in the Bible College !"

Do not go and show off our theologians to other churches, and say like this, "Come, Come, welcome to our church, because we have many Professors, theologians, doctors, we have solid teaching than your church." This is pride from the world.
I hope you get my banana story well.

Beijing 2008, welcome you ! WELCOME YOU ! Last call before the Lord return....

by

Lewis

The wrath of man.

“For the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” (James 1:20), in another verse“in anger do not sin.” (Eph 4:26) and “put off all these, anger, wrath.”(Col 3:8) The Bible advice Christian not to be quick temper. Hot tamper cannot achieve anything.

The theologians had preached many sermons and wrote many articles about “Holy Anger” or “Righteous Anger.” They said there is ground for anger and wrath. They do not encourage the doctrine of “Holy Laughter” but they encourage the doctrine of “Holy Anger.’ Funny, funny…but, they still can show their smiling face when they are angry, you can see their funny smiling face in the RPG. “In anger do not smile !” That is hypocrite.

There is no ground for any lawsuit, if the lawsuit is because of the wrath and anger. In the lawsuit against the church this July 2008, we can see, the theologians must have misquoted the Bible to support their case, they had misquoted many Bible verses right from the beginning, even 10 years ago, from VPP until today, they said there is a kind of anger because of righteous, they said right is might, so they had ground to show their anger, they gave mandate to the Christian to show righteous anger. This lawsuit is one of their anger, wrath toward another Christians. The Lord wanted us to be gentle. Like a dove, not a vulture.

The theologians wanted to taken over the land title, Beulah House, if they can they also wanted to take over the church building, firstly they wanted to take over the Beulah House. They can start the bible camp there, and they going to build high places there, and day and night they will shoot their arrows toward the brothers and sisters who are staying, walking, and worshipping across the road in the church compound. They are preparing for the last war in BP. This is the concept from out of space, the “Mars invasion.” Did you watch that movie? Go and watch that movie, or you can watch, “Chicken Little.”

I hope the Bible college students do not learn any bad example and teaching from the theologians, in the lawsuit, the theologians are misquoting Bibles verse, for more than 10 years, continue receiving wrong directions from these false theologians. It is time to say, enough is enough. The good tree bears good fruits. I hope we will not go and pluck bad fruits from the bad tree, and we say this is good, and we eat, and then we vomit, and fall into sickness. Bad fruit must be thrown into the rubbish bin, rejected. You see, the apple tree cannot bear pineapple fruit, and the mouth of the pig cannot comes with the golden tooth. I hope the Bible college students and the church members, will know who is right and who is wrong. Lastly I hope the turtles do not laughed at the tortoise. Let all the sinners united in prayer not splitting in quarrel.

And do not give the pearl to the swine, they will destroy the pearl. And do not free the dog, and the dog will return and bit you. You see, why I wrote so many articles in this blog to refute them, I had my reasons. The theologians and doctors are bad people. The theologians covered themselves with sheep clothings. Their sheep clothing is the “doctrine and theology.” In them, the raven wolf, they cut asunder the fellowship of the saints. They are like the well without water. Cloud without rain. I hope they can stop before too late.


In a prayer, someone see this vision, maybe it is a true vision, in the vision there was a man fallen into a deep and narrow hole, very deep from the surface, there is no light at all in the hole, suddenly there is small bright light shine from the opening, shine to him, and there is hope for the man in that light, he climbed up, following the light. Brother and sisters, when we are very angry, we better said, “relax”, “do not worry,” “cool down.” This is the light, do not lose our temper, theologians, all VPP theologians, pray with your open mouth, expect great things from God. Look, at the picture above.

The Banana skin's story

An old teacher told his students this story, "A banana skin's story"

The story is like this, once upon a time, a man invited his friend to his house for a feast, but unfortunately, his friend stepped on a banana skin in the house, and he fell down, and broke his leg, so the teacher said, in this case, the friend cannot blame the man who had invited him.

I disagreed with the old teacher, the man is to be blamed for the broken leg, because the banana skin is found in his house, the man should keep the banana skin away, he should throw the banana skin into the rubbish bin, he should keep his house clean and tidy. Because of his carelessness, his friend fell down and broke his leg. The man should be blamed in this incident.

The doctrine of VPP is like the banana skin in BP churches, many had step on it, and fall down, many legs had been broken, the owner should keep the banana skin away from the visitors. Do not let people step on it again. Please, do not tell me the same old story again.

Honestly, I do not like "the banana skin story" at all.I hope you tell me the story of "the old rugged cross", that is better. I will be cool down. I will be thankful. I hope the teachers can understand his students better.

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Refrain

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.

Refrain

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.

Refrain

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.

Refrain

"The fact that there are so many Bible versions is both a blessing and a problem. It is a blessing in that the Word of God is available to anyone who needs it in an easy-to-understand, accurate translation. It is a problem in that the different versions can create controversy and problems in Bible studies, teaching situations, etc. The differences between the translations can also be a subject of great division within the church body."

Refrain..

Atonement

Man in India marries dog as atonement



11-11-2007 NEW DELHI - A man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death — an act he believes cursed him — a newspaper reported Tuesday.
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P. Selvakumar married the sari-draped former stray named Selvi, chosen by family members and then bathed and clothed for the ceremony Sunday at a Hindu temple in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the Hindustan Times newspaper said.

Selvakumar, 33, told the paper he had been suffering since he stoned two dogs to death and hung their bodies from a tree 15 years ago.

"After that my legs and hands got paralyzed and I lost hearing in one ear," he said in the report.

The paper said an astrologer had told Selvakumar the wedding was the only way he could cure the maladies. It did not say whether his situation had improved.

Deeply superstitious people in rural India sometimes organize weddings to dogs and other animals, believing it can ward off certain curses.

The paper showed a picture of Selvakumar sitting next to the dog, which was wearing an orange sari and a flower garland.

The paper said the groom and his family then had a feast, while the dog got a bun.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7093422.stm



Friends,

The Indian man still sees his doctrine is right, he is proud of his doctrine...
This is an exmple of a false doctrine, a false atonement, of course, it is from the teaching of a false teacher, who had taught him to merry the dog. False doctrine will produces false practise. Beware of false doctrine. Also beware of the false teachers. Do you want to marry a dog? No ! Do you teach other to do so? No !

I think I better remind myself, to ask myself this question, about my relationship with God, closer or not closer, this is a very important question. If my doctrine is right, I will be very close with the Lord, this is the yard stick and measurement of every doctrine.

For those teachers who had taught wrong doctrine, they are punishable, for a beginning, I am asking them to write on the white board with a red marker pen , 5,000 times, (the number of MSS), repeating this sentence ---"I will not teach wrong doctrine like VPP again !"

Pan by glory

A Matter for Urgent Prayer: On Thursday afternoon, 11th July 2008, FEBC’s lawyers, Allen & Gledhill, served the Board of Elders a letter informing us that FEBC has instructed the law firm to commence legal proceedings in the High Court of Singapore against us with regard to the use of 9, 9A and 10 Gilstead Road. We have also received FEBC’s letter dated 2 July 2008 that they had approached the Commissioner of Charities and will also be applying to the Attorney-General to intervene in their dispute with Life B-P Church over the use of our premises.



In view of the notice of legal proceedings against the Church, the Session has decided to appoint a legal counsel to act on behalf of Life B-P Church and to take appropriate steps to defend and protect the interests of the Church.


On the question of whether this decision by the Session violates 1 Corinthians 6 which teaches us not to take fellow Christians to court, our conscience is clear because we did not initiate the legal suit. Please pray for the Lord’s will to be done, and kindly refrain from discussing the matter with anyone outside the church.


Above announcement is taken from the church website, this is the down fall of bible college and BP movement, and this is the darkest day in the history of BP in Singapore, theologians sue the BP pastors, because of VPP and the church premises, this is all about power, authority, money, and personal glory. Nothing is done for the glory for God.

I feel very sad about this, sad for the sake of those church members and the Bible college students, because they had to go through this kind of torments and hassles, it is not fair for them, because VPP is a theological argument, it is like the storm in the small tea cup, since the church pastors cannot control and stop the theologians from teaching VPP in the church, so the BOE wanted the theologians to leave the church, but anyhow the theologians do not want to leave, they wanted to stay and fight in the church. This is street fight between theologians and pastors.

My friends, I wanted to draw your attentions, regarding the place of the theologians, the theologians are most likely a teacher, they cannot higher than the pastor of a church, they are helping the pastor in the church in doctrine and teaching.

Take note there is no "theologians" mentioned by Paul, Paul did mentioned teachers. See, teachers are last mentiones in the catagory, Ephesian 4:11, "And He himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers." Those theologians are only bible teachers, they are the last.
Paul put the place of the teacher after the place of pastor, so they are not higher than the pastor.

And it is clearer in 1 Cor 12:28, "And God has appointed these in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gift of healing, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

This struggle is between the pastors (prophet) and the theologians (teachers), nothing to do with the church members, but if they bring this to the court, the church members will get involves, the Singaporean churches will come to know about this, churches will be ashamed. How they are going to stand for the VPP and BP? Nothing good will come out of this lawsuit. Better stop it now.

Is this the way, the fundamentalists treat one another in the Christian circle? This is very much like hunting and hurting one another, this is like a hunting game, the hunters hunt the preys, they are hiding and seeking, chasing and running, until the preys tired and then the hunter killed the preys.


Look, what the Bible says about this hunting, “Be self-control and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8the devils are hunting the believers. And in another place Ephesians 6:6”In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.” The hunter, the devil uses the flaming arrows to shoot the believers. Paul wanted the believers to pray in Ephesians 6:18, : “Pray in the spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and request…”


Where is the “Life of Christ”, the theologians taught us before, where is the Christ like life in us, Paul said his heart is opened wide for other, where is that heart now, the theologians taught the young men to follow him, where is the heart which is opened wide in him? I did not see any. The theologians said truth is everything, greater than love and charity, it this is the truth they are proclaiming? Sue the church pastors because they do not wanted to accept VPP?


How can the VPP theologians fight until to the law court, they had a lot of money to build and buy another Bible college, in fact they can start the Far Eastern Bible College in Calvary Pandan BPC (English session) from July 2008, why quarrel about the building and the premises in Gilstead Road, let the church members use the premises freely. The VPP theologian can go to another place and start their ministry, why tussle like this, the senior pastors all must be awake, how can they let those young theologians run the hunting race, the pastors must unite together to start a new synod to decide this matter, this a spiritual warfare, the lawsuit may takes years and months, let the synod decide the belonging of the premises and make a announcement to the church member. That is a straight forward and I see this is a better solution. Let the lawsuit find its solution, and let the synod declared the truth as soon as possible.

Fast and pray

Many church members will be very much affected in growth, the members should fast and pray for 3 days begin from any moment in this week, urgently. No eating from morning until night for 3 days, they may drink milk and water, and eat at night, please fast and pray. We have to go through this kind of fasting and praying because of the doctors and theologians. What happened to them? You see the fox has shown its tail. The VPP theologians are not simple minded. They had already see this s the opportunity to fight the church. They are prepared for this legal fight from the beginning.


Bravely, those who can overcome this tussle and struggle, you are now to be called, the one who are “pan by glory.” Do not worry at all. Rejoice in trials. The Lord has overcome the world for us.
Psalm 50:15, “And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, And you will honor me.”
God’s is Immanuel, God is with us,
He is our help in time of troubles.
He is the help for the helpless,
So we can:
Relieve,
Resolve,
Rebuild,
Regain,
Trust in Him.
and you are called to be the light of this world….
The light of this world.
The light.
There must be light.
We must lived in light.
The Lord said, let there be light, and there was light.
The face of the Lord shine upon us. And keep us.
Let His contenance shine upon us, and protect us.
Oh Lord, hear our call to You.

Verbal Plenary Preservation is not relevant anymore

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born of adversity (Prov. 17:17)

God had lower down a sheet of cloth, there are all kinds of unclean animals in this cloth, and He called Peter to kill and eat those unclean animals. This is against the teaching in the scripture (OT), but the Lord has power over the scripture. He is coming to fulfill the every jot and title of the scripture. This act I think is to commission the church to reach out to the lost soul and evangelize the pagan or gentile world. And prepare Peter to accept the unclean pagan who will later believe in Jesus Christ.

Be this our vision in our church. The greatest commandment is to love God and secondly to love one another. Put away those differences in teachings, let us see what the Lord want from us, are we accepting one another, forgiving one another, to grow up to be mature and perfect. Be the light of this world by doing good work.

Let it be so, consider this. When it is time to come for the Lord to replace Soul, the first Israelite king, he sent Samuel to see Jesse, and Jesse had 3 sons, they are good soldiers, man of war, fighter, but God did not pick them, but God chosen the youngest son, David to takeover the kingdom, the man after God's heart. We had struggled for many years for VPP, did God really want us to do that? Who is among you all, which God will raise up and take over the leadership in the new synod, fighters? Or man of God’s own heart??? Consider this carefully.

About the Words of God, this will take years to study and understand His Word the Bible. Every believer should believe we have the Living WORD of God. And do not forget Christ Jesus is the Living WORD. He is the Son of God, our only Lord and Savior and He is the Incarnated Word. The Word became fresh not to be debated, but to be worshiped and followed. The letter kill, but the Spirit gives life. Emmanuel, the WORD is with us, 100% is with us. Please draw near to the Lord, the Living Word, worship Him, may God forgive us through Him. Ask Jesus for forgiveness, with Jesus, we have perfection, ONLY Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE. And thank God for giving us the Bible, the inspired Word God, this is the Spiritual sword, God given us the Sword to fight the spiritual warfare. The Bible is the Word of God; there is no error in the original Bible. But the Bible which is translated into many languages, the translations are not perfect, KJV is not perfect, and the TR is not perfect, only the original texts are perfect, but any how the most important is that the meaning is perfectly intact in these faithful translations. The most important is that the Old Testament and the New testament pointing to the Lord Jesus Christ, He is the Lord and Savor of the World.

In Romans 8:16 in KJV, "The Spirit itself..." Since the Holy Spirit is a person, the word should be translated as “The Spirit Himself..." Please see other translations like NKJV, NIV..... In English, to address a living person, we must use words correctly, to address a person; we must use (him or her). The third Person of Trinity, The Holy Spirit, He is God, He is not a thing, He is a living Person. This is a grave mistake in the KJV Bible, theologically speaking this is like the Jehovah Witness denying the divinity of the Holy Spirit, so you see, KJV is not 100% perfect, is not 100% without errors, very possible that KJV was translated from a imperfect underlying text, honestly speaking the truth TR also is not perfect, for this let those theologian goes and proof the perfection. We should not hurt one another with the doctrine of Verbal Plenary Preservation (VPP), this is wrong. We should see that point. We should not stumble anyone in the bible study, with problems in our own theological stands. Let us see ourselves weather we ourselves are standing by faith or not. Some of us personally may agree that God preserved His Words, preserving them generally in all the MSS and TR, KJV... There is nothing wrong about that, we all must agree that the autograph is perfect....But it is questionable, if anyone suggests the whole bible is preserved in a single TR like the VPP promoted. Do not talk like child, is a man, lets us photocopy all the 5000 MSS, and let every Bible College students study all the MSS in the Bible College again. Proof the VPP to the college students let them agree with the theologians.

Some theologians may suggest VPP in the Bible College's lecture note as personal view only, they may teach VPP in the Bible classes as a theory, but that is only an hearsay or a lecturer's opinion, it personal, let the members choose to accept or not, it not crucial, if one does not accept VPP, it is his personal preference, please see this as a freedom in christianity, it does not effect our belief, since we all are accepting all the important doctrines like the salvation, the doctrine of God and man, doctrine of death and life, the doctrine of Spirit, let us agree and united with the crucial and major doctrine, let God leads us, let God has some times and rooms to work in the church, let the church has time to decide the matters, if the matters are hard to understand, and no one understand what the theologian or teacher means, let the person who is speaking or teaching, keep silent, let him speak to God and himself, and if a prophet is speaking, let other prophet judge his speaking, we should speaking one by one, there is the order, for us who lack of wisdom, let us pray for wisdom. Please do not go to the extent to attack our own brothers and sisters in Christ and spit the churches because of a personal VPP view. I speak like a fool now. VPP teaching may not be heretical. But if VPP theologian is splitting the church, then it will make them to look like heretic and becoming one. Are we standing at God's side or the enemy side? God is not respecter of person, if a Bible teacher's doctrine is wrong, then he is wrong, maybe he is the founder of the church, when he is wrong in doctrine, he must admit that he is wrong, he should have no morale support for him, or playing cards of sentiment in the church. Tell him in anger do not sin. Do you want to cut my head, because I do not want to accept your personal view? I am speaking like a fool.

In the church, Paul exhort us to speak 5 words, 5 understandable words, edifying words, this is very true and important for a theologian, or a teacher in church or Bible College , (1 Cor 14:19) than thousands which are not, which are not understandable, which are not for edifying. The more we speak, the more we made mistakes. We should bridle our tongue! It is speaking big things! Which is like this VPP, is very hard to understand. But not edifying the church! It brings up fire of hell. (James 3:6)

You better suggested some B-P to change their names into VPP-Presbyterian Church, or Bible-Press, a new denomination and sect. And sad to say, the Chinese name of all B-P s are also not literally translated, B-P should only be translated into the 5 Chinese words, they are "Bible" and "Presbyterian", "sheng Jin zhang lau hui," that is a better translation. How come it is translated as "to xing sheng Jin zhang lau hui." You see why B-P stumble themselves in the Bible issues, the BP theologian who use small Bible issue to split the presbyters, is B-P = B minus P? Bible minus Presbyterian? Subtraction? Why they want only the Bible and minus the presbyters? Why VPP theologian acts so cruel and merciless, without any love to the presbyters? Where is the mutual middle and common ground for all the Ministers and Presbyters? Can we still smiling and happy all the way to see one of our body to be in pain, but they prefer to split the church one by one, are we not called to be one in a body. How come the theologian prefer to cause one of the little one to stumble (St Matthew 18:6-7) shouldn’t we treasure to see brethren to dwell together in peace and unity (Ps 133) Are we BP the only denomination who believe in the Bible, other denominations do not? We put the word "Bible" in the name of the denomination. Are the theologians happy, rejoice in the Lord always? Causing other ministers in pain, the church members hunger of God's Words and ask them to go away in peace? When the churches split because of this small VPP Bible issue? Who is feeding the flocks? Please blow your trumpet, watchman please keeps on watching, and do you pray for one another? Or curse one another? Shouldn't we BP the more humble and to be more learn-able like others. Actually we do not know everything as our BP theologians presume. Are everyone called to be master to many people? We face greater judgment as a teacher. Can we call everyone as theologian? And calling every house as a Bible College? Pride comes before falls and destruction! Forbid that! I may write thesis like a theologian, but I am not a theologian, more than 20 years, I study 1 Corinthians 13 and 14, there are more and more to be learned, everyday, I rather behave like a layman, we are all priest, we have to rebuke those carnal theologian, self seeking, self promoting, so called theologians.

VPP, be careful of the snare of the devil, in Luke 22:31, "And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat...." B-P, B-P, where is the good works we are doing? We better plea all B-P to cool down the heads, sit down with warm hearts, and please shake hands. For the witness of the truth. A kingdom divided among itself, how it can stand any longer? (Matthew 12:25)

We also afraid that some one out there, literally translated 1 Cor 5:5, "....destruction of the fresh." So literally, in true living situation, a son in law hates the father in law, so the son in law giving a lot of sugar to his own father in law to kill him, when the old man is a diabetic patient, in order to kill him slowly. To destroy his father in law's fresh "biblically"! Beware of, this kind of bible application! This is not a biblical application. Like a doctor giving toxic to cause his patient to have cancer, to kill his own patients slowly. This is what kind of doctor? There are such people in B-P churches, like the blind leading the blind. Beware of those blind doctors, shun them! How cruel is the Dr.! This is a murder, this is hate, this is wrong, must repent! When there is lust, there will be quarrels. (James 4:1) May the Lord grant us forgiveness in mistranslating and miss using the Bible. May God give us our daily food? May God give us our spiritual food? Please open our eyes, to see the truth. Amen.

Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. (1 Cor 8:1)

REMEMBER LOVE IS THE GREATEST! IS THEOLOGIAN THE GREATEST?

Without love, truth is useless, and hope is meaningless, love is the most important…..

I hope this will encourage you, pray for FEBC and all BP, I hope you know i love BP, and also I know BP believe the truth, last i hope, you may know how to pray for BP.

From,

Josiah & Philip

Thy love the flame

Psalm 119:165, "Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble."

My teacher said, we must keep the 10 commandments, keep the morale laws, but not the ceremonial laws, I totally agreed with him. The commandments says, you shall not kill. One day I heard, a christian teacher scolded her students, in the early morning, she said gently to the students, "I kill you, I kill you, I kill you.." I cannot imaginate what is in her mind, I am surprise to heard that from a gentle lady like her, from a christian like her, she said that again few days later. I hope the young students will not understand what she said, not at all. I hope they will forget the teacher's spoken words, 3 simple words, but they do kill. Deep into man heart, a christian's word like a double edge sword, it kills. It is very hard to forget those 3 words, sometimes we just say that, sometimes even, when we are preaching and praying, indirectly we are whispering in our heart like this, "I killed you." Wrong doctrine is like that. It kills. The satan is the murderer in the begining. In the New Testament, the Lord said, sin of hatred is like a sin of murder. How severe it is, sometimes, with word we kill.

One of my Christian friend told me about his childhood, his father is a pastor, he is a hot tempered pastor, my friend remembered, when he was still as a young boy, his father used to tide up his foot with rode, and hang him up side down in the room, and bitten him with his belt, his mother cannot do anything, he was bitten because he was naughty or done some mistakes. I was very hurt to heard that. How can a pastor do that to his own son. The punishment was to severe to a young boy like him. Where is the love of a father? Where gone the trust of the father? After more than 45 years, my friend still cannot forgive and forget his father, until today he is still angry with his father, I wonder weather father will say, "Son, I am sorry to do that on you." Maybe the father forgot what he done on his son, anyhow, the apology comes a little too late. That is another kind of killing? It seem like the father's punishment on the child is carry on until today. "Pray for them which despitefully use you." Matt 5:44, hopefully the son may one day truely pray for his father. In another place, the Lord said, "man should always pray and not give up." Luke 18:1. in time like this, do not give up forgiving, and giving. These two are the virture of a christian life.

We can see, we try to be Christian teachers and pastors, we may be a capable theologian, a gifted teacher, don't you see, sometimes we are hurting the people nearest to us, we think we are right, because we have the authority and power, watch out, we may abused our given power. Remember, what we done on other, may effect a person whole life.

There is a song, titled, "Spirit of God, Descending Upon My Heart."

...stoop to my weakness...I asked no dream, no prophet ecstasies.....but take the dimness of my soul away.

....teach me the patient of unanswered prayer.....O let me seek Thee, and O let me find.


One holy passion filling my frame,
The kindling of the heaven descended Dove,
my heart an altar,
and thy love the flame...

The Good Music

Music can brings us, some happiness and also some comforts. That is why the church has choir to sing songs. In reality, the choir also united to worship the Lord. Sometimes they will praise the Lord. But presently, many churches are using short choruses, to replaces the hymns. This is quite unhealthy, because the short choruses are too emotional, seldom comes with in depth meanings. Some sing the choruses with much noise and dancing, they disturb the peace in worship. We forgot that we are worshipping the Lord, He is the mighty God. We need good music when we are worshipping the Lord. The Best is the classical music, many seminaries and churches regret that the acceptance of contemporary songs into the churches, it is a wrong decision. Many churches had became musical concert rather than place of worship. Some had become party of rock and roll. The classic and contemporary songs cannot get along together. There are gaps between them. Like the generation gap. But the classic is better to be used in worship. 1 Cor 14:15, we are told by Paul to sing with our mind and understanding also. The classical music suit the mind and understanding better. The contemporary song brings us the sound of man, it is fill the churches with the emotional and feeling factors, but the classical song bring us the sound of God, they are divine, they have power, to elevate the worshippers to the higher ground.

Tonight, I see this news in the internet, a young business man was killed with 4 gun shots, killed by 3 killers, and the family members are very sad about his death, he was shot in the petrol station, and the family members told the reporters after that killing, that they intended to let the deceased find the killers, and also to revenge, they will let him wear red cloth and red pant and lay him in the coffin, and they will put a long knife beside him in the coffin, so that the young business man has weapon to revenge. The world is full of killing and revenging, they needed to find rest, but sad to say, there is no rest even after death. Hopefully the church is not like this, let there be peace and unity, and let us become peace maker. Let us care for one and another, stop pointing fingers, and put away the malice of the wrong doctrine like VPP, without hatred and be kind to one another. Let us sing praises to the Lord in unity, let the people shake hands, let us put down the knives, make them into plow. Let us sing the new song in unity….”Blessed be the Name….”

….and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God
In true righteousness and holiness.

Eph 4:23-24