FEBC-Far Eastern Bible College, BPC-Bible-Presbyterian Church: Academic and Spiritual life

26.3.09

Academic and Spiritual life

What we pursue and learn in the Bible College are prone to be more to the academical achievement...beside that, we have to continue to pursue growth in our spiritual life. Academic achievement and theological training are different from a personal walk with God. Academic and spiritual life, must be balanced! They are not the same thing.

What about VPP, it is more prone and swing to the Academic side....VPP is a theological perception, but a closer walk with God is more important than this mere perception. I hope all the FEBC students can differentiate the differences between academic and spiritual achievement.

Academic is academic, spiritual life is spiritual life...do not spend too much time in arguing the VPP. I think, we better read the Bible on our desk, no matter what version it is. A few missing words in a translation, does not mean the Lord is missing in that Bible version !

I hope you read the NKJV, the Lord is not missed in NKJV, He is well mentioned in NKJV.
You read the CUV, the Lord is not left out in this Bible, He is well mentioned in CUV.
You read the ESV, the Lord is not missed in ESV, He is still being mentioned in ESV...

Question is, why you read the Bible? the answer is that you wanted to find Christ, you wanted to find salvation, you wanted to find assurance, you wanted to pursue spiritual life. This is right perception about the Bible.

Please do not treat the Bible as a academic book, let the academic people do the academic thing, we as an ordinary man poor sinner, we better stick to the Bible version we have in our hands.

We better read the Bible daily...pray without ceasing...so that our inner life become stronger and stronger...In everything give thanks...forget the past...serving the Lord fervently, giving and forgiving, let us growing, and growing.

I hope the theologians know how to give space for the ordinary men to grow and be strong in the Lord. I hope the Lord is not missed ...this time in the civil court. Especially in these last days, the end time, the Lord is knocking the door, if any man hear him, and open the door, He will come in, and He will dine with him. Let him has ear hear this, there is a voice calling...prepare the way for the second coming of the Lord.

There are 10 virgins, waiting for the Lord, 5 virgins are smart, 5 virgins are foolish, they must prepare the oil, in watching the time. I wished we prepared well in watching and waiting for the Lord, hoping He is not missed this time...in our life on earth. What for keep on fighting on a few missing words, and keep on fight among us for a little academic achievement, what is the reward in pursuing that VPP?

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The Purpose in writing this blog

The authors are full-time ordained ministers and preachers in the Bible Presbyterian Church in Singapore. The goal of this blog is to encourage all Bible Presbyterian pastors, elders, and leaders, as well as the flocks they serve, to turn to the Shepherd, our Lord Jesus Christ. To unite under the leadership of the Holy Spirit and the Bible. Accepting our minor differences while focusing on the cross. Being described as one family under God the Father. We are called to be together in our diversity. Pride is the fault of all Bible Presbyterian Churches worldwide. Lust has blinded theologians at Far Eastern Bible College. It is at this heavy, serious, and gloomy moment in our Christian walk, rebuking these pastors and theologians, the remarks in this blog are heavy and severe in order to prompt them to repentance. May God help and bless us.

The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead; I believe in the Holy Ghost; I believe in the holy catholic church: the communion of saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body; And the life everlasting. Amen.

LUTHER'S MORNING PRAYER

Errors in King James Version

Read Romans 8:26...the KJV has "the Spirit itself..." This is an error; the Holy Spirit is our God, and we must address Him correctly! How may "itself" be used to approach God, the Holy Spirit? "It" is used to address an item or an animal, not a person or God! The KJV translators had insulted the Holy Spirit! However, in another verse, the KJV translators used the term "him" to designate Satan. What an insult to KJV readers! Read Luke 11:18: "...if Satan also be divided against himself..." The KJV uses the phrase "himself..." when addressing Satan! The KJV translator used "it" for the Holy Spirit, but "him" for Satan!!! Mark 3:28 "Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, Mark 3:29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"

One Another

Unity In Diversity for Bible Presbyterian Churches in Singapore

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

'Accept one another' allelon

'Serve one another' allelon

'Wash one another's feet'

'Confess your sins one to another'

'Pray one for another'

'Forbearing one another and forgiving each other'

'Teaching and admonishing one another'

'Comfort one another and build each other up'

'Bear one another's burdens'

'Love one another as I have loved you'

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

John Calvin's consent

To new readers, I greet you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, may God grant us good theologians, humble servants of the Lord, and faithful believers in these last days, may God use this blog to call some one for self searching and repentance, and here we are blogging in theological debates. In 1547, Jacques Gruet, he was arrested by Calvin, tortured for a month and beheaded on July 26, 1547.. The civil court condemned him to death and, with Calvin's consent, he was beheaded. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin) John Calvin consented to kill a man for his theological stand, but I rather use strong words to achieve that!

Statement

1. The authors of this blog do not believe that the KJV Bible is the perfect Bible. The KJV has problems and inaccuracies because it is a man-made translation. 2. The inerrant Bible is in the autograph. All subsequent copies of Hebrew and Greek manuscripts have God's Written Word. We have God's written Word preserved in the NIV, KJV, and ESV. 3. There is no such notion as Verbal Plenary Preservation on a single TR Greek Text underlying the KJV, and the authors do not believe that the entire Greek text underlying the KJV Bible, or the TR, is error-free. 4. The authors believe that the Bible was inspired verbally and plenarily preserved in NIV, KJV, ESV, NESB….other faithful Bible versions. 5. The authors recommend NKJV, NIV, ESV, and NLT New Living Translation. 6. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the living Word.

FEBC-Far Eastern Bible College, BPC-Bible-Presbyterian Church

26.3.09

Academic and Spiritual life

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