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