Today's Scripture Reading

[Psalm23]

I have been a Christian for over 30 years. I know exactly what I am doing. I started my blog last year July and now there are over 11,000 readership. I have received several messages encouraging me to continue to write, apparently these readers must have been blessed by the messages. I would rather listening to those godly Christians and continue sharing and encouraging each of us.

This is going to be my last exchange with you because frankly I don't want to waste my time on this meaningless exchanges. What I have written is fully biblical and in accordance with the Word of God.

When the Word of God is share honestly and in truth, it hurts and from what I have read from you, you are really hurting by what I have written. That's great because I have shared the truth!

The best way not to hurt people is to tell people - ok all religions the same; just do good, if you are ok, just pray to your ancestors and you will be just fine, all gods are the same, don't worry, there is no hell or hell only for the worst of the worst, so unlikely you will go to hell. Very sweet to the ears but going to be terrible to the soul.

You have said several times you disagree this you disagree that...frankly, I am not bothered with this because I am not writing for people to agree or to disagree. I am writing to encourage people to walk closer with Jesus and so long I write and the Holy Spirit agrees with what I write that's the most important.

You have accused me of being a wolf in sheep's clothing. Frankly, I don't know what I have done that I am now a wolf? I am not asking for donation, for money, or trying to sell some books, or selling insurance using this blog. I am not doing for any financial or material gains at all. As a matter of fact, if people find the articles useful, just use it as the Lord leads them. They can even use it without making any reference. I am just sharing God's message. Nothing more, nothing less. Get people to be closer to Jesus. We all need Jesus because we are all living in perishing world from social to economic to morality, just about everything. Our hope is in Jesus and nothing else matters.

We don't recruit church membership. We share gospel and make disciples. No where I have mentioned that I am against mega-church. I just mentioned that I am not a member of the mega-church.

The gospel of Jesus is very simple but profound: Believe in Jesus, believe that He died for us, believe the power of His blood, get baptized and the most important, very important - repent of all your sins; don't keep repeating the sins, if you are blaspheming Jesus, stop it; if you are cheating, stop it, if you interferring people from sharing the Word of God, the Bible, stop it. Repent and be saved - This is what Jesus want from all Christians. Many preaching in the church and outside the church have chosen not to preach repentance. Reasons very obvious - once you preach repentence and God's truth, you will not get any church membership. Many going to leave the church. What many people want to hear is that we are ok; we are just fine. BUT WE ALL ARE NOT. WE ALL ARE TERRIBLE SINNERS. So many preachers preferred not to preach on repentence. Not to preach about hell but preach about prosperity; if you give more to God, God will give you even much more; and focusing showmanship and because of this the 'modern' church now is like a concert. This is another purpose of my message - Get real with Jesus. Repent! Repent! Repent! Without repentence, you will be totally lost into eternality. Unfortunately, many people don't like to hear such message because seeming it creates fear! Yes - it does and it is the fear of God that will bring us closer to Him; it is the fear of God that will reveal our sinfulness; it is the fear of God that we can seek His face; it is the fear of God that will bring repentence to our lives. Today, there is absolutely no fear of God in many people. Many live their lives as if God is dead but He is alive, very much alive. Please repent, repent, repent. Nothing else count. You can recruit 10,000 church members, but if you are living a fearless, godless, unrepented live, still you are going to face the wrath of God. Repent! And be saved! Jesus has preached more about hell and repentence than about heaven!

I like to take this opportunity to let all the Christian brothers and sisters to go to google and search for messages by John Pipers, Paul Washer, John MacAurthur, Leonard Ravenhill. They are truly men of God. I am very encouraged by their preaching and these men are real preachers to tell us to repent, to repent and to repent. No repentence no salvation because Jesus has said: Repent and be saved.

 

[Psalm23]

My dear brothers and sisters-in-Christ,

I am very encouraged by the number of readership to this blog. As I have mentioned before, I really don't care much about number, whether it is 1 or 10,000 readership to this blog makes no difference to me. Even only one, just one reader that is encouraged by the messages and has come to walk with Jesus closer, I will be fully satisfied. Every soul is important to Jesus.

We are very fortunate to have the Holy Spirit to help us to discern what we read and what we listen especially relating to His Words. We must pray and let the Holy Spirit guide us. As I have mentioned before, please check all that you read or listen against what the Bible says, INCLUDING MY BLOG! Humanly, we are all not infallible so the best way is to go back to His infallible word, the Word of God, the Bible. The 66 books (39 Old Testament and 27 New Testament) must be our only guide.

I like to share with you all some of the sites that are (in my opinion and after listening and reading the materials) really God-inspired. We have a wonderful Holy Spirit because once you listen to something that is outside the Word of God, He can really wisper to you and say "Stop Listening" or "Stop Reading" - this is false teaching. I pray that the following resources are useful to you and I want to add that some of my messages are excerpts from these resources.

(a) Video clips by:

All you need to do is to go to google youtube and type their names and you will find very good video clips of their preaching. Many of them are short 10 to 20 minutes but some of them can be quite long, like an hour. If you have a family, watch them together with your family. You will be truly blessed. (I think many of us are watching to much sitcoms and movies that really bring no value to our Christian life. So the video clips by these godly people can bring us closer to Jesus).

John Pipers
Paul Washer
John MacAurthur
Leonard Ravenhill
Billy Crone
Charles Stanley
David Pawson
Derek Prince

(b) Articles from Crandall University

Go to google and type 'Crandall University - New Testament' and you can find a series of articles which are related to New Testament from the Life of Jesus to Paul’s life as well as some expositories on the NT books. They are quite ‘light’ reading and written in fairly simple language. Dr. Barry Smith, one of the professors in the Theological Dept wrote most of these and I truly want to express our thank to him and God will richly bless man like him.


(c) Bible Commentary by Dr. Peter Pett

If you are into more serious reading and want to study in greater depth on each of the books of the Bible, there no place better than to google for 'Dr. Peter Pett'. I believe he has spent of his life writing the commentary. It’s practically a verse by verse commentary from Genesis to Revelation. What is more inspiring is that he also provided a short section on 'Note To Christians' almost after each chapters. These notes give practical applications to what the Bible tells us. It's really no point to read and just understand the Bible. We have to apply what is being told to us by God and the 'note' is a very useful resource to help us how to apply what we have learnt from His Word. These commentaries are all freely display for anyone to us. I believe if Dr. Peter were to make this as a Bible Commentary and sell it, he could make a lot of money. But he chose not to. Rather he has put all his writings for everyone who are serious about God’s Word to use.

It is because of all these men – Dr. Barry Smith, Dr. Peter Pett, John Pipers, Paul Washer, John MacAurthur, Leonard Ravenhill, Billy Crone, Charles Stanley David Pawson, Derek Prince (plus many more) that inspire me to also contribute a little by telling people about Jesus and His Truth. I must admit, to compare me with them is an insult to them!

May God Bless you all for the reading of the articles and listening to the video clips by these men of God.

 

[tanwahtiu]

I have been a Christian for over 30 years. I know exactly what I am doing.

YOu have to tell us which denomination you belong to. If you claim you have no denomination, then do not preach in this blog. Please leave.

I started my blog last year July and now there are over 11,000 readership.

You sure of your claim? 11,000 viewers?

You have accused me of being a wolf in sheep's clothing.

How can you write messages when you cannot tell the writing means 'literally' in context or content.

The gospel of Jesus is very simple but profound

We have never come across the Gospel of Jesus? only life of Jesus written by 4 people.

Many preaching in the church and outside the church have chosen not to preach repentance. Reasons very obvious - once you preach repentence and God's truth, you will not get any church membership. Many going to leave the church.

Says who that many churches don't preach repentance? Please authenticate your messages with many churches before you slander them.

What many people want to hear is that we are ok; we are just fine. BUT WE ALL ARE NOT. WE ALL ARE TERRIBLE SINNERS.

That is why I am here to rebutt you. Says who we are terrible sinners? Perhaps we are here to check that your messages does not contravene what other church pastors preached?

So many preachers preferred not to preach on repentence. Not to preach about hell but preach about prosperity; if you give more to God, God will give you even much more; and focusing showmanship and because of this the 'modern' church now is like a concert. This is another purpose of my message - Get real with Jesus. Repent! Repent! Repent! Without repentence, you will be totally lost into eternality. Unfortunately, many people don't like to hear such message because seeming it creates fear! Yes - it does and it is the fear of God that will bring us closer to Him; it is the fear of God that will reveal our sinfulness; it is the fear of God that we can seek His face; it is the fear of God that will bring repentence to our lives.

Churches are losing memberships and we see nothing wrong injecting new way of singing God's Word be it look like a concert. I have to totally rebutt your message. That is the reason why I tell you to seek your Pastor help who knows the 'doctrines' of their churches and the OB markers of their denomination.

You published God's messages without 'doctrine' or guide lines from a church. As such I don't see your messages encouraging but instead putting all sort of 'carnal fears' to make people fear God. There is no reason to fear God.

Today, there is absolutely no fear of God in many people.

Agreed, people of Today are more knowledgeable through research and science and the fear factor of volcano erupts, cyclons, earthquakes have been overcome.

Many live their lives as if God is dead but He is alive, very much alive.

Can you back you claim?

Please repent, repent, repent. Nothing else count. You can recruit 10,000 church members, but if you are living a fearless, godless, unrepented live, still you are going to face the wrath of God.

Again, you are putting carnal fears to tell people to fear wrath of God. Come on, don't speak on behalf of God. Tsunami and tidal waves that killed thousand of people is also from wrath of God? Last Tsunami that killed thousands in Sri Lanka, churches were warned not to take advantage of this disastor to say it was God wrath to kill people.

I like to take this opportunity to let all the Christian brothers and sisters to go to google and search for messages by John Pipers, Paul Washer, John MacAurthur, Leonard Ravenhill. They are truly men of God.

Again, never use God's name to claim anything. Christians like you like to abuse God's name for everything. If God is alive, I think he will wipe out religion like yours for disturbing and annoying him.

I am very encouraged by their preaching and these men are real preachers to tell us to repent, to repent and to repent. No repentence no salvation because Jesus has said: Repent and be saved.

So there are 'real' and 'unreal' (fake) preachers. Which one are you?

As I have said, as long as you have no bible qualification to preach/ teach Bible (nothing to do with God's Word) I will not stop intervene. There are 'doctrines' to follow in all chruch organisations and it is a statutory conditions, like any companies trading in a businesses.

 

[Psalm23]

I don't think I want to continue exchange with you all these meaningless exchanges.

But I like to really thank you! When you preached the truth, God is always with you. When someone want to destroy His work, He will protect.

I kept track of the readership and looks like a real miracle has occured. Ever since you started to destroy God's Word telling people that they will be just fine by worshipping their ancestors and a host of rubbish, the readership since then has increased beyond my imagination! It is like God pointing to the people to come to read my message. In the past, the readership is about 40 - 50 per day, but since you responded and started to speak all the untruth thing about our Holy God, the readership has gone up. In the last 3 days since we exchange the messages, on the average there are over 150 readership per day! All glory to Jesus! The results speak itself and so I will let Jesus do the work to defend His Word. But please repent, repent, repent. God is not to be mocked! It's never too late to repent and be saved!

[By the way, I never claim "viewers", I just claimed there are 11,000 readership whether 11,000 pepole read them or just 10 people I really don't know but my point is that there are many people read them and I have received people telling me to continue writing it and just ignore what others have said. You can check this by going back to the earlier threads.]

Thank you again!

Let the Word of God speaks.

God bless.

 

[whoami]

Psalm

Is Jesus Lord of Israel?

 

[Psalm23]

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Psalm

Is Jesus Lord of Israel?

Yes. Jesus is the Lord of Israel. Unfortunately, most Jews refused to acknowledge Him and instead still waiting for the birth of the Messiah who was already here two thousand years ago. God knew from the start that the Jews are going to reject Him.

Attached below is an article of a Jew who spent more than 40 years evangelizing to his own people, the Jewish race, to accept Jesus as the Messiah and their Saviour. A great man of God, he died about a week ago after spent also all his life reaching out to the Jews.

Sharing God's truth is costly especially if you emphaised evangelism. This was why Moishe was in constant rejection, hostility and lawsuits. You see, the Devil will do anything if you try to share the gospel, especially when the name of Jesus is shared and preached. The Devil hates this name. He simply hates the name because that's the name will finally locked him out in hell. You can go and do anything, the Devil doesn't care but just don't bring out the name of Jesus especially to the unsaved, he will try every means to intervene and sadly, he is going to use people to do the work for him.

Nothing can depart from this truth - just see what is going on in the blog here - people attempt to destroy and to pervert God's truth. I just want to share the gospel of Jesus - telling people what Jesus has commanded - Get baptized, repent and be saved. Accept Him as the sacrificial Lamb that died on the cross for our sins, after three days, rose again and after 40 days ascended to heaven. But people just don't accept it and more over trying to destroy the message. Many people want to hear nice messages like we are all ok; there is no god; there is no hell; just be 'good', pray to your ancestors and you will be just fine, ...etc, etc....but will reject with intense hostility once the name of Jesus is preached, once His truth is shared. The final victory of the Cross of Jesus is already written - All who rejected Him will face eternal death and those who accepted Him and come to repentence will receive eternal life. This is an unchanging doctrine of Christianity and of our faith.

A quote taken from below: "To be an honest ministry, it can only come from the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit can only indwell those who have the new birth and are born again," Rosen added. "Therefore, I would urge you to think very seriously before you support any ‘ministry' that involves Jewish people and doesn't actually bring the gospel to the Jews." - unscored my point that reaching out to other people and sharing about Jesus is always the work of Holy Spirit. No amount of education can replace this. One can spend years in seminary, in acquiring qualifications, in building head-knowledge, without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, your message is powerless! None of Jesus' disciples attended seminary - in fact the New Testament was not written yet; it was written many years after Jesus died; there was no church buildings; there was no Christian seminary; people in biblical times congregated at home - (unlike now, some churches become bigger and bigger but only with bricks and mortars rather with human hearts!) - yet the body of Christ grew from just a dozen believers to millions today! You can give yourself great titles, pastor, senior pastor, founding pastor, elder, senior elder, deacon and so on, they may be just vain titles if there is no indwelling of Holy Spirit in you. Pray and consult God, the Father, His Son, Jesus and the Holy Spirit before you write, before you share and the Holy Trinity will inspire you what to write and what to share!

------------GODFATHER OF JEWISH EVANGELISM-----------​

The man considered the "godfather of Jewish evangelism" has died.
Moishe Rosen, founder of Jews for Jesus (JFJ), died Wednesday in San Francisco after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 78.

Since it was founded in 1973, JFJ has been a leader in Jewish evangelism, with thousands of Jews embracing faith in Jesus as Messiah because of the ministry. It employs more than 200 missionaries in 11 nations and has distributed more than 50 million gospel tracts to date.

"More than any other single person, Moishe has been responsible for putting the idea of being Jewish and believing in Jesus on the map," JFJ board member Lon Solomon told Charisma last year. "He has inspired several generations of young Jewish men and women to have a burden to reach their own people. He has been a marvelous example."

"Moishe Rosen has had a tremendous influence on the field of Jewish missions, on the church and on so many who have sought to serve God in making the gospel known," added current JFJ executive director David Brickner. "He was an example to me of many things, but particularly of courage, of curiosity and commitment."

Reared in Denver, the son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, Rosen accepted Christ in 1953 along with his wife, Ceil. A short time later he sensed a call to ministry and after attending seminary at Northeastern Bible College in New Jersey, he was ordained at Trinity Baptist Church in Wheat Ridge, Colo., in 1967.

He spent the next five years working with the American Board of Missions to the Jews, now called Chosen People Ministries, before founding Jews for Jesus in 1973 with young Messianic Jews who had embrace Jesus as Messiah during the Jesus movement.

Jews for Jesus became known for distributing evangelistic literature called broadsides on college campuses, in shopping areas and on busy city streets, where missionaries used them to strike up conversations with passers-by. Rosen also encouraged the development of Jewish gospel music groups and drama teams.

"[Rosen] was a dynamic and creative witness," said Dr. Vernon Grounds, president emeritus of Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary. "When Moishe Rosen came into a city there was either a revival or a riot."

Because of its emphasis on direct Jewish evangelism, the ministry has faced constant rejection, hostility and lawsuits. In one prominent case, comic Jackie Mason sued after his picture appeared on a JFJ tract in 2006. The ministry withdrew the image after an apology.

Yet the organization hasn't suffered, and Rosen is credited with training many of the current leaders in Jewish evangelism. Rosen also consulted numerous denominations and ministries in Jewish evangelism, and served as a special consultant to the Lausanne Committee on World Evangelizations study group on reaching Jewish people.

He became a founding leader of the organization it spawned, The Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, an umbrella group for Jewish mission organizations worldwide. In 1986, Rosen was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary in Portland, Ore., where he served on the board of trustees.

"Moishe Rosen championed the refreshing realization that one can be a Jew for Jesus while retaining one's cultural heritage," said Dr. Mark Bailey, president of Dallas Theological Seminary. "He has inspired and instructed many of us in the rich history of the Hebrew Scriptures and the Jewish foundations of our faith."

Rosen stepped down as JFJ executive director in 1996 but remained a visible part of the ministry. Despite his leadership strengths, some criticized his style as overbearing or authoritarian. There were enough critics who viewed Rosen as unkind that in 2004 he posted a letter on JFJ's Web site apologizing to anyone he had offended.

"It's true," Rosen said of his aggressive nature in an interview with Charisma late last year. "Most people who are in charge of things—you will come up against them. Those are things about my personality, but it didn't stop me from doing what I needed to do." (Read Charisma's recent profile of Rosen, "The Godfather of Jewish Evangelism.")

As he approached the end of his life, Rosen lamented the fact that many ecumenical ministries were emphasizing Christian-Jewish relations at the expense of Jewish evangelism. In an interview with Charisma, he cited the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, which raises more than $80 million a year, 10 times as much as Chosen People's evangelistic outreach.
"I never thought I would live to see the day when those who know the Lord and are born again were supporting the efforts of rabbis who, frankly, not only don't know Christ, but don't want to know Him," Rosen wrote in a farewell letter designed to be read after his death.

"To be an honest ministry, it can only come from the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit can only indwell those who have the new birth and are born again," Rosen added. "Therefore, I would urge you to think very seriously before you support any ‘ministry' that involves Jewish people and doesn't actually bring the gospel to the Jews."

He also expressed concern about Messianic leaders who felt their calling was to promote Jewishness and Judaism to Jews. "I hope I can count on you to show love and respect for the Jewish people, but Jewishness never saved anybody," he wrote. "Judaism never saved anybody no matter how sincere."
In his letter, Rosen said he felt he left many things undone but said "anything done for Christ will last."

Rosen is survived by his wife of 60 years, Ceil; his brother, Don; daughters Lyn Bond and Ruth Rosen, son-in-law Alan Bond, and two grandchildren, Asher and Bethany Bond.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. June 1 at First Baptist Church in San Francisco.

--------------------End of Article----------------------​

 

[whoami]

If Lord of Israel and Jesus the same god, both should be speaking the same truth right? I mean both their Words cannot contradict each other right?

 

[Psalm23]

If Lord of Israel and Jesus the same god, both should be speaking the same truth right? I mean both their Words cannot contradict each other right?

Yes. That's right! Bible never contradict. Because Bible was written by more about 40 people of diverse background - education, occupation, social and family upbringing - written at different places, at different time and at different historical setting, some verses may seemingly contracdict. However, one has to read in proper context. For example, in the New Testament in Romans it says that "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" yet in Genesis, Noah was found to be perfect in God sight. So it contradicts since God on one hand has said that "All have sinned and on the other He has found one perfect." There shouldn't be any one perfect - so goes the skeptics. The perfection here is not sinless but rather obedience. Noah was absolutely obedient to God. When God commanded Him to build an ark and he did exactly what God commanded and followed God's instruction in minute details in building the ark. In fact, he took over 100 years to build! As we read further, we also noted that Noah was a drunken, so how could he be perfect. As mentioned, he was obedient to God and whenever God commanded him to do something he did it without questioning God. In God's economy and kingdom, he was still a sinner because we all are born sinners. Just like some of God's children are 'perfect' today like the Jewish evanglist who had set up the ministry to reach out the Jews to proclaim Jesus as Messiah, did not make him sinless. He was still a sinner but he was obedient to God's call to establish a ministry specially to reach out to the Jews. Perhaps in God's eye, he was perfect because he obeyed this high calling and for over 40 years working just on this calling.

Unfortunately, many people take 'pleasure' and try to attack God's word and when such questions or some seeming contradicting verses are quoted and the confronted Christians who might not really have good answers, they simply rejoice at it. I really don't understand why except that anyone who tried to rejoice and mock at the Word of God is from the devil. Please avoid mocking God's Word because God MUST NOT BE MOCKED.

 

[Psalm23]

Let us fix our eyes on JESUS,
the author and finisher of our faith,who for the joy
set before him endured the cross,scorning its
shame and sat down at the right of the throne of GOD.
Hebrews 12:2

My dear friend, ecclesiastes the teacher, in Christ,

Nothing can depart from the truth you wrote: Let us fix our eyes on Jesus.

Nothing really counts. Our trust must be in Jesus. Jesus has said: I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)

Since the very first lie that the Devil told to Eve and Adam at the garden of Eden, the war between good and evil, the prince of darkness and our dear Holy God of the Bible has begun and is being fought till today. The Devil will spare us any chance and will take every opportunity to advance his evil motive - to destroy man and to bring them to damnation! This war of good and evil will end when God Himself intervenes and when He establishes a New Earth and a New Heaven for His children. Do we need to wait long for this? Answer to this question defers but many believers, including myself, it is going to be much sooner than we expect - really soon. So get yourself prepared and let's fix our eyes on Jesus - the Author and the Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2)

Below is an article that was written by Andrew Greeley, published in the Chicago Sun Times (August 20, 2004) and it put a complete perspective of the sin of greed. Almost every lie that is told by the politicians, businessmen, friends, collegues and, sadly, even sometimes by our own close relatives harboured an ulterior motive, and it usually because of greed for more money and material gain in whatever form it takes.

We must take precaution not to let the power of darkness to rule over us and the best way to do this is: Be honest with ourselves in everthing, especially when we share the Word of God. Every Word from the Bible is pure and holy and must not be altered. His Word is from everlasting to everlasting.

Coming back to the article - you will note two things:

(a) It was written in 2004, and in 2008 we can truly see the destructive effect of lie and deception. The financial meltdown of 2008 is a living testimony of what deception can do to people, to community, to society, to country and to the whole world! The ill-gotten money and wealth acquired by the few people and the few large corporation were acquired through deceptions and dishonest practices, the most infamous being the Madoff Scandal.

(b) It is not just in America. Every society, every country is not spared from this sin of greed. To just label the Amercian politicians, businessmen, educators, workers, etc are the only people on earth greedy is doing a complete disservice to our conscience and more importantly, to God's Word because God has said "man's heart is deceitful about all things, desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9)." We don't need to look far to really know this biblical truth. All we need is to just look around ourselves and the people around us.

I hope that this article can bring us all closer to God and I pray that the Holy Spirit will guide and renew our mind daily so that our heart can be conformed more to His will and His character. Remember, His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9)."

Like all good and useful things that we are so graciously given to us by our loving God, we must also attempt to acquire the habit of sharing these good and useful things with others. Hence, if you find this is good and useful, and more importantly if this helps you in your daily walk with Jesus, please do not hesitate to share with your friends, collegues and relatives.

---------------------America's Disease is Greed--------------------​

The most serious spiritual problem in the country today is reckless and untrammeled greed. Greed caused the disgraceful corporate scandals that fill our newspapers. Greed is responsible for crooked cops and crooked politicians. Greed causes the constant efforts to destroy unions that protect basic worker rights.

Greed has produced rash tax cuts that have given money to the rich and in effect taken it away from the poor. Greed has led to the immigration policy in which hundreds of poor men and women die every year as they struggle across the desert for the jobs that el norte promises them. Greed accounts for the efforts to take profitability out of the pensions and health insurance of working men and women. Greed is responsible for the fact that so many Americans have no health insurance and the fact that the recent reform of Medicare was a fraud. Greed causes newspapers to overestimate their circulation.

Greed is responsible for the obscene salaries of CEOs. In the '90s the ratio of CEO compensation to average workers' compensation was 250 to 1, meaning that the boss earned on his first day of work during a year as much as the worker did in a whole year. In European countries the ratio is closer to 100 to 1. Recent estimates put the current ratio at 500 to 1 -- the boss makes as much before lunch as the worker does all year. Greed is the cause of the high wages paid to the bosses even if the company is failing.

Greed is responsible for the endless stress and ruthless competition of the workplace and the strains and tensions of professional class marriages. Greed (in this instance another name for relentless ambition) explains much of the cheating on college campuses. Greed is responsible for outsourcing, which is incapable of comprehending that the employees who lose their jobs are also the consumers who sustain the economy. Greed generates the reckless ventures that in part caused the bubble of the late '90s. Greed causes expensive wars that shatter the budget. Greed is the reason that only the wealthy are benefitting so far from the economic upturn that is allegedly happening. Greed drives loan sharks. Greed is responsible for the success of big box stores that tax the poor with low wages to provide bargains for affluent suburban shoppers. Greed is the reason poor white Appalachians, poor African Americans and poor Native Americans must fight the wars that the wealthy start. Jessica Lynch joined the Army so she could go to college. Her Native American roommate, killed in action, joined so, single mother that she was, she could support her children. Greed is the reason why the country is being run by those whom the president has described, however inelegantly, as the ''haves and the have mores.''

No one said during the bizarre deification of President Reagan that he taught us that greed is good and that we should feel good about our greedy country. Greed is the reason that the country is being run by the insurance, pharmaceutical, weapons and petroleum industries. Greed causes worldwide sex slavery of women and children.

Greed drives the murders of the narcotics world. Greed is responsible for the exploitations of teen sports stars by colleges and for the mess in the pro sports world. It is also the cause of the use of performance drugs by young athletes. Greed is responsible for the bad advice lawyers gave the Church years ago to beat victims of sexual abuse into the ground. It is behind the scam artists who steal from the elderly.

Greed may have been a more serious problem for Americans, say, in the era of the robber barons. But the Garys and the Morgans and the Carnegies were a small bunch of men. Now their greed has seeped down to a much larger segment of the population.

The Catholic Church speaks of four sins that cry to heaven for vengeance. Two are cheating workers out of wages and exploiting widows and children. Both happen every day in our greedy country.

Ambition is not evil within limits. The struggle for success is not bad within limits. Hard work and fair rewards are good within limits. It is not good to take from the poor and give to the rich, and that's exactly what this country is doing today.

--------------------End of Article----------------------​

 

[whoami]

Yes. That's right! Bible never contradict.

Is Lord of Israel Words everlasting? Is His commandment everlasting....till todate still apply to His believers?

 

[Psalm23]

Is Lord of Israel Words everlasting? Is His commandment everlasting....till todate still apply to His believers?

God is everlasting. The God of Israel is also God of the world, God of the universe. There is only One God and He is the beginning and the end. So are His commandments. Jesus came to fulfill the laws and not to abolish it. Amercia (and many western countries too) are paying the price because they have removed the Ten Commandments out of their institutions. Quite a few years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court has declared the displaying the Ten Commandments on public buildings is unconstitutional and directed they removed them out. Before that, all public buildings especially those involved in the administration of justice prominently displayed the Ten Commandments in the buildings. And see the results after this action to remove Ten Commandments out of the building - the total erosion of morality and many Americans are crying for help but they got from the wrong place. They put their trust on the government to solve them and things are now from bad to worst. Big question - how about other countries? I think many of us know the answers - things are getting from bad to worst and as foretold in the Bible, these are the signs of the last days - the wickedness and evilness of human heart just beyong one could imagine. Even, I believe, the disciples and the apostles of Jesus would be surprised if only they could see what is happening now!

[Just go to google and search for this topic on Ten Commandment and U.S. constitution, you can see tons of comments and evangelical Christians have spoken much on this but really nothing could be done.]

God Bless

 

[Psalm23]

This is reposted...I have made a typo-error....Please read this one. When sharing with God's Word, perfection is the most important thing.​

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My dear friend, ecclesiastes the teacher, in Christ,

Nothing can depart from the truth you wrote: Let us fix our eyes on Jesus.

Nothing really counts. Our trust must be in Jesus. Jesus has said: I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)

Since the very first lie that the Devil told to Eve and Adam at the garden of Eden, the war between good and evil, the prince of darkness and our dear Holy God of the Bible has begun and is being fought till today. The Devil will not spare us any chance and will take every opportunity to advance his evil motive - to destroy man and to bring them to damnation! This war of good and evil will end when God Himself intervenes and when He establishes a New Earth and a New Heaven for His children. Do we need to wait long for this? Answer to this question defers but many believers, including myself, it is going to be much sooner than we expect - really soon. So get yourself prepared and let's fix our eyes on Jesus - the Author and the Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2)

Below is an article that was written by Andrew Greeley, published in the Chicago Sun Times (August 20, 2004) and it put a complete perspective of the sin of greed. Almost every lie that is told by the politicians, businessmen, friends, collegues and, sadly, even sometimes by our own close relatives harboured an ulterior motive, and it usually because of greed for more money and material gain in whatever form it takes.

We must take precaution not to let the power of darkness to rule over us and the best way to do this is: Be honest with ourselves in everthing, especially when we share the Word of God. Every Word from the Bible is pure and holy and must not be altered. His Word is from everlasting to everlasting.

Coming back to the article - you will note two things:

(a) It was written in 2004, and in 2008 we can truly see the destructive effect of lie and deception. The financial meltdown of 2008 is a living testimony of what deception can do to people, to community, to society, to country and to the whole world! The ill-gotten money and wealth acquired by the few people and the few large corporation were acquired through deceptions and dishonest practices, the most infamous being the Madoff Scandal.

(b) It is not just in America. Every society, every country is not spared from this sin of greed. To just label the Amercian politicians, businessmen, educators, workers, etc are the only people on earth greedy is doing a complete disservice to our conscience and more importantly, to God's Word because God has said "man's heart is deceitful about all things, desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9)." We don't need to look far to really know this biblical truth. All we need is to just look around ourselves and the people around us.

I hope that this article can bring us all closer to God and I pray that the Holy Spirit will guide and renew our mind daily so that our heart can be conformed more to His will and His character. Remember, His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9)."

Like all good and useful things that we are so graciously given to us by our loving God, we must also attempt to acquire the habit of sharing these good and useful things with others. Hence, if you find this is good and useful, and more importantly if this helps you in your daily walk with Jesus, please do not hesitate to share with your friends, collegues and relatives. Better still, if you have a testimony, however short and simple, you can share with us. God is very pleased and waiting for us to testify for Him. You don't need to get permission from people when sharing God's goodness, greatness, kindness and love. But you must do it prayerfully that what you share, His Word and your testimony are true. They must be spoken in spirit and in truth. You must not lie just because you want people believe in you. God really, really hates liars! As in 2 Timothy 4:2, we are told to share His Word in and out of season (i.e. every time possible) and Jesus will grow His church (Acts 2:47). So, start declaring God's goodness!

---------------------America's Disease is Greed--------------------​

The most serious spiritual problem in the country today is reckless and untrammeled greed. Greed caused the disgraceful corporate scandals that fill our newspapers. Greed is responsible for crooked cops and crooked politicians. Greed causes the constant efforts to destroy unions that protect basic worker rights.

Greed has produced rash tax cuts that have given money to the rich and in effect taken it away from the poor. Greed has led to the immigration policy in which hundreds of poor men and women die every year as they struggle across the desert for the jobs that el norte promises them. Greed accounts for the efforts to take profitability out of the pensions and health insurance of working men and women. Greed is responsible for the fact that so many Americans have no health insurance and the fact that the recent reform of Medicare was a fraud. Greed causes newspapers to overestimate their circulation.

Greed is responsible for the obscene salaries of CEOs. In the '90s the ratio of CEO compensation to average workers' compensation was 250 to 1, meaning that the boss earned on his first day of work during a year as much as the worker did in a whole year. In European countries the ratio is closer to 100 to 1. Recent estimates put the current ratio at 500 to 1 -- the boss makes as much before lunch as the worker does all year. Greed is the cause of the high wages paid to the bosses even if the company is failing.

Greed is responsible for the endless stress and ruthless competition of the workplace and the strains and tensions of professional class marriages. Greed (in this instance another name for relentless ambition) explains much of the cheating on college campuses. Greed is responsible for outsourcing, which is incapable of comprehending that the employees who lose their jobs are also the consumers who sustain the economy. Greed generates the reckless ventures that in part caused the bubble of the late '90s. Greed causes expensive wars that shatter the budget. Greed is the reason that only the wealthy are benefitting so far from the economic upturn that is allegedly happening. Greed drives loan sharks. Greed is responsible for the success of big box stores that tax the poor with low wages to provide bargains for affluent suburban shoppers. Greed is the reason poor white Appalachians, poor African Americans and poor Native Americans must fight the wars that the wealthy start. Jessica Lynch joined the Army so she could go to college. Her Native American roommate, killed in action, joined so, single mother that she was, she could support her children. Greed is the reason why the country is being run by those whom the president has described, however inelegantly, as the ''haves and the have mores.''

No one said during the bizarre deification of President Reagan that he taught us that greed is good and that we should feel good about our greedy country. Greed is the reason that the country is being run by the insurance, pharmaceutical, weapons and petroleum industries. Greed causes worldwide sex slavery of women and children.

Greed drives the murders of the narcotics world. Greed is responsible for the exploitations of teen sports stars by colleges and for the mess in the pro sports world. It is also the cause of the use of performance drugs by young athletes. Greed is responsible for the bad advice lawyers gave the Church years ago to beat victims of sexual abuse into the ground. It is behind the scam artists who steal from the elderly.

Greed may have been a more serious problem for Americans, say, in the era of the robber barons. But the Garys and the Morgans and the Carnegies were a small bunch of men. Now their greed has seeped down to a much larger segment of the population.

The Catholic Church speaks of four sins that cry to heaven for vengeance. Two are cheating workers out of wages and exploiting widows and children. Both happen every day in our greedy country.

Ambition is not evil within limits. The struggle for success is not bad within limits. Hard work and fair rewards are good within limits. It is not good to take from the poor and give to the rich, and that's exactly what this country is doing today.

--------------------End of Article----------------------​

 

[tanwahtiu]

I don't think I want to continue exchange with you all these meaningless exchanges.

You are evading not exchanging views.

But I like to really thank you! When you preached the truth, God is always with you. When someone want to destroy His work, He will protect.

How do you know He is here to destroy your work?

I kept track of the readership and looks like a real miracle has occured.

Here you go again, imagine there is a miracle in your work. U think you are Jesus?

Ever since you started to destroy God's Word telling people that they will be just fine by worshipping their ancestors and a host of rubbish, the readership since then has increased beyond my imagination! It is like God pointing to the people to come to read my message.

Not to be cynical, perhaps people are watching how you are responding and see how well you react.

In the past, the readership is about 40 - 50 per day, but since you responded and started to speak all the untruth thing about our Holy God, the readership has gone up. In the last 3 days since we exchange the messages, on the average there are over 150 readership per day! All glory to Jesus! The results speak itself and so I will let Jesus do the work to defend His Word. But please repent, repent, repent. God is not to be mocked! It's never too late to repent and be saved!

So how can there be 11,000 viewers when there is only 50 viewers a day. Perhaps these 50 viewers are the same throughout the year, as such how can there be >11,000 viewers?

[By the way, I never claim "viewers", I just claimed there are 11,000 readership whether 11,000 pepole read them or just 10 people I really don't know but my point is that there are many people read them and I have received people telling me to continue writing it and just ignore what others have said. You can check this by going back to the earlier threads.]

Thank you again!

Let the Word of God speaks.

 

[whoami]

So, is Lord of Israel Law and Commandment everlasting? If Yes why? If No why?

 

[tanwahtiu]

Yes. Jesus is the Lord of Israel. Unfortunately, most Jews refused to acknowledge Him and instead still waiting for the birth of the Messiah who was already here two thousand years ago. God knew from the start that the Jews are going to reject Him.

Do you have historical document support that Jews reject Jesus? Hyp speaking if it was God who created his people, the Jews, how do you know God knows his people will reject him (God). Hello! back up your proof please?

Let me ask you a question. If someone told you there is a man many people says he is a God. This man is an Indian man and live in India. Many people saw him performed miracles too. Will you go and see him?

And also say now you live in AD1 - AD33 period and live somewhere in Lebanon. Someone (Gentiles) told you there is a man call Jesus in Galilee where many people says he is God and he performed miracles. Will you believe those people (Gentiles) and will you go see to believe if Jesus is God.

You have to answer this question carefully, you integrity is now being tested!

Nothing can depart from this truth - just see what is going on in the blog here - people attempt to destroy and to pervert God's truth. I just want to share the gospel of Jesus - telling people what Jesus has commanded - Get baptized, repent and be saved.

Those who are Christians have been baptised, as such are your message is about recruiting non-Christians. If this is the case, friend, you are not sharing God's Word but recruiting new members. Becareful how you phrase you words? Your words (written here) is your own views, not God's view, please don't put your words into God's mouth!

That is why Pastors are trained (professionally) to write and phrase their words carefully when they prepare sermons. As I have say, if please seek your Pastor advice/advise (Sam is monitoring this) to correct your text messages before you publish here.

Accept Him as the sacrificial Lamb that died on the cross for our sins, after three days, rose again and after 40 days ascended to heaven. But people just don't accept it and more over trying to destroy the message. Many people want to hear nice messages like we are all ok; there is no god; there is no hell; just be 'good', pray to your ancestors and you will be just fine, ...etc, etc....but will reject with intense hostility once the name of Jesus is preached, once His truth is shared.

I find your message agressive and intimidating. So Jesus dies on the cross for you was for your sin, which is a wishful thinking. And he rose again after three days - so from where did he rose? Do you mean Jesus did not leave the cave for 3 days? If Jesus have left the cave (which the girls saw there is no Jesus body in the cave) so from where did Jesus came out from? And Jesus only ascend to heaven 40 days later after he died. So where was Jesus in these 40 days? RTS? Room The Streets? Can you back up your claim?

 

[IR123]

Hi Psalm23,

I do not know how you view the exchanges. My own view is that you are being distracted unnecessarily. You have made your point and if they want to know more, they can always google for the answer.

Also a short question does not require a long answer. There are better things to do with our time. Besides skeptics love the sound of their own voices and their own logic. You already answered them beyond a reasonable point.

I find your posts encouraging - well, not all but quite a number - and I thank you for that. Keep up the good work and may I suggest that you go back to your once a week posting. If there are genuine queries, by all means answer them. Frankly, there are better things to do than engaging in fruitless discussions that waste time and at the same time, spoil your thread.

 

[tanwahtiu]

God is everlasting. The God of Israel is also God of the world, God of the universe. There is only One God and He is the beginning and the end.

So far people believe there is God because someone told them so. I believe you are not born to know there is God until someone tell you about God. God is a make believe and pass down through generation. Heard about the Chinese saying 无事不登三宝壂 which means no trouble you don't acend up to the three precious temple? That is seek God (a make believe super saviour) only if you are in trouble.

So are His commandments. Jesus came to fulfill the laws and not to abolish it. Amercia (and many western countries too) are paying the price because they have removed the Ten Commandments out of their institutions. Quite a few years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court has declared the displaying the Ten Commandments on public buildings is unconstitutional and directed they removed them out. Before that, all public buildings especially those involved in the administration of justice prominently displayed the Ten Commandments in the buildings. And see the results after this action to remove Ten Commandments out of the building - the total erosion of morality and many Americans are crying for help but they got from the wrong place. They put their trust on the government to solve them and things are now from bad to worst. Big question - how about other countries? I think many of us know the answers - things are getting from bad to worst and as foretold in the Bible, these are the signs of the last days - the wickedness and evilness of human heart just beyong one could imagine. Even, I believe, the disciples and the apostles of Jesus would be surprised if only they could see what is happening now!

Come on, stop putting God as if God is punishing Americans. Here again it is your own assumption and putting your words into God's mouth. Please seek professional advice and not blaming God for this and that.

 

[Psalm23]

Brother Tanwahtui,

Thank you. Thank you for helping to create more audience because the Word of God will prevail. I tracked my blog and it's just a miracle. Ever since you tried to destroy the Word of God, the viewership has increased. You can see right now there are 11,659 and that's an increase of over 150 from yesterday. Before your attempt to destroy God's Word, normally there are only 40-50 viewership per day. Whether the increase of 150 is viewed by 150 or 30 or even 3 people is not my point. My point is the viewership number has increased by 3 times since my blog is under attack (by you of course)! But frankly, I am not concern about number. I am concern about the quality of people who have confessed themselves to be Christians (and that include myself). I don't know about your age. But let me tell you that I am an old man. In another year or so, I will be 60 years old and if you are in your 20s or 30s most probably I am old enough to be your father. From your writing, I can see you are pretty young but if I am wrong I just say sorry. If you are in your youth in your 20s or 30s, let me tell you, young man, wake up please. Come to Jesus, please. If you are still a teenager, let me tell you, child, God loves you, go and seek counsel from your dad and mum (but if dad and mum in fact endorsed what you are not doing to this blog, there is nothing much I can say and perhaps you just want to continue, that's your choice), if you are my age in the late 50s, let me tell you, friend, time is not our our side, don't walk, but run now, run to Jesus before it's too late. And if you are in your 60s or 70s, or if you are 80 years old, let me call you, uncle - I am sorry if I have been rude to you and sound disrespectful forgive me but uncle there is nothing much I can tell you because you should know better than I do but please uncle, the best you could is not to destroy God's work. In any case, whether you are in your teen, in your youth, or an old man, our life belongs to Jesus. We really don't know what is going to happen to us in the next hour but Jesus does. So, come to Him now before it's too late!

So, my friend, if you are honest, can you tell the readers here your age so that, in case, I decide to exchange some more messages with you (and also others want to join in the discussions), we can better identify you. To be exact, I have just passed my 58 birthday and I want to thank God that He still giving me the energy to serve Him with fear and trembling and that is the demand from God - when we serve Him, we must serve Him wiith fear and when we rejoice in Him, we must rejoice with trembling Psalm 2:11. This is exactly what is happening to me now. God is so real and Bible is so true!

Don't fight against the True God. Please repent, repent, repent, young man (and I assume you are a young, unless you tell us otherwise).

You see this is how God works. For those who are Christians reading the threads here, they are still going to be Christians. For non-Christians who you have attracted them to read in spite of your work of destruction to His Kingdom, some may come to their sense and acknowledge that Jesus is God. Even there is one new convert, all the angels in heaven will celebrate for his or her salvation. In either case, His Kingdom is going to grow. Our job as born-again Christians is just to preach and share God's Word truthfully in season and out of season (2 Timothy 4:2) and just leave to Jesus to grow His Church; that is His job and no man can do the job of growing the body of Christ except God Himself (Acts 2:47). All glory to God.

So, young man, come to sense, now. Whether the 11,000 (and coming to 12,000) viewership is watching is not important. The most important thing is God is watching. If you are not a believer, again that's your choice. And if you want to believe in ancestor worshipping, that's your choice. Just keep praying to your ancestors and you will be just fine - not I say but you have said it. But for me - that's not fine. the only Person we can worship is God, the God of the Bible, Jesus, and anything outside this is against His commandment, in fact against the very first commandment of the Ten Commandments - there is no other gods beside Me; you shall not worship other gods.

I normally post my writing once a week but now because of your efforts to destroy God's work which is the work of the devil (not I say but according to the Bible: whoever want to destroy God's work is from the devil), I have posted more messages than usual just over the last few days to proclaim Jesus to the world (and of course specifically to people here in Singapore) Of course, for those who find this blog irrelevant, just ignore it and just continue to do and to pray what they normally do.

When Jesus was preparing to do the will of the Heavenly Father, to prepare Himself to be tortured by the Roman soldiers, to suffer on the cross, to face death, apostle Peter tried to stop Him and Jesus has to tell Him: Get behind me Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things. (Matthew 16:23). Please take heed of the warning. Anyone that is trying to stop people from the doing the work of our Heavenly Father is from the devil (not I say but the Bible) Repent, repent, repent, believe in Jesus, get baptized and be saved.

 

[wrcboi]

When Jesus was preparing to do the will of the Heavenly Father, to prepare Himself to be tortured by the Roman soldiers, to suffer on the cross, to face death, apostle Peter tried to stop Him and Jesus has to tell Him: Get behind me Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things. (Matthew 16:23). Please take heed of the warning. Anyone that is trying to stop people from the doing the work of our Heavenly Father is from the devil (not I say but the Bible) Repent, repent, repent, believe in Jesus, get baptized and be saved.[/B][/QUOTE]

how about kill 10 million people...rape 10 million girls and repent and get baptized will that be saved????

 

[Psalm23]

Hi Psalm23,

I do not know how you view the exchanges. My own view is that you are being distracted unnecessarily. You have made your point and if they want to know more, they can always google for the answer.

Also a short question does not require a long answer. There are better things to do with our time. Besides skeptics love the sound of their own voices and their own logic. You already answered them beyond a reasonable point.

I find your posts encouraging - well, not all but quite a number - and I thank you for that. Keep up the good work and may I suggest that you go back to your once a week posting. If there are genuine queries, by all means answer them. Frankly, there are better things to do than engaging in fruitless discussions that waste time and at the same time, spoil your thread.

Dear IR123,

Thank you for those godly inspiring words. Those are great words of counsel. I fully accept your counsel and continue sharing God's truth, especially among Christians and not to be distracted by skeptics.

If some of the messages seem to 'discourage' rather than encourage my dear Christian brothers and sisters, I truly apologize. The whole intent of my messages is to encourage Christians to walk closer with Jesus and so, I will continue to pray that God will give me wisdom to achieve this in my message. God Bless. You are truly a good encourager to His work! Those words of counselling you have penned above are truly Holy Spirit inspired!