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Today's Scripture Reading

Questions on food, sabbath, etc that are taught in the OT were applicable to the Jews in OT time.

If you are a Chinese, worship your ancestors 祖宗 for peace and prosperity, the only 2 elements essential to your life time. Everyone life time is different, some live longer than others but some died a few minutes after he/she was born.

As long as there is peace prosperity will follows. Your 祖父 have been praying to your ancestors for thousands of years, way before the Bible was written or there were Jews. Leave the bible to the Italians and Greeks and the OT to the Jews.

Bible was only adopted as 'Word of God' in the early 20th Century because of the continuous alterations by high priests in the early years of Christianity. In those early years bible, as a holy book, can only be owned and read by priests to his members. To put to a stop of continuous alterations of the bible the presbyterians (old cock preaches) decided to put a stop it and call the bible 'Word of God'. There are over 2,000 mistakes in the Bible and if it was not stop the whole Bible stories will get more ridiculous and screwed up. Over 1,500 years of alterations and changing the story lines in the Bible look absurb.

Pray to 'respect' your ancestors, but not to fear them. Either do you need to fear God (whatever God you believe). Learn to have mutual respect to each other than to rely on faith. Faith without respect goes no where.

All living animals on this earth can be eaten, including men. Any living animales with their back facing the sun can be eaten. Living animals with their front facing the sun are dead. You don't eat dead carcass with their frin facing the sun because you don't know when their have died. But if you kill them for food it is different.
 
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Today’s Scripture Reading [June 6, 2010]

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. [Isaiah 9:17. KJV]

Jesus hates hypocrites! In Matthew we read about Jesus rebuking the Pharisees and the scribes and He called them “hypocrites” seven times in one chapter. Pharisees and scribes were like our modern day church leaders – pastors, deacons, elders. Because of their knowledge of Torah, the Pharisees were also known as teachers of law. However, they were more concerned about their outward appearance and their hearts were far from God (Matthew 15:8). To the external observer, they appeared pious, but their inner reality was quite different. Besides calling Pharisees and scribes “hypocrites”, Jesus also labeled them as vipers and snakes. If follows from this that God equates hypocrites to snakes and vipers! Unpredictable as they are, vipers and snakes can attack and kill without any warnings and with its poisonous venoms, it can kill us in seconds if we got bitten by it.

We must acknowledge that hypocrisy is all too common, not just the Pharisees and the scribes. Whether we are Christians or non-Christians, whether we are inside the church or outside the church, we all have some fair share of being hypocrites. We do not do what we say, we love outward appearance, especially to impress others; we equate success with great material possessions; we try to outdo one another by acquiring bigger home, bigger car, improving our image with bigger job title, building bigger church building. Remember, our God is God of the Universe. He created everything from the tiniest ant to the biggest star. Nothing that we posses or built, no matter big or how sophisticated, can impress Him! All that He wants from us can be summed up in His words on David – He wants us to be man after His heart (Acts 13:22). Nothing could impress Him more than when our hearts are right with Him!

God is holy and He wants us to be holy too (1 Peter 1:16). In addition, He wants His place of worship to be just as holy and must not be adulterated nor contaminated in any form. Jesus was very angry and overthrew the tables and seats because of what He saw when He went to the temple (Mark 11:15-17). The people there were doing business transactions right inside the temple – there were money changers with people selling doves in His temple. They have turned His temple into hideout for thieves! Although the people at the temple were doing simple, routine daily businesses just like one could find in any market, yet, this was not acceptable to Jesus. This tells us a very important message about what God has demanded of us when we come to His temple and worship Him – any business, however small, however insignificant, is an abomination to God – end of story! To God, these works of men done in His temple is no difference to the works of thieves. Nothing must come in between His temple and our service to Him! Yet we see today, Christian organizations are building treasure on earth, striking deals with real estate developers to acquire properties for investment purposes, selling ‘lucky’ draw tickets, promoting CDs, VCDs, having food and fun fanfare, inviting famous singers to sing at church conventions and even performing magic to entertain and to spice ‘fun’ in the worship. The most serious message that we can hear on earth is God’s message and we must not go to listen to His message for entertainment and for fun! Remember, God must not be mocked! .

Many of us are weak and are vulnerable to false teaching. We love to hear sweet, nice, entertaining, fun and ‘magical’ messages to suit our own desires because of our itching ears. The danger is that these are misguided messages. They are deceptively preached at the expense of the sound doctrine which we may, unknowingly, reject it (2 Timothy 4:3). Weakness is not a sin. However, we must be on our guard so that our weaknesses will not be overtaken by the deceptive work of the devil. In many cases, because of our ignorance of God’s Word, we can be easy prey to false prophets and false teachers. Jesus has cautioned us against them who can even show great signs, perform miracles and wonders but they are meant to deceive us (Matthew 24:24). He further warns us that as the end-time approaches, there will be many false prophets and false teachers and they are going to deceive people into believing that they are the Christ (Matthew 24: 4-5). So, let us rest upon the power of Jesus (2 Corinthians 12:9) and take the whole armour of God to protect us from all evil and his deceptive work (Ephesians 6:13).

But are most modern church leaders really hypocrites like the Pharisees and the scribes? The answer is no! Rather, my personal view is that hypocrites in the church leadership is an exception rather a rule. In my 30 years as Christian, I have seen many sincere God-fearing church leaders who have spent their lives working unselfishly as prison chaplains, prison teachers, missionaries, pastors and evangelists and sacrificing their lives for the sake of the Gospel. Many of them performed their divine-calling under extreme hardship conditions. They were deprived of basic necessities for themselves and their children. They traveled to strange land and some live like cavemen! Often I receive prayer requests from missionaries requesting prayers to strengthen them because of the harsh conditions they were in. Frankly, I would simply have given up if I were to face the same situation but not these people of God; they just keep pressing on all because of their love for Jesus and their love to share the Gospel with the world. I could go and list many of these people of God whom I know them personally, write about their testimonies, their sacrificial work of love and they could just fill up many pages! But sadly, as in any institutions, there are bound to have “black sheep.’’ In Matthew 23:8-12 and 20:24-28, we are therefore warned that there are Christian leaders emulate the objectionable behaviour of Pharisees and scribes and known to have enjoyed social and public recognition prestige. These social prestige and public recognition accompanies ‘positions of authority’ with perquisites like coveted worldly rewards - flying on first class air-ticket, staying at 5 or 6-star hotels, satisfying their gluttony with fine food and wine not just for themselves but also for their family members and all at the expense of the contributions and tithes given by generous members. They profess that they know God but their works of abomination and disobedience tell a different story (Titus 1:16). They come near to God with their mouth and honour Him with their lips, but their hearts are far from Him (Isaiah 29:13).

The following words are from an old engraving on a cathedral in Germany which tell us the nature and behaviour that we can expect of a ‘Christian’ hypocrite. Jesus loves sinners and that include hypocrites. But we must come to a wise knowledge that although God is slow to anger (Psalm 103:8) but we must also remember that if we continue to remain unrepentant, His Spirit is not going to strive with us forever (Genesis 6:3), and the price that we pay for our own selfish choice of disobedience is going to be far too costly, much more than we could bear!

• You call Me master and obey Me not.
• You call Me light and see Me not.
• You call Me the Way and walk Me not.
• You call Me life and live Me not.
• You call Me wise and follow Me not.
• You call Me fair and love Me not.
• You call Me rich and ask Me not.
• You call Me eternal and seek Me not.
• If I condemn thee, blame Me not.
 
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I lost trust in pastors.

The ones i am referring to are not false prophets.

They are self-prophets, fleecing the sheep that God placed under their care. Done in the name of God, by saying that they are Levites and thus entitled to the tithes.

I am turning away from two churches.

I am going back to an established church, one with proper financial accounting, words that are completely truthful. Drawback is that their pastors are not entertainers. At least i trust them.
 
I lost trust in pastors.

The ones i am referring to are not false prophets.

They are self-prophets, fleecing the sheep that God placed under their care. Done in the name of God, by saying that they are Levites and thus entitled to the tithes.

I am turning away from two churches.

I am going back to an established church, one with proper financial accounting, words that are completely truthful. Drawback is that their pastors are not entertainers. At least i trust them.

My dear IR123-Brother-in-Christ,

Do not get dishearten by these developments. Bible has told us time and again, such things will happen and we must be careful of self-prophets, false prophets, self-teachers and false teachers. They are plenty of them and Jesus has warned us that there will be many more immediately preceding His Second Coming!

I always believe that the only source of truth is the Bible - what we read, what we see, what we hear and what we are told to do - the Bible has given us clear instruction. Check everything - including my postings!

God Bless.
 
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And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. [Matthew 23:4-5]

The above warnings from Jesus couldn’t be clearer!

As we have all heard and read over the last several days, the news of the Body of Christ, His Church is the subject that everyone now is talking about. But, alas, they are all in the negative! I am led by the Holy Spirit to share and strengthen our fellow Christians (the true one, I mean) not to let all these discourage or stumble us. However, we must admit that news like these are going to do more harm than good to our Lord Jesus who has sacrificed so much for us and without His sacrificial death on the cross, we will never able to reconcile to our Heavenly Father. We must not let our Lord died in vain!

A great and valuable lesson that we must learn from these events is that whether we eat, or drink, or doing anything, we must do all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). Sadly, some of the things that we have done did not really glory Him just like the events that are now unfolding in some churches are not bringing glory to God. Regardless of the outcome of the probes and the investigations, from the point of view of sharing the love of Jesus and His Gospel, the events that are unfolding can’t be any worst! Even the investigation finally proved that there is nothing wrong, we are already seeing Christians divided over the issues, and what can be worst than this for the Body of Christ to be divided! Therefore, let us unite ourselves in one accord and if you are truly born-agin Christians, let join our hearts and pray that all these will come to pass. We must take note that the biblical definition of Church which is the Body of Christ comprising truly born-Christians and Jesus is the Head of the Church. However, over time, people has erroneously identified church as mere physical building made of bricks and mortar. Prayfully, out of these events that are now unfolding, we must come to this realization that the Church is the Body of Christ and Jesus is still fully in control of His Church. God will not let His Son to die in vain! All glory to God!
 
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And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. [Matthew 23:4-5]

The above warnings from Jesus couldn’t be clearer!

As we have all heard and read over the last several days, the news of the Body of Christ, His Church is the subject that everyone now is talking about. But, alas, they are all in the negative! I am led by the Holy Spirit to share and strengthen our fellow Christians (the true one, I mean) not to let all these discourage or stumble us. However, we must admit that news like these are going to do more harm than good to our Lord Jesus who has sacrificed so much for us and without His sacrificial death on the cross, we will never able to reconcile to our Heavenly Father. We must not let our Lord died in vain!

A great and valuable lesson that we must learn from these events is that whether we eat, or drink, or doing anything, we must do all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). Sadly, some of the things that we have done did not really glory Him just like the events that are now unfolding in some churches are not bringing glory to God. Regardless of the outcome of the probes and the investigations, from the point of view of sharing the love of Jesus and His Gospel, the events that are unfolding can’t be any worst! Even the investigation finally proved that there is nothing wrong, we are already seeing Christians divided over the issues, and what can be worst than this for the Body of Christ to be divided! Therefore, let us unite ourselves in one accord and if you are truly born-again Christians, let join our hearts and pray that all these will come to pass. We must take note that the biblical definition of Church which is the Body of Christ comprising truly born-again Christians and Jesus is the Head of the Church. However, over time, people has erroneously identified church as mere physical building made of bricks and mortar. Prayfully, out of these events that are now unfolding, we must come to this realization that the Church is the Body of Christ and Jesus is still fully in control of His Church. God will not let His Son to die in vain! All glory to God!
 
The above warnings from Jesus couldn’t be clearer!

Jesus is not a God, he is a rabbi. What warning can a rabbi give?

As we have all heard and read over the last several days, the news of the Body of Christ, His Church is the subject that everyone now is talking about. But, alas, they are all in the negative! I am led by the Holy Spirit

....yeah, you think you are the reincarnated Paul, lead by Holy Spirit?

to share and strengthen our fellow Christians (the true one, I mean) not to let all these discourage or stumble us.
 
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Today’s Scripture Reading [June 13, 2010]

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods. [1 Corinthians 6:18-20. KJV]

It’s football season! Over the next 30 days, news of World Cup tournament is going to fill up the newspapers and mass media. Just yesterday alone, a day after the kickoff, there were more than 25 pages of World Cup news in the New Paper and more than 8 pages in the Straits Times. For many football fans especially those who bet frequently on the game, it is the ‘day of reckoning’. Not surprisingly, soon we can expect to read sad some stories because as soon as the game is over, the woes of gambling debts will begin for some of these football fans. Hoping that the situation can be contained and social damage be brought to a manageable level, several social organizations have set-up call-center hotlines to give advice and to distribute printed materials on ‘How to gamble responsibly’ and ‘Know your betting limit’. However well-intended their efforts are, we can be quite sure that such advice and publicity are going to fall on deaf ears for some of them.

In spite of the odd is against us, still many people prefer to take gambling risk. Locally here, we have seen exploding gaming industry is now further aggravated by the two new casinos and globally the gambling industry is aggressively promoted through the Internet. There are now many gaming websites that anyone could bet on, from roulette to football. Gaming industry rakes in huge profit from people looking for the worst kind of risk, where you are pretty much guaranteed to lose. This industry is never faced with any shortage of willing and loyal ‘customers’ and some die-hard gambling addicts will go to beg, borrow or steal just to feed their habit.

The article below “Defying the odds’ gives an account of the risky behaviour and activities that most of us partook at one time or another such as gambling, smoking, drinking, sexual promiscuity, etc. The question is: Is it worth the risk? Are we all really so foolish that in spite of the odds that are against us, we still continue indulging such activities? Looking at the financial news of gaming, tobacco and sports and the revenue and the profit generated by them, we can come to a conclusion that there are far too many people out there foolishly taking risk and ignoring the cost that they will eventually have to pay, in some extreme cases with their lives. A preacher has once said that all of us have a ‘king’ and a ‘queen’ in our heart whether we are aware of it or not: we all have sports as our ‘king’ and entertainment as our ‘queen’. Nothing can depart from this truth when we look at the frenzy that is going on in the World Cup tournament and the number of entertainment cable TV channels that are available.

Risk-taking is a very complex subject because it requires the use of advanced mathematics and statistics. Ask anyone who is in the insurance industry or in a risk-management job and he will tell you how complex it is to predict an accurate outcome even with just few variables. For example, we will need a demography specialist who is well-trained in advanced mathematics of probability to just predict the average life-span of people who smoke, say, 10 cigarettes or 20 cigarettes a day. This prediction of life-span involved just one one variable, cigarette-smoking. So, have you ever wondered a much more complex probability question like whether our solar system, our earth, the human body, the stars, the plants, the marine animals and all the aspects of nature are created by pure chance, by random selection, by sheer chaos? Or, are they created by a Super-Intelligent Being? Many well-known past and present scientists and mathematicians have indeed pondered this question which seeks to address the most important question that everyone of us should be asking “Does God Exist?” By the grace of God, there are many of these well-known scientists truly convinced that God exists, and I am quite sure that they have gone through the ‘calculation’ and have finally reached the conclusion that the chance for our solar system, our earth, the human body, the stars, the plants, the animals that evolved slowly by pure chance, by random selection, by sheer chaos is virtually zero; they are 100% convinced that a Super-Intelligent Being or God created them as told in the Bible, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). These scientists and mathematicians include famous names like Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Rene Descartes (1596-1650), Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Robert Boyle (1791-1867), Michael Faraday (1791-1867), Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907), Max Planck (1858-1947) and Albert Einstein (1879-1955) who was one of most highly revered scientists of the twentieth century. If these scientists and mathematicians can come to the conclusion that God exits, isn’t it very foolish for us to acknowledge otherwise (Psalm 53:1).

Let us not gamble our eternal life! We must come to acknowledge that God exists and He is not just watching from us from His heavenly throne. He wants us to share His glory. He wants to restore our relationship with Him. He wants us to be part of His Kingdom. He wants to save us from eternal damnation and for this reason, He came from His heavenly throne and became man and dwelt among human race two thousand years ago (John 1:14). He took all the sufferings, all our sins and all our afflictions when He was hung on the cross to die but rose again three days later. His death and resurrection have brought us absolute victory – victory over Satan, victory over sin and victory over death! By not putting our trust in Him and refusing to accept His blood as the price He has paid for our sin, we are effectively taking on our own risk. This is a risk we can ill effort to underwriter because the debt of this risk will be carried into eternity! It is the debt that is far too big for us to pay and no matter how much we do to recompense our wrongs, our sins, or how much we have, we will not be able to pay this debt – the debt of our sin. It is this debt of our sin that separates us from God as told in Romans 6:23, “The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Just like in every game, there is always a time limit. Our ‘spiritual game’ is going to be over soon and when the final whistle or rather the last trumpet sound is blown, the result will be declared and whether you like it or not, there will be no replay! Be ready and get on to the team that our Team Leader is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He has already led us into victory and we are just waiting for the last trumpet sound. Upon this last trumpet sound, all His team members who believe in Him, who have repented of their sin, will all be changed from mortality into immortality (1 Corinthians 15:52-53). There will then be no more death nor suffering for us!



-----------------------------Defying the odds-----------------------------
By Davy Crockett​

Are you a gambler? “No!” most people would say: “I don’t go to casinos or play the lottery, or bet the horses.” This is a good thing, since common sense tells you that the house always wins.

But, do you play the odds in other ways? This thought came to mind as I observed three young adults smoking cigarettes as they enjoyed an animated conversation outside a convenience store. They were young, apparently healthy people, not concerned about the consequences of their actions.

What mentality does it take to place dried leaves wrapped in paper between your lips and set them on fire? Does it make any sense to drag smoke into the mouth, throat and lungs, which were obviously designed for clean, fresh air? The warning on the package in which the cigarettes are sold goes unheeded and the obsequious public-service warnings from the medical profession and government agencies are often ignored.

Cigarettes are not the only harmful form of tobacco addiction. Cigar smoking has resurged in popularity in recent years, particularly by young men. Pipes, chewing tobacco and snuff (now called “smokeless tobacco”) continue to be used, especially by young people and the lower economic strata of our society.

Millions of people mindlessly use products made of a substance known to cause cancer of the lungs, mouth, throat, etc. These people play the odds with a deck that is stacked against them, defying the odds, thinking: “It won’t happen to me.”

Visit a hospital where emphysema patients are treated. Visit an oncology ward and see the misery and suffering caused by cancer of the lungs, mouth and throat. The facts don’t lie. The evidence gathered over several decades is conclusive. Smoking or the use of tobacco in any form can be deadly in the long haul.

Why do people do it? It’s cool. It’s “hip.” There is peer pressure to do what others are doing, even if it is dangerous and shows reckless disregard for the consequences. After all, “It won’t happen to me!” But, it can and does happen to people who attempt to defy the odds.

This attitude and its consequences are not limited to using tobacco. Consider those who drive a vehicle while drinking or after having consumed a few drinks with friends. Think of those who don’t wear seat belts while driving or riding in a vehicle. How about those who are driving on worn-out tires? And, some drivers seem to think speed limits on our highways are for others, not them.

There are many other high risk behaviors that can cause hardship and suffering, such as the myriad problems resulting from promiscuous sexual activity in all levels of society.

As you go about your daily routine, do you attempt to defy the odds and ignore basic principles for maintaining good mental and physical health? Anciently, King Solomon of Israel, a man imbued with wisdom as a gift from God, wrote about the importance of making sound decisions if one is to have a good life and length of days. “It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.” (Proverbs 10:23). He also said, ‘A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.’ (Proverbs 14:16).

It seems very clear that the foolish aren’t interested in hearing instruction for their own good. They are too busy defying the odds.


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Today’s Scripture Reading [June 13, 2010]
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods. [1 Corinthians 6:18-20. KJV]

It’s football season! Over the next 30 days, news of World Cup tournament is going to fill up the newspapers and mass media. Just yesterday alone, a day after the kickoff, there were more than 25 pages of World Cup news in the New Paper and more than 8 pages in the Straits Times. For many football fans especially those who bet frequently on the game, it is the ‘day of reckoning’. Not surprisingly, soon we can expect to read sad some stories because as soon as the game is over, the woes of gambling debts will begin for some of these football fans. Hoping that the situation can be contained and social damage be brought to a manageable level, several social organizations have set-up call-center hotlines to give advice and to distribute printed materials on ‘How to gamble responsibly’ and ‘Know your betting limit’. However well-intended their efforts are, we can be quite sure that such advice and publicity are going to fall on deaf ears for some of them.

Gambling comes in many forms. Abraham gambled with a voice who tell him leave Haran. And at age 70 this old man was taking chance and left without knowing his future was. And that is gambling and he lost to the voice.
 
Most football enthusiasts know that come next month, July 11, will be the most significant sports day in 2010 when the final winner of World Cup 2010 will be determined. All football fans, young and old, are focusing their eyes on this day – the day of reckoning of many football fans! This date is already set and cannot be changed.

How about the Coming of the Lord Jesus? Do we all really believe that Jesus will come any time sooner? In my 30 years as Christians, I hardly hear or have heard Christians talking about Jesus’ Coming and at best, when Christians discuss about this great event, it merely discussed as a 'passing remark’ or something that is insignificant. Sadly, this subject of His Coming is usually heard or discussed when major calamities like the earthquake in Haiti, the volcanic ashes from Iceland and now the massive oil spill struck. It seems a major calamity is a wake-up call or a signal that prods the consciousness of people, including non-believers, to ask questions like – Is there a God? If there is, where is He now? How could He allow such thing to happen? And for Christians, they will inevitably ask questions like: Is this the end-time that Jesus is talking about in Matthew 24:32-44? Are we just ‘minutes’ away from His Coming?

Let us all be ready and regardless of whether we are just one-minute or 100 years away from His Coming, we must all prepare ourselves to receive Him. The date of the Coming of our Lord which is also known to Christians as the Marriage of the Lamb is already determined. The Coming of the Lord who will take us to be with Him will effectively close the door of salvation. Let’s us not wait because very soon the game is going to be over and remember, there will be no replay! Is your Team Leader Jesus Christ? And how could we be better prepared than to heed His voice: Repent and Be Saved! We must turn away from our evil ways!

I would like to take this opportunity to share with you messages preached by an African preacher, Dr. Owuor. I have heard His preaching and I am truly blessed by his preaching. In particular, I like to encourage you to listen to his sermon titled “The Vision of the Black Horse.” This is a wonderful message that he preached drawing many verses from the Book of Revelation. May God bless you with the listening of Dr. Owuor’s message. (Just go to the Youtube and search for "The Vision of the Black Horse, Owuor". Besides this sermon, there are also many wonderful messages preached by him.)
 
Gambling comes in many forms. Abraham gambled with a voice who tell him leave Haran. And at age 70 this old man was taking chance and left without knowing his future was. And that is gambling and he lost to the voice.

Having faith is different from gambling, just like investing is different from speculating.
 
How about the Coming of the Lord Jesus? Do we all really believe that Jesus will come any time sooner? In my 30 years as Christians, I hardly hear or have heard Christians talking about Jesus’ Coming and at best, when Christians discuss about this great event, it merely discussed as a 'passing remark’ or something that is insignificant.

Most are mistaken and misguided. For God is a personal God, and the Second Coming is a personal Second Coming, i.e. at your death, whether He calls you to Heaven or sends you to Hell. That's the meaning, purpose, choice and destiny of life as God gave us. Expecting a spectacular Jesus over the skies like alien spaceship landing on earth? Or live telecast of Jesus' Second Coming like World Cup football? No, God never tries to convince or convict us that way.

For if that's the way, all will believe, freedom of choice between good and evil would be defeated and rendered meaningless. For you'd believe what you already saw manifest before your eyes. How to judge your heart then?
 
Most are mistaken and misguided. For God is a personal God, and the Second Coming is a personal Second Coming, i.e. at your death, whether He calls you to Heaven or sends you to Hell. That's the meaning, purpose, choice and destiny of life as God gave us. Expecting a spectacular Jesus over the skies like alien spaceship landing on earth? Or live telecast of Jesus' Second Coming like World Cup football? No, God never tries to convince or convict us that way.
For if that's the way, all will believe, freedom of choice between good and evil would be defeated and rendered meaningless. For you'd believe what you already saw manifest before your eyes. How to judge your heart then?


The point of death is the point of personal finality - after that the reckoning. Which is just, because each man and woman must be made accountable for their own actions.

"No, God never tries to convince or convict us that way." this point is absolutely untrue. God as present in Jesus Christ had stated very clearly that the Son of Man will return and the return will be seen in every corner of the world in an unambiguous manner. In the days before television and internet, people will rightly wonder how. Today we know how. CNN helps us.

Whilst God is a personal God, He is also the Creator of all Nature and the Lord of Hosts. I know He will not judge according to this criteria: it is only valid if you believe without seeing. All he said is you must believe. To the Thomases of this world, he is willing to show his scars and let them feel. To the Abrahams of this world, he is delighted in their faith in Him. Yet both the Thomases and Abrahams are saved.

And that is true today - the revelation of God can be through the roads of science, philosophy or the simple faith of illiterate people.

That concept of a personal God is not given to anybody. For people like Tanwahtiu at this moment, God is certainly not personal to him. God is a personal God only to his people - "For they are my people and I will be their God" - and only if they fulfill certain conditions.

Judgment is certainly needed today. It is just that it is so final, so absolute and so terrifying. But it will make for a purer and better world - where every man is judged.
 
The point of death is the point of personal finality - after that the reckoning. Which is just, because each man and woman must be made accountable for their own actions.

"No, God never tries to convince or convict us that way." this point is absolutely untrue. God as present in Jesus Christ had stated very clearly that the Son of Man will return and the return will be seen in every corner of the world in an unambiguous manner. In the days before television and internet, people will rightly wonder how. Today we know how. CNN helps us.

Whilst God is a personal God, He is also the Creator of all Nature and the Lord of Hosts. I know He will not judge according to this criteria: it is only valid if you believe without seeing. All he said is you must believe. To the Thomases of this world, he is willing to show his scars and let them feel. To the Abrahams of this world, he is delighted in their faith in Him. Yet both the Thomases and Abrahams are saved.

And that is true today - the revelation of God can be through the roads of science, philosophy or the simple faith of illiterate people.

That concept of a personal God is not given to anybody. For people like Tanwahtiu at this moment, God is certainly not personal to him. God is a personal God only to his people - "For they are my people and I will be their God" - and only if they fulfill certain conditions.

Judgment is certainly needed today. It is just that it is so final, so absolute and so terrifying. But it will make for a purer and better world - where every man is judged.

I just want to add that there are many people pointed out that the Coming of the Lord is not indicated by earlier church fathers. For that matter, even the Book of Revelation was considered not inspired by some of these early church fathers and there were very few commentaries written on this book. The reasons are obvious.

First the Coming of the Lord that will be witnessed by people from all over the world was thought to be impossible. And hence they came out with different explanation (perhaps like the one by Ramseth). But with the inventions of cable TV, internet, mobile TV we know now it is totally possibe. As the technology is getting more advance and the price of these gadgets are getting cheaper, anyone can access any TV program. We have seen live events minutes after they had happened. A very good example is the Sept 11 when the Twin Towers in the U.S. were bombed. People all over the world saw the event live. You now literally can receive TV broadcasts everywhere even inside caves or at the desert. Just go to National Geographic and Discovery channels you will see quite alot of these things where reporters are using the technology to communicate even at the most remote part of the jungle.

Second, the Book of Revelation mentioned many things that 'did not make sense' to ancient people like those in the Biblical period. For example, the Book of Revelation gives vivid account of 'nuclear war' (and you can also read this in the Book of Daniel). People couldn't understand because how could wars have such devastation that could only happen in a nuclear war. The nuclear technology was not known untill the eary 1900. Revelation also talks about electronic commerce using digital technology to control business transactions - the infamous 666 technology that without a number, people cannot buy and sell. We are the best testimony to this - if you forget your internet PIN numbers or your credit card PIN numbers, you can now be quite helpless to transact your buying and selling. All these only started in the last 25 to 30 years.

These new inventions are made in preparation for His coming and in preparation that the prophesies in the Bible are coming to pass. There are now there are many sermons on the Coming of the Lord because it's going to be a real event when you compare current world events and the technologies which are invented. These new electronic inventions are built to fulfill the prophesies of the Bible. I truly believe this with all my heart and my soul. So, if we are really His children, we must get prepared for this Great Event - His Coming, the Marriage of the Lamb! It will only to happen once in all human history - no replay - and will effectively close the door of salvation. In fact, it's very simple to prepare of this event to ensure we will be caught with Him: Repent and stay from all the evil ways. Why people have problem on this - I really don't understand. Frankly, even without this event (or for that matter, without God), isn't it 'morally and ethically' that we must all stay from all evil ways? Sadly, once you invoke the name of Jesus and His Word, the whole discussion, emotion get supercharged and you have people started to say all kinds of thing. Isn't this something we need to really think about? You can say or discuss anything you like and discussions are usually cordial but once the name of the our Lord Jesus is mentioned, many people just hate the name. Again, this what Jesus has told us: The world hate Him (John 15:18). The only Name that Satan hates is Jesus! Call onto any name, he doesn't care. Satan (and his angels) will be brought to the lake of fire and suffer the hell fire forever by Jesus. Only Jesus can do this job and so he and his angels hated Him.
 
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(1) Jesus has often been the object of hatred, ridicule, assimilation and reduction.

Hatred defined here as outright force, shown as violence or extreme prejudice.

Ridicule as in making fun of Him and His people.

Assimilation as in Jesus is gay, wears Armani, drives BMW, and even as an incarnation. Jesus as a good man, all religions teach us to be good, so all religions lead to God.

Reduction as in reducing his divinity - he was born of a virgin - how can it be?; how can he be God when he is only a man? He died didn't he? How can we be sure he rose from the dead? He didn't really die. Someone else took his place on the cross. It is all an elaborate lie.​

(2) Yet who is Jesus? Jesus claimed:

(a) unity with God the Father
(b) send by the Father
(c) he is sinless
(d) only through him, can a person goes to God
(e) present with God even before the Creation
(f) all power given to him - from a servant to The King over all
(g) the ability to forgive sins
(h) He will return and judge all Man (& Woman)
http://www.whoisjesus-really.com/english/claims.htm

(3) Anyone who disrespect Jesus has issues with at least one of the above points.
 
(1) Jesus has often been the object of hatred, ridicule, assimilation and reduction.

Hatred defined here as outright force, shown as violence or extreme prejudice.

Ridicule as in making fun of Him and His people.

Assimilation as in Jesus is gay, wears Armani, drives BMW, and even as an incarnation. Jesus as a good man, all religions teach us to be good, so all religions lead to God.

Reduction as in reducing his divinity - he was born of a virgin - how can it be?; how can he be God when he is only a man? He died didn't he? How can we be sure he rose from the dead? He didn't really die. Someone else took his place on the cross. It is all an elaborate lie.​

(2) Yet who is Jesus? Jesus claimed:

(a) unity with God the Father
(b) send by the Father
(c) he is sinless
(d) only through him, can a person goes to God
(e) present with God even before the Creation
(f) all power given to him - from a servant to The King over all
(g) the ability to forgive sins
(h) He will return and judge all Man (& Woman)
http://www.whoisjesus-really.com/english/claims.htm

(3) Anyone who disrespect Jesus has issues with at least one of the above points.

My Brother IR123-in-Christ,

Thank you for the message. As I have mentioned before, the Name of Jesus is hated by the world, and it is just a great miracle for anyone to come and believe in Him that He is the Son of God, our Redeemer, our Saviour who will come to judge the world. We are also told that many of His disciples didn't believe Him at first. They were like cowards and started denying Him when they saw Him to be persecuted, prosecuted and finally hung on the cross. By the grace of God, His disciples became heros for Him after they saw Him in His resurrected body. Still they were not convinced and Jesus had to tell them to come and touch the scars of the pierced wounds inflicted by the Roman soldiers. From cowards, they became heros and many, including Apostle Paul, laid down their lives for Him.

All we can do is to pray for God's mercy be upon the unbelievers. Only the Holy Spirit can convict a person. No music, no grand preaching auditorium, no amount of powerpoint slides however elaborate can convict a person to believe that Jesus is God. Only God can do the job of convicting people to believe in Him. Our job is simply to bring the Good News to the world and leave the rest to Jesus because that's the very last commandment that Jesus told us to do before He was asceneded to His Heavenly Throne - Go to the world and preach the Good News to all the creatures. All conversions are done by the Holy Spirit. Thanks to the internet we can now do this and hence I would like to urge Christian brothers and sisters to keep on sharing the Gospel of Jesus and what better way to share then to actively use the interent, the email to send them encouraging messages of Jesus and His love.

Thank you again, brother IR123

God Bless.
 
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I lost trust in pastors.

The ones i am referring to are not false prophets.

They are self-prophets, fleecing the sheep that God placed under their care. Done in the name of God, by saying that they are Levites and thus entitled to the tithes.

I am turning away from two churches.

I am going back to an established church, one with proper financial accounting, words that are completely truthful. Drawback is that their pastors are not entertainers. At least i trust them.

i so agree with you on this one. these days u have all kinds of independant churches. not to mention self-proclaimed pastors.

when it comes to the old testament...
"they don't apply anymore.. we live in grace"

but then it come to tithes...
"10% as prescribed in leviticus"

it's like people don't read the bible for themselves anymore.

when it comes to sabbath...
it's sunday.. cause christ rose on a sunday.

since when is sunday the sabbath? peter, paul, james and the gang are all jews! shabbat is saturday!

the gentile believers wanted to disassociate themselves with the jews and started sunday worship.
they didn't wanna be presecuted along with the jews for fear of the "simon bar kokba uprising"

keep the sabbath (the 4th commandment) has always and will be a saturday.
that is the day the Lord blessed and ask it's believers to keep.

the Lord made the earth for us. but He made us for Himself. He only asks that we keep 1 day to be with Him.

what about the holy communion? some churches use wine.
wine consist of alcohol...
yeast+sugar=alcohol
if u use wine... u might as well use gardenia bread. no need wafer or flat bread.

anyone who reads the bible know that during passover all jews are to throw away yeast in their homes. yeast represent sin.

you celebrate passover without yeast.. as jesus did.

the wine..in this case is grape juice. for lack of a better translation in the bible they used wine.. bad choice of word if u ask me.

i can't understand how someone goes to seminary for 6 years and miss out these details.

tsk tsk.
 
Most are mistaken and misguided. For God is a personal God, and the Second Coming is a personal Second Coming, i.e. at your death, whether He calls you to Heaven or sends you to Hell. That's the meaning, purpose, choice and destiny of life as God gave us. Expecting a spectacular Jesus over the skies like alien spaceship landing on earth? Or live telecast of Jesus' Second Coming like World Cup football? No, God never tries to convince or convict us that way.

For if that's the way, all will believe, freedom of choice between good and evil would be defeated and rendered meaningless. For you'd believe what you already saw manifest before your eyes. How to judge your heart then?

sorry ramseth,

The Lord is not a personal God. The Lord is the Lord.
saying the Lord is a personal God is a bit off in my opinion.

Some people pray and ask for things.. BMW, Condo, to strike TOTO even. now to those... God is a personal God.
to those people...God is like and ATM.

rather God wants us to change our "radio frequency" to hear Him.
He wants us to change our ways so that we may receive His blessings.

God's blessing is not always monetary. it's health (from avoiding foods described is Leviticus), family matters (from loving one another) and so on and so forth.

The Lord is always a gentleman. He is impartial to christians, buddhist, taoists etc. but when we go with the flow.. he blesses us. that's why we pray.."let thy will be done"

if we work hard, irregardless of our beliefs.. chances are will be well off.
if we throw an apple upwards does it not fall to the ground?
the lord makes the sun shine on everyone on earth just the same.

why should God bend the rules of the universe just for you?
this is not the Matrix.

but God does bend the rules now and then. especially in the old testament.
it's just that people don't believe it. perhaps people today are intellectually sophisticated.

but what is important is that we live according to our beliefs and don't fall away. believing in Him no matter what the circumstances. now that's our faith in practice and what we call "blind faith"

:)
 
sorry bro,

Pray to 'respect' your ancestors, but not to fear them. Either do you need to fear God (whatever God you believe). Learn to have mutual respect to each other than to rely on faith. Faith without respect goes no where.

All living animals on this earth can be eaten, including men. Any living animales with their back facing the sun can be eaten. Living animals with their front facing the sun are dead. You don't eat dead carcass with their frin facing the sun because you don't know when their have died. But if you kill them for food it is different. [/QUOTE]

yes we can eat anything we want. you are right in saying that.
but the purpose for forbidding certain foods in the bible is just to keep us safe. it's not meant to be condescending towards anyone who practice it.

basically the rules say to eat meat without the blood. blood is the animals life force la.. we should at least respect that.
besides.. what ever disease the animal carry.. it carries it in it's blood.
if the cow has mad cow.. i'm sure i won't want to drink it's blood.

another thing to avoid is shellfish. a lot of people are allergic to shellfish it seems. stuff like oysters, clams ...they were created to filter water. they eat the dirt in the water and make it clean. imagine cooking the filtration sponge from an aquarium for dinner.

it's best to read for yourself and understand the reasons for the so called "old-fashioned" laws that some are quick to do away with.

stuff like prescribing a parapet wall on your roof is also mentioned so that people don't fall down.

even proper sanitation is mentioned. you'll be surprised to see "under developed" countries not practising these basic practices.


as for

As long as there is peace prosperity will follows. Your 祖父 have been praying to your ancestors for thousands of years, way before the Bible was written or there were Jews. Leave the bible to the Italians and Greeks and the OT to the Jews.

the bible, or rather judaism/christianity is of eastern origin.

just so happened that the west embraced christianity and it changed their civilization forever. most of the civil laws are from the bible. don't you find that western standards for humanitarian equality fare better than the east?

if not for the western influence in our society, i'd probably be working on saturday and sundays like some maids here are subjected too. it has nothing to do with me being chinese right? it applies to all mankind.

without the Bible or OT Law.. we'd be lawless. how can there be peace and prosperity when there is lawlessness?

lawlessness is sin. :)
 
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