Monday, 30 June 2008
A plea
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Prayer
Give us grace almighty Father, so to pray, as to deserve to be heard, to address thee with our hearts, as with our lips. Thou art everywhere present, from thee no secret can be hid. May the knowledge of this, teach us to fix our thoughts on thee, with reverence and devotion that we pray not in vain.~
May we now, and on each return of night, consider how the past day has been spent by us, what have been our prevailing thoughts, words and actions during it, and how far we can acquit ourselves of evil.~
Have we thought irreverently of thee, have we disobeyed thy commandments, have we neglected any known duty, or willingly given pain to any human being? Incline us to ask our hearts these questions oh! God, to save us from deceiving ourselves by pride or vanity.~
Give us a thankful sense of blessings in which we live, of the many comforts of our lot; that we may not deserve to lose them by discontent or indifference.~
Hear us almighty God, for his sake who has redeemed us, and taught us, thus to pray, Amen.~
Amen...
The VPP issue in BP has caused us much pain and labor, and it is distracting prayer life, then this indirectly has effect family and ministry, and the evil workers from the VPP camp came to disturb living, these are more or less like the over zealous "zealots," the doctors even wanted to break our rice bowl and wanted to see us killed and commit suicide, everything will work out good. Hopefully, we can go through this obstacle with the hands of the Lord, help us, Lord Jesus.
This pastor below has directly insult and broken the bond and unity in his church, he is going to chase out his chinese pastors from the chinese congregation, because he does not agreed to accept the doctrine of VPP. And see with yourself, he can preach at another time about fainting and praying, marvelous, typical following one wrong footstep of the theologian, pity!
The pastor preached, "As believers we must never give up on God. God never gave up on us and He never will! Trust in Him no matter how tired and discouraged we might be with people. Never be despondent with our God. He cares and will always hear our prayers. Trials and tribulations will abound in the last days as we battle for the Bible! Every means will be used by the Evil One to thwart God’s children from doing God’s will and God’s work! Remain stedfast and unmoved by these attacks. Defending God’s Word and Christ’s Name and God’s people is a passionate endeavour. The moment we stop and allow ourselves to be moved we have lost and have fainted. The only way to keep ourselves from losing heart is to keep praying with persistence and fierce determination because we know that the eternal destiny of the souls of men, women and children are at stake. They need God’s people to pray always and not faint.
Will you preserve in your prayers as you see the day of the LORD fast approaching? Jesus warns in Luke 18:8 , “I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” Jesus has promised that He will avenge in His time.
The problem is not Christ’s faithfulness but ours! Let us always pray and not faint!
Here is a another BP pastor who is attacking those who does not like VPP, see how he preached in another time, he forgot he has broken the unity in BP; he preached:
“The house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15). The duty of the church is to believe, declare and defend every word in the Bible, which is the truth of God.
Never let our congregation waste a single moment or a single drop of its sweat to disprove the words of the Bible, which we have received and have been our blessing. Let us spend every moment and our every drop of sweat and blood to understand, to defend and to declare every letter and every word of the Bible.
We should not seek the false form of spirituality that supports critics of God's Word by a specious logic that neglects simple and plain truth of His Word. Be child-like in believing everything that the Lord has uttered in His Word. If we wear the intellectual hat and sit with the Bible with a critical spirit, we are nothing more than a congregation of Pharisees. We will be taken in by our own conceit.
So The member in BP start to talk, here are some of them:
1. The School of Prophets had a fray, (You seems to be from this school too.)
Where just a few men had a say. (If you don’t agree with what they say, then why did you in it stay?)
But when another disagreed, (Are you in the frame? how do you know what is disagreed?)
They jumped upon him for his deed. (May we know what he really did?)
It spread in no uncertain terms, (Yes, the unfaithful church indeed!)
To Jack, and Charles, and all the rest, (And these few really did their best,)
Who then were all put to the test. (Hide the truth and make a mess!)
Colleagues with whom they could pakat. (Trying to show how you can also make the mark?)
Who wrote a paper in defense, (Oh yea? So what’s the defense?)
To be inspected by the lens – (Please let us also see if they stand a chance)
Who always shout and make a show, (If possible to expose you too!)
Of their devotion to the Word, (If not because they love the LORD)
But in doing so they looked absurd. (They probably will be just like you too!)
They threatened those who do abide, (You seems to be hurt in the pride?)
To the Reformers’ view of “pure,” (Reformers are human too,)
These they hoped to convert and cure. (there’s limit in their truth!)
But with this lore we’re very vexed, (Or perhaps it is you who is very vexed?)
The Bible is the Word of God, (Aye, and Amen to that indeed!)
Already perfect Lamp and Rod. (And do I see in you a nod?)
With people and their diff’rent views, (Man’s view is man’s view, GOD’s WORD has no views!)
Can there not be plurality, (Are you bargaining?)
In Reformed Christianity? (Or are you contemplating?)
With those in the extremity (Else I won’t know what HE wants!)
Of fundamentalism, they (Fundamentalism is just a name)
Insist only upon their way. (Many hid behind and use it in vain!)
The version that they’ve idolised. (Please don’t take us another ride!)
Because the rest refuse to hold, (What version would you hold?)
The doctrine on which they’ve been sold. (Westcott and Hort’s has many holes!)
Their view is really quite unsound. (By GOD’s WORD or man’s greed?)
The people whom they like to quote, (Man again? Oh! Please! Please!)
Are really not all in their boat! (Please keep that to GOD’s creed!)
Is often twisted in their palm, (I think I really disagree!)
To talk about the Lamp and Rod, (isn’t it the WORD of GOD?)
When really it’s the Man of God. (WORD of GOD is the SON of GOD!)
Their perfect doctrine has been blown. (How can man to trust HIS deeds?)
But rather than admit their fault, (Neither O' Martin Luther did!)
They write their lies and do assault – (He nailed his ninety-nine thesis!)
These, they have labeled with a name, (And all the faithful pastors, the wicked kicked!)
“Neo-Fundamentalists” and more, (The wicked posed faithful, but did more in their greed!)
To vex them and to make them sore. (Unable to face the truth, lies works just like this poetry did!)
To friends and students without shame, (Ashamed of GOD’s WORD preserved, they make the old pastor’s head to split!)
These enemies whom now they hate, (They tell the lies and fixed the date,)
Their church to warn lest it’s too late. (Charts drawn, and did their tricks!)
And members in despair complete. (Confused or just couldn’t care a bit?)
Will leaders fully understand? (What is there so hard to understand?)
Else labor vain on
In this whole mess that went extreme. (Smoke screens and confusions with these men!)
Perhaps the Lord’s will was to purge, (Look! They who kicked their father is in praying hands!)
Make us into a purer Church. (May GOD bless you! Amen? Amen?)
Strange situation-gone-amiss. (Hoping nothing is done amiss.)
He caused our trust in Him to be (Telling the members what their “truth” is)
Implicit with tenacity.(The old pastor has left his sheep!)
Was cut short in its tracks for sure, (“FEBC Student’s Hostel” is!)
When the authorities came by, (Has it not been taken down to continue in their bottomless greed?)
They said we could not build so high. (They now have raised the price to five million high!)
When it was resolutely said, (Student’s family now their heads no place to place,)
The current house upon the land, (Everything is now by grace.)
Be well-maintained and left to stand. (Students running from place to place!)
Disposed the proud design of man. (Showcase what the wicked can.)
It’s so ironic, you’ll be shocked, (Oh! Indeed! Very shocked I am!)
It shows that God cannot be mocked. (GOD’s righteous judgment is surely at hand!)
With Das their faithful henchman too, (Raised their banners too! Didn’t they?)
Were planning on a trip to take, (Wrote to many, telling half truths)
Dean Burgon’s Annual Conf’rence make. (And make the church confused!)
Rejected them despite their plea, (Rejected them despite their plea.)
Attend the meeting they could not, (Attend the meeting they did not,)
As full immersion was the cost. (Man’s support is not needed for this cause!)
Which all the Elders had released, (Songs in dungeon, they're released)
That both beliefs were quite okay, (If knowing the truth and doeth it not be sin,)
Yet Jeff insisted on his way. (Will you keep quiet and hope to be clean?)
The peaceful statement he forsook. (Life also we should forsook!)
When to desist it was agreed, (Double quick if his hands can do!)
He wrote this work in double speed. (To refute the lies that the wicked do!)
All wondering what he’s doing next? (Nail the wicked serpent’s head!)
Already called up by the law (Oh! Yes! Because in ACM they were not allowed to speak!)
We wonder why we ne’er foresaw. (All mics were switched off! Didn't you see?)
It’s trained a pastor, not a few. (If you do, then all these writings can’t be true!)
But now a cannon loose become (Telling lies and half truth, is not of love!)
The damage is already done. (Love must overflow with truth!)
The principal to call a board, (Call the board!)
The faculty he must instruct, (Faculty must meet!)
To show forth well their good conduct. (Tell the truth! Warn the uninformed of YOU!)
Freedom of speech was there to stay. (Stuffed our mouth and block other’s minds!)
But these of course were sycophants, (Sound like you’re suffocating.)
Their fawning out of dead conscience. (These elders have little conscience.)
Have really stooped to levels low. (Nothing so low as you or the wicked did. They rob the old man and calls him names!)
Instead of helping him to see, (It is he that GOD used to help many of us to see! And now it is you I don't want see.)
Each cries, “A father he’s to me!” (Ahem! Only Elder TC Lim cries, “A father he’s to me!” and again may I ask, where is he?)
“No man call you your father, for (Amen!)
Your Father is in heaven one.” (Amen! And Amen!)
Hence it’s against Commandment One! (Please kindly tell that to Elder TC Lim!)
Because of their great lawlessness. (And him again as named?)
They went to gossip to their friends, (They make their lies, "truth" and published as damage control!)
And influence to ungodly ends. (Ladies and gentleman can’t you see?)
A doctrine that you do not “do”? (Doctrine is more than do, and may I asked what did Jeffrey and the lot not do?)
The “Perfect Bible” is okay, (If “Perfect Bible” is okay, then why call it heresy?)
But please, for goodness’ sakes, OBEY! (And who is it that is not obeying now?)
They stroked their passions off the charts. (But if that passion is stirred by the Holy Spirit, it will definitely shoot off charts!)
It’s really no surprise – the strife (Hmm! If man be perfect, who needs GOD?)
Came from a Dean who scolds his wife. (Is there not a cause? Have you not scolded your spouse before? O! Perfect man?)
With Founding Pastor’s vicious smack. (Shame your old pastor in your speech!)
Which he had planted on his late (Is this how your god teaches you?)
Wife – adding judgment to his fate. (hisssssssssssssssss……………………..!)
With whom he had a girl and son. (Is not children GOD’s blessing?)
The girl went on to be abused, (And there you go again!)
While Ivy everyone amused. (As like your spouse never sin! O! righteous gossip!)
The crippled son was dealt unfair, (As if you’re that righteous. Are you exercising judgment on GOD’s behalf?)
And made to sleep inside a hut, (Did you tell of the crippled son, difficult to take care he is?)
No light he saw for he was shut – (The room he stayed in has to be removed, because LIFE church speak ill of him?)
And tortured by the second wife, (Please comment not if you know little. Please keep it to VPP.)
He was the offspring of the first,
And victim of two’s vengeful thirst.
They tried to get him in a home.
But he had no identity!
Resort to under table fee?
But Tow Siew Ai had not foreseen.
The flat she had bequeathed to him,
Was stolen through half-brother’s scheme.
Which caused a gust, no wait, a gale
Of great torrential waves of lies,
Deceit, dishonesty, and guise.
Concocted by a cunning bloke. (Oh! Is it? Where? By the way, do you know Charles says, “To lie, it is Okay.”?)
But when so few supported it, (GOD’s crowd is growing, please look at the evening classes!)
He changed his goalposts not a bit. (Why should we?)
A second notion took he to town. (There’s no need for such an act!)
He now pled that ‘discrepancies’ (From young, our PERFECT GOD we believe, a PERFECT BIBLE gave us HE indeed!)
Weren’t errors, but apparent, please! (Are you trying to say that GOD double talks and can’t be bothered if we question the integrity of HIS WORD? O Please!)
(Coining new terms must be a game) (If GOD says something and later say, “got meh?” then you better panic!)
The new doctrine’s called V.P.P.
It’s Verbal and it’s Plenary.
Has always been through time preserved.
Though at its heart it may be true, (Ooi! Take us for a ride again? Bus fare is going up you know?)
It’s only held by just a few.
To solve it fast they don’t know how.
And that is in Psalm 22,
In verse 16 you’ll find the clue.
And so defeat they must concede! (Another ride again? VPP is talking about the TEXT underlies KJV, you’re talking about translation. That doesn’t really fit!)
For in the Hebrew it’s not the same,
So should they not their cause disclaim?
It seems that there’d been some re-writin’.
And fingers point toward the Jews
Who really had a lot to lose.
The Holy Scriptures, verified!
Since this to them real bad news spells,
They changed the “pierced” to something else. (Oooi! Translation again! Please remember VPP is the text underlies!)
That “lion” it’s not, but “pierced” instead.
Though in the texts that are extant,
It’s always “lion,” hundred percent.
To clear the scribes of this great crime,
There’s still something that’s not quite right,
And that’s their spirit – they love to fight. (And you love to lie! And you also love to take us for rides!)
To weigh out “tares” from its adherents,
When one becomes this schismatic,
The Word him simply calls – heretic. (And so from "The Perfect Bible is Okay" to "a joke" and now a heresy! How interesting?)
Or rather heard, with all the screams, (Tickets were numbered, mics were turned down to zero, questions are not allowed, etc, etc!)
They shouted in the ACM,
(They sounded quite like Eminem.) (Er, what is this “eminem” thing? Rock band with vulgarity. How come you know? Do you listen to ROCK music?)
Established True Life BPC! (To continue in LIFE BPC, I believe will soon cause the spiritual to fall as well!)
With Founding Pastor as their guide, (Thank GOD, though not perfect a man he truly fears the LORD!)
Controlled by Jeffrey at his side. (Arh then? Do you think having people like you will make a better choice?)
The speaker girds up high his breeches. (Every reminder is GREAT for those who did evil, and to you also who look as an innocent storyteller.)
On Sunday, Friday, Vigil Service,
They never fail to teach on this.
That’s what Pastor Tow the Father saith. (Father? Do you mean Elder TC Lim again? But is he in Pastor Tow’s church?)
And so when such a thing’s appended,
Free offer of the Gospel’s ended. (Ooi! Please don’t do summary for a church you don’t attend! And buries people with half truths.)
The other churches, did not spare. (Many churches like Life Church dare.)
The church which stands near Jurong West, (Calvary Jurong! O yes! They also tried the same thing and Truth BPC is formed!)
Was put severely to the test. (Jurong copied what happened in Life BPC and tried to improve on it. Right?)
With Carol and her lisping man, (Please keep ye to VPP!)
Raised the support to split the church.
And left it flound’ring in the lurch.
That in the middle the church would cleave.
But actually she did quite well,
As gone from her was Waite’s bad smell.
Came from a man who wanted fame,
To be Faith’s champion of the day
He led the church to disarray.
More people would its words indict.
And though to truth it would attest,
Not all who read this would be blessed.
A strain it will be on the tongue.
Just like that horrid song before,
About some homosexual lore. (You’re really sick to the Core!)
That this song’s sung in worship’s midst.
That really would be horrible, (Hey! So soon to take leave? Your song is only half complete!)
Plus won’t it be deplorable? (Let me help you how it starts, so your story is more complete!)
63. (It all started with one little horror,)
(Two lecturers say the Scripture has errors!)
(The old principal who is also the old faithful pastor.)
(FEBC cannot teach such error.)
(So they spoke to their church elders.)
(These up-to-no-good leaders starts spreadin their gospel.)
(Say to redeem the Church from the old pastor’s “error”!)
65. (What a twist to change the scene!)
(From crooks and now they look as SAINTS!)
(They forced the old pastor with stress and terrors!)
(So much so he almost went insane!)
66. (They hid the truth and got rid the pastor!)
(With their sheep all so blind.)
(Singing their crooked tunes divine!)
(Their wicked spirits now is bind.)
67. (The old pastor so nice and gracious,)
(9A Gilstead, theirs to keep!)
(10 Gilstead, Beulah they wants too and soon FEBC to rid.)
(So they hope to find their ugly sins, buried under their dirty 6 feet!)
SOLA What?
This is the website belongs to the VPP theologians:
http://www.febc.edu.sg/
Saturday, 28 June 2008
Apostleship
Since the theologians looked down to preachers, look down to pastors, look down to servants of God, there is none can opposed him by the authority, the theologians simply tear the unity of preacher apart, the theologian are higher than everyone of us accept God himself, I said to God, please show me who can oppose him now? Other than God, the theologians are the second highest after God in BP, since the theologians have so much power, someone must become the "apostle" to them, someone must become the first apostle in BP, even thought not the best apostle. I am only a self promoting preacher, I do not want to take this position, there must be some apostles in BP who can be called apostle in order the power struggle in BP can be balance, we have no Bishop, we have no moderator, we must have apostle then, better than nothing, I said this is to shame those theologians who look higher than they should look to themselves, are they the servants of God, the servants all have the same Lord, how can they do this things to other servants of God, I pray for more apostles, to raised up in time like this. I think i am very funny, but I am not joking, he, he, he, he...the idea is not bad, is it sound like a little bit absurd in BP. Apostle, Apostle, Apostle, where are you?
不要取笑你的 弟兄
我们也许会认为以利亚反应过度,但他绝望的心情却极为真实。以利亚很聪明,懂得向上帝求助。上帝知道以利亚需要恢复体力,便供应他水和食物(5-7节);并且向他显现(9-13节),然后再给他任务,重新激起他的使命感(15-17节)。上帝提醒以利亚他并不孤单,藉此为他带来希望(18节)。
不要取笑你的 弟兄。
(身体)生病了,我们可以看医生
心灵生病了,却常常遭到很多人忽略,
因为我们可以看到外表的畸形,却看不到里面可能更严重的畸形
求主医治,阿门!
主耶稣说:『人的生命不在乎家道丰富。』(路12:15)
圣经说:『人活着不是单靠食物。』(太4:4)
耶稣基督振聋启聩的一句话:『我就是…真理。』(约14:6)
我们要常常提醒自己是天父珍爱的儿女,神无条件地接纳我们,我们也要无条件地接纳自己,养成时时亲近主的好习惯,熟读圣经,以神的话语喂养灵魂,时时用以下七项属天的应许来肯定自己。
1。我们是与神同工的。(林前三9)我们永不孤单。
2。圣灵与我们的心同证我们是神的儿女。(罗八16)这是何其宝贵。
3。靠著爱我们的主已经得胜了。(罗八37)有神为我们作保。
4。我什麽时候软弱,什麽时候就刚强了。(林後十二10)切勿迟疑,马上仰望并依靠祂。
5。我靠著那加给我力量的,凡事都能做。(腓四13)祂是力量、智慧的源泉;坚固的保障。
6。神能将各样的恩惠,多多的加给你们。(林後九8)祂如此祝福我们,主恩满溢。
7。万事都互相效力,叫爱神的人得益处。(罗八28)祂建造我们,不断成长。
耶稣对他们说:"你们要谨慎,防备法利赛人和撒都该人的酵。』(太16:6)
有一个传道人,有人向他借车用来传福音,他发脾气,在众人面前无理,大力丢了车锁给借车的人,这人伤心地去传福音载人到教堂,后来他向天父,祈求苦述遭遇,天父为他出面,把那传道人的福音车给取去,恶有报应,小子阿,千万不要做伤害人的事。
你晓得这传道人是谁?
Hadirat Tuhan
Hadirat Tuhan
pengarang : Anonim
Sebagai kehidupan Kristen kita tidak bisa jauh dari hadirat Tuhan, sebab tanpa hadirat Tuhan kehidupan rohani kita tidak akan mendapatkan kekuatan. Itu sebabnya jangan sampai kita kehilangan hadirat Tuhan. Ada tokoh2 Alkitab yang begitu menyukai, mencintai dan merindukan hadirat Tuhan seperti :
1. YAKUB
Kalau kita melihat kehidupan Yakub, apa yang menjadi rahasia Yakub sampai-sampai berkat kesulungan itu jatuh padanya ? Padahal Yakub bukan anak yang sulung tapi mengapa Yakub mendapat hak kesulungan ? Mengapa bukan Esau padahal Esau adalah anak yang sulung yang seharusnya berkat itu jatuh pada Esau bukan pada Yakub tapi mengapa Yakub yang mendapatkannya ? Apa rahasia dari kehidupan Yakub ? Karna ternyata Yakub punya satu kesukaan.
Kejadian 25 : 27 “ Lalu bertambah besarlah kedua anak itu: Esau menjadi seorang yang pandai berburu, seorang yang suka tinggal di padang , tetapi Yakub adalah seorang yang tenang, yang suka tinggal di kemah. “
Ternyata Yakub suka akan hadirat Tuhan. Satu-satunya kerinduan Yakub adalah bersekutu dengan Tuhan di dalam kemah. Yakub sangat menyukai hadirat Tuhan. Itu sebabnya Yakub selalu tinggal di dalam kemah bahkan dalam Bil 24 : 5 dikatakan “ Alangkah indahnya kemah-kemahmu hai Yakub. “ Mengapa kemah Yakub itu dikatakan indah ? Karena Yakub adalah pribadi yg suka mencari hadirat Tuhan. Lewat persekutuannya dgn Tuhan di dalam kemah ia bisa merasakan hadirat Tuhan. Kalau kita rindu menjadi kehidupan yg indah di hadapan Tuhan, syaratnya cuman satu : menyukai hadirat Tuhan lewat kita selalu bersekutu dgn Tuhan dalam kemah.
Kemah adalah : waktu khusus kita bersama dengan Tuhan. Kalau kita tidak punya saat-saat khusus dgn Tuhan, maka dikuatirkan kita akan seperti Esau menjadi kehidupan yg ditolak. Kenapa Esau ditolak saat akan diberkati ? Karna kerinduan Esau adalah berburu. Esau suka berburu binatang. Dan kehidupan yg suka berburu itu menunjuk pada kehidupan yg suka mencari kseenangan daging, itu Esau. Apa yang menjadi kesukaan kita ? Berburu mencari kesenangan daging atau berdiam dalam kemah mencari hadiratNya ?
2. DAUD
Mazmur 84 : 10a "Lebih baik satu hari dipelataranMu Tuhan daripada seribu hari di tempat lain."
Kalimat tersebut dituliskan oleh Daud dalam kitab Mazmur. Bila kalimat tersebut diucapkan oleh seorang yang biasa-biasa yang hidupnya sederhana, mungkin kelihatannya itu wajar-wajar saja dan tidak ada istimewanya. Tetapi ucapan tersebut keluar dari mulut seorang raja yang memiliki segalanya dan hidup dalam kemewahan. Daud memiliki takhta, istana, harta, dan juga banyak isteri-isteri yang cantik.
Tetapi Daud adalah satu pribadi yang luar biasa ! Bagi Daud, Tuhan bukanlah hanya sekedar Tuhan tapi Tuhan adalah kekasih dan pujaan hatinya. Sejak masih remaja, Daud sudah mengenal Tuhan dengan baik. Ketika menjadi gembala, Daud mengalahkan singa dan beruang yang hendak memangsa domba yang ia gembalakan. Goliat yang membuat nyali orang ciutpun habis dibantai Daud. Daud adalah orang yang berkenan kepada Tuhan. Bahkan Yesus sendiri disebut anak Daud.
Banyak orang Kristen yang tidak menyediakan waktu khusus buat Tuhan. Andaikan berdoa/ bersaat teduh juga hanya singkat dan sekedarnya. Bahkan banyak para pelayan/Hamba Tuhan yang lebih suka melayani daripada bersekutu dengan Tuhan. Itu sebabnya jangan salahkan Tuhan bila hidup mereka mengalami kekalahan dan kekeringan. Kita harus lebih suka bersekutu dengan Tuhan daripada kegiatan apapun. Hadiratnya adalah tempat terindah di dunia ini. Kedudukan, popularitas, harta, kerabat, sahabat, pelayanan dan keluarga tidak bisa menjadi pengganti dari kepuasan hadirat Tuhan. Maukah kita menjadi seperti Daud? Maukah kita disebut orang yang berkenan kepada Tuhan ? Rahasianya adalah mencintai hadirat Tuhan.
Apakah kita bisa berkata: " Lebih baik satu hari di pelataran Tuhan daripada seribu hari (3 tahun) di tempat lain? " Apakah kita mau lebih mencintai hadirat Tuhan lebih daripada apapun di dunia ini? Ingatlah di surga nanti kita juga akan berdiam dalam hadirat Tuhan yang begitu indah. Itu sebabnya mulailah menghormati dan mencintai hadirat Tuhan saat kita ada di bumi ini.
3. SAMUEL
Samuel masih kecil, tapi ada satu hal yg ia rindukan, itulah hadirat Tuhan. Walaupun Samuel masih kecil tapi dalam hatinya sudah timbul satu kerinduan akan hadirat Tuhan, Samuel merindukan hadirat Tuhan, terbukti Samuel ini tidur dekat Tabut, tidur dalam Ruangan Maha Suci ( I Sam 3 : 3 ). Tabut Tuhan berbicara soal hadirat Tuhan sebab tabut itu letaknya ada dalam Ruangan Maha Suci, ruangan yg diterangi oleh sinar kemuliaan Tuhan.
Biasanya orang yg selalu merindukan hadirat Tuhan itu amat peka terhadap suara Tuhan, itu sebabnya Tuhan berbicara kepada Samuel, Tuhan tidak berbicara kepada imam Eli. Apa artinya seorang imam kalau Tuhan tidak berbicara kepadanya ? Apa jadinya seorang imam tapi tidak peka terhadap suara Tuhan ? Padahal seharusnya imam itu kehidupan yg sangat dekat dengan hadirat Tuhan, sebab imam itu sudah ditahiskan, imam tidak lagi hidup dalam suasana halaman jatuh bangun di dalam dosa, tapi imam sudah masuk, masuk dalam Ruangan Suci, bahkan dalam Ruangan Maha Suci…tapi bagaimana dengan Eli ?
Kalau kita sudah jauh dari hadirat Tuhan, kalau kita sudah tidak berada dalam suasana Tabut Perjanjian, apa jadinya hidup kita sebagai seorang imam ? Di hadapan Tuhan kita sudah tidak ada artinya lagi ! Itu sebabnya jangan relakan hidup kita kehilangan hadirat Tuhan, jangan sampai kita jauh dari hadirat Tuhan. Kalau itu terjadi maka akhirnya imam Eli hrs mati ! Kehidupan Kristen yg sudah tidak merindukan hadirat Tuhan, yg hidupnya sudah jauh dari Tabut Perjanjian maka di hadapan Tuhan kehidupan itu bagaikan sudah mati, apa yg bisa dilakukan oleh orang mati ? Tidak ada !Apa yang bisa diperbuat oleh orang mati ? Sama sekali tidak ada ! Berarti kehidupan itu sudah tidak berguna lagi baik bagi Tuhan maupun bagi manusia !
Oleh sebab itu janganlah kita seperti imam Eli, sebab apa artinya kita menjadi pelayan Tuhan tapi hidup kita jauh dari hadirat Tuhan ? Apa artinya kita menjadi imam-imam yg melayani dalam rumah Tuhan tapi hidup kita tidak lagi merindukan hadirat Tuhan ? Biarlah kerinduan itu tetap ada dalam hati kita.
Esau yg suka berburu daging akhirnya Esau ditolak. Eli juga ditolak, karna hidupnya sudah dipenuhi dgn kesukaan akan daging, kesukaan Eli adalah makan, suka akan daging. Kesukaan daging membuat kita jauh dari hadirat Tuhan sebaliknya kesukaan kita untuk bersekutu dengan Tuhan membuat kita semakin dekat & semakin dekat pada Tabut Perjanjian sampai-sampai kita bisa merasakan sinar kemuliaan Tuhan yg begitu dahsyat, dan Samuel merasakan itu, Samuel merasakan Shekinah Glory, sinar kemuliaan Tuhan. Sebab di atas tutup pendamaian itulah Tuhan berfirman kepada Samuel ( I Sam 3 : 10-11 ). Kalau kita selalu merindukan hadiratNya maka Tuhan juga rindu berbicara dengan kita.
Dan kalau kita mengalami pertemuan dengan hadirat Tuhan, hal itu akan terlihat dengan jelas. Sebab akan terlihat pada wajah kita dan tentu saja akan terungkap dalam perlaku kita. Wajah kita akan menyatakan kepada orang-orang sekeliling kita, “ Aku berbeda, aku telah ada di dalam hadirat Allah Yang Mahakuasa. “ Seperti yang terjadi pada Musa, ketika Musa melihat kemuliaan dan hadirat Tuhan di gunung Sinai, ia turun dengan wajahnya bercahaya seperti terang bahkan orang-orang tak dapat memandang wajahnya.
Tetapi ingat ! Ada bahaya yang mengancam, itulah Filistin. I Samuel fasal 4, judulnya Tabut Tuhan dirampas, artinya = kehilangan hadirat Tuhan. Jangan sampai itu terjadi dalam hidup kita, jangan sampai kesibukan-kesibukan kita merampas tabut Tuhan dari hidup kita, jangan sampai kesenangan daging kita merampas hadirat Tuhan dalam hidup kita. Sebab yang merampas itu adalah Filistin.
Filistin=gambar dari kesenangan daging. Hati-hati terhadap Filistin, hati-hati terhadap kedagingan kita, kesenangan daging kita, sebab itulah musuh yg akan merampas tabut Tuhan dari hidup kita. Kadang kita bisa merasa males bersekutu mencari hadirat Tuhan karna kita pengen tidur, karna kita sudah ngantuk, nah itu Filistin. Kita punya banyak alasan untuk tidak bersekutu dengan Tuhan, kita merasa lelah, capek dan sebagainya, ingat : itu Filistin ! Filistin selalu berusaha mencoba merampas tabut dari hidup kita!
Itu sebabnya mari, milikilah satu tekad untuk selalu menyukai, mencintai dan merindukan hadirat Tuhan. Dan bila kita sudah memiliki ke3 hal ini, mari pertahankan itu, jangan sampai dirampas oleh Filistin. Mari pertahankan pengalaman indah bersama hadirat Tuhan yang menyebabkan kita bertanya :”Siapakah aku ini sehingga Engkau, Tuhan Pncipta Alam Semesta mau mengizinkan aku berada dalam hadiratMu ? “
Saudara akan penuh dengan rasa kagum ketika saudara mengalami hadirat dan kemuliaan Tuhan…
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Friday, 27 June 2008
100% Purified water
Here is a word of caution, not to trust to their external privileges, so as with them to shift off these calls to repentance (v. 9); Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father. Note, There is a great deal which carnal hearts are apt to say within themselves, to put by the convincing, commanding power of the word of God, which ministers should labour to meet with and anticipate; vain thoughts which lodge within those who are called to wash their hearts, Jer. iv. 14. Me doxete—Pretend not, presume not, to say within yourselves; be not of the opinion that this will save you; harbour not such a conceit. "Please not yourselves with saying this" (so some read); "rock not yourselves asleep with this, nor flatter yourselves into a fool's paradise." Note, God takes notice of what we say within ourselves, which we dare not speak out, and is acquainted with all the false rests of the soul, and the fallacies with which it deludes itself, but which it will not discover, lest it should be undeceived. Many hide the lie that ruins them, in their right hand, and roll it under their tongue, because they are ashamed to own it; they keep in the Devil's interest, by keeping the Devil's counsel.
I just awake from a deep sleep, sleepy, get to the keyboard and write this nasty article. I am not any good writer, i hope you may understand my broken English, the theologian is very fierce in this fighting but he still can smile, respect, respect for him, what kind of spirit in him, someone better test his spirit, from the head to the toe, doubled checked, theologian can be processed by the spirit of pride and insane too, he said the college and church is their birth place, what about those who said Abraham is their ancestor, the theologian said that he has the right to stay in the premises because the college is their birth place, he is saying things beyond his reasons, sound minded or not, wa lao, he is rejoice because of his theology, he, he, he, he, this is really to be kung fu figthing already. Getting hotter and hotter, sooner and later some one will get hurt, do not throw mud to each other in the glass house, this is gangsterism, once there was a gangster, he was corrected by some doctors, doctors are great people, but later the gangster was punished because of his wrong doing, he deserved it.
The teachings from the theologians are really some big piece of meats. Honestly I cannot disgest hard and big cookies, they choked me often, can some one do me a favor, get me a cup of perfect plain and 100% pure water, if not I will not drink it, it must be 100%, because my mind and body 110% are depending on 100% of the water I take in everyday, if no 100% purity, I will sick and die, the water must be 100% purified, with 70 kinds of purifiers in tact, no water no fun, and also get me a piece of very very perfect perfect binoculars, so i can see clearly, fainted, because i had been slap by the book "Theology for every Children." And also buy for me a packet of perfect perfect 100% pure and fine grind ed curry powder, and wash my eyes and mouths with it , hot and spicy, so that I can awake from this deep sleep at night, I am writing this kind of nasty things, because I had been sentence to death, please do not torture me yet, because I am just a young sophomore. To the theologian :D, say cheese again. Everyday I learned something from that theologian. But I just have to force myself to forget it.
Firstly, the theologian must asked the doctors, about their opinions, weather they wanted to continue in this internal fighting or not, since there are a lot of time left for them to fight, they may interested in making kung fu movie, if they really wanting to hurt one another, go ahead, let get some one wounded, and then stopped this later, and secondly since there is a agreement made, and there are lawmakers, and also there are elders, and also there is the Bible, and also his college students, also many other friends, also there are doctors' brains, please make a survey, asked any of them, are they good for fighting or not, is it christliked to continue to stay in this fight between the church and the college? Continue to fight in 9, 9A, Gilstread Road, to continue this internal struggle? Even the founder already started a new station, why not the college do the same thing? The theologian does not want to move?
Ha? So they say ha? I see those theologians still can smile at me in the front of RPG, i just throw the RPG aside and then, i will not read the RPG, because it is a curse to me, because he is smiling, fighting his own brother in BP, I will wait until the paper collector comes to buy those old newspaper, I sold the RPG and the smiling faces together to the collector, and then i get few cents to buy some sweet, this is better to read their articles, right or wrong? Since the theologian wanted to show his man power, I just cannot take his point, teaching us to figth each other in BP because of what VPP is or is not, if you want to pay me for instance $100,000,000 Singapore dollars so that I fight each other for VPP, and follow the theologian to destroy the unity in BP, I will not do this kind of nasty thing, this is wicked and also bloody, do not act in conscience I see, since i am not spiritual as the theologian, if I am wrong in saying this, i will close this blog and start another blog using another name and title, let say i take the name like Pr Ice, ice can cool down the heat, but not so good for the stomach.
And the theologian, he said people shallowing his camel, where is his camel, he has no camel at all, wa lao, this theologian used character assassination, but he himself also wanted to shallow the Beulah House located in front of the college, by his big mouth, I know his doctors friends are very good at these kinds of dirty tactics, and they just wanted to see BP fights with BP without end, until they are all tired of fighting, if the theologians really learned from those doctors, who has the license to kill and license to heal, you must not say they are all born again because they are doctors and they are clever, I think the theologian can smile some more, because he did not know how to cry the crocodile tears, but had lost his mind in this VPP fighting, so that is why, i said, even if you have study the Bible for your 20-30-40-50-60-70-80 years, you must not think you know everything, remember Moses? he was about to learn better at the age of 80, am I right? Humbly, I say, there is more torment for a theologian like me in heaven than in hell, because God is a consuming fire, there is too much heat and burning in heaven, so they cannot stay there long enough and they have to leave the heaven with their theological achievement and then with their doctors follows after them, they run down to hell and there they go and start a new debate in hell, but they cannot find any water in this colder hell. I better watch myself so that I may not wrongly followed this theologian anywhere.
The best theologian are just a poor Christian, smile, you can smile some more, but I am sad, to see BP fight in BP, I am really disturbed, never mind, since you wanted to put salt in my wound. Daily, I am praying in receiving the Lord Jesus as personal savour, make sure that I received the salvation, daily I am praying for forgiveness, because I am sinful, but watch, and ask weather we are in the faith or not? Ask yourself are you at the Lord side of at the enemy side? Provoking young men to fight each other in BP because of your personal VPP view, those young men are still young in ministry, but why you do this to them, you should be an example to the young, stop preaching about the VPP in the church and the college, you have done enough damage at least in their student learning process, you are accountable, they are swing by this VPP, and some have lost their balance, and now they disrespect one another, you are very guilty about this, your doing is very much targeting the young, your sin does not find you? because some one may had pray for you, God may forgive your sins. I predict here, since you are so harsh to attack your fellow BP ministers, something good will come out from this fight, they will not be the same BP ministers any more, they are going to change, because they are hit, some may dislike the kind fundamental teaching anymore, they are going to start a new and better college, they dislike what you taught, they are looking for more freedom after this, people will see that your fundamentalism does killed, and not heal. If you withdraw this VPP wrong teaching in time, things can be 180% repaired, BP ministers will ready to accept your return, like the prodigal son. They are offering to you, why not grab the chance, it not forever.
Fight some more? For the sake of theology, some more to stay in 9, Gilstead Road? I can see you are doing more and more things to hurt others than doing good to the people there, and also things to destroy BP, I am writing to slain your pride, you fight because it is totally for your personal gain in theological achievement, you want people to know you, and you want the college to become well known, but you do not care about the church, you look down the pastors, you hurt their feeling, so that is why the church react in such a way, you do not care for the unity in BP, neither because you wanted to see BP live in peace, you take the unity for granted, you as a theologian, look what you done to the young christian, you teach them to fight the authority, disobey the pastors, you said there was a agreement between the college and the church, the college must abide with the agreement, if you continue in this VPP teaching, and you attack the church leaders, it is destroying the unity, so you are the one whom does not abide in the agreement, it is your wrong, you must behave like the young prodigal son, but you are not, you wanted to act like the Father, you must awake, put aside the doctrinal issue, let there be unity first, the doctrine come later, you can talk and find a solution, since you want people see you are as a gentlemen, and learned. Did not the church offered you this return, why you ignore the offer, why you do this to us? Why?
I admit that i am not as spiritual as the theologians again, (but I will asked myself,) what kind of spirit in me, what kind of spirit that provoked us to do something, some bad spirit must must cast out, there are demons working in our internal fighting , I am not as clever as the theologian, i also not as holy as the theologians, but i like to write, blog is a space for me write my opinion, not a place for us to discuss issue about theology, there a lot forums out there where you can joined, and discuss about theology,sad to say we are not allow to debate and dialogue in our college, so we write this is blog, please ask yourself why, people talk about VPP like this out of your college, because we do not have freedom of learning in your college, blog is free, at lease someone can find freedom of speech, share their view in the internet, the theologians in BP, do not like to learn and listen, but they like to teach, teach and attack, teach and attack, what kind of spiritualism is it? Having asked them this question, I also was bombarded by this theologian. I hope he will not come here and disturb my freedom of speech here. I will prepared a broom, let him be the king in Singapore, I still lousy student here. I least I am telling the truth, freedom of speech is out of the college, not in the college anymore.
Lastly, many can see that the theologian wanted to takeover the leadership from the college and the church, so the warfare is actually mostly between him and the pastor of the church, so this is an internal affairs, personal warfare, theology issue like VPP is the theologian's instruments to fight the pastors, some are blinded by this young theologian crafty way in order to take over the church, please do not provoked people to fight for VPP, not worth it, we cannot do anything about this fight, just pray for them, let them settle the fight themselves, but sad to say, it also spread abroad, their cross fire has hurt a few. All articles in this blog, are not only personal view, you also can download them from the Internet, some of them do not represent my personal views, you are free to share your view in your blog, kindly do some researches.....
I need a cup of icy cool water for a heated sunny day like this, I do not care it is 100%, 99.99%, 99%, 97% purified or not, I just drink it, by faith I drink it to quench my thirst and for living. Some survived even just with muddy water in the desert.
7 x 7 purified Gold? Most people preferred 916 Gold, because it is better, easier to smith into any shape, better than pure gold for longer lasting, many people are waring 91.6% of Gold in their marriage ring. It is matter taken in concerning our marriage?
100 % and 99.99 % water are more or less the same, sad to say some thirst and dead due to the 0.01%, because they do not want to drink the 99.99% purified water. This is stupid I said.
The Prodigal son
The two brothers must learned how to lived together, let the past be the past, we are not told how they lived together after the son returned, personally, I guess that the Father wanted them to live in peace, the younger son must behave like a younger son, and the elder must also take care of the younger son, three of them may live together happily, lets say, if they have quarrels, they eventually decided to reconcile because they respected their Father, they do not want to hurt their Father's feeling, they forgive each other, the ending is good, they live happily, joyfully, and as a family, the prodigal son must not forget he is forgiven for what he done, the Father gave chances for him, to learn, since the Father is kind and good, lovingly, the elder son must also accept the Father good will toward both of them. The elder son also must also behave in front of the Father, to love his younger brother.
Lets say, the younger son is a theologian, very eloquent, talkative, I know a theologian has great dignity, let say his personal view is not accepted by his elder brothers, so the younger son must behave like a younger son, for the sake of brotherhood, he has to reconcile with his brother, just say sorry, and lets reconcile, "I am sorry for being to harsh to you in defending my personal view, next time I will find a better view, I hope you can listen and accept my view ." Why, he must give in? Because he respected and loved his Father, so he has to forget his personal view, he must see the Father is still living, he is in control, so one day the Father will honor him, the Father said, my son is a good prodigal son, he is not "Kia su or losing face" I am proud of him, he is like my son, they must see what the Father wanted from them, to see the unity maintained in His family, other is secondary things, not necessary to quarrel about personal view, the two brothers must put unity in the higher place than personal view. Jesus said, "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37)
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Pr Ice
Thursday, 26 June 2008
The best Christian is still a poor Christian
The Sins of Babylon
Habakuk 2:8-14
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
the peoples who are left will plunder you.
For you have shed man's blood;
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
9 "Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain
to set his nest on high,
to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin of many peoples,
shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
12 "Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and establishes a town by crime!
13 Has not the LORD Almighty determined
that the people's labor is only fuel for the fire,
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea.
Matthew Henry comments:
"All the remnant of the people shall spoil thee." The king of Babylon thought he had brought all the nations round about him so low that none of them would be able to make reprisals upon him; but though they were but a remnant of people, a very few left, yet these shall be sufficient to spoil him, when God has such a controversy with him, First, For men's blood, and the thousands of lives that have been sacrificed to his ambition and revenge, especially for the blood of Israelites, which is in a special manner precious to God. Secondly, For the violence of the land, his laying waste so many countries, and destroying the fruits of the earth, especially in the land of Israel. Thirdly, For the violence of the city, the many cities that he had turned into ruinous heaps, especially Jerusalem the holy city, and of all that dwelt therein, who were ruined by him. Note, The violence done by proud men to advance and enrich themselves will be called over again (and must be accounted for) another day, by him to whom vengeance belongs.
See what good God brings out of the staining and sinking of earthly glory; he thereby manifests and magnifies his own glory, and fills the earth with the knowledge of it as plentifully as the waters cover the sea, which lie deep, spread far, and shall not be dried up until time shall be no more. Such is the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ given by the gospel (2 Cor. iv. 6), and such was the knowledge of his glory by the miraculous ruin of Babylon. Note, Such as will not be taught the knowledge of God's glory by the judgments of his mouth shall be made to know and acknowledge it by the judgments of his hand.
Here is my prayer, "Lord, I am sorry, because I did not love my neighbour, I am selfish, I repent today, forgive me for all the hurt and troubles I had given to my neighbour, may God bless my neighbour in this hour, I promise to be good to my neighbour. Please help me, forgive me for all the sins I done, which purposely and intentionally hurting other, please search my heart. Pray in Jesus' name.
There will be wars and famines
Revelation 6:3-5, When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" 4Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword. 5When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart[a] of wheat for a day's wages,[b] and three quarts of barley for a day's wages,[c] and do not damage the oil and the wine!"
That the sword of war is a dreadful judgment; it takes away peace from the earth, one of the greatest blessings, and it puts men upon killing one another. Men, who should love one another and help one another, are, in a state of war, set upon killing one another. A large sum to give for a quart of wheat The famine of bread is a terrible judgment; but the famine of the word is more so, though careless sinners are not sensible of it.
In time like this, we are asked to do everything in Love,
1 Cor. 16:14. Let all your things be done with charity. Our zeal and constancy must be consistent with charity. When the apostle would have us play the man for our faith or religion, he puts in a caution against playing the devil for it. We may defend our faith, but we must, at the same time, maintain our innocence, and not devour and destroy, and think with ourselves that the wrath of man will work the righteousness of God, James i. 24. Note, Christians should be careful that charity not only reign in their hearts, but shine out in their lives, nay, in their most manly defences of the faith of the gospel. There is a great difference between constancy and cruelty, between Christian firmness and feverish wrath and transport. Christianity never appears to so much advantage as when the charity of Christians is most conspicuous when they can bear with their mistaken brethren, and oppose the open enemies of their holy faith in love, when every thing is done in charity, when they behave towards one another, and towards all men, with a spirit of meekness and good will.
What is true religion in end time
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Compassion and charity to the poor and distressed from a very great and necessary part of true religion: Visiting the fatherless and widow in their affliction. Visiting is here put for all manner of relief which we are capable of giving to others; and fatherless and widows are here particularly mentioned, because they are generally most apt to be neglected or oppressed: but by them we are to understand all who are proper objects of charity, all who are in affliction. It is very remarkable that if the sum of religion be drawn up to two articles this is one—to be charitable and relieve the afflicted. Observe, an unspotted life must accompany an unfeigned love and charity: To keep himself unspotted from the world. The world is apt to spot and blemish the soul, and it is hard to live in it, and have to do with it, and not be defiled; but this must be our constant endeavour. Herein consists pure and undefiled religion. The very things of the world too much taint our spirits, if we are much conversant with them; but the sins and lusts of the world deface and defile them very woefully indeed. John comprises all that is in the world, which we are not to love, under three heads: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; and to keep ourselves unspotted from all these is to keep ourselves unspotted from the world. May God by his grace keep both our hearts and lives clean from the love of the world, and from the temptations of wicked worldly men.
Do you remembered anyone needed your care? There was a principal, he worked in "Half way home" in Singapore, he killed himself by jumping from a tall building, some people said that, before he commit suicide, he made a phone call to a pastor, may be it is last change for help, but the pastor is too busy to talk to him, he killed himself. Are you too busy with our doctrines and theological argument? And we have no time to visit someone? Are you, one of your brother's keeper? Please ignore this article if you have paid the visit.
Take note: Article 4.2.1 is like a time bomb, it explode. Use your pen to write "1300177" on a piece of paper, , what it is look like? BOOM...run, run, run...
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Revelation 5:5-10
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
In Revelation, there are records of elders, of total of 24 them in the heavens, worshipping the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, He has been slain ed, and resurrected and raised to the throne, all the elders and creatures bow down to worship Him, praising King of kings, Lord of lords. Forever and ever, Amen. There are golden vials full of ordours, which are the prayers of saints. All of the elders sung a new song, and has made the elders to be kings and priests.
What are the necessary things:
Acts 15:28
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
The first Christian council in Jerusalem decided not to lay upon the believer greater burden than necessary things, what are the necessary things, meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication.The church have Jews and Gentiles. If you are Indian, you are not asked to lived totally like the Jew after you receive Christ. It is not necessary.
Preservation of the Perfect Unity
Ephesians 4:1-7
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love;
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
In letter to the Ephesians, Paul wrote to them, advice them to be humble and be peace, so that they can live in unity,it is necessary the church recognizes its unity and strives more and more to preserve it, each member co-operating with all the others, will the gospel more mightily forward among the nations, will the church itself rejoice, will Satan tremble, and will the name of God be glorified. There are diversities of services, but the same Lord, and there are diversities of working, but it is the same god who works all in all. Do not overestimate our importance.We who are not so richly endowed we should not lose courage."Let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate, and the rich in that he is made low.
The Same colored Uniforms
Once upon a time, there was a man, he likes to tell stories, he likes to tell this story to scared off those youngster who are sitting on the fence, those who heard this story ridiculed him, they said he is crazy, inventing story to scare people, some people said he is a demoniac who tells demon stories, some people said he is lazy, one day he tells a story about 24 elders, they came from one great kingdom in the east,they had been living together for many years since the first world war,had trained themselves for the great warfare in the coming Armageddon. Under the command of the captain, the Knight of Darkness, they called him the Great prophet, son in law of Duke of the Waite, they were training in the field called "Militant Cemetery".
Under the hot sun,one afternoon, one the elder called Duke 0f Cannot Bury said, I did not see any reason why the new wine can burst the old wine skin, since the new wine is not fermented, they are but plain water so far I am concerned. The second elder called Duke of Dusty Serangoon said, an Indian Raja, according to our book of conduct we are not allowed to drink any wine. Duke of Cannot Bury said, indeed, but the captain said in the war time, all the elders are allowed to drink the blood of the living, if they are thirsty and they cannot find any water in the war field."
One night they ventured out into the land of "Marah," one of the elders forget to wear the uniform for sword training, the emblem of their uniform is "a hand holding a heart." The captain became very angry, he broke the horses' neck and he commanded his assistance Duke of Nargish Wind,"Take heed, as a team, me must wear the same color uniforms,take the "sword of the truth," and come here, cut off his hands because he forget to wear the uniform, I told you to wear the purple cloak, as commanded him since the day one." So the elder's hand was cut off, and throw into the river Ganges. And the elder fell backward and cry for mercy.
And the captain opened the great white "Book of Conduct." I commanded all of you this day,remember this as well, that whosoever look at any women with the lust of eyes, his eyes will be plucked out and throw them away.Likewise, whosoever speak or pray in an unknown tongue, his tongue will be cut off,and the tongue will be trodden under our feet, and whosoever listen to or entertain himself or herself with any of the contemporary songs like "Hillsong" or "Mountain song," their right and left ears will be cut off, and whosoever does not bring along the shield of "Very Perfect Perfect" their heads I will cut off and the body will be throw into the valley of Bukit Timah. And command your people under you do not go a church in the Southern sites, because it is a devil church! All of you must interpret "The Book of Jot and Title" according to my interpretation, search all the land if there is any books other than this King's Version, you must collect them and then you burn. I will paid you with the gold shekels from Duke of Busswell. A standard will be raise to fight against those who disobey my command.All these actions are necessary, temporary for the sake of quality control,we must united once for all, in order to have the victory in the great war to come, we must have discipline,we will cut down the Baal along the way, those who have ears, hear these commands. Arise, let go out from this land of Marah, the day is breaking" And all the elders arise in the same accord said, "Yes, Yes, Yes,we will listen and obey your command." So they brew the trumpets,and the rooster crowed the third times. Then they sung a song, "this is my father world." Happily they walk into the darkness of the cold night, where the all armies were waiting for them. The end. Young men listen with fears, and fall down one by one from the fence.