A Buddhist In Heaven With Jesus

My friend's father, a practicing Buddhist accepted and acknowledged the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour, the son of the Living God on his deathbed.

His MyKad (Malaysia's Identity Card), however, clearly stated that his religion is Buddhism but his heart belonged to Jesus Christ, our Saviour by virtue of his confession before he breathe his last.

(Remember the criminal who was sentenced to die alongside our Saviour? Our Saviour assured the criminal that he will be with our Lord in paradise that very day)

We inherit the Kingdom of Heaven because we believe in our hearts that Jesus Christ is the Saviour, the son of the Living God of Israel, who came to die for our sins on the cross and on the third day, our Saviour was resurrected to provide us a hope to those who has placed their trust in Him that someday our Saviour will return to bring us all safely home to the Father.

While many of us, an estimated 2.5 billion professed to be Christians, the truth is whether our Saviour Jesus decree us as his sons!

Our eligibility as Christians are based on records of our earthly life as reported by the Holy Spirit gifted to us, judged by our Saviour on the last day and not by what we claimed ourselves to be.

Jesus Christ, our Saviour will examined our hearts and not our MyKad on Judgement Day.

Lord Jesus, Please Take A Number

Jesus Christ is number one on most of our lips; Well, is He the number one in your heart?

Anthony shared with me that he kept a Bible in his toilet and will read a few chapters every time when he's in there.

Kelvin relate to me that he usually catch up reading the Bible while waiting in a traffic jam or while waiting for the traffic lights change.

Gabriel recounted how he habitually pray in his car because it's the only time he has time.

Julienne described her prayers were mostly done while lying in her bed. And she believed she has not breached any axiom.

Our heavenly Father owned our time; every second of it and the most ideal moment we could spend in fellowship with Him is when we are in the toilet? I wondered whether you will engaged in a conversation with your friends, loved ones when you are in the toilet doing your business? Are those your finest moments and only available time to spend in fellowship with your heavenly Father?

Our heavenly Father is definitely not your time filler. You don't squeeze Him in between your busy schedules. He is the pre-eminence of our life.

Do you entertain friends and visitors to your home, engaging them in conversation while you lie in bed? It's understandable if you are sick or ailing. Jesus is the Almighty God! What happened to kneeling before His Majesty?

The moment we opened our eyes upon waking up in the morning, we should honor and glorify Him by giving praise and thanks to God, the Almighty Father, Father of our Saviour Jesus. The initial stretch of our time upon waking up should be spend in fellowship worshipping our Creator. Every of our first fruits belong to Him.

If we had honor our heavenly Saviour with our time gifted to us each new day, then I believe our heavenly Father wouldn't mind when we fill Him in any time of the day.

Our Lord is without doubt number one on our lips when we are in Church, and in the midst of the various 'Christians' fellowship but does He command identical status beyond the limelight?

We sighed in disappointment when our prayers are not answered or when its taking too long. Perhaps its time to examine the way we offered our prayers, questioning whether its executed in an honorable manner.

Are we placing our Saviour above all our irrelevant worldly priorities or is He simply a part of our worldly priority or could He be just a 911 number during our emergency?

Does our Saviour who went to the cross for us need to take a number before we can squeeze Him into our busy schedules?

I believed in my heart that you and I are number one in His heart.

Each time when I fix my gaze at the Cross; Behold! I am number one in His heart.

Is Jesus the Christ number one in your heart?

Who Is Your Teacher?

Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning. I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ. Galatians 1:11-12

Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach. The Jewish leaders were surprised when they heard him. "How does he know so much when he hasn't studied everything we've studied?" they asked.

So Jesus told them, "I'm not teaching my own ideas, but those of God who sent me. Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own. Those who present their own ideas are looking for praise for themselves, but those who seek to honor the one who sent them are good and genuine. John 7:14-18

And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people's faith by teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them. Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.
Romans 16:17-18

Hello! Hello! Lord! Is That You? Hello! Lost Connection

Someone asked me the reason why he could not hear with clarity from our Saviour, Jesus, speaking through the Holy Spirit?

I guessed it could be due to the fact that we have been hearing too much from men, that when our Saviour speaks to us, his voice is drowned in men's.

Men and Jesus are on a different wavelength. You either hear men or you hear Jesus. There is definitely no overlapping in the lines.

Maybe it's good if you fast from hearing from men.

Too much lies from men may have clouded and blocked your ears!

Want to hear from Jesus?

Stop listening to men!

The True Picture

If truth don't live in you, how can you ever know the lies?

If the Holy Spirit is not in you, how can you know the truth?

You do not have the truth because you do not have the Holy Spirit because you do not know that Jesus is the Christ, the begotten son of the Living God, who came to die and redeemed us from sins, and was resurrected on the third day to provide all who put their trust in Him to someday returned to bring us all safely home to the Father.

When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit's words to explain spiritual truths. But people who don't have the Holy Spirit, cannot understand these truths from God's Spirit. It all sound foolish to them and they can't understand it, for only those who are filled with the Holy Spirit can understand what the Spirit means. 1 Corinthians 2:13-14

I have a couple of questions that seeks answers.....

Can reading 'Christian' books help us understand our heavenly Father better when we don't have the free gift of the Holy Spirit in us? Because if I have the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit will provide me with all the answers I seek, hence it is futile for me to read.

If I have the free gift of the Holy Spirit, whom my heavenly Father gifted to me to help me live my earthly life to bring honor and glory to the Father and to provide me with all the knowledge of the Father, am I still required to pay thousands of Ringgit to attend Bible College to know my Father better?

If I don't have the Holy Spirit in me, can I pay to get to know God better through another fellow human being who, like me, originate from dust and also is a sinner before the Almighty Creator?

If God, Himself is teaching me through His own Spirit, then is the God who came to die and pay in full with His blood for my sins on the cross, so that my salvation from Him is free, now decides to charge for my lessons?

I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray. But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don't need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true- it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Jesus Christ, our Saviour. 1 John 2:26-27

Truth belongs to God, in Jesus Christ. Man do not have the Truth. For that reason, man cannot teach you what is true. The Holy Spirit cannot be used by the evil one to deceive us but man can. Therefore, man cannot teach you what he don't have- God's Truth!

I know you were told that God raises pastors to teach you. Read the Bible carefully and don't allow yourself to be tricked by how evil misinterpret God's words in the Bible. I am not disagreeing that God do speak to us through human beings. But the work belongs to the Holy Spirit and we were asked to identify that these works are the works of the Spirit. Read 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

The Father gifted us with His own Spirit to guard us from deception. Also,the purpose of the gifting of the Holy Spirit is to provide us spiritual truths, so that we will not be deceived. Read John chapter 16 to understand the works of the Holy Spirit whom our Saviour promised to those who placed their faith in Him.

Always remember that Satan is endlessly industrious to draw you away from the truth with his crafty weaving lies that always resembled the truth.

And I wonder whether the Holy Spirit is alive in you to understand and perceive the true picture of the Father's grace and mercy in His unfailing love in his salvation for you in his son, our Saviour Jesus?

Go and say to this people: When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend. Acts 28:26

For God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.
John 4:24

You Are Not A Christian!

Don't simply claim you are a Christian.

I was having my breakfast at the neighborhood coffee shop when a fracas broke out. An elderly man was quarrelling with a middle-aged woman over his disputable unpaid bowl of noodles.

The elderly man was a customer and the lady, the owner of the noodles stall.

As the argument got into a more critical level, almost on the verge of having the other stall owners involved, defending the lady (because the elderly man was gripping on to a plastic chair), the elderly man impromptu proclaimed that he is a Christian and will not cheat.

There was absolute silence for a second, only for a second, before the mayhem returned. Then the elderly man shouted out again, "I am a Christian and I don't cheat!"

The uncle dipped deep into his back trouser's pocket and drew up his wallet. Pulling out a wad of one ringgit notes (about ten ringgit), he proved that he did carry money with him and was cock-sure he paid his bowl of noodles.

The noodle lady's opinions however, differ. The situation was made worse with the other stalls claiming witness that the uncle didn't pay for his bowl of noodles, and the uncle insisting that he did pay.

What I couldn't withstand was the fact that the uncle kept declaring his faith as a Christian and he has paid.

Having tolerated him for some time, I thought I should show him what is the worth as a Christian instead of him repeating his faith to defend the accusations hurled at him, thus abusing the goodness being a son of the Living God of Israel.

I walked up to him, calmed him down and then told him that if he is truly a Christian, then he should just make another payment. I reminded him the teachings of our Saviour in Matthew 5:39, about someone hitting you on the left cheek and offering your right cheek too.

In addition, I also told him that a true son of the Living Father, will just apologized and make another payment, instead of triggering a melee by being defensive. And the fact that he kept broaching about his faith, will intensify more harm than good as a witness to Christianity.

I further explained that the true Christian way is to pay twice and generate peace around us than birth a melee for nobody's benefit. "If you pay twice and later when the noodle lady discovered that she had indeed wrongly accused you, then she will be guilty and will apologized to you, instead of bringing bad witness to yourself and Christianity by being defensive that you have paid!", I corrected him with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Again, I reminded the uncle how Jesus did not make any attempt to defend Himself before Pilate for all the accusations made against our Saviour albeit His innocence.

Citing Titus 1:16, I reminded the uncle we must live an honorable lifestyle as evidence that we are indeed the new person, having resurrected with the Lord, rather than dishonor our Saviour with an unrepentant lifestyle, thus bringing shame to His glorious Name.

Christians should not, for the sake of proving a point in an argument or for other defensive purposes abused the use of God's Name. Our Saviour Jesus did not resist arrest by simply proclaiming publicly that He is the Son of God.

Remember you are not a Christian if you proclaimed to be one but denied the cross when you don't live as one.

* My personal opinion is that while most of us without hue and cry claimed to be Christians, I believe only God, our Creator heavenly Father knows whether we are Christians, His sons.

If a person is ashamed of me and my message, I, the Son of Man, will be ashamed of that person when I return in my glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels. Mark 8:38 and Luke 9:26

I know most of us were taught by the church never to deny ourselves as Christians before unbelievers. Don't forget Peter denied knowing our Lord thrice. Read the verses again properly and correctly....it is denying our Lord and His teachings.....

It is easy to stand up and declare you are a Christian when one is in a suitable and favorable situation.....try it, when you are intimidated or when your earthly life is at stake!

Jesus In My House!

This post is not a display of arrogance or an air of pomposity but indeed Jesus was in my house.

I had just finished cooking my dinner, fried fish with chilli peppers in black beans with rice, and was about to sit myself down in front of the television waiting for American Idol to begin when the door bell chime.

It was the end of the month so I guessed it must be the newspaper man doing his collection. I peeked outside and saw a figure standing outside. It wasn't the paper man. It was about 7 pm but the evening sky was gloomy as it had rained earlier.

"Who could it be?" I tried figuring out as my friends normally sent me a short message to my mobile informing me of their visit. "Maybe it's the neighbor!", as I slant my eyes, trying to get a good focus of the figure outside. It was Jeff, a young lad I got to know from the church not too long ago.

He had with him two huge suitcases and was teary eyes.

I picked up the keys and walked towards the gate, never shifting my eyes from him while I fiddle with the lock and immediately ushered him in after opening the lock, controlling my curiosity to question his unexpected appearance.

Once inside the house, all hell broke loose as he burst out and tears ran down his face like Niagara Falls. I was attempting very hard to make out what he was trying to convey to me.

The only audible full sentence was, "Thank God! I found Jesus in your house!"

Jeff was evicted for failing to settle four months overdue for his room.

Jeff told me that he has been to almost every house of his friends from the church but none could accommodate him. Some told him they don't have any spare room, while others bluntly explained about having daughters and don't feel safe with his presence.

"Each of them have their reasons, and I didn't pursue their reasons for turning me away."

"Maybe it's because of my past, a drug addict and jailbird", Jeff bemoaned.

"Anyway, I was looking for Jesus to help me and not the sinful human" Jeff continued bemoaning sadly.

I was stunned by what he remarked. Before I could reflect on his comment, I saw him broke into a smile and say, "And I found Him in your house, the last house and my last hope!"

WOW!

Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay. 1 Peter 4:9

When God's children are in need, be the one to help them out. And get into the habit of inviting guests home for dinner or, if they need lodging, for the night. Romans 12:13.

It wasn't me who was hospitable that received Jeff into my home. It was an act of humility and love from our Saviour Himself. I was merely a vessel, learning obedience and always ready to be used by the Master. In reality, the Teacher was teaching me about humility and love, which constitutes his character. My Teacher was teaching me through the Holy Spirit to be hospitable filled with His love and humility.

Our Saviour will never turn anyone away, in regardless who the person was in the past because He will not judge those who constantly seek Him. That's the reason He was sent by the Father; to provide forgiveness and hope for those who sought Him.

Jesus Christ welcome every sinner who seek Him because He came not to judge sinners. We turn people away because we judge them! Most of us doesn't realized that in the presence of our Supreme Almighty Judge, we are no better than Jeff; maybe worse (the fact that we play judge)! We are all sinners in His Presence!

Allow me to conclude with the following verse from Galatians 6:3,

If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody.

Excuse Me, Pastor! Are You Jesus?

I could no longer endure the constant reply by most Christians...."The Pastors Says...."

God chose someone in our midst and use them to speak to us. God could choose anything and anyone and it's most likely He will choose someone foolish and whom the world consider nothing. And I know none of you will be convinced unless my statement is supported by God's word. Galatians 1:1, This letter is from Paul, an apostle. I am not appointed by any group of people or any human authority, but by Jesus Christ himself and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead.

(Jesus chose 11 simple fishermen and a tax collector)

God sent His Holy Spirit to speak to us through someone; and it could be anyone, including animals and do not be shocked or surprised if your pillow speaks to you!

A pastor used by God is not someone who only teach people what to do, rather they are supposed to show us by example how to live a godly life. Pastors and every other servant of God are actually Jesus Christ in disguise. Every servant of God, fulfilled God's work powered by the power of the Holy Spirit. Every work belong to the Almighty God, who accomplished His own will through men He chose.

A servant of God does God's will silently and secretly away from the limelight. Jesus Christ do not seek publicity in what He does. Jesus Christ worked in such a manner that only the Father knows and is pleased. The Father is glorified when every good work is accomplished in secret. Galatians 1:10, Obviously, I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, then I would not be Christ's servant.

Jesus Christ ministered with love and humility.

No work can be accomplished in the absence of God's Spirit. Jesus Christ, promised the Holy Spirit to those whom the Father has chosen, when He left his earthly life and returned to the Father.

Jesus Christ disclosed to us that every of His sheep recognizes Him. "My sheep knows my voice".

If the Holy Spirit is the One performing miracles in our midst, then we are witnessing Jesus Christ, our Saviour alive and at work in every servant who sacrificed themselves as vessels to be used. What I meant to say is no man can fulfilled God's will without the presence of God's Spirit assisting them. It is the same to mean that Jesus must be present in you to fulfill God's will for apart from Jesus, we can not accomplished anything for God's honor and glory.

A servant of God is either doing God's will or his own will! It is either the Holy Spirit at work in a person or the person is merely doing everything by his own effort?

Do not just follow blindly.....seek and check out the truth....always remembering that the devil will never take a holiday from his work to deceive YOU! The devil is constantly at work to distract you from God's truth about Jesus our Saviour.

In closing, please never neglect reading the Bible and spending personal time with Jesus. The Judge will not accept your answer someday, when you stand before Him and say, "My pastor told me so..."

Do you see Jesus in your pastor?

Do you recognize the sermon he preached each week as those that were from Jesus Himself?

Does your pastor's lifestyle bear the fruits of the Holy Spirit?

And most important, do you know Jesus personally?

The shepherd chosen by God the Father is loving and humble and will not hesitate to face death for the honor and glory of the Gospel.

Happy Mother's Day

As the whole world celebrates Mother's Day, honoring them for all she has done for us, her children, I wanted to pen these few words and dedicate it to my mum.

Mum, You Are Simply The Greatest That my Heavenly Father has gifted me,

THANKS!

Mum, there won't be enough space in this universe to describe how wonderful and fantastic you are.

Heavenly Father in Christ Jesus my Saviour,
Thank you Father for gifting me with such a
wonderful gift; my Mum!
Thank you for lovin me always!

I love you Mum!

May my Saviour bless you richly each day with His peace and joy, filled you with His wonderful love and kindness, that you may touch someone's else life, to bring forth the truth that Jesus Christ is the Saviour, the son of the Living God of Israel, who brought salvation into the world at the cross. Jesus Christ was resurrected on the third day to bring all those who has placed their trust and hope in Him alone that someday soon, our Saviour will returned to bring us all safely home to the Father.

Thanks mum!

The Amazing Man

Jesus Christ is the son of the living God, Creator of heaven and earth and everything in it.

The Father shape, mould, build and condition His son for 30 years before He sent His son, Jesus to do His will. Remember that Jesus is the begotten son of the living God of Israel.

Man however, study and prepare himself only for 3 years and is ready to serve the living God of Abraham for (maybe) the next 30 years.

Isn't man amazing?

Be Still

Father, Lord Jesus, why you never answer my prayers?

That's exactly what Adrienne was bemoaning with frustrations. She recalled how she prayed and prayed and was down on her knees until they were blistered and swollen. Yet, she claimed that her heavenly Father in Christ Jesus did not answered her. She had so many questions for answers to improve her earthly life. She needed answers to help her repentance.

When Adrienne shared with me her frustrations, I answered her that maybe Jesus did answered her without her realizing it. "How could it be?", she asked with exasperation.

I explained to her that very often we spent a long time telling our Father Saviour about our problems but never spent time quietly listening to Him. We prayed but once finished, we never sat quietly to hear what He has got to tell us. So, how can He ever get His opportunity to speak and reply us? He sat quietly listening to our prayers, but as soon as we finished praying, we never spent any time at all listening to Him. He wanted to answer us, but how could He when you are not staying back to hear Him?

And we ended up misunderstanding our Father Saviour that perhaps He is not interested in our prayers. Perhaps because of our sins, He's ignoring us. But how could a Perfect Father ignore us? He loved us!

When we spent an hour pouring out our hearts content to Him, we should spent maybe two hours listening to our Saviour. He is our Counselor, Teacher, Advisor, Guide, Comforter, Guardian, and He have all the answers for our life. In fact, we should spent more time listening than talking.

I guessed it's because the Church has always asked us to pray but rarely asked us to spent time listening. If you have a problem to share with your earthly father, after sharing, won't you spent time listening to his thoughts? If not, how would you ever know what are his answers for your questions?

The trouble with most of us is we enjoy talking but are impatient when listening. And how can we make stride when we failed to be attentive listening to our heavenly Father?

And how do we listen?

Be Still!

Bill Please, Jesus!

When was the last time you received anything for free? I am specifying free without any conditions attached.

I was sitting with a group of housewives at a coffee shop this morning and the topic was about Taoist gods healing people and fixing our various earthly problems. Consultation is however not free, but accompanied by a subtle request of a free offering.

Nowadays, religious and non religious concerned cleverly concoct means to amass money from unsuspecting bigots. Those who are desperate for healing of diseases and sickness, and remedies for their many earthly troubles especially relationships, give readily and unsuspectingly.

Accordingly to these Taoist housewives, who credited their assortment of deities for the various miracles they witnessed, each consultation comes with a free will offering. That's how all those gigantic joss sticks offerings vying attention in front of these Chinese temples come about.

Not too long ago, a Christian friend also related to me how he was required to attend a special class to understand baptism better. The one day lesson ostensibly cost RM40. I was shock by his claim and complain. Unbelievingly and not wanting only to hear one side of the story, I deliberately arranged to meet an authority of the church to check out the truth about the charges.

The pastor confirmed my unbelief with this scorching answer, "The charges were levied so that they may valued their baptism."

I responded spontaneously by blurting out loudly, "WHAT!!!" I was actually more offended than disgusted with the answer!

Closer examination reveals that no one is spared from the antics of these unscrupulous godlessness of soliciting funds, not even the very poor in our midst, who are close to our heavenly Father's heart.

Honestly, I find it very disturbing with all these episodes chronicling the methods of amassing money as we inched slowly towards the last days. I am particularly disturbed with the manner of how the churches are using God's name in vain.

Our heavenly Father, provided Himself a living sacrifice as Jesus Christ, our Lord Saviour to die on the cross for all our wrong doings against Him, so that we can be reconciled to Him as sons of the living Father. And as sons, everything is provided free by virtue of our faith acknowledging that He is our Father Saviour.

Maybe, like what the pastor articulated about his doctrine that 'nothing is free', then our heavenly Father should charged us for the blood He shed so that we may value our salvation?

I am sure our heavenly Father is extremely remorseful over how His children are burdened. After all He has come to pay in full for the price of our salvation. I am sure His plan was never to burden us.

The richest man on earth could not buy patience, kindness, love, peace, self control and the other various gifts of God. God freely give these to His children who are obedient.

Similarly, our heavenly Father would be pleased if we help build His church who are people with His love and humility rather than being drawn into a deception to build man's church which is the building with money. When we partner Jesus to do the Father's will, we accomplished His will by His power He filled us through the power of the Holy Spirit and not money.

If Jesus were to levy a price for the blood He shed on the cross, I wonder how much it will cost us to be reconciled to our Father?

What is the price of salvation then?

I Love You, I Honestly Love You

While almost everyone who claimed to be Christians celebrate Good Friday and Easter, I was just wondering whether they heard with clarity from Jesus Christ, our Saviour, whispering from His heart at the cross into our ears....' I Love You, I Honestly Love You'

And if those who heard Him, I also wonder whether they will be convicted? Will those who heard Him continue hurting Him with their sins? Or will they turn around and live a new life in the power of the Holy Spirit for Him?

Easter to me is about living the new life through Christ, my Saviour's victory over death. Jesus Christ died so that I can live! His resurrection means I shall rise on the last day and be reconciled with the Father, who loves me.

Easter means the day I confessed Jesus Christ is my Saviour, I died to the old sinful life and was resurrected with Christ in victory to live a new righteous life with Him in the power of the Holy Spirit. I no longer live but now I live my new life trusting in the Son of God, who came and died for me to set me free from sin.

Easter means my salvation is real because God has placed His hope in me that someday we'll meet again.

Jesus Loves Me, But I DON'T THINK I LOVE HIM

I wonder whether those who claimed themselves Christians actually paused a moment at some stage of their spiritual life and asked, "Who loves me; Jesus or Satan???"

But then again, the irony is whether anyone is aware that Jesus alone loves them. Love is an exclusive hallmark of God, our heavenly Father. He alone is the source of love. Since love belongs only to God, Satan cannot be loving me, right?

Before we embark on this scorching subject, we need to understand and examine what is love and lust. Originally, I wanted to title my post 'Jesus Loves; Satan Lust!' but changed my mind because I wanted us to question ourselves whether we understand the meaning between love and lust and its originality.

What is love? Let us examine the truthful meaning of love.

Citing 1 John 4:19, We love because God, our heavenly Father in our Saviour Jesus, first loves us. God is love. The wholesome characteristic of God who is love is fully articulated in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Love is humble, patient and kind. Love is never jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand it's own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. Love does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth prevails. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstances.

Now make the verses contained in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 your criterion to compare your love. If your so claimed love does not consist any of the ingredient mentioned in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, then it's most probably deceptive love. The simple reason is we cannot love unless God who is the source of love, loves us first. If we have not experienced His love at the cross, then we will never comprehend love.

God filled us with His love when we experienced His love poured out from His heart for us at the cross.

Satan could never love us because Satan is not the source of love. Satan, however, can deceived us that he also loves us. Satan yield the following fruits; greed, sexual immorality, pride, jealousy, lies, fear, selfishness, bitterness, anger, unforgiving and other impurities. If Satan's fruits are present in our daily lives, then we have not died to our old life as we are still slave to sin which separates us from the God who loves us.

After confessing Jesus as our new Master, most of us still held on to their old life, thwarting the new life in the Holy Spirit to reign in us, shaping, molding and growing us into Christ likeness which pleases God, the Father, bringing Him honor and glory.

If we acknowledged that God, the Father in Jesus Christ alone love us, then why are we grieving the heart who alone loved us? I asked a quite similar question some weeks ago; If God is right, then why are we not obedient? If God loves us in His Son Jesus, then why would we hate Him by the way we live?

Honestly, I am baffled by our prudence about love. How could we continuously grieved the heart that love us unconditionally? How could we constantly break the heart of one who died for us? Those who are filled with His truth will be able to comprehend God's agape love and will never live another day hurting our Saviour!

We either live our earthly life in the opulent love of Jesus who alone loved us or we lived in lust with the one out to destroy us by deceiving us. We cannot be torn between two lovers! We either live for the Truth and Light or for Lies and Darkness!

Deep inside me, I knew my heavenly Father in my Saviour Jesus loves me, but my lifestyle is reciprocal of my claim that I love Him. I worship Him with my mouth, but my heart is far away from Him. I claim I knew Jesus, but I deny Him by the way I live.

If I have sampled God's love at the cross, and His Holy Spirit lives in me to fill me with His love, then I will not have a problem demonstrating His love in me by loving others as in 1 John 4:7-8, Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

In the gospel of John, the Jews stood firmly claiming they knew God and God was their Father. However, Jesus in John 8:42, 44 did not agree with their statement, answering them, If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. For you are the children of your father, the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does.

It's obvious that with the gifting of the Holy Spirit to us, God the Father who have love us through His Son, Jesus at the cross, the Holy Spirit will grow in us an undeniable desire to reciprocate His love for us. If those who have experience His true love at the cross, surely we will love Him too because the Holy Spirit equipped us with the ability.

A Loving Sacrifice: Before The Next Teardrop Falls....

There was a blind girl who hated herself because of being blind. Not only did she hate herself but she hated everyone else, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her.

She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.

One lucky day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. She then saw everything, including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend then asked her, "Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?"

She was SHOCKED when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too. She said, “I am sorry but I can't marry you because you are blind and it will be too hard.”

Her boyfriend walked away with tears streaming down his face and said, "Please just take care of my eyes.”

This story reminded me of how much Jesus loved us and went to the cross for us. When a person truly loves you, no sacrifice is beyond triumph. Everything is possible.

That's exactly how God, our heavenly Father who is overwhelmed with love for us. After all, each of us were created out of His own perfect hands. He never intended any of us to be lost to eternal death. He will do anything, to the extent of dying our death to ensure each of us returned to His loving arms. He wanted back every of His beloved children.

For the sacrifices He has made, Jesus will be very broken hearted each time we sinned, ignorant of all He has done for us. Each time we sin, it's like telling Him point blank at His face that His sacrifices meant nothing to us.

Like the true lover in the above story who sacrificed his eyes for his lover, with the hope of marrying her, our God and Saviour Jesus sacrificed His life to die our death, hoping we will turn around for Him and lived!

Our God and Saviour made a solemn plea to us in Ezekiel 18:32, I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign Lord. Turn back and live!

I pray our heavenly Father in His Son Jesus Christ, our Saviour sent the Holy Spirit to help us open our hearts to Him so that we can find His strength in us to turn around and let Him heal us.

God Is Wrong, I AM RIGHT!

God is wrong, and I am right otherwise I couldn't find myself another reason why I don't listen to Him.

If God is right and I am wrong then I also couldn't find myself another reason why I should not be obedient.

Apparently, there are no two ways about it. Either He is right and we obey or He is wrong and we disobey.

What could be the reason for our rejection for His truth. Honestly, I couldn't find a more logical and convincing reason besides our mind being corrupted by lies and deception. We love lies and deception or aptly love being seduced, charmed and bewitched by it.

We attract danger when we allow our minds to be the devil's playground.

Eve sinned at the Garden of Eden because she took in every lie the serpent spoke to her. She enjoyed the lie of the serpent when it told her that she could be equal to God, Father and Creator of heaven and earth, knowing good and evil.

Since then, the serpent's lies sank in and we have always believed we are god and we are right with our decisions, thus our constant disobedience.

Perhaps it's time to allow Galatian 2:20 to alter our mindset of what we really are. My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ my Saviour now lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of the living God, who loved me and gave his life for me. Maybe it's time to die to the old life so that Christ can live the new life in us.

God no longer trust us. The Father only trust His Son, our Saviour Jesus. Unless the Spirit of Christ lives in us and identify us to the Father on the last day, we are doomed!

Maybe it's time to examine our faith. Do you still think we are right with our every decisions or the Father is right all the time?

If God, our Father is right, then it's time to repent and be obedient. Our heavenly Father is full of grace and mercy in His unfailing love; He is filled with compassion to forgive your every wrong committed against Him.

" Jesus Christ, my Lord and my God, you are right and I am wrong. I am sorry! Forgive me! "

Jesus Is The Answer

To my best friend who shared about his predicament with life.

I am sorry that I could not offer any form of assistance to your dilemma other than to refer you to the Saviour. Matters pertaining your distress can only be directed to Jesus who alone is the answer.

People who are drug addicts, sex addicts, gamblers, compulsive liars, egoist, greedy, selfish, are people who are already trapped by evil. These people live in ignorance of God, the Father who created them. They are beyond human help but within God's help. We can only commit these people to Jesus to help them.

I have taken quite a number of such people under my care. Honestly its more than just an uphill task caring and loving such people. Without Jesus, its in fact totally impossible to bring these people back to their normal senses.

Sadly, these people are already victims of the devil's lies and deception. So what do we do when we are caught in these circumstances? Sit back and wait for God to take action! Pray that the consequences meted on them is not too harsh.

These people live in defiance of people who truly loved them. One word of advice is to stay a distance from them, ministering and approaching them with subtlety because if you don't, these people ended up hating you more. Like I mentioned earlier, your only alternative is to surrender them to Jesus who created them. Pray for them without giving up!

One obvious symptom of these people is they are guilty and conscious of their actions and will tell lies to cover their guilt. They construct and weave their lies skillfully, believing that no one is suspicious of them. They are capable of providing excellent excuses and reasons and stories.

Truthfully, we are helpless and hopeless when confronted by such dilemma. The evil one have already taken a grip on their helpless soul. Only Jesus can set them free. Their mind, eyes, ears and heart are locked in darkness and dead to the truth. Pray and ask God, our Saviour to sent His grace to break down and set free these people.

'Go and say to this people: when you hear what i say, you will not understand. when you see what i do, you will not comprehend. for the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes- so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.' Acts 28:26-27

Believe me, I can understand how sad and painful to witness these people whom we loved got entangled in the web of evil. As Christians, you and I play a very important and responsible role as guardian to these people.

We are the beacon for the Light and we are handed the responsibility to guide these people out of darkness. We must not abandon or neglect or be angry and hate them during this hour. We must be steadfast in the love that Jesus has filled us to care for them.

We must remember that they are but victims of evil and it's evil at work to destroy them and tear them away from the loving Almighty Father in Christ our Saviour.

The greatest frustrations is having to take a back seat, observing from a near distance how the evil one unceasingly offer temptation after temptation seducing them with the evils of this world and our loved ones lapping them up greedily and unexpectedly. The work of the Devil can be so convincing. Unless Jesus lives in you, how can anyone resist his pleasures?

However, in regardless how hopeless we seemed to look, remember that Jesus Christ has given us His victory at the cross and when we continue to hope in Him, I am confident that someday we can give Him honor and glory when His grace set our loved ones free.

I hope I have, by the gifting of the Holy Spirit, provided you His peace and comfort to be bold and confident approaching your dilemma. Only in Jesus Christ, our Saviour do we have the victory.If Jesus is with us, who can be against us? And remember, do not give up praying for them.

May He be your peace and comfort now and forever

I HATE YOU!

Honestly, I have no intention to intrude into someone else private love life. Whatever fervor propels me into one seems strange. It definitely wasn't interest nor jealousy, neither it was infatuation or lust . I am sure it's no mistake that it's love, godly love that propelled me into this frenzy disposition. Yes, I can feel that it's because of a concerned godly driven heart that is filled with the Father's unconditional love. Period. No other foreign elements participated in this busybody absurdity.

You cannot influence someone to hate a person they loved, neither can you have someone love a hated person. The Master Divider of relationships must play it's role.

Once upon a time, I was so in love with the world that nothing that Jesus, my Saviour who loved me and died for me, whispered into my heart could change my passion for the world and everything that's in it. I was so in love with money, sex, pride and everything evil. Thank you Jesus for patience and kindness and everything that He is in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, He endured all of my imperfections and misconstrue about love. He is patient enough to allow the evidence of evil someday to destroy my misinterpreted perception. His love for me is eternal.

Jesus Christ, my Saviour loved me long before I was even conceived in my earthly mother's womb. His love for me is everlasting. It's whether someday I will wake up to my senses and turned back to Him, my Everlasting Love.

But those who are still caught in the web of evil, we hated Him.

If we hate the people who truly loved us, how can we then loved the people who never love us purely? And how do we ever discover and establish whether a person truly love us. In 1 John 4:16b, God says that He is love and unless He lives in us, we don't know love. And if we have never experienced God our Father's love in His Son, our Saviour Jesus, then how do we love? Love must live in us first because all good things belongs to God, the Father.

Throughout our life time, God, the Father sent His Holy Spirit into us in a variety of manner to help us reminded of His love for us at the cross. But each time, we turned Him away, hating Him more as our love and desire for evil tightened its grip. If we have never experienced the Father's love for us at the cross, then the love that we display comes from evil. It bear all the resemblance of evil. It is lust not love that lives in us.

Praise and thank God, the Father in Christ Jesus our Saviour, for His mercy and grace in His unfailing love. Ultimately, His mercy and grace in His unfailing love triumphed, setting us free from the slavery of evil. No chains of evil, no matter how strongly we were bound by it could withstand the awesome power of our Saviour's grace.

Today we may hate Him, but someday, yes, someday His grace will be victorious in us and then we will return to His true, pure untainted love. His Spirit lives in us to ache for those loving Fatherly arms whose embrace provided us eternal love.

But for now, He is patient to wait for us to turn back to Him because He wouldn't want any of His children to be lost to evil, forever! (2 Peter 3:9)

The Father desire all His children to live in His love and not lust!

Thank you Jesus for your love at the cross.

Just An Old Fashioned Love Story

I love you! I love you! I love you!

Remember the touching romance story of the frog prince, trapped by a spell that turned him into an ugly frog whereby only by kissing it could break the spell and turned the ugly frog back into a handsome prince. Then along came contemporaries love story movies like Shrek, a romance setting of the old beauty and the beast tale. Had any of these successful romances of impossible matches influenced any of todays romances?

Do people love because they understood true love?

Ever heard, read or encountered a truly honest true love story recently?

I read, heard and encountered this romantic tale about a Father after a perfect bride for His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Like any romance tale, it is composed of a twist, the presence of a jealous suitor, Satan, out to wreck the Father's perfect wedding ceremony, for His perfect Son.

Jesus Christ portrayed the perfect bridegroom, characterized by his humble, graceful, merciful and unfailing love attitude. Jesus is always accessible to any kind of help needed by his suitors even to the point of death. The extend of his agape love for his suitors resulted in him going through persecution, prosecution and execution. And he did this for those who were labeled "unwanted, rejected, discarded". Everyone of these mis-match were invited and welcomed to be a part of his eternal family, bound by a simple condition that each suitor acknowledged the Bridegroom as the True Only Begotten Son of the Living Almighty I AM of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Jesus Christ aka the Son of the Living Creator, the Light, the Truth, the Way, the Life, the Saviour and Redeemer!

Over at the other corner is Satan, the self-centered, self proclaimed Prince of the world, handsome, wealthy of all material riches of the world, hypothetically a vain pot too! Satan is famed for his charming, seductive, alluring, captivating words and generosity of worldly wealth to his suitors who chose him. Yup! He is the one who give out Mercedes, BMWs, Rolex watches, bungalows, and an assortment of the world's currencies. I read that his eternal kingdom is a fiery one! And don't even dream of air conditioners! There ain't any!

Satan aka The Devil, the Prince of Darkness, Deceiver, Liar, The Evil One, The Fallen Angel!

Having introduced you the bridegrooms, the irony is, for Jesus Christ, the heavenly Father make His choice, selecting brides for the Son with the balance going to Satan. I've learnt that the heavenly Father's grace is bountiful for those who will not surrender their pursuit to be brides of His Son.

Genuine true love acts in silence. Love is humble, patient and kind. Love is never jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand it's own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. Love does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth prevails. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstances.

Fake love bears the following similitude. It seemingly attracts you with priceless worthless material things that don't last. It charm and captivate you with seductive sweet words. Fake love abdicate confrontation with difficult circumstances. Fake love deceived you into believing that it will triumph over circumstances where only agape love can remedied.

Do you know what is love and understand it?

Ask God, the Father who is love. He knows because true love comes from Him. We love because He first love us in His Son, Jesus. The sinful person cannot see, experience and comprehend true love because love belongs to the Father, who is holy.

I am compelled to include the following Scripture in closing.

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for the physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:15-17

Watch out for my next posting titled 'I Hate You'

In a flash, the people you loved most, turned around and hated you. Galatian 4:16 have prepared us for those moments, Have I now become your enemy because I am telling you the truth? In a flash, the trust in the true lover turned to the fake lover!

Jesus, I Don't Need You, I Need Money!

I wondered how many people out there believed that we seriously needed money to do the Almighty I AM's work or will?

Money is one interesting controversial subject surrounding us that needed to be exposed of it's greatest lies and deceptions.

Honestly I must have heard a zillion times from sermons that the Almighty Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who by His Majestic power brought His people, the Israelites out of Egypt have blessed the Church built by the hands of man with money to do His work.

Can we accomplished the Creator's work without the gifting of the Holy Spirit? If the Almighty I AM does His own work, then do we really need to involve money to do the work?

And I am now seriously questioning God's almighty power that God needed money to do His work. Are we saying that without money, God by His Majestic power will not be able to accomplish His work?

The Almighty Lord God of Israel, who created heavens and earth and everything that's in it needed money to accomplish His work???

Jesus Christ, our Lord Saviour who redeemed sinners at the cross, paid everything in full for our redemption, warned us incessantly through His teachings about the evils of money, is now inviting us to place our trust in money and not in Him who is the almighty power to live for Him alone?

Wow! What interesting truth from the pulpit!

The Creator of heaven and earth, who filled everything in it needed money to built His church and it's related work??? Huh!

Truthfully, I grew up believing that we were asked to built His Church, who are people with His love and humility! We were empowered with abilities from the Holy Spirit to accomplish His will by touching lives with His agape love. God the Father of our Saviour Jesus does His own work through us. Our Saviour filled us with His own Spirit to achieve all His purposes so that the Father is glorified.

Please tell me that I am writing lies and nonsense!

"Without money, how can we do His work?"

"Heavenly Father, we needed money to do your work! Please send us money! Apparently your power is ineffectual in what we wanted to do for you. Money works better!"

Throughout Scripture, God, Father and Creator of heaven and earth demonstrated His awesome power. God accomplished all His work by His awesome power. And He needed money?

Yes, I heard you loud and clear that your church leaders told you about church building and God will provide you the ability to tithe towards the building. Maybe it's time that you start spending some time each day getting to know God, your merciful and graceful Saviour better, by reading His heart and thoughts in the Bible.

Perhaps you should read Job 36-41 to know the Awesome Almighty and Majestic God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The sons of the living God, Father and Creator, the Almighty I AM, lived by trusting in His awesome majestic power. Amen.