12 But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven nor by earth nor with any other oath; but let your yes be yes, and your no, no, lest you fall under judgment.
19 My brothers, if any one among you is led astray from the truth and someone turns him back,
20 Let him know that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that one's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
James Chapter 4 - Dealing with Pleasures, the World, and the Devil
3 You ask and do not receive because you ask evilly that you may spend it on your pleasures.
7 Be subject therefore to God; but withstand the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-souled!
12 One is Lawgiver and Judge, who is able to save and destroy. But who are you who judge your neighbor?
14 Whereas you do not know the matter of tomorrow, what your life will be; for you are a vapor, which appears for a little while and then disappears.
15 Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we will both live and do this or that.
7 Be subject therefore to God; but withstand the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-souled!
12 One is Lawgiver and Judge, who is able to save and destroy. But who are you who judge your neighbor?
14 Whereas you do not know the matter of tomorrow, what your life will be; for you are a vapor, which appears for a little while and then disappears.
15 Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we will both live and do this or that.
James Chapter 3 - Bridling the Tongue
4Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are directed by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the pilot wills.
5So also the tongue is a little member yet boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest so little a fire ignites!
6And the tongue is a fire; the very world of unrighteousness, the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life and is set on fire by Gehenna.
7For every nature, both of beasts and of birds, both of reptiles and of creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human nature;
8But the tongue no one among men is able to tame; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made according to the likeness of God.
10Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brothers, ought not to be so.
11Does the spring, out of the same opening, gush forth the sweet and the bitter?
12Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives? Or a vine, figs? Neither can salt water produce sweet.
14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
15This wisdom is not that which descends from above, but is earthly, soulish, demonic.
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there disorder and every worthless practice are.
17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, forbearing, compliant, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, without hypocrisy.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
5So also the tongue is a little member yet boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest so little a fire ignites!
6And the tongue is a fire; the very world of unrighteousness, the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life and is set on fire by Gehenna.
7For every nature, both of beasts and of birds, both of reptiles and of creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human nature;
8But the tongue no one among men is able to tame; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made according to the likeness of God.
10Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brothers, ought not to be so.
11Does the spring, out of the same opening, gush forth the sweet and the bitter?
12Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives? Or a vine, figs? Neither can salt water produce sweet.
14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
15This wisdom is not that which descends from above, but is earthly, soulish, demonic.
16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there disorder and every worthless practice are.
17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, forbearing, compliant, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, without hypocrisy.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
James Chapter 2
14 What is the profit, my brothers, if anyone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister 1is without clothing and lacks daily food,
16 And any one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, yet you do not give them the necessities of the body, what is the profit?
17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.
22 You see that faith worked together with his works, and by these works faith was perfected.
26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
15 If a brother or sister 1is without clothing and lacks daily food,
16 And any one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, yet you do not give them the necessities of the body, what is the profit?
17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.
22 You see that faith worked together with his works, and by these works faith was perfected.
26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
The Book of James tells us about: the Practical virtues of Christian perfection
1. Enduring trials by faith -- 1:2-12
2. Resisting temptation as God-born ones -- 1:13-18
3. Living a God-fearing life by the implanted word according to the perfect law of freedom -- 1:19-27
4. Having no respect of persons among the brothers -- 2:1-13
5. Being justified by works in relations with the believers -- 2:14-26
6. Bridling the tongue -- 3:1-12
7. Behaving in wisdom -- 3:13-18
8. Dealing with pleasures, the world, and the devil -- 4:1-10
9. Not speaking against the brothers -- 4:11-12
10. Confiding not in self-will but in the Lord -- 4:13-17
11. (Warning to the rich -- 5:1-6) Awaiting the Lord's coming with long-suffering -- 5:7-11
12. Speaking honestly without swearing -- 5:12
13. Healthy practices in the church life -- 5:13-20
2. Resisting temptation as God-born ones -- 1:13-18
3. Living a God-fearing life by the implanted word according to the perfect law of freedom -- 1:19-27
4. Having no respect of persons among the brothers -- 2:1-13
5. Being justified by works in relations with the believers -- 2:14-26
6. Bridling the tongue -- 3:1-12
7. Behaving in wisdom -- 3:13-18
8. Dealing with pleasures, the world, and the devil -- 4:1-10
9. Not speaking against the brothers -- 4:11-12
10. Confiding not in self-will but in the Lord -- 4:13-17
11. (Warning to the rich -- 5:1-6) Awaiting the Lord's coming with long-suffering -- 5:7-11
12. Speaking honestly without swearing -- 5:12
13. Healthy practices in the church life -- 5:13-20
James Chapter 1: Enduring Trials by Faith
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, whenever you fall into various trials,
3 Knowing that the proving of your faith works out endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect work that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and does not reproach, and it will be given to him.
12 Blessed is the man who endures trial, because when he has become approved by testing, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted of evil, and He Himself tempts no one.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own lusts;
15 Then the lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; and the sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
19 You know this, my beloved brothers; but let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
20 For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore putting away all filthiness and the abundance of malice, receive in meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 And become doers of the word and not hearers only, who delude themselves.
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this one's religion is vain.
3 Knowing that the proving of your faith works out endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect work that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and does not reproach, and it will be given to him.
12 Blessed is the man who endures trial, because when he has become approved by testing, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted of evil, and He Himself tempts no one.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own lusts;
15 Then the lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; and the sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
19 You know this, my beloved brothers; but let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
20 For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore putting away all filthiness and the abundance of malice, receive in meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 And become doers of the word and not hearers only, who delude themselves.
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this one's religion is vain.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Hebrews Chapter 13 - Virtues for the Church Life
2 Do not forget hospitality, for through this some, without knowing it, have entertained angels.
5 Let your way of life be without the love of money, being satisfied with the things which are at hand; for He Himself has said, "I shall by no means give you up, neither by any means shall I abandon you'';
6 So that being of good courage, we say, "The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear. What shall man do to me?''
7 Remember the ones leading you, who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their manner of life, imitate their faith.
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes, even forever.
9 Do not be carried away by various strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be confirmed by grace, not by the food of sacrifices, by which those who walk were not profited.
15 Through Him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips confessing His name.
16 But do not forget doing good and sharing with others, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17 Obey the ones leading you and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who will render an account, that they may do this with joy and not groaning; for this would be unprofitable to you.
5 Let your way of life be without the love of money, being satisfied with the things which are at hand; for He Himself has said, "I shall by no means give you up, neither by any means shall I abandon you'';
6 So that being of good courage, we say, "The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear. What shall man do to me?''
7 Remember the ones leading you, who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their manner of life, imitate their faith.
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes, even forever.
9 Do not be carried away by various strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be confirmed by grace, not by the food of sacrifices, by which those who walk were not profited.
15 Through Him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips confessing His name.
16 But do not forget doing good and sharing with others, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17 Obey the ones leading you and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who will render an account, that they may do this with joy and not groaning; for this would be unprofitable to you.
Hebrews Chapter 12: The Fifth Warning -- Run the Race and Do Not Fall Away from Grace
1 Therefore let us also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, put away every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us and run with endurance the race which is set before us,
2 Looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For compare Him who has endured such contradiction by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary, fainting in your souls.
7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons. For what son is there whom the father does not discipline?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all sons have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.
11 Now no discipline at the present time seems to be a matter of joy, but of grief; but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised by it.
15 Looking carefully lest anyone fall away from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and through this many be defiled;
16 Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one meal gave up his own birthright.
28 Therefore receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly with piety and fear;
2 Looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For compare Him who has endured such contradiction by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary, fainting in your souls.
7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons. For what son is there whom the father does not discipline?
8 But if you are without discipline, of which all sons have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.
11 Now no discipline at the present time seems to be a matter of joy, but of grief; but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised by it.
15 Looking carefully lest anyone fall away from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and through this many be defiled;
16 Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one meal gave up his own birthright.
28 Therefore receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly with piety and fear;
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Hebrews Chapter 11 enjoyment - FAITH
Definition of faith:
1 Now faith is the substantiation of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Witness of faith:
6 But without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to Him, for he who comes forward to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents because they saw that the child was lovely, and they did not fear the king's decree.
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
25 Choosing rather to be ill treated with the people of God than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin,
26 Considering the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked away to the reward.
27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he persevered as one seeing the unseen One.
28 By faith he instituted the Passover and the pouring out of the blood so that the bone destroying the firstborn would not touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, in which the Egyptians, while making the attempt, were swallowed up.
32 And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,
33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 Quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong in weakness, became mighty in war, routed the armies of foreigners.
39 And these all, having obtained a good testimony through their faith, did not obtain the promise,
40 Because God has provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.
1 Now faith is the substantiation of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Witness of faith:
6 But without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to Him, for he who comes forward to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents because they saw that the child was lovely, and they did not fear the king's decree.
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
25 Choosing rather to be ill treated with the people of God than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin,
26 Considering the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked away to the reward.
27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he persevered as one seeing the unseen One.
28 By faith he instituted the Passover and the pouring out of the blood so that the bone destroying the firstborn would not touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, in which the Egyptians, while making the attempt, were swallowed up.
32 And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,
33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 Quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong in weakness, became mighty in war, routed the armies of foreigners.
39 And these all, having obtained a good testimony through their faith, did not obtain the promise,
40 Because God has provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.
Hebrews reveal FIVE warnings to us... :) Give heed....
The first warning -- Give heed to what is spoken concerning the Son
The second warning -- Do not come short of the promised rest
The third warning -- Be brought on to maturity
The fourth warning -- Come forward to the Holy of Holies and do not shrink back to Judaism
The fifth warning -- Run the race and do not fall away from grace
The second warning -- Do not come short of the promised rest
The third warning -- Be brought on to maturity
The fourth warning -- Come forward to the Holy of Holies and do not shrink back to Judaism
The fifth warning -- Run the race and do not fall away from grace
Hebrews Chapter 9 enjoyment
Hebrews 9
26 Since then He would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested for the putting away of sin through the sacrifice of Himself.
27 And inasmuch as it is reserved for men to die once, and after this comes judgment,
28 So Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time to those who eagerly await Him, apart from sin, unto salvation.
26 Since then He would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested for the putting away of sin through the sacrifice of Himself.
27 And inasmuch as it is reserved for men to die once, and after this comes judgment,
28 So Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time to those who eagerly await Him, apart from sin, unto salvation.
Hebrews Chapter 2 enjoyment
Hebrews 2:1 [Therefore we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things which have been heard lest perhaps we drift away]
Hebrews Chapter 1 enjoyment
Hebrews 1:9 [You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy above Your partners]
Hebrews Chapter 10 enjoyment
8 Saying above, "Sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You did not desire nor delight in'' (which are offered according to the law),
9 He then has said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will.'' He takes away the first that He may establish the second,
10 By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily, ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never remove sins;
12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down forever on the right hand of God,
13 Henceforth waiting until His enemies are made the footstool for His feet.
14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after having said,
16 "This is the covenant which I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord: I will impart My laws upon their hearts, and upon their mind I will inscribe them,''
17 He then says, "And their sins and their lawlessnesses I shall by no means remember anymore.''
18 Now where forgiveness of these is, there is no longer an offering for sin.
29 By how much do you think he will be thought worthy of worse punishment who has trampled underfoot the Son of God and has considered the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay''; and again, "The Lord will judge His people.''
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to mind the former days, in which, having been enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings;
33 On one hand, being made a spectacle both in reproaches and in afflictions, and on the other, having become partakers with those who are treated the same.
34 For you both sympathized with those in bonds and accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better possession and one that abides.
35 Do not cast away therefore your boldness, which has great reward.
36 For you have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, you may obtain the promise.
37 "For in yet a very little while the Coming One will come and will not delay.
38 But My righteous one shall live by faith; and if he shrinks back, My soul does not delight in him.''
39 But we are not of those who shrink back to ruin but of them who have faith to the gaining of the soul.
9 He then has said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will.'' He takes away the first that He may establish the second,
10 By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily, ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never remove sins;
12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down forever on the right hand of God,
13 Henceforth waiting until His enemies are made the footstool for His feet.
14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after having said,
16 "This is the covenant which I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord: I will impart My laws upon their hearts, and upon their mind I will inscribe them,''
17 He then says, "And their sins and their lawlessnesses I shall by no means remember anymore.''
18 Now where forgiveness of these is, there is no longer an offering for sin.
29 By how much do you think he will be thought worthy of worse punishment who has trampled underfoot the Son of God and has considered the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay''; and again, "The Lord will judge His people.''
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to mind the former days, in which, having been enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings;
33 On one hand, being made a spectacle both in reproaches and in afflictions, and on the other, having become partakers with those who are treated the same.
34 For you both sympathized with those in bonds and accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better possession and one that abides.
35 Do not cast away therefore your boldness, which has great reward.
36 For you have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, you may obtain the promise.
37 "For in yet a very little while the Coming One will come and will not delay.
38 But My righteous one shall live by faith; and if he shrinks back, My soul does not delight in him.''
39 But we are not of those who shrink back to ruin but of them who have faith to the gaining of the soul.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Hebrews chapter 6 - Be diligent :) We have the anchor in us, both secure n firm
10 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name in having ministered to the saints and in ministering still.
11 But we desire earnestly that each of you show the same diligence unto the full assurance of our hope until the end,
12 That you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and long-suffering are inheriting the promises
18 In order that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us,
19 Which we have as an anchor of the soul, both secure and firm and which enters within the veil
20 here the Forerunner, Jesus, has entered for us, having become forever a High Priest according to the border of Melchisedec.
Those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come have already laid the foundation, at the time they believed. If they fall away and turn back, there is no need for them to lay the foundation again (v. 1); there is only the need to go on, to be brought on to perfection, to maturity. There is no need for them to repeat repentance, for it is impossible for them to renew themselves unto repentance. Verse 1 indicates that it is not needed; v. 4 says that it is not possible; and vv. 7-8 show that it is not right.
11 But we desire earnestly that each of you show the same diligence unto the full assurance of our hope until the end,
12 That you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and long-suffering are inheriting the promises
18 In order that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us,
19 Which we have as an anchor of the soul, both secure and firm and which enters within the veil
20 here the Forerunner, Jesus, has entered for us, having become forever a High Priest according to the border of Melchisedec.
Those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come have already laid the foundation, at the time they believed. If they fall away and turn back, there is no need for them to lay the foundation again (v. 1); there is only the need to go on, to be brought on to perfection, to maturity. There is no need for them to repeat repentance, for it is impossible for them to renew themselves unto repentance. Verse 1 indicates that it is not needed; v. 4 says that it is not possible; and vv. 7-8 show that it is not right.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
oneness of the body
Ephesian 4:3-6 [Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace; One Body and one Spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism; One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.]
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Favourite maxims :)
日子是拿来过的，而不是拿来算的。
别为了过去而放弃现在。：）
什么都可以输，就是不可以输掉信心。
要摸清它，自然就会仲意它!
Discouragement will not be allowed to taint my positive self-image, my desire to succeed or my capacity to love.
Beginning today, I will open my mind and my heart. I will welcome new experience. I will meet new people. I will not expect perfection from myself nor anyone else. Perfection does not exist in an imperfect world. But i will applaud the attempt to overcome human foibles.
Beginning today, I will be responsible for my own happiness and I will do things that make me happy... admire the beautiful wonder of nature, listen to my favourite music, soak in a bubble bath, lay down on the grass, walk by the lake....
Pleasure can be found in the most simple of gestures.
Beginning today, I will learn something different. I will savour all the various flavours life has to offer. I will change what I can and the rest I will let go.
Hebrews 1:9 [You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy above Your partners]
Hebrews 2:1 [Therefore we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things which have been heard lest perhaps we drift away]
Perfect through sufferings~~
Running water does not flow back. So is life, make it happy. :)
Let the doctors handle your body, let God handles your life, but be in charge of your own moods.
Before middle age, DO NOT FEAR. After middle age, DO NOT REGRET.
If worry can cure your sickness, go ahead and worry;
If worry can prolong your life, go ahead and worry;
If worry can exchange for happiness, go ahead and worry.
Matthew 11:22-24 ["Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours]
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.
It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
Lord, be with me in whatever I am doing now. Thanks for being so available to me that I can simply take you in by a simple turn to the Spirit. :)
别为了过去而放弃现在。：）
什么都可以输，就是不可以输掉信心。
要摸清它，自然就会仲意它!
Discouragement will not be allowed to taint my positive self-image, my desire to succeed or my capacity to love.
Beginning today, I will open my mind and my heart. I will welcome new experience. I will meet new people. I will not expect perfection from myself nor anyone else. Perfection does not exist in an imperfect world. But i will applaud the attempt to overcome human foibles.
Beginning today, I will be responsible for my own happiness and I will do things that make me happy... admire the beautiful wonder of nature, listen to my favourite music, soak in a bubble bath, lay down on the grass, walk by the lake....
Pleasure can be found in the most simple of gestures.
Beginning today, I will learn something different. I will savour all the various flavours life has to offer. I will change what I can and the rest I will let go.
Hebrews 1:9 [You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy above Your partners]
Hebrews 2:1 [Therefore we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things which have been heard lest perhaps we drift away]
Perfect through sufferings~~
Running water does not flow back. So is life, make it happy. :)
Let the doctors handle your body, let God handles your life, but be in charge of your own moods.
Before middle age, DO NOT FEAR. After middle age, DO NOT REGRET.
If worry can cure your sickness, go ahead and worry;
If worry can prolong your life, go ahead and worry;
If worry can exchange for happiness, go ahead and worry.
Matthew 11:22-24 ["Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours]
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.
It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
Lord, be with me in whatever I am doing now. Thanks for being so available to me that I can simply take you in by a simple turn to the Spirit. :)
Friday, March 12, 2010
Why is there a need for Word to become flesh as mentioned in John 1:14? What is the reason for Christ's incarnation and death?
John 1:14 [And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality.]
John 1: 16-17 [For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and reality came through Jesus Christ. ]
John 1:14 tells us that the Word became flesh. The Word is God Himself. The Word became flesh to dispense God into us. Incarnation is for dispensing. If God had never become incarnated, He would have remained in His divinity, and there would have been no way for Him to dispense Himself into us. Incarnation was the initiation of the divine dispensing; it was the first step of God's dispensing of Himself into us. When God was incarnated, He came full of grace and reality. He did not come empty-handed.
Grace is God enjoyed by us. Reality is God gained by us. In the entire universe, nothing is real. Solomon told us that everything is vanity. Houses and cars are vanity; they are not reality. Only God gained by us is reality. In His incarnation God came to us full of grace and reality for us to receive.
John 1:29 [The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!]
John 19:34 [But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.]
After His incarnation, Christ lived on this earth for more than thirty years. Then He went to the cross and was crucified there. This was the second step of God's dispensing.
Fist, in His crucifixion, Christ as the Lamb of God first took away our sin.
Second, as the brass serpent, Christ destroyed Satan, the source of death and the ruler of this world.
Third, as the grain of wheat, Christ released the divine life within Him for the producing of the many believers by imparting, that is, dispensing, the divine life into them. By this He made all the believers His members and the many grains of wheat.
Many Christian do not realize that Christ's death, like His incarnation, was for His dispensing. He died on the cross to release His divine life for His dispensing.
At the cross, when the soldier pierced the side of Christ, blood and water came out. The blood symbolizes the redeeming aspect of Christ's all-inclusive death, and the water that came out of Christ symbolizes the life-imparting aspect of Christ's all-inclusive death. This one death did two works: it redeemed us from our sins, and it released the divine life of God into believers.
The death on the cross was the release of God and the termination of man and all negative things. In Christ's death God passed through death in man to be released, and man died in God to be terminated.
The cross is not only the center but also the circumference of God's holy building. The cross is implied in the gate, in the eating of the sacrifices, in the boiling houses, and in the tables on which the sacrifices are slain. Thus, the cross spreads in every direction and to every corner of God's building. If we wish to contact God and enjoy his riches in His house, we must pass through the cross.
Chapter twenty of the Gospel of John, tells us after His death, this Christ entered into resurrection, and in resurrection He changed His form and became a life-giving Spirit. In incarnation He changed His form from the form of God to the form of man. In resurrection, He as the last Adam changed His form again, from the form of the human flesh to the life-giving Spirit.
The word life-giving implies dispensing, because to give is to dispense. Christ as the life-giving Spirit is dispensing life as food to His believers. Within our physical food there is medicine; the nourishment in the food kills germs. Within Christ as the food there is the real "medicine" that kills all the spiritual germs.
On the night of His resurrection, the Lord came back to visit His believers. He did not give them a message of any teaching or instruction. He did only one thing: He breathed into them (John 20:22). By breathing into them, He breathed Himself into them. At that time Christ was the life-giving Spirit. Thus, by Christ's breathing, all the disciples received Him as the life-giving Spirit.
Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God.
John 1: 16-17 [For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and reality came through Jesus Christ. ]
John 1:14 tells us that the Word became flesh. The Word is God Himself. The Word became flesh to dispense God into us. Incarnation is for dispensing. If God had never become incarnated, He would have remained in His divinity, and there would have been no way for Him to dispense Himself into us. Incarnation was the initiation of the divine dispensing; it was the first step of God's dispensing of Himself into us. When God was incarnated, He came full of grace and reality. He did not come empty-handed.
Grace is God enjoyed by us. Reality is God gained by us. In the entire universe, nothing is real. Solomon told us that everything is vanity. Houses and cars are vanity; they are not reality. Only God gained by us is reality. In His incarnation God came to us full of grace and reality for us to receive.
John 1:29 [The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!]
John 19:34 [But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.]
After His incarnation, Christ lived on this earth for more than thirty years. Then He went to the cross and was crucified there. This was the second step of God's dispensing.
Fist, in His crucifixion, Christ as the Lamb of God first took away our sin.
Second, as the brass serpent, Christ destroyed Satan, the source of death and the ruler of this world.
Third, as the grain of wheat, Christ released the divine life within Him for the producing of the many believers by imparting, that is, dispensing, the divine life into them. By this He made all the believers His members and the many grains of wheat.
Many Christian do not realize that Christ's death, like His incarnation, was for His dispensing. He died on the cross to release His divine life for His dispensing.
At the cross, when the soldier pierced the side of Christ, blood and water came out. The blood symbolizes the redeeming aspect of Christ's all-inclusive death, and the water that came out of Christ symbolizes the life-imparting aspect of Christ's all-inclusive death. This one death did two works: it redeemed us from our sins, and it released the divine life of God into believers.
The death on the cross was the release of God and the termination of man and all negative things. In Christ's death God passed through death in man to be released, and man died in God to be terminated.
The cross is not only the center but also the circumference of God's holy building. The cross is implied in the gate, in the eating of the sacrifices, in the boiling houses, and in the tables on which the sacrifices are slain. Thus, the cross spreads in every direction and to every corner of God's building. If we wish to contact God and enjoy his riches in His house, we must pass through the cross.
Chapter twenty of the Gospel of John, tells us after His death, this Christ entered into resurrection, and in resurrection He changed His form and became a life-giving Spirit. In incarnation He changed His form from the form of God to the form of man. In resurrection, He as the last Adam changed His form again, from the form of the human flesh to the life-giving Spirit.
The word life-giving implies dispensing, because to give is to dispense. Christ as the life-giving Spirit is dispensing life as food to His believers. Within our physical food there is medicine; the nourishment in the food kills germs. Within Christ as the food there is the real "medicine" that kills all the spiritual germs.
On the night of His resurrection, the Lord came back to visit His believers. He did not give them a message of any teaching or instruction. He did only one thing: He breathed into them (John 20:22). By breathing into them, He breathed Himself into them. At that time Christ was the life-giving Spirit. Thus, by Christ's breathing, all the disciples received Him as the life-giving Spirit.
Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Why do Christians call on the name of the Lord?
There is the basis, definition, history, purpose and practice of calling on the Lord in the website below:
http://www.callingonthelord.org/index.html
I think it's a really good site to share with our friends who might be wondering why we call on the Lord so much. There is even a chart http://www.callingonthelord.org/basis/ot.html which lists all the instances in the Bible where people called on the Lord's name.
http://www.callingonthelord.org/basis/ot.html -- old testament
http://www.callingonthelord.org/basis/nt.html -- new testament
Praise the Lord for such a simple way, we can turn to Him just by calling on His precious name. O Lord Jesus! :)
http://www.callingonthelord.org/index.html
I think it's a really good site to share with our friends who might be wondering why we call on the Lord so much. There is even a chart http://www.callingonthelord.org/basis/ot.html which lists all the instances in the Bible where people called on the Lord's name.
http://www.callingonthelord.org/basis/ot.html -- old testament
http://www.callingonthelord.org/basis/nt.html -- new testament
Praise the Lord for such a simple way, we can turn to Him just by calling on His precious name. O Lord Jesus! :)
Saturday, February 27, 2010
A Christian's virtues are not superficial
Philippians 1:19-20 [For I know that for me this will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be put to shame, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.]
A Christian's virtues are not superficial they are not without root. The root of the Christian virtues is Christ. When we believe in Him with our heart and call on Him with our mouth, He enters into our spirit and enlivens our spirit. In this way we are regenerated. Now, this all-inclusive Christ lives in us. When we live Christ and magnify Him, all His human virtues are expressed in our living.
Paul said in Galatians 2:20, "I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me." God wants "I" to be crucified in the death of Christ so that in His resurrection Christ may live in us and be the source and everything in our living. This is why Paul said, "As always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death. For to me, to live is Christ."
God created man according to His image. God's image is all that God is. God is love, light, holiness, and righteousness. These are what God is; Hence, they are the image of God. Since man was created in the image of God, within man there are human virtues, such as love, light, holiness, and righteousness. But these human virtues are not the reality, they are merely the image of the reality. Man's virtues are a picture of God's image. A picture is not the reality of a man it is not the man himself. When we believe in Christ and receive this pneumatic Christ, He enters into us to be our life within, and He lives Himself out from us. By this we will have the reality of all the virtues of God's attributes, and we can live out the real love, light, holiness, and righteousness, which are the expressions of Christ in us.
When the Lord Jesus lives in us, we can love others in a genuine way. We do not love by our own love; rather, we love by the Christ who is living in us and who is our bountiful supply. This Christ who is living in us is the Spirit with the bountiful supply. He has become on with us. We do not need to do good or to be moral by ourselves. Everything we do and all our living should come about by the bountiful supply of Jesus Christ.
The supply and dispensing of His life cause us to be saved in our living of Christ, so that we may not be put to shame because we have not lived Christ, and may not lose the testimony that we ought to bear for Christ because of our failure to magnify Christ. On the contrary, with all boldness, as always, even now, daily, Christ will be magnified in our bodies, whether through life or through death.
Reference: Life-study of Philippians.
A Christian's virtues are not superficial they are not without root. The root of the Christian virtues is Christ. When we believe in Him with our heart and call on Him with our mouth, He enters into our spirit and enlivens our spirit. In this way we are regenerated. Now, this all-inclusive Christ lives in us. When we live Christ and magnify Him, all His human virtues are expressed in our living.
Paul said in Galatians 2:20, "I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me." God wants "I" to be crucified in the death of Christ so that in His resurrection Christ may live in us and be the source and everything in our living. This is why Paul said, "As always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death. For to me, to live is Christ."
God created man according to His image. God's image is all that God is. God is love, light, holiness, and righteousness. These are what God is; Hence, they are the image of God. Since man was created in the image of God, within man there are human virtues, such as love, light, holiness, and righteousness. But these human virtues are not the reality, they are merely the image of the reality. Man's virtues are a picture of God's image. A picture is not the reality of a man it is not the man himself. When we believe in Christ and receive this pneumatic Christ, He enters into us to be our life within, and He lives Himself out from us. By this we will have the reality of all the virtues of God's attributes, and we can live out the real love, light, holiness, and righteousness, which are the expressions of Christ in us.
When the Lord Jesus lives in us, we can love others in a genuine way. We do not love by our own love; rather, we love by the Christ who is living in us and who is our bountiful supply. This Christ who is living in us is the Spirit with the bountiful supply. He has become on with us. We do not need to do good or to be moral by ourselves. Everything we do and all our living should come about by the bountiful supply of Jesus Christ.
The supply and dispensing of His life cause us to be saved in our living of Christ, so that we may not be put to shame because we have not lived Christ, and may not lose the testimony that we ought to bear for Christ because of our failure to magnify Christ. On the contrary, with all boldness, as always, even now, daily, Christ will be magnified in our bodies, whether through life or through death.
Reference: Life-study of Philippians.
INdigestion of Christ :(
Jeremiah 15:16 [Your words were found and I ate them, and Your word became to me the gladness and joy of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.]
John 6:57 [As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.]
We need to eat Jesus by calling on the name of the Lord. But after we eat, we also need a good digestion. We do not want to have indigestion. Indigestion first causes stomach trouble, and then it may cause a stomach ulcer. When we eat Christ, we also need to spiritually digest Him in a proper way.
The Lord Jesus is real, living, and practical. When you call "Lord Jesus", He gets into you and fills you up. While you are calling "Lord Jesus", this practical and living Jesus will touch your natural being. But many of you would say, "No, Lord. Don't touch me here. Stay where You are. You are my guest and You must stay in the living room. Don't get into my private bedroom. That's for me, not for You." This means "indigestion". There is no way for the Lord as the spiritual food to get through in you. There is no free course for the food to get into your inward parts, so you have indigestion.
But when you respond to and go along with the inner sense, your appetite for the Lord Jesus comes back and your spiritual digestion becomes proper. Then the riches of the Lord Jesus become your cells, and these cells grow into your organic tissues. This causes you to grow in the divine life and makes you strong in the Lord. It is easy for you to stand and not easy for you to backslide, because you are growing in the Lord. It is hard for the grown-up ones to fall down. This is because they have a good digestion to assimilate all the nourishment from the spiritual food they eat.
Reference: The Living and Practical Way to Enjoy Christ; How to Enjoy God and How to Practice the Enjoyment of God.
John 6:57 [As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.]
We need to eat Jesus by calling on the name of the Lord. But after we eat, we also need a good digestion. We do not want to have indigestion. Indigestion first causes stomach trouble, and then it may cause a stomach ulcer. When we eat Christ, we also need to spiritually digest Him in a proper way.
The Lord Jesus is real, living, and practical. When you call "Lord Jesus", He gets into you and fills you up. While you are calling "Lord Jesus", this practical and living Jesus will touch your natural being. But many of you would say, "No, Lord. Don't touch me here. Stay where You are. You are my guest and You must stay in the living room. Don't get into my private bedroom. That's for me, not for You." This means "indigestion". There is no way for the Lord as the spiritual food to get through in you. There is no free course for the food to get into your inward parts, so you have indigestion.
But when you respond to and go along with the inner sense, your appetite for the Lord Jesus comes back and your spiritual digestion becomes proper. Then the riches of the Lord Jesus become your cells, and these cells grow into your organic tissues. This causes you to grow in the divine life and makes you strong in the Lord. It is easy for you to stand and not easy for you to backslide, because you are growing in the Lord. It is hard for the grown-up ones to fall down. This is because they have a good digestion to assimilate all the nourishment from the spiritual food they eat.
Reference: The Living and Practical Way to Enjoy Christ; How to Enjoy God and How to Practice the Enjoyment of God.
Christian life is more than just repenting of our sins
Romans 8:10-11 [...If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who indwells you.]
Matthew 6:11 [Give us today our daily bread.]
To be a Christian is more that just repenting of our sins, receiving the forgiveness of sins, being washed by the blood, being justified, and being regenerated. The Christian life also includes growth and maturity. In order to go on from regeneration to maturity, we must eat. Regeneration is the beginning of our spiritual life, but we need to eat after our regeneration. No on can grow without eating. We must eat, digest, and assimilate food daily. Assimilation is the final step of food being dispensed into our being. We need to eat, digest, and assimilate Jesus as our spiritual food day by day.
Reference: The Enjoyment of Christ for His Increase.
To live a life in the divine dispensing in a normal way will make us healthy both physically and spiritually. Whether or not we have good or bad days is not up to us; it is up to His sovereignty. He has already chosen us, and it is too late to turn back. We are blessed because the processed and consummated Triune God is within us. He is in us, not in a spectacular way, but in a very ordinary way.
Matthew 6:11 [Give us today our daily bread.]
To be a Christian is more that just repenting of our sins, receiving the forgiveness of sins, being washed by the blood, being justified, and being regenerated. The Christian life also includes growth and maturity. In order to go on from regeneration to maturity, we must eat. Regeneration is the beginning of our spiritual life, but we need to eat after our regeneration. No on can grow without eating. We must eat, digest, and assimilate food daily. Assimilation is the final step of food being dispensed into our being. We need to eat, digest, and assimilate Jesus as our spiritual food day by day.
Reference: The Enjoyment of Christ for His Increase.
To live a life in the divine dispensing in a normal way will make us healthy both physically and spiritually. Whether or not we have good or bad days is not up to us; it is up to His sovereignty. He has already chosen us, and it is too late to turn back. We are blessed because the processed and consummated Triune God is within us. He is in us, not in a spectacular way, but in a very ordinary way.
Coldness and Hotness towards God
Psalm 68:19 [Blessed be the Lord, who day by day loads us with good; God is our salvation. Selah]
2 Thessalonian 3:16 [Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace continually in every way. The Lord be with you all.]
Acts 5:38-39 [Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.]
Sometimes we are "cold" toward the Lord; we may not even go to the meetings anymore. At other times we may love the Lord so much that we become very zealous. Formerly, it was difficult just to read through a half of the chapter in the Bible. Now it is easy to read through five chapters a day. But because both our "coldness" and our "hotness" are something of ourselves, they do not last. Only those who are unhurried and steady will remain and persevere.
We have to realize that very few spiritual things are accomplished once for all. As with our physical life, most spiritual things must be repeated again and again. For example, we need to eat, drink, and breathe for our physical life every day; we cannot graduate from these things. However, we do not need to do these things excessively; we simply need to do them in small portions over a long period of time. Likewise, the calmer our Christian life is, the better it will be. Daily we should allow the Father to dispense His life and nature into us. This can be compared to electricity, which steadily flows bit by bit into the hose. If too much comes in all at once, it will be dangerous. We must see first that whatever our God wants us to do, He does not want us to do it by our own striving, but by Him. Second, whatever God gives to us is not given all at once so that it becomes unbearable to us. Rather, it is given bit by bit. For this reason, we have to live a steady and normal Christian life. The less special and the more normal we are, the better.
Christ in resurrection is the pneumatic Christ. Hence, everywhere and all the time, He can enter into us, be with us, and be our life and our element within.
Reference: A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing
2 Thessalonian 3:16 [Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace continually in every way. The Lord be with you all.]
Acts 5:38-39 [Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.]
Sometimes we are "cold" toward the Lord; we may not even go to the meetings anymore. At other times we may love the Lord so much that we become very zealous. Formerly, it was difficult just to read through a half of the chapter in the Bible. Now it is easy to read through five chapters a day. But because both our "coldness" and our "hotness" are something of ourselves, they do not last. Only those who are unhurried and steady will remain and persevere.
We have to realize that very few spiritual things are accomplished once for all. As with our physical life, most spiritual things must be repeated again and again. For example, we need to eat, drink, and breathe for our physical life every day; we cannot graduate from these things. However, we do not need to do these things excessively; we simply need to do them in small portions over a long period of time. Likewise, the calmer our Christian life is, the better it will be. Daily we should allow the Father to dispense His life and nature into us. This can be compared to electricity, which steadily flows bit by bit into the hose. If too much comes in all at once, it will be dangerous. We must see first that whatever our God wants us to do, He does not want us to do it by our own striving, but by Him. Second, whatever God gives to us is not given all at once so that it becomes unbearable to us. Rather, it is given bit by bit. For this reason, we have to live a steady and normal Christian life. The less special and the more normal we are, the better.
Christ in resurrection is the pneumatic Christ. Hence, everywhere and all the time, He can enter into us, be with us, and be our life and our element within.
Reference: A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
What is meant by "stewards of God" and "GRACE"?
Titus 1:9 [Holding to the faithful word, which is according to the teaching of the apostles, that he may be able both to exhort by the healthy teaching and to convict those who oppose.]
Ephesians 3:6-8 [That in Christ Jesus the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the Body and fellow partakers of the promise through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God...to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.]
Titus 1:7 [For the overseer must be unreprovable as a steward of God...]
1 Corinthians 4:1-2 [A man should account us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Here, furthermore, it is sought in stewards that one be found faithful.]
Matthew 24:45 [Who then is the faithful and prudent slave, whom the master has set over his household to give them food at the proper time?]
Firstly, we need to be filled with Christ and then minister the riches of Christ to others. This is our stewardship. In our Christian life, we all are stewards. You are steward to me, and I am a steward to you.
In the New Testament, a steward is one who serves and takes care of the dispensing of God to His family. God has a very large family, and His desire is to dispense Himself into all the members of his family. This may be illustrated by the function of a steward in a wealthy family in ancient times. A steward in such a family was responsible to care for the dispensing of the means of life --- food, clothing, and other necessities -- to the members of the family. Wealthy families often had an abundant supply of these necessities in storage. The responsibility of a steward was to dispense this supply to the members of the family. God exceedingly rich; He has a vast storehouse of goods which He intends to dispense into His children. But this dispensation requires a steward. Thus, a steward is a dispenser, one who dispenses the divine life supply to God's children.
God's stewardship is the dispensing of the processed Triune God in Christ into His chosen, redeemed, and regenerated people that He may be their life and everything, to produce the unique Body of Christ in the universe to be His corporate expression. This Body is the church in this age, and the New Jerusalem in eternity.
Through regeneration of the life of God, we also become the flock of God (in life and nature, but not in the unique Godhead) which is always receiving the life nourishment from the Shepherd, and heirs of the grace of life, inheriting all the riches of life. Then we become stewards of the varied grace of God. We become not only heirs of Grace to receive grace, but we are so full of grace, we become stewards of grace to serve others with grace. The stewardship of the grace is the dispensing of the riches of Christ. According to the context of Ephesians 3, grace refers to the riches of Christ. When the riches of Christ are enjoyed by you, they become grace to you.
Many Christians think that grace refers mainly to material blessings. But the Bible indicates that grace did not come before Christ. However, God certainly bestowed material blessings on His people before Christ came. Grace is nothing less than God Himself given to us, gained by us, and enjoyed by us. Before Christ came, God could not be give to anyone. No one could receive God or enjoy Him. But in Christ and through Christ we receive God, and God becomes our enjoyment. Therefore, grace is God Himself as our enjoyment. The stewardship of grace is the dispensing of God into people to be their enjoyment.
Many people claim that they have a ministry, which is a service, but what is the content of their service? Do we minister Christ as the food supply to His believers? If we do not, we do not have a real, genuine, adequate ministry. The real, genuine, adequate ministry in the New Testament is the divine stewardship which ministers the Truine God in Christ to people as their life and life supply.
We are not here to carry on an ordinary Christian work. For instance, we are not concerned merely with teaching the Bible in an outward way. Rather, we desire to serve the riches of Christ to all the members of God's family. In preaching the gospel, for example, we should not be concerned merely with winning souls. Rather, we should preach the gospel to carry out the stewardship of dispensing the riches of Christ into others.
God's economy is a great matter. In order to carry out such an economy, God must have stewards to serve, to minister, to manage, and to execute His economy. First, God entrusted His economy to the apostles. When the apostles took up God's economy, it became a ministry, a stewardship, in them. Our concept may be that only the apostles and other gifted ones are worthy to bear the stewardship of God's economy and that we, the "small potatoes", are worthy only to do the cleaning and the ushering work but are unworthy to bear such a stewardship. However, in the light of the New Testament teaching, all the believers are priests, whether Paul or Peter or any brothers or sisters, old or young (1 Peter 2:5,9; Revelation 1:5-6). Thus, God's economy has become the stewardship of all the believers. :)
Reference: Life-study of Colossians; The Economy and Dispensing of God; Life-study of Ephesians; A Deeper study of the Divine Dispensing
Ephesians 3:6-8 [That in Christ Jesus the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the Body and fellow partakers of the promise through the gospel, of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God...to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.]
Titus 1:7 [For the overseer must be unreprovable as a steward of God...]
1 Corinthians 4:1-2 [A man should account us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Here, furthermore, it is sought in stewards that one be found faithful.]
Matthew 24:45 [Who then is the faithful and prudent slave, whom the master has set over his household to give them food at the proper time?]
Firstly, we need to be filled with Christ and then minister the riches of Christ to others. This is our stewardship. In our Christian life, we all are stewards. You are steward to me, and I am a steward to you.
In the New Testament, a steward is one who serves and takes care of the dispensing of God to His family. God has a very large family, and His desire is to dispense Himself into all the members of his family. This may be illustrated by the function of a steward in a wealthy family in ancient times. A steward in such a family was responsible to care for the dispensing of the means of life --- food, clothing, and other necessities -- to the members of the family. Wealthy families often had an abundant supply of these necessities in storage. The responsibility of a steward was to dispense this supply to the members of the family. God exceedingly rich; He has a vast storehouse of goods which He intends to dispense into His children. But this dispensation requires a steward. Thus, a steward is a dispenser, one who dispenses the divine life supply to God's children.
God's stewardship is the dispensing of the processed Triune God in Christ into His chosen, redeemed, and regenerated people that He may be their life and everything, to produce the unique Body of Christ in the universe to be His corporate expression. This Body is the church in this age, and the New Jerusalem in eternity.
Through regeneration of the life of God, we also become the flock of God (in life and nature, but not in the unique Godhead) which is always receiving the life nourishment from the Shepherd, and heirs of the grace of life, inheriting all the riches of life. Then we become stewards of the varied grace of God. We become not only heirs of Grace to receive grace, but we are so full of grace, we become stewards of grace to serve others with grace. The stewardship of the grace is the dispensing of the riches of Christ. According to the context of Ephesians 3, grace refers to the riches of Christ. When the riches of Christ are enjoyed by you, they become grace to you.
Many Christians think that grace refers mainly to material blessings. But the Bible indicates that grace did not come before Christ. However, God certainly bestowed material blessings on His people before Christ came. Grace is nothing less than God Himself given to us, gained by us, and enjoyed by us. Before Christ came, God could not be give to anyone. No one could receive God or enjoy Him. But in Christ and through Christ we receive God, and God becomes our enjoyment. Therefore, grace is God Himself as our enjoyment. The stewardship of grace is the dispensing of God into people to be their enjoyment.
Many people claim that they have a ministry, which is a service, but what is the content of their service? Do we minister Christ as the food supply to His believers? If we do not, we do not have a real, genuine, adequate ministry. The real, genuine, adequate ministry in the New Testament is the divine stewardship which ministers the Truine God in Christ to people as their life and life supply.
We are not here to carry on an ordinary Christian work. For instance, we are not concerned merely with teaching the Bible in an outward way. Rather, we desire to serve the riches of Christ to all the members of God's family. In preaching the gospel, for example, we should not be concerned merely with winning souls. Rather, we should preach the gospel to carry out the stewardship of dispensing the riches of Christ into others.
God's economy is a great matter. In order to carry out such an economy, God must have stewards to serve, to minister, to manage, and to execute His economy. First, God entrusted His economy to the apostles. When the apostles took up God's economy, it became a ministry, a stewardship, in them. Our concept may be that only the apostles and other gifted ones are worthy to bear the stewardship of God's economy and that we, the "small potatoes", are worthy only to do the cleaning and the ushering work but are unworthy to bear such a stewardship. However, in the light of the New Testament teaching, all the believers are priests, whether Paul or Peter or any brothers or sisters, old or young (1 Peter 2:5,9; Revelation 1:5-6). Thus, God's economy has become the stewardship of all the believers. :)
Reference: Life-study of Colossians; The Economy and Dispensing of God; Life-study of Ephesians; A Deeper study of the Divine Dispensing
Importance of Bible Reading
2 Timothy 3:16-17 [All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.]
Ephesians 6:17-18 [And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints.
When we read the Bible, we should receive life; and when we teach others concerning the Bible, they should receive life. If we do not sense the Spirit as we are reading the Bible, we should realize that something is wrong, and then we should adjust ourselves.
Our reading of the Bible should be a kind of inhaling, and our teaching of the Bible should be a kind of exhaling. The Bible is God's breath; this breath is the Spirit; and the Spirit gives life. When you breathe the Spirit you receive not only unveiling, rebuking, correcting and instructing --- you receive life. In Ephesians 6:17, Paul charges us to receive "the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the Word of God." We need to receive the word of God in a living way, that is, receive the word as the Spirit. The Spirit will then become the killing sword. This sword first kills us directly and then kills the power of darkness in the air indirectly. We may compare this kind of killing to the effect of an antibiotic on the germs that cause illness in our body. In order for our body to be saved, the germs need to be killed by an antibiotic. The word that we receive in a living way as the Spirit is a spiritual antibiotic that kills the "germs" within us. When the germs are killed, the evil forces in the air have no way to take advantage of us. Then we can live a healthy Body life, a healthy church life.
When the word becomes the Spirit, the Spirit becomes the sword. As long as in our experience he word becomes the Spirit, the word will not only heal us but also kill the enemy.
Reference: Teachers' Training
Ephesians 6:17-18 [And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints.
When we read the Bible, we should receive life; and when we teach others concerning the Bible, they should receive life. If we do not sense the Spirit as we are reading the Bible, we should realize that something is wrong, and then we should adjust ourselves.
Our reading of the Bible should be a kind of inhaling, and our teaching of the Bible should be a kind of exhaling. The Bible is God's breath; this breath is the Spirit; and the Spirit gives life. When you breathe the Spirit you receive not only unveiling, rebuking, correcting and instructing --- you receive life. In Ephesians 6:17, Paul charges us to receive "the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the Word of God." We need to receive the word of God in a living way, that is, receive the word as the Spirit. The Spirit will then become the killing sword. This sword first kills us directly and then kills the power of darkness in the air indirectly. We may compare this kind of killing to the effect of an antibiotic on the germs that cause illness in our body. In order for our body to be saved, the germs need to be killed by an antibiotic. The word that we receive in a living way as the Spirit is a spiritual antibiotic that kills the "germs" within us. When the germs are killed, the evil forces in the air have no way to take advantage of us. Then we can live a healthy Body life, a healthy church life.
When the word becomes the Spirit, the Spirit becomes the sword. As long as in our experience he word becomes the Spirit, the word will not only heal us but also kill the enemy.
Reference: Teachers' Training
Man's problem before God is not a problem of behavior, but a problem of eating, drinking and enjoying Him.
Man's problem before God is not a problem of behavior, but a problem of eating, drinking and enjoying Him. If man does not eat, drink, and enjoy God Himself, he will eat and drink things other than God. Through man's eating, drinking, and enjoying of God, God is dispensed into man to be his constituent and element. God does not expect man to do anything. He desires only to become man's food by dispensing Himself into man. For this reason, we must eat, drink, and enjoy God, and we must absorb Him into us so that He becomes our life and everything.
In Luke 14 the Lord spoke a parable in which He likened God to a man who made a great dinner. When the time came, the man sent out the invitation through his slaves, "Come, for all things are now ready". God has been processed to become our everything. Today, all we need to do is to come to the feast and eat, drink, and enjoy all that He has prepared for us. We know that a few hours after we eat, the food will be digested and assimilated and will become our nutrients. These nutrients will in turn become our blood and our cells; they will become our constituents and elements. That is why nutritionists say that WE ARE WHAT WE EAT. Those who eat the Lord will have the Lord mingled and digested within them to become their constituent, supply, and nutrients, and they will be able to live by the Lord.
In Romans 10:6-8, Paul applies the word spoken by Moses in Deuteronomy 30:11-14 to Christ, indicating that the commandment, which is the word of God, is Christ as the Word, who, as the breath that proceeds out of God's mouth, is in our heart and in our mouth. As the Word of God, the incarnated, crucified, and resurrected Christ Himself, who has become the life-giving Spirit as the breath breathed out by the speaking God, is now the word of God for us to receive as our life and life supply by calling on Him.
Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God
In Luke 14 the Lord spoke a parable in which He likened God to a man who made a great dinner. When the time came, the man sent out the invitation through his slaves, "Come, for all things are now ready". God has been processed to become our everything. Today, all we need to do is to come to the feast and eat, drink, and enjoy all that He has prepared for us. We know that a few hours after we eat, the food will be digested and assimilated and will become our nutrients. These nutrients will in turn become our blood and our cells; they will become our constituents and elements. That is why nutritionists say that WE ARE WHAT WE EAT. Those who eat the Lord will have the Lord mingled and digested within them to become their constituent, supply, and nutrients, and they will be able to live by the Lord.
In Romans 10:6-8, Paul applies the word spoken by Moses in Deuteronomy 30:11-14 to Christ, indicating that the commandment, which is the word of God, is Christ as the Word, who, as the breath that proceeds out of God's mouth, is in our heart and in our mouth. As the Word of God, the incarnated, crucified, and resurrected Christ Himself, who has become the life-giving Spirit as the breath breathed out by the speaking God, is now the word of God for us to receive as our life and life supply by calling on Him.
Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God
What is "Eating, Drinking, and Enjoying God"?
John 6:35 [Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall by no means hunger; and he who believes into Me shall by no means ever thirst.]
Romans 10:8 [..."The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of the faith which we proclaim]
Romans 10:13 [For "whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.]
Almost the entire Bible speaks of eating, drinking, and enjoying God. After God created man, He did not give many commandments and regulations for man to keep. Instead, God put man before the tree of life (Genesis 2:9) that man might enjoy the fruit of that tree. The tree of life is a type of God Himself. After man was created, the first impression that God gave to man was that he should eat, drink, and enjoy God.
In Exodus, the Israelite ate the Passover lamb, which is a type of Christ (Exodus 12:21-28). By doing so, they received the strength to walk out of Egypt. While journeying through the wilderness, God sent manna from heaven as their daily supply. When they were thirsty, God gave them to drink the living water from the riven rock. In the New Testament, the Lord Jesus came. He too spoke of eating and drinking. In the book of John, The Lord Jesus said that He is the bread of life, and that he who eats Him will live because of Him. He also said that He is the well of living water, and that those who drink of this water will not thirst. Then, in Revelation, He said that the over-comers will eat of the tree of life in the paradise of God, and of the hidden manna. At the end of the Bible, the Spirit and the bride are still calling the thirsty sinners to drink of and be satisfied by the water of life.
In John 7 He sounds the call: "If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink". This the Lord Jess said concerning the Spirit. In Revelation 22:17 the call is sounded once again to come and drink. Every meeting of the church should be a feast. The Lord calls us to partake of Him as our food and drink. Whether or not a particular meeting is of the Lord can be determined by whether or not there is a "dining table" in that meeting.
We must not merely learn the techniques of bearing fruit and feeding the new ones. We have to live a daily life of breathing, drinking, and feeding on Christ, taking Christ everyday as our very element and essence. We must not only receive Him, but also digest Him, assimilate Him, and let Him become the content of our being. Then we will be one with Him. When we go out for the gospel, we will go out in oneness with Him and with His authority.
Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God
Romans 10:8 [..."The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of the faith which we proclaim]
Romans 10:13 [For "whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.]
Almost the entire Bible speaks of eating, drinking, and enjoying God. After God created man, He did not give many commandments and regulations for man to keep. Instead, God put man before the tree of life (Genesis 2:9) that man might enjoy the fruit of that tree. The tree of life is a type of God Himself. After man was created, the first impression that God gave to man was that he should eat, drink, and enjoy God.
In Exodus, the Israelite ate the Passover lamb, which is a type of Christ (Exodus 12:21-28). By doing so, they received the strength to walk out of Egypt. While journeying through the wilderness, God sent manna from heaven as their daily supply. When they were thirsty, God gave them to drink the living water from the riven rock. In the New Testament, the Lord Jesus came. He too spoke of eating and drinking. In the book of John, The Lord Jesus said that He is the bread of life, and that he who eats Him will live because of Him. He also said that He is the well of living water, and that those who drink of this water will not thirst. Then, in Revelation, He said that the over-comers will eat of the tree of life in the paradise of God, and of the hidden manna. At the end of the Bible, the Spirit and the bride are still calling the thirsty sinners to drink of and be satisfied by the water of life.
In John 7 He sounds the call: "If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink". This the Lord Jess said concerning the Spirit. In Revelation 22:17 the call is sounded once again to come and drink. Every meeting of the church should be a feast. The Lord calls us to partake of Him as our food and drink. Whether or not a particular meeting is of the Lord can be determined by whether or not there is a "dining table" in that meeting.
We must not merely learn the techniques of bearing fruit and feeding the new ones. We have to live a daily life of breathing, drinking, and feeding on Christ, taking Christ everyday as our very element and essence. We must not only receive Him, but also digest Him, assimilate Him, and let Him become the content of our being. Then we will be one with Him. When we go out for the gospel, we will go out in oneness with Him and with His authority.
Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Growth of the Body
Ephesians 4:15-16 [...The Head, Christ, out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being nit together through every joint of the rich supply,...causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.]
1 Corinthians 3:9 [For we are God's fellow workers, you are God's cultivated land, God's building.]
God is perfect; in Himself He is eternally perfect. But as far as we are concerned, what we have received is only a small amount of God. For this reason, we need to grow. If we desire to grow, we must have the increase of the element of God in us. This is not a matter of whether God is complete or incomplete. This is a matter of how much we have gained God. The reason that many Christians have not grown today is that they have not given God the ground. They are not holding the Head, Christ. This being the case, God has no way to dispense more of Himself into them.
When we enjoy Him in the spirit, we are holding the Head. Then something will come out from the Head that will enable God to grow in us. This means that more of God's element will be dispensed into us. Through the joints the whole Body will then receive the rich supply, which is the rich dispensing of the life of Christ as the Spirit.
We need to receive the supply in the milk of word. We also need to receive nourishment through the solid food. Many Christians do not grow. They are like a person with an ulcer; although they may eat a lot, they do not assimilate the food. When they come to listen to a message, they may criticize the speaker. Of course, this kind of person cannot receive the supply of life and cannot grow in life.
For plant to grow, there is a need for sunlight, air, water, nutrients and the soil. With all these five things, plants can grow well. When we read bible, we see that Christ is the real soil; He is the good land; He is the light; He is the air; He is the water. He is the food, our nutrients. :)
[Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God)
1 Corinthians 3:9 [For we are God's fellow workers, you are God's cultivated land, God's building.]
God is perfect; in Himself He is eternally perfect. But as far as we are concerned, what we have received is only a small amount of God. For this reason, we need to grow. If we desire to grow, we must have the increase of the element of God in us. This is not a matter of whether God is complete or incomplete. This is a matter of how much we have gained God. The reason that many Christians have not grown today is that they have not given God the ground. They are not holding the Head, Christ. This being the case, God has no way to dispense more of Himself into them.
When we enjoy Him in the spirit, we are holding the Head. Then something will come out from the Head that will enable God to grow in us. This means that more of God's element will be dispensed into us. Through the joints the whole Body will then receive the rich supply, which is the rich dispensing of the life of Christ as the Spirit.
We need to receive the supply in the milk of word. We also need to receive nourishment through the solid food. Many Christians do not grow. They are like a person with an ulcer; although they may eat a lot, they do not assimilate the food. When they come to listen to a message, they may criticize the speaker. Of course, this kind of person cannot receive the supply of life and cannot grow in life.
For plant to grow, there is a need for sunlight, air, water, nutrients and the soil. With all these five things, plants can grow well. When we read bible, we see that Christ is the real soil; He is the good land; He is the light; He is the air; He is the water. He is the food, our nutrients. :)
[Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
"Sealing and Pledging" and "What is the Redemption of our body"
Ephesian 1:13-14 [In whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, in Him also believing, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise, who is the pledge of our inheritance unto the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.]
The Father is the source, the Son is the expression, and the Spirit is the reaching forth.
The Father: as the source, chose and predestinated us in eternity according to His plan.
The Son : as the expression, accomplished redemption in time according to the Father's plan.
The Spirit: as the reaching forth, becomes our seal and pledge to apply what the Son has accomplished of the Father's plan.
Today we have heard the word of the truth, which is the gospel of our salvation, and have believed into Christ and have been sealed in Him by the promised Spirit. This seal will never fade away and will never be lost.
But the sealing of the Spirit, which is the anointing of the Spirit in us, is not something that happens once for all, but is going on continually. The seal was put into us at the time we believed, but the sealing has continued from that time until now. It will continue until the day of the redemption of our bodies.
The Holy Spirit is the seal, and He is also sealing. He continues to do the word of sealing in us.
The sealing of the Holy Spirit is the divine dispensing. The sealing of the Holy Spirit is the saturation. Whenever there is saturation, there is dispensing. We become His possession and He has made us a treasure to God, an inheritance. His Spirit came into us as a seal, to put a mark on us. This mark is organic.
The sealing of the Spirit is not once for all. It is still going on, and the divine ink of this sealing never dries. It remains wet.
First, this divine ink saturates us deeply; we are VERTICALLY saturated. Then, the divine ink spreads within us, and we are HORIZONTALLY permeated. Thus, our whole being will be soaked with the Spirit as the sealing ink, and this sealing ink is the essence.
(Reference: The Intrinsic View of the Body of Christ; The Issue of the Dispensing of the Processed Trinity and the Transmitting of the Transcending Christ)
WHAT IS THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY? (Roman 8:23)
This Spirit is the last Adam who has become the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor 15:45). Today, this all-inclusive life-giving Spirit has accomplished redemption and has washed away our sins. Now He is living within us and is continually sealing in us. This sealing dispenses the diving life into us.
First, through regeneration He becomes the life in our spirit. (Romans 8:10)
Then, this life saturates our mind through our spirit, that the soul to whom the mind belongs may be transformed until there is life in the soul. (Romans 8:6)
Finally, this life saturates our body to become the life in our body. (Romans 8:11)
The ultimate result is that our body will be transfigured. This is the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23)
(Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God)
The Father is the source, the Son is the expression, and the Spirit is the reaching forth.
The Father: as the source, chose and predestinated us in eternity according to His plan.
The Son : as the expression, accomplished redemption in time according to the Father's plan.
The Spirit: as the reaching forth, becomes our seal and pledge to apply what the Son has accomplished of the Father's plan.
Today we have heard the word of the truth, which is the gospel of our salvation, and have believed into Christ and have been sealed in Him by the promised Spirit. This seal will never fade away and will never be lost.
But the sealing of the Spirit, which is the anointing of the Spirit in us, is not something that happens once for all, but is going on continually. The seal was put into us at the time we believed, but the sealing has continued from that time until now. It will continue until the day of the redemption of our bodies.
The Holy Spirit is the seal, and He is also sealing. He continues to do the word of sealing in us.
The sealing of the Holy Spirit is the divine dispensing. The sealing of the Holy Spirit is the saturation. Whenever there is saturation, there is dispensing. We become His possession and He has made us a treasure to God, an inheritance. His Spirit came into us as a seal, to put a mark on us. This mark is organic.
The sealing of the Spirit is not once for all. It is still going on, and the divine ink of this sealing never dries. It remains wet.
First, this divine ink saturates us deeply; we are VERTICALLY saturated. Then, the divine ink spreads within us, and we are HORIZONTALLY permeated. Thus, our whole being will be soaked with the Spirit as the sealing ink, and this sealing ink is the essence.
(Reference: The Intrinsic View of the Body of Christ; The Issue of the Dispensing of the Processed Trinity and the Transmitting of the Transcending Christ)
WHAT IS THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY? (Roman 8:23)
This Spirit is the last Adam who has become the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor 15:45). Today, this all-inclusive life-giving Spirit has accomplished redemption and has washed away our sins. Now He is living within us and is continually sealing in us. This sealing dispenses the diving life into us.
First, through regeneration He becomes the life in our spirit. (Romans 8:10)
Then, this life saturates our mind through our spirit, that the soul to whom the mind belongs may be transformed until there is life in the soul. (Romans 8:6)
Finally, this life saturates our body to become the life in our body. (Romans 8:11)
The ultimate result is that our body will be transfigured. This is the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23)
(Reference: The Economy and Dispensing of God)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
God's intention, is a mystery, hidden thru out the ages, but now it's been revealed in the Bible.
Ephesians 3:9-12 says, "And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things, in order that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenlies the multifarious wisdom of God might be made known through the church, according to the eternal purpose which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in Him."
God's intention is to make man like Him in His divine life, in His divine nature, and in His image as His expression, but not in His Godhead.
Second Peter 1:4 says that we partake of the divine nature. To partake of something is to participate in that thing. We partake of God's nature and thus we participate in God's divinity. The divine One has imparted Himself into us to become our being. He dispenses Himself into us to be our life, our nature, our mind, and everything to us..... We are more blessed than the angels, for they are merely God's servants, but we are God's sons, possessing God's divinity. (The Secret of God's Organic Salvation -- "the Spirit Himself with Our Spirit," pp. 65 - 66)
Ephesians 1:9-11: Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself, unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him; in whom also we were designated as an inheritance, having been pre-destinated according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will.
According to His economy, the Proverbs are not for us to build up on our old man, to cultivate our self and our natural man. Rather, they are for us to build up our new man. (Life-study of Proverbs, pp. 54,58-59)
God's intention is to make man like Him in His divine life, in His divine nature, and in His image as His expression, but not in His Godhead.
Second Peter 1:4 says that we partake of the divine nature. To partake of something is to participate in that thing. We partake of God's nature and thus we participate in God's divinity. The divine One has imparted Himself into us to become our being. He dispenses Himself into us to be our life, our nature, our mind, and everything to us..... We are more blessed than the angels, for they are merely God's servants, but we are God's sons, possessing God's divinity. (The Secret of God's Organic Salvation -- "the Spirit Himself with Our Spirit," pp. 65 - 66)
Ephesians 1:9-11: Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself, unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him; in whom also we were designated as an inheritance, having been pre-destinated according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will.
According to His economy, the Proverbs are not for us to build up on our old man, to cultivate our self and our natural man. Rather, they are for us to build up our new man. (Life-study of Proverbs, pp. 54,58-59)
Essai français sept - Rappelez.. les clés sur la table....
Les clés sur la table, ça me rappelle une aventure qui s'est passé quand j'avais 12 ans. Quand j'étais petit, je jouais souvent avec des clés parce que je pensais qu'elles étaient très intéressantes.
Une fois, mes parents devaient aller à Bangkok pour travailler. Ma mère m'a demande de tenir des clés tout les temps. Mais, j'étais très désobéissante et je ne m'en souvenais pas.
Un jour, je suis sortie avec mon ami au parc. Au parc, j'ai pensé que les clés étaient très lourds, alors je les ai mises quelque part et je les ai oubliées quand je suis rentrée. Quand je suis arrivée chez moi, j'ai realisé que j'avais perdu les clés. Il n'y avait personnes chez moi. Il était tard et il faisait froid. J'avais peur et j'avais faim. Tout le monde dormait. Je n'ai pas su ce que je pouvais faire. J'ai téléphoné à mes parents et ils ont dit qu'ils ne revenaient pas le lendemain/le jour d'après/le jour suivant/le surlendemain matin.
Alors, c'était la première fois que je dormais à côté d'un lac. Je ne voulais pas dormir à côté de la maison parce qu'il y avait beaucoup de personnes là. Finalement, mes parents sont revenus. Ils se sont inquiètes quand il ne m'ont pas trouvée. Ils m'ont cherchée partout, ils sont allés au parc, à l'école, chez mon ami etc, mais il n'arrivaient pas à me trouver. Finalement, ils m'ont trouvée.
J'ai pensé que je les avais fâchés et j'ai voulu leur dire que j'étais desolée/et j'ai voulu m'excuser. Mais, tout à coup, mes parents m'ont parlé. Ils m'ont dit qu'ils avaient fait une erreur et qu'ils n'auraient (conditionnel - conseil) pas dû me laisser seule. Ils m'ont surprise. J'ai su que mes parents m'aimaient beaucoup. La prochaine fois, je me souviendrai des clés quand je sortirai, et je ne les contrarierai pas. :)
J'aime mes parents et ma famille! :D Merci, Mon Dieu! :)
Une fois, mes parents devaient aller à Bangkok pour travailler. Ma mère m'a demande de tenir des clés tout les temps. Mais, j'étais très désobéissante et je ne m'en souvenais pas.
Un jour, je suis sortie avec mon ami au parc. Au parc, j'ai pensé que les clés étaient très lourds, alors je les ai mises quelque part et je les ai oubliées quand je suis rentrée. Quand je suis arrivée chez moi, j'ai realisé que j'avais perdu les clés. Il n'y avait personnes chez moi. Il était tard et il faisait froid. J'avais peur et j'avais faim. Tout le monde dormait. Je n'ai pas su ce que je pouvais faire. J'ai téléphoné à mes parents et ils ont dit qu'ils ne revenaient pas le lendemain/le jour d'après/le jour suivant/le surlendemain matin.
Alors, c'était la première fois que je dormais à côté d'un lac. Je ne voulais pas dormir à côté de la maison parce qu'il y avait beaucoup de personnes là. Finalement, mes parents sont revenus. Ils se sont inquiètes quand il ne m'ont pas trouvée. Ils m'ont cherchée partout, ils sont allés au parc, à l'école, chez mon ami etc, mais il n'arrivaient pas à me trouver. Finalement, ils m'ont trouvée.
J'ai pensé que je les avais fâchés et j'ai voulu leur dire que j'étais desolée/et j'ai voulu m'excuser. Mais, tout à coup, mes parents m'ont parlé. Ils m'ont dit qu'ils avaient fait une erreur et qu'ils n'auraient (conditionnel - conseil) pas dû me laisser seule. Ils m'ont surprise. J'ai su que mes parents m'aimaient beaucoup. La prochaine fois, je me souviendrai des clés quand je sortirai, et je ne les contrarierai pas. :)
J'aime mes parents et ma famille! :D Merci, Mon Dieu! :)
Essai français six - Rappelez.. (Taken out from LAF2201 text box la..kaka)
Je me rappelle, c'est le 12 Juillet 1998. Nous passions nos vacances à Palavas au bord de la Mediterrané. D'habitude, à neuf heures du soir, il y avait beaucoup de monde dans les rues. Ce soir-là, elles étaient désertes.
Tout à coup, on entendu un cri, "Zidane a marqué un deuxième but." On a gagné, Zidane a lévé la coupe du monde vers les spectatuers du stade de France et les téléspectateurs du monde entier. La France est la championne du monde! Ces deux buts extraordinaire de Zidane, je ne les ai pas oubliés. Je suis fier de lui!
Comme le supporter, les France sont fiers de Zidane parce qu'il a eu un itinéraire exemplaire.
Zidane est né en 1972 à Marselle dans le quartier populaire de la Castellena. C'était le petit dernier d'une famille d'origine algériere. Vers quatre ans, il a commencé à jouer au ballon. Peut-être parce qu'il n'aimerais pas beaucoup l'école.... :)
Tout à coup, on entendu un cri, "Zidane a marqué un deuxième but." On a gagné, Zidane a lévé la coupe du monde vers les spectatuers du stade de France et les téléspectateurs du monde entier. La France est la championne du monde! Ces deux buts extraordinaire de Zidane, je ne les ai pas oubliés. Je suis fier de lui!
Comme le supporter, les France sont fiers de Zidane parce qu'il a eu un itinéraire exemplaire.
Zidane est né en 1972 à Marselle dans le quartier populaire de la Castellena. C'était le petit dernier d'une famille d'origine algériere. Vers quatre ans, il a commencé à jouer au ballon. Peut-être parce qu'il n'aimerais pas beaucoup l'école.... :)
Essai français cinq - Exprimer des souhaits (Écrivez un message à des amis qui ont été victimes d'une catastrophe naturelle.)
Mes amis,
Comment allez-vous? À propos des nouvelles, les inondations se sont passées en Abbeville. Je m'inquiète pour vous! J'espère que vous serez sains et saufs et hors de danger. Pourvu que le niveau de l'eau s'apaise/s'baisse.
Qu'est-ce qui a été fait par le gouvernement? Il faut qu'ils trouvent la solution pour reconstruire bientôt les batîments. J'espère que tout le monde fera un don à l'intention des victimes. Par exemple, tout le monde pourrait donner des vêtements, des couvertures, des biscuits etc.
Je voudrais que vous soyez courageux et endurants! J'irais bien vous rencontrer, mais mes parents m'ont interdit d'aller là-bas à cause de danger. Pourtant, j'espère que nous resterons en contact.
Dans l'attente de vous revoir/rencontrer, je vous prie d'agréer, l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs. (ermm, c'est trop formal pour des amis lol)
Amicalement,
Elouise
Comment allez-vous? À propos des nouvelles, les inondations se sont passées en Abbeville. Je m'inquiète pour vous! J'espère que vous serez sains et saufs et hors de danger. Pourvu que le niveau de l'eau s'apaise/s'baisse.
Qu'est-ce qui a été fait par le gouvernement? Il faut qu'ils trouvent la solution pour reconstruire bientôt les batîments. J'espère que tout le monde fera un don à l'intention des victimes. Par exemple, tout le monde pourrait donner des vêtements, des couvertures, des biscuits etc.
Je voudrais que vous soyez courageux et endurants! J'irais bien vous rencontrer, mais mes parents m'ont interdit d'aller là-bas à cause de danger. Pourtant, j'espère que nous resterons en contact.
Dans l'attente de vous revoir/rencontrer, je vous prie d'agréer, l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs. (ermm, c'est trop formal pour des amis lol)
Amicalement,
Elouise
Essai français quatre - un dialogue
A: Ne roule pas trop vite! Mon Dieu! Sois patient!
B: Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas? Ne t'inquiéte pas! Il n'y a pas de danger!
A: Qu'est-ce que tu raconte?! Il est déjà 180km/h! C'est vraiment au-delà de la limitation de vitesse.
B: Il faut que je conduise vite parce qu'il n'y a pas de temps, et aussi, c'est une Porche!
A: Mais une porche est inutile si nous sommes morts!
B: Il faut que tu me fasses confiance! J'ai beaucoup d'experience. Rassure-toi!
A: C'est la derniere fois que je monte dans ta Porche!
B: Ne dis pas ça! Sois courageux!
A: Bon d'accord! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Regarde-la camion là-bas!
B: Ma Parole! AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa AU SECOURS!!!!
B: Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas? Ne t'inquiéte pas! Il n'y a pas de danger!
A: Qu'est-ce que tu raconte?! Il est déjà 180km/h! C'est vraiment au-delà de la limitation de vitesse.
B: Il faut que je conduise vite parce qu'il n'y a pas de temps, et aussi, c'est une Porche!
A: Mais une porche est inutile si nous sommes morts!
B: Il faut que tu me fasses confiance! J'ai beaucoup d'experience. Rassure-toi!
A: C'est la derniere fois que je monte dans ta Porche!
B: Ne dis pas ça! Sois courageux!
A: Bon d'accord! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Regarde-la camion là-bas!
B: Ma Parole! AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa AU SECOURS!!!!
三十六计
三十六计
○总说
六六三十六，数中有术，术中有数。阴阳燮理，机在其中。机不可设，设则不中。
○第一套〖胜战计〗
第01计 瞒天过海 备周则意怠，常见则不疑。阴在阳之内，不在阳之对。太阳，太阴。
第02计 围魏救赵 共敌不如分敌，敌阳不如敌阴。
第03计 借刀杀人 敌已明，友未定，引友杀敌。不自出力，以《损》推演。
第04计 以逸待劳 困敌之势，不以战。损刚益柔。
第05计 趁火打劫 敌之害大，就势取利，刚决柔也。
第06计 声东击西 敌志乱萃，不虞。坤下兑上之象，利其不自主而取之。
○第二套〖敌战计〗
第07计 无中生有 诳也，非诳也，实其所诳也。少阴、太阴、太阳。
第08计 暗渡陈仓 示之以动，利其静而有主，“益动而巽”。
第09计 隔岸观火 阳乖序乱，阴以待逆。暴戾恣睢，其势自毙。顺以动豫，豫顺以动。
第10计 笑里藏刀 信而安之，阴以图之。备而后动，勿使有变。刚中柔外也。
第11计 李代桃僵 势必有损，损阴以益阳。
第12计 顺手牵羊 微隙在所必乘，微利在所必得。少阴，少阳。
○第三套〖攻战计〗
第13计 打草惊蛇 疑以叩实，察而后动。复者，阴之媒也。
第14计 借尸还魂 有用者，不可借；不能用者，求借。借不能用者而用之。匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我。
第15计 调虎离山 待天以困之，用人以诱之，往蹇来返。
第16计 欲擒姑纵 逼则反兵，走则减势。紧随勿迫，累其气力，消其斗志，散而后擒，兵不血刃。需，有孚，光。
第17计 抛砖引玉 类以诱之，击蒙也。
第18计 擒贼擒王 摧其坚，夺其魁，以解其体。龙战于野，其道穷也。
○第四套〖混战计〗
第19计 釜底抽薪 不敌其力，而消其势，兑下乾上之象。
第20计 混水摸鱼 乘其阴乱，利其弱而无主。随，以向晦入宴息。
第21计 金蝉脱壳 存其形，完其势；友不疑，敌不动。巽而止蛊。
第22计 关门捉贼 小敌困之。剥，不利有攸往。
第23计 远交近攻 形禁势格，利从近取，害以远隔。上火下泽。
第24计 假道伐虢 两大之间，敌胁以从，我假以势。困，有言不信。
○第五套〖并战计〗
第25计 偷梁换柱 频更其阵，抽其劲旅，待其自败，而后乘之。曳其轮也。
第26计 指桑骂槐 大凌小者，警以诱之。刚中而应，行险而顺。
第27计 假痴不癫 宁伪作不知不为，不伪作假知妄为。静不露机，云雷屯也。
第28计 上屋抽梯 假之以便，唆之使前，断其援应，陷之死地。遇毒，位不当也。
第29计 树上开花 借局布势，力小势大。鸿渐于陆，其羽可以为仪也。
第30计 反客为主 乘隙插足，扼其主机，渐之进也。
○第六套〖败战计〗
第31计 美人计 兵强者，攻其将；将智者，伐其情。将弱兵颓，其势自萎。利用御寇，顺相保也。
第32计 空城计 虚者虚之，疑中生疑。刚柔之际，奇而复奇。
第33计 反间计 疑中之疑。比之自内，不自失也。
第34计 苦肉计 人不自害，受害必真。假真真假，间以得行。童蒙之吉，顺以巽也。
第35计 连环计 将多兵众，不可以敌，使其自累，以杀其势。在师中吉，承天宠也。
第36计 走为上 全师避敌。左次无咎，未失常也。
○总说
六六三十六，数中有术，术中有数。阴阳燮理，机在其中。机不可设，设则不中。
○第一套〖胜战计〗
第01计 瞒天过海 备周则意怠，常见则不疑。阴在阳之内，不在阳之对。太阳，太阴。
第02计 围魏救赵 共敌不如分敌，敌阳不如敌阴。
第03计 借刀杀人 敌已明，友未定，引友杀敌。不自出力，以《损》推演。
第04计 以逸待劳 困敌之势，不以战。损刚益柔。
第05计 趁火打劫 敌之害大，就势取利，刚决柔也。
第06计 声东击西 敌志乱萃，不虞。坤下兑上之象，利其不自主而取之。
○第二套〖敌战计〗
第07计 无中生有 诳也，非诳也，实其所诳也。少阴、太阴、太阳。
第08计 暗渡陈仓 示之以动，利其静而有主，“益动而巽”。
第09计 隔岸观火 阳乖序乱，阴以待逆。暴戾恣睢，其势自毙。顺以动豫，豫顺以动。
第10计 笑里藏刀 信而安之，阴以图之。备而后动，勿使有变。刚中柔外也。
第11计 李代桃僵 势必有损，损阴以益阳。
第12计 顺手牵羊 微隙在所必乘，微利在所必得。少阴，少阳。
○第三套〖攻战计〗
第13计 打草惊蛇 疑以叩实，察而后动。复者，阴之媒也。
第14计 借尸还魂 有用者，不可借；不能用者，求借。借不能用者而用之。匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我。
第15计 调虎离山 待天以困之，用人以诱之，往蹇来返。
第16计 欲擒姑纵 逼则反兵，走则减势。紧随勿迫，累其气力，消其斗志，散而后擒，兵不血刃。需，有孚，光。
第17计 抛砖引玉 类以诱之，击蒙也。
第18计 擒贼擒王 摧其坚，夺其魁，以解其体。龙战于野，其道穷也。
○第四套〖混战计〗
第19计 釜底抽薪 不敌其力，而消其势，兑下乾上之象。
第20计 混水摸鱼 乘其阴乱，利其弱而无主。随，以向晦入宴息。
第21计 金蝉脱壳 存其形，完其势；友不疑，敌不动。巽而止蛊。
第22计 关门捉贼 小敌困之。剥，不利有攸往。
第23计 远交近攻 形禁势格，利从近取，害以远隔。上火下泽。
第24计 假道伐虢 两大之间，敌胁以从，我假以势。困，有言不信。
○第五套〖并战计〗
第25计 偷梁换柱 频更其阵，抽其劲旅，待其自败，而后乘之。曳其轮也。
第26计 指桑骂槐 大凌小者，警以诱之。刚中而应，行险而顺。
第27计 假痴不癫 宁伪作不知不为，不伪作假知妄为。静不露机，云雷屯也。
第28计 上屋抽梯 假之以便，唆之使前，断其援应，陷之死地。遇毒，位不当也。
第29计 树上开花 借局布势，力小势大。鸿渐于陆，其羽可以为仪也。
第30计 反客为主 乘隙插足，扼其主机，渐之进也。
○第六套〖败战计〗
第31计 美人计 兵强者，攻其将；将智者，伐其情。将弱兵颓，其势自萎。利用御寇，顺相保也。
第32计 空城计 虚者虚之，疑中生疑。刚柔之际，奇而复奇。
第33计 反间计 疑中之疑。比之自内，不自失也。
第34计 苦肉计 人不自害，受害必真。假真真假，间以得行。童蒙之吉，顺以巽也。
第35计 连环计 将多兵众，不可以敌，使其自累，以杀其势。在师中吉，承天宠也。
第36计 走为上 全师避敌。左次无咎，未失常也。
Monday, January 18, 2010
Essai français trois - une lettre
Cher Madame Monsieur,
Bonjour. Je voudrais vous demander des informations sur la documentation que vous deviez m'envoyer. Il y a dix jours que je n'ai pas reçu. Il est possible que la documentation ait été perdue à mi-chemin. Si l'adresse était vrai, alors je devrais la recevoir il y a quelque jours. Est-ce que vous pourriez-me téléphoner après que vous l'avez envoyée? J'espère que je la recevrai bientôt. Merci beaucoup. :)
Dans l'attente de vous rencontrer, je vous prie d'agréer l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs.
Cordialement,
Elouise
Bonjour. Je voudrais vous demander des informations sur la documentation que vous deviez m'envoyer. Il y a dix jours que je n'ai pas reçu. Il est possible que la documentation ait été perdue à mi-chemin. Si l'adresse était vrai, alors je devrais la recevoir il y a quelque jours. Est-ce que vous pourriez-me téléphoner après que vous l'avez envoyée? J'espère que je la recevrai bientôt. Merci beaucoup. :)
Dans l'attente de vous rencontrer, je vous prie d'agréer l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs.
Cordialement,
Elouise
Essai français deux - Sauvé par ses biscuits
Vendredi 31 décembre, en fin d'après-midi, William J, bijoutier de l'île de Wight (Grande-Bretagne), enferme ses bijoux dans son coffre comme il le fait chaque soir. Mais, le porte du coffre-fort se referme accidentellement sur lui. Et William J se retrouve enfermé dans le coffre. Il devra attendre quatre jours avant de pouvoir sortir. Heureusement, William J a toujours quelques biscuits dans sa poche et il cache des jus de pamplemousse dans sa coffre. Finalement, il sortira en pleine forme. C'est sa voisine qui, etonnée de ne plus le voir, a averti la police. :)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Thanks Oli for the message! :) It makes my day! :)
Everyday is a new beginning, everyday is a day to love our Lord.
Thank the Lord we have today to love Him with all our heart.
And everyday, even today we need to let Him know that we love Him.
May we all have a new beginning with Him to give our hearts,
to love Him more and more and more and more!
Amen~
Thank the Lord we have today to love Him with all our heart.
And everyday, even today we need to let Him know that we love Him.
May we all have a new beginning with Him to give our hearts,
to love Him more and more and more and more!
Amen~
Vietnamese Hymn :):) Oh Lord I love you
During the church blending in Vietnam, I have learned a Vietnamese hymn, in which the title is "Love I love you" in English. I love this hymn very very much. :) Let me share with you all! :)
Allons-y!
Here is the English version:
Oh Lord I love you, I really love you,
Without You life's really nothing
You are so attracting
And you are so charming
Your riches are unsearchable
Your name so dear and sweet,
Calling makes one satisfied,
Now You are mine and I am Thine, Lord;
Joined and mingled with You,
God-man incorp'ration,
Foretaste of the New Jerusalem.
Voile, c'est le Vietnamese version: (Je ne sais pas comment l'écrire, mais je sais la prononciation, j'espère que je l'ai prononcé correctement) ^^
Lam toi nhieu, ngay zhuo ngoi,
chung toi teng si nhieu ngay,
day khong rat jin nhew toi khong ngay,
ngay lung lung tek deng nhieu,
kew toi geng lam zhuo heng,
shi feng fu zho bao lé vé vo leng;
ngok yan ngok ngok teng ngay,
ko mat kai yan zhuo kiu ngay,
ngay jin chung ta jin toi la kuong ngay,
teng yan lung de gek lin
chung toi hua zhong yap nyam,
duoc vui zhi deng yélusalém~
Voila! :) Amen~~~ :D
Allons-y!
Here is the English version:
Oh Lord I love you, I really love you,
Without You life's really nothing
You are so attracting
And you are so charming
Your riches are unsearchable
Your name so dear and sweet,
Calling makes one satisfied,
Now You are mine and I am Thine, Lord;
Joined and mingled with You,
God-man incorp'ration,
Foretaste of the New Jerusalem.
Voile, c'est le Vietnamese version: (Je ne sais pas comment l'écrire, mais je sais la prononciation, j'espère que je l'ai prononcé correctement) ^^
Lam toi nhieu, ngay zhuo ngoi,
chung toi teng si nhieu ngay,
day khong rat jin nhew toi khong ngay,
ngay lung lung tek deng nhieu,
kew toi geng lam zhuo heng,
shi feng fu zho bao lé vé vo leng;
ngok yan ngok ngok teng ngay,
ko mat kai yan zhuo kiu ngay,
ngay jin chung ta jin toi la kuong ngay,
teng yan lung de gek lin
chung toi hua zhong yap nyam,
duoc vui zhi deng yélusalém~
Voila! :) Amen~~~ :D
Church blending in Vietnam on 9th Dec 2009 - 13th Dec 2009
Thanks God that He is the real living God. He knows exactly what you are lacking of and what you need. I admit, throughout last few months, actually I was a bit going backward in my church life and spiritual life, was about to wither away. But thanks God that He knows. Even though all these weaknesses may be hidden in darkness, God is light and everything was exposed in Him. Thanks to Him that He has given me the heart and chance to go for this blending. I remembered during the blending there was a brother shared that, because we have heard so many time of the word “the universal body of Christ”, and we are so familiar with it, that some time we may fall into the trap of taking this word for granted, and it could just be a knowledge and doctrine for us. But through this blending, I have seen the tangible real universal body of Christ, and have seen it in my heart! It is so real to me. My vision is renewed again.
Praise the Lord, He has nailed Himself on the cross. When He was nailed, He nailed down all the opinions, all the concepts, all the cultures. Even we are from different background, different nationality, language may be seemed to be a barrier. BUT NGAY KENG ZHU (Praise the Lord), we are pursuing the same goal, governed by the same vision and having the same life. We are under the same Head and same flow of life. Although we speak different “Good morning”, we speak the same “Hallelujah” and “Amen”! This is the biggest testimony in this universe. How can a group of people, who has just met each other for the first time, gather together and have such a huge chemistry in hymn singing, prophesying, dispensing of God? It is not going to happen if we are not in Christ! We are like already knew each other super long time ago, sharing the same history. All Vietnamese saints are so lovely, even every Singaporean saints are so lovely too! I really feel the great love from them! Throughout the whole trip, I just feel like I am a little baby, do not need to do anything, do not need to anxious about anything, what I need to do is just to enjoy…. :)
When I come back to Singapore, I was a bit not really used to it and started to feel a bit stressed. This is because there are so many things in my daily life that I have to deal with them them again, and a lot of things gotta organize. In the midst of all these things, come together with Satan’s trap, temptation is everywhere, I think it is like more than Vietnam. I just feel like I was being put back into the battle field again, gotta fight. But I always believe one thing, that the growth in life is only true, when we are really able to stand still in the midst of all temptations and Satan’s works. Thanks God that although I am back to the battle field, I was equipped by more weapons thru this blending, I have an armor made by materials of better quality, God has empowered me even more. :)
First John 3:16 says that: “In this we know love, that He laid down His life on our behalf, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.” Because of the love from Jesus for every one of us, we can bring this love to really every part of the world, and love others too. And this love, even influence others beside us. There was this day, we started our sharing session after our lunch. The amazing part was that, there was this waitress who sat at another table and listening to us attentively. I guess she was influenced by the love we have for each other and the flow of life in every single one of us regardless Vietnamese or Singaporean. To her, God may be far away from her, but clearly, she can see the universal oneness of the body of Christ, which is so near to her, right in front of her.
Thanks God for this Body and I really appreciate this blending. May God continue to burn in every single one of us, so that the fire that is lit up in Vietnam continues to burn in us even though we are back to Singapore. May all these excitements and building up of Christ be reality to us, and remain solid in us.
P.S: Photos are available on my FaceBook! :)
Praise the Lord, He has nailed Himself on the cross. When He was nailed, He nailed down all the opinions, all the concepts, all the cultures. Even we are from different background, different nationality, language may be seemed to be a barrier. BUT NGAY KENG ZHU (Praise the Lord), we are pursuing the same goal, governed by the same vision and having the same life. We are under the same Head and same flow of life. Although we speak different “Good morning”, we speak the same “Hallelujah” and “Amen”! This is the biggest testimony in this universe. How can a group of people, who has just met each other for the first time, gather together and have such a huge chemistry in hymn singing, prophesying, dispensing of God? It is not going to happen if we are not in Christ! We are like already knew each other super long time ago, sharing the same history. All Vietnamese saints are so lovely, even every Singaporean saints are so lovely too! I really feel the great love from them! Throughout the whole trip, I just feel like I am a little baby, do not need to do anything, do not need to anxious about anything, what I need to do is just to enjoy…. :)
When I come back to Singapore, I was a bit not really used to it and started to feel a bit stressed. This is because there are so many things in my daily life that I have to deal with them them again, and a lot of things gotta organize. In the midst of all these things, come together with Satan’s trap, temptation is everywhere, I think it is like more than Vietnam. I just feel like I was being put back into the battle field again, gotta fight. But I always believe one thing, that the growth in life is only true, when we are really able to stand still in the midst of all temptations and Satan’s works. Thanks God that although I am back to the battle field, I was equipped by more weapons thru this blending, I have an armor made by materials of better quality, God has empowered me even more. :)
First John 3:16 says that: “In this we know love, that He laid down His life on our behalf, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.” Because of the love from Jesus for every one of us, we can bring this love to really every part of the world, and love others too. And this love, even influence others beside us. There was this day, we started our sharing session after our lunch. The amazing part was that, there was this waitress who sat at another table and listening to us attentively. I guess she was influenced by the love we have for each other and the flow of life in every single one of us regardless Vietnamese or Singaporean. To her, God may be far away from her, but clearly, she can see the universal oneness of the body of Christ, which is so near to her, right in front of her.
Thanks God for this Body and I really appreciate this blending. May God continue to burn in every single one of us, so that the fire that is lit up in Vietnam continues to burn in us even though we are back to Singapore. May all these excitements and building up of Christ be reality to us, and remain solid in us.
P.S: Photos are available on my FaceBook! :)
Essai français un - Êtes-vous ou non superstitieux? Dites pourquoi.
D’un côté, je suis superstitieuse, d’ un autre côté je ne le suis pas. Quelle est la raison qui me fait dire ça? Il y a plusieurs raisons.
D’abord, je suis chrétienne depuis le jour où je suis née. Ma foi en Dieu me permet de croire que toutes les choses ont été sanctifiées par sa présence. C’est pourquoi je ne suis plus superstitieuse.
En revanche, je suis toujours un peu de superstitieuse, surtout quand on fait la fête. Ceci n’est pas ce que je veux. Pourtant, comme certains membres de ma famille ne sont pas de chrétiens, il faut que je suive les culture et tradition chinoises avec eux. Par exemple, si on balaie sa maison lors de Nouvel An Chinois, il est possible qu’on perde facilement quand on joue à des jeux d’argent.
Néanmoins, je continuerai de prier mon Dieu quand je pratiquerai d’autres traditions et cultures.
Voilà, c’est tout!
D’abord, je suis chrétienne depuis le jour où je suis née. Ma foi en Dieu me permet de croire que toutes les choses ont été sanctifiées par sa présence. C’est pourquoi je ne suis plus superstitieuse.
En revanche, je suis toujours un peu de superstitieuse, surtout quand on fait la fête. Ceci n’est pas ce que je veux. Pourtant, comme certains membres de ma famille ne sont pas de chrétiens, il faut que je suive les culture et tradition chinoises avec eux. Par exemple, si on balaie sa maison lors de Nouvel An Chinois, il est possible qu’on perde facilement quand on joue à des jeux d’argent.
Néanmoins, je continuerai de prier mon Dieu quand je pratiquerai d’autres traditions et cultures.
Voilà, c’est tout!
Self-Introduction en français
Bonjour tout le monde. Je m'appelle Liew Jia Hui, bien sûr, vouz pouvez m'appeler Éloisé. En fait, mon nom est censé être écrit de cette manière --- Elouise, avec une "u". :) Mais, ce n'est rien évidemment. :) Beaucoup de mes amis, spécialement mes amis de la classe de français ont pensé que je suis venue de autres places autrement que Malasie. Ils se sentaient bizzare pourquoi j'ai un nom français. Je ne sais pas aussi haha, ce nom a été donné par mon père mais il n'a pas été ecrit dans mon certificat de naissance. Mais, de toute façon, j'aime ce nom. :)
Cette année (deux mille et dix - 2010), j'ai vingt deux ans. Je suis Malaisien. Je suis diplômé de l'école primaire Chiao Nan et Chong Hwa Independent High School. Maintenant, je fais les études à National University of Singapore. Je suis une étudiante de troisième année, je suis en train de faire commerce, la finance est ma spécialisation.
À propos de ma passion, il y a plusieurs choses. D'abord, ce que j'aime par dessus tout, c'est faire du piano. Je suis incrit dans la classe du piano depuis dix ans. Tout les fois, quand je suis très stressé, ce qui me plaît, c'est faire du piano car c'est une activité que je puisse faire librement. La musique est la seule chose qui puisse me détendre.
Par ailleurs, ma passion, c'est le sport aussi! J'aime nager le plus. :)
Alors, il y a beaucoup de chose à propos de moi que je voudrais partager avec vous! Mais, je n'ai pas assez de temps à finir tout le chose. Si vous voulez me connaître plus, vous pourriez me demander. J'aime discuter, j'aime faire beaucoup d'amis. :)
Finallement, je voudrais vous dire: "Nous vainquons le Satan et témoignons la victoire du God! Appréciez-Le jour après jour!
Que Dieu soit avec nous tous, toujours~~ :D
Cette année (deux mille et dix - 2010), j'ai vingt deux ans. Je suis Malaisien. Je suis diplômé de l'école primaire Chiao Nan et Chong Hwa Independent High School. Maintenant, je fais les études à National University of Singapore. Je suis une étudiante de troisième année, je suis en train de faire commerce, la finance est ma spécialisation.
À propos de ma passion, il y a plusieurs choses. D'abord, ce que j'aime par dessus tout, c'est faire du piano. Je suis incrit dans la classe du piano depuis dix ans. Tout les fois, quand je suis très stressé, ce qui me plaît, c'est faire du piano car c'est une activité que je puisse faire librement. La musique est la seule chose qui puisse me détendre.
Par ailleurs, ma passion, c'est le sport aussi! J'aime nager le plus. :)
Alors, il y a beaucoup de chose à propos de moi que je voudrais partager avec vous! Mais, je n'ai pas assez de temps à finir tout le chose. Si vous voulez me connaître plus, vous pourriez me demander. J'aime discuter, j'aime faire beaucoup d'amis. :)
Finallement, je voudrais vous dire: "Nous vainquons le Satan et témoignons la victoire du God! Appréciez-Le jour après jour!
Que Dieu soit avec nous tous, toujours~~ :D
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