Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Abraham had no children at all. He was very old, over a century old. His wife Sarah, had a womb that was dead. They wanted children very much but theoretically speaking, they can't possibly have children at all. That is like mission impossible. However, God knows that Abraham is faithful. He promises him that he will have abundant children , even children as many as nations. Abraham did not think that God is having him on at all. He didn't doubt God, even for a milli-second. Instead his faith in Him is strenthened. By this unwavering faith in God, Abraham's faith is being justified and his rignhteousness is credited. And what happens in the end? God honours the promises the promises that he make, always. Abraham had so many children the people are shocked and their eyes popped out. Hahaha.

Romans 4: 24
God will credit righteouness - for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

What the bible say is true. It is the word of God, directly from the ultra amazing, fantastic, marvellous and fabulous GOD! Got it? Haven't? Ok i shall repeat again. The bible is the absolute truth and even now, can be applied to our every day lives! That is way cooler than Mount Everest. Wisdom is within each turn of the page. View it not as a best-selling book but as the Word of GOD. Nothing in context has ever been changed since the really far far away ancient times till today. God never changes. He is a constant. The bible is an essential need (it's need, not want, or something unneccessary). Cross over from the depth of sins towards the light of all righteouness, with who else but God and Christ Jesus, our King and saviour.

Haha, i'm like promoting a product to urge people to buy. Well, you can don't buy what I say but let me tell you something even more enticing. My 'product' is free. Indeed, it takes no material cost to follow God! You can't even bring your money with you after you die. God don't care how much you are worth in the human context but he sure looks at your heart and the amount of faith you have in Him. You can be an extremely poor but godly person. God will promise you more things and eternal life than the one who has so many ipods, nike products and ferraris but has no faith at all whatsoever. Think about it.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

I was sort of confronted by my father today, while we are watching TV togerther. There's this news about Madonna using the cross as an inspiration for one of her outfits. She said this thing that the cross appears to ooze sex appeal to her as there was a naked man hung onto it. Oh what is the world coming to i don't know but one thing for sure is that humans are sinning more and more and these sins blind them from the truth and hinders them from becoming closer to God. Then my father brought up this DaVinci Code thingy. He tried to tease me and said that he believed that what Dan Brown has written is true. Well, I was a bit taken aback as for a second I didn't know how to reply him. I wanted to tell him a lot of things about Christianity but I don't suppose that he would be very pleased. Anyway, I said that would he rather believe the unfounded theories of a man or would he like to believe in historical documents. Written over 2000 yrs ago, I don't think that there is much possiblity that the Bible is a fake and that they are written with bias towards Jesus Christ, if so, why are there still so many people who have so much faith? Don't tell me that they have all been hoodwinked?

I asked my friend what does she think about the DaVinci Code thing. Does she think that what Mr brown has written is true? She responded by saying that she doesm't know as she has not seen the movie yet. From this i can tell that there is a high possobility that she would be convinced by the movie after she has watched it. As she has only been exposed to the DaVinci propaganda, she would have only a stunted view of what is the truth. It would be quite difficult to convince her to another side of the story as I think that Dan Brown has that much influence over people. The so-called facts that he has written sounds so convincing. It is like he was born just for the sake of this great piece of literature. But I know that Mr Brown writes no truth but only conspiracies. Many people around the world are taken in by him bacause of something. That something has taken him far and has even made him one of the bestsellers. That is his style of writing. He writes in a way that readers would think that they are actually reading about some sort of precise evidences. They are convinced by the way Mr Brown writes. He wrote flawlessly and he presented his discoveries in a way that it must be real and not a fabrication.

The walk with God is difficult. No Christians say that is is easy to follow God. Like Jesus in the desert, we are always exposed to temptaitons every day. It can take a minor excuse for us to stray away form God. The gateway to eternal life with God is small. For sure non-believers would bypass the gate towards the den of Satan. That is the depressing part. Throughout in life, God has been trying to call out to them, His beloved sons and daughters.However they stubbornly turn a blind eye or a deaf ear against Him. God can call out to them by letting them meet friends who are Christians and who very faithfully preach to them. They are scared off by the strong brainwashing and instead took a dislike towards Christianity. (Well, from my some personal experiences, non-believers always think that Christians are advancing on them too strongly and they try to hide when they see their Christian friends coming. Well, I'm not like that though. I don't think my friends would appreciate if I try to tell them things. They are too studious. It's like STUDY STUDY STUDY in their head for the most part of their waking life. Lol . However I shared with my taekwondo friend last week and she said that she had a very devout Bhuddist as her friend but she couldn't say anything like what I said. She even noted that I was like about to cry while sharing with her about God. She said that she didn't need religion as a spiritual support and that only people with problems in their life, be it emotionally, physically or financially need the idea of a God around them then can they carry on with life. However, no one would know the joy and fulfillment from having known God. In everyone, there is a God-shaped void. Without knowing God, that space is empty. They may try to fill up the void by piling it with material contentment, satisfaction from studying and their results or even BGR. However, try as they might, they could not possibly replace God with all those things. You may not realise it but there is some spot in your heart that is constantlt looking for that love that only God can give. Why deprive your heart of it. Knowing God doesn't hurt. Going to church, praying, sharing about God. These are the things that faithful Christians do. Those who do not understand will think that they are better off without all these inconvenient things. "I don't want to do this kind of stupid things, I rather go engage in something i truly like instead of praying like those silly people. Anyway how can I be so sure that God is real. I can't even see Him!")

Haha, i seemed to be too carried away. Anyway back to the DaVinci discussion. I don't think people should be forced to accept something that thye don't really believe in. That is what God thinks. He is gentle and so He doesn't force people to accept Him. He made His presence clear and it is up to you to accept or reject Him. You want to push Him out of your mind, fine, but don't regret the consequences that come after. The constant burning fires in Hell won't be likely to spare a person by showing Him mercy. Ok, that is all i have to say. Maybe I finally compose a poem that actually ryhmes. Lol.
the monaco race is really fantastic. there are so many bends around the corners that msch (michael schumacher) nearly crashed into the sides after turning round a particularly difficult one. massa from the same ferrari team has it off worst. he crashed straights into the sides of the track, scaring the photographers there. haha. well, this track was simply amazing. the racers love it bacause of its difficulty. ha. i think that it's fun too. maintaining the car's top speed is quite tough and u have to brake when u turn around the corners, otherwise u will surely crash. AHHH.. i wan to race in dat track too. ha. anw one more fantastic thing about the track is dat it has actually been around for at least 80 yrs and senna had raced on it a couple of times. i wonder if msch can win another championship at this grand prix. but i suppose alo (fernando alonso) is feeling quite confident from his latest win 2 weeks ago at barcelona. well i really really really wan to watch the live telecast tonight however i hav to go fer taekwondo. i'll watch the repeat tmr.

Friday, May 26, 2006

argh.. someone has got sth to boast about again.. i lost once again to the other express student in my class.. it is only by a few % but i noe that he is going to dao chu hao lian again. argh. he's not even dat smart and he still wan to boast dat he has won me. wat a poser and a real damn faker. he sucks, period.. watever, i don't wan a leech to ruin my day. went to watch x-men with my cell group. i love the action scenes. ha. like all the violence, killing and the fighting. there are a lot of ppl who died but then little blood is seen so i dun think there is any 'bloodshed' seen in this movie.. lol. anw i am really not a violent ppl in nature. i just like to watch thrilling movies where there are lotsa real action fighting but dat doesn't mean dat i bully other ppl, esp when they look meek and gentle and goody-two-shoes beside me. instead i think dat im the one who's getting bullied nowadays. haha. times are changing.. yes they are. but GOD doesn't ever change. He's perfect. perfect love he gives us too. and that hasn't changed for over 2000 yrs. cool huh?

Saturday, May 20, 2006

I just finished a book "Evidence for Heaven". Well I already know that Heaven is real but this book really reinforces my faith in God. I was so touched after reading it. Also, I really don't like those people who say that they meditate not to see Heaven but to end suffering. (I saw on the Lifestyle about this rising group of young people who believe in some other 'gods')

They are not Christians so when they say things like that I can tolerate but it really hurt me within as they do not know God. They do not like it that Christians just lapped in whatever that they were preached and then just meekly accept, without doing some thinking on their part. I guess these people don't like the feeling of being manipulated. Then I would like to ask them if they have become better persons without knowing God and Jesus Christ. Have they really been transformed into a better person with themselves taking charge of their own lives. Nobody like someone else to control their lives. But Jesus Christ is not someone else. He is God's son in the living flesh. He is human before and so he understands the pain and suffeing that we have to go through. Without Him we won't even have the chance to be with our Father. He sacrificed Himself without any hesitation because when He looked at us, He does not see mere humans who are foolish in their own ways but He sees beautiful children of God and even those who still are adament on accepting Him, He still yearn so much to take us into His arms and embrace us, to dote on us and love us unconditionally. That is the love of Jesus Christ. God is the only one who is able to love us like this. Even as we doubt His existence and about the holiness of Him, he still loves us. Within a heartbeat He would still have chosen to die for us on he cross, even though He knows how unappreciative of Him we would be in the future when He is not pysically with us any longer. That is when more idols would be crafted to replace Him as Gods. Beautiful and painstakingly made, they were wonderful art pieces of humans but to worship them as spiritual gods? How do they know that their 'gods' had went inside those cold bodies and just lie inside there to watch over them quietly? True, they deny that they do not worship the idols but still! They feel insecure without those inaminate objects and why are they still so respectful for those statues that they claim they do not worship?

I was lost once, before I knew God. Really. Maybe you would think that I was so crappish and sentimental that I would write about these kind of things like God's love and bla bla. But why would I feel so strongly compelled to do so? The answer is simple. It is because I had experienced God and I know for sure that He is real. He is omnipresent and it doesn't mean that He is not there even when you don't see Him! It is truly so heartbreaking to see so many people who still do not know God, Much as I like to preach to them strongly and make them realise the truth, I can't do that. Because God is gentle. He doesn't force people at all. You want to invite Jesus into your heart, He would be so glad. But if you want to lead your life as you want to and push Him out of your mind and choose to go to hell, He won't force you either. So many clues He had planted before you to lead you to Him but if you still choose to disregard Him, that's just too bad. One more child lost from Him and trapped in the hellfire for eternity and Satan is rejoicing for having one new slave. It's sad.

Okay. So I was saying about this book that I had read. The authors were Christians but they went to question. They interviewed over a hundred people who have had near-death experiences (NDE). These people were on the brink of death then were clinically dead as their hearts had stopped beating. But then they miraculously came back to life. They all recounted a series of events that they witnessed. What's most amazing is that their accounts were the same and were consistent.

All of them had found themselves travelling in a dark tunnel, feeling weightless and moving as though without legs. Then they saw a bright light admisdt all those darkness. They hurried towards it and the light got brighter and brighter until it was so intensifying unlike any other bright lights they had seen before. The light was extremely bright but they did not shy away from it, instead they want to become as close to it as possible. All of them felt a strange feeling of serenity, peace and calmness. Also, they all felt a great sense of love. Overwhelming love they felt in the presence of the light. It was as though all hatred and anger for past things had dissolved in their hearts. The love they sensed was amazing. It was just love at its purest, without any implications. Some of them even had loved ones who were already dead come and receive them. Much as they liked to stay by the being of light forever, all of them had to go back. Some of them were told to go back quickly while others had tasks still unfinished. They all went back reluctantly and when they returned to their physical bodies, they felt unpleasant, like jumping into a pool of cold water.

This is just the general things that they experienced. The people involved who tried to remove further doubts about heaven, did several things. E.g. They interviewed young children who had NDE before due to their less chances of lieing. The results were very encouraging as they all led to the one conclusion that Heaven and hell truly exist.

Propagandic the book may sound like but whatever the tone, it remains a fact that the doctors or scientists-turned-investigators had a neutral attitude towards Christianity at first. In fact some of them disbeliefed it it intitially. They approached their investigations without any bias and were amazed at the results they obtained, You could say that they were converted upon seeing the astounding evidences. How about you. With hard cold evidences presented before you, would you choose to accept or reject?



Sunday, May 14, 2006

They say that Chistians are foolish
Christians are naive
Chistiansbelieve too simply
And Christians follow blind faith
Who are these people to judge?
The cross is of no significance to them
They do not know the true meaning of the cross
The cross is foolishness to them
And yet they make such flippant remarks
They want to question
But do they know exactly who was hurting
Each time they question about the existence of God
And about the origins of Jesus Christ
Who eaxactly was around when they stubbornly refused
To acknowledge His presence
They do not feel secure just by reading a little book
What they want is to see alming rituals
That they had creatively invented
But do they know that the book
That they so utterly despisedIs actually written long before many other books
That it already existed over 2000 years ago
That it was the best selling book in the world
That it holds wisdom in it
If they even cared to give it a scan
I suppose that if they really want to
Dig out the dark secrets of Christianity
"The biggest cover up in history"
As they called it
They could think about the mental state of Jesus Christ
He willingly went along with the wishes of millions of people
To get pinned to the wooden cross
To get slashed across his entire length of body
To get His flesh torn out
And to get mutiliated beyond hope of any normal recovery
And yet before he breathed His last
He uttered the words of forgivement
Forgave His disciples who had abandoned Him He did
Forgave the people who stoned Him He did
There would only be two conclusions as to catalyst of His behaviour
Either He was truly crazed and demented
That He purposefully offended people to get Himself crucified
Or that He was really God's son
Who died for all people whom He loved unconditionally
If He is a madman like in the former speculation
Would there be so many books and witnesses
Proclaiming His reality and greatness?
No, there won't be
Who on earth would want to worship a madman?
The evidences are spread clear across the table-top
Ready for examination
But who are to force these ignorant people?
For God is gentle
He allows His children to choose
But it hurt Him so much
When they say things like
"We meditate not to see heavenBut to end suffering"
They think that they know so much
But they do not even know the word 'faith'
There will come the day of Judegment
No one knows when
But I'm interested to see the reactions of these people
When they really come across God face to face
Knowing that they have believed in the wrong 'god'
I suppose time could not be turned around any other way
At least I know that by then everyone would have heard of the Gospel
To believe or not is in their hands

Friday, May 12, 2006

The devils lurk in a corner
Sniffing, checking, searching
Looking for their ideal victims
Who are ignorant, innocent and indulgent
In their self-controlled world
Where no one but only themselves matter
They are the perfect candidates
Whom the devils want to ensnare
With their well-practised tactics
They plan to pull these people down with them
To a place that is out of this world
And nothing that they had ever imagined it to be
Where selfishness reigns
And with jealousy, hate and anger littered all over
Inevitable suffering drips
With deep eternal damnation
Doomed to those who set foot there
To a lifetime of pain, regret and torture
They had been unwittingly tricked
Fallen for the devils' temptations
Turned away from the grace of God
Who had prepared a special place for us in paradise
The devils are green with envy
With malice oozing from every inch
They want to steal God's children from Him
Capture them and trap them within
In the darkest cells ever thought to exist
For they knew that with every child lost from Him
He would bleed in His heart

Break down internally
And cry tearfully for the unrepricoted love
He wanted to bring them to His haven
As their final resting stop
Shower them with blessings all year round
Love them with every bit of His strength
And let them marvel at His glory
Thwarting His ways are what the devils thrive in
Hatching plots to steal morality are what they specialise in
Many fall for their traps
Believing that they hold the truth
But no one can't do predictions
As tomorrow is always a mystery
To put their lives into which of the two hands held before them
Where one holds the grisly fate in which the unthinkable happens
Or the other which holds the key to the gates of Heaven
Who would you choose
Through the thick veil of doubt that have engulfed you
Struggling you may be to come to terms with Christianity
But perhaps you may just want to unburden yourself
And cast all your hopes into the one who is almightly
Live life to the fullest
With the void in your heart filled
Or walk about aimlessly
Knowing that you don't really have someone dependable to rely on
Listen to your heart
Know what it wants honestly
Hear the cry out of the starvation for love
Who else that have love that knows no boundaries
No one else other than Him
Everyone's Father
God