hmmm.. why do we believe in astrology, horoscopes, feng shui, palm reading, fortune telling and other things of the like? they are all devised by humans, though some involve spirits. These arts may have taken several years to form, after lots of calculation and experimentation done on the parts of humans. Yet, humans cannot be completely sure that they can predict everything. it takes speculation and to a certain limit, some wild guessing. but yet we still place our trusts in these predictions. who cares if the predicitions are going to come out wrongly? at least we have a certain idea about a possiblity of what may happen. we just can't help not feeling worried about our future. how am i going to do for this test? yes, ive studied for it but still i may fail! perhaps not everyone of us is paranoid to the extent that we will go consult the online horoscopes whenever we need reassurance on what colours should we wear so that blah blah... but the source is always present, for us to dismiss any suspicions that we have and to gain a better grip on the otherwise murky future.
when we believe in these things, then where does god stand? we trust fortune telling more than him. at least we can see and hear for ourselves these things, how about god? he may not even exist! where is he then if he does exists? compared to a substantial source of comfort and security, what is the role of god even? we turn to reading these things, trying to understand them and decipher their meanings. to us, god will be unimportant. he will just be something associated with christianity, one out of so many religions. we will nt take an extra step to know who he is, who jesus is, and what exactly did he do for us. for the rest of our lives, we will remain faithless in what we don't see, clueless to what that has always been there, just believing in the things which we can see for ourselves.
faith. spoken so often by the disillusioned fools who call themselves christians. hmm u may think that faith is sth got to do with religion and stuff, and so that does not bother u at all so u shall not go deep into its meaning. haha.
the relevant meanings of faith as taken from dictionary.com
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing
2. belief that is not based on proof
3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion
8. Christian Theology. the trust in God and in His promises as made through Christ and the Scriptures by which humans are justified or saved.
i suppose i dun have to say much more. although i have a point to make. ppl say christians always have blind faith. blind faith... blind faith... it sounds negative. and it's not true! we have faith because we accept jesus as our saviour and father and before that, because we experienced for ourselves the proof of his existence and the fact that he loves us extremely. yes, its proof. there are lots of testimonials of non-believers, even anti-christ ppl, converting to christianity and who have never looked back since. i dun think that any kind of aggressive persuasion by anyone can make a person turn to christ and have absolute faith and trust in god. yes im referring to those ppl who always say,"oh, do u know that god loves you and he died for u? pls do come to my church!" (yes, they're my brothers and sisters in christ but still, they certainly put some pre-believers off) also, there are countless testimonials of ppl who have encountered near-death experiences (unconscious, coma kind) and when they come around, amazingly, they speak of their experiences with jesus in heaven before they came to. even more so amazingly, all these accounts speak of the same things... also, they are not biased views, not all of them are christians or caucasions.
like i said, there are lots of evidences and real-life testimonials of ppl actually meeting jesus for themselves. im also not one to believe in things with no concrete evidence. for what other reason do i blog so much about god? it's cos ive experienced the miraculous things god has done for me. i thank god always for giving me a chance to know him and im glad i did not turn him away like alot of other ppl. god will move mountains and the earth for u to know him. however the choice is still yours to make. believe or not, it's all in a person's heart. but im sure that god will never fail to touch a person.
btw, i can't believe what an idiot i am. i was just coming out of the side door of lt1 when i knocked the top of my forehead into the ladder. im sure i look a humourous sight. upon the impact, i let out a strangled cry and i staggered all the way to the other side. from now onwards, i will not look at the ground while im walking and i will keep my eyes open at all times. hrmp.
think im gonna change my blog song soon. 'tell the world' by hillsong is nice but there are more nice worship songs out there. heee...
when we believe in these things, then where does god stand? we trust fortune telling more than him. at least we can see and hear for ourselves these things, how about god? he may not even exist! where is he then if he does exists? compared to a substantial source of comfort and security, what is the role of god even? we turn to reading these things, trying to understand them and decipher their meanings. to us, god will be unimportant. he will just be something associated with christianity, one out of so many religions. we will nt take an extra step to know who he is, who jesus is, and what exactly did he do for us. for the rest of our lives, we will remain faithless in what we don't see, clueless to what that has always been there, just believing in the things which we can see for ourselves.
faith. spoken so often by the disillusioned fools who call themselves christians. hmm u may think that faith is sth got to do with religion and stuff, and so that does not bother u at all so u shall not go deep into its meaning. haha.
the relevant meanings of faith as taken from dictionary.com
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing
2. belief that is not based on proof
3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion
8. Christian Theology. the trust in God and in His promises as made through Christ and the Scriptures by which humans are justified or saved.
i suppose i dun have to say much more. although i have a point to make. ppl say christians always have blind faith. blind faith... blind faith... it sounds negative. and it's not true! we have faith because we accept jesus as our saviour and father and before that, because we experienced for ourselves the proof of his existence and the fact that he loves us extremely. yes, its proof. there are lots of testimonials of non-believers, even anti-christ ppl, converting to christianity and who have never looked back since. i dun think that any kind of aggressive persuasion by anyone can make a person turn to christ and have absolute faith and trust in god. yes im referring to those ppl who always say,"oh, do u know that god loves you and he died for u? pls do come to my church!" (yes, they're my brothers and sisters in christ but still, they certainly put some pre-believers off) also, there are countless testimonials of ppl who have encountered near-death experiences (unconscious, coma kind) and when they come around, amazingly, they speak of their experiences with jesus in heaven before they came to. even more so amazingly, all these accounts speak of the same things... also, they are not biased views, not all of them are christians or caucasions.
like i said, there are lots of evidences and real-life testimonials of ppl actually meeting jesus for themselves. im also not one to believe in things with no concrete evidence. for what other reason do i blog so much about god? it's cos ive experienced the miraculous things god has done for me. i thank god always for giving me a chance to know him and im glad i did not turn him away like alot of other ppl. god will move mountains and the earth for u to know him. however the choice is still yours to make. believe or not, it's all in a person's heart. but im sure that god will never fail to touch a person.
btw, i can't believe what an idiot i am. i was just coming out of the side door of lt1 when i knocked the top of my forehead into the ladder. im sure i look a humourous sight. upon the impact, i let out a strangled cry and i staggered all the way to the other side. from now onwards, i will not look at the ground while im walking and i will keep my eyes open at all times. hrmp.
think im gonna change my blog song soon. 'tell the world' by hillsong is nice but there are more nice worship songs out there. heee...
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