Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Many worries

Suddenly I have many worries. I worry about my study. I worry about my grades. I worry about my future. I worry about finding a good job. I worry about survival in working life. I worry about many things. Lord, when are You coming? I want to go home. I want to go home with my rib. I know that Your coming is near but I need to deal with my present fear first. Teach me to let go and let You guide me.

Amen

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Marriage

I would like to share some paragraphs on marriage from "Rumours of another world" by Philip Yancey taken from page 94 and 95.

" Increasingly, marriage as a sacrament is a quaint concept that few couples take seriously and fewer still could explain. The notion, though, is rooted in creation itself, a calling to be living witnesses, to establish settlements or "signs" of God's kingdom within an uncomprehending wider culture. The sociologists who authored Habits of the Heart found that few individuals in their survey except commited Christians could explain why they stayed married to their spouses. Marriage as a social construct is arbitrary, flexible, and open to redefinition. Marriage as a sacrament established by God is another matter entirely. "

" By declaring marriage a sacrament, the church did nothing but acknowledge formally a reality that already existed. It is a vocation, a calling, to spend a life together in self-giving partnership. "

Some quotes from the bible by me:
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. (Genesis 2:24)

"Haven't you read," [Jesus] replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." (Matthew 19:4-6)

"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." (Ephesians 5:31)


" Jesus pointed to the original source for that unity: God designed and intended it, from the moment of creation. "



Without understanding the purpose of life, I find that people stayed married are just conforming to the "rule" of society, which is actually rooted in creation itself and has lost it significance. Which faith can clearly explain the need to stay married to their spouses? If human being is just evolved from apes, I don't see why the early homo sapiens would want to establish a marriage system and stayed married together. There is no purpose and need for that at all.

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Monday, July 10, 2006

Test everything!

Warm greetings to all of you,

As you know, the Christian faith is being scrutinized by the world recently. From the early centuries, it had been like that and has gained greater momentum through cunningly devised fables by mass media. I believe there will be greater deceptions which are devising in progress in latter times.

The Da Vinci code and the Gospel of Judas have attracted many attention because of how globalised the world has now become. However, all these debates are not new. Regardless, it has left many - believers and non-believers - wondering if the Christian faith is really a lie after all. If this is so, the foundation of mankind will be shaken as you know Christianity has a great influence of how the world is now. For example, human history is divided into two - the B.C and the A.D by the birth of Jesus Christ. Do you think a New World Order will be implemented when the influence of Christianity is reduced?

Many people has now become interested in knowing more about the Chrisitian faith (reverse mission) and the deception has led many to explore the faith and its history. [The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.]

The Christian faith has always been attacked but nevertheless, it has withstood the test of time. Christians ought to remember that by being a follower of Christ, the world will hate us. Though the wrong often seems so strong, God is the ruler yet.

I have attached two pdfs which are meant for skeptics and seekers. I would like to invite you to spend some time reading over it if you have doubts in mind. If Christianity, afterall, is a lie, then expose it. I would like to give you an advice, "Test everything!"

I have the hardcopy for "The Da Vinci Code - Separating Fact from Fiction". If you want to have a copy, do ask me about it.

Thank you.

God bless

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The Da Vinci Code - Separating Fact from Fiction

Gospel of Judas

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