So I was praying today and the spirit of fear came upon me.
I started to ask God for help and looked up at the sky to see the stars in the sky and realized that God was BIGGER
I then started to fear God while at the same time fearing demonic spirits and fear.
Except my fear of God was greater so I got on my knees and prayed in fear
Fear to pray because of demons but fear not to pray b/c of God
I realized that in the scheme of things I am at the very bottom but I also remembered that the aazing thing about God is that even though I fear Him, He is my helper and fortress from my enemy!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Servant of All
16Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me. 17If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; th...ere is nothing false about him. John 7:16-18
The hardest thing and most vital thing anyone who is called to be a minister of the Most High must learn to do (in addition to pray) is to walk before God and not before man. The man of God must not be swayed by the opinion of the people whether positive or negative but must continally seek to gain God's approval.
The man must be a servant of all to be great and a slave if he is to be first (Mark 10:42-43)
He must bear in love and be able to endure persecution and slander from amongst his own brothers and sisters in the body and then the world. He must allow himself to be stepped on in order for others to see Christ.
Lets take two people who made the greatest impact for God.
Jesus Christ Himself was the most EXALTED of ALL HUMANS. Yet many considered him demon possessed and crazy in His time (John 7) He was discredited by the "church" (or the equivalent during the time since the real church was not born until Christ died. A better description would be the institution that was supposed to stand for God) through the major religious leaders.
1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. 2Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me 1 Cor. 4:1-4
Paul made himself a SLAVE to all and considered himself to have no rights. He truly walked before God and did not care if he was judged by people!
The churches that he started would turn on him and call him a fake even though he was the real deal! (read 1+2 Cor for reference)
. 4Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; 7in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 8through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; 2 cor 6:4-8
He daily faced the burden of the churches all over the world whether they loved or hated him whether the accepted or rejected him (2 Cor 11:28). His only goal was to present a pure bride to Christ 2 Cor. 11:2)!
1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. 2Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me 1 Cor. 4:1-4
Many look at numbers as a sign of a sucessful minister. Though this could be a good sign many times it is not true. For the man of truth the definition of a sucessful ministry would be for him to walk before God without compromise despite the numbers till the very end. (Lets rememeber Jeremiah, who walked before God during his whole ministry yet had a grand total of 1 convert that is described or a small handful if any)
Going back to being a servant of all:
Jesus was the greatest servant who held the whole world PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE under Him in the one critical moment on the cross in human history!
The cross of Christ was literally THE WORLD on His shoulders. WHat helps me is the greek myth of Atlus who held the world up. I imagine that in Jesus x290293209
Christ was truly the strongest since no one had the Spiritual strength to do what He did but Christ Himself.
But WE ARE CALLED TO BE LIKE HIM.
This is the analogy I have thought of:
The human pyramid.
THe one top gets the glory but is always the weakest and smallest
The ones at the bottom are the strongest and get no glory
though in reality the bottom ones are the most important.
in the same way the spiritually weak are held up by the spiritually strong who allow themselves to bear the weight of the weak at their own expense
They bear with the weak's sins until the weak can mature and start to support others for themselves.
The stronger you are, the LOWER you go!
This is what discipleship is or a good part of it bearing with infants until they are strong enough to take up their cross and follow Christ!
Many Christians can do no work for Christ simply because they are still trying to DENY themselves!
The hardest thing and most vital thing anyone who is called to be a minister of the Most High must learn to do (in addition to pray) is to walk before God and not before man. The man of God must not be swayed by the opinion of the people whether positive or negative but must continally seek to gain God's approval.
The man must be a servant of all to be great and a slave if he is to be first (Mark 10:42-43)
He must bear in love and be able to endure persecution and slander from amongst his own brothers and sisters in the body and then the world. He must allow himself to be stepped on in order for others to see Christ.
Lets take two people who made the greatest impact for God.
Jesus Christ Himself was the most EXALTED of ALL HUMANS. Yet many considered him demon possessed and crazy in His time (John 7) He was discredited by the "church" (or the equivalent during the time since the real church was not born until Christ died. A better description would be the institution that was supposed to stand for God) through the major religious leaders.
1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. 2Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me 1 Cor. 4:1-4
Paul made himself a SLAVE to all and considered himself to have no rights. He truly walked before God and did not care if he was judged by people!
The churches that he started would turn on him and call him a fake even though he was the real deal! (read 1+2 Cor for reference)
. 4Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; 7in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 8through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; 2 cor 6:4-8
He daily faced the burden of the churches all over the world whether they loved or hated him whether the accepted or rejected him (2 Cor 11:28). His only goal was to present a pure bride to Christ 2 Cor. 11:2)!
1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. 2Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me 1 Cor. 4:1-4
Many look at numbers as a sign of a sucessful minister. Though this could be a good sign many times it is not true. For the man of truth the definition of a sucessful ministry would be for him to walk before God without compromise despite the numbers till the very end. (Lets rememeber Jeremiah, who walked before God during his whole ministry yet had a grand total of 1 convert that is described or a small handful if any)
Going back to being a servant of all:
Jesus was the greatest servant who held the whole world PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE under Him in the one critical moment on the cross in human history!
The cross of Christ was literally THE WORLD on His shoulders. WHat helps me is the greek myth of Atlus who held the world up. I imagine that in Jesus x290293209
Christ was truly the strongest since no one had the Spiritual strength to do what He did but Christ Himself.
But WE ARE CALLED TO BE LIKE HIM.
This is the analogy I have thought of:
The human pyramid.
THe one top gets the glory but is always the weakest and smallest
The ones at the bottom are the strongest and get no glory
though in reality the bottom ones are the most important.
in the same way the spiritually weak are held up by the spiritually strong who allow themselves to bear the weight of the weak at their own expense
They bear with the weak's sins until the weak can mature and start to support others for themselves.
The stronger you are, the LOWER you go!
This is what discipleship is or a good part of it bearing with infants until they are strong enough to take up their cross and follow Christ!
Many Christians can do no work for Christ simply because they are still trying to DENY themselves!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
He is the Lord Forever His Truth Shall Reign
He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.
Psalm 9:8
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Luke 8:17
...Although in the days that we live in there are so many different types of teachings out there. The truth of God remains constant. We might wonder why God allows so many of these teachings that have half truths in them to lead so many astray but He allows it because He is merciful and because in the end despite how fallen man has distorted His Word, it will come out on top proving to be the LIVING INFAILABLE WORD OF GOD!
"He is the Lord forever His truth shall REIGN" (From the worship song He is Exalted)
When Christ comes the light will expose all the darkness and lies of the enemy. On that day, some people who were thought to be holy and pious will be shown to be frauds. While other people thought to be crazy and heretical will actually be shown to be the ones who were truly the ones who loved Christ.
The body (in the state at it is in now) will be so ashamed that they caused so many divisions within themselves over disputable because they'll be able to SEE CLEARLY that they were actually all brothers and sisters all along!
Psalm 9:8
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Luke 8:17
...Although in the days that we live in there are so many different types of teachings out there. The truth of God remains constant. We might wonder why God allows so many of these teachings that have half truths in them to lead so many astray but He allows it because He is merciful and because in the end despite how fallen man has distorted His Word, it will come out on top proving to be the LIVING INFAILABLE WORD OF GOD!
"He is the Lord forever His truth shall REIGN" (From the worship song He is Exalted)
When Christ comes the light will expose all the darkness and lies of the enemy. On that day, some people who were thought to be holy and pious will be shown to be frauds. While other people thought to be crazy and heretical will actually be shown to be the ones who were truly the ones who loved Christ.
The body (in the state at it is in now) will be so ashamed that they caused so many divisions within themselves over disputable because they'll be able to SEE CLEARLY that they were actually all brothers and sisters all along!
Mount of Transfiguration
Why did Moses and Elijah appear on the Mount of Transfiguration with Christ?
Lets take a look at what they did:
Moses led God's people out of captivity and was the mediator of the first covenant between them and God
Elijah led God's people out of a great time of apostasy
Moses and Elijah were the only two prophets who had a 40 day "wilderness" experience similar to that of Christ.
Moses was on Mt. Sinai for 40 days
Elijah travelled for 40 days and nights with food from only ONE meal (1 King 19:7)
On the Mount of transfiguration it says "They spoke about his departure," (Luke 9:31)
That means the glorfied Moses and Elijah was having a conversation with Jesus about what He had to do!
Christ would:
1. Establish a new and better covenant with God's people and be the mediator of that covenant
2. As a result would lead many Jewish people out of the apostasy of their time
Elijah and Moses was giving Christ counsel on how to do what He was going to do!
(Jesus learned just like US He had to learn things from the bible like us too)
So basically
Moses+Elijah = Jesus
Lets take a look at what they did:
Moses led God's people out of captivity and was the mediator of the first covenant between them and God
Elijah led God's people out of a great time of apostasy
Moses and Elijah were the only two prophets who had a 40 day "wilderness" experience similar to that of Christ.
Moses was on Mt. Sinai for 40 days
Elijah travelled for 40 days and nights with food from only ONE meal (1 King 19:7)
On the Mount of transfiguration it says "They spoke about his departure," (Luke 9:31)
That means the glorfied Moses and Elijah was having a conversation with Jesus about what He had to do!
Christ would:
1. Establish a new and better covenant with God's people and be the mediator of that covenant
2. As a result would lead many Jewish people out of the apostasy of their time
Elijah and Moses was giving Christ counsel on how to do what He was going to do!
(Jesus learned just like US He had to learn things from the bible like us too)
So basically
Moses+Elijah = Jesus
Sunday, June 12, 2011
My Generation is Aching for YOU
WOW my heart is just so burdened for the youth right now.
they are so lost.
I was just praying for a bit and the Lord just lay this message on my heart:
...The reality of heaven and hell is already apparent NOW
We taste a bit of hell in all the loneliness, fear ,anxiety, depression, emptiness Those times in the secret place times when were apart from other people
That multiplied by infinitely its all that in addition to the fact that you can no longer go and take comfort in the things of the flesh.
For example, those times when you are depressed or sad so what do you do? you try to ignore or hide it in food, friends, porn, sex
In hell you can't take comfort in physical things because your physical body is consumed in fire as well.
Its like we try to put a bandaid on a gaping gash that needs stitches but even worse. We try to use temporary physial solution to try to solve an ETERNAL spiritual problem. That is why the humanism psychology, counseling is SO DECIEVING today and really, is INEFFECTIVE. As written in Colossians 2:23
Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
How many of our youth today are just depressed or apathetic like all the time? (especially in the church)
My friend was saying how the biggest lie the devil tells the youth today is that God is boring and its so true the generation before has failed in telling their children the praiseworthy DEEDS of the Lord
We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.
Psalm 78:4
18Let this be written for a future generation,
that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
Psalm 102
They have instituted Christianity so much
People should come to church and come face to face with the AWESOME SOUL CRUSHING TRUTH OF GOD and the beauty, glory and majesty of CHRIST with eyes of fire, hair white like wool, a sword of righteousness coming out of His mouth, a face that shines like the sun and feet like red hot bronze (that is NOT boring)....He totally pawns Cloud, Squall and Tidus..... instead of having their eyes glazed over by a watered down neatly packed and delivered a "sermon" on "how to live a better moral life without God (or with God on the SIDE and not at the centre)
Clearly that is an impossibility since only God is good and love comes from Him. (1 John and the story of the rich young ruler and Jesus)
We are so encaptivated by LIES like obssessed with the FALSE reality and fantasies of videogames, movies, television dramas and novels.
How many of us find comfort in watching T.V. instead of reading the bible?
How many of us "lose ourselves" in these things over Christ?
I remember before I was saved I used to watch anime series after anime series like I never wanted it to end because I would be so EMPTY after.
What does the bible say about these things?
How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods? Selah Psalm 4:2
also
Who may ascend the hill of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to an idol
or swear by what is false.
Psalm 24:3-4
Key lines are lift soul up to idol and swear by what is false!
Swearing by what is false is simply believing and basing your life on a LIE whatever that maybe. (your in denial of the true reality of your life)
Brothers and Sisters
We need to seriously PRAY and intercede for them it looks like such a crazy impossibility, but God WILL turn the tide and hear us if we stay faithful in prayer.
Like even now if you don't have anything to do on Saturday mornings come to Markham Chinese Baptist Church for a prayer meeting =)
they are so lost.
I was just praying for a bit and the Lord just lay this message on my heart:
...The reality of heaven and hell is already apparent NOW
We taste a bit of hell in all the loneliness, fear ,anxiety, depression, emptiness Those times in the secret place times when were apart from other people
That multiplied by infinitely its all that in addition to the fact that you can no longer go and take comfort in the things of the flesh.
For example, those times when you are depressed or sad so what do you do? you try to ignore or hide it in food, friends, porn, sex
In hell you can't take comfort in physical things because your physical body is consumed in fire as well.
Its like we try to put a bandaid on a gaping gash that needs stitches but even worse. We try to use temporary physial solution to try to solve an ETERNAL spiritual problem. That is why the humanism psychology, counseling is SO DECIEVING today and really, is INEFFECTIVE. As written in Colossians 2:23
Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
How many of our youth today are just depressed or apathetic like all the time? (especially in the church)
My friend was saying how the biggest lie the devil tells the youth today is that God is boring and its so true the generation before has failed in telling their children the praiseworthy DEEDS of the Lord
We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.
Psalm 78:4
18Let this be written for a future generation,
that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
Psalm 102
They have instituted Christianity so much
People should come to church and come face to face with the AWESOME SOUL CRUSHING TRUTH OF GOD and the beauty, glory and majesty of CHRIST with eyes of fire, hair white like wool, a sword of righteousness coming out of His mouth, a face that shines like the sun and feet like red hot bronze (that is NOT boring)....He totally pawns Cloud, Squall and Tidus..... instead of having their eyes glazed over by a watered down neatly packed and delivered a "sermon" on "how to live a better moral life without God (or with God on the SIDE and not at the centre)
Clearly that is an impossibility since only God is good and love comes from Him. (1 John and the story of the rich young ruler and Jesus)
We are so encaptivated by LIES like obssessed with the FALSE reality and fantasies of videogames, movies, television dramas and novels.
How many of us find comfort in watching T.V. instead of reading the bible?
How many of us "lose ourselves" in these things over Christ?
I remember before I was saved I used to watch anime series after anime series like I never wanted it to end because I would be so EMPTY after.
What does the bible say about these things?
How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods? Selah Psalm 4:2
also
Who may ascend the hill of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to an idol
or swear by what is false.
Psalm 24:3-4
Key lines are lift soul up to idol and swear by what is false!
Swearing by what is false is simply believing and basing your life on a LIE whatever that maybe. (your in denial of the true reality of your life)
Brothers and Sisters
We need to seriously PRAY and intercede for them it looks like such a crazy impossibility, but God WILL turn the tide and hear us if we stay faithful in prayer.
Like even now if you don't have anything to do on Saturday mornings come to Markham Chinese Baptist Church for a prayer meeting =)
Saturday, June 11, 2011
prayer
If there is one thing a Christian should do before he dies is to learn to pray.
The diciples went and asked Jesus to teach them to pray, not to teach or preach or heal or prophecy or evangelize but to PRAY. There must have been something in the way Christ prayed that made the disciples want to have the kind of relationship Christ had with the Father. Christ was a man devoted to prayer first and then to ministry He knew that He could do nothing apart from the Father, how come so many Christians today think they can do Christ's work without following His example of prayer?
The diciples went and asked Jesus to teach them to pray, not to teach or preach or heal or prophecy or evangelize but to PRAY. There must have been something in the way Christ prayed that made the disciples want to have the kind of relationship Christ had with the Father. Christ was a man devoted to prayer first and then to ministry He knew that He could do nothing apart from the Father, how come so many Christians today think they can do Christ's work without following His example of prayer?
Monday, June 6, 2011
God put Himself into flesh at the time of incarnation. Today God has put Himself into the church. His
power and work are found in the church. At the time of the four Gospels, God did not do anything apart
from that flesh. All of His works were committed to the Son. In the same way God has entrusted all of
His works to the church. He does not do anything apart from the church. God does not work
independently; He works exclusively through the church. From Pentecost until today, God's work has
always been carried out through the church. Just as He committed Himself wholly, unequivocally, and
unreservedly to one person—Christ, He has given Himself wholly, unequivocally, and unreservedly to
the church. How great the church's responsibility before God is! The church can limit God's work; it
can limit God's release.
- Watchman Nee
power and work are found in the church. At the time of the four Gospels, God did not do anything apart
from that flesh. All of His works were committed to the Son. In the same way God has entrusted all of
His works to the church. He does not do anything apart from the church. God does not work
independently; He works exclusively through the church. From Pentecost until today, God's work has
always been carried out through the church. Just as He committed Himself wholly, unequivocally, and
unreservedly to one person—Christ, He has given Himself wholly, unequivocally, and unreservedly to
the church. How great the church's responsibility before God is! The church can limit God's work; it
can limit God's release.
- Watchman Nee
Friday, June 3, 2011
On Relationships
A godly biblical relation isn`t as simple as the submission of the man to God and the woman to the man but rather God leading the relationship through the man and the man submitting the relationship to God. The woman then sees the image of Christ in the man and naturally submits. In this way she is subitting to God. If the relationship is more important to the man than God the man will end up hurting the spiritual growth of the woman and himself. In other words if the Man is not submitted to God it affects the relationship in a negative way since the Man and women is once flesh. The reverse is also true if the woman is not submitted to Christ because of sin she will not be submissive to a godly man and will be a hinderance in his pursit to Christ instead of an encouragement.
Of this woman the proverb is true:
A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day; Pr. 27:15 and
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. Pr 21:9
Check Eph. 6:21-33 for further reference
This is why it is important dear brothers and sisters to not just find a Christian to marry, but someone who PURSUES CHRIST in other words a Man or Woman of God. The relationship must be Christ centered. Meaning the relationship starts as a result of FELLOWSHIP and not by carnal means.
What does this look like practically
Well everytime you get together the conversation is like 90% theology and yo ucan naturally PRAY AND WORSHIP with that person with out feeling awkward.
In Christ,
Evangel
Of this woman the proverb is true:
A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day; Pr. 27:15 and
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. Pr 21:9
Check Eph. 6:21-33 for further reference
This is why it is important dear brothers and sisters to not just find a Christian to marry, but someone who PURSUES CHRIST in other words a Man or Woman of God. The relationship must be Christ centered. Meaning the relationship starts as a result of FELLOWSHIP and not by carnal means.
What does this look like practically
Well everytime you get together the conversation is like 90% theology and yo ucan naturally PRAY AND WORSHIP with that person with out feeling awkward.
In Christ,
Evangel
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