Da durian season is HERE!!!
Actually it has been here for quite a long time...
Haha....
I ate a lot of durian this time..
Personally, I dun really like durian.
I neither hate nor like them.. Actually I dun like durian, no offense to durian lovers out there...
Usually during this seasin, I will stand a side while my dad mercilessly disect the durian and watch my mum and sister smile with glee looking at the yellow awful smelling goo within...
While they munch away happily, sucking the seed, I will always watch and put on my best digusted look when they offer me a durian... I kinda perfected that sour-looking expression over these long anti-durian years....
But this time, it is totally different. I'm not staying at home now, and when durian season came, I was actually looking forward to eating that awful-smelling-yucky-looking fruit...
I must use the word CRAVING to eat durians.... This is definitely rare....
And I ate a lot for my anti-durian standard.. Maybe it seemed like a poor-tiny-weeny looking portion to all durian lovers... Anyway, I feel in love with DURIAN!!!
Add me in the smelly durian history people!!!
But I can't eat too much, it's soo heaty, and b4 I noe it.. TAA-DAA!!! A newborn ulcer on my fat lips... =.="
Futhermore too much durian eating can just lead too other 'diseases' such as:
obese, overweight, fat = me
more spare tires to cum = on my car body
more new ulcers = on my lips
sister in coma = smelly fart
frens in coma = bad breath
Ppl chasing me with pitchforks = Many ppl in coma
So, as u can see, the odds are not good if Jane eats too much durian... She may unknowingly kill people as she happily sucks on a durian seed... So people, please say no to Jane & Durian!!!
Seriously, I need to control myself!!!
Well, if I dun have durian, I still got rambutans~
But now I prefer durians!!!
So, buy insurance people!!
I will not hold responsibility to anything that is going to happen!! ^^
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Piano Exam
Just now 10.05 am just had my piano exam.
Oh Lord, I was soooo scared!!! My hands kept shaking...
Well, it was better than last year. Last year I scared until my hand frozen and I seriously canot feel the piano... Well, at least this year my touch receptors didn abandon me.....
It all started well at 1st.. The 1st few scales were quite easy...
The problem started at F# melodic minor OMGosh~~~ I think I salah until very serius ar!!!!!
Aiyo, dun care la... Den my 1st exam piece sucked more than it should have. At least my 2nd and 3rd piece were ok... Haizzzz...... And sumore the aural... Walao~ die~
Anyway, my teacher said I will not fail. So I dun care anymore...
Well, there is something I would like you guys to appreciate, that is.......
My sister actually gave the examiner the booklet "The Mystery Of Human Life"!!! (applause ppl!!!)
She did something I wouldn't dare to do in my whole miserable life. And I think she deserves some acknowledgement from all of us...
So, everything ended quite well and I went back to skool...
They kip asking y I didn ponteng (a.k.a U r so stupid)... haha... Im a GOOD student... I won't simply ponteng de... (Plz hold ur vomit in ppl.. =.=)
Thank You Lord for guiding me through this day.
Lord I Love You....
Oh Lord, I was soooo scared!!! My hands kept shaking...
Well, it was better than last year. Last year I scared until my hand frozen and I seriously canot feel the piano... Well, at least this year my touch receptors didn abandon me.....
It all started well at 1st.. The 1st few scales were quite easy...
The problem started at F# melodic minor OMGosh~~~ I think I salah until very serius ar!!!!!
Aiyo, dun care la... Den my 1st exam piece sucked more than it should have. At least my 2nd and 3rd piece were ok... Haizzzz...... And sumore the aural... Walao~ die~
Anyway, my teacher said I will not fail. So I dun care anymore...
Well, there is something I would like you guys to appreciate, that is.......
My sister actually gave the examiner the booklet "The Mystery Of Human Life"!!! (applause ppl!!!)
She did something I wouldn't dare to do in my whole miserable life. And I think she deserves some acknowledgement from all of us...
So, everything ended quite well and I went back to skool...
They kip asking y I didn ponteng (a.k.a U r so stupid)... haha... Im a GOOD student... I won't simply ponteng de... (Plz hold ur vomit in ppl.. =.=)
Thank You Lord for guiding me through this day.
Lord I Love You....
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
EMAS Festival!!
The army of 4...
crowded..
Our booth
The 'goyang kaki' teachers..
My team mates...
Went for this Maths and Science Fest (EMAS)...
It was really fun and cool...
It was held at Taman Pertanian and bout 50 skools sent out representatives as well...
We (Elaine, Li Yang, Kar Junn) opened a booth at the last booth (no.40)...
We prepared a few questions for the people hu visited our booth... Most of them were IQ questions which I absolutely believe I canot solve with my IQ-less brain...
There was this question which needed match sticks... And we didn have any, so we had to pick small sticks from the ground which was wet and yucky... (ewww...)
Things started getting hectic when ppl started pouring into our booth...
Well, our main job was to explain the questions to them (if they dun understand) and then give them a pen and a paper and let a miracle happen....
Most of them solve the easy 1 ( thx to the uncountable tips we gave them..)
Quite few of them managed to solve all... Actually it was only 1 person. And he got many presents from us... haha... congrats....
I was so tired explaining all the same things a zillion times...
Me:" Sini ada 7 bulat kan? Kamu isi bulat-bulat ini dengan nombor 1 hingga tujuh supaya bla bla...
Sien dao~~~~~~~~ And I was standing the whole time..... T.T
Plus, I didn get to visit the other booths which definitely had more interesting things going on...
I will participate next year... Not opening a booth, but going to every station!!!!
And the teacher was having sooo much fun sitting and eating and playing....
I only went out for a toilet break the whole time.....
Well, it was quite a good experience for me.. My BM improve loads due to the unstoppable flow of Malays at my booth. I can speak like a Malay!! Wahaha.... Joking, I lost the ability half an hour after the festival........
I would like to thank my friends who were as dilligent as me speaking weird Malay to all the ppl...
1. Mou Kar Junn
2. Poon Li Yang
3. Elaine Tan
4. ME!!!!
Thank u guys soo much!!!!
Something Special
Hey people, looooong time no update. And Im not sorry!!
I dun have the time!!! Aaaa...... anyway, something to share wif u ppl..
I found my name in the PAPERS!!!
Yes ppl, I'm on the newspaper, on the sport section. This is no mirage, not an illusion...
And I certainly didn edited it in Photoshop....
Muahaha.... Face it, Im famous.... And Im a lawn bowler...
p/s: All the following above is fake... It's just someone hu share my terbalik name... Lucky person... But I did gotcha for a minute didn I.. haha..
btw, wat is lawn bowling??
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Consecration
During the training, I really enjoyed the whole training.
I feel more burdened to preach the gospel.
The brother really stressed on the point of the Gospel. A thing also really touched me.
That I should not boast or exalt myself an longer. Who I am to boast myself?? For there is this Greater, more Powerful person. The Creator of all things. He is the alpha, the Omega. He is the beginning, He is also the Ending. He is God.
Although many of us have no interest on this matter, but God is real and living. No one can deny this fact.
Throughout history some people have at times opposed the idea of God. The very fact that some rebellious sons disown their fathers means that they do have a father. The fact that some people tried to tear down the family means that the family is a reality. It has been proven in history that it is futile to oppose the idea of God, for no matter how cultures and human governments change, the belief in God always prevails in the end.
Although men cannot say much about God Himself, through the majesty displayed int the creation he can see that God is powerful. Psalm 19:1 says that '' the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands.'' The material universe speaks of God's glory, and it also speaks of His wisdom. The God who created the universe is powerful, glorious, and wise.
The very existence of mankind speaks of the existence of God. The human body is a true marvel. Although modern medicine has invented many machines to imitate and to replace man's organ and limbs, no machine can come close to the dexterity and effectiveness of the human organs. The human heart pumps 72 times a minute, or 40 million times a year, while one is awake or asleep. Every day an adult heart pumps blood through 100,000 miles of blood vessel, enough to travel around the world 4 times. It pumps blood enough to fill a 2000 gallon tank car everyday. Who could have designed such a wonderful organ within man? If one were to pile up the red blood cells in his body, the height would exceed that of Mount Everest 5000 times!! These are but a few examples of the wonders of the human body. If we stand before a mirror, we cannot help but agree with what the psalmist in the Bible said:'' I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, and my soul knows it well.'' (Psa 139:14)
The very fact that mankind has been able to exist until today is a testimony yo the sovereignty of God. If God held back sunshine and air, man would have ceased to exist on this earth long ago. Every second, the sun burns up the equivalent of four million tons of fuel in order to keep our planet warm. If God were to charge men for this energy consumption, man would have to come up with about 160,000,000,000,000 U.S dollars a day. But all this sunshine and air has come to us free. As the Bible says," He Himself gives to all life and breath and all thing." (Acts 17:25)
My friends,
No matter what religion we are all in, we believe there is God. The is a powerful force which is ruling over this earth. Man DID NOT evolve from monkeys. Man was CREATED by God. The scientist who once claimed that man evolved from monkeys redrew his saying near his deathbed.
I regret I didn share with all of u guys about the gospel earlier. So I will start this instant.
In my next post I will explain the mystery of the Human Life. What is the purpose of man? Why is man on this earth today. Who is God. What does He wants man to do. All of these questions can be found in my next post. May the Lord continue to enlighten you and work in You. Praise The Lord!!
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I feel more burdened to preach the gospel.
The brother really stressed on the point of the Gospel. A thing also really touched me.
That I should not boast or exalt myself an longer. Who I am to boast myself?? For there is this Greater, more Powerful person. The Creator of all things. He is the alpha, the Omega. He is the beginning, He is also the Ending. He is God.
Although many of us have no interest on this matter, but God is real and living. No one can deny this fact.
Throughout history some people have at times opposed the idea of God. The very fact that some rebellious sons disown their fathers means that they do have a father. The fact that some people tried to tear down the family means that the family is a reality. It has been proven in history that it is futile to oppose the idea of God, for no matter how cultures and human governments change, the belief in God always prevails in the end.
Although men cannot say much about God Himself, through the majesty displayed int the creation he can see that God is powerful. Psalm 19:1 says that '' the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands.'' The material universe speaks of God's glory, and it also speaks of His wisdom. The God who created the universe is powerful, glorious, and wise.
The very existence of mankind speaks of the existence of God. The human body is a true marvel. Although modern medicine has invented many machines to imitate and to replace man's organ and limbs, no machine can come close to the dexterity and effectiveness of the human organs. The human heart pumps 72 times a minute, or 40 million times a year, while one is awake or asleep. Every day an adult heart pumps blood through 100,000 miles of blood vessel, enough to travel around the world 4 times. It pumps blood enough to fill a 2000 gallon tank car everyday. Who could have designed such a wonderful organ within man? If one were to pile up the red blood cells in his body, the height would exceed that of Mount Everest 5000 times!! These are but a few examples of the wonders of the human body. If we stand before a mirror, we cannot help but agree with what the psalmist in the Bible said:'' I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, and my soul knows it well.'' (Psa 139:14)
The very fact that mankind has been able to exist until today is a testimony yo the sovereignty of God. If God held back sunshine and air, man would have ceased to exist on this earth long ago. Every second, the sun burns up the equivalent of four million tons of fuel in order to keep our planet warm. If God were to charge men for this energy consumption, man would have to come up with about 160,000,000,000,000 U.S dollars a day. But all this sunshine and air has come to us free. As the Bible says," He Himself gives to all life and breath and all thing." (Acts 17:25)
My friends,
No matter what religion we are all in, we believe there is God. The is a powerful force which is ruling over this earth. Man DID NOT evolve from monkeys. Man was CREATED by God. The scientist who once claimed that man evolved from monkeys redrew his saying near his deathbed.
I regret I didn share with all of u guys about the gospel earlier. So I will start this instant.
In my next post I will explain the mystery of the Human Life. What is the purpose of man? Why is man on this earth today. Who is God. What does He wants man to do. All of these questions can be found in my next post. May the Lord continue to enlighten you and work in You. Praise The Lord!!
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The Mystery Of Human Life
The Purpose Of Man's Existence
Have you ever asked yourself why you are living in this world?
What is the purpose and existence of human life?
No matter what your profession is, probably students, there must be a few things which you, like most people would agree with, that is:
Money cannot satisfy man,
Education cannot satisfy man,
Nor can pleasure satisfy man,
Nor can success satisfy man.
( Note: not satisfied in a way that we feel what we have now is not enough, we are not satisfied n we always, always wan more, wan to be greater, want to be richer etc...)
And you all must be wondering WHY??
Because you have not realized:
God's Plan
God has a plan. this plan has everything to do with man. In the Bible, this plan is called God's economy. God's economy is just God's entire plan for man. It explains the origin and destiny of man as well as the meaning of human existence.
How Can You Know God's Economy?
God has prepared four keys for you to unlock God's economy. These four keys are recorded in the Bible. Each of this four keys are equally important.
Please open your heart right now to quietly and carefully read through. You will then grasp these four keys, understand God's economy, realize the purpose of man, and begin a satisfied human life.
The First Key-God's Creation
Unlocking The Mystery Of Human Existence.
1. Man Has God's Image
Please read the following verse from the bible:
"And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness...." (Genesis 1:26a)
God's creation of man is different from His creation of all other things. He created man in His own image.
Example: A glove is created according to the likeness of a hand with the purpose of containing the hand. The purpose of a glove is to contain the hands. If we use a glove to contain water, sand or anything else, the glove will lose it's purpose.
Likewise, man was created in the image of God with the purpose of containing God.
2. Man Is A Vessel:
Now read the next verse:
God "might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy... even us" (Romans 9:23-24)
We are vessels of God. That means that we must contain God. God wants to be our content. As bottles are made to contain water, we are made to contain God.
It is no wonder that knowledge, wealth, pleasure, and accomplishment can never satisfy you, for you were created to contain God!!
3. The Three Parts of man:
Please continue to read the next verse: "May your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete." (1 Thessalonians 5:23)
We often say in chinese : ling hun.
Actually these to parts are separated. The {ling} is the spirit. The {hun} is the soul. Man is God's vessel. The Bible divides this vessel into three parts- Spirit, Soul, and the Body. See the diagram below:
The BODY is simply the physical body, belonging to the physiological body, contacting the things of the material realm, and is the most superficial part.
(Note: we eat with our body, we have to take care of our physical body, if not we will get sick. It is our flesh.)
The SOUL is the mental faculty, contacting the things of the mental realm, and is the deeper part of man.
(Note: Our conscience, emotions and thoughts belong to this part. We think, we love, we feel happy etc..)
The SPIRIT is the deepest part of man, belonging to the spiritual level, and contacts the things of God.
For problems of the body one may see a doctor.
For problems of the mind one may visit a psychiatrist.
Yet only God can solve the problems of the Spirit.
4. God's Economy:
God wants to enter into man's spirit, to become his content and his satisfaction.
This is the purpose of human existence! You are not merely created to contain food in your stomach, or contain knowledge in your mind, but you are created to contain God in your Spirit.
The Second Key- Man's Fall
Unlocking the Mystery Of The Good And Evil Natures Of Man
1. The Two Natures of Man
Since man was made in the image of God, he possesses a good nature that matches God's nature, with virtues such as truthfulness, goodness, loveliness, wisdom, kindness, and valor.
However, there is also an evil nature in man which wars against his good nature. The Chinese metaphysicists refer to this war as a battle between reason and lust. Throughout history, both in the East and West, those who understand human nature acknowledge the existence of this evil nature which the Bible calls:
2.Sin
Because sin is in man, he is unable to carry out his good intentions.
No one likes to be greedy, jealous, or muderous.
No one likes to be boastful, arrogant or deceitful.
No one likes to be irritable, lustful, or licentious.
No one likes to murmur, complain, or curse.
(Note: Sin is already in man from the day he was born. You don't need to teach a child to be jealous, you don't need to teach a someone to steal, you don't need to teach someone to lie. All these is he will do by himself. This is because he has sin in him. No one in this whole world has not sin before. Even if you do not cheat, steal, lie, brag outwardly, but you can't deny that your thoughts and your intentions are sinful. )
Nevertheless, man cannot escape his evil nature.
Please read the following verses:
"For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh. nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but to work out good is not." (Romans 7:18)
"But if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it out but sin that dwells in me." (Romans 7:20)
3. The Fall Of Man
Sin entered into man and caused him to fall. See the diagram below:
(1) Sin caused man's spirit to be deadened:
"And you, though dead in your offenses and sins." (Ephesians 2:1)
(2) Sin caused man's mind to rebel:
"And you, though once alienated and enemies in your mind because of your evil works." (Colossians 1:21)
(3) Sin caused man's body to sin:
"Do not let sin therefore reign in your mortal body so that you obey the body's lust." (Romans 6:12)
The fallen man is like:
A damaged and untunable radio which cannot receive and play music, but rather meaningless noise.
He is also like:
A cup that has fallen into the gutter still having its original fine form but now covered with mud.
4. Man Cannot Save Himself
Throughout history, man has tried every possible way to escape sin, but has found that:
Good works cannot save him from sin.
Education cannot save him from sin.
Ethics cannot save him from sin.
Chanting cannot save him from sin.
Religion cannot save him from sin.
This picture of man simply depicts the battle between his good nature and his evil nature.
The Third Key-Christ's Redemption
Unlocking The Mystery Of The Life And Death Of The God-Man
1. Who Is Christ?
Christ is the Savior sent from God to the world to solve the problems of human life.
He is the embodiment of the Triune God.
"For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." (Colossians 2:9)
He is also God incarnated:
"The Word was God...the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us...full of grace and reality.'' (John1:1,14)
Therefore, He is both the complete God and the perfect man.
He is more than a good man!
He is more than a great man!
He is more than a moral man!
He is more than a holy man!
He is the God-man!!
2. The Death Of The God-Man
This God-man was nailed to the cross to accomplish the work of redemption. He died with three statuses:
(1) As the Lamb of God, He died to take away man's sin.
"...the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.'' (John 1:29)
(2) As the brass serpent that had been lifted up,
He died to crush the old serpent, Satan, and to deal with the serpent's poison within man- his sinful nature.
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up." (John3:14)
(3) As a grain of wheat, He died to release the divine life.
"...the grain of wheat...dies, it bears much fruit." (John 12:24)
NOW:
His death has taken away the sin which man has but should not have!
His death imparts into man the life which he needs but do not have!
The Fourth Key- God's Dispensing
Unlocking The Mystery Of Faith In Christ
1. The Two Becomings of Christ
God became flesh, born as a man called Jesus.
Plaese read the following verse:
"The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us." (John1:14)
The Lord became the Spirit called the live-giving Spirit by His Resurrection from the dead.
Read the following verse:
"The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit." (1 Corinthians15:45)
Since this Spirit is the life-giving Spirit , He dispenses God with His life into His believers. Hence, the Bible says:
"He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life."
2. Regenerating Man
In his first birth, man obtains a physical life.
When man receives God's life through Christ, he experiences a second birth, which the Bible calls regeneration.
" God....has regenerated us...through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." (1 Peter 1:3)
Jesus said,"Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3)
A pig cannot participate in the sheep's life by education, improvement, or regulation; it must posses the life of a sheep.
(Note: U can't teach a fish to fly, but u surely don't need to teach it how to swim. This is because it posses the life of a swimming fish.)
Similarly, man cannot participate in God's kingdom and live a divine life by education, improvement, or regulation; he MUST receive the life of God!
3. The Meaning Of Being A Christian
A christian is one who receives God's dispensing. God first dispenses Himself into our spirit and then spreads from our spirit into our soul. Finally, He fills and saturates our spirit, soul, and body with Himself. The Bible calls this final stage of glorification.
"And those whom He predestinated, these He also called; and those whom He justified, these He also glorified." (Romans 8:30)
Through this, we can be transformed and conformed to the image of Christ.
"Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son." (Romans 8:29)
This is the purpose of human life!
This is the meaning of being a Christian!
This is what God has planned for you!
(Note: I repeat. To be a christian is not merely being in a religion or group. It is to have to Lord as our enjoyment. To know Him and take Him in as our supply. To be filled with Him in our Spirit. And all the things I typed above are not my sayings. It is taken from the booklet :The Mystery Of Human Life.)
Praise The Lord for such a wonderful and glorious economy!!!
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Have you ever asked yourself why you are living in this world?
What is the purpose and existence of human life?
No matter what your profession is, probably students, there must be a few things which you, like most people would agree with, that is:
Money cannot satisfy man,
Education cannot satisfy man,
Nor can pleasure satisfy man,
Nor can success satisfy man.
( Note: not satisfied in a way that we feel what we have now is not enough, we are not satisfied n we always, always wan more, wan to be greater, want to be richer etc...)
And you all must be wondering WHY??
Because you have not realized:
God's Plan
God has a plan. this plan has everything to do with man. In the Bible, this plan is called God's economy. God's economy is just God's entire plan for man. It explains the origin and destiny of man as well as the meaning of human existence.
How Can You Know God's Economy?
God has prepared four keys for you to unlock God's economy. These four keys are recorded in the Bible. Each of this four keys are equally important.
Please open your heart right now to quietly and carefully read through. You will then grasp these four keys, understand God's economy, realize the purpose of man, and begin a satisfied human life.
The First Key-God's Creation
Unlocking The Mystery Of Human Existence.
1. Man Has God's Image
Please read the following verse from the bible:
"And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness...." (Genesis 1:26a)
God's creation of man is different from His creation of all other things. He created man in His own image.
Example: A glove is created according to the likeness of a hand with the purpose of containing the hand. The purpose of a glove is to contain the hands. If we use a glove to contain water, sand or anything else, the glove will lose it's purpose.
Likewise, man was created in the image of God with the purpose of containing God.
2. Man Is A Vessel:
Now read the next verse:
God "might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy... even us" (Romans 9:23-24)
We are vessels of God. That means that we must contain God. God wants to be our content. As bottles are made to contain water, we are made to contain God.
It is no wonder that knowledge, wealth, pleasure, and accomplishment can never satisfy you, for you were created to contain God!!
3. The Three Parts of man:
Please continue to read the next verse: "May your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete." (1 Thessalonians 5:23)
We often say in chinese : ling hun.
Actually these to parts are separated. The {ling} is the spirit. The {hun} is the soul. Man is God's vessel. The Bible divides this vessel into three parts- Spirit, Soul, and the Body. See the diagram below:
The BODY is simply the physical body, belonging to the physiological body, contacting the things of the material realm, and is the most superficial part.
(Note: we eat with our body, we have to take care of our physical body, if not we will get sick. It is our flesh.)
The SOUL is the mental faculty, contacting the things of the mental realm, and is the deeper part of man.
(Note: Our conscience, emotions and thoughts belong to this part. We think, we love, we feel happy etc..)
The SPIRIT is the deepest part of man, belonging to the spiritual level, and contacts the things of God.
For problems of the body one may see a doctor.
For problems of the mind one may visit a psychiatrist.
Yet only God can solve the problems of the Spirit.
4. God's Economy:
God wants to enter into man's spirit, to become his content and his satisfaction.
This is the purpose of human existence! You are not merely created to contain food in your stomach, or contain knowledge in your mind, but you are created to contain God in your Spirit.
The Second Key- Man's Fall
Unlocking the Mystery Of The Good And Evil Natures Of Man
1. The Two Natures of Man
Since man was made in the image of God, he possesses a good nature that matches God's nature, with virtues such as truthfulness, goodness, loveliness, wisdom, kindness, and valor.
However, there is also an evil nature in man which wars against his good nature. The Chinese metaphysicists refer to this war as a battle between reason and lust. Throughout history, both in the East and West, those who understand human nature acknowledge the existence of this evil nature which the Bible calls:
2.Sin
Because sin is in man, he is unable to carry out his good intentions.
No one likes to be greedy, jealous, or muderous.
No one likes to be boastful, arrogant or deceitful.
No one likes to be irritable, lustful, or licentious.
No one likes to murmur, complain, or curse.
(Note: Sin is already in man from the day he was born. You don't need to teach a child to be jealous, you don't need to teach a someone to steal, you don't need to teach someone to lie. All these is he will do by himself. This is because he has sin in him. No one in this whole world has not sin before. Even if you do not cheat, steal, lie, brag outwardly, but you can't deny that your thoughts and your intentions are sinful. )
Nevertheless, man cannot escape his evil nature.
Please read the following verses:
"For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh. nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but to work out good is not." (Romans 7:18)
"But if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it out but sin that dwells in me." (Romans 7:20)
3. The Fall Of Man
Sin entered into man and caused him to fall. See the diagram below:
(1) Sin caused man's spirit to be deadened:
"And you, though dead in your offenses and sins." (Ephesians 2:1)
(2) Sin caused man's mind to rebel:
"And you, though once alienated and enemies in your mind because of your evil works." (Colossians 1:21)
(3) Sin caused man's body to sin:
"Do not let sin therefore reign in your mortal body so that you obey the body's lust." (Romans 6:12)
The fallen man is like:
A damaged and untunable radio which cannot receive and play music, but rather meaningless noise.
He is also like:
A cup that has fallen into the gutter still having its original fine form but now covered with mud.
4. Man Cannot Save Himself
Throughout history, man has tried every possible way to escape sin, but has found that:
Good works cannot save him from sin.
Education cannot save him from sin.
Ethics cannot save him from sin.
Chanting cannot save him from sin.
Religion cannot save him from sin.
This picture of man simply depicts the battle between his good nature and his evil nature.
The Third Key-Christ's Redemption
Unlocking The Mystery Of The Life And Death Of The God-Man
1. Who Is Christ?
Christ is the Savior sent from God to the world to solve the problems of human life.
He is the embodiment of the Triune God.
"For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." (Colossians 2:9)
He is also God incarnated:
"The Word was God...the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us...full of grace and reality.'' (John1:1,14)
Therefore, He is both the complete God and the perfect man.
He is more than a good man!
He is more than a great man!
He is more than a moral man!
He is more than a holy man!
He is the God-man!!
2. The Death Of The God-Man
This God-man was nailed to the cross to accomplish the work of redemption. He died with three statuses:
(1) As the Lamb of God, He died to take away man's sin.
"...the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.'' (John 1:29)
(2) As the brass serpent that had been lifted up,
He died to crush the old serpent, Satan, and to deal with the serpent's poison within man- his sinful nature.
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up." (John3:14)
(3) As a grain of wheat, He died to release the divine life.
"...the grain of wheat...dies, it bears much fruit." (John 12:24)
NOW:
His death has taken away the sin which man has but should not have!
His death imparts into man the life which he needs but do not have!
The Fourth Key- God's Dispensing
Unlocking The Mystery Of Faith In Christ
1. The Two Becomings of Christ
God became flesh, born as a man called Jesus.
Plaese read the following verse:
"The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us." (John1:14)
The Lord became the Spirit called the live-giving Spirit by His Resurrection from the dead.
Read the following verse:
"The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit." (1 Corinthians15:45)
Since this Spirit is the life-giving Spirit , He dispenses God with His life into His believers. Hence, the Bible says:
"He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life."
2. Regenerating Man
In his first birth, man obtains a physical life.
When man receives God's life through Christ, he experiences a second birth, which the Bible calls regeneration.
" God....has regenerated us...through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." (1 Peter 1:3)
Jesus said,"Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3)
A pig cannot participate in the sheep's life by education, improvement, or regulation; it must posses the life of a sheep.
(Note: U can't teach a fish to fly, but u surely don't need to teach it how to swim. This is because it posses the life of a swimming fish.)
Similarly, man cannot participate in God's kingdom and live a divine life by education, improvement, or regulation; he MUST receive the life of God!
3. The Meaning Of Being A Christian
A christian is one who receives God's dispensing. God first dispenses Himself into our spirit and then spreads from our spirit into our soul. Finally, He fills and saturates our spirit, soul, and body with Himself. The Bible calls this final stage of glorification.
"And those whom He predestinated, these He also called; and those whom He justified, these He also glorified." (Romans 8:30)
Through this, we can be transformed and conformed to the image of Christ.
"Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son." (Romans 8:29)
This is the purpose of human life!
This is the meaning of being a Christian!
This is what God has planned for you!
(Note: I repeat. To be a christian is not merely being in a religion or group. It is to have to Lord as our enjoyment. To know Him and take Him in as our supply. To be filled with Him in our Spirit. And all the things I typed above are not my sayings. It is taken from the booklet :The Mystery Of Human Life.)
Praise The Lord for such a wonderful and glorious economy!!!
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