Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Is there a God?
(For seeker)
Natural observation
In fact I like to talk to a man of logic reasoning, because the man of logic will listen to logic reasoning. I believe there is a supernatural being who controls the universe, reason is very simple because I can not believe a handphone is formed by coincident (if it is by chance of probability then it will require trillion of years before it can be formed & furthermore there will be almost no chance to duplicate it if it is only by probability). Simply, just look at the cells & organs structure of human body. I don't think it is formed by chance. There is DNA to control it, there will be no chance for a man to mutate where eventually become a tortoise (it will not be possible even if up to trillion of years). Who is the one programmed the DNA?
Allow me to state it in statistic & probability reasoning. I believe there is a God simple because I'm an engineer with a sound & logic mind. I do not just accept there is a God, I was once doubt about it but the more I studied the universe & the system in this world I came to realize that it is impossible to have a continuous supply of oxygen with the consumption of oxygen by mankind & some living creatures on this planet earth, but somehow there is an invisible system which controls it & balances it. Which we all know it is called eco-system. Who is the one creates this system?
Albert Einstein did mention that the more he studied about the universe he believed that there is God, the same goes to Stephen Hawking (these are great scientists in physics), even Darwin was regretted of the published of his theory of evolution in his old age when he was about to die (because he found out that his hypothesis is completely illogical).
Human spiritual sense
There is no need for anybody to teach anybody to seek God for help whenever they face with a dilemma, but somehow there is a natural spiritual sense for a person to look for God for help. Nobody will turn to "microphone", "cup" etc for help but their natural tendency is to cry out to God for help whenever they face great agony of lives. There is a tendency for human to believe there is a live after death, else Pharaoh would not try to preserve his body (to be precise is corpse). Monkey never tries to conduct funeral service for another monkey, neither any animal does it. Clearly there is something which is very very unique with human. The fact is human not only have body, but also soul & spirit. While animals only have body & soul (that's why some animals will cry) but they will never have a spiritual sense to look for God or long for live after death.
Human tends to comply to moral ethics. Where some of them have lasting or permanent change. They are those touched by God not because they have any fear, phobia or trauma for God. As we study about 7 habits by Stephen Covey, we all know that external force will not bring about a lasting change but conviction from within will really bring about a lasting change. I believe this conviction is so called spiritual sense. Why generations after generations people look for God, there must be a reason. There is a vacuum in human lives & it must be filled with God. Else God will not be a hot topic for human to talk about, worship throughout the history of mankind.
About prayer
God is not a God who will comply to every of our prayer request especially those who pray for their own selfish desire, they flight they insist but they will not get what they want. If there is a parents who will answer every of his/her child request then it will be very dangerous, if there is really such parents, I personally think that they are not ready to be parents. The same goes to God, I'll be very fearful if there is a God who will answer every of my prayers regardless of my intention. In this case I would be his God not he (God) be my God. I would rather not to have such God. God has his sovereignty to decide what is the best for us, yet we can still pray to Him. For prayer is just like a request. There are a lots of people who experience an answered prayer.
About the presence of God
God did reveal to himself to people. Some people did meet with God personally. But it is up to God to choose who he likes to reveal himself to. Some of my friends are those who can see a spiritual being. They see spirits, this is their experience. Even if I want to disprove it, I would not be able to convince them because they have personally experience in it & they can't deny their own experience. Neither do I, I did cast out evil spirits from a person body. Man may not recognize there is God but I can't deny my own experience where I did have encounter with the spirits.
In short I'm not hesitate to state my stand, I do believe in God.
Natural observation
In fact I like to talk to a man of logic reasoning, because the man of logic will listen to logic reasoning. I believe there is a supernatural being who controls the universe, reason is very simple because I can not believe a handphone is formed by coincident (if it is by chance of probability then it will require trillion of years before it can be formed & furthermore there will be almost no chance to duplicate it if it is only by probability). Simply, just look at the cells & organs structure of human body. I don't think it is formed by chance. There is DNA to control it, there will be no chance for a man to mutate where eventually become a tortoise (it will not be possible even if up to trillion of years). Who is the one programmed the DNA?
Allow me to state it in statistic & probability reasoning. I believe there is a God simple because I'm an engineer with a sound & logic mind. I do not just accept there is a God, I was once doubt about it but the more I studied the universe & the system in this world I came to realize that it is impossible to have a continuous supply of oxygen with the consumption of oxygen by mankind & some living creatures on this planet earth, but somehow there is an invisible system which controls it & balances it. Which we all know it is called eco-system. Who is the one creates this system?
Albert Einstein did mention that the more he studied about the universe he believed that there is God, the same goes to Stephen Hawking (these are great scientists in physics), even Darwin was regretted of the published of his theory of evolution in his old age when he was about to die (because he found out that his hypothesis is completely illogical).
Human spiritual sense
There is no need for anybody to teach anybody to seek God for help whenever they face with a dilemma, but somehow there is a natural spiritual sense for a person to look for God for help. Nobody will turn to "microphone", "cup" etc for help but their natural tendency is to cry out to God for help whenever they face great agony of lives. There is a tendency for human to believe there is a live after death, else Pharaoh would not try to preserve his body (to be precise is corpse). Monkey never tries to conduct funeral service for another monkey, neither any animal does it. Clearly there is something which is very very unique with human. The fact is human not only have body, but also soul & spirit. While animals only have body & soul (that's why some animals will cry) but they will never have a spiritual sense to look for God or long for live after death.
Human tends to comply to moral ethics. Where some of them have lasting or permanent change. They are those touched by God not because they have any fear, phobia or trauma for God. As we study about 7 habits by Stephen Covey, we all know that external force will not bring about a lasting change but conviction from within will really bring about a lasting change. I believe this conviction is so called spiritual sense. Why generations after generations people look for God, there must be a reason. There is a vacuum in human lives & it must be filled with God. Else God will not be a hot topic for human to talk about, worship throughout the history of mankind.
About prayer
God is not a God who will comply to every of our prayer request especially those who pray for their own selfish desire, they flight they insist but they will not get what they want. If there is a parents who will answer every of his/her child request then it will be very dangerous, if there is really such parents, I personally think that they are not ready to be parents. The same goes to God, I'll be very fearful if there is a God who will answer every of my prayers regardless of my intention. In this case I would be his God not he (God) be my God. I would rather not to have such God. God has his sovereignty to decide what is the best for us, yet we can still pray to Him. For prayer is just like a request. There are a lots of people who experience an answered prayer.
About the presence of God
God did reveal to himself to people. Some people did meet with God personally. But it is up to God to choose who he likes to reveal himself to. Some of my friends are those who can see a spiritual being. They see spirits, this is their experience. Even if I want to disprove it, I would not be able to convince them because they have personally experience in it & they can't deny their own experience. Neither do I, I did cast out evil spirits from a person body. Man may not recognize there is God but I can't deny my own experience where I did have encounter with the spirits.
In short I'm not hesitate to state my stand, I do believe in God.
Is drinking wine forbiden by God?
Ephesian 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
I totally agree with Eph 5:18. The point here is do not get drunk, how would a person get drunk? It is when he is indulging much in wine.
1 Timothy 3:8 Deacons, likewise, are to be men worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
The scripture is not contradict in itself but give us a full view of what's God's heart. Therefore it is important to be careful when drinking wine, even though I may have a knowledge that drinking wine is not forbidden by God but I'll choose not to drink wine if my action would stumble my brothers or sisters.
1 Corinthians 10:23 "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive.
If God would forbade us to drink wine then he would not turn the water into wine.
John 4:46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
John 19:29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips.
Again why Paul in his letter, asked Timothy to drink a little bit wine? Because he had a concern for his health, he knew a little bit wine was good for Timothy.
1 Timothy 5:23 Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
How to measure how much is consider as a little bit or too much? The bottomline here is, a little bit wine is ok to drink as long as it does not affect our health or make us drunk. What God really want us to catch is the spirit rather than the form. The do's & don's are bound to failure if we do not catch the spirit/ God's heart. Can drink or can not drink is just the form, a shadow but the real spirit of it is to take good care of our health.
For God has said in 1 Cor 3:16 16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
I totally agree with Eph 5:18. The point here is do not get drunk, how would a person get drunk? It is when he is indulging much in wine.
1 Timothy 3:8 Deacons, likewise, are to be men worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
The scripture is not contradict in itself but give us a full view of what's God's heart. Therefore it is important to be careful when drinking wine, even though I may have a knowledge that drinking wine is not forbidden by God but I'll choose not to drink wine if my action would stumble my brothers or sisters.
1 Corinthians 10:23 "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive.
If God would forbade us to drink wine then he would not turn the water into wine.
John 4:46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
John 19:29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips.
Again why Paul in his letter, asked Timothy to drink a little bit wine? Because he had a concern for his health, he knew a little bit wine was good for Timothy.
1 Timothy 5:23 Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
How to measure how much is consider as a little bit or too much? The bottomline here is, a little bit wine is ok to drink as long as it does not affect our health or make us drunk. What God really want us to catch is the spirit rather than the form. The do's & don's are bound to failure if we do not catch the spirit/ God's heart. Can drink or can not drink is just the form, a shadow but the real spirit of it is to take good care of our health.
For God has said in 1 Cor 3:16 16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Revival in Melaka
Is it possible to see revival in the land of Melaka? How long shall we wait for it? This has always been the burning desire in my heart to see revival in the land of Melaka, but it seems far away before it can be materialized. I believe God is looking for a suitable vessel to ignite the spark of fire, the question is: Are we willing to be that vessel for God? Today God is asking " Who will go for us?". Can we find the man who says, "Here am I, send me!"
In every revival, God always starts with His servant. A classic example of when revival is coming was stated in 2 Kings 22 to 2 Kings 23.
2 Kings 22 :11-13 11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king's attendant: 13 "Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD's anger that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us."
It was first started with a King named Josiah, a chosen vessel of God. He succeeded Amon; the temple was repaired; the book of the law was recovered, proclaimed & followed. Then the revival followed.
2 Kings 23 :1-7 1 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2 He went up to the temple of the LORD with the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of the LORD. 3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the LORD -to follow the LORD and keep his commands, regulations and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant. 4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel. 5 He did away with the pagan priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and to all the starry hosts. 6 He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder and scattered the dust over the graves of the common people. 7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes, which were in the temple of the LORD and where women did weaving for Asherah.
In every revival, God always starts with His servant. A classic example of when revival is coming was stated in 2 Kings 22 to 2 Kings 23.
2 Kings 22 :11-13 11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king's attendant: 13 "Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD's anger that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us."
It was first started with a King named Josiah, a chosen vessel of God. He succeeded Amon; the temple was repaired; the book of the law was recovered, proclaimed & followed. Then the revival followed.
2 Kings 23 :1-7 1 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2 He went up to the temple of the LORD with the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of the LORD. 3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the LORD -to follow the LORD and keep his commands, regulations and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant. 4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel. 5 He did away with the pagan priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and to all the starry hosts. 6 He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder and scattered the dust over the graves of the common people. 7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes, which were in the temple of the LORD and where women did weaving for Asherah.
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