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just cross my mind - 8/28/2006 11:43:51 AM
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adjiemind
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Spiderman
Peter’s journey of becoming fisherman of men was started by a miracle on the day when he returned from the sea without gaining a single fish. Then Jesus came and taught the multitude from the boat. Having finished his preaching, Jesus told Peter to put out in to the deep and let down the nets for a catch. With hesitation in the heart, Peter still did what Jesus said. Then miracle happened; their nets were breaking due to a large number of fish they enclosed! (Luke 5:1-11)
Deliberately or not, this event occurred once more in Peter’s life but under the different situation which was right after Jesus resurrected. Apparently this situation couldn’t make Peter recognize Jesus, or perhaps Peter was still mourning and confused by Jesus being crucified to death.
Albeit he’s unable to recognize Jesus, Peter was willing to spread out his net when Jesus told him to. This time Peter was not told to put out his boat in to the deep; though his boat was quite near the shore. Peter casting the net on the right side of the boat was enough for Jesus to make another miracle; the same kind of miracle that happened before was happening once more in Peter’s life. And although there were so many fish caught, the net was not torn. (John 21:1-14)
Have we ever reflected on the difference of Peter’s life with ours? Don’t we also experience obedience and denial in our faith life for Jesus? Why does it seem that Peter was always given another chance to heal his faith by Jesus’ miracle; whereas God seems like doing nothing when it is us who endure the faith crisis?
Actually Peter went in the faith crisis as well. Right after Jesus’ crucifixion, Peter returned to his previous life as a fisherman – the life he had before encountering Jesus. Isn’t that another form of his second ‘denial’ to Jesus?
Amidst the similar weaknesses of faith life between us and Peter, there is one major point to watch closely – the net. While having crisis in his faith life, Peter didn’t use just any nets. Peter didn’t use his old net. Don’t you think it’s more efficient for Peter to fix his old torn net or just buy the new ordinary net? Peter did not only change his net but he also used stronger net with greater fish capacity!! Maybe we claim the net as one package in God’s miracle; but if it is, then why was the previous net torn so bad? Both nets “contained” God’s miracle, right?
Yes, we can’t avoid the fluctuations in our faith life. It doesn’t matter how much we deny God or how great our desire to leave God because all those downfalls will be meaningless when we find faith experience (even the smallest one) and implement it right away in our life.
Just close your eyes and hear the sound inside of you. Something inside that makes you do what you got to do.
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fruity - 9/3/2006 11:25:41 AM
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Fruity
I found a verse about a fig tree with no fruit and how God wants to cut the tree down (Luke 13:7).
Actually this verse is very simple but I’m not satisfied and even bear extra curiosity. Why the tree has no fruit? There’s no sign of the tree being damaged or its trunk being broken.
Being graduated in Biology Major during high school, I did a little research on how the tree lives. The physical appearance looked fine, so there must be an ‘internal disease’. Just like some Christians; they seem holy and have a great spiritual health in their outer appearance but their ‘inner spirit condition’ are terribly dying.
Through my reading research in some biology books, I found two things:
(Assuming the root is Jesus, the shallow cambium in the tree trunk is us and the fertilizer/nourishing food is God’s Words and Holy Spirit)
“The root has the ability to supply/push the nourishing food (or fertilizer) from the ground into the plants/trees.”
Jesus Christ is the one who supplies the food/fertilizer into the cambium. We only have to distribute it till the end (becoming fruity). What’s so difficult of becoming God’s cambium? Are we too stupid? Even the dumb one is able to distribute things when being told so.
“The food is delivered through shallow cambium. The cambium is very shallow so the food should queue in line to reach the branches and leaves. When the front queue line moves forward one step, then the back line will also follow to move one step. But when the front part is stuck, then the back line is unable to move forward. This distribution movement should be supported by the ‘magnetism force’ between the shallow cambium and the food itself.”
This reminds me of the verse in John 15:5; we abide in Christ and Christ in us. It’s not a reversing in words-game but it’s just the way it is and of this I believe as the ‘magnetism force’ between the shallow cambium and the food itself. “God abides in us” obviously becomes the task of the tree root (Jesus), whereas “we abide in God” is the cambium task (distribute the nourishing food to the entire tree until the tree grow fruits).
We are often lack of this magnetism force. We often receive God’s Words and even ask for His Holy Power without realizing that the next step is to “grasp and deliver” God’s Words and Power in every aspect of our life to be fruity in Christ. We often become stagnant and our cambium stuck ‘the food’ proper distribution (related to the second process I wrote in previous passage).
We can say that we’ve received too much of God’s Words and Power; yet too little, moreover, forget to use God’s Words in our daily life so we are lack of ‘the fruit’ because the fruit we ought to produce is the action of God’s Words in our real daily life.
Sometimes we also act like the wise ones. That’s why Jesus said that Christian faith is foolishness to the world. So being fruity is becoming the loyal cambium to distribute His Blessing for our surrounding.
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Hope - 9/17/2006 3:29:45 PM
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H O P E
I’m inspired by the tales of four leprous men written in 2 Kings 7:3-9. These four men were facing three complicated choices; all three choices that might lead them to death. Let us focus on verse 3-4 to observe the detail consequences of the three options they had.
Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, "Why are we sitting here until we die? If we say, 'Let us enter the city,' the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die."
Then, was there any hope for them at that time? What’s the use of hope? Is it just a dreamy desire or heart-comforter? The followings are what you’ll get when having hope in Jesus Christ.
1. Heading for Better Things (Hebrew 6:9)
It’s quite amazing to see how these four leprous men chose to go over the camp of the Syrians, though it means they had to put their lives as stakes. They did this on a very simple reason; they did not want to die! Isn’t that remarkable? Moreover, some of us choose to die when hopelessly facing problems. We give up so easily because we’re too afraid to see all those problems waiving our life. Are those four leprous men in better condition than us?! This is the use of hope in Jesus Christ, not for dreaming, but as the guidance that leads us to better condition. When we’re in hesitation to make a decision, find that better thing by putting all hope in Jesus Christ.
2. Full Assurance (Hebrew 6:11)
To conduct uncertainty is very difficult. When these four men were close enough to see the camp of Syrians from afar, they might feel terrified and not wanting to continue their journey. Unnoticed by these four men, God made a miracle. God made the army of Syrians to hear the little steps of these four leprous men as the sound of chariots, horses and great army; so they fled away in the twilight and abandoned their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, leaving the camp as it was, and fled for their lives.
Have we ever seen the certainty of a hope? Only by faith and knowledge of Jesus’ love and power, we can experience the full assurance of hope. God may allow great miracles to happen (without being noticed by us) so we can overcome our difficult problems. Having hope in Jesus Christ will free our mind from worries.
3. A Sure and Steadfast Anchor (Hebrew 6:19)
When these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent and ate and drank, and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and went and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent and carried off things from it and went and hid them. Yet they then realized that their city also needed the food, so they passed along this good news to the people in their city.
Will we stop hoping in Jesus Christ when we have achieved our desires? Will we end it with our greed so we will ignore Jesus Christ? Are we convinced that we shall never encounter more troubles in our life? We often lose control and drag ourselves to bigger and worse problems. If we don’t stain our hope in Jesus Christ, then we are like a sure and steadfast anchor. Problems may waive our life but we will not be carried away with it.
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RE: Hope - 9/17/2006 3:51:18 PM
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I think when Christ was crucified, Peter lost all hope because ALL of his hope
was in Christ so in his hopelessness, he went back to the familiar in hopes of
regaining what he lost. Don't we do the samething?
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Don’t let God be the last to know - 3/2/2007 1:18:13 PM
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Don’t let God be the last to know
In the Garden of Eden, God forbade Adam to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that he eats of it he shall surely die. The God created Eve whom got tempted by the evil to eat of the tree. Eve also gave the fruits to Adam. To see Eve still alive after consuming the fruit, Adam decided to eat it also. This is the first violation of man; unfortunately this trespass is great enough to ruin the interactive relationship between God and human.
Eventually God will allow human to consume the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. It is written in the book of Revelation. However, God knows it’s not the time yet for them to eat those fruits.
There’s an interesting part of this scene; there’s the change of punishment from death penalty to be exiled from the Garden of Eden. Why did God cancel to give death punishment to human? He did it by His Wisdom and Love. God is like a Father who never runs out of idea to educate his children. God prefer to change the death punishment and choose another kind of punishment to educate human.
God created us like knitting, each thread upon another so it’s very impossible if God doesn’t know our weaknesses. Don’t undervalue His Wisdom and Love by feeling unnecessary to talk about our weaknesses to Him. Don’t let Him be the last to know. Are we afraid to make God angry? If God is angry by our weaknesses, He probably vanished human since the day Adam and Eve committed the first sin!!
In the story of Noah, it’s written that God felt regret. He didn’t regret for bringing the great flood, but what grieved God at His Heart is no human ask for mercy nor forgiveness. If only Noah was not that close to God, the flood probably would end the human kind.
This scene also emphasis that we are still not deserved to consume the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. It proved that even though we know which is good and which is evil, but we are still having difficulties to arrange it in the correct classification. Again, this weakness doesn’t grieve God. God grieves on us each time we don’t involve Him when we’re classifying good and evil. We frequently pray and worship God, that’s good … but don’t let it transform us to be the perfect human according to our version, as to cover our weaknesses or “to please God”.
Jesus stated that we are His Friends, not His Servants. Jesus is not ashamed to speak the truth, to talk of how God loves us and also how God doubt our faith because we will suffer before encountering Him in heaven. God wants you to be the first to know about it. Just as Noah was obligated to build up an ark, God really wants us to join in His Rescue Plan.
Therefore, appreciate His Wisdom and Love. Do not fear and avoid Him in our weak time. Even in our darkest moment to commit sin, just share it to God; don’t let God be the last to know. Maybe God will stay silent … but behold; for His Mercy and Love never stay still. Don’t avoid ourselves from the “already damaged” relationship to God.
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Superman - 5/7/2007 11:49:17 AM
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Superman
Superman is one of the most world-wide known comic. They describe Superman as the fictional superhero who does good deeds for others by using his remarkable superpower.
There's someone in the Bible who's similar to this Superman prototype; someone named Job. Job also loved to do good deeds for others. In fact, the bible said that Job was so special in God's sight and made God very proud of him. In addition, Job finally could overcome "the evil’s attack" and go through the level of "great sufferings". Isn't that also a remarkable superpower?
In the comic version, it is told that Superman has one weakness over an element of the certain planet. The only inability of Superman is perfectly described in the episode of Superman's death.
Superman's imperfection also occurred in Job's life. God found a certain factor in Job's life that made God decide to improve Job's ability as His prototype of Superman. That factor was the sin in Job's family. We all know God hate sins and can't tolerate any of it. Job seemed unable neither to avoid his family from doing sins nor to eliminate the sins in his family. Job could only pray. It's good, but it's not good enough for Superman!
Actually there's not much to be upgraded because Job still had the ability to endure great suffering. But there's another important ability to be added in Job which only Jesus Christ could manage that - the ability to stop living in sin.
I believe God is not a cop who deliberately waits for someone to break the law and fines that person on the spot. In fact, God is The Remarkable Planner and all His Plans will be successfully done. It means His Plan of trusting us as "the new prototype of Superman" is not just a sloppy plan, although it's pretty much obvious to see how sloppy we are doing our roles as God's Supermen in this end time.
Hmm, perhaps God is still patient to us because He still needs to socialize this new prototype of Superman. Hopefully we can fit ourselves so later on we will not appear like a man in a funny red sheet.
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RE: just cross my mind - 5/7/2007 12:07:00 PM
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Spiderman
Peter’s journey of becoming fisherman of men was started by a miracle on the day when he returned from the sea without gaining a single fish. Then Jesus came and taught the multitude from the boat. Having finished his preaching, Jesus told Peter to put out in to the deep and let down the nets for a catch. With hesitation in the heart, Peter still did what Jesus said. Then miracle happened; their nets were breaking due to a large number of fish they enclosed! (Luke 5:1-11)
Deliberately or not, this event occurred once more in Peter’s life but under the different situation which was right after Jesus resurrected. Apparently this situation couldn’t make Peter recognize Jesus, or perhaps Peter was still mourning and confused by Jesus being crucified to death.
Albeit he’s unable to recognize Jesus, Peter was willing to spread out his net when Jesus told him to. This time Peter was not told to put out his boat in to the deep; though his boat was quite near the shore. Peter casting the net on the right side of the boat was enough for Jesus to make another miracle; the same kind of miracle that happened before was happening once more in Peter’s life. And although there were so many fish caught, the net was not torn. (John 21:1-14)
Have we ever reflected on the difference of Peter’s life with ours? Don’t we also experience obedience and denial in our faith life for Jesus? Why does it seem that Peter was always given another chance to heal his faith by Jesus’ miracle; whereas God seems like doing nothing when it is us who endure the faith crisis?
Actually Peter went in the faith crisis as well. Right after Jesus’ crucifixion, Peter returned to his previous life as a fisherman – the life he had before encountering Jesus. Isn’t that another form of his second ‘denial’ to Jesus?
Amidst the similar weaknesses of faith life between us and Peter, there is one major point to watch closely – the net. While having crisis in his faith life, Peter didn’t use just any nets. Peter didn’t use his old net. Don’t you think it’s more efficient for Peter to fix his old torn net or just buy the new ordinary net? Peter did not only change his net but he also used stronger net with greater fish capacity!! Maybe we claim the net as one package in God’s miracle; but if it is, then why was the previous net torn so bad? Both nets “contained” God’s miracle, right?
Yes, we can’t avoid the fluctuations in our faith life. It doesn’t matter how much we deny God or how great our desire to leave God because all those downfalls will be meaningless when we find faith experience (even the smallest one) and implement it right away in our life.
Just close your eyes and hear the sound inside of you. Something inside that makes you do what you got to do.
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Stupid - 6/26/2007 2:33:03 PM
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Stupid
If we were among the ten girls in the parable of wise and foolish girls, whether we were one of the wise nor the foolish one, let us ponder for these questions:
Was it stupid to fall asleep due to waiting for so long? Weren’t the wise girls also asleep?
Was it wise to bring along some extra oil so we could maintain our lamp lit on for unpredictable timing? Could we stay on guard like that? Frankly, it is very impossible for us to be like those wise girls.
The door was already closed when the five stupid girls returned from buying extra oil. Jesus didn’t matter about their being late, but Jesus answered, “Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.” Jesus still couldn’t recognize the stupid girls though their lamps are fully filled with oil. It seems that Jesus doesn’t concern about oil or lamps.
Then what kind of stupidity that makes Jesus didn’t want to recognize the stupid girls? Let us observe the moment when the foolish girls were awaken by the arrival of the bridegroom. It is clearly described that their lamps had not gone out. But these stupid girls became so panic and left the arriving bridegroom. These stupid girls suddenly lost their confidence when they found out that their lamps nearly gone out. They are used to “hide” behind the bright lamp, that’s why they need oil.
There’s another verse describe this foolishness, which is "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light unto all that are in the house." (Matthew 5:15)
Do we really like The Light? I would answer “Yes, I like it, but not that bright!” It’s not impossible that after putting the candle on a candlestick and later on I put the candle under a bushel. Why? It’s too bright, man!! How long are we capable to the light in this life?
If only the stupid girls encouraged themselves to see the bridegroom even though their lamps nearly went out, then probably we could get the picture on how minimum the light Jesus wants in our life, because we eventually can’t glow all the time hehehe
The difficulty to be bright is the challenge to draw near Jesus, but leaving The Light (Jesus) is foolishness.
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Swordsmanship - 8/9/2007 12:58:00 PM
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Swordsmanship
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow. If we are not careful, we could probably harm ourselves by using the word of God.
Each time we use the "Forgiveness" Sword Stance, we always state on "how Jesus is very kind to forgive all sins of human". But do we realize that deliberately or not the sword has injured our "forgiveness joint" so like joint-less bone we are not able (nor willing) to forgive. We let only Jesus to do all the merciful forgiving. Does this case also occur in other stances?
Actually we have talents in the swordsmanship; don't we have such a sharp tongue so that could hurt other people's heart? It's a pity if we only use this talent to hurt others. If we want, we could improve our sword art so even the evil could be harmed.
As God's Words becoming man, why don't we unite with His Words? But be doers of The Word, not hearers only. Thus, His Words will not harm us anymore because we have united with Him in harmony and smooth to follow His Movement upon our life.
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RE: just cross my mind - 8/21/2007 8:39:33 PM
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Like Father Like Son - 9/29/2007 1:33:47 PM
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God so loved the father figure, He even wants to be the Father for human which is His Creation. Recalling what is written in Matthew 19:16-26, we find the young man has kept all the commandments from his youth up and asked Jesus what he still lacked. Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." The young man went away sorrowful from Jesus because he couldn't afford to do that. For God, being Father is to close with His children so Father can love His Children fully.
There's time when a father can't fully escort his grown-up child. But a child can still feel the father's presence through similar behaviors and thoughts, yes like father like son. Just as what happened to Isaac in Gerar, Isaac did exactly what Abraham did; claiming his wife as his sister when King Abimelech was fond of Rebekah. This is a contrary; they (Abraham and Isaac) had deep experiences with God, like the moment when Abraham demanded to give Isaac as a burnt offering for the Lord. Isn't it supposed that Isaac's faith increased stronger and Isaac should believe that God would help though the King of Philistines insisted to take Rebekah? Either by reflect or not, Isaac remembered more of what his father Abraham did than of what God did.
After God solved his quandary with Abimelech in peace, Isaac then followed every God's words; Isaac even became so patient when the herdsmen of Gerar strove with him and took over his wells one by one. Maybe this is the reason of why God wants to be our Father, so we can have similarities with Him.
Try to notice that Jesus always claimed that all things He did were of His Father's Will. In other words, it shows the similarities between Father and Son; moreover Jesus also emphasis that He and the Father are one. How about us? Are we the children who become more like Father?
Abraham, known as father of all nations, was not a person who was similar to Heavenly Father. Remember that Abraham agreed with his wife to have child from his slave than to wait upon God's promise. But God was not angry to Abraham. There we can see how our Heavenly Father unfailingly loves His children though they have committed wrong things; God even amazes us by sacrificing His Only Child to redeem our faults.
So becoming similar with Father isn't measured by our ability to obey all God's words. But be like the little child who adores the father and wants to be like him, whether we could accomplish it or not, but we are always encouraged to achieve it.
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The Unspoken Thought of Jesus - 11/6/2007 11:43:29 AM
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The Unspoken Thought of Jesus
Jesus' first miracle is on the wedding at Cana of Galilee. When the mother of Jesus said to him about the wine ran out, Jesus only answered "Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come." Have we ever thought it as Jesus' polite way of rejecting his mother's request? But Mary knew that Jesus was not an ordinary human, so it's normal if Mary asked for help (miracle) to Jesus. Obviously Jesus, who is full of love, would grant her request. It didn't happen only to Mary but to everyone. Even great crowds accompanied Jesus and He said unto them, "Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple."
We often see Jesus as God, not as human. Isn't Jesus 100% God and 100% human, why don't we respect the human side of Jesus? God's intention to be human is so we can see Him as human, the living God's Words in human. Jesus is our way to be prefect human; unfortunately we often focus on His Miracles. It doesn't mean that I underestimate miracles; I also enjoy miracles. But the most important thing so we could be close to miracles is to be perfect human who is close to God.
As the rich one surrounded by his friends, however his friends left him after his bankruptcy. See the reality when Jesus did nothing (or so called as bankruptcy of miracles) during His Crucifixion and His disciples confusedly left Him. How stupid they were. Didn't they remember the lessons about Jesus' love they received during the discipleship? This reality may happen to us; we become numb when no miracle happens; we become like ones who don't know God at all. This wastes God's sacrifice by descending to earth to be human.
This probably made Jesus in an agony more earnestly praying and his sweats became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground of Gethsemane. Yes, Jesus already knew the great plan of Abba Father; Jesus even supported the plan by telling the disciples three times about the crucifixion. But when the time came, why did Jesus suddenly be in an agony? I doubt it. Even if we see Jesus through His human side, Jesus is not an ordinary man, He is the role model of perfect human with no sin, and how could we exclaim Jesus as weak and scared human?
The combination of 100% God and 100% human in Jesus is one magic phenomenon that would never happen again. God could just overlap the baby-growing process, just like the moment when He created Adam. I mean, it's legal for Jesus to show up as a grown-up human like Adam. I believe no one would protest Him, hehehe. But through the baby birth process and Jesus' condition as 100% human created a certain bond or in other words, this lit Jesus' spirit to make "Plan B" from the great plan! In Gethsemane, Jesus prayed, saying "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will." This prayer indicates that there was "Plan B" in the thought of Jesus; Jesus knew that the crucifixion process was too difficult for human although He will release The Holy Spirit later on. Jesus' desire at that time was His Enthusiasms to give direct teaching and impartation for human a bit longer until He feels enough which is when human is able to do all His Words under any condition.
Eventually God still chose to conduct His Great Plan. God may consider that human would stay the same and only repent because of His Great Plan. And His Great Plan still continues; there will be antichrist, rapture and all kind of tortures as written in the book of Revelation. Enjoy it.
If only all human deal to earnestly learn from the love of Jesus, we may touch the heart of Abba Father to make "Plan C"!! Hehehe it's just cross my mind.
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Heaven Love Story - 11/30/2007 11:56:25 PM
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Heaven Love Story
Have we ever wondered why God create us and even consider us as preciously honored? Maybe this thought also slightly occurred in angels' mind; did angels less worship or even less obedient to God? It is impossible for angels living in heaven to have an evil thought. But curiosity urged Lucifer to proof that God was wrong to love such weak human. And the incident in the Garden of Eden has proofed that Lucifer was right. Human were punished due to their weaknesses, but how disappoint Lucifer was to find out that God also punished him.
No wonder Lucifer furiously hate human so he continually pours suffering in human's life and draw human even farther from God. Like a timid sheep following his shepherd, human always choose to conduct sins and unable to free themselves from Lucifer.
God doesn't want human to spend forever as the target of Lucifer's jealousy. His longing for human brought Him to the decision of emptying Himself to be human. Let us picture the process; God has to be born as a helpless little fragile baby. We could envisage how thirsty Jesus was as a youth to absorb all the holy bibles as like Jesus want to regain "His Godly Mind". And finally Jesus as an adult human, has achieved His Perfection.
Lucifer still couldn't believe in God’s existence in this world in the form of human being. That's why Lucifer wanted to proof Him in the desert. Based on the knowledge of human weaknesses, Lucifer tempted Jesus. This time Lucifer was unable to deliver "human" towards sin. I don't know how Lucifer felt when he found out that God really love human and even humble Himself as human.
When Jesus was about to leave the earth, He prayed so wherever Jesus is, human will always be with Him. Christmas is not about celebrating the birth of a fragile boy. Christmas is the proof of God's love towards mankind. Jesus went down to earth only to die for you; will you go to Jesus just for a few minute?
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RE: Heaven Love Story - 5/11/2008 3:22:56 AM
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A BROILED FISH
The account of Jesus Christ's ascension from the dead, had startled His disciples. And even when they were still in confusion, Jesus came to them in His new glorious body, in order to assure them. Though He was ready to go to heaven with this new body, yet He decided to consume a broiled fish. This He did, with the purpose of helping His disciples in realizing that it wasn't a ghost who came to them (LUKE 24:36-43). For Jesus Himself, this small act wouldn't taint His sanctity. But we could learn a lesson from there, that Jesus cared more for the continuity of His disciples' faith in Him (as a form of His holy love towards them), rather than occupying Himself with bodily sanctity.
The event of Jesus' birth was supposed to be surrounded with sacredness, yet instead it was followed by the bloodshed of many innocent babies. Jesus did not prevent this incident from happening, nor did He punish the Magi (as they were the ones who came to King Herod to ask for the whereabouts of baby Jesus, which resulted in King Herod's jealousy and thus the bloodshed). Jesus saw what the Magi did was the product of imperfect sacredness of men's love towards their God.
And this imperfection of man's sacredness in loving his God still continued on the event of Jesus' crucifixion. This event was not a "God's scenario which was forced to men"; thus making Judas, the betrayer, became "a hero" in crucifying Lord Jesus. Here, the love of money had tainted the sacredness of man's love for his God. This also led to the need of Holy Christ to savor "a broiled fish" in the forms of humiliation, torture and crucifixion.
Then, can we become holy? No, we can't - not by ourselves, anyway. When we remember what the Lord has said, "Be holy, for I am holy" (1 PETER 1:16), this has a meaning that He asks us to receive His holy love. Lest God consume another "broiled fish" again. We need to receive Him in every situation, even when things turn out to be bad. Believing that there isn't anything that could hinder the love of God, no matter what happens, because He cares more for us, His creations. We'll always be in His love that is pure and holy, forever.
Always preparing Jesus' kind of diet on our menu, which is "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work" (JOHN 4:43). We, who could not become holy on our own, but in receiving Christ, we could then become holy, since Christ would come in and dine with us.
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