Sermon - Stephen Tong Sunday Service 11/22/2020 Matthew 6:25-34

It says don't "worry", not don't "think".

China = culture of cow (farmers). Small bowls, plates.
Mongolia = culture of horse (robbers). Big plates.

Observe ants. Do you see any ants hanging out chit chatting?

Socrates ridiculed Sophists for taking money for teaching. Knowledge is free. Not necessary to pay for.

Contrasting Confucius, who educates without discrimination. 有教無類, 因材施教.

中国文化:人民公社内部工、农、商、学、兵五业俱全。

Chinese Sermon:

Aristotle hated those who make money with money. (I would guess bankers, stock brokers, etc.) Because the most honored person is one who labors with his skills, sweat, and thus deserves his wages.

Chinese cultural order: 士(scholars, highest value),农(those who feed the society),工(shoes, clothes, building, etc.),商(main focus is to make profit, so not so valued, greedy, etc.),兵(possible bullies)。The old Chinese culture is one of the society that is very biblical. During President Mao, the army is the highest, 无产阶级专政。Using unjust means. Said to free civilians but end up bullying them.

Charity works today don't necessarily mean it's good. Because there are those beggars who are actually very wealthy, Tong eluded o the verse: 不要行义过分 (Ecc 7:16)

忧虑更计划是相反的。思想,计划,考察。
忧虑(worry, 要不劳而获)变成挂虑=一大堆忧虑挂在那边。一天到晚担心。
挂虑变成焦虑 (德文:angst), 中文很少用 = the totality of worry.
Therefore, GRII founded kindergarten, high school, etc.

God: more is given more is required.
Plato/Aristotle: (different equality with biblical justice): given work based on one's skills. This is passive (静性), not active (动性).

Tong once used 8 hours/day to listen to / learning music.

Why Jesus used his saliva? because saliva is the best medicine. Age 65 (Tong) to get diabetes is quite healthy. Diabetes brings 4 great ails: 1. blindness, 2. kidney failure, cardiac side effects, abnormal blood pressure. Blood bleeds nonstop, feet may have to be amputated. So young people watch what you eat.

Blood sugar under 160 not so bad, 180+ is very risky, 200+ is rather fatal.

Medicine is toxic. Liver detoxes. Body important, but life more than body.

First things first:
Spirit over body
character over action
God's will upon our lives over our entertainment in the world

You life is more than birds, life, etc.


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