This news of a Baby in UK reminds me of 1. the China incident where a baby WAS killed by a reckless van driver, 2. Billy Graham's book on Angels where he was marvelled by the miraculous escapes of death everywhere in the world and sought to credit those to the angels, agents of God, ministering mankind.
Then I thought about how the baby grew up. Will he come to know his Savior to the fullest? Will he be influenced by the anthropocentric religion of the West?
Look up all references to the word 'countenance', in all relations and the countenace of God. This term is used much in KJV.
Or the Hebrew term: פּנים
When someone testifies one's 'old sinful' life in bragging glory or as if one is crediting some present good to even the slightest part of one's past wickedness, directly or indirectly, then it is an irrevocable proof that one, without a doubt, has never repented.
So damnation to those false prophets who claim these souls saved!
Both Rev. Tong and John MacArthur touched on the value of Doubt. They have similar view.
Doubt could be a good starting point, but not a good place to finish. - John MacArthur
。。。所以怀疑是正常的。但是怀疑有两种，你知道吗？有善性的怀疑，有恶性的怀疑。什么叫做「善性的怀疑」呢？就是我信有真理，但是我突然间发现很难明白，这种信有真理而愿意明白产生的怀疑是良善的怀疑。第二种，是根本践踏、轻看、不要真理，而产生出一些故意捣蛋的怀疑，这是「恶性的怀疑。。。罗马书讲座第23CD-唐崇荣
。。。法国哲学家笛卡儿(Rene Descartes，1596 - 1650)说：「有两种怀疑，第一种是因为怀疑产生怀疑；第二种是因为信遇到困难而表达的怀疑。」所以，「能怀疑」是正常的功用，但怀疑本身并不等于是正确的信仰所产生的正确而必要的怀疑。 神的预定与人的自由-第三章-唐崇荣
In Mark 8:33, Jesus rebuked Peter with the weight that was unmatched with any other occasions.
One would greatly admire Peter's desire to maintain his zeal for the Lord, despite multiple failures.
This is the true heart of a follower, lest his heart be not genuine.
Not genuine...is that only what the verse is disproving? Or is it teaching us the wisdom in the time and place and person to rebuke? This I do not know. So I will categorize it as Questions as well.
I found an earlier source of similar quote:
"Religion is man searching for God; Christianity is God seeking man, manifesting Himself to him, drawing Himself unto him." - by David Martin Lloyd Jones, pg 380, The Puritans: Their Origins and Their Successors.
Despite my involvement with STEMI Rally in 2010, I've often wonder who is the translator for Dr. Tong in America...David Chu?
Some websites display/convert chinese characters into hexadecimal 2-digit encoding. Obviously, the Chinese character still uses more than 2 bytes.
This is a good converter.
To have them read the English Bible would be great:
Patrick Stewart
James Earl Jones (though he has done the New Testament and I've heard quite a lot of bad review - boring - in particular)
John Hurt
Jim Dale
There have been many dreams, and I have yet to find the moment to remember them or write them down.
It would appear that the earlier I sleep (such as before midnight), the better I remember my dream.
This time, it was about Ellen. She suddenly asked as we're leaving, possibly the church, that we prayed for something (I do not remember what - church? the youth?), there were about 3-5 of us. I do not remember who were the others.
The prayer location looked pretty much like the dining hall back in my home in Penang, first floor. Time seems to be in the evening. I think the church hall looked somewhat like that of The Rock Church (charismatic?) near Queens Center Mall.
I reluctantly but speedily agreed to pray. As I woke, I thought about it. Should have refused. Should have said no. 凡不出於信心的都是罪, for whatsoever is not of faith is sin (Romans 14:23b). Doesn't mean everyone should join the prayer just because one suggested a prayer meeting. One should only join if one intends to fully associate oneself with them in such ministry. Though all christians are brethren, it doesn't mean that one should associate with the other in all theology.
Then I did think about let's say she got someone close to me to pray at the same time, say...Nadia...what should I do then? Since it is a matter of principle, then I supposed it is not to be defeated by human relationship. But what do I say? It would seem that I shall let Nadia decide herself. I do not know...
All this does warn me to have a more active prayer life. Forgive me, my Lord.
