My Journal

One who truly prays that the seed is sowed on good ground, works diligently in all hardship and suffering selflessly to be a good vessel for God to acheive such goal.

The others, AGREE that seed falling on good ground is the better, but rejoice in both prayer and laziness when the seed fell upon rocks and among thorns.

Therefore, two may seem to head the same way, but nay.

Augustine once said "posse pecarre, posse non pecarre" (able to sin, able not to sin) to describe the condition of Adam's free will, before he sinned. Which of course, is not the same as our current free will. That scholarstic notion is to better our understanding of predestination, free will, justice and original sin as a family of human beings - Adamites.

Murphy's Law is non-existent if its application to Adam's original state is in question, because Adam's state is a matter of obedience. Murphy's Law, if ever to be considered a law, could only be so in the context of observations, and not more than Schrödinger's cat.

When Rev. David Chen accused Rev. Stephen Tong of bad temper when he rebuked; it was like the Pharisees accused Jesus of being proud and egoistic when he claimed to be God.

It was clear that many mainline churches were against gay marriages even in America. I was surprised to some extend because judging from the way Ameristians have been handling God's gifts for them, they would always seek compromises with the amount of oppositions they have to face themselves.

True, the works and efforts put into the Proposition 8 were remarkably enthusiastic. But one cannot ignore the fact how it has to come to this. Were pastors not preaching according to God's will? Were churches not educating the general public about marriages? Or were they just doing just what they should in the guise of self-deceived selfishness?

One can certainly argue that if gay marriages were allowed in California, thus undermining the comfort zone, or so called "faith", of the Ameristians, and particularly their pastors, they would be more concerned with their own well-being than God's will. Having to deal with the necessity of conducting gay marriage ceremonies or face the consequences of their own constitutions which they upheld so highly using the excuse of Romans 13.

But perhaps it is not too late, as we have seen God's mercy has been laid upon here yet again, despite the number of pagan worshipers in His churches. Now then, we are more than responsible to pursue and educate with the public the matters of God in all seriousness.