I can't seem to find a satisfactory translation for the Chinese Idiom: 瞒天过海. The closest one seems to be "To Cross the Sea by a Trick", or to practice deception.
Anyhow, this would best describe the approach of today's Evangelical Christian's, conservative or not, view towards God's guidance. Very shallow and very narrow minded.
One must not be surprised however, for different era has its own born every day. As the old saying goes: There's one born every day.
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I have no problem with people commenting on churches or fellowships. But I do have problem when people try to imply or convince others that their church or fellowship is better.
If time allows, I will try to find out how "better" their group is than others.
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I believe God saves us individually, through Christ.
True Salvation is not put out there as an option. For no one is worthy enough to see it but its shadow. Many, having seen this shadow of the Gospel, seek no further, for they do not realize that having recognized the knowledge of something, does not mean one has obtained it, or that one has true relationship with the Truth. In the past, I love to buy books and not read them, often times, I asked myself why I didn't read what I bought, or why I bought them in the first place.
It is the work of the Holy Spirit in individual to bring us to Christ.
We must always pray for the right relationship with God.
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Rev. David Chen's evangelical ministry is not to be hindered. For we should not prevent anyone from preaching Christ. No matter who they are. For Jesus even sent the traitor, Judas Iscariot, out to preach the name of Christ.
The glory of God does not depend on any of us. It depends not on the elected ones of God nor does it depend on the condemned ones.
But we must all be responsible before God and obey His will.
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I have been marveled by the mechanism of coin sorters ever since I first saw it being used in a bank back home in Malaysia, when my father took me to deposit my coins when I was little, probably around 8.
I had never looked deeper into its mechanism because I thought it was easy, until two days ago, when I had the chance with a piece of junk I could use to make the part where coins are sorted by sliding into various sized holes. I realized it wasn't that easy because one needs to seriously take gravity and velocity into account (for my design anyway), and judging from the commercial ones on the web, there are other methods of sorting. I also came across a homemade one very similar to my method on a video clip on the web. I believe this guy had perfected his system, but I couldn't be sure as the video wasn't clear enough and it wasn't really made to show all the crucial angles of the design. However, I supposed I must give this guy some credit because his video encouraged me a little so I would not give up on my imperfect design. It wasn't until yesterday evening, that I perfected my design (I think this is how he did it as well, but I still couldn't be sure when I viewed his video again). I shall be on a lookout for salvageable parts to make a whole contraption. No rush.
Another reason that urged me to want a coin sorter is because my bank doesn't have a machine to sort it out for me, this is the second bank I've met with this enigma. Of course, there are some other banks in America that do have such service for their customers, just not mine, unfortunately. So I had to wrap my own assorted coins before I deposit, I even have to count them myself. Sometimes I wonder who's the third world country. Nonetheless, my bank still has one of the most friendly and non-prejudice staffs of all banks in America.
If I bought a commercial coin sorter, it wouldn't be much fun, why buy when you can recycle?
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Sometimes when it seems clouded, halt, examine every details, make use of memory to meditate on past, on word of God, pray for mercy and blessing, taking one small step at a time.
Do not let vain ambitions take over.
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Recently pastor Chen had asked me if I would financially support another pastor/preacher who's currently low on income. I immediately refused. This is not the first time it happened.
I am astounded by Rev. David Chen's ego at his version of helping others while not realizing that he's devaluing the stature of pastors in the world. Devaluing himself as God's servant is bad enough, he had to do this to other servants of God...sigh.
No doubt, Rev. Chen is not the only one, judging from what is seen in the world. But I believe whoever devalues God's calling, God's blessing and God's gift in such a perverse motive is going to face serious judgment from God, DESPITE their MOTIVE.
Pastors are God's anointed servants. They have the authority as God's representative in the community they serve. In one sense, a truly called preacher is even greater than all the presidents of the world combined, and yet lives a humble life.
Unfortunately, the world treated pastors like beggars, it treated God's servants with sympathy, just because the pastor or the preacher is poor or financially lesser than an average working man. Consequently, many give offering in a sympathetic attitude, treating offering in church as donation. If this is not corrected in us, we can never understand God's grace and have the right relationship with God.
Because one sees a pastor is so nice to one, he/she loves the pastor. Which is good. But when he/she learned that the pastor is poorer than he/she, he/she began to treat the pastor with some kind of sympathy. Now this is wrong attitude, the apostle Paul often corrected that, especially to the Corinthians, 1Corinthians Chapter 9.
Some would say...okay okay, but don't be so serious about this. This kind of study is useless.
On the contrary, this is why there are those who are jealous of Jesus, this is why prophets were persecuted, and this is why many can never have the right attitude towards God, so you see problems in so called Christian communities and families. Why? Because we all love to have sympathy on someone, but when we realize that the ones we have sympathy on are really the ones who don't require our sympathy, and in fact, expect our respect and listening ears, we began to feel jealous.
Has anyone sympathy on Elijah? Many will see their "sympathy" for God's servants threatened and will have problem with Elijah's command of fire from heaven consuming the 100 soldiers and two captains of King Ahaziah, simply because the captains treated the man of God lower than the king. (2 Ki 1:13)
A truly called servant of God is to be respected and even followed. For the one he is serving is God, creator of the whole universe, destroyer of both soul and body in hell. Of course, more importantly, one must be able to discern who truly works for God and who doesn't.
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I believe the incompetence of the staffs is probably due to some genuine misconception of the working system handed to them. I have seen it before, I just hope this post office doesn't throw away mails or packages just because they have slightly different spelling of the recipient's name. That's just too retarded, or inserting packages in the wrong mailbox because one of the staff has his own understanding of PO BOX labellings.
Ironically, the whole reason I registered for a PO BOX is because I cannot trust the delivery made at my apartment.
I can't believe I had to order two books twice within a month.
1. After Its Kind, by Byron Nelson
2. The Darkness Among Us, by William Viser
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It is not my hope to see CCGC fail.
Nor is it my intention to put my hand on the Holy Ark of God.
Grant me Wisdom, Lord, Grant me Mercy, Lord.
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