Control the way you ask questions...Some questions I should answer myself. These number should be more than the ones I expect answers from others.[@more@]
When you failed God, repent. Grab God, don't sin anymore.[@more@]
Today in Bible Study, I brought up the case which Jesus preached
before 5000+ in open. It is not easy because our Lord needed to raise
His voice to a unimaginable point, such as George Whitefield preaching
before 80,000 without microphone.
There is one in our midst who believed otherwise because of the hills around causing echos.
I
failed to mention that echos are not good aid for amplification. Any
concert musician would know this. To view it by contradiction: if echo
is good, why do we need microphone in a four walls or indoor
environment?
And I remember another time, where I was in a
controversial talk with another, regarding worship and serving. I also
skipped too far ahead, missing the bull's eye.
The point is, languages are like symbols. Wisdom is required to discern the truth of the matter.
I
see that it is important in every confrontation, I must first be well
prepared, and then, when confronted, I must not be carried away by the
opponent's way of thinking. I must tackle on their understanding of
their own speech, because usually, the confrontation comes from their
abuse of terms, languages, misunderstanding of even their own ideas.
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On one hand, it is my own lacking in preparation in studying the word of God. I have been stopping from time to time due to work.
The Holy Spirit is rebuking me. I hate myself. May Christ deliver me from this corruption. Let me serve the Lord with the help of the Lord.
Then, thanks be to God, for I see more now. I have learned this now.
I also learned that certain hardship is really hard to swallow. Especially being cheated, ripped off. For these often come from co-workers, brothers and sisters in Christ. This time I learned from experience, which is different than just hearing it. Although, the experience also included some of my own faults, mostly due to laziness, therefore not well-prepared to confront daily challenges. Nonetheless, I believe the blessing of learning is better to come from, if experience, one that is without one's own fault. Which is possible as well. Just as my Lord had.
When I'm exhausted, I can't do God's commission too well. That is, when I'm exhausted in Earthly works.
So I need to figure a way to be prepared at all times. I have known the ways of a soldier, I should be able to deal with it.
Thus, as I come to think. The problem could be priority management, Lack of prayers and Bravery.
Bravery must come with love, otherwise it's barbaric.
Prayer must be devoted, sincere, faithful in the house of the Lord.
Priority must be all glory to God.
Constant study on God's word is crucial in getting all these right.
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I wonder, why the halt? The mustlims could have used some better music.
Is that a wait?
Now, the Muslims are growing more than Christians in the world.
The Christians had great musics, Handel's Messiah, Israel in Egypt, Bach's, etc. But now, we just prefer to flow with the pop culture, abandoning our earthly inheritance.
It is my fear that when the christians have entirely thrown away their valued inheritance, and the muslims start to claim what once was of the christians theirs.
Nonetheless, God's plan and promise, are unchanging, eternal and faithful. May God have mercy on us all.
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It is much wise to study first with the minimal resources, before investing more.
It is also wiser to invest in quality resources as much as possible, rather than handicapping oneself with cheap and ineffective resources.
When one has learned to see this as paradox, the solution is profitable.
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When I was in Dr. Tong's Seminary, I bought the Audio CDs of all the lectures as well. Not because I want some kind of proof or am obsessed about the materials, but because Dr. Tong's lectures were so intensive that I couldn't grasp all of them by just attending it. I had to have some kind of recording. Writing notes would waste the time and money of attending. Because when I attended, I wanted to see his character, expressions, in every lectures, observing his every speech, visual expressions, etc. I have long studied these human behaviors to know certain things most people would normally ignore, or misinterpret.
It is to my understanding that the benefit of self-study in certain things actually does give one insight to certain things that is not publicly available. When such insights are shared, the academy is advanced. However, if such insights are false, they are usually coming out of pride, and should be discussed rather than being shared as some kind of achievement.
So by just observing Dr. Tong's lectures, there are too much to absorb. Due to the fact that he has truly put his entire life, effort and energy to glorify God, and therefore God has blessed him with all the experiences, knowledge and wisdom to share with us.
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Macro-Evolution seems to be something many have considered to be true. Promoting it as education. Sounds like the time when they believed the Earth was flat and the Earth is the center of the universe...[@more@]
Abraham Lincoln once said: No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.[@more@]
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