My Journal

Many, especially ones in business dealings, face contradictory matters each day. Therefore, they are susceptible to presuming paradoxical contents of the Bible as contradictory. Hence, if they were christians, they would either be troubled by such matter, or dissevering the Word of God as if separating a limb from the rest of the body.

I realized today that if one rebukes with the fear of the Lord, one is in God's favor. But, but...when one rebukes in such a way, one must be bold to go all the way.

In addition to this experience, I would like to add a good verse under KJV and Chinese's HeHeBen Translation:
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. (Psalms 76:10)

人的忿怒要成全你的榮美；人的餘怒，你要禁止。

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Jesus Christ showed that the relationship between God and man cannot be interfered by men.

Often times, family, friends would suggest somewhat better ways in compromising your relationship with God, your immediate response to God. As the old chinese saying: 忠孝不能兩全. (One cannot both satisfy faithfulness to God and honor to parents at the same time).

Let me also add:

忠而不孝, 不忠;
孝而不忠, 也不忠.
孝乃藉以忠, 但忠不藉以孝.
忠孝有次序之原則.

In order to retain the art, I'll translate the above literally:
Faithful to God while not honoring parents, Not faithful to God.
Honoring parents while not faithful to God, Not faithful to God indeed.
Honoring parents through faithfulness in God, but not vice versa.
To God and to men, there is a principle of order.

One faces this challenge because others do not see.
But if one himself sees, he must be sure he sees what he should see, and not what he should not see.

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We can only be saved through the Grace of God alone.

And we definitely cannot be saved by any coupon of the grace. For there is no such coupon.

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