Christ is not anti-religion, Christ brings true religion.

I don't buy the movement that claims Christ is anti-religious. I get what they are trying to say, perhaps it's because religion is becoming such a taboo thing in society that it might make people uncomfortable, so in an effort to be relevant Christians try to distance themselves from being labeled as a religious group.

But the Bible doesn't criticize being religious. In fact James says "Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained [a]by the world."

What the Jewish people have been given is a religion, organized beliefs, dogmas and doctrines about who God is, and laws teaching them how to have mercy and be unstained by the world.

The thing is Jesus was anti-people who pretend to be good and deny that their hearts are filled with wicked thoughts, the fake religious people who don't take care of widows and orphans on the day of need, and don't keep themselves pure and unstained by the world. He was never against religion.

Those who went before us: George Muller

Supposedly his face itself is a sermon.



Does it shine like a child?

Seriously though, his biography is very encouraging. Go read it if you have a chance.

Learning to labour

I'm a lazy person. Before I became a Christian I thought I could get away with not trying my best in school, work, and everything I do if I believed God, since He's sovereign and had control of everything. How awful was that thought.

I did not understand that faith alone saves, but saving faith is never alone.

Now I regret not studying hard in university, and wasting too much time on stupid things such as youtube and video games, these actions/choices have become habits and will take time to undo.

Now I want to do something useful for God, it is God's grace and I am happy.

Disobedience due to a lack of understanding

Have you ever desired to please God in a certain situation but don't know how?

I've been in this situation way too many times. It's because I don't know the Bible well enough.

What do I do when someone offends me? What if they don't know it? How do I know i've forgiven them?

What if thoughts of vengeance comes back?

What do I do during this post-graduate time without a job?

How should I treat people who are older, younger, the same age as me?

These are just some questions that keeps on running through my brain. The bible speaks about all these things, but I don't know them.

Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us

This story is amazing!
http://austinstone.org/stories/written/item/501-the-miracle-of-forgiveness

Being the idiot in the room

I love giving advice to others, fortunately there's no one to listen. This is shameful to admit because a lot of times I do it not out of love but to show off what I know and end up becoming a noisy gong like idiot, with my stupid comments ringing in the air.



This fellow might be all smiles and lovely as a gum, but ain't so pleasant in real life.

A most dangerous kind of heresy is obsession with orthodoxy without love. I need to learn to keep my mouth shut and listen to others. God help me.

Behold

Contrary to a popular christian saying of applying the bible to live it out in our daily lives, a lot of scriptures simply tells us to behold the glory of God.

Think about it: Jesus, the Son of God, with a face radiating like the sun, eyes blazing, who speaks words like a double edged sword, able to pierce the deepest thoughts of the hearts of men, who is the Word that spoke everything into existence, who is the one holding all authority on heaven and earth, who is worshiped by angels and saints in glory non-stop, who alone is worthy of all blessing, glory, thanksgiving, power honor, and might, if anyone deserves to be loved and blessed by God, it was He.

But instead of staying in His heavenly abode, Christ became one of us, living a good life fulfilling God's statues and commandments that no one was and is able to keep. Willingly becoming sin on our behalf, as an offering to pay for our enmity towards God, crushed by His own Father, taking on the wrath of God on wretched sinners' behalf, and pouring out the righteousness He earned to cover our shame.

On the third day He rose again, later ascending into heaven, making intercession and prayer for the saints.

"Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."


99% (I made up this stat) of Scripture tells us to look at this Lamb, verses that tell us how to live our lives comes after those that tells us of His glory