13/9 Gospel Rally

The preacher of this rally is this brother called Rev Dr Stephen Tong, a renowned reformed speaker who is 68 years old. I hereby address him as Old brother Tong... Hee...

God's words will never be binded by the forces of the world. Many times, we tend to tune our frequency to the world's frequency. We start to package the truth so that it will be accepted by the world. And sometimes, packaging blurs the truths instead. God's ministry should never be a market-driven ministry. It should not be about what people want and enjoy. God's truth is not about magic, healing, prosperity. One should approach God's truth as one who 1) Fears God, 2) Respect the Holy Spirit, 3) Study the history.
John the Baptist spoke of REPENTENCE in the wilderness... Something that was not popular yet CRUCIAL. People who truly seeks the truth went even to the wilderness to listen. There was no publicity, no comfortable and prosperity message, but a message of repentence, because the Kingdom of God is near.

Jesus. The self-existing One. The Logos, Word, 道... (At this junction, he starts talking about lao zi, kong zi, the different sociologists and philosophers.) Conclusion. LOGOS was the central principle of all things. 万有的总原则！

Science and Jesus. Science, "SCIO" in Latin, meaning "I know". And how do you "know"? Through research, experiment and analyse, we wil lead on to DISCOVERY.
Yet, the existence of these discovered knowledge are independent of the discovery. Discovering something through science simply means you have UNCOVERED another knowledge that has ALREADY BEEN THERE. It just mean you are more knowledgable. Even if you talk about invention, it is also simply creating something out of what has ALREADY BEEN CREATED.

The analogy of the boy who found food. "One day, a young boy smelled some food, so he went to the kitchen. He opened the pot and saw spaghetti. Then he opened another pot and saw creamy mushroom soup. Then he opened another pot to see steamed prawns. And he ran into the living room, filling with excitement, he announce to his family "EVERYONE! I DISCOVERED something great! There are spaghetti, mushroom soup and even prawns in the Kitchen!!!!! Dinner is on me tonight!" Suddenly his mum stood up and hit his head! "Crazy boy, I cooked the food!"

Similarly, God has already created the world that embodies all the mysteries that will soon be discover by Science. But these mysteries being discovered by man DOES NOT undermine the power of God. Science only helps increase our understanding of God, increasing our meaning in life. Yet, Science is only restricted to the studying of the natural world.

Yet. Even to people like Newton, on one hand, he will discover the natural science, on the other hand, he receives the supernatural. "一方面研究自然，另一方面领受超自然"

Tying back to what he spoke for the past 2 nights, (in which i wasn't around) 1st on the words of Jesus and 2nd on the morality of Jesus, he now talks about this Jesus who surpasses all the mention "philosophers, scientists, sociologist, religious leaders" in speech and morality, the "WORD" Himself became flesh. “道可道，非常道”the true WORD cannot be explained in words. Those can be explained are not the WORD. What did God do? God knows that we cannot understand this word, as seen from how the Israelites, His chosen people keep deviating from the truth and leading decadent lives despite hearing God's words. So what did God do?
Instead of continually telling us about the WORD through prophet, the WORD BECAME FLESH, the infinite coming into the finite world, to REVEAL God in person, to seek the lost, to be an example of the lost.

P.S. There are many things that Jesus Proclaims about Himself that revealed to us He is really the Being who surpasses time and space. Morality wise, no one could find any fault with Him

Who is Jesus?

The gospel rally from 11-14/9 at Singapore Indoor Stadium. Because it was a gospel rally, i happily thought the message will be the same everyday. And because it was a gospel rally, i thought i should only turn up when my friends are going. Hence, i did not turn up for the first night.

On the 12/9 morning, I remembered the few moments before I woke up, I had a picture of the Indoor Stadium that was filled with the number of people equivalent to our church congregation-300+. And I woke up. I felt unpeaceful. I know i did tell ppl about this event, but as the rally's dates drew nearer, i seem to be losing the passion to ask my friends to go and listen to the rally. I remember walking out of the house, thinking that if everyone else was like me, the stadium will really not be filled! Then suddenly God rebuked me. "This is my work. If you do not respond to my calling, others will. The success in my work is not dependent on man, but on my faithfulness." Yes, God will accomplish His work and bring His ppl to the gospel rally. It is by His grace if He is going to use me to bring His message of love to others, and in return, i will receive His blessings. By not doing so, I just lose out on seeing ppl turn to Christ and receiving His blessings.

I only turned up on sat and sun evenings. And I was blown away by the message of God. A new perspective, A new challenge, A new vision, A new prayer...

Ugliness of man...

I realised how ugly mankind can get. Anw... Was watching Constantine just now on Channel 5... Beyond the handsome guy, the sacrificial love struck me again. Well.. God loves me even beyond my ugliness... Not only physical but also the inner filth. He loves me... But He refuses to see me dirty... He wants to bring me to the fountain of life, and wash me clean.

In contrast to man's ugliness... God is beautiful... "You are beautiful beyond description, Too marvelous for words. Too wonderful for comprehension. Like nothing ever seen or heard... Who can fathom, Your infinite wisdom. Who can measure, the depth of Your love... You are beautiful beyond description... Majesty, enthroned above! And I stand, I stand, in awe of You. I stand, I stand, in awe of You. Holy God, to Whom, all praise is due, I stand in awe of You!"

Wow... I am impress with my memory... Haha.. If only I could remember my history facts so well... But yeah...

I have learnt so much recently from Tang Mu Shi. Yet currently, these are all knowledge. Not yet wisdom... Will share more another time..

Yeap! Have started school... Still adapting... Oh well... Hoping to get into the studying momentum soon... Have quite nice lecturers and tutors... But i still miss peeps in NY... Esp most of my beloved tutors... Argh... But it is ook... I strongly believe absence makes the heart grow fonder....

Anw... I am still wondering what my love language is actually. Was discussing this with Kanitta that it depends on the person showing love to me.. Like i melt when Dave gave me a hug. But if Ke li gives me a hug i will freak out... hahaha... Lalalalala..... I love Dave.. The sincere and mesmerising American I met recently... But will prob never get to see him again :(

Ugliness of man.... Sometimes understanding more of a person makes you irritated and impatient with them... Because you see more of their ugliness... But thinking back.. Aren't we as ugly as well... I am learning.... Got impatient and unloving recently... Got to change... :) Hee...

Thats all for today. Just thought I wanted to update a bit...