Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Who is Jesus Christ?
The greatest act of love in history....the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Christians all know the story of the Gospel. The miracles, the journey, the parables...etc.
But who is exactly Jesus Christ to us?
Well I believe everyone has different personal names for God. Some call Him provider, some call Comforter, some call Healer, some call creator, some call best friend, some call with longer titles or names. So if we realize this the names tell us about revealed the character & personality of God. I wanted to share today that our God is a personal God. We can see it from his personal name as revealed to Moses on the Burning Bush. to better understand the identity of Jesus that died on the cross for each & every one of us, let's look into OT.
Exodus 3
Moses and the Burning Bush
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up."
When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!"
And Moses said, "Here I am."
"Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." Then he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt."
But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain."
Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"
God said to Moses, "I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.
The LORD, translated from Yahweh, which is the covenantal & personal name of God, which means I AM [Yahweh / Jehovah is the Latin name)]. These are what the LORD did in the past, as a display of his great miracle & love.
He is the LORD that created heaven & earth.
He is the LORD that gave life to Adam & Eve.
He is the LORD that brought the great flood at the times of Noah.
He is the LORD that called Abraham out of Ur & established his covenant with his people.
He is the LORD that promises Isaac to Abraham & Sarah, & causes his descendents to be as numerous as starts in the sky.
He is the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, the God of Israel
He is the LORD that changed Joseph from sold slave into Egypt’s second to Pharaoh.
He is the LORD that brought the Israelites out of Egypt.
He is the LORD that parted the Red Sea, provided manna & quail to the Israelites during the exodus
He is the LORD that lead the people into the promised land, & destroyed the Wall of Jericho.
He is the LORD that drive out the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites for his chosen people.
He is the LORD that established the Kingdom of Israel through David & Solomon.
He is the LORD that rescued his people from the exile from Babylon & Assyria.
He is the LORD that spoke to the prophets about the coming of Messiah.
He is the LORD that never fails to fulfill his promises to his people
He is the LORD that knows each & every details of your life.
He is the LORD that is here right now.
He is the LORD God Almighty.
He is I AM.
Throughtout the Scriptures he has been given many names, by those who personally encountered him & tasted his power & love. These names also reveals his characters, that are personal to those who encountered him.
Jehovah Jireh – The Lord will Provide
Jehovah Rophe – The Lord who Heals
Jehovah Nissi – The Lord our Banner
Jehovah M’kaddesh – The Lord who Santifies
Jehovah Shalom – The Lord our Peace
Jehovah Tsidkenu – The Lord our Righteousness
Jehovah Rohi – The Lord our Shepherd
Jehovah Shammah – The Lord is There
Jehovah Sabaoth – The Lord of Hosts
These are the names that those people can identify with the attributes of the Lord. Perhaps you will have your own name of the lord.
& now the name of Jesus Christ.
Jesus himself declared he is the same I AM.
Exodus 20:2-5
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God…..
The Jewish people at the time knows clearly the law that they will only worship Yahweh & no other God. But the disciples worshipped Jesus because they acknowledge that he is the LORD, & Jesus approves the worship. He accepts human worships.
Above all kingdoms, above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure what you're worth
Crucified
Laid behind a stone
You lived to die
Rejected and alone
Like a rose
Trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all
But who is exactly Jesus Christ to us?
Well I believe everyone has different personal names for God. Some call Him provider, some call Comforter, some call Healer, some call creator, some call best friend, some call with longer titles or names. So if we realize this the names tell us about revealed the character & personality of God. I wanted to share today that our God is a personal God. We can see it from his personal name as revealed to Moses on the Burning Bush. to better understand the identity of Jesus that died on the cross for each & every one of us, let's look into OT.
Exodus 3
Moses and the Burning Bush
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up."
When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!"
And Moses said, "Here I am."
"Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." Then he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt."
But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain."
Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"
God said to Moses, "I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.
The LORD, translated from Yahweh, which is the covenantal & personal name of God, which means I AM [Yahweh / Jehovah is the Latin name)]. These are what the LORD did in the past, as a display of his great miracle & love.
He is the LORD that created heaven & earth.
He is the LORD that gave life to Adam & Eve.
He is the LORD that brought the great flood at the times of Noah.
He is the LORD that called Abraham out of Ur & established his covenant with his people.
He is the LORD that promises Isaac to Abraham & Sarah, & causes his descendents to be as numerous as starts in the sky.
He is the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, the God of Israel
He is the LORD that changed Joseph from sold slave into Egypt’s second to Pharaoh.
He is the LORD that brought the Israelites out of Egypt.
He is the LORD that parted the Red Sea, provided manna & quail to the Israelites during the exodus
He is the LORD that lead the people into the promised land, & destroyed the Wall of Jericho.
He is the LORD that drive out the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites for his chosen people.
He is the LORD that established the Kingdom of Israel through David & Solomon.
He is the LORD that rescued his people from the exile from Babylon & Assyria.
He is the LORD that spoke to the prophets about the coming of Messiah.
He is the LORD that never fails to fulfill his promises to his people
He is the LORD that knows each & every details of your life.
He is the LORD that is here right now.
He is the LORD God Almighty.
He is I AM.
Throughtout the Scriptures he has been given many names, by those who personally encountered him & tasted his power & love. These names also reveals his characters, that are personal to those who encountered him.
Jehovah Jireh – The Lord will Provide
Jehovah Rophe – The Lord who Heals
Jehovah Nissi – The Lord our Banner
Jehovah M’kaddesh – The Lord who Santifies
Jehovah Shalom – The Lord our Peace
Jehovah Tsidkenu – The Lord our Righteousness
Jehovah Rohi – The Lord our Shepherd
Jehovah Shammah – The Lord is There
Jehovah Sabaoth – The Lord of Hosts
These are the names that those people can identify with the attributes of the Lord. Perhaps you will have your own name of the lord.
& now the name of Jesus Christ.
Jesus himself declared he is the same I AM.
Exodus 20:2-5
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God…..
The Jewish people at the time knows clearly the law that they will only worship Yahweh & no other God. But the disciples worshipped Jesus because they acknowledge that he is the LORD, & Jesus approves the worship. He accepts human worships.
In John 8 when the Jews were asking Jesus who he is, Jesus said "before Abraham was, I am!" He was claiming to be the LORD of their forefathers, the God of the covenant, the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. He claims to be the very same Yahweh. That’s why the people try to stone him.
In John 18 when the soldiers were trying to capture Jesus, he asked, "Whom do you seek?" They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I AM." When he said to them, "I AM," they drew back and fell to the ground. Again he asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he” The guards fell down because Jesus declared that He is the I AM, he is Yahweh, the LORD, the Messiah that the Jews had been waiting for more than 4000 years.
In Phil 2:5-11, Paul states that "bestowed on Him the name which is above every name." Yahweh is referred to as "the Name". To say that Jesus is above every name can only mean one thing to a Jew like Paul. Only one name is above every name and that is Yahweh. Therefore Paul recognized Jesus as Yahweh, the LORD.
So who exactly is Jesus Christ that is crucified?
Jesus is derived from Hebrew Joshua or Je-Hoshua which means JEHOVAH IS SALVATION. Jesus is the LORD. He is not just a Jesus Christ or the Jesus Christ. Let us all see Him as THE LORD Jesus Christ, the very personal name that our God revealed to his beloved people.
Jesus also declared other I AM's.
Jesus declared I AM the true vine.
Jesus declared I AM the bread of life.
Jesus declared I AM the good shepherd.
Jesus declared I AM the door of the sheep.
Jesus declared I AM the light of the world.
Jesus declared I AM the resurrection and the life.
Jesus declared I AM the way, the truth, and the life.
The creator of this universe dies for His beloved creation.
The life gave his life for you so that you will not die.
The truth become truth on the cross so you may not stay in deception.
The way show his way through the cross so that you will not be lost.
The light shines his light on the cross so that you see Him.
The shepherd paid the ultimate price for his sheep so that they find the door of salvation.
Jehovah Jireh – The Lord will Provide dies on the cross for you so that you will have all the provision you ever need in heaven.
Jehovah Rophe – The lord who Heals dies on the cross for you so that you will receive the healing through His broken body.
Jehovah Nissi – The Lord our Banner dies on the cross for you so that you will claim victory in life situation from His victorious crucifixion.
Jehovah M’kaddesh – The Lord who Sanctifies dies on the cross for you so that you will be cleansed through the blood of the Lamb.
Jehovah Shalom – The Lord our Peace dies on the cross for you so that you will receive peace above the understanding through faith in Him.
Jehovah Tsidkenu – The Lord our Righteousness dies on the cross for you so that you will be righteous & blameless from sin before God.
Jehovah Rohi – The Lord our Shepherd dies on the cross for you so that you will hear the voice of the Shepherd when He calls you by name.
Jehovah Shammah – The Lord is There dies on the cross for you so that you will find Holy Spirit there always in your mind & body & spirit.
Jehovah Sabaoth – The Lord of Hosts dies on the cross for you so that you will know the LORD has angels for you always.
I AM
I AM WHO I AM
I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE
JESUS
JEHOVAH IS SALVATION
YAHWEH
Recognize truly who our Lord Jesus Christ is. Although he is the almighty LORD, choose to die on the cross for you. For you, his beloved sons & daughter. He is your personal LORD. He is the Lord above all. & At the moments of crucifixion, the Lord who is above all, is thinking of you, above all that he is. I AM thinking of you, above all.
Above all powers, above all kings
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began
In John 18 when the soldiers were trying to capture Jesus, he asked, "Whom do you seek?" They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I AM." When he said to them, "I AM," they drew back and fell to the ground. Again he asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he” The guards fell down because Jesus declared that He is the I AM, he is Yahweh, the LORD, the Messiah that the Jews had been waiting for more than 4000 years.
In Phil 2:5-11, Paul states that "bestowed on Him the name which is above every name." Yahweh is referred to as "the Name". To say that Jesus is above every name can only mean one thing to a Jew like Paul. Only one name is above every name and that is Yahweh. Therefore Paul recognized Jesus as Yahweh, the LORD.
So who exactly is Jesus Christ that is crucified?
Jesus is derived from Hebrew Joshua or Je-Hoshua which means JEHOVAH IS SALVATION. Jesus is the LORD. He is not just a Jesus Christ or the Jesus Christ. Let us all see Him as THE LORD Jesus Christ, the very personal name that our God revealed to his beloved people.
Jesus also declared other I AM's.
Jesus declared I AM the true vine.
Jesus declared I AM the bread of life.
Jesus declared I AM the good shepherd.
Jesus declared I AM the door of the sheep.
Jesus declared I AM the light of the world.
Jesus declared I AM the resurrection and the life.
Jesus declared I AM the way, the truth, and the life.
The creator of this universe dies for His beloved creation.
The life gave his life for you so that you will not die.
The truth become truth on the cross so you may not stay in deception.
The way show his way through the cross so that you will not be lost.
The light shines his light on the cross so that you see Him.
The shepherd paid the ultimate price for his sheep so that they find the door of salvation.
Jehovah Jireh – The Lord will Provide dies on the cross for you so that you will have all the provision you ever need in heaven.
Jehovah Rophe – The lord who Heals dies on the cross for you so that you will receive the healing through His broken body.
Jehovah Nissi – The Lord our Banner dies on the cross for you so that you will claim victory in life situation from His victorious crucifixion.
Jehovah M’kaddesh – The Lord who Sanctifies dies on the cross for you so that you will be cleansed through the blood of the Lamb.
Jehovah Shalom – The Lord our Peace dies on the cross for you so that you will receive peace above the understanding through faith in Him.
Jehovah Tsidkenu – The Lord our Righteousness dies on the cross for you so that you will be righteous & blameless from sin before God.
Jehovah Rohi – The Lord our Shepherd dies on the cross for you so that you will hear the voice of the Shepherd when He calls you by name.
Jehovah Shammah – The Lord is There dies on the cross for you so that you will find Holy Spirit there always in your mind & body & spirit.
Jehovah Sabaoth – The Lord of Hosts dies on the cross for you so that you will know the LORD has angels for you always.
I AM
I AM WHO I AM
I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE
JESUS
JEHOVAH IS SALVATION
YAHWEH
Recognize truly who our Lord Jesus Christ is. Although he is the almighty LORD, choose to die on the cross for you. For you, his beloved sons & daughter. He is your personal LORD. He is the Lord above all. & At the moments of crucifixion, the Lord who is above all, is thinking of you, above all that he is. I AM thinking of you, above all.
Above all powers, above all kings
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began
Above all kingdoms, above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure what you're worth
Crucified
Laid behind a stone
You lived to die
Rejected and alone
Like a rose
Trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Faith - truth or emotion?
I'm not sure where I heard this, one of the best way to see the relationship of Christian with God is their prayer language & worship expression. & I have this habit of observing how people pray & worship during services & meetings. I have to, for some individuals. That's where I can see how is the person doing (for a good motive). One thing that always amazes me is how much the emotions involved, or in another word, how people can get so emotional during prayer & worships.
Emotion is really a powerful force to increase the mood. & I do acknowledge the role of emotions with our relationship with God. Music is one key to stir up the emotions. But sometimes even me myself is too caught up by this "stirred atmosphere" that I lose the focus on real factor behind the emotion.
Truth >> Faith >> Emotion (TFE)
Our source of emotion should be a result of our faith (relationship with God), It shouldn't be from anointing of others or physical & spiritual atmosphere. Of course our faith is based on what the truth is to us. But I sense a danger of this new pattern which is.....
Emotion >> Faith >> Truth (EFT)
Emotions is building faith that in the end builds the "truth". What if we get emotional? Then an extra burst of faith? More sound truth? How about if the emotion is dry? No faith & the truth is dead? Both may
appear similar but it's very different.
I come out with this because of some "amazing" things that happened. I'd seen how individuals get so emotional during worship & prayer, a good sign for a Christian. However......
The very same mouth that praises God in worship is the very same mouth that curse God for things in life.
The very same mouth that blesses others in prayer is the very same mouth that creates tension & breaks the heart of others. The very same mouth that proclaims the Lord is the very same mouth that becomes a stumbling block.
What goes wrong here? Outwardly we can see the emotions of the person. Both TFE & EFT is the same in outward emotional expression. Both can produce equally great prayer language & worship expression. Emotional prayer language & worship expression can be done by those who do not
know the Lord personally as well.
The key to differentiate is where the source of F is, E or T? To identify the source of F, just eliminate all factors that can produce good atmosphere for E.
Try to pray & worship without powerful preaching.
Try to pray & worship without touching sharing.
Try to pray & worship without great musics.
Try to pray & worship in NEUTRAL emotion (bad emotions are also emotions that can stir up emotional prayer & worship, not only good emotions).
Can you still pray a powerful prayer?
Can you still worship with all your heart?
The only way to be able to pray & worship in ZERO EMOTION situation is when the faith is driven by the truth & not driven by emotion. In short, if the person knows the truth (knows God, & HAVE a relationship with God), he/she will not feel dry but will still able to pray & worship God because prayer & worship is your communication with God, not with the music, not with the preaching, not with the crowd, not with the congregation.
If you know the heartbeat of God, you can still pray without being stirred by preaching or sharing.
If you in awe & reverence & fear the Lord, you can still worship without music or emotional atmosphere.
If you KNOW THE LORD, the Holy Spirit will enable you to be emotional for Him in zero-emotion situation.
He will descent upon you during prayer, tuning your word according to His will.
He will be upon your worship, making it worship in spirit & truth.
Truth is God or "god"
Faith is our belief in the "truth"/God/"god" also can be said relationship with God
Emotion is the condition of our heart expressed physically, either genuine or acted out
Since God is the only Truth, faith based on truth will not go wrong.
Truth (God) >> Faith (belief based on God with relationship with Him) >> Emotion (genuine expression of heart through emotion)
No matter how bad the current situation in life is, no matter how bad your emotion is, because you know God, you know the truth (God), your outward expression & attitude will remain good in bad times.
However, faith based on emotion in which the emotion is based on worldly condition,
Emotion (expression based on fleshly condition) >> Faith (belief based on condition of the world, do not know God personally) >> Truth (created own version of 'god' in heart = idolatry)
The danger is here. EFT will have the tendency to alter the view of God in heart based on emotional condition. This is when Christians become godly Christians during great worship sessions or anointed
prayer meetings, able to pray like prophet & worship like lost in love. But curses, swears, hates, & blame God for bad emotion caused by bad condition, which will be channeled into outward physical
expression to other people around in form of bad actions.
Addition:
When I say good prayer & worship I don't mean the volume, the sound tone, the body movements or those things, Even those pray in normal volume or slow speech is strong if the words pierces according to he will of God. Even those worship in quietness & static posture is strong if the person is worshiping with right fear, reverence, respect to the Lord.
Emotion is really a powerful force to increase the mood. & I do acknowledge the role of emotions with our relationship with God. Music is one key to stir up the emotions. But sometimes even me myself is too caught up by this "stirred atmosphere" that I lose the focus on real factor behind the emotion.
Truth >> Faith >> Emotion (TFE)
Our source of emotion should be a result of our faith (relationship with God), It shouldn't be from anointing of others or physical & spiritual atmosphere. Of course our faith is based on what the truth is to us. But I sense a danger of this new pattern which is.....
Emotion >> Faith >> Truth (EFT)
Emotions is building faith that in the end builds the "truth". What if we get emotional? Then an extra burst of faith? More sound truth? How about if the emotion is dry? No faith & the truth is dead? Both may
appear similar but it's very different.
I come out with this because of some "amazing" things that happened. I'd seen how individuals get so emotional during worship & prayer, a good sign for a Christian. However......
The very same mouth that praises God in worship is the very same mouth that curse God for things in life.
The very same mouth that blesses others in prayer is the very same mouth that creates tension & breaks the heart of others. The very same mouth that proclaims the Lord is the very same mouth that becomes a stumbling block.
What goes wrong here? Outwardly we can see the emotions of the person. Both TFE & EFT is the same in outward emotional expression. Both can produce equally great prayer language & worship expression. Emotional prayer language & worship expression can be done by those who do not
know the Lord personally as well.
The key to differentiate is where the source of F is, E or T? To identify the source of F, just eliminate all factors that can produce good atmosphere for E.
Try to pray & worship without powerful preaching.
Try to pray & worship without touching sharing.
Try to pray & worship without great musics.
Try to pray & worship in NEUTRAL emotion (bad emotions are also emotions that can stir up emotional prayer & worship, not only good emotions).
Can you still pray a powerful prayer?
Can you still worship with all your heart?
The only way to be able to pray & worship in ZERO EMOTION situation is when the faith is driven by the truth & not driven by emotion. In short, if the person knows the truth (knows God, & HAVE a relationship with God), he/she will not feel dry but will still able to pray & worship God because prayer & worship is your communication with God, not with the music, not with the preaching, not with the crowd, not with the congregation.
If you know the heartbeat of God, you can still pray without being stirred by preaching or sharing.
If you in awe & reverence & fear the Lord, you can still worship without music or emotional atmosphere.
If you KNOW THE LORD, the Holy Spirit will enable you to be emotional for Him in zero-emotion situation.
He will descent upon you during prayer, tuning your word according to His will.
He will be upon your worship, making it worship in spirit & truth.
Truth is God or "god"
Faith is our belief in the "truth"/God/"god" also can be said relationship with God
Emotion is the condition of our heart expressed physically, either genuine or acted out
Since God is the only Truth, faith based on truth will not go wrong.
Truth (God) >> Faith (belief based on God with relationship with Him) >> Emotion (genuine expression of heart through emotion)
No matter how bad the current situation in life is, no matter how bad your emotion is, because you know God, you know the truth (God), your outward expression & attitude will remain good in bad times.
However, faith based on emotion in which the emotion is based on worldly condition,
Emotion (expression based on fleshly condition) >> Faith (belief based on condition of the world, do not know God personally) >> Truth (created own version of 'god' in heart = idolatry)
The danger is here. EFT will have the tendency to alter the view of God in heart based on emotional condition. This is when Christians become godly Christians during great worship sessions or anointed
prayer meetings, able to pray like prophet & worship like lost in love. But curses, swears, hates, & blame God for bad emotion caused by bad condition, which will be channeled into outward physical
expression to other people around in form of bad actions.
Addition:
When I say good prayer & worship I don't mean the volume, the sound tone, the body movements or those things, Even those pray in normal volume or slow speech is strong if the words pierces according to he will of God. Even those worship in quietness & static posture is strong if the person is worshiping with right fear, reverence, respect to the Lord.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Conversation
Jesus, Lover of my soul,
Jesus, I will never let you go
You've taken me from the miry clay
You've set my feet upon the Rock, and now i know
I love you, I need you,
Though my world may fall, I'll never let you go
My Saviour, my closest friend,
I will worship you until the very end
Jesus, I will never let you go
You've taken me from the miry clay
You've set my feet upon the Rock, and now i know
I love you, I need you,
Though my world may fall, I'll never let you go
My Saviour, my closest friend,
I will worship you until the very end
Man: I feel so much pain now. In human flesh I'm struggling & enduring all these problems & persecution. But why wouldn't I just give up on You? Why I still endure all this for Your name? Why can't I just run away from Your calling? Why do I still persevere in You? Tell me!!! Why!!??
God: Because of love. Remember I told you that "I'm pleased with you"? It's because you love Me. You will never let Me go. I had picked you up from the dust. I had built you up & placed you here for all these. I see your heart. You need Me. Yes your world may fall, & yet you will remain in Me. I'm your Saviour & your closest friend. You will worship me until the very end.
Man: Yes Lord. I won't let you go no matter what. I will worship You until the very end.
Man: Don't You ever dare to let me go, Lord! I'm your beloved son! No... no You will not let me go! I will worship Your name only until the very end!
God: You will never leave Me. I will never let you go.
Man: I tell You LORD! You are my God & You will never leave me! Never! Your promises will come true! Your Words shall come to pass! I'm sorry for doubting You. I'm sorry for not trusting You. So don't You ever take Your presence away. I will chase after You. I will run after You! I wanted to see Your Glory!
God: You will never leave Me. I will never let you go.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Lantern of Love
In the loving name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.
With love.
Inspired to pray for you all.
With love.
Inspired to pray for you all.
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