Life is always a test because God is molding you to become more patient & humble; hence, its always an easy way to be proud if you have everything but if you possessed weaknesses such as you cannot reach what you want then that's one way to make you humble & patient to wait for God..That is what Happened to St Paul when He said that God allowed weaknesses in his life to keep him from becoming proud but don't you know God can make a weak person shame the powerful? The answer is YES.. Why? Because God is not limited to our limitation; hence, God loves to display His power to weak people just like when Jesus made the weak blind man see and all the people who heard it were so amazed.
Saint Paul admitted in His letter in the bible that He cried out three times to God to removed the the sufferings he was facing but God said NO because it is the Grace of God which is sufficient enough for us to conquer any sort or kinds of sufferings and trials or why you cannot get all the things you desire in life such as:" Unsuccessful Marriage or divorce; Financial Problems; Physically handicap; Joblessness; Barren womb; death of your love ones in the family and among others; etc..
But wait! before you get frustrated, you must realized that whatever problems you face in life, God allowed it for a purpose to make you a better person and that God will used you mightily beyond what you can imagine. And one Great example is the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. Don't you ever think that Christ crucifixion does not make sense at all as it was very painful and shameful experienced Jesus Christ has to suffer until HE died naked on the cross of calvary?
What do you think is the reason why God the father allowed such thing to happened to His one and only Son Jesus Christ?
The answer is Because of His great Love for you and me. It is the only way to let us be redeemed and become saved from the fires of hell that has already prepared by God for the devil and his children. God knew before the creation of the world the you, me and all humanity is destined to go to hell because no one can saved us except the blood of Jesus which must be shed in order to pay all our sins.
Therefore, I want to conclude that you must not be discouraged if you are a victim of divorce, broken relationships; Financial Limitation and all sort of problems which cannot be imagined anymore because God allows it for a reason only He is the only Person who knows why.
Do you want to know why? Because He has plans to make you great one day just like Abraham & Sarah in the bible history. Abraham & Sarah prayed to have a child but they are already very old and Sarah's womb was barren so Abraham felt so down as there is no longer reason to hope for yet Abraham kept His faith that One day God will answer his prayer.
As a result, Sarah gave birth to Isaac at age more than hundred and God made Abraham the father of all nation and His children was as many as the number of stars in the sky.. Now let me challenge you, Do you now believe that what God did to Abraham can also happened to you? The answer is just persevere and wait on God even though there is no more reason to believe because God knew and sees what is in your heart; and, one day HE will grant the desires of your heart the least you expect of it
"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, There is FREEDOM"..
Friday, May 13, 2011
Jesus says:"The End Times Is None Of Your Business & Focus More On Doing His Will & Stop Talking About It!!!
"Be Ready but Forget the End Times rather just do His will"
Matthew 24:36-44 declares, “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father…Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come…So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him.” At first glance, these verses would seem to provide a clear and explicit answer to the question. No, no one can know when Jesus is coming back. However, those verses do not say that no one will ever be able to know when Jesus will return. Most Bible scholars would say that Jesus, now glorified in Heaven, knows the timing of His return, indicating that the phrase “nor the Son” does not mean Jesus will never know when He will return. Similarly, it is possible that, while Matthew 24:36-44 indicates that no one at that time could know the timing of Jesus’ return, God could reveal the timing of Jesus’ return to someone in the future.
In addition, there is Acts 1:7, which states, "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority." This was said by Jesus after the disciples asked Him if He was at that time going to restore the kingdom to Israel. This would seem to confirm the message of Matthew 24. It is not for us to know the timing of Jesus coming back. But, there is also the question of to which return these passages are referring. Are they speaking of the rapture or the second coming? Which return is unknowable—the rapture, the second coming, or both? While the rapture is presented as being imminent and mysterious, the timing of the second coming could potentially be pinpointed based on end-times prophecy.
With that said, let us be abundantly clear: we do not believe that God has revealed to anyone when Jesus is coming back, and we see nothing in Scripture which indicates that God will ever reveal to anyone when Jesus is coming back. Matthew 24:36-44, while spoken directly to the people in Jesus’ time, also contains a principle. The timing of Jesus’ return and the end of the age is not for us to know. Scripture nowhere encourages us to try to determine the date. Rather, we are to “keep watch, because we do not know on which day our Lord will come” (v. 42). We are to “be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when we do not expect Him” (v. 44). The force of Jesus’ words diminishes if at some point in the future someone will be able to determine when Jesus is coming back. If the date is discovered, we no longer need to “keep watch” or “be ready” until the date is approaching. So, with the principle of Matthew 24:36-44 is mind, no, it is not possible for anyone to know the date that Jesus is coming back.
Despite this clear biblical principle, many throughout Christian history have attempted to prophesy the date that Jesus is coming back. Many such dates have been proposed, and all of them have been wrong. Today, there are two popular proposed dates: May 21, 2011, and December 21, 2012. The December 21, 2012, date is related to the Mayan calendar, with no biblical data used as evidence. The May 21, 2011, date is proposed by Harold Camping of Family Radio. It should be noted that Harold Camping previously predicted that Jesus would come back in 1994. Obviously, Camping was wrong. This should give us yet another reason to doubt the validity of his prediction of May 21, 2011. Camping, does, however, claim to find evidence for the May 21, 2011, date in Scripture. By using a speculative date of 4990 B.C. for the Flood, and then applying the “with the Lord one day is as a thousand years” of 2 Peter 3:8 to the seven days of Genesis 7:4, and then counting down the 7000 years from 4990, the year 2011 results. Then, based on “the seventeenth day of the second month” from Genesis 7:11 and using the Hebrew calendar, the date of May 21 is determined. So, is there any validity to Camping’s methodology?
First, Camping conveniently ignores the second half of 2 Peter 3:8, “and a thousand years as one day.” Further, 2 Peter 3:8 is not providing a method for dating the end times. Rather, 2 Peter 3:8 is simply saying that God is above and beyond time. God is timeless, infinite, and eternal. Second, nothing in the context of Genesis 7:4-11 indicates that the “seven days” and “seventeenth day of the second month” are to be interpreted as applying to anything other than what God was specifically saying to Noah. Third, the Flood being dated to 4990 B.C. is speculative at best, with no explicit biblical evidence. Camping’s calculation of May 21, 2011, falls apart with even the most basic biblical scrutiny. Now, is it possible that Jesus is coming back on May 21, 2011? Yes, but it is just as possible that He will come back on any other date. Does Harold Camping’s particular dating methodology have any biblical validity? No, it does not. Assuming that Jesus does not return on or before May 21, 2011, Camping and others will surely calculate new future dates and will attempt to explain away mistakes by “errors in the formula” or something to that effect.
The key points are (1) the Bible nowhere encourages us to attempt to discover the timing of Jesus’ return, and (2) the Bible gives no explicit data by which the timing of Jesus’ return can be determined. Rather than developing wild and speculative calculations to determine when Jesus is coming back, the Bible encourages us to “keep watch” and “be ready” (Matthew 24:42-44). The fact that the day of Jesus’ return is unknown is what should motivate us to live every day in light of the imminence of Christ’s return.
Matthew 24:36-44 declares, “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father…Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come…So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him.” At first glance, these verses would seem to provide a clear and explicit answer to the question. No, no one can know when Jesus is coming back. However, those verses do not say that no one will ever be able to know when Jesus will return. Most Bible scholars would say that Jesus, now glorified in Heaven, knows the timing of His return, indicating that the phrase “nor the Son” does not mean Jesus will never know when He will return. Similarly, it is possible that, while Matthew 24:36-44 indicates that no one at that time could know the timing of Jesus’ return, God could reveal the timing of Jesus’ return to someone in the future.
In addition, there is Acts 1:7, which states, "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority." This was said by Jesus after the disciples asked Him if He was at that time going to restore the kingdom to Israel. This would seem to confirm the message of Matthew 24. It is not for us to know the timing of Jesus coming back. But, there is also the question of to which return these passages are referring. Are they speaking of the rapture or the second coming? Which return is unknowable—the rapture, the second coming, or both? While the rapture is presented as being imminent and mysterious, the timing of the second coming could potentially be pinpointed based on end-times prophecy.
With that said, let us be abundantly clear: we do not believe that God has revealed to anyone when Jesus is coming back, and we see nothing in Scripture which indicates that God will ever reveal to anyone when Jesus is coming back. Matthew 24:36-44, while spoken directly to the people in Jesus’ time, also contains a principle. The timing of Jesus’ return and the end of the age is not for us to know. Scripture nowhere encourages us to try to determine the date. Rather, we are to “keep watch, because we do not know on which day our Lord will come” (v. 42). We are to “be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when we do not expect Him” (v. 44). The force of Jesus’ words diminishes if at some point in the future someone will be able to determine when Jesus is coming back. If the date is discovered, we no longer need to “keep watch” or “be ready” until the date is approaching. So, with the principle of Matthew 24:36-44 is mind, no, it is not possible for anyone to know the date that Jesus is coming back.
Despite this clear biblical principle, many throughout Christian history have attempted to prophesy the date that Jesus is coming back. Many such dates have been proposed, and all of them have been wrong. Today, there are two popular proposed dates: May 21, 2011, and December 21, 2012. The December 21, 2012, date is related to the Mayan calendar, with no biblical data used as evidence. The May 21, 2011, date is proposed by Harold Camping of Family Radio. It should be noted that Harold Camping previously predicted that Jesus would come back in 1994. Obviously, Camping was wrong. This should give us yet another reason to doubt the validity of his prediction of May 21, 2011. Camping, does, however, claim to find evidence for the May 21, 2011, date in Scripture. By using a speculative date of 4990 B.C. for the Flood, and then applying the “with the Lord one day is as a thousand years” of 2 Peter 3:8 to the seven days of Genesis 7:4, and then counting down the 7000 years from 4990, the year 2011 results. Then, based on “the seventeenth day of the second month” from Genesis 7:11 and using the Hebrew calendar, the date of May 21 is determined. So, is there any validity to Camping’s methodology?
First, Camping conveniently ignores the second half of 2 Peter 3:8, “and a thousand years as one day.” Further, 2 Peter 3:8 is not providing a method for dating the end times. Rather, 2 Peter 3:8 is simply saying that God is above and beyond time. God is timeless, infinite, and eternal. Second, nothing in the context of Genesis 7:4-11 indicates that the “seven days” and “seventeenth day of the second month” are to be interpreted as applying to anything other than what God was specifically saying to Noah. Third, the Flood being dated to 4990 B.C. is speculative at best, with no explicit biblical evidence. Camping’s calculation of May 21, 2011, falls apart with even the most basic biblical scrutiny. Now, is it possible that Jesus is coming back on May 21, 2011? Yes, but it is just as possible that He will come back on any other date. Does Harold Camping’s particular dating methodology have any biblical validity? No, it does not. Assuming that Jesus does not return on or before May 21, 2011, Camping and others will surely calculate new future dates and will attempt to explain away mistakes by “errors in the formula” or something to that effect.
The key points are (1) the Bible nowhere encourages us to attempt to discover the timing of Jesus’ return, and (2) the Bible gives no explicit data by which the timing of Jesus’ return can be determined. Rather than developing wild and speculative calculations to determine when Jesus is coming back, the Bible encourages us to “keep watch” and “be ready” (Matthew 24:42-44). The fact that the day of Jesus’ return is unknown is what should motivate us to live every day in light of the imminence of Christ’s return.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
What does it mean to say that you need to Forget the past because You are now a New person?
Newness of life! “If anyone is in Christ Jesus, he (or she) is a new creation; old things have gone, new things have come!”
Our old lives were often full of despair; of sin; of regrets; of unhappiness; of serving ourselves and not serving God. Our new lives once we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior can be filled with the fruits of God’s Holy Spirit — peace, and love, and joy, and patience, and kindness, and gentleness, and faithfulness, and self-control. The Kingdom of God can reign in your life and in mine.
How do we experience the kingdom of God in our life? First, we must accept Christ as our Lord and Savior. We must also repent — which means to turn from our own ways and from sin and turn to God. Ask forgiveness of your sins. Then ask the Holy Spirit of God to come into your heart and life and fill you full of God’s love, and His life, and His Holy Spirit. You can experience newness of life.
Finally, focus your mind on things that are good. “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about these things.” Set your minds on the things that are of God and not on the things on earth. Focus on Jesus Christ and His kingdom and fill your thoughts with what is good — and let Jesus Christ transform your life and make everything new.
Our old lives were often full of despair; of sin; of regrets; of unhappiness; of serving ourselves and not serving God. Our new lives once we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior can be filled with the fruits of God’s Holy Spirit — peace, and love, and joy, and patience, and kindness, and gentleness, and faithfulness, and self-control. The Kingdom of God can reign in your life and in mine.
How do we experience the kingdom of God in our life? First, we must accept Christ as our Lord and Savior. We must also repent — which means to turn from our own ways and from sin and turn to God. Ask forgiveness of your sins. Then ask the Holy Spirit of God to come into your heart and life and fill you full of God’s love, and His life, and His Holy Spirit. You can experience newness of life.
Finally, focus your mind on things that are good. “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about these things.” Set your minds on the things that are of God and not on the things on earth. Focus on Jesus Christ and His kingdom and fill your thoughts with what is good — and let Jesus Christ transform your life and make everything new.
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