Harry Potter: What Does God Have To Say?
Pastor David J. Meyer
I am writing this urgent message because I was once a witch. I lived by the stars as an astrologer and numerologist casting horoscopes and spells. I lived in the mysterious and shadowy realm of the occult.
By means of spells and magic, I was able to invoke the powers of the 'controlling unknown' and fly upon the night winds transcending the astral plane. Halloween was my favorite time of the year and I was intrigued and absorbed in the realm of Wiccan witchcraft. All of this was happening in the decade of the 1960's when witchcraft was just starting to come out of the broom closet.
It was during that decade of the 1960's, in the year 1966 that a woman named J.K. Rowling was born. This is the woman who has captivated the world in this year of 2000 with four books known as the 'Harry Potter Series.' These books are orientation and instructional manuals of witchcraft woven into the format of entertainment. These four books by J.K. Rowling teach witchcraft! I know this because I was once very much a part of that world.
Witchcraft was very different in the 1960's. There were a lot fewer witches, and the craft was far more secretive. At the end of that spiritually troubled decade, I was miraculously saved by the power of Jesus Christ and His saving blood. I was also delivered from every evil spirit that lived in me and was set free. However, as I began to attend fundamental Christian churches, I realized that even there witchcraft had left its mark. Pagan holidays and sabats were celebrated as 'Christian holidays.'
As time went on, I watched the so-called 'Christian' churches compromising and unifying. I also watched with amazement as teachings from Eastern religions and 'New Age' doctrine began to captivate congregations. It was a satanic set-up, and I saw it coming. Illuministic conspirators were bringing forth a one-world religion with a cleverly concealed element of occultism interwoven in its teachings.
In order to succeed in bringing witchcraft to the world and thus complete satanic control, an entire generation would have to be induced and taught to think like witches, talk like witches, dress like witches, and act like witches. The occult songs of the 1960's launched the Luciferian project of capturing the minds of an entire generation. In the song 'Sound Of Silence' by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, we were told of seeds that were left while an entire generation was sleeping, and that the 'vision that was planted in my brain still remains.'
Now it is the year 2000. All of the foundations for occultism and witchcraft are in place. The Illuminists have to move quickly, because time is running out.
It was the Communist revolutionary Lenin who said, 'Give me one generation of youth, and I will transform the entire world.' Now an entire generation of youth has been given to a woman named J.K. Rowling and her four books on witchcraft, known as the Harry Potter Series.
As a former witch, I can speak with authority when I say that I have examined the works of Rowling and that the Harry Potter books are training manuals for the occult. Untold millions of young people are being taught to think, speak, dress and act like witches by filling their heads with the contents of these books. Children are obsessed with the Harry Potter books that they have left television and video games to read these witchcraft manuals.
The first book of the series, entitled 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone', finds the orphan, Harry Potter, embarking into a new realm when he is taken to 'Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.' At this occult school, Harry Potter learns how to obtain and use witchcraft equipment. Harry also learns a new vocabulary, including words such as 'Azkaban', 'Circe', 'Draco ', 'Erised', 'Hermes', and 'Slytherin'; all of which are names of real devils or demons. These are not characters of fiction!
How serious is this? By reading these materials, many millions of young people are learning how to work with demon spirits. They are getting to know them by name. Vast numbers of children professing to be Christians are also filling their hearts and minds, while willingly ignorant parents look the other way.
The titles of the books should be warning enough to make us realize how satanic and anti-Christ these books are. The afore-mentioned title of the first book, 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone', was a real give away. The second book was called 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', while the third book was entitled 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.'
Sadly enough, this blatant witchcraft has been endorsed by well-known and respected 'Christian' leaders, such as Dr. James Dobson and Chuck Colson, who have proven themselves to be modern day Judas Iscariots. Nothing could be more obvious than that Harry Potter books are pure witchcraft and of the devil. The 'Christian' leaders, however, defend them by saying that good magic always wins and overcomes evil magic.
This is the oldest con game ever hatched out of hell. As a real witch, I learned about the two sides of 'the force.' Apparently, so do many 'Christian' leaders. When real witches have sabats and esbats and meet as a coven, they greet each other by saying 'Blessed be', and when they part, they say 'The Force be with you.' Both sides of this 'Force' are Satan. It is not a good side of the force that overcomes the bad side of the force, but rather it's the blood of Jesus Christ that destroys both supposed sides of the satanic 'Force.'
High level witches believe that there are seven satanic princes and that the seventh, which is assigned to Christians, has no name. In coven meetings, he is called 'the nameless one.' In the Harry Potter books, there is a character called 'Voldemort.' The pronunciation guide says of this being 'He who must not be named.'
On July 8 at midnight, bookstores everywhere were stormed by millions of children to obtain the latest and fourth book of the series known as 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.' These books were taken into homes everywhere with a real evil spirit following each copy to curse those homes.
July 8th was also the 18th day (three sixes in numerology) from the witches' sabat of midsummer. July 8th was also the 13th day from the signing of the United Religions Charter in San Francisco . Now we have learned that the public school system is planning to use the magic of Harry Potter in the classrooms making the public schools centers of witchcraft training.
What does God have to say about such books as the Harry Potter series? In the Bible in the book of Acts, we read the following in the 19th chapter, verses 18 - 20: 'And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed.'
As parents, we will answer to God if we allow our children to read witchcraft books. The Word of God will prevail mightily in your life only if such things of Satan are destroyed. This tract has been prayed over, and I hope it has helped you. If we may be of further assistance, please contact us.
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Harry Potter : The Story Behind the Stories
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
For God So Loved The World...(Part 3)
...that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16
This is the solution!
Because God is holy, sin has SEPARATED us (humans) with God. We live in a world of relationships. There's a relationship between God and humans too. Simple. Think of the relationship between a child and his parents. It was great in the years of his childhood. Obedient, happy, loved parents and parents loved him. But, all sorts of bad influence came to him during his adolescence. As you could have guessed, he started to become disobedient, had bad company, fought with parents and finally left home. Broken relationship. Broken hearts. Can you imagine how the parents felt? Relationship is something very real, very true. The description was talking about disobedient (sin), broken relationship and finally,- separation. It applies to all kinds of relationships and when we talk about the relationship between human and God, it's the same story (see Genesis 3). So in a nutshell of Genesis 3, God made Adam and Eve, happily at first (because they were in the dwelling of God), then the serpent (devil) came to deceive, they chose to disobey (because God created men in such that they have FREEWILL instead of being a 'robot'), that led to the terrible consequence of SEPARATION.
You see, humans have choices. We can choose to do or to have whatever we want, making decisions. But, there must be consequence(s) and we have to bear it ourselves, whether good or bad.
We can do nothing about redeeming ourselves by doing charity, meditation, donating blood and so on in order to 'cover' our sins. Sin is sin. And there's no way to keep it from coming to us by ourselves. Bear in mind that the consequence of sin is going to a very hot, fiery, horrible and definitely unfriendly place called the Hell. Hey, I didn't 'create' this term myself. It's in the bible (see Revelation 20:11-15). I want to make the point here by an illustration, a common situation. Let's say a man who was once righteous and good but evidence has shown that he committed a murder against his wife's boyfriend. He went up to the judge and said, "I was a good man. I gave so much to the charity and contributed to the country. What I did was out of anger." Do you think the judge would release the man because of the 'good' things he had done in the past? So, my point is God is holy and righteous. Everything we do has consequence(s). The consequence of sin is death and hell.
But God is God. So, if God is God, there's nothing too difficult for him or anything that he cannot do. And whatever he does, it is done because he loves us so much, SO MUCH that no one can ever describe.
So, more than 2,000 years ago, he came out with this idea that since we could not redeem ourselves from sin, he would come to redeem us HIMSELF. OK, I cannot die for your sin because I myself have problems (sinful). You also cannot die for my sin because you have the same problems as I. So, the only way was that God, being the righteous and holy, die for our sins. Yes, the whole idea is "God died for our sins". Wait, I haven't finished with the story yet. The man (murderer), sure was going to get his penalty according to the law. He was surely going to die. But, lo and behold! The judge was the man's father! Finally, the judge stood up and said, "Yes, surely he's going to get his death penalty. But, I'm going to bear the penalty for him." Do you know what it means? It means that the judge (father) was to die for his son (murderer). Again, I want to stress that there's nothing impossible with God because he is God.
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"—which means, "God with us."
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus. - Matthew 1: 18-25
Jesus' birth was a no ordinary birth because he was conceived of a VIRGIN and was from the Holy Spirit (God). This means that, God who was eternal and so BIG, humbled himself to become a foetus and eventually a baby human. This means that the Lord Almighty came to the earth to live a life of an ordinary man but SINLESS because he was God, in order that he could sacrifice his life and died on the CROSS, so that the blood that he shed would wash away our sins. This is redemption. But that was not the end of it. On the third day after Jesus died, he rose again (he was resurrected-see Matthew 28:1-10). In this way, sinful men who were supposed to die and be thrown into hell eternally will live an eternal life in heaven with him IF we believe in Jesus Christ, to restore the relationship with God, even when we are dead physically (our soul and spirit is saved). Because of the restored relationship, God could do amazing things in our lives beyond what we could imagine and comprehend.
Romans 5:6-11 says:
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 10:9 says:
That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - John 14:6
This is the GRACE of God. Grace is something given to us free eventhough we did not deserve it. Take a look at this situation. An Indonesian maid was alone at home doing her household chores as usual. She was wiping the master's antique vase when suddenly she got loose of it and the 500,000 dollars vase fell onto the floor and was broken into pieces. Terrified, all she could do was to stare helplessly at the shattered pieces of clay for a moment. She thought to herself, "That's it. Not even my whole life of work will I be able to pay."
The master came back. Still trembling, the maid told him what happened and apologized. She could feel her heart leaping with joy and was overwhelmed with great relief when her master told her that she was forgiven and that she didn't need to compensate.
So, in other words, grace is like a free gift. But in fact it is something more than a free gift, of course. We might have received many free gifts from dealings but which one of them was without any condition? For instance, there were times when I drove recklessly and nearly killed myself and others in just a split of a second, but somehow I escaped any tragedy. So, this is grace, because I was supposed to die for being reckless. But now, I'm sitting in front of this machine composing about God's salvation which I hope through this, God would touch your heart and let you know that he loves you too, so much.
God knew that we are all sinners. He knew that there's no way we could go except to hell. We did not deserve eternal life because we were against him in the first place. But, he loves us so much that he gave himself as a sacrifice in order for us to have life.
If you asked me, "How could it be so simple and easy that by just believing in him, we could have eternal life in heaven?"
Well. Just believe. Because the redemption had been done. Say it simple and easy as you want but I would always remind myself that such grace had cost him his life.
So, by FAITH we are saved. Faith is something that we cannot see but we believe and know it is there. It is just like a friend gave me a present, a small box wrapped nicely with colourful wrapping paper. It was not my birthday or Christmas. So, I would consider the present as grace because I didn't deserve it. Apparently, I didn't know what was inside the box, but I believed that it was something sweet and nice. So, I would consider my belief as "by faith". But that's not the end of it. In order for me to receive the present, I had to open my heart and be WILLING to accept the gift. Well, you know some people would go, "Aiyah...no need lah, don't want lah." Finally, I had to stretch out my hand to receive it and say "Thank you."
Do you want to believe in Jesus today and accept him as your personal Lord and Saviour? If you're willing, simply say this prayer:
"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen."
You can always talk to God anytime, anywhere in your own language through prayer because he is a God who listens and answers.
If you've said the prayer above, Congratulations! You are now a Christian.
I'm more than willing to hear from you and to get to know you. You can e-mail me at chewphuiyee@gmail.com
This is the solution!
Because God is holy, sin has SEPARATED us (humans) with God. We live in a world of relationships. There's a relationship between God and humans too. Simple. Think of the relationship between a child and his parents. It was great in the years of his childhood. Obedient, happy, loved parents and parents loved him. But, all sorts of bad influence came to him during his adolescence. As you could have guessed, he started to become disobedient, had bad company, fought with parents and finally left home. Broken relationship. Broken hearts. Can you imagine how the parents felt? Relationship is something very real, very true. The description was talking about disobedient (sin), broken relationship and finally,- separation. It applies to all kinds of relationships and when we talk about the relationship between human and God, it's the same story (see Genesis 3). So in a nutshell of Genesis 3, God made Adam and Eve, happily at first (because they were in the dwelling of God), then the serpent (devil) came to deceive, they chose to disobey (because God created men in such that they have FREEWILL instead of being a 'robot'), that led to the terrible consequence of SEPARATION.
You see, humans have choices. We can choose to do or to have whatever we want, making decisions. But, there must be consequence(s) and we have to bear it ourselves, whether good or bad.
We can do nothing about redeeming ourselves by doing charity, meditation, donating blood and so on in order to 'cover' our sins. Sin is sin. And there's no way to keep it from coming to us by ourselves. Bear in mind that the consequence of sin is going to a very hot, fiery, horrible and definitely unfriendly place called the Hell. Hey, I didn't 'create' this term myself. It's in the bible (see Revelation 20:11-15). I want to make the point here by an illustration, a common situation. Let's say a man who was once righteous and good but evidence has shown that he committed a murder against his wife's boyfriend. He went up to the judge and said, "I was a good man. I gave so much to the charity and contributed to the country. What I did was out of anger." Do you think the judge would release the man because of the 'good' things he had done in the past? So, my point is God is holy and righteous. Everything we do has consequence(s). The consequence of sin is death and hell.
But God is God. So, if God is God, there's nothing too difficult for him or anything that he cannot do. And whatever he does, it is done because he loves us so much, SO MUCH that no one can ever describe.
So, more than 2,000 years ago, he came out with this idea that since we could not redeem ourselves from sin, he would come to redeem us HIMSELF. OK, I cannot die for your sin because I myself have problems (sinful). You also cannot die for my sin because you have the same problems as I. So, the only way was that God, being the righteous and holy, die for our sins. Yes, the whole idea is "God died for our sins". Wait, I haven't finished with the story yet. The man (murderer), sure was going to get his penalty according to the law. He was surely going to die. But, lo and behold! The judge was the man's father! Finally, the judge stood up and said, "Yes, surely he's going to get his death penalty. But, I'm going to bear the penalty for him." Do you know what it means? It means that the judge (father) was to die for his son (murderer). Again, I want to stress that there's nothing impossible with God because he is God.
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"—which means, "God with us."
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus. - Matthew 1: 18-25
Jesus' birth was a no ordinary birth because he was conceived of a VIRGIN and was from the Holy Spirit (God). This means that, God who was eternal and so BIG, humbled himself to become a foetus and eventually a baby human. This means that the Lord Almighty came to the earth to live a life of an ordinary man but SINLESS because he was God, in order that he could sacrifice his life and died on the CROSS, so that the blood that he shed would wash away our sins. This is redemption. But that was not the end of it. On the third day after Jesus died, he rose again (he was resurrected-see Matthew 28:1-10). In this way, sinful men who were supposed to die and be thrown into hell eternally will live an eternal life in heaven with him IF we believe in Jesus Christ, to restore the relationship with God, even when we are dead physically (our soul and spirit is saved). Because of the restored relationship, God could do amazing things in our lives beyond what we could imagine and comprehend.
Romans 5:6-11 says:
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 10:9 says:
That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - John 14:6
This is the GRACE of God. Grace is something given to us free eventhough we did not deserve it. Take a look at this situation. An Indonesian maid was alone at home doing her household chores as usual. She was wiping the master's antique vase when suddenly she got loose of it and the 500,000 dollars vase fell onto the floor and was broken into pieces. Terrified, all she could do was to stare helplessly at the shattered pieces of clay for a moment. She thought to herself, "That's it. Not even my whole life of work will I be able to pay."
The master came back. Still trembling, the maid told him what happened and apologized. She could feel her heart leaping with joy and was overwhelmed with great relief when her master told her that she was forgiven and that she didn't need to compensate.
So, in other words, grace is like a free gift. But in fact it is something more than a free gift, of course. We might have received many free gifts from dealings but which one of them was without any condition? For instance, there were times when I drove recklessly and nearly killed myself and others in just a split of a second, but somehow I escaped any tragedy. So, this is grace, because I was supposed to die for being reckless. But now, I'm sitting in front of this machine composing about God's salvation which I hope through this, God would touch your heart and let you know that he loves you too, so much.
God knew that we are all sinners. He knew that there's no way we could go except to hell. We did not deserve eternal life because we were against him in the first place. But, he loves us so much that he gave himself as a sacrifice in order for us to have life.
If you asked me, "How could it be so simple and easy that by just believing in him, we could have eternal life in heaven?"
Well. Just believe. Because the redemption had been done. Say it simple and easy as you want but I would always remind myself that such grace had cost him his life.
So, by FAITH we are saved. Faith is something that we cannot see but we believe and know it is there. It is just like a friend gave me a present, a small box wrapped nicely with colourful wrapping paper. It was not my birthday or Christmas. So, I would consider the present as grace because I didn't deserve it. Apparently, I didn't know what was inside the box, but I believed that it was something sweet and nice. So, I would consider my belief as "by faith". But that's not the end of it. In order for me to receive the present, I had to open my heart and be WILLING to accept the gift. Well, you know some people would go, "Aiyah...no need lah, don't want lah." Finally, I had to stretch out my hand to receive it and say "Thank you."
Do you want to believe in Jesus today and accept him as your personal Lord and Saviour? If you're willing, simply say this prayer:
"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen."
You can always talk to God anytime, anywhere in your own language through prayer because he is a God who listens and answers.
If you've said the prayer above, Congratulations! You are now a Christian.
I'm more than willing to hear from you and to get to know you. You can e-mail me at chewphuiyee@gmail.com
Friday, September 07, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
流出的赞美
D Bm
从我心流出赞美声音
G A
我要拿起我 guitar 来歌颂你
D Bm
从我心流出感谢声音
G A
全心全意来赞美感谢你
Chorus:
F#m Bm
虽然生活会不如意
G A
求你给我一颗单纯的心
F#m Bm
我要学习信靠你主耶稣
G Bm A
因你的爱改变了我生命
D Bm
从我心我要说我爱你
G A
我要拿起我 guitar 来回应
D Bm
从我心我要来荣耀你
G A
全心全意来爱和荣耀你
从我心流出赞美声音
G A
我要拿起我 guitar 来歌颂你
D Bm
从我心流出感谢声音
G A
全心全意来赞美感谢你
Chorus:
F#m Bm
虽然生活会不如意
G A
求你给我一颗单纯的心
F#m Bm
我要学习信靠你主耶稣
G Bm A
因你的爱改变了我生命
D Bm
从我心我要说我爱你
G A
我要拿起我 guitar 来回应
D Bm
从我心我要来荣耀你
G A
全心全意来爱和荣耀你
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Song of Moses and Miriam (Exodus 15:1-3)
Chew Phui Yee
G D Em
I will sing praises to the Lord
G D Em
For he is highly exalted
C D
The horse and its rider
G D Em
he has hurled into the sea
C D
He is my strength and my song
C D G Em
He has become my salvation
C D Em D
He is my God and I will praise him
C D G Em
My father's God, I will exalt him
C D
My Lord my warrior
C D
The Lord is his name
G D Em
I will sing praises to the Lord
G D Em
For he is highly exalted
C D
The horse and its rider
G D Em
he has hurled into the sea
C D
He is my strength and my song
C D G Em
He has become my salvation
C D Em D
He is my God and I will praise him
C D G Em
My father's God, I will exalt him
C D
My Lord my warrior
C D
The Lord is his name
Sunday, July 08, 2007
For God So Loved The World... (Part 2)
For God so loves the world...that's what urges me to share this. I was thinking, "God, you love me so much. How can I not tell others that you love each and everyone as well?"
For me, sharing gospel is like a privilege. It is fully by the grace of God. Not everytime will the opportunity comes. I know that sometimes, I can't just share in a direct way. However, I want to learn to grab every opportunity given. I cannot do this by my own, I need God's grace. If only one soul is to be saved, it is better than none. I MUST say this: Jesus loves you.
Let me share about some of my feelings and anxieties before I accepted Christ. I often thought to myself: "Who am I?", "Why am I here?", "Why am I so weird?", "What can I do?", and one particular thought haunted me when I was a kid: "What is the taste of death? What will I see after I breathe my last?" and "Why do I live when I need to die someday?"
Like many, I went through many falling downs and some brokenness. They made me admit that I'm just a human being. They made me admit that I've done countless of wrongs and sins. Sins creep in when we don't realize it. Then, it begins to build up until at one point we mess up our lives. Wait, it doesn't mean that only stealing, robbing, killing, raping are called sin. Usually, when we say, "You've sinned!" to a person, we're expecting a furious stare, then a reply, "Neither did I kill nor hurt nor rob. You @#$%^&..."
Well, I remember I stole my classmate's colour pencils when I was in primary 1. I began to lie when I was like 3 or younger and continued to lie. People say that sometimes we lie for the benefit of others. But, lie is lie. Lying have brought me troubles and many broken relationships. The truth is, most people would not admit that things messed up because they themselves have sinned. Divorce, addictions, children running away from homes, sexual issues (adulteries, homosexuality etc), wars and yadda yadda... And so, people are in for a game called "The Blame Game". We hear, "It's not my fault, my husband has got a mistress", "My wife did not take care of my children", "She shouldn't have dressed up sexily"...
Don't we sometimes feel tired of a disorder world? What is sin? Why do we continue to sin and make mistakes eventhough we know that doing this and that is not right? And ultimately, what is the end or consequence of sin and what does it has to do with knowing God?
"...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"- Romans 3:23
Let me share about some of my feelings and anxieties before I accepted Christ. I often thought to myself: "Who am I?", "Why am I here?", "Why am I so weird?", "What can I do?", and one particular thought haunted me when I was a kid: "What is the taste of death? What will I see after I breathe my last?" and "Why do I live when I need to die someday?"
Like many, I went through many falling downs and some brokenness. They made me admit that I'm just a human being. They made me admit that I've done countless of wrongs and sins. Sins creep in when we don't realize it. Then, it begins to build up until at one point we mess up our lives. Wait, it doesn't mean that only stealing, robbing, killing, raping are called sin. Usually, when we say, "You've sinned!" to a person, we're expecting a furious stare, then a reply, "Neither did I kill nor hurt nor rob. You @#$%^&..."
Well, I remember I stole my classmate's colour pencils when I was in primary 1. I began to lie when I was like 3 or younger and continued to lie. People say that sometimes we lie for the benefit of others. But, lie is lie. Lying have brought me troubles and many broken relationships. The truth is, most people would not admit that things messed up because they themselves have sinned. Divorce, addictions, children running away from homes, sexual issues (adulteries, homosexuality etc), wars and yadda yadda... And so, people are in for a game called "The Blame Game". We hear, "It's not my fault, my husband has got a mistress", "My wife did not take care of my children", "She shouldn't have dressed up sexily"...
Don't we sometimes feel tired of a disorder world? What is sin? Why do we continue to sin and make mistakes eventhough we know that doing this and that is not right? And ultimately, what is the end or consequence of sin and what does it has to do with knowing God?
"...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"- Romans 3:23
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
For God So Loved the World... (Part 1)
Don't you think life is just amazing? Don't you think that the world is too amazing? Do you think you are an amazing creation because you have a brain to think and to help your body to function well? The whole body system, the hands, the legs, the hair, the senses? The trees, the mountains, the rivers, the seas, the rainbows, the sun, the stars and the sky? Have we all taken all these for granted by ignoring who's the creator?
Take a look at our watch, our clothes, our tables and furnitures? Does not each of these things has a maker? This is logic. Common sense. The world did not *Poof!*...*Bang!*...appear by itself as claimed by some people. I once believed it. But how could it appear by itself as its complexity is far beyond things that we see and perceive everyday? And remember, even the simple physical things like clothes and furnitures have tailors and carpenters who made them. Well, think about it, there must be someone created it. You don't have to be a some over-loaded science professor or philosopher to grasp this. Think about the complexity of the universe. Its vastness is infinity. Think about the smallest things in the world. You might have thought of the body cells to start with or DNA and what not. Is that the end of it? Absolutely not! It's absolutely infinity! There are too many wonders which are impossible to be seen with our naked eyes.
Take a look at our watch, our clothes, our tables and furnitures? Does not each of these things has a maker? This is logic. Common sense. The world did not *Poof!*...*Bang!*...appear by itself as claimed by some people. I once believed it. But how could it appear by itself as its complexity is far beyond things that we see and perceive everyday? And remember, even the simple physical things like clothes and furnitures have tailors and carpenters who made them. Well, think about it, there must be someone created it. You don't have to be a some over-loaded science professor or philosopher to grasp this. Think about the complexity of the universe. Its vastness is infinity. Think about the smallest things in the world. You might have thought of the body cells to start with or DNA and what not. Is that the end of it? Absolutely not! It's absolutely infinity! There are too many wonders which are impossible to be seen with our naked eyes.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Mari Bersorak (Come, Let Us Sing)
Come, Let Us Sing
Come let us sing
Come let us sing
Come with praise and adoration to the king (x2)
For He is worthy of praise for He is Lord
Who was and is and is to come
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess
He is Jesus Christ, He is Jesus Christ
He is Jesus Christ the Lord
I've just translated the song into Malay:
Mari Bersorak
Mari bersorak, Mari bersorak
Mari nyanyi memuji nama-Nya (x2)
Hanyalah Dia yang layak dipuji
Dulu, kini dan selamanya
Tiap lutut bersujud, tiap mulut mengaku
Dialah Yesus, Dialah Yesus
Dialah Tuhan Yesus
Come let us sing
Come let us sing
Come with praise and adoration to the king (x2)
For He is worthy of praise for He is Lord
Who was and is and is to come
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess
He is Jesus Christ, He is Jesus Christ
He is Jesus Christ the Lord
I've just translated the song into Malay:
Mari Bersorak
Mari bersorak, Mari bersorak
Mari nyanyi memuji nama-Nya (x2)
Hanyalah Dia yang layak dipuji
Dulu, kini dan selamanya
Tiap lutut bersujud, tiap mulut mengaku
Dialah Yesus, Dialah Yesus
Dialah Tuhan Yesus
Sunday, January 14, 2007
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