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Romans 11:33-36 WOW Worship

The Bible is very descriptive. It uses different words to portray different aspects of reality. For example in Psalms 51 verses 2 and 3, there are three words that are used to describe a common understanding or concept of sin. It says here, "wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions" 
 
You see there are three words here, iniquity, sin and transgressions. You say what's the difference, they all are about sin, isn't it? Ya, they are, they're all about sins. Iniquity is sin, sin is sin, transgressions is sin. 
 
But you see there are some subtle realities that may enhance our understanding with regards to sin. The word `iniquity' refers to the perverseness of a man's heart. So `iniquity' refers to the wickedness and the evil that is within our hearts that causes us to commit sin. 
 
The word `sin' simply means to miss the mark. So it means that we've failed to arrive or to reach what God desired for people, for us. 
 
The word ` transgressions' is a kind of trespass. In other words there is a clear boundary, there's a clear sign, do not go beyond this line, but we go still beyond that line. 
 
So put together sin tells us that we've missed the mark, we've failed to arrive, or we've failed to arrive, we've failed to reach what God desires for us. 
 
Transgressions refers to that rebellion in us. We miss that mark or we fail to arrive at God's desire or standard, because we rebel against Him, transgress against Him. And the reason why we do all that is because of the iniquity, the wickedness, and the sinfulness, and the evil within our hearts. 
 
So basically, we have to recognize that when we sin, we miss the mark, we rebel against God, and we do that because of the wickedness and evil that is resident in us. 
 
So when David says "wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, cleanse me from my sin, for I acknowledge my transgressions," I think it's something significant. It teaches me that when I confess my sin, I don't just confess the fact of the sin, but I also confess the thought of my sin. It is because of my wickedness that I rebelled against you, God, and I was wrong. 
 
True repentance recognizes that the fault lies within us. We don't blame it on someone else, we don't blame it on even the Devil. He tempts us, but really it's because of our own lust and wickedness that has fallen for it. 
 
So today let's humble ourselves, not just to confess the fact of sin, but the thought of sin, because God's forgiveness will flood into your life. God bless. 
 
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The Bible is very descriptive. It uses different words to portray different aspects of reality. For example in Psalms 51 verses 2 and 3, there are three words that are used to describe a common understanding or concept of sin. It says here, "wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions"

You see there are three words here, iniquity, sin and transgressions. You say what's the difference, they all are about sin, isn't it? Ya, they are, they're all about sins. Iniquity is sin, sin is sin, transgressions is sin.

But you see there are some subtle realities that may enhance our understanding with regards to sin. The word `iniquity' refers to the perverseness of a man's heart. So `iniquity' refers to the wickedness and the evil that is within our hearts that causes us to commit sin.

The word `sin' simply means to miss the mark. So it means that we've failed to arrive or to reach what God desired for people, for us.

The word ` transg

Fact And Fault of Sin (Psa 51:2, 3)

Romans 11:16-24 The Story Of The Olive Tree

It is a vain thing to worship idols; idols are statues that man makes to worship. They become the object of their worship. It is vain to worship idols because idols can't talk, idols can't hear, idols can't move, idols can't understand you, idols cannot help you. They are just statues. 
 
But I think idols are more than statues, anything that we depend on, desire, and delight in more than God is an idol. And therefore that includes wealth, because there are plenty of people who desire wealth, delight in wealth, depend on their wealth above God. Wealth has taken the place of the true and living God, and wealth has therefore become an idol, it has replaced God. 
 
But it is also very foolish because wealth, like a statue, cannot save us, it cannot help us, it is vain. That is what is said in Psalm 49:6 onwards, it says, "They that trust in their wealth", and the Psalmist goes on to say and to describe people who trust in their wealth, it is foolish. You can't use wealth to save yourself. And he says in verse 10 that you actually leave your wealth to others. Now you may think in verse 11 that your houses shall continue forever, and your dwelling places to all generations, you call the lands after your own names, but you do not realize it is all going to go. Basically, the Psalmist is giving us a reality-check money is not forever. There is no such thing as freehold property. Nothing here last forever. You can't bring it with you, you have to leave it all behind. 
 
But somehow, we don't believe it. But as you look at Psalm 49, I pray you will see through the delusion and the deception of wealth. It promises you joy, it promises you security, it promises you peace but one day it will all be taken away from you, and in the words of Jesus, it is like where thefts break through and steals. Treasures on earth do not last, and if you take them to be your god your idols, you will be sorely disappointed on the last day of reckoning. 
 
So would you turn from wealth and come to the true riches in Jesus Christ? Only Jesus, only God, is our hope and our assurance. So turn from serving wealth and idols, and come to serve the Lord Jesus. May God bless you with the reading of His word, God bless. 
 
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It is a vain thing to worship idols; idols are statues that man makes to worship. They become the object of their worship. It is vain to worship idols because idols can't talk, idols can't hear, idols can't move, idols can't understand you, idols cannot help you. They are just statues. 

But I think idols are more than statues, anything that we depend on, desire, and delight in more than God is an idol. And therefore that includes wealth, because there are plenty of people who desire wealth, delight in wealth, depend on their wealth above God. Wealth has taken the place of the true and living God, and wealth has therefore become an idol, it has replaced God. 

But it is also very foolish because wealth, like a statue, cannot save us, it cannot help us, it is vain. That is what is said in Psalm 49:6 onwards, it says, "They that trust in their wealth", and the Psalmist goes on to say and to describe people who trust in their wealth, it is foolish. You can't use wealth to save yourself. A

Idols and God (Psa 49:6-11)

When we were expecting our second son, we were wondering what name to give. And I came to this text in Psalm 40 verse 9 in my devotional reading and decided that his name will be based upon this text. And that is "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest." I saw this phrase "I have preached righteousness" and so we decided that for our second son we will call him "Yi Yang" which means to preach righteousness, to proclaim righteousness. And righteousness is a beautiful thing because righteousness is of God, it's wholesome, it's right, it's beautiful. 
 
The contrary, the antithesis, the opposite of righteousness is sinfulness. Sinfulness is ugly, it is destructive, it hurts, it harms. Righteousness is good, it's beautiful, it's wholesome, it's healing. And what a wonderful message we can preach today, the righteousness of God. God is righteous, and it is beautiful, it is wholesome, it is right. 
 
And let me tell you what is even more beautiful, than that. And that is when God is righteous and when we are not, God gives righteousness. And so when we preach righteousness, we preach the righteousness of God and we preach the righteousness from God in Jesus His Son. God gave Jesus that we may have righteousness in Jesus. And so when we say we preach righteousness, we preach a message of hope, of love, of joy, of peace, because God gives us His righteousness. 
 
So let us go preach righteousness because there is a great congregation who needs it. Let's not refrain our lips as Psalm 40 verse 9 would say, but boldly proclaim. 
 
By the way, as I've shared with you Psalm 40 verse 9, we share it as if it is us, you and I, who will be preaching righteousness, but the great encouragement is, if you look at Psalm 40 verse 9, it is Jesus who preaches righteousness. Jesus is preaching the righteousness of the Father and He is preaching the righteousness that He gives to you. 
 
Would you today believe in Jesus? Jesus says, "I've preached righteousness. I've preached the righteousness of my Father, I've preached my righteousness which I would give you, if you would believe in me." 
 
So this is the message of the Bible. Believe in Jesus, you will be made righteous, you will be made right with God, He will see you no more as a sinner, but He will accept you as a son. Come and believe in Jesus, because in Him is the righteousness of God. God bless. 
 
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When we were expecting our second son, we were wondering what name to give. And I came to this text in Psalm 40 verse 9 in my devotional reading and decided that his name will be based upon this text. And that is "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest." I saw this phrase "I have preached righteousness" and so we decided that for our second son we will call him "Yi Yang" which means to preach righteousness, to proclaim righteousness. And righteousness is a beautiful thing because righteousness is of God, it's wholesome, it's right, it's beautiful.

The contrary, the antithesis, the opposite of righteousness is sinfulness. Sinfulness is ugly, it is destructive, it hurts, it harms. Righteousness is good, it's beautiful, it's wholesome, it's healing. And what a wonderful message we can preach today, the righteousness of God. God is righteous, and it is beautiful, it is wholesome, it is right.

And let me tell you wha

How You Can Be Right? (Psa 40:9)

A world famous painting named, "The Scream", was sold for $119 million at an auction recently. That is a whooping sum of money, $119 million for this painting called, "The Scream". A U.S. billionaire won the auction bid for it. 
 
I didn't know it was worth so much. I mean I know it is a famous painting, but I didn't fully recognize the value or the worth of this painting, and that is really the problem of Christians. We underestimate what we have as Christians, and we are so guilty of looking around us, and comparing ourselves with others, and lament that they have this and they have that, and we don't have this and we don't have that. 
 
Unknowingly, falling into the trap and the snare of Satan, because he wants to rob us of our joy. And on of the things he does is to make you unaware, or to disguise the true value you have in Jesus Christ. You see, the Bible says in Psalm 37:16, "A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked." 
 
"Many wicked", they may have lots of money. Many of them combined together, they certainly have riches, but the Bible says that the little a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. You say, why? 
 
Well, I believe it's because you have God. And when you have God, you have all that you need; you have all that is sufficient for you. And the Psalmist is here saying, therefore, my happiness, my joy, does not need to be dependent on the material things or the riches I process. Just with the little I have in God, is better than all the riches of many wicked combined. 
 
So my friends, you today do not need to be trapped into keeping up with the Joneses, and getting discouraged and depressed when you have not what they have. What you have today is righteousness from God. What you have today is peace with God. What you have today is what they will not have, unless they turn to Jesus. 
 
My friends, when we have God, we have enough. When we have God, we have all that we'll ever need. "A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked." 
 
May God help you today to realize your joy, your satisfaction, and your sufficiency, in Him alone. God bless. 
 
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A world famous painting named, "The Scream", was sold for $119 million at an auction recently. That is a whooping sum of money, $119 million for this painting called, "The Scream". A U.S. billionaire won the auction bid for it. 

I didn't know it was worth so much. I mean I know it is a famous painting, but I didn't fully recognize the value or the worth of this painting, and that is really the problem of Christians. We underestimate what we have as Christians, and we are so guilty of looking around us, and comparing ourselves with others, and lament that they have this and they have that, and we don't have this and we don't have that. 

Unknowingly, falling into the trap and the snare of Satan, because he wants to rob us of our joy. And on of the things he does is to make you unaware, or to disguise the true value you have in Jesus Christ. You see, the Bible says in Psalm 37:16, "A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked."

"Many wicked", they may hav

You Have All You Need In God (Psa 37:16)

Over the past two days, I've shared with you about some principles of worship. And that worship is not just limited to a place, but it's focused on a person. I've shared with you that according to the Bible; there is really no prohibition against loud music, or loud worship. It really is about the suitability the appropriateness therein. 
 
And so worship is to be a focus of our lives on God. And we also saw last devotional that we worship Him because He has saved us, because of what He has done for us. 
 
But I'd like to move on further in Psalm 33:4-6, I see that we worship God not just because of what He has done for me, but simply because of Who He is. So not what He did, but Who He is. 
 
In verses 4 to 6, we see that we worship Him because He loves righteousness and judgment. We worship Him because the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. We worship Him because by the word of the Lord, were the heavens made. 
 
You know why we worship God? It's not just because of what He has done, but also because of Who He is. That He is righteous, He is good, and He is powerful. 
 
He is worthy of worship. We worship Him not just because of what I can get, but because He is worthy. It is fitting for God's people to worship Him, because He is so great and so good. 
 
Today you need to come to the place of worship, you need to come to the position of worship, you need to come and look at God and to say, "Lord I worship You for Who You are, because You are worthy." And you know when you do that, fears and doubts and discouragements will melt away because you are soaking in the majesty, the splendor and the goodness of the Lord. 
 
May your heart, may your life, be filled with His glory, His greatness, and His goodness. God bless. 
 
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Over the past two days, I've shared with you about some principles of worship. And that worship is not just limited to a place, but it's focused on a person. I've shared with you that according to the Bible; there is really no prohibition against loud music, or loud worship. It really is about the suitability the appropriateness therein. 

And so worship is to be a focus of our lives on God. And we also saw last devotional that we worship Him because He has saved us, because of what He has done for us. 

But I'd like to move on further in Psalm 33:4-6, I see that we worship God not just because of what He has done for me, but simply because of Who He is. So not what He did, but Who He is. 

In verses 4 to 6, we see that we worship Him because He loves righteousness and judgment. We worship Him because the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. We worship Him because by the word of the Lord, were the heavens made. 

You know why we worship God? It's not just because of what He has d

God is Worthy of Worship (Psa 33:4-6)

Worship is often limited to places in people's mind. We often say, Let's go to church to worship. Let's go to this building to worship. And that reveals our understanding is so flawed, is so inadequate. Because worship is never in a place, worship is always focused on the person. In the Old Testament, the presence of God is in a place, that's true but it is not that they worship the place, they worship the God Who is in the place. 
 
So worship is not about a place, it's about a person. Jesus Himself clarified that in John 4, that you don't have to worship God in any special place, God is spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. So the focus again is not about the place, it's about the person. It's not where but who. In Psalm 33:1-3, again I see that that is the consistent principle; "Rejoice in the Lord", "Praise the Lord", "Sing unto Him a new song". 
 
The focus is not on the place, the focus is not on the instruments, the focus is not on music, the focus is not on the preacher or the pastor, the focus is on God. And I want to direct your attention today, to a life of worship. Focus on God. When you gather on Sunday to sing unto Him, let it be into Him, and not to yourself or to others, but let it be Him. 
 
You say, why do we worship God? 
 
Well the Psalmist says in Psalm 33, because we are righteous, and we have been saved, and because we are upright. And therefore we sing unto Him with a new song. You see this is what the Bible teaches; we worship God because He has redeemed us, He has changed us, He has made us righteous, given us the ability to walk in uprightness, He has redeemed us, and therefore we worship Him. 
 
So worship is not about the place, it's about the person, and it's about the person who has saved us, forgiven us and changed us. 
 
So let us worship God, because He is God who has redeemed us for Himself. God bless. 
 
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Worship is often limited to places in people's mind. We often say, Let's go to church to worship. Let's go to this building to worship. And that reveals our understanding is so flawed, is so inadequate. Because worship is never in a place, worship is always focused on the person. In the Old Testament, the presence of God is in a place, that's true but it is not that they worship the place, they worship the God Who is in the place. 

So worship is not about a place, it's about a person. Jesus Himself clarified that in John 4, that you don't have to worship God in any special place, God is spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. So the focus again is not about the place, it's about the person. It's not where but who. In Psalm 33:1-3, again I see that that is the consistent principle; "Rejoice in the Lord", "Praise the Lord", "Sing unto Him a new song".

The focus is not on the place, the focus is not on the instruments, the focus is not on music, the fo

Worship God (Psa 33:1-3)

Our love for God must be supreme, in a sense that God is our first love. That's what the Bible says that the first and great commandment is that we would love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Then we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, and that refers to all men. 
 
In the early days when I was a new Christian, I felt that Christianity is rather extreme. I know I have to love God but when I have to love God above all, and when I hear it for the first time, I was a little bit uncomfortable to say the least. I was told that I should love God more than my parents, and I was struggling. 
 
Now I've been raise up thinking that filial piety - our love of parents - is important. And when you say that I've got to love God more that my parents, I was a little bit uncomfortable at that time. But when I started to think more about it, I realized it is absolutely right. 
 
I mean as I've mentioned, that's what Jesus said, that's the summary of the Bible, that's how God has intended it to be that our supreme love should be God Himself. And then I realized that when we say we should love God more than our parents, it doesn't mean we stop loving our parents. In fact, I realized that if you love God, you would love your parents even more. That's the reality, when you seek to love God, you will love your parents even more. Because that's what God will give your heart, a love for others as you are soaked in His love. 
 
So the Bible says in Psalm 27:10, "When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up." 
 
What a verse? Fathers and mothers are the closest people to us, apart from your wife, apart from your husband. But your parents are those who will have lived with you, raised you up, wept over you, sweated for you, they would have done so much for you. They would be in a sense the closest people to you, and yet there is a possibility that they may forsake you. Psalm 27:10 says, "When my father and my mother forsake me", when the dearest people forsake me, the Bible says, "then the Lord will take me up." 
 
There is someone who will love you deeper, stronger, longer than your earthly parents will, and that is your God. When your closest dearest people forsake you, God will still love you. Thank God for parents today, but no one compares to God. He's faithful, He loves me because of who He is and He's unchangeable. 
 
My friends, this is the great news, that there is someone who loves you even when the world forsakes you and that is God. How do you know He loves you? He has given you His Son on the cross, and whosoever believes in Him can be assured of the strong and unchanging love of God. Are you struggling with an identity in life? Are you wondering if there is anyone who will love you at all? The Bible says God loves you because He has given you His Son. 
 
Turn from your sin, believe in Jesus, and then live your life in response to this great love of God. God bless. 
 
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Our love for God must be supreme, in a sense that God is our first love. That's what the Bible says that the first and great commandment is that we would love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Then we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, and that refers to all men. 

In the early days when I was a new Christian, I felt that Christianity is rather extreme. I know I have to love God but when I have to love God above all, and when I hear it for the first time, I was a little bit uncomfortable to say the least. I was told that I should love God more than my parents, and I was struggling. 

Now I've been raise up thinking that filial piety - our love of parents - is important. And when you say that I've got to love God more that my parents, I was a little bit uncomfortable at that time. But when I started to think more about it, I realized it is absolutely right. 

I mean as I've mentioned, that's what Jesus said, that's the summary of the Bible, that's how Go

Who Loves You More Than Your Parents? (Psa 27:10)

Hearing about what it means to fall in love, and being in love yourself is a very different thing. You can hear about people describe to you what falling in love means, but you will never be quite the same as you yourself being in love. Experiencing falling in love. 
 
You see, you can teach a 5 year-old girl that falling in love means that you will hold your partner's hands, you will be talking on the phone, you will be looking and staring at the photo, you will go out for meals together. You can teach the 5 year-old girl all that, but it will never be the same as her falling in love herself many years later. Until she experiences it personally and encounters the person she loves. 
 
The Bible tells me that our relationship with God is not so much what we can describe only, but what we must experience ourselves. Our relationship with God is to be an experiential one, of course it's got to be rooted in truth, in the Scriptures, and God is not only a God of emotions to us, but also the God of our minds, the God who needs to be understood and known through the Bible. But our relationship with God is more than a theory, or set of information. It is about a relationship. 
 
You see that's what the psalmist says in Psalm 27:4, he says, "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple." 
 
It speaks of intimacy; it speaks of a personal relationship with a true and living God. God to him is not just a set of information or truths; God to him is a person who he loves, who he desires, who he admires, who he wants to seek. And that's what Paul says, right? In Philippians 3 that this is his goal in life, that he may know Christ. 
 
I ask you today, have you experienced Christ? Do you really know Him in a personal way? Well, this is Christianity, that we will behold God in His beauty, to admire and to adore Him. May you seek and ask God to give you a deep wonderful living relationship with God. May you fall in love in a very real way with God and His Son. God bless. 
 
 
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Hearing about what it means to fall in love, and being in love yourself is a very different thing. You can hear about people describe to you what falling in love means, but you will never be quite the same as you yourself being in love. Experiencing falling in love. 

You see, you can teach a 5 year-old girl that falling in love means that you will hold your partner's hands, you will be talking on the phone, you will be looking and staring at the photo, you will go out for meals together. You can teach the 5 year-old girl all that, but it will never be the same as her falling in love herself many years later. Until she experiences it personally and encounters the person she loves.

The Bible tells me that our relationship with God is not so much what we can describe only, but what we must experience ourselves. Our relationship with God is to be an experiential one, of course it's got to be rooted in truth, in the Scriptures, and God is not only a God of emotions to us, but also the God

In Love with God (Psa 27:4)

Psalm 17:8, "Keep me as the apple of the eye". 
 
Very interesting expression here that we use in our English language today, the apple of the eye. The word apple here literally means in the Hebrew, little man. So keep me as the little man of the eye. This is the picture here, when you look at the person really closely, you look into his eye, and you would see your own reflection there, isn't it? You look into the eye of a man; you will see your own reflection there, in that eye of that man that is the little man, that's you. 
 
The apple, or the little man of the eye therefore refers to the pupil of the eye, that dark part of your eye. It refers to something that is very very precious. I mean your eye; the pupil of the eye is something very very precious. The Psalmist is saying, keep me as the apple, the pupil of the eye. Someone, something that is very precious to You God. And that's how God sees us, that we are someone really precious to Him. 
 
The pupil of the eye is precious, and it is well protected. You realize that there are eyelids, eyelashes, eyebrows, the eye socket and even your hands, to protect the eye. That's who I am in God's eye, I'm someone beloved, I'm dear to God and God is going to protect me. 
 
And so my dear friends, you can pray today with that confidence you are beloved and you will be protected. So the Psalmist prays, keep me, protect me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of Your wings. Even if we are surrounded by sinful wicked men, we can have peace because God sees me as the apple of His eye. You are precious, you are beloved, and you are protected. If you are in Jesus today, rejoice in all that God sees you in Him. God bless. 
 
 
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Psalm 17:8, "Keep me as the apple of the eye". 

Very interesting expression here that we use in our English language today, the apple of the eye. The word apple here literally means in the Hebrew, little man. So keep me as the little man of the eye. This is the picture here, when you look at the person really closely, you look into his eye, and you would see your own reflection there, isn't it? You look into the eye of a man; you will see your own reflection there, in that eye of that man that is the little man, that's you. 

The apple, or the little man of the eye therefore refers to the pupil of the eye, that dark part of your eye. It refers to something that is very very precious. I mean your eye; the pupil of the eye is something very very precious. The Psalmist is saying, keep me as the apple, the pupil of the eye. Someone, something that is very precious to You God.  And that's how God sees us, that we are someone really precious to Him. 

The pupil of the eye is precious, and i

You are the Apple of God's Eye (Psa 17:8)

When God judges, when God pours out His wrath against sin, it is a terrible sight. I can think of the horror, I can think of the terror, I can think of the fierce wrath. The judgment of God is going to be awesome; it's going to be terrible. And sometimes I do think that we might feel it to be unnecessary. Why can't just God spare all? Why must He demonstrate His wrath? Pour His wrath in such a way? 
 
I read in Psalm 9:8, "And He shall judge the world in righteousness, He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness." 
 
The judgment of God is the necessary expression of the righteousness of God. God judges the world because it is right. And let it not be an offense to us, but let it be a reason for His people to praise Him. If God sees it right and fit that He would judge the world in His wrath, then let us not say it is unnecessary; let us not say it is excessive. It is the manifestation and expression of the righteousness of God, and God would execute vengeance and wrath and judgment on those who will not believe. There will be no injustice you know, because all would be properly and righteously settled. 
 
So my friends, where will you stand? Will you stand in the place of judgment when God comes? When Jesus comes again the second time? Or today will you stand with Jesus and stand in Jesus and believe in Him, right here right now? 
 
Turn from your sin, because your sin will deserve a judgment. Turn from your sin and repent and believe in Jesus. Kiss the Son. Believe in Jesus and He will save you from your sins, and you will be reconciled to God. He will no more be your Judge, but your Father. 
 
Would you turn? Would you believe? God bless. 
 
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When God judges, when God pours out His wrath against sin, it is a terrible sight. I can think of the horror, I can think of the terror, I can think of the fierce wrath. The judgment of God is going to be awesome; it's going to be terrible. And sometimes I do think that we might feel it to be unnecessary. Why can't just God spare all? Why must He demonstrate His wrath? Pour His wrath in such a way?

I read in Psalm 9:8, "And He shall judge the world in righteousness, He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness."

The judgment of God is the necessary expression of the righteousness of God. God judges the world because it is right. And let it not be an offense to us, but let it be a reason for His people to praise Him. If God sees it right and fit that He would judge the world in His wrath, then let us not say it is unnecessary; let us not say it is excessive. It is the manifestation and expression of the righteousness of God, and God would execute vengeance and wrath and jud

God is Right to Judge (Psa 9:8)

I was at the 7-eleven convenient store recently and I saw some instant meals that are being sold over the counter, the type that you pick and you place in the microwave and heat it up in order to be able to eat. And I saw that there were some Interesting kinds of meal there. There was macaroni and cheese, there was wantan noodles, and the packaging in particular captivated me because it wrote something very, very simple. It says, "Just 3 steps -- pick, microwave, enjoy!" It's as simple as that really! To pick one, to microwave it and you can now enjoy. 
 
I see somewhat that pattern in 1 Timothy 4:15. The Bible says, "Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all." The first thing we think to do is to meditate. It means to reflect, to think, to seek to apply and it is to be able to chew upon the word of God in a sense we can now we can begin to live it out in our lives. Now we need to be concerned for truth because there is no change without the word of God and so it is important for Paul to tell Timothy first of all to meditate, to think, to reflect. 
 
But number two, Paul also says, "Give thyself wholly to them." In another words, to commit, to devote, to give yourself wholly to the truths that you hear. It's not just that we are hearers but we must seek to be doers. So we must not just have truth but we must have truth applied to our lives. So you need to meditate, you need to give yourself wholly to them. 
 
And thirdly, "Thy profiting may appear to all." That's the word that means to profit to progress, to grow. So in a sense it's like that -- convenient store, instant meal, you pick, you microwave, you enjoy. But here the Bible says you meditate, you devote yourself to applying them and then you will grow, you will profit, you will be blessed and you will enjoy it. 
 
And in all these three steps let us be reminded to depend on the work of the Holy Spirit and your life will change, will progress. It will be obvious to all because it is the work of God in your life. God bless. 
 
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3 Easy Steps to Grow (1 Tim 4:15)

Well, in GLCC, I have been preaching through the book of Romans. You could easily hear and access the messages on our web portal at GLCC web portal and it has been the most interesting experience for me, preaching through the Word of God in this wonderful book of Romans. 
 
Personally, I've been really blessed. Blessed because it gives you wonderful foundations and grounding on the gospel, the message of Jesus Christ, and it is so far reaching in its impact and effect. Indeed, I believe, it is the core and the heart of the Christian message. 
 
But though I have personally benefitted a lot, I realized that having preached through the book of Romans, in a sense it does polarize the church. There are people today who greatly appreciate the Scriptures here. They love it. They enjoy it. They are blessed and edified as a result of it. But there may be also some who may not appreciate such a doctrinal book. They find, maybe, it is too doctrinal, not practical enough. They feel that maybe this is too repetitive or it should be too, or maybe it's too fundamental. 
 
And therefore, in my journey through this book, I asked myself some questions before the Lord. Should I switch to an easier book? Should I just go faster and give the main points and not belabor so much of the details that Paul has chosen to write? 
 
Then I come to the remembrance of 1 Tim 4:13 in my devotional reading, where it says, "Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine". 
 
God spoke to me that people, the people of God, need the Word of God. Though it may not be immediately practical, I must trust God that as we give attendance to reading, to exhortation and to doctrine, this is what God desires and this is what He will honour. 
 
So with this one little verse, it encouraged me. I hope to encourage you. I hope to encourage the church that we would not be too quick to look for the so-called practical and leave off the foundational, the Word of God that 
 
nourishes our souls. I hope it will warn the presumptuous. It will encourage the saints and let us, in our own lives, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 
 
God bless. 
 
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Well, in GLCC, I have been preaching through the book of Romans. You could easily hear and access the messages on our web portal at GLCC web portal and it has been the most interesting experience for me, preaching through the Word of God in this wonderful book of Romans.

Personally, I've been really blessed. Blessed because it gives you wonderful foundations and grounding on the gospel, the message of Jesus Christ, and it is so far reaching in its impact and effect. Indeed, I believe, it is the core and the heart of the Christian message.

But though I have personally benefitted a lot, I realized that having preached through the book of Romans, in a sense it does polarize the church. There are people today who greatly appreciate the Scriptures here. They love it. They enjoy it. They are blessed and edified as a result of it. But there may be also some who may not appreciate such a doctrinal book. They find, maybe, it is too doctrinal, not practical enough. They feel that maybe this is

Just Teach It (1 Tim 4:13)

I think we live in a society where youths are despised. Men naturally despise youth because we think that young people are not responsible, they cannot do it, they do not have enough knowledge, they are not experienced like as we are. But what then does a youth do in the light of such opinions and perspectives? Are we to argue with them? Are we to lament, are we complain? Are we to then throw our hands into the air and despair? But the Bible says: prove to them otherwise. 1 Tim 4:12: "Let no men despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the believers. In word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." In other words, the Bible tells us, instead of trying to argue, to fight, to lament, to complain or to despair, it should motivate us to lead an exemplary life. So it's not to argue, but to prove it. In what way should we live our lives? Well, the bible says, study the Scriptures, be an example of the believers in Word. Study the Scriptures in order to obey it, to fulfil it in your life. In conversation - that means in your behaviour. In charity - to show love. In spirit, that is your demeanour. In faith - your convictions. In purity. In other words, as a young person, maybe today you're a young person listening in. I encourage you, instead of trying to fight people with your words, do with in your walk. Be an example as Paul has advised Timothy to be. We don't have to let people tell us what we are. If they say we are irresponsible, we don't have to have that prophesy fulfilled in our lives. Obey God! Be an example! And that is the best way to show others the reality of God, even in young people today. God Bless. 
 
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I think we live in a society where youths are despised. Men naturally despise youth because we think that young people are not responsible, they cannot do it, they do not have enough knowledge, they are not experienced like as we are. But what then does a youth do in the light of such opinions and perspectives? Are we to argue with them? Are we to lament, are we complain? Are we to then throw our hands into the air and despair? But the Bible says: prove to them otherwise. 1 Tim 4:12: "Let no men despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the believers. In word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." In other words, the Bible tells us, instead of trying to argue, to fight, to lament, to complain or to despair, it should motivate us to lead an exemplary life. So it's not to argue, but to prove it. In what way should we live our lives? Well, the bible says, study the Scriptures, be an example of the believers in Word. Study the Scriptures in order to obey it, to f

Don't Let People Despise Your Youth (1 Tim 4:12)

The power of influence. What you hear can influence you deeply. I remember when I was in the army, many of my colleagues were people who loved cars. They spend their money, their attention, their efforts on cars. And progressively but surely I became more and more hooked on cars. It became a passion as well. And now looking back I thought it was such folly that I wasted money, I wasted time and energy on something like a car. But it reminds me of the power of influence. 
 
People around you influence us greatly. Therefore I think it is very important that we would be careful who we are listening to. 
 
In 1st Timothy chapter 4 and verse 1, the Bible says, "Now the Spirit speaks expressly, or clearly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;" 
 
Wow! They depart from the faith because they gave heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. So the Bible tells me I've got to be careful who I'm listening to. I've got to be careful about listening to false teachings because they are very seducing. They allure, they tempt me, they appeal to me, appeal to the flesh in me. 
 
But at the end of the day, the Bible says these are doctrines of devils. It's not of God. They may sound really nice, they may really be attractive, they may be seducing, they may sound very practical, but at the end of the day, they are doctrines of devils. They lead us not to God, they are not of God, they lead us away from the faith. 
 
Now these are words that are spoken of the latter days and we are in the last days here. It is clearly prophesied already that in the last days, in the latter times, there'll be seducing spirits are doctrines of devils. 
 
And my friends it reminds us that we need to be very careful. What church, what author, who is the preacher for you? Does it sound nice? Sure of course! Many things will sound nice. It may be tempting, it may be seducing, it appeals to the flesh, you like it, but be careful because if it is of the Devil, it is not of God, and it will destroy you. 
 
So you say what is the remedy in the day that we live in? It tells us in 1st Timothy 3: 15, the verse that precedes this, that the Bible says "that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." 
The church, the people of God must continue to be the pillar and ground of the Truth, to hold Truth, to teach Truth, to live Truth. 
 
May God help us to have churches that will proclaim the Truth and denounce the lies, the doctrine of the devils. God bless. 
 
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The power of influence. What you hear can influence you deeply. I remember when I was in the army, many of my colleagues were people who loved cars. They spend their money, their attention, their efforts on cars. And progressively but surely I became more and more hooked on cars. It became a passion as well. And now looking back I thought it was such folly that I wasted money, I wasted time and energy on something like a car. But it reminds me of the power of influence.

People around you influence us greatly. Therefore I think it is very important that we would be careful who we are listening to.

In 1st Timothy chapter 4 and verse 1, the Bible says, "Now the Spirit speaks expressly, or clearly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"

Wow! They depart from the faith because they gave heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. So the Bible tells me I've got to be careful who I'm listening to. I've got 

Be Careful What You Hear (1 Tim 4:1)

What should we look for if we are looking for a pastor for a church? 
 
What would the church be emphasizing in? Will we look for someone with a reputation? 
 
Will we look for someone with relevant experience? Will we listen to his preaching and assess him based on his delivery? Will we also grill him on his theological views? What is most important? Well, what I have mentioned above are certainly, I think, important but maybe that is not the most important because what is most important is given in the Bible in 1 Timothy chapter 3 and here the emphasis of God is what we often strangely will forget. The Bible says in verses 2 to 5 that "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 
 
As you look at these words in 1 Timothy chapter 3, I think the emphasis is clear. It is not so much a man's experience, not so much a man's preaching ability, not so much just his theological views but really the emphasis seems to be on his personal life and his family life. You see the role of a pastor is not to impress the people but to impact the people. And in order to impact the people, it is not so much with your lips but more so with your life. You can't lead people well if your personal life and your family is in a mess. You see you can't lead someone to where you have not been yourself. 
 
And so the first thing to consider is not so much the skills of the pastor but his character because we are looking for a man who will lead the church not just to information but transformation. And so may God bless you as you consider the words of the Bible in 1 Timothy chapter 3 with regards to candidating for a pastor. God bless. 
 
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What should we look for if we are looking for a pastor for a church?

What would the church be emphasizing in? Will we look for someone with a reputation?

Will we look for someone with relevant experience? Will we listen to his preaching and assess him based on his delivery? Will we also grill him on his theological views? What is most important? Well, what I have mentioned above are certainly, I think, important but maybe that is not the most important because what is most important is given in the Bible in 1 Timothy chapter 3 and here the emphasis of God is what we often strangely will forget. The Bible says in verses 2 to 5 that "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his o

Candidating for a Pastor (1 Tim 3:2-5)

"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit." Ephesians chapter 5, verse 18. 
 
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"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit." Ephesians chapter 5, verse 18.

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Be Filled With The Spirit (Ephesians 5:18)

Romans 11:11-15 God Has A Plan

Romans chapter 11, verses 1 to 10. 
 
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Romans chapter 11, verses 1 to 10.

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