Hard to believe
11:19 AM |
I bumped into someone's blog earlier tonight. I can say i am extremely stunned by the person who is blogging it. The soul of one who has been completely hurt and lost, heart is thoroughly hardened by bitterness and envy. How my heart goes towards this man, who is not at the right state of "spiritual" mind.
Somehow, it brings me back to think and thank Andrew who has been a good vessel of God in envisioning me, and helping me to adjust my priorities. I can vividly remember week after week, he will call me, and "pressurize" me to come for caregroup and service, even when i am super tired or super sick. Now, i am someone whose priority is really on God Himself. Recently, i talked to one person who is completely loving the "truth" that he is doing well with God by praying to God, reading His word at home, and loving people from afar. This is totally contradictory to what is stated in the bible.
Hebrews 10:25
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
If God likes to love us from afar, he need not come down to the earth and die for us. He might as well die in heaven. Precisely, He came down, made Himself like a man, interact with us, and love us even though sins have made us absolutely dirty. You can't say "I love an annoying person at home" without actually being involved in the life of the annoying person and being annoyed by him.
Philippians 2:6-8
6Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Come on. If we think that this is being stressful, think again! If you think we are being forceful in our invitation to the people for cg and service. Think twice! This is not about being coming and going, it's about being involved. If you think this is Hope denomination, think thrice! You are not going to escape the account you are going to give to God at the end of the day, be it you are in Hope, Trinity, Rick's Warren Church, Billy Graham's converts whatsoever! If we can't even commit to the basic, the end times are going to cut our faith completely from God.
Matthew 25:31-46
31"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
How are you going to be a good sheep without being involved in church?