03.24.08
The most important event ever happened in the world.
It’s been a while since my last update, as we just passed easter yesterday. I’d rather call it passover rather than easter(which is next month according to the Jewish Calendar). Jesus died on the cross on passover and He was risen on the third day. And He is still alive until today.
It was His obedience that allow any person to start a new life again. Being born again of the spirit. Nicodemus asked how this could happened (“how can one be born again? Certainly not by going back to the mother’s womb!”). Jesus responded by pointing to born in the Spirit (John 3)
Being born again means able to live in a righteous manner. No more condemnation. There may be things that one have to go through due to past mistakes, but the future is not hold by the past anymore.
Born not by flesh, but by the power of holy spirit in flesh. That’s Jesus. Sickness and diseases are still around in the world. But by His stripes, we are healed. The sin that was placed on a pure and without-a-sin man, Jesus, allowed redemption of those with sin.
To be born again, one simply need to ask God for His forgiveness. and Jesus has shown the way. In fact, He is the only way. It would only take a prayer and confessions. If you have that, then His grace will be over you.
That’s what have happened. and it is still the most important event ever happened in this world. Ever.
03.08.08
The Function of Scripture
2 Tim 3:16 (NIV)
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
There were four functions of the scripture usefulness: To Teach, To Rebuke, To Correct, and to Train in righteousness.
In John 5:39 (NIV)
You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me,
The scriptures were also testify about Jesus (you in this phrase refers to the pharisees).
When Jesus was on earth, he does all the things that the scriptures has prophesied. He taught many of the truth, He rebukes the pharisees and His disciples, He corrected the mindset of others (Kingdom of Heaven mindset) and trained His disciples for the works of righteousness.
All of these were written in the scriptures (either old and new testaments), as it’s our task to dig deep into the scriptures, and we’ll gain more from it.
Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
