bribe corrupts the heart, so be carefull when we exercise our freedon with excuse of: everything is permissible.
same with James bond with license to kill, you reap what you sow. occupational hazard. with this kind of job, don't expect somebody will not shoot you with sniper riffle. but, it does not means GOD does not want to have good relationship with James Bond.

When i wrote giving bribe is okay, but receiving is sin... it's my personal preference to be honest... it's not right, but still if i want to receive / give bribing, i should check with HS.

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Is it right to save one's life while corrupting another?
Does 2 wrongs makes a right justified?

depends... what is my role and what HS told me.

If i am a policeman, and Mr A does speeding. What will i do ? after I, the policeman, stop Mr A, the policeman realize that Mr A wife is about to deliver the baby. Therefore Mr A does speeding to go to hospital ASAP.

by under police authorithy, i can focus on the law disregard the fact that Mr A's wife is about to deliver the baby.

If HS told me to fine him, i will fine him. Regardles Mr A pregnancy condition. I believe HS can preserve Mr A's wife pregnancy condition.
If HS told me to release him, i will release him, which display a humanity acts of kindness. Police supervisor may or maynot agree with me or i may have problem / question by supervisor.

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back to pastor / officer heart, how much corruption act can corrupt pastor / officer ?

i don't know, but what i know, GOD's in control. Don't worry about things that is not in my "job scope"... GOD's in control it does not mean those heart are becoming more corrupted / less corrupted... It is simply say that GOD's in control. I do what i have to do.

If i am the pastor, and i have to care about officer heart... HS will not ask me obviously right ?
If i am the pastor, and i am focusing on saving that kids' live.... obviously HS will ask me to bribe the officer right ?

at the end, HS just simply find whose pastor wanna bribe the officers to save the kid. HE found one. Bill wilson.

Come to Calvary Church near Bukit Jalil, 25 Dec 9AM, we have Christmas musical.

Come and experience with us lah.

It will be a time of worship with so many Christians, hopefully all the seats are filled up.

Every sermon can be great if we're humble enough to listen.

No lah, bro. Wah don't look so highly on me man, I'm not ready for platform ministry.

I am a second generation Christian. =). I've been a part of worship teams where the pastors themselves are trying to create a smooth flow for the Holy Spirit to flow. There's nothing wrong with that but I somehow feel it's manipulative to manipulate the environment in such a way (although I know that they are out of good intention). I've felt so many "emotional kicks" during worship that I feel it's just the music that makes us behave and feel something special but is not presence of God to me.

Very far la.

I can't reveal where I stay by the way.

Oh no, Glad Tidings?

small church, afterward you know who I am.

just asking. my church is againts christmas celebration. 

Actually from what I understand from the members is that Christmas is a pagan beliefs. There are no proved or anything in the bible that Jesus was born on that day, and that the bible never said anything that we should celebrate his birth, that's what I've been told lah..

You know guys?

The Lord Jesus loves all of you in here.

And you know that is the most important thing in the world.

* Focus on that, instead of arguing.

Expect what in return? If you expect God to give you your wants, you going to be disappointed. Becuase most of the time your wants are not align to what God wants for you, understand.

If you think like this, its a dangerous mindset expecting something from God in return for serving him.

We're all human though, we will expect something in return, but if you ideologically think you want something back because you are serving at church or doing good stuff back at people, you're going to be disappointed.

Eg, when you serve at church expecting your lead pastor to pat you at the back telling you doing a great job, you be disappointed because he hasn't got the time to say so, or maybe he's forgotten or there r just too many church workers under him for him to know exactly what every one of you is doing. You do your portion and serve the best, pleasing and glorifying God is what you get in return.

Random question being thrown here, but it's to satisfy a curiosity of mine. Is traditional Chinese medicine compatible with Christianity? In a sense, is it possible to go seek treatment without anything against the conscience?

From what I gather, the herbal and physical components of traditional Chinese medicine should cause no concern. Although I do know some TCM doctors incorporate some form of Buddhist thought or Taoist thought into their treatments. I approach those with a grain of salt though.